A night for our 2022-23 Kindergarten students!Grade 1/2's are hands on with the water Cycle!The Grade 1/2 students have been learning about The Water Cycle. As part of their learning, they created their own water cycles using Ziplock bags. It was a great experience for everyone to be able to watch the water cycle in action. Students saw water evaporate when warmed and gather on the sides of the bag (condensation) and then drip back down when it cooled (precipitation). congratulations Mrs. K!Mrs. Kurylko was recently recognized by the Manitoba High Schools Athletics Association as the "Payworks Coach of the Month!" The following was part of the MHSAA press release... There are a number of reasons why Steph Kurylko deserves this award. As with most high school phys. ed. teachers / athletic directors, Steph coaches A LOT: varsity & JV girls basketball, Gr. 7/8 volleyball, badminton, and helps out coaching any other sport on a given year that is lacking a coach to take the reins. She also is on-site at all home tournaments to offer a helping hand, especially during the pandemic volleyball season and basketball season when there were many added restrictions when it came to hosting tournaments and events. The biggest attribute that stands out about Steph as a coach is how passionate and determined she is to give opportunities to students to get active. This attribute really stood out during this past year of the pandemic. She could have looked at all of the regulations from the province, the school division, the school, and said 'Oh well... I guess we can't do much.' But instead, she creatively thought of opportunities to offer active programs for students. 1. She fought hard to have only half of the gymnasium taken up by desks and tables during the pandemic, so the other half could remain open for small practices. 2. She convinced custodial staff and teachers in the gymnasium to move the gymnasium desks off to the side two times per week to allow for full use of the gym space for athletes. 3. After basketball season ended, Steph created a 'Spring Training' program for athletes to come out to. Three days per week, focusing on sport-specific training, from late February to early April. This was a huge success amongst our students. Without Steph's passion and creativity towards offering students a chance to play, the students of Morris School would have likely missed out on hundreds of hours of sports and training during the 2021-2022 school year. She deserves recognition for not only how good of a coach she is, how much she coaches, but also how she navigated the stiff pandemic regulations to still give students the chance to engage in athletics. Thank you, Mrs. K! You're a ROCKSTAR! Book fair Draw winners announced!A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came out and supported the Scholastic Book Fair last week! It was greatly appreciated and so nice to all the families out together at a School Event! Congratulations to Madison Gumany of the Grade 3/4 Edel classroom for being the lucky winner of the Scholastic Book Fair Prize Draw! Madison got to pick $25 of book fair items for herself and $25 of books for Mrs. Edel's classroom. Here are the winners with their prizes they chose! Our Grade 3/4's exploring the arctic!Our Grade 3/4 Mavericks researched an arctic animal’s food chain, habitat, and adaptations. One of the final assignments to express their knowledge of the aforementioned information was a diorama project. Here are few examples from Mrs. Edel's class. Way to Go, MAV's! Grade 7/8 Home ec Break "ENCHILADAS" togetherAfter a long hiatus from cooking and eating together some of the grade 7/8 students are finally breaking bread together again. Here they created Breakfast Enchiladas and they surprised themselves with home much they enjoyed them. maverick athletics updateMaverick Track & Field is up and "running!" We'd love to see our students from Grades 9-12 take advantage of a great opportunity learn and be fit! See Mr. Lehmann if you have an interest. You can choose between sprints, throws, distance running, and/or jumps. You do not have to be limited to one type of of practice. Practices run Tuesday's at Noon (Sprints), Wednesday's (Long distance) from 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thursday's at Noon (Throwers), and Thursday's from 3:30 - 5:00 pm (Jumps). Our first track meet at Stonewall is on the 12th of May, so come on out so you can be prepared to compete for the Mavericks! Grade 7/8 Badminton continues this week where our Mavericks host Lowe Farm and Rosenort in the last preliminary tournament of the season. The Final Tournament will be hosted here in Morris Wednesday, May 11 starting at 2:30. Wrestling started this week for the K-8 students at lunch. We will continue to hold lunch hour practices next week and add one after school practices for all K-8 students who want to go beyond basic technique and games. We will run that practice from 3:30-4:15 pm. Have you ever found yourself seeing rugby and thinking to yourself, "I have no idea what's going on but I want to try it,"? Come join our rugby camps, running every Monday and Friday, starting Monday, May 2nd, from 4pm to 6pm. All skill levels are invited, from Gr. 7 - 12 boys and girls. If you're interested come to Room 29 for a permission form from Mr. Antoski or come to a camp to receive a form. These camps are designed to show students the excitement of the sport, learn the rules, and begin to develop skills to begin a rugby program next year. Remember, all skill levels are welcome and ANYBODY can play! buddy reading is....BACKKKKKKKK!!Buddy Reading - How we've missed you! Buddy Reading is back! Ms. Buhler's 3/4 class buddy reading with Mr. Antoski's Grade 9 Lifeworks students. Access Class Paints Sunflowers for UkraineOur cross-curricular studies have taken us to Europe where we’ve been learning about the past and present conflict across the continent. This week the ACCESS class did a directed painting of some bright yellow sunflowers in honour of Ukraine. The sunflower is Ukraine’s national flower and has also become an unofficial symbol of the resistance against Russia. Plant Sale Charity Fundraiser Access will be