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!
In partnership with our Home & School the entire
learning community of Gretna Green would like to invite all parents, students,
teachers and Gretna Green Alumni to a night of celebration on May 27th. The evening celebration will begin with a Bar-B-Q
from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at Gretna Green. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks will all be provided for one dollar each in support of our Home & School. This
will be followed by a formal address by Mr. Buggie and Mr. Comeau to help celebrate
the 30th Anniversary of Gretna Green Elementary and our progress on
The list of reasons to celebrate at Gretna Green Elementary continues to grow! The students assembled today for a special assembly on behalf of our community and business leaders, Douglastown Sobeys. Our Home & School president, Merle Campbell and Executive, recently approached Sobeys to sponsor the purchase of new uniforms for our soccer and basketball program. Sobeys accepted the offer and took on a leadership role in purchasing all new uniforms for our sporting teams. This charitable act of kindness will leave a positive impact on all of our students for many years to come. On beh
The annual Gretna Green oratory competition was held today and consistent with Gretna Green tradition our speakers were excellent. We would also like to thank our Douglaston Kinsmen for sponsoring this year's event. Our top three finalists were, 3rd- Alicia (5G), 2nd- Mwape (3L) and this year's winner Kaitlyn from 5G. We would also like to thank Mrs. Lynch for organizing this year's event.
Ms. McGuigan and her literacy students from MVHS were our special guests at Gretna Green this morning. Ms. McGuigan's students wrote their own stories and took the opportunity to share them with the students of Gretna Green. It truly was a memorable experience for everyone involved and we can proudly say that we have created a new partnership in literacy. Thank you MVHS! Stay tuned for our next GG Times video that helped capture today's special learning opportunity.
An interesting sidenote to today's construction of the concrete slab for our 30 Year Proud Gazebo unfolded this afternoon. The first principal of Gretna Green Elementary 30 years ago, Mr. Donald Donahue, embedded his hand print along side our youngest Gretna Green student, Chase in Ms. Girouard's kindergarten class today. These two hand prints helped to symbolize the connection with Gretna Green's past and future. Check out the image gallery for some of the highlights.
Bobby Hitchman and his crew were busy volunteering their time, materials and expertise in pouring concrete slabs for our new school storage garage and gazebo. The new storage garage will provide storage for our new bicycles, snow shoes and skiis that are all part of our outdoor classroom project. The "30 Year Proud Gazebo" is a Home & School funded initiative that will not only help to commemorate the 30th anniversary of our fine school but provide an excellent space for all of our students! We will keep you all posted on the continued progress of these two great initiatives.
In partnership with our Home & School the entire
learning community of Gretna Green would like to invite all parents, students,
teachers and Gretna Green Alumni to a night of celebration on May 27th. The evening celebration will begin with a Bar-B-Q
from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at Gretna Green. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks will all be provided for one dollar each in support of our Home & School. This
will be followed by a formal address by Mr. Buggie and Mr. Comeau to help celebrate
the 30th Anniversary of Gretna Green Elementary and our progress on
The entire learning community of Gretna Green would like to thank our Home & School for organizing this year's spellathon fundraiser. This year's spellathon garnered over $6000.00! Many of our students participated in this annual fundraiser and the end result is a lot of funding for the many cool projects adopted by our dedicated Home & School! This year's top three fundraisers were: 1- Paige (4H), 2- Kevin (1M), 3- Tyrell (4H). Krysta (4G) won the 50.00 gift certificate to Empire Studios and Ms.
Our school floor hockey team met the Nelson Raiders in the final game of the District 16 Floor Hockey Championship today. After a hard effort by our team the end result saw the Nelson Raiders win it with a score of 6-4. We are proud of our team's effort and would like to thank Mr. Ryan for coaching this year's team!
