music brings our grade 1/2's togetherSome of our K-2 students had the opportunity to have a combined music class (in the gym) this week. The students had lots of fun sharing their knowledge and helping each other out with new rhythms and instrument names! Great job, MAVS! Grade 1/2's celebrate 2-22-22 Day!Mrs. Blanchette's class celebrated a unique day this past Tuesday. A day like February 2nd, 2022 (2-22-22 on a TWO'sday) doesn't happen very often. It was a chance to do some cross-curricular work (Math, Art, etc) in a way to celebrate the day and learn at the same time. Way to Go, MAV's! mavericks athletics update The Mavericks Hockey Team competed in the Zone IV playoffs this past weekend, unfortunately falling to Carman. The Varsity Boys Basketball team had a similar fate as they lost to MCI 59-49 in the Zone Quarterfinal. Our JV Girls Basketball team look to fare better on Monday as they play their Zone Semi Final in Rosenort (game time 6pm). Grade 9-12 Students are encouraged to keep an eye on updates for the upcoming badminton season, as well as an off season training opportunity. get your yearbooks....HHHHEEEERRRREEEE!!Morris School Yearbook Orders are open online through the link with Lifetouch or through Mrs. DeKezel in the library. Cash or cheque to Morris School accepted. Yearbooks will be delivered in Fall 2022. Grads are automatically on the list to receive a yearbook.  Pink shirt day - an important reminderWednesday, February 23rd was Pink Shirt Day. It served as a reminder for us all to choose kindness. A number of our students and staff chose to show their support by wearing pink. Way to Go, MAV's!!    Sad news at morris school The Morris School Weekly Blog is meant to inform the school community and provide you with some celebrations and positive stories that leave us feeling good. As the principal, I struggled to decide whether to include something that doesn't fall into the celebration or positive story categories. The reflecting that comes with that struggle to make the decision became absolutely clear and an overwhelming 'YES!' the more I reflected. I feel it is important to honour and support our students even if the news isn't always positive or uplifting. Because we don't always feel positive and upbeat. This is one of those times. This week we lost one of our own. Grade 9 student, Tyerelle Darling-Khan, passed away suddenly at home on Wednesday evening. Tyerelle may have been new to our school, but as soon as you enter the doors of Morris School, you're a Maverick! Tyerelle arrived from Ecolé St. Malo with a few classmates in the fall, but quickly connected with numerous students, especially our Grade 9 class. Tyerelle's family (two of whom are students at Morris School), his friends, classmates, and our school community has suffered a great loss. We are grateful for the outpouring of support by our students for one another, our staff, divisional staff, staff from other schools (especially Ecolé St. Malo), parents, and the general school community. It means a great deal. We will need to continue to support one another as we work through this hard time. Please reach out if you are suffering with how to deal with the emotions and feelings that are within as we don't want anyone to feel they are alone. Find a trusted person in our school community and ask them for help or just some time to sit or talk. report card delays (Grades 9-12 Semester 1)We are still working on some report card and transcript issues. We are doing our best to fix this in a timely manner. Report cards will be sent out on Tuesday. We apologize for the delays. We have a number of people working hard to provide and implement solutions. Please keep an eye on your email for your 9-12 students report card on Tuesday. If you need a paper copy please email Ms. Denny at [email protected] to request one.   post-secondary open house season Most of the Manitoba colleges and universities are hosting open houses in the next two weeks. The registration links are included in the email below. Please make sure you register for the schools according to your interests. Let Mrs. Edel know if you have any questions. NOTE...Brandon University send new information this week regarding their open house. Check that information out under their heading below. Providence University Contact Providence University directly for a virtual or in-person tour https://www.prov.ca/admissions/visiting-providence/ Booth University Contact Booth University directly for a virtual tour. https://boothuc.ca/admissions/campus-visit-days/ Canadian Mennonite University Virtual Open House Use the following link to access all of their Open House information...https://www.cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house Assiniboine Community College REGISTER TODAY! Join us on February 8 & 9 from the comfort of your home, office or classroom at our Virtual Open House! Register for this come and go event to hear from staff and faculty and to learn about Assiniboine's programs, the Assiniboine experience, learn the types of jobs and industries graduates are going into, and ask questions! Two streams of program sessions will be offered each day between 12-8pm. HELPFUL HINTS:
Red River College PolyTech We are excited to announce that registration for RRC Polytech’s Winter Virtual Open House, taking place on February 23, 2022, is now open! We have some exciting new discussion panels available for you to participate in. You can find all the details below! Day: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 Time: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. (CST) Location: RRC Polytech’s virtual event platform CLICK HERE TO REGISTER What’s happening at RRC Polytech’s Virtual Open House?Connect one-on-one with instructors, Regional Campuses, Student Supports and Academic Advisors in our Virtual Exhibitor Hall. Take a self-guided virtual campus tour and visualize the spaces you could have access to when you join RRC Polytech. Attend live video panel discussions with industry experts. Topics Include:
RRC Polytech is proud to offer over 200 full-time and part-time programs. Join us by registering for our Open House to get started on visualizing what your path to success can look like! Click here to register! Manitoba Institute of Trade and Technology
For event details and registration, visit our 2022 Open House page here Brandon University Contact Brandon University directly for a virtual or in-person tour https://www.brandonu.ca/your-future/ ***NEW INFORMATION THIS WEEK*** We invite you to join us on February 22 and 23, 2022 to learn more about Brandon University, student life, and programs for our Mini Open House and Program Particulars. Please share with students you feel might be interested in Brandon University. Agenda will be as follows: February 22, 2022 – 6:00 PM – Faculty of Health Studies February 22, 2022 – 7:00 PM – Faculty of Science February 23, 2022 – 6:00 PM – Faculty of Arts February 23, 2022 – 7:00 PM – Faculty of Education Click on the following link to register: https://www.brandonu.ca/future-students/information-program-night/ Please note that this event is intended for prospective domestic students. If you are interested in learning more about Brandon University as an international student, please contact our Office of International Activities ([email protected]) University of Manitoba University of Manitoba Virtual Open House Thursday, February 24 - 2:00 to 8:00 pm (Central Standard Time) Grade 12 students: register for and attend our Virtual Open House on February 24 for a chance to win one of three $1,000 CDN tuition prizes! START EXPLORING TODAY: Register today for access to the UM Expo and start browsing our info booths to learn more about UM faculties, programs and services. WATCH PRESENTATIONS: View faculty presentations anytime, on-demand in our video library. You can also attend live presentations and virtual campus tours on event day. CHAT LIVE WITH STAFF & STUDENTS: Log-in and attend the virtual event on February 24 to participate in 1:1 text, video or audio chats with program representatives and current UM students. For complete event details, visit umanitoba.ca/openhouse. Sincerely, Student Recruitment University of Manitoba Phone: 1-204-474-8808 E: [email protected] University of Winnipeg Future Students Are Invited to Open House Week! February 22 - 24 We're doing things a little differently this year! Join us for a series of informative Zoom webinars and Q&A sessions presented by our Deans, professors, staff, and students, designed to deliver the information most relevant to prospective students. Register once, and use the Zoom link you receive by email to attend the sessions that interest you. Schedule: February 22 – 4:30 PM: Faculty of Kinesiology February 22 – 6:00 PM: Faculty of Science February 23 – 7:00 AM: International Student Info Session February 23 – 4:30 PM: Faculty of Education February 23 – 6:00 PM: Faculty of Business and Economics February 24 – 4:30 PM: Faculty of Arts February 24 – 6:00 PM: Undergraduate Admissions & Awards: How to Apply Register [HERE] For more details, visit the Open House website: uwinnipeg.ca/openhouse THANKS MORRIS MULTIPLEX AND TOWN OF MORRIS!The Morris Multiplex and the Town of Morris has been very supportive of Morris