holding a Plant Sale at lunch hour on Wednesdays (while supplies last) in front of the library. All proceeds will be donated to Children’s Voices, a charity that provides psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by the war in Ukraine. If you want to learn more about this charity, you can check out their website https://voices.org.ua/. Please consider donating to help support a great cause and pick up some plants to brighten up your room! friday = senior years grade wars!grade 7/8 students helping our 5/6's in band!It has been so amazing to have the opportunity for both the grade 5/6 band along with the grade 7/8 band to work together these past few weeks. The 7/8’s have been such great mentors to the 5/6’s and have had enjoyed getting to know each other through music. They have had so much fun bonding, building skills and working on leadership experience! Go MAVS! intramural update!Dodgeball and SY volleyball intramurals are in full swing. With some hard-hitting, & spike setting action! Please be sure to check the schedules for game times. Teams are reminded to show up on time and ready to play. Big thanks to all the refs and set up crew!!!! 5/6 - Addy H and Brady K 7/8 - Ethan F, Jax S, and AJ G Calling all SY volleyball players. The Staff vs SY volleyball game is on May 12th at noon!!! Look for sign up sheets by the SY gym or with Mr. Cox. Kindergarten students fully engaged!This week our Kindergarten students were fully engaged in learning concepts about print and learning to read. Way to Go, MAV's! Lake Morris school frozen over! (April 25, 2022)Morris alum recognized as an all-american!Congratulations to Maverick Alum, Samuel Jackman for earning All-American recognition for his contributions in volleyball. Here's the write up from the NewsDakota.com website... KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Samuel Jackman (JR/St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba) from the University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team was named a first-team All-American as the national office released its postseason honors Tuesday. Jackman, a second team All-American in 2021, recorded 301 kills and a hitting percentage of .281. He averaged 3.63 kills per set and also had 149 digs. Tanner Woods (SO/Huntington Beach, Calif.), who received honorable mention All-American in 2021, was named to the second team. Woods was second on the Jimmies with 212 kills, finished with a .241 hitting percentage, and had 36 blocks and 35 service aces. Earning honorable mention recognition were Korben Phillips (FR/Western, Australia) and Braden Neumann (SR/Costa Mesa, Calif.). Phillips had 156 kills and hit a team-high .462. He led UJ with 63 blocks and added 48 digs. Neumann’s 184 digs were a team high, and he recorded 44 assists and 10 service aces. Jamestown finished with a 20-6 record this season and was ranked as high as fifth in the national polls. The Jimmies qualified for the national tournament for the second consecutive season. Congratulations to Samuel and his family! Thanks to Mrs. Scharfenberg for the story! grey cup visits morris schoolFor the second year in a row (well...in a CFL season context), Morris School had the honour of having the Grey Cup in our building! This past Tuesday morning staff from the Winnipeg Football Club along with Bomber long snapper, Mike Benson, came to share their championship experience with our students and staff. We appreciate the opportunity to share with the Back-to-Back Champions! Wear blue & Gold on Tues! we're having a visit!Who/what could that POSSIBLY be??? Tuesday from 9 - 10 am Grad gear order extended to Monday morningGood news! If you missed ordering your Grad Wear, the store has agreed to re-open for this weekend only. Use the following link to check out the store and make your order: https://teamstores.carberryinternational.com/Morris-Mavericks-Grad-Home-s/480.htm get your yearbook...heeeeeeerrrrreeee!!Mr. Moore's 5/6's continue to churn out poetryThis week it's Concrete Poetry. Concrete Poetry is a form of poetry that uses words and visuals to deliver meaning or effect. Way to Go, MAV's! movie night this weekfishing club update!The fishing club recently received some awesome donations, and look how happy Eli is to play with the new gifts! Thank you to the local companies and individuals who have supported the start up of this awesome fishing club. The following clubs have all donated money or products, and it is greatly appreciated. Most recently, Morris Super Thrifty Pharmacy teamed up with Rat River Outdoors in St.Pierre to provide the fishing club with 4 new filleting knives, and a brand new 40V STRIKEMASTER ICE AUGER! Thank you so much! Outdoor education fundraiser - bottle driveOur Outdoor Education students are running a BOTTLE DRIVE fundraiser to raise money to offset the costs of their upcoming spring camping trips, and possibly buy communal gear for the Outdoor Ed. program to use. If you have any empty beer bottles or cans, please donate! We will be doing a driveway pick-up for people in town on Tuesday April 26th. You can also always drop off empty beer cans/bottles in the blue recycling bin at the south entrance of the school (near the parking lot & bus loop.) Thank you! wrestling is baaaacccckkkk!With the loosening of restrictions, wrestling is back! The official season is over, but we were somewhat robbed of the season and Mr. Watson has been getting many questions regarding the timing of wrestling's return. We will start with K-8 wrestling this upcoming week (April 25-29) with lunch recess ONLY. There will be no after school wrestling this week. Stay tuned on the blog for details about after school wrestling. All wrestling will take place up in the mezzanine level of the Senior Year's gym. Wrestling this week will include:
morris school kindergarten rocks!It's that time of year again! Kindergarten Registration is now open for the 2022/23 school year. Forms can be sent to dleblanc@rrvsd.ca or brought into the school. Physical copies are also available for pick up at Morris School. Please call to inquire 204-746-2612. Please see below for information on what you need for a successful registration (links included as well).
