Welcome BackOn behalf of Morris School, we would like to use the first entry in this week's blog to welcome everybody back from break. It was great to see our students back with us this week...some not as happy others to be back, but back nonetheless! We look forward to a great first half of 2019 and the end of this school year with our community. parent advisory council meeting - January 21The Morris School PAC will have their monthly meeting on Monday, January 21 at 6:30. Topics to be discussed include possible K-6 lunch programming, length of parent-teacher conferences, and fundraising progress for Urijah Dyck and his family. If there are other items you would like to have discussed, please contact a PAC board member. Semester 1 Exams - coming soon...We are a just over two weeks away from the first semester's final exam (Grades 9-12 students). Please check out the schedule below as there has been a slight change from the first draft (an error with the Grade 9 Math & ELA exam timing (my apologies)). Please call the school if you have any questions or concerns.  Artist in our schoolMorris School is very fortunate to have a visitor in our school (K-8) over the next two weeks. Jamie Oiviero is an author, arts educator, and storyteller who has 40 years experience teaching to various groups throughout the world. Jamie will be telling our students stories and will have them build their own story. Jamie will work with our students' social studies curriculum with his overall theme being Community Building and what it means to be a good citizen. We are looking forward to having Jamie work with our students. We must acknowledge Mrs. Johnston for her work in arranging Mr. Oliviero's presence in our school. Wrestlers headed to Winnipeg this week...For a number of our wrestlers, this upcoming weekend will be their first experience at a wrestling tournament. St. Paul's High School is hosting a tournament and we hope to have a good turnout from our students. Parents and students will confirm their attendance with Mr. Watson. He will handle registering student-athletes for the tournament. We need to send in registration information to the host by Wednesday, January 16, so please speak with your student prior to Wednesday to discuss their availability and willingness to participate. If you have questions about the tournament, please contact Mr. Watson.    
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winter Bus ScheduleTown busses are provided courtesy of RRVSD in Morris for students who must cross a major highway (#23, #75) or who live a long distance from school – This service is geared towards K-6 students. The winter town bus will start in THE MORNING of Monday, January 7. Due to weather or other factors, pick up times may vary some mornings. Students should be at their pick up location early. It is also requested that parents of very young children escort them to pick up points to ensure their students load safely. If students miss the bus for any reason, it will not wait or return for them – they will have to walk to school. The following is a list of drivers and pickup/drop-off intersections. This year bus service will be provided MORNING ONLY. Shanna Berard - Bus # 52 8:40 - S.W. Corner of Willow Dr & Ash Blvd 8:42 - Corner of Southwood Rd & Willow Dr 8:43 - Corner of Willow Dr & Vetrans Way Bill Remenda - Bus # 40 8:40 - Corner of Mary St. & Boyne 8:42 - Corner of Mary St & Mulvey Robert Zacharias - Bus # 13 8:35 - Corner of Lucinda St & Kennedy St W 8:36 - Corner of Lucinda St & Charles Ave 8:37 - Corner of Lucinda St & Toronto Ave W (Baptist Church) Classes Resume Monday, January 7thWe are back to school on Monday, January 7. It will be School Day 1. Grade 12 Provincial English Exam - January, 2019This post serves as a reminder that our Grade 12 students are required to participate in the 2019 Provincial English Standards Test scheduled in the New Year. The exam is a process-oriented exam written over four school days. The first day of the exam process is Tuesday, January 8th. The first day of the exam will last three hours; the second and third will be one hour each; the fourth day will be 90 minutes in length. All Grade 12 English students are to report to Mrs. Clayton's classroom by 8:40 am Paint Night Senior High - Exam Schedule (Final Draft)After receiving no feedback or conflicts regarding the draft schedule from last week, please consider the below schedule as final. If individual students have conflicts, please see Mrs. L. Edel or Mr. Watson  what a great 12 days!Morris School would like to thank the Leadership Group, Mrs. Bahnman, and all the staff and students who assisted in creating the 12 Days of Christmas celebration. It was a great way to bring our school community together and celebrate the end of the 2018 school calendar year.                   