School. It is truly refreshing to see our local civil entities embracing our school community and the students and staff within our walls. A large number of students are benefitting every week from attending school within the Town of Morris. Let us count the ways!! Reason #1 Our Grade 3/4 students are really enjoying skating twice a week at the Morris Multiplex. Mr. Ricard runs skating drills, plays games and has torch relays! Everyone is really enjoying skating and the new skaters have improved so much in a short time. Reason #2 Our Physical Education classes have had to adapt to not having a Senior Years Gym as it has been transformed into classroom space for our Grade 9 students. Thanks to the generosity of the Morris Multiplex staff, offering up their conference hall space, the invitation is allowing us to use their amazing facility and equipment over the past few weeks. Students have enjoyed having a warm place to play games, be active, and improve their Pickleball skills! Thank you! Reason #3 Thank you to the Town of Morris for loaning us your snowshoes! It’s a great way for our Phys. Ed. students to enjoy the great outdoors that just happens to be blanketed with a ton of awesome snow! We appreciate your generosity and the ease of which you made this happen. Reason #4 Our Grade 5/6 students are completely engaged in tobogganing over the past two weeks. Thanks to the everyone involved from the Town of Morris for making the tobogganing hill again this winter! Mavericks capture zone iv curling title The Morris Boys Curling team are Zone IV Champions. This past weekend the Zone IV High School Curling Championships took place here in Morris at the Morris Curling Club. Your very own Maverick boys curling team, skip Zach Norris, third Avery Skog, second Ethan Brandt, and lead Andrew Penner participated in the event over the weekend and went a perfect 5-0 to win the Zone IV Banner. This marks the first Zone IV banner win in curling for Morris School in decades. The boys started the weekend off with a game at 8:30 am Saturday morning against the Koscielny team from Miami and came away with a convincing 10-2 win. In their second game of the day the boys took on the Hanks team from Morden Collegiate and won that game 8-3. Their third game of the day was against the Krahn team from Winkler and snuck out a tight 6-5 win. The last game of the day was against the Olafson team from Portage Collegiate. After a tight first 5 ends the boys broke the game open with a 3 ender in the 6th end to take a 6-3 lead into the 7th end. The boys were able to add a steal of 1 in the 7th end to win the game 7-3 to finish the day at a perfect 4 wins and 0 losses and punch their ticket into the A side final at 2:30 pm on Sunday. On Sunday at 2:30 pm the boys took on the same Olafson team from Portage in the A side final. The boys started off well with a deuce in the first end. They gave up a single to Portage in the second end and then opened the game wide open in the third with a big 3 ender to take a 5-1 lead. The Portage team responded with a single in the 4th to give the Mavs a 5-2 lead going into the fourth end break. In the fifth end the Mavs managed to score a single to take a commanding 6-2 lead into the sixth end. The Portage team responded with a single in the sixth but it was not enough and the Mavericks won this tilt 6-3 to cap off their perfect unbeaten weekend. Next up for the curling team is the MHSAA Curling Provincials in Hamiota on March 3th - 5th. Congratulations again to Zach, Avery, Ethan and Andrew for winning the banner and also being excellent ambassadors for Morris School all weekend! Wanted: gently used skates The Grades 1-4 classes have been really enjoying Phys. Ed. classes at the arena twice a week. Unfortunately, we still seem to be short a number of skates, especially for our grade 1/2 kids. If anyone thinks they may have some old skates at home they are willing to donate to the school, that would be greatly appreciated. Please email me directly if you have any questions or have some skates for us. I could even come and pick them up. Thank you so much!!! Mr. Rick Ricard [email protected] maverick athletics update Basketball: The Varsity Boys have qualified for playoffs! They host MCI on Tuesday at 6. The JV Girls have an exhibition game vs. Elm Creek on Wednesday at 5:30. Both games are being live-streamed on our Mavericks Athletics YouTube page. Hockey: The MAVS are headed into playoffs and will face Carman. They play Saturday (tomorrow) in Carman at 3:00 pm and at home on Sunday at 7:30. Good luck to all Maverick teams as they compete to represent the school and put their