march madness arrives at Morris School!It's time for MARCH MADNESS - When the top 64 teams in NCAA basketball compete to see who is the best team in the nation. Thank you to all of the staff and students who entered the bracket challenge! Updated standings will be posted in the hallways and on the announcements after each round of the tournament. Thank you to Mr. Lehmann for organizing the event for our school. Let the MADNESS begin! April book fairThe next Scholastic Virtual Book Fair will be coming soon - April 12 to 26! Morris School's Link Address will be: https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5153807 Watch for more details after Spring Break! the maplewood saga continuesThe news concerning our school administrative software, Maplewood, is still not good news. The company continues to work to get it functional for our school (and other schools throughout the country). This has delayed our report cards that were scheduled to be out prior to our parent-teacher conferences. We appreciate your patience. 2020-21 Yearbook for SaleThis has been a school year like no other! Order your yearbook for your students to look back on the memories of 2020-2021! Orders can be made online or sent in to Mrs. Dekezel (cheques made out to Morris School). A creative and responsible month in accessThis month the Access students have been busy making things! Mrs. Laura Ducharme has been sharing her expertise in Métis beadwork and rock painting. Both activities take much patience but we’re proud to show off our accomplishments and works in progress! Access students also had the RealityWorks Realcare Baby experience this month! The infant simulators require realistic care and need to be changed, fed, rocked, burped and handled carefully with neck support. The babies generate a report at the end of the simulation describing their level of care, how quickly needs were attended to and any missed events. Students had fun learning and caring for the babies in class but those who took it home for the full care simulation endured a long weekend of sleepless nights. A big thank you to Sanford Collegiate for lending us the dolls and Mrs. Kendal Berezowski for all her help getting them here. Grade 9 Social Studies define canadian identity The Grade 9 social studies class has been looking into the concept of Canadian Identity. Is there a singular Canadian identity? Do all Canadians "feel" Canadian? The students were tasked with recreating the Coat of Arms of Canada to better reflect its history and people. The current Coat of Arms has been found to over-represent the empires that colonized these lands (particularly the British Empire,) and under-represent Indigenous Peoples as well as Canada's ethnic diversity. Here are a couple of designs that students have come up with so far. The next unit the class will be exploring deals with cultural conflict in Canada's past and today. The focus will be on English - French conflict (colonizer vs colonizer with emphasis on the dynamics of political, cultural, and economic power) and the continuing conflict that pre-exists the formal confederation of Canada: Indigenous People vs Colonizers. The class will be exploring the Oka Crisis, hydro production in Manitoba and the impact on First Nations communities, and continuing to look into the relocation of the Sayisi Dene. Way to go, MAV's! Mr. Moore's class promote fire safetyMr. Moore's Grade 5/6 class has been learning and reviewing the topic of Fire Safety recently. One of their assignments was to create a poster to assist in reminding people about important aspects of Fire Safety. Way to go, MAV's! minor ball registration has been extendedWe received the following message from our Minor Ball contact this past week... We are extending baseball and softball registration by one week. You now have until March 26th to sign up. Morris Minor Ball is also still looking for volunteers, if you are able to volunteer please email the board at [email protected] Comments are closed.
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