WISE Kid-netic Energy visits our Grade 5/6'sThanks to the initiative shown by our Grade 5/6 teachers, our students were fortunate to host the WISE Kid-Netic Energy group from Winnipeg. WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) Kid-Netic Energy is a non-profit STEM outreach organization based out of the University of Manitoba. They hire engineering or science-related undergraduate students to deliver workshops, camps, clubs and host other events. Throughout the year they see around 30 000 youth through hands-on science curriculum based activities. WISE's mandate is to ignite an interest and life-long passion of science and engineering in all youth especially those that are underrepresented in STEM fields. By the energy in the rooms this week, I believe interest was ignited! Thank you, WISE Kid-Netic Energy! Morris School is Grateful The staff at Morris School would like to thank Mr. Brad Curtis and Mr. Darren Skög for cooking us a holiday breakfast this week. We are grateful for your service to our school community and beyond. Our gratitude also extends to our students, parents, and the community of Morris and surrounding area for your support of our school. Morris School is a great place for learning and growing and we owe a large part of that to our community! A Pirate Christmas - Arrrrrgggghhhh Great!!Minus the grammatical miscue in the title above, all aspects of "A Pirate Christmas" were excellent! A combination of natural talent, coaching and mentoring from Mrs. Penno and the K-4 staff, and a supportive audience allowed for many memories to be made on Thursday evening. Morris School would like to thank our student performers, Mr. Skög, Mr. Dekezel, Mrs. Keck for their help with sound, our K-4 teaching staff (Teachers and Educational Assistants) for their encouragement and patience, our art classes for assisting with set creation, Mrs. D and Mrs. Skög for set decorations, Mr. Dyck for assisting with most things involving set up and finding things that were at one time unfound, our Physical Education staff and coaches for parting with their gym for a week, and finally our Welding students assisting in moving the stage to and from the St. Jean Community Centre. Twelve Days of Christmas - Continues...The final five days of the Twelve Days of Christmas is upon us. Here is the schedule for those who are interested in participating.  Senior High - January Exam Schedule - Draft #1The first draft of the January Exam Schedule has been produced. We would ask all Senior High students (Grades 9-12) to review the schedule and see Mr. Watson if you have any questions. If no glaring concerns are raised by Friday, December 21, the draft schedule will be finalized.  Mehgan's Musings...Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) Writer: Mehgan Smith, AFM counsellor for RRVSD Contact: msmith@rrvsd.ca or 204-746-2612 Ext. 3293 AFM established the Knowledge Exchange Centre as a hub for information sharing on leading-edge, evidence-informed practices in addictions programming and research for the addictions field in Manitoba. Our mission based on a foundation of excellence providing addictions services and supporting healthy behaviours. Let’s get informed with the facts! Tobacco - TRUE or FALSE
Stay tuned for more topics…. Small Business Project - Grade 12 MathMr. Scott Stevenson's Grade 12 Math class are currently in the middle of a project. As a part of their Business Finance unit, the students have created a "small business" within the school with their profits going to the school's Kids Caring for Kids and Mavs Create Change groups within the school. The execution of a number of projects ranging from pizza lunches to pies in the face will take One of the groups has asked to use the school blog as a part of their advertising strategy. We have granted that request. It is a bit last minute, but please find the information below.  Cookies for Caring Clearance!! Cookie Clearance!! Wednesday Dec. 19 All remaining cookie will be 25 cents. Thank you to everyone who has baked and bought cookies to help support our fundraiser for Uriah's family.. Ski Trip Fundraising Event - December 19    Safe Arrival - Attendance Management System Morris School has a new attendance program that will come into effect in the new year. It is connected to our school database and will text/email/phone parents when your child is not in attendance. It will also give you as a parent the opportunity to excused your child before the contacts have been made. More information will be sent home before we go live, but on December 6th a letter was sent home to verify your contact information. If you have any changes, please make sure you let the office know a.s.a.p.. Email: lkeck@rrvsd.ca or phone 204-746-2612 ext. 3222. JV Boys Basketball hosting a tournamentOur JV Boys Basketball team, led by Mr. Kevin Stevenson, is hosting their first tournament of the season this weekend. The below schedule will help you decide when you would like to stop by the school to watch a game or two!! Go Mavericks!  