heart and soul on the line while doing so! We appreciate it! I love to read month - we're in the middle of it!On Tuesday, February 15th, the K to 4 classes were invited to a virtual I Love to Read visit with Karly from 102.3 Radio in Winnipeg. Karly read the book "Pig the Pug" and told stories of her own pups. She is also a big Winnipeg Jets fan and plays hockey herself, so there were lots of questions from the kids on all topics. More entries have been received for the Buddy Reading Photo Contest. The last week of February is coming up so get your pictures in to Mrs. DeKezel. Here are a few of the entries received this past week. an african adventure in access classIn ACCESS we have enjoyed Mrs. Noel's cross-curricular focus on Africa with art projects featuring Kente weaving and acrylic zebra portraits, cooking and sampling delicious Moroccan style dishes like chicken tagine with couscous, carrot salad and mint tea, and creating the Sphinx, pyramids and animals such as a flamingo, giraffe and zebra out of Lego. We watched Queen of Katwe (a true story from Uganda) and are reading "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park about a Sudanese "Lost Boy" and the ongoing water crisis in South Sudan. The students really enjoy the diverse way we are taught to appreciate the culture, wildlife and true stories of a riveting continent. We will share one recipe too. Enjoy!   intramurals switch - coming soon! Calling all ballers and shot-callers! Time to ball Mavs.Through the month of March, Maverick Intramurals will be hosting basketball games for 5/6 and 3 vs 3 tourney for 7/8 and SY in the Senior Years Gym. Sign up deadline is Feb 25th!!! Action starts Feb 28th!!! Grades 5/6 - sign up with your teacher First Annual Maverick 3 vs 3 Basketball Tourney Grades 7/8 - sign up in the 7/8 hallway Senior Years' Students - sign up in by the SY gym. Questions? Want to Ref? Contact Mr. Petty - [email protected] Schedules and Rosters can be found at http://maverickintramurals.weebly.com Mrs. skoglund's class is all heart!!Mrs. Skoglund’s Grade 5/6 class made Valentine's Day pocket hugs for the residents at the Morris Red River Valley Lodge! Students had to sew their own pocket and place a Valentine’s Day message on the inside for someone at the lodge to receive. Way to Go, MAV's!!   estimation with a heart!Congratulations to the winner of the Student Leadership Group’s Valentines Day Candy Guessing Game! Anna from 3/4M, had the closest guess of 1975 candies, only 22 off from the actual amount of 1953. Congrats Anna! Enjoy your prize!! outdoor ed getting full on 'outdoorsy!'Students in Outdoor Education have been taking part in snowshoeing and learning about proper ways to create a fire. This includes what type of kindling and wood to look for, and how to break sticks into suitable sizes. Hana found out that it’s easier to break sticks between two trees, instead of breaking it over her head! Way to Go, Hana! Always learning!!     Possible Grades 9-12 Report card delaysDue to some technical glitches with our first year with PowerSchool, the emailing of report cards could happen today (Friday, February 11). However, if things don't work out, they will go out next week. If you require hard copies of your student's first semester report card, please email Ms. Denny Leblanc ([email protected]). We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. I love to read month is well underway!Quite a few students have jumped in with both feet when it comes to I LOVE TO READ Month! Keep going!! Send in your buddy reading pictures to Mrs. Dekezel ([email protected]) and bookmarks.    attention grade 11 & 12 students Most of the Manitoba colleges and universities are hosting open houses in the next two weeks. The registration links are included in the email below. Please make sure you register for the schools according to your interests. Let Mrs. Edel know if you have any questions. Providence University Contact Providence University directly for a virtual or in-person tour https://www.prov.ca/admissions/visiting-providence/ Booth University Contact Booth University directly for a virtual tour. https://boothuc.ca/admissions/campus-visit-days/ Canadian Mennonite University Virtual Open House Use the following link to access all of their Open House information...https://www.cmu.ca/future/experience/virtual-open-house Assiniboine Community College REGISTER TODAY! Join us on February 8 & 9 from the comfort of your home, office or classroom at our Virtual Open House! Register for this come and go event to hear from staff and faculty and to learn about Assiniboine's programs, the Assiniboine experience, learn the types of jobs and industries graduates are going into, and ask questions! Two streams of program sessions will be offered each day between 12-8pm. HELPFUL HINTS:
