Gretna Green Elementary is officially closed for the summer. School re-opens again on Tuesday September 7, 2010. We hope all our students and school community have a safe and happy summer!
The grade fives in fine Gretna Green tradition travelled to Moncton Magnetic Hill Zoo and Magic Mountain for their annual pilgrimage today. The students had a spectacular day! The entire Gretna Green learning community would also like to thank Mrs. Gallant who spent so much time and effort in making this trip such a huge success, thank you Mme! Check out our latest image gallery for some of the highlights.
Congratulations to our GG Times Crew! Yesterday our GG Times students unveiled their promotional video they created for Capital Encounters of Fredericton. Check out the GG Times page of our website to see the video. Well done!
On Thursday, June 17 Gretna Green students were treated to a fun day of enrichment activities. There was a wide range of activities for students to choose from such as: geocaching, line dance, claymation, scrapbooking, gardening, art, wood working and many more. Many thanks to our volunteers and teachers for helping to make this day a huge success. See our image gallery for pictures of all the fun!
The grade five students played an important role in the conservation of our Miramichi Atlantic salmon. They released their salmon fry on Friday into the Little South West Miramichi. This was followed by a tour of the Miramichi Fish Hatchery. A great time was had by all and we look forward to doing it again next year!
Many thanks goes out to our wonderful, caring bus drivers who took the time to tidy up our flower bed. It looks fantastic! Thanks for helping to make Gretna Green a Great Place To Learn!
Jake Tweedie,Grade 2S and Wade Thibeau, Grade 3G found a message in a bottle the other day!! The really neat thing about this story is the message was written by a former Gretna Green student, Jocelyn Murdock. Five years ago, Mrs Lynch had her class complete a writing assignment where they wrote a letter explaining who they were. They then put their letter in a bottle and Mrs.
Premier Shawn Graham finally made it to the GG Times in a sit down interview with our crew during the celebratory gala that recognised Miramichi as a SMART Showcase Community at the Rodd Inn on June 1st. The crew members of A.J., Zachary, Bailey and Erin really enjoyed their evening. Tune in soon to view our latest GG Times episode that will share with you many of the highlights of the evening.
1st Gretna Green Brownies hosted a Spaghetti Dinner, to raise money, as part of their Community Service Key. Their dinner was a great evening and a great success with the girls raising $260.00. The Brownies decided to donate $200.00 to a classmate at Gretna Green, Deegan Peterson. This money will help cover the cost for Deegan to go to the Canadian Diabetic Association Children's Camp this year. The remainder of the money raised went towards a basket to be presented at the Senior's Home.
Congratulations to Kesley Paul! Kesley, from Grade 5 Comeau, is this year's Turnaround Achievement Award winner for Gretna Green. The awards ceremony will take place Thursday evening, May 27 at the Rodd Inn. We at Gretna Green are very proud of Kelsey!