Ski Trip Fundraising Evening Winter Band ConcertOur school would like to thank everyone for attending our Winter Band Concert this past week. You attendance at our event helped to make our students' efforts throughout the semester worth it. We are grateful to have Mrs. Penno leading our music program and we appreciate the talent of our students and the support they receive from their family and friends as it pertains to growing their musical skills and talents. What a great evening! Coming soon...A Pirates' Christmas! We're less than a week away from our K-4 production, "A Pirate Christmas." We encourage our community to come out to the school for either the 1:00 pm or 6:30 pm performances. Word on the street suggests the 1:00 pm performance may provide you with a better opportunity for a good seat! We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, December 13. 12 Days of Christmas continues...It was great to see some school and Christmas spirit within the walls of Morris School this week as the Leadership Group rolled out the "Twelve Days of Christmas Activity Schedule." The fun continues next week with Days 3 through 7. As per any type of activities we run at the school, student participation is encouraged but optional.  Manitoba Theatre for Young People The Manitoba Theatre for Young People were at our school today for two reasons. The first was to perform for our Grades 7-12 students. The performance, Still/Falling, was about Nina. Nina has a great life. She loves her family, she does well in school, and her friends are awesome. But suddenly Nina starts feeling… off, and she finds herself slipping into a dark reality she cannot understand, let alone articulate to the people around her. Still/Falling follows Nina as she tries to come to terms with what it means to struggle with anxiety and depression, and to rise above it with as much strength, and as few scars, as possible. A realistic, honest and bitingly funny look at the difference between ‘teen angst’ and mental illness and the ways vulnerable kids can start to find their way out of the dark. The second reason for the MTYP visit was to conduct a writer's workshop with our Grade 9 students. We appreciate their time today and the school thanks Mrs. Laurie Edel for organizing these two events! Mehgan's Musings...Mehgan Smith, the AFM counsellor for RRVSD, is hoping to submit educational and informational blog entries on a fairly regular basis. We're hoping the following information can help to inform and start family conversations. AFM established the Knowledge Exchange Centre as a hub for information sharing on leading-edge, evidence-informed practices in addictions programming and research for the addictions field in Manitoba. Our mission based on a foundation of excellence providing addictions services and supporting healthy behaviours. Let’s get informed with the facts! Make no MYTH-stake Topic: Cannabis
For general information, visit the AFM website: www.afm.mb.ca Stay tuned for more topics…. Mavericks Hockey - Christmas ClassicOn Friday, December 21, the MAV's hockey team is heading to Altona for the annual Christmas Classic game. The school will be arranging a student fan bus. A sign up sheet has been posted in the office for any grades 9-12 students who would like to attend. Admission is a non-perishable food item (tin for the bin) or $3 for students and $6 for adults - The bus will leave at 12:30 and return home at 4:30. Please sign up in the office by Monday, December 10th if you are interested. Your seat on the bus is not guaranteed as Mr. Watson will be going through the list to see if interested students are those who will cheer loudly for the Mavericks and represent our school in a respectful way. OURSchool Student SurveyOur school (Grades 4-12 students specifically) will participating in an online school survey for students called the OurSCHOOL Student Survey next week. About the OurSCHOOL student survey:
   Curling team is rocking!!Our grade 9 curling team consisting of; Andrew Penner, Ethan Brandt, Adam Friesen, Avery Skog and Zachary Norris (in order as pictured) began their fall bonspiels on November 17th and 18th with an exciting 1st place finish in the Bantam Division at the Pembina Curling Club. The team went undefeated during their 6 games in the bonspiel. They then attended a High School Exhibition Bonspiel in Morden on Thursday November 22nd where they won 1 game and recorded 2 losses. This coming month, they curled at a U15 Cash Bonspiel in Morris on this weekend and went 2 and 1. The team will be looking ahead to the Eastern Regional High School Bonspiel on December 14th at the Morris Curling Club.  