Red River College PolyTech We are excited to announce that registration for RRC Polytech’s Winter Virtual Open House, taking place on February 23, 2022, is now open! We have some exciting new discussion panels available for you to participate in. You can find all the details below! Day: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 Time: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. (CST) Location: RRC Polytech’s virtual event platform CLICK HERE TO REGISTER What’s happening at RRC Polytech’s Virtual Open House?Connect one-on-one with instructors, Regional Campuses, Student Supports and Academic Advisors in our Virtual Exhibitor Hall. Take a self-guided virtual campus tour and visualize the spaces you could have access to when you join RRC Polytech. Attend live video panel discussions with industry experts. Topics Include:
RRC Polytech is proud to offer over 200 full-time and part-time programs. Join us by registering for our Open House to get started on visualizing what your path to success can look like! Click here to register! Manitoba Institute of Trade and Technology
For event details and registration, visit our 2022 Open House page here Brandon University Contact Brandon University directly for a virtual or in-person tour https://www.brandonu.ca/your-future/ University of Manitoba University of Manitoba Virtual Open House Thursday, February 24 - 2:00 to 8:00 pm (Central Standard Time) Grade 12 students: register for and attend our Virtual Open House on February 24 for a chance to win one of three $1,000 CDN tuition prizes! START EXPLORING TODAY: Register today for access to the UM Expo and start browsing our info booths to learn more about UM faculties, programs and services. WATCH PRESENTATIONS: View faculty presentations anytime, on-demand in our video library. You can also attend live presentations and virtual campus tours on event day. CHAT LIVE WITH STAFF & STUDENTS: Log-in and attend the virtual event on February 24 to participate in 1:1 text, video or audio chats with program representatives and current UM students. For complete event details, visit umanitoba.ca/openhouse. Sincerely, Student Recruitment University of Manitoba Phone: 1-204-474-8808 E: [email protected] University of Winnipeg Future Students Are Invited to Open House Week! February 22 - 24 We're doing things a little differently this year! Join us for a series of informative Zoom webinars and Q&A sessions presented by our Deans, professors, staff, and students, designed to deliver the information most relevant to prospective students. Register once, and use the Zoom link you receive by email to attend the sessions that interest you. Schedule: February 22 – 4:30 PM: Faculty of Kinesiology February 22 – 6:00 PM: Faculty of Science February 23 – 7:00 AM: International Student Info Session February 23 – 4:30 PM: Faculty of Education February 23 – 6:00 PM: Faculty of Business and Economics February 24 – 4:30 PM: Faculty of Arts February 24 – 6:00 PM: Undergraduate Admissions & Awards: How to Apply Register [HERE] For more details, visit the Open House website: uwinnipeg.ca/openhouse Summer job opportunity Grade 1/2's embracing the time of yearMrs. Roberge's Grade 1/2 class was busy bracing the time of the year. They created edible snow people and create puppies that would be very suitable for a Valentine's Day gift. Way to Go, MAV's! maverick athletics report The boys' hockey team is on a winning streak! They defeated Garden Valley twice this week by scores of 7-5 and 6-0. Liam Collette led the way in the first game with a hat trick while Marcus Gobeil, Damon Johnson, and Rylan Keck split the goals in the rematch. Logan Mazinke backstopped both games and had a total of 80 saves! The boys have another busy week ahead with a home game vs. Carman on Sunday (2:30 start), another home game Monday vs. Garden Valley (7:30 start), and a rematch in Carman on Wednesday at 7:30. The boys basketball team also had a busy week with two games. They got their first win of the season vs. St. Pauls on Wednesday winning 67-57 and lost a close one on Thursday to MCI. The girls had one game this week, losing to Elm Creek. The girl's were led in scoring by Katheryn Friesen. This coming week the girls travel to Carman to play the Cougars on Monday (game time 5:30) and host RVS on Tuesday at 5:00. Meanwhile the boys host RVS on Tuesday at 6:30 and Westpark on Wednesday (game time 6:00). openings in driver Z (old drivers' education) There will be a Driver Z course offered in March. Due to low enrolment, the instructor is hoping to share the following information with age-appropriate students. Course will begin on Wednesday, March 9, running until May 18. Virtual lessons run from 4:30-6:30pm. The knowledge test is being written on Tuesday, April 12 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Morris School. Students need to be 15.5 years old by April 12th. They can register at any Autopac Agent for $50.        