Please join us in congratulating the many Gretna Green students and teachers who were selected as a finalist in this year's fifth annual D16 CUTE Awards. This year's ceremony will be on February 15th at 7:00 pm in the James M Hill auditorium. We encourage all our community members to attend this wonderful ceremony and support this year's finalists. Our finalists are as follows:
Teacher Page: Mrs. O'Toole and Ms. Matheson
21st Century Learning: Kennedy Chadwick & Mr. Comeau's class
Digital Video: Caleb Donnelly
Video Documentation: GG Times Crew
We have some exciting news regarding our very own Brydie Trevors. Brydie was recently selected as a provincial finalist in the legion remembrance day essay contest. Guess what? She won first place honors!!! Brydie's winning entry has been sent to Ottawa for the national contest. Brydie was prensented with a plaque and a one hundred dollar cheque by our local legion for her recent accomplishments. Good luck Brydie!!!
After an extended hiatus due to technical issues our school website is now back! We apologize for the extended delay to all of our users. Our district 16 technology team went above and beyond to correct any issues and assure our users that the likelihood of this happening again is minimized.
The students of Gretna Green have been taking advantage of the excellent winter conditions to partake in an array of outdoor activities. Skating, snow shoeing, trekking and coming soon, cross country skiing have been a big hit for everyone. The entire learning community would like to thank all the fathers and grandfathers for maintaining our outdoor rink and to "alumni dad", Scott Black for grooming our snow shoe trails in Story Land park. Stay tuned for details regarding a family night of winter fun at Gretna Green coming soon!
Mwape and Patrick represented our GG Times crew over the weekend as they interviewed some of the people involved in this year's tournament. Check out their interviews under the GG Times tab. A great time was had by all in what has become an annual tradition for the GG Times.
Dads, John Fitzpatrick, Darren Row along with Mr. Comeau are putting the finishing touches to our first ever outdoor rink! The ice surface is still not ready so we would please ask all "eager" skaters to stay off the ice surface until it is fully completed on Monday, January 26th. This rink will give ample opportunity for our students and entire learning community to enjoy an outdoor skate. Thanks again to the many dads who have volunteered their time to keeping the ice surface clean throughout the winter months ahead. GG is a great place to be!
The staff of Gretna Green would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing all of our students again next week. School starts on Monday January 9th, 2012. See you then!
We would like to extend a sincere and happy holiday to each and everyone
of you! Take this time to relax and enjoy the company of family and
friends. We look forward to seeing you all in 2012!
We had so much to celebrate today at Gretna Green! During our monthly assembly, Ms. Gardiner's and Mme Gallant's class were recognized with the Dynamo Dragon Award. Madelyn Landry and Alex Wickholm were also recognized with our student of the month award. A special visit from the Newcastle Rotary allowed them to present the school with a plaque of appreciation for our recent fundraising campaign against polio. So as you can see there certainly is a lot to celebrate at Gretna Green, bravo! This photo highlights today's recipients of our weekly celebrating student success certificates.
Thank you to our Home and School association (especially Norma MacGregor and Heather Dunn) for providing free popcorn for all today! It was a really nice Christmas treat!