Welcome - Mehgan SmithAlthough the Morris School blog is extremely late with this welcome, we would like to welcome Mehgan Smith to our community. Mehgan is our new counsellor from the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba who works for the Red River Valley School Division. She works Tuesday, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s at Morris School. Her head office is located at Morris School. She provides confidential services in a safe and non-judgemental environment. She is available to anyone (youth and their families) who have concerns about their own alcohol, other drug use or gambling or anyone who is affected by someone else’s use. She is also available if you have any questions or if you are curious to learn about a specific substance or gambling. The Addictions Foundation provides facts and evidence based information, prevention and education and one to one counselling services. Please call, email or drop by to see her in person. Mehgan would also like to share that the Addictions foundation recently launched the 2019 AFM Youth Video Contest: “What Youth Need to Know about Substance Use and Gambling”. We would like to invite youth to capture what they think youth need to know about substance use and gambling by submitting their entry (video, poem, song, artwork etc...) in a 30 – 90 second video. Entries can be in any form but must be videotaped to be submitted online. Contestants have the opportunity to win merchandise credit of $500, $300 or $200 and bragging rights for themselves and their school or community group. A prize will also be awarded for the video with the Most Likes! Mehgan’s contact information: Phone - 204-746-2612 Ext. 3293 Email - msmith@rrvsd.ca Parent Advisory Council Meeting MondayMonday, December 3 is the next PAC meeting at Morris School at 6:30 pm. All are welcome 12 Days of Christmas - school activitiesOur school's Student Leadership Group has proposed to celebrate the season by injecting a few school spirit activities into the month of December. Starting on Thursday, December 6th, our group will be hosting a Winter/Christmas event per day. Some of the activities will be grade group specific, so please read the following carefully. As always, participation is encouraged but optional.  Winter BAnd Concert this week! Our Grades 5 - 12 band students will be displaying their talents at our annual Winter Band Concert on Wednesday, December 5th. We encourage all parents and Morris School community members to catch our young musicians perform. The performance will occur from 7-9 pm on the 5th. See you there! Diorama DAy with Mr. Moore's Gr 5/6'sThe Morris School Community would like to congratulate Mr. Moore's Grade 5/6 class for hosting a successful display of their Diorama Project. Students, parents, staff (including our division's superintendent and assistant superintendent) toured around Mr. Moore's class to view diorama's and interact with our creative students. What a great day in Morris School! Thank you, 5/6's! maverick Wrestling - ClarificationWe've had a number of students (boys & girls) express interest in the new Maverick Wrestling program. Some questions are being asked, so hopefully the following information will clarify some of the questions:
Mavericks capture killarney tournament title!The Mavericks Hockey team captured the Killarney Tournament this weekend. The team went undefeated in three games, including the final game against the host team. Congratulations to the Mavericks!  A Pirates' Christmas! Our K-4 students are working extremely hard with their teachers and peer leaders on their upcoming "A Pirate Christmas" performance. We hope to see a great turnout of community members to the performance on Thursday, December 13th. We will host two performances to accommodate your busy schedules. The matinee will start at 1:00 pm; the evening performance at 6:30 pm. PAINT & DESSERT NIGHT FUNDRAISER    Movie Night - this thursday Morris School receives rave reviewsThe Morris School Community has received positive feedback from numerous people for the way in which we have hosted the 2018-19 MHSAA A/AA JV Girls' Volleyball Championships. Our school would like to thank our organizers, Mrs. Stephanie Kurylko and Mr. Scott Stevenson, for their work in offering a first class event for the participating student-athletes and their families. Our student, faculty, staff, and parent volunteers are to be commended for their efforts as well. We are so proud, as a school, to see the event hosted in Morris. There's still time to catch some volleyball action as the games continue on Saturday throughout the day. If you can't make it to the school, the games are being live streamed. The link can be found our school's website (https://morris.rrvsd.ca). Go MAV's Go! Parent-Teacher ConferencesWe are grateful for those who attended our November parent-teacher conferences. We would appreciate receiving your opinion of the event. With goal of continuous improvement, Morris School values your opinions. If you could take a few minutes to answer our survey on your parent-teacher conference experience, we would appreciate it. The link to the survey can be found here. Winter Band Concert - Wednesday, Dec 5 Our Grades 5 - 12 band students will be displaying their talents at our annual Winter Band Concert on Wednesday, December 5th. We encourage all parents and Morris School community members to catch our young musicians perform. The performance will occur from 7-9 pm on the 5th. See you there! Wrestling Parent MeetingMorris School will be starting a wrestling program this year. The season will run from December to the third week in March. Grades 7-12 student had an introductory meeting this past week. Grades K-6 students will have a lunch meeting on Tuesday. We will hold an introductory parent meeting on Wednesday, November 28th at 6:30 pm. With a sport like wrestling, we would ask for a parent to attend the meeting, so the questions you may have about the sport and the new Maverick program can be answered. Christmas Cheer Board Fundraiser!The Multiplex is hosting a Breakfast with Santa Fundraiser in Support of the Morris & Area Christmas Cheer Board. Information below...  