The teachers of Gretna Green Elementary recently took part in the annual Relay For Life walk in support of cancer research. The entire teaching staff was well represented and made a valuable contribution to the cause. We are happy to note that over $2500.00 was raised on behalf of Gretna Green Elementary. We would also like to thank our team leader Ms. Hitchman who spear headed this campaign. Job well done to Ms. Hitchman and the entire team!
WHEN: Wednesday June 22, 2011 (throughout the morning in Mrs. Morehouse’s classroom)
WHAT: Students bring in books that they no longer want to read and are willing to donate to the Summer Reading Swap. (Students can start bringing donated books into the school now.)
HOW: Classes will take turns viewing donated books and each student will pick “new” ones to take home to read and enjoy for the summer.
Today was day one of our road hockey league play action. The habs came away with a close 1-0 win over the Bruins. The only goal of the game was scored by Denver. Great job boys and girls!
Grade four students, Jacob and Arthur, took on a leadership role recently at Gretna Green Elementary. They took it upon themselves to create their own road hockey league for students in grades three to five. They created a schedule, teams and went over rules with perspective players. Great job boys and it is great to see you both providing this fun activity to your peers, bravo!
Our very own Mr. Comeau has been selected as one of 50 educators to attend the third annual SMART Exemplary Educator Summit at SMART's world headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, this summer. The SEE Summit is an action-packed week of sharing and learning. Educators will also have the opportunity to provide input and feedback on new and upcoming SMART products and initiatives. Congratulations! We are very proud of you Mr. Comeau!
The rain and cool weather did not dampen the spirits of over 300 guests who took part in this evening's barbecue and movie to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Gretna Green Elementary! We would like to thank all those who attended to show their support of the many initiatives taking place at Gretna Green and the many others that have yet to unfold!
We would like to invite everyone out tonight for our barbeque and movie. The barbeque will begin at 5:30 pm and movie will show at 6:45 pm. Tonight's movie will be Space Chimps. We have received a lot of confirmations for tonight so we are all looking forward to your visit. Due to inclement weather we will have to postpone our star viewing session. We will be rescheduling our telescope session with our star troopers to next Friday, June 3rd at 8:30 pm. Come one, come all!
Gretna Green students, parents, teachers and Home & School represenatives joined in celebrating Douglastown Sobeys store manager, Joey MacDonald's, recent recognition as top Sobeys store in Atlantic Canada. Home & School president, Merle Campbell, emceed the surprise announcement via polycom to Mr. MacDonald's banquet in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. It was a great way to give thanks to Joey and the Sobeys team for supporting all new uniforms for our school sporting teams!
The Home & School have put the" final spike" on this day, May 25th, for our new Gazebo at Gretna Green! Our home and school's success in fundraising campaigns and ability to create partners in making this goal possible will be to the benefit of the entire learning community of Gretna Green Elementary for many years to come. A special thanks goes out to Mr. Harold Simmons for providing us with his expertise during the entire process of construction. Mr.
Mr. Hayward and his Star Troopers from Miramichi Rural were our invited guests today at Gretna Green. They gave us a very informative presentation on what we see when we look up into the sky. It also gave us a sneek peek of what to expect for our Starry Starry Night session on Friday, May 27th. Kathryn Harrop from CBC, School Zone, was also here to record all the action and make it an episode on her next show. Stay tuned for an update on the date and time of this episode. Great job Star Troopers and we look forward to doing it all again soon.
