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.
The entire learning community would like to congratulate Sophie as our newest recipient of the District 16 Rotary Turn Around Award. Sophie has experienced many academic accomplishments during her years as a motivated student at Gretna Green Elementary. This award celebrates her academic achievements and we all know her academic success will continue to flourish for many years to come. Bravo Sophie, we are all so proud of you!
Congratulations to our school drama club who did exceptionally well with their play, "E-I-E-I OOPs" in today's District 16 drama festival. They came away with two awards. The first award was for special recognition for ensemble and the second one recognized their coreography. The ajudicators were exeptionally complimentary to the quality of their play and the efforts put forth by director Ms. Hosford. Ms. Hosford along with the assistance of Ms. Morehouse did a superbe job with this year's play! Bravo to all of you!
The staff and students of Gretna Green Elementary played host to a special guest today. Premier of New Brunswick, Mr. David Alward, made a special stop at Gretna Green to meet and greet students today. The students were thoroughly impressed with how receptive he was to their questions. The premier also made himself available to host our morning announcements which proved to be a big hit with our students. Stay tuned for our next GG Times episode highlighting today's memorable visit! Thanks again Mr. Alward for creating so many fond memories for our students!
Ms. Matheson, Mr. Cabel and grade two students are starting to reap the rewards of all their hard work in planting tulips at Gretna Green. The eye catching tuplips can be spotted throughout the front court yard of our school. Many visitors to our school have commented on the great looks of our "school in bloom". Thanks so much to our grade two planters!
Our very own Shane in grade 4 scored big at this year's first Kin Film Festival. Shane came away with top honours in the "Volunteering" category with a first place finish and $500.00 grand prize for his film entitled, "Volunteering At The SPCA". Caleb, Saood and Simone received an Honourable Mention in the open category as well. Their video was entitled, "I Am Here". These two videos will be showcased in our upcoming morning announcements. We are all so proud of you on a job well done!