Cookies for Caring Continues...Our students and staff continue to support Urijah Dyck and his family as battles T-cell Leukemia and Lymphoma. Our second session of the student led "Cookings for Caring" was another great sign of giving and support by our Morris School community. We will host another "Cookies for Caring" session on Wednesday. Cookie donations will be graciously accepted at the school any day of the week. Yellow ribbons, a PAC initiative can be seen how. Today we have a third initiative to unveil. A few staff members came up with an idea to show support by surrounding Urijah and his family in this fight he has ahead of him by creating “Urijah’s Army.” The “Urijah’s Army” bracelets have arrived. They will be on sale for $2.00 this upcoming week in front of the school library. For the kindergarten to Grade 4 classes, students can give their money to their classroom teacher from now until the 29th. On the 29th and 30th, the bracelets will be delivered to their classes and teachers will hand them out. Urijah's mother and father want to extend their thanks for all the support the community has shown and continues to show as they continue on this journey they have ahead of them. All proceeds from the sale will go directly to Urijah’s family. Maverick Basketball ready to roll With the respective volleyball seasons wrapping up, Maverick Basketball is ready to roll in the Senior Year's end! The season will start with some practices this week. The JV & Varsity girls will have shooting practices on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday. The JV & Varsity boys will shoot Tuesday & Thursday. All practices begin at 3:30 pm. Go MAV's Go! Christmas Production around the corner!Our K-4 students are hard at work practicing for their upcoming Christmas performance of "A Pirates' Christmas." The December 13th event looks to be a great one with our early years students showing off their talents. We hope to see a packed house. There will be two performances on the 13th. The matinee performance begins at 1:00 pm; the evening performance at 6:30 pm. Maverick hockey on a roll! After starting their season by capturing their own tournament, the Maverick hockey team has kept up with its winning ways! The 9 & 0 Mavericks face a tough test tonight (Friday, Nov 23) as they face off against the Pembina Tigers at 8 pm at the Morris Multiplex. The Mavs play GVC on Wednesday this week (7:30 in Morris) and then are off to participate in two tournaments over the next two weeks. The first in Killarney; the second in Brandon. Good luck to the Mav's as they continue to strive for excellence on the ice!
Progress reports home todayNovember Progress Reports have been handed to your student(s) today in their class. If your child was absent from this morning, they will be available for pick up at the office. Parent-Teacher ConferencesOur first attempt to book parent-teacher conference appointments online began this week. A hard copy of a letter (found at the link below) will provide instructions on how to create an account and book appointments. Conference Manager opened for bookings on Tuesday, November 13th at 8:30 am. The booking software will close at noon on Thursday, November 22nd. You can gain access to the website by going to www.morris-rrvsd.schoolsoft.com or you can find a link to the site via our Morris School website (https://morris.rrvsd.ca/). If you are accessing via our school site, look under the "For Parents" tab. Our "How To" document can be found here November Newsletter - student createdMrs. Berezowski's Digital Pictures class has submitted the November Newsletter to be published as a part of the weekly blog. Please take the time to click HERE and read up on what the students feel is important around the school. Well done, MAV's! winter = Review of school closures procedures We received the following from Superintendent Brad Curtis recently... Unfortunately, it looks like we will be having winter again this year! If we have to close school in RRVSD, all staff will be notified by email as soon as possible. This email will likely occur between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. School closure notification will also be made on Twitter and will be posted on the RRVSD Website. As well, announcements of closures will be made on the following media outlets: CJOB, CBC, CFAM, Country 88, Eagle 935, CHSM, CILT, CTV, Global and Magic 105. Morris School continues to support our own! Our students and staff