We look forward to meeting our new Mavericks and their families soon! register for parent-teacher conferencesOur second set of Parent/Teacher Conferences are set for Thursday, April 21 (4-8 pm) and Friday, April 22 (9 am - noon). You can access the Conference Manager software by clicking [here]. You must book by 8:00 pm on Wednesday, April 20. This set of Parent-Teacher Conferences will be back to face-to-face style. If you would prefer a conference over the phone or a virtual meet via Google Meet, please indicate one of those options in the PARENT COMMENTS field when booking your appointment. Please specify what type of conference you prefer (Phone or Google Meet). If you leave no comment, you are booking a face to face appointment. Please contact Danielle LeBlanc ([email protected]) if you have questions. Mr. Moore's class wax poeticallyMr. Moore's Grade 5/6 class continue with their wordsmithing this week. This time their cue was, "Mary had a little..." Way to Go, MAV's! mav's travel to carman...two weeks in a row!Our Maverick Varsity Badminton team headed to Carman this past week to participate in their first and only away competition before playoffs. The group won a number of matches in the round robin portion of the tournament. The stakes were raised in playoff rounds and a few squeaked out some winis to move their way closer to the championship title of their division. Natasha Driedger made it the furthest, losing a close match to a great Carman player in the final. Way to Go, MAV's! Our JV & Varsity student-athletes travel to Carman again this week to participate in the Zone IV Regional Tournament. The goal is to do well and earn a spot in the Zone IV Championship Tournament. Good luck, MAV's! KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONS WELCOMED It's that time of year again! Kindergarten Registration is now open for the 2022/23 school year. Forms can be sent to dleblanc@rrvsd.ca or brought into the school. Physical copies are also available for pick up at Morris School. Please call to inquire 204-746-2612 Please see below for information on what you need for a successful registration (links included as well).
We look forward to meeting our new Mavericks and their families soon! Register for parent-Teacher ConferencesOur second set of Parent/Teacher Conferences are set for Thursday, April 21 (4-8 pm) and Friday, April 22 (9 am - noon). You can access the Conference Manager software by clicking [here]. You must book by 8:00 pm on Wednesday, April 20. This set of Parent-Teacher Conferences will be back to face-to-face style. If you would prefer a conference over the phone or a virtual meet via Google Meet, please indicate one of those options in the PARENT COMMENTS field when booking your appointment. Please specify what type of conference you prefer (Phone or Google Meet). If you leave no comment, you are booking a face to face appointment. Please contact Danielle LeBlanc ([email protected]) if you have questions. BOOK FAIR - APRIL 21ST & 22ND (PARENT-TEACHER) KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONS WELCOMED It's that time of year again! Kindergarten Registration is now open for the 2022/23 school year. Forms can be sent to dleblanc@rrvsd.ca or brought into the school. Physical copies are also available for pick up at Morris School. Please call to inquire 204-746-2612 Please see below for information on what you need for a successful registration (links included as well).
We look forward to meeting our new Mavericks and their families soon! MAVERICKS ATHLETICS REPORT Our Maverick Badminton competed in its first tournament in over two years. It was such a monumental occasion that we felt we needed to host it to make sure it was even more special. Twenty Maverick student-athletes participated and we had some excellent results. They included: First Place
High school track is ready to begin snow or shine! Check in with Mr. Lehmann for more information. Track is an awesome opportunity to improve your skills and fitness, regardless of your sport of choice. Grade 7/8 badminton practices are Tuesdays after school with tournaments on Wednesdays. A couple of weekends ago, a number of our Mavericks put on another familiar jersey and had a great experience! The FIRST EVER Red River Wild U9 Girls hockey team played in the Winnipeg Stars cup and brought home the gold medal! These girls worked hard and had so much fun as a team! It was a great way to cap their season! The Wild had 10 young women this year and a few are moving up to U11. In order for this winning 'mojo' going, the return U9 Wild are hoping to see other young women in the community try the sport of hockey! Way to Go, WILD/MAV's! We are proud of you making history in our community! Mrs. legary is back with a recipe!summer camp anyone?Sport Manitoba's summer camp offers a variety of activities that promote and develop key athletic attributes, such as confidence, teamwork, functional foundations, and multi-sport skills. The camp is open to kids aged 8-11 and is the perfect opportunity to get active while having fun and trying out different sports and activities.
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