Valentine's Day Paper Chain Challenges (grades K-4)
Mrs. Thom and Miss. Gaiser's classes broke into small groups and were given 15 minutes to create the longest paper chain they could with limited supplies. Excellent problem solving skills, critical thinking, and creativity was shown!
Student Council Bake Sale
Waskada Student Council raises money throughout the year that goes back into the school. The money is used to purchase items for the school, to fund our popcorn Fridays or donate to activities and meals throughout the year!
January Kindness Recognition Draw Winners
Winter Brunch
Thank you to Mrs. Thom for organizing our seniors to come play games with us in the morning, and Mrs. May for organizing the pancake and sausage brunch!
Remembrance Day Service, 2023
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
Thank you to Mrs. Brigden and all of the classroom teachers for planning and performing the 2023 Remembrance Day Service. We appreciated all of the community members for attending our service.
Congratulations to the winners of the Canadian Legion's Remembrance Day Poster Contest
Grade 1/2 1rst - Ezra Griffith 2nd - Lydia Griffith
Grade 3/4 - 1rst - Kenna Boers 2nd Nischa Thom
Grade 5/6 - 1rst - Marlie Hatt 2nd - Jake Griffith
Grade 7/8 - 1rst - Noah Griffith 2nd - Cheyenne Van Steelandt
Grade 9/10 - 1rst -Casey Johannessen. 2nd - Eve Griffith
National Truth and Reconciliation Day - Sept 30.
Waskada School will recognize National Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sept 29. Please wear an orange shirt!
Please follow for more updates as classes will do more learning and sharing!
On Sept 29, our school hung small orange shirts in the uptown gazebo. On each shirt, students wrote what they could do to help reconciliation. Answers included:
respect, listen, learn
celebrate differences
caring
listening to stories
respecting the culture and wearing an orange shirt
celebrating all cultures
listening
taking the time and thinking abouthow they were treated
standing up for others
learning about the Indigenous peoples
There were so many great conversations and learning this National Truth and Reconciliation Day!
We also took up our sign which included information about what National Truth and Reconciliation Day is, what happened in residential schools, what reconciliation is, and what we can do to help reconciliation for the public to read and learn alongside us. Thank you to the town of Waskada for letting us use this space!
Kindness Tree
We have launched our kindness tree to recognize the outstanding acts of kindness and good our students do on a day to day basis. Teachers will add students' names to the tree as the month unfolds, and two students will be drawn at the end of the month to win a prize.
Congarats to Marlie and Mason! They were the winners of September's kindness draw! Keep up the great work you guys!