continue to support Urijah Dyck and his family as battles T-cell Leukemia and Lymphoma. Our first session of the student led "Cookings for Caring" was a huge success. A number of our students and staff can be found wearing yellow ribbons, a PAC initiative. Today we have a third initiative to unveil. A few staff members came up with an idea to show support by surrounding Urijah and his family in this fight he has ahead of him by creating “Urijah’s Army.” We have ordered bracelets printed with “Urijah’s Army” to sell for $2.00 on November 29th and 30th in front of the school library. For the kindergarten to Grade 4 classes, students can give their money to their classroom teacher from now until the 29th. On the 29th and 30th, the bracelets will be delivered to their classes and teachers will hand them out. Urijah's mother and father want to extend their thanks for all the support the community has shown and continues to show as they continue on this journey they have ahead of them. All proceeds from the sale will go directly to Urijah’s family. coming soon...Movie Night!! Morris School Hosts Provincial VolleyballOur school is preparing to host next week's 2018/19 McDonalds Provincial A/AA Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball Championships. We are excited to host 11 school from throughout the province within our walls. Our JV Girls will also be competing at the tournament and it would be great to receive as much support as possible from our community. Information regarding the tournament can be found at the MHSAA website (click here). As per our blog entry last week, although we are proud to host this event, it will affect our Grade 7-12 programming on the opening day of the tournament (Thursday, November 22). Our Senior High classrooms will be used to host our visiting teams throughout the weekend. This will make it difficult to conduct regular classes on Thursday. Understanding that, Grade 7-12 students attending school on Thursday, November 22 will sign in at a table just outside the library and then be assigned a volunteer duty to assist in delivering a quality experience for our visiting student-athletes. Those students who choose not to attend school on Thursday, November 22 will be assigned an excused absence. Students from Kindergarten through to Grade 6 as well as our Access and Alternative students will have regularly scheduled classes. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Watson. We wish all teams participating in the tournament the best of luck. Go MAV's! This week in Mav's AthleticsMonday: N/A Tuesday: MHSAA A/AA Provincial Wildcard JV Boys Volleyball Game (TBA) Wednesday: MHSAA A/AA Provincial Wildcard JV Boys Volleyball Game (TBA) Mavericks' Hockey vs. Morden Thunder in Morris @ 7:30 pm Thursday: MHSAA A/AA Provincial Volleyball Championships (Girls in Morris; Boys in Flin Flon) Friday: MHSAA A/AA Provincial Volleyball Championships (Girls in Morris; Boys in Flin Flon) Mavericks' Hockey vs. Pembina Tigers in Morris @ 8:00 pm Saturday: MHSAA A/AA Provincial Volleyball Championships (Girls in Morris; Boys in Flin Flon) Maverick Wrestling program starting... Our wrestling program will be K-12. We will host an informational meeting on Wednesday, November 28th for all parents. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm and will be held in the theatre.
The "Scare Hunger" food has been delivered...Representatives from Morris School delivered the food items to the Red River Valley Food Bank this week. The total items delivered were close to 2 000 items. Big props to all of Morris School for being so generous! Kids Caring For Kids and Mavs Create Change counted the items and delivered them today. Thanks to Steve from Morris Build-All and Del from the Morris Area Foundation for loaning delivery vehicles. Congratulations to our classroom winners: Early Year's - Mrs. Johnston's 3/4; Middle Year's - Mrs. Skoglund's 5/6; Senior Years - Grade 9 students! Special thanks to all who helped move the food to the food bank including, Avery Skog, Robert Schiewe, Ethan Brandt, Liam Collette, and Adam Friesen. Parent-Teacher Conference - online bookingOur first attempt to book parent-teacher conference appointments online will begin next week. A hard copy of a letter (found at the link below) will provide instructions on how to create an account and book appointments. Conference Manager will open for bookings on Tuesday, November 13th at 8:30 am. The booking software will close at noon on Thursday, November 22nd. You can gain access to the website by going to www.morris-rrvsd.schoolsoft.com or you can find a link to the site via our Morris School website (https://morris.rrvsd.ca/). If you are accessing via our school site, look under the "For Parents" tab. Our "How To" document can be found here Remembrance Day AssemblyMorris School hosted our annual Remembrance Day Assembly on Thursday. Our school had the pleasure of hosting members of the Royal Canadian Legion, the Cadet corps, and Trooper Reynolds from the Fort Garry Horse reserves. Trooper Reynolds spoke about the 100th anniversary of Canada's Hundred Days and the Armistice and what it must have been like for the soldiers who served our country at the time. He also helped our students understand what it's like to currently serve our country in the Armed Forces. We would like to thank our Senior Concert Band students, led by Mrs. Penno, our community members for making our assembly a part of their day, and to our students for showing an amazing level of respect for the assembly and the Canadian men and women who have and continue to serve in the Armed Forces. We will remember them!  