Semester 1 comes to an endOur Grades 7-12 students have finished up their work today for the first semester of the 2021-22 school year. Our students and staff have experienced COVID pivoting, snow storms, wind chill, and other adjustments over the last five months but have come through it well. When second semester starts on Tuesday, February 8th, we will still be in CODE ORANGE...the same level as we are in today. Our hope is for a good start to the semester and some memories made for our students, especially our Class of 2022! Please find a room allocation list below for our students' second semester classes. Way to Go, MAV's! Report cards will be emailed to parents next week OR you can download the PowerSchool App to see them as well.   Groundhog day in KindergartenOur Kindergarten classes have been doing an inquiry about winter, and are investigating to find out what animals do in winter. This week they created groundhog burrows in honour of Groundhog Day. taking advantage of the snow!!The Gr. 7/8 boys' Phys. Ed. class has began their outdoor survival unit, and with the abundance of powdery snow, they have started off with making Quinzee shelters in the bush near the river. Stay tuned for the final product, including tours of each quinzee! I love to read - something to do every day!!February is 'I LOVE TO READ' month! Thanks to Mrs. C Edel and Mrs. Dekekel for the activities & resources below! Congratulations to this week's 'I LOVE TO READ' calendar winners! Way to Go, MAV's! athletes of the month - decemberLast week we highlighted the Artist of the Month for December. This week's blog has our Athletes of the Month for December! Damon Johnson - During the month of December the Morris Mavericks Hockey Team played 7 games in which Damon recorded 12 pts while playing over 30 minutes a night. Also not to mention a game winning shootout goal in the Franco Fun tournament in Winnipeg. Damon is a work horse for the team and leads by example with his tenacious play and positive attitude. We can’t wait to see what he will do in the second half of the season. Logan Mazinke - The backbone of the Morris Mavericks hockey team would be Logan Mazinke. His great play in the month of December led the Mavericks to get their first 2 wins of the season. One being a thrilling shootout win where he made the winning save on the last shooter. Way to go Logan. Logan faces 50+ shots a night and always gives the team a chance to win the game. Goodluck in the second half of the season. Maverick athletics update Both Varsity Boys and JV Girls saw two games postponed due to weather this week. Despite this, we are determined and excited to continue our league schedule next week. The girls host Elm Creek on Tuesday Feb 8th at 6pm. While the Boys play Wednesday (vs. St. Pauls) and Thursday (vs. MCI) at home. Both boys games start at 6pm. All games can be found on the Morris Mavericks Athletics YouTube page. students - please dress for the weather! With our current winter temperatures changing on a daily basis and students having to stagger our entrance times, we would ask that our students and their families do their best to dress for the weather. Multiple layers and options might need to be planned as mornings are usually colder than afternoons. We want to ensure our students are safe and comfortable from the minute they leave their homes to the moment they return at the end of a school day. If students forgot an important piece of warm weather clothing, please ask your teacher as there are extra toques, mitts, etc at the school that we can access quickly. openings in driver Z (old drivers' ed) There will be a Driver Z course offered in March. Due to low enrolment, the instructor is hoping to share the following information with age-appropriate students. Course will begin on Wednesday, March 9, running until May 18. Virtual lessons run from 4:30-6:30pm. The knowledge test is being written on Tuesday, April 12 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Morris School. Students need to be 15.5 years old by April 12th. They can register at any Autopac Agent for $50.    |
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