THANK YOU, CLASS OF 2019Our graduating class of 2019 held their commencement ceremony on Friday. It was a great day to celebrate the achievements of our students. Congratulations to all for making it this far. We also celebrated the "what will be" for our graduates as they work towards their next goals. The graduating class included (Awards presented are in parentheses):
Thank you to the students in the graduating class, the parent committees, and the many staff and community members involved who made the day a special one. Special thanks to the Staff at the Morris Multiplex for their work in changing our commencement space to a prom space in such an efficient manner. Grad Cont'd - our apologies for the oversightDuring our convocation, we missed announcing a scholarship received by one of our deserving students. Ms. Grace Friesen was the recipient of Red River Exhibition Foundation and the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Award and Scholarship. The award was presented to Grace earlier in the school year, but it is customary for us to recognize these type of awards during convocation. We apologize to Grace and her family for the oversight. Congratulations on your award, Grace. You are a great representative of our school. K-8 Classes for the 2019-20 School Year DecidedThe grade relevant teachers, guidance counselor, resource teachers, and administration have met to determine the class make up for our Grades Kindergarten through Grade 7/8 classes next year. We considered a number of factors to determine class makeup, including the parent requests for social considerations for their student(s). Those classes will come together for a "bump up" activity on Thursday, June 27. From 9:30 - 10:15 am, students will be directed towards their new class to meet their 2019-20 class and to take part in an activity with their teacher for the following year. In an attempt to allow our parents to assist with this transitional activity, your K-8 student(s) will receive a stapled note in their backpack indicating what class they will transition to during the next school year. We hope this preemptive note will allow parents to see what class their student(s) is(are) in and assist your child(ren) with easing them into their new class. The timeline for Thursday, June 27th is as follows: 8:45 - 9:25: Regular classes 9:30 - 10:15: Bump Up Day Activity 10:15 - 10:30: Recess 10:30 - 11:15: Regular classes 11:15 - 11:30: K-6 Assembly 11:30 - 12:25: Year end BBQ hosted by Morris School PAC (volunteers appreciated) 12:25 - 3:20: Regular school day Please call the school if you have any questions. LOST & Found is out. of. control!!All Lost & Found items have been placed just outside the main office at Morris School. It is our hope that all items will be reclaimed by the end of this week. If this is not the case, the excess items will be donated. Tim Hortons foundation teams with our 5/6'sMorris School has teamed with the Tim Hortons Foundation to provide our Grade 5/6's a great opportunity for leadership development during the next school year. We have applied and been accepted to be part of the Foundation's Community Leaders program for the 2019-20 school year. Our Grade 5/6's will travel to the Tim Hortons' Camp in the Whiteshell twice next year (September and April). In between the two visits, the Grade 5/6's will be responsible for planning and executing a low to no-cost community improvement initiative in Morris. The camp experience is designed to develop life and leadership skills which will provide the building blocks for youth engagement. We hope to build off the camp experience by working with our Grade 5/6's to become larger leaders within our K-6 sub-community within Morris School. The camp is a no cost camp for our students, so we are extremely grateful to the Red River Valley School Division for allowing us to attend, for the Tim Hortons Foundation for providing the opportunity, and for the greater community for donating to Camp Day earlier in the year. Your donations have allowed us to be a part of this tremendous learning opportunity. Maverick earns championshipWe continue to recognize those Mavericks who strive for excellence in activities that bring them life. That recognition continues today. Current Grade 5 student, Ethan F. earned a championship medal this past weekend in Flag Football. Ethan teamed up with some of his St. Vital Mustangs tackle football teammates to enter a team in the Football Manitoba Flag Football spring league. Down 13-0 in the first half, Ethan and his team came back to win the game 20-13. Ethan is the only 11 year old on the 12 year old team. Congratulations Ethan! Thank you from Mr. WAtsonI would like to take this opportunity to thank the Morris School Community for welcoming me to your school with open arms. The 2018-19 school year was a tremendous pleasure and learning experience. The amount of things I learned from all members of our community was extremely valuable. I appreciate the patience, understanding, and support I received from students, staff, parents, and community members over the last 10 months. My goal is to continue to learn and assist the our members of the community in reaching their academic goals. I look forward to continuing to learn along with our students as we work to strive for excellence in the things we do. I continue to be grateful to be a Morris Maverick! I would like to wish everyone a restful and peaceful summer. Take care, Mr. Watson Comments are closed.
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