Varsity Girls capture zone Iv titleCongratulations to the Varsity Girls' Volleyball team for capturing the Zone IV title with a victory over Carman. The girls will now prepare for a Provincial Championships qualifier process in the near future. Way to go, MAV's!  Cookies for caring in support of Urijah DyckAs some of you have heard, one of our Kindergarten students, Urijah Dyck, has been diagnosed with leukaemia. While this is sad and serious news, you will be encouraged to learn that this is a very treatable illness. Urijah’s doctors are hopeful he will make a full recovery. Urijah is not able to attend school at this time but hopes to return later. Of course cancer is not contagious. Our guidance counsellors have made themselves available for students who are struggling with or have questions about Urijah’s recent diagnosis. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Please call Mr. Watson if you have any questions or concerns. Almost immediately after hearing this news, we had a group of Grade 3/4 students approach the school to conduct a fundraiser to support Urijah’s family. “Cookies for Caring” has arrived on the scene with the goal of showing our school community’s support for Urijah and his family. The information below provides the details you would need to show your support, either as a baker of cookies or a purchaser.  Maverick Athletics this week...Monday: JV Boys & Girls Volleyball vs. Shevchenko @ Morris School - 5 pm Tuesday: JV Boys & Girls Volleyball in Miami all day for the Zone Final Tournament Wednesday: Mavericks' Hockey vs Morden in Morris - 7:30 pm Thursday: No Mav's Action Scheduled Friday: Mavericks' Hockey vs GVC in Morris - 9 pm Morris School Library hosts McNally-Robinson Book Trip
MOrris School Hosting ProvincialsMorris School will host the 2018-19 MHSAA AA Junior Varsity Girls' Volleyball Championships from Thursday, November 22 to Saturday, November 24. Twelve teams from across the province will participate in the three-day event. Although we are proud to host this event, it will affect our Grade 7-12 programming on the opening day of the tournament (Thursday, November 22). Our Senior High classrooms will be used to host our visiting teams throughout the weekend. This will make it difficult to conduct regular classes on Thursday. Understanding that, Grade 7-12 students attending school on Thursday, November 22 will sign in at a table just outside the library and then be assigned a volunteer duty to assist in delivering a quality experience for our visiting student-athletes. Those students who choose not to attend school on Thursday, November 22 will be assigned an excused absence. Students from Kindergarten through to Grade 6 as well as our Access and Alternative students will have regularly scheduled classes. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Watson. We wish all teams participating in the tournament the best of luck. Go MAV's! Vocational program in the news...Pembina Valley Online highlighted the Red River Technical Vocational Area (RRTVA) this week in the news. Our own Auto Body and Welding programs are an important part of the RRTVA. The students in our two programs are benefitting from quality instruction and hands on learning each and everyday! We don't need an article in the paper to acknowledge their work, but it's nice to see their work promoted. Congratulations. Article can be found here    "We Scare Hunger" Food DriveMorris School would like to thank everyone for their support of our "We Scare Hunger" initiative. Our school community's response to the food drive was impressive. We appreciate our students looking outside themselves during the food drive and concentrate on the needs of our community. Below is just one class' contribution to the drive! Way to go, MAV's!  Remembrance Day Assembly - Thursday, Nov. 8Our School will host a K-12 Remembrance Day Assembly on Thursday, November 8 at 1 pm in the Senior Years' Gym. Birthday Invitations and Morris SchoolAlthough adults look to avoid them as we get older, birthdays are an important event for students. However, there have been some concerns regarding invitations being distributed at the school. To avoid hurt feelings, we would ask that all out-of-school party invitations be emailed, mailed, or distributed outside the school in some way. We appreciate your cooperation! If you have any questions, please see Mr. Watson. Maverick Athletics this week...Go Mav's!!
Staff vs Student Soccer GameOur staff has challenged our senior years' students to a soccer game. The soccer game will take place Wednesday, November 7th. The game is tentatively scheduled for outside. Interested students should sign up in the gym. See Mr. Cox for more details. Varsity Girls Volleyball In BrandonCongratulations to our Varsity Girls' Volleyball team for their recent performance in Brandon this weekend. Our girls made it to the final of their playoff pool and then enjoyed some Bobcat Volleyball. Thank you to Mr. Stevenson and parents for providing a great opportunity for our girls! Way to Go, MAV's! coming Soon to Morris School...The sport of amateur freestyle wrestling will be introduced to Morris School in November. The school will offer a wrestling program to all students (K-12). Mr. Watson will act as coach. Wrestling is of the Amateur Freestyle variety. It is not WWE. You will not see turnbuckles, Stone Cold Stunners, etc. What you see at the Olympics is what we do at the school. Students wrestle other athletes of their own age and weight (within reason...usually in weight classes) Practices will take place for students in K-8 during the lunch hour timeframe. Senior Years' students will practice after or before school (yet to be determined). The school's wrestling team will participate in weekend tournaments at various locations throughout the province. Tournaments run from December to March. Interested students will be invited to an information meeting later in November, but we wanted to get the word out to all community members, especially parents of early years students because this will require permission forms, etc. Stay tuned for more information. Feel free to contact Mr. Watson if you have questions. His email address is mwatson@rrvsd.ca  A week of fun...Thank you to all community members who made the past week a great time in our school. Our usual learning environment was enhanced and adjusted to allow for spirit week and Halloween to fit into our days. We appreciate all the work our Leadership Group, faculty & staff, and parents as well as the creativity of our students displayed this week. What a great place to be...Way to Go, MAV's!    Spirit Week InformationSpirit Week is set for this upcoming week. The week is for the entire school. The only adjustment is Friday. The K-6 students are encouraged to wear bright colours...any bright colours you have!  We Scare Hunger Food Drive - Final Push!Our school's Kids Caring For Kids group is encouraging our student body to participate in our "We Scare Hunger" Food Drive. The drive ends this upcoming week and we would love to see a final push on the desired food items that would benefit the Morris Food Bank as well as our own Breakfast Club program. All non-perishable food items are welcomed, but the Morris food bank as well as our own breakfast club has some "Most Wanted" items. These items include Canned Meat/Fish, Coffee/Tea, Coffeemate, Evaporated Milk, Gravy Mix, Hamburger Helper, Hot Chocolate, Instant Skim Milk, Jam, Jello, Ketchup, Mustard, Peanut Butter, Pudding, Relish, Shampoo, Soap, Soup, Sugar, and Toothpaste. Grade 5/6's Make HistoryThis past Sunday, a group of our Grade 5/6 students participated in the second annual NFL/CFL Regional Flag Football tournament at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. Although it was the second annual tournament, it was the first time the Morris Mavericks have ever entered a football tournament. It was a great day for our kids. They learned a great deal about themselves and one another. We're hoping to have flag football be a part of Morris School for years to come. We congratulate the group for their efforts and for making history.  Poppies AvailableOur local Royal Canadian Legion has dropped off poppies. They are available in the front office. All donations are accepted. The proceeds of these donations go directly to support veterans and their families. We will be having a Remembrance Day event at the school on Thursday, November 8. More information will be in next week's blog entry. Mavericks win their own TournamentCongratulations to the Maverick Hockey team who captured the Championship trophy at their own 12th Annual Dylan Berard Memorial Tournament. The Mavericks went undefeated at the event, beating the Lord Selkirk Royals 2-1 in overtime in the championship final. Congratulations to the student-athletes, their coaches, and the community volunteers who made the event a success! Way to go, MAV's!  Mav's Wear Deadline - Wednesday, October 31 Morris School will be offering new Mav Wear now until October 31st. We will be offering jackets, polo shirts, pants, shorts, hoodies, caps, toques, gym bags, etc.
Orders will be done through the online store at the following link: https://steinbach.gearware.com/Shop/Store.aspx?sid=4 Our Online Store will be open until Wednesday, October 31st. If you would like to purchase Mav Wear, it must be done online before this date. Orders will be shipped to the school. |
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