Major fundraising project to be announcedThe Morris School Blog has the pleasure of "scooping" all the major Morris media outlets with the following story... Thanks to a few dedicated Morris community members, a committee has been struck to tackle the project of revamping and expanding the outdoor courts at Morris School. The cost of the project is large, but so is the level of determination of the committee as well as the anticipated level of generosity and vision of our community. The letter below provides some great detail about the project and how people and local organizations can support the project, including a link to an online donation portal. The benefit to our school is obvious. To have the opportunity for our students to benefit from the use of the courts during recess and Physical Education classes as well as on their own free time during the evening & weekends is excellent. The finished courts will allow our students to get outside and be active on a state of the art facility. The new courts will also provide our greater community with the opportunity to take advantage the courts as well. The plan it to ensure diverse athletic interests and passions to be served by this project. There will be a number initiatives planned to assist with raising the money required for this project. The first is the introductory letter as well as the opportunity to donate online. How to do that is contained within the body of the letter below. We hope our school community does their best to get behind this project as it will benefit all students. As pictured below, we have our first donors. Thanks to Susan Chartier & Gilles Buisson for their generation donation to help kickstart the fundraising campaign. If you have questions about the project, please direct those to any committee member listed below. Mr. Watson is currently the Morris School contact on the committee. Last weekend to shop at the virtual book fair!LAST WEEKEND TO SHOP! THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PLACED ORDERS! WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT! Shop the Scholastic Book Fair and support the Morris School Library at the same time! Morris School's Link Address is: https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5153807 Attn class of 2021 - grad photos this week!The week is Here! April 29 & 30 = CLASS OF 2021 GRAD PHOTOS READ THE INFORMATION BELOW! morris school celebrates earth dayFrom lessons in class, artwork in the halls, to putting thought into action, our Morris School students of all ages found a way to commemorate Earth Day! Our students were hard at work at the school and around town cleaning up and making the world a bit better. Way to go, MAV’s! Access declares "We can change the world!"Scientists estimate that Earth is 4.54 billion years old. Humans haven’t been around nearly that long, but in the relatively short time we’ve inhabited the third rock from the Sun, we’ve been a bit careless with our resources. Everyday we see problems we would like to fix. And there are things that kids everywhere can do to help. Over the past couple of months, students in the Access program have been studying Earth and the Environment and looking for little changes that they can make to make a positive impact on the planet. They have been working on reducing food waste by composting, re-using glass jars by canning jam & recycling old clothing with tie-dye! We have also started some seeds that we’ll plant in our class garden and participated in two outdoor clean-ups. Grade 7/8 Drama gets commercial!This week the Grade 7/8 Drama class performed a collection of commercials for the class. Each group chose well known products, or invented new ones, and created a commercial to present to their peers. To prepare, the students were asked to brainstorm ideas for their commercial. Once they had decided on a product and storyline, the students worked together to write a script and plan their staging. We spent a number of classes rehearsing and working on memorization. Here are some photos from their final performances. empowering INDIGENOUS youthEmpowering Indigenous Youth – April 30th 2021. An exciting opportunity for Indigenous students across Canada! Empowering Indigenous Youth is an exciting work-readiness webinar led by our Junior Achievement partners, JA Central Ontario. It brings together a panel of inspirational role models for young Indigenous students in grades 7-12 – each with their own unique career path, experiences, and journeys to share. On April 30th 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT (1:30pm - 2:45pm EST), Indigenous students in grades 7-12 will have the opportunity to learn from and be inspired by a virtual panel of Indigenous role models. This panel will share their career journeys and answer students' questions to inspire them as they plan their own career paths. Teachers can register their entire class or students can join independently. This is a fantastic opportunity for Indigenous students across Canada – we would love for you to share this opportunity with your teachers and colleagues to ensure as many students as possible benefit from this amazing event. Below you will find the link for more information about the event and the event webpage. To register, click here: Registration (gotowebinar.com) If you have any questions or would like any more information, please contact Jenny Early, Director, Marketing & Communications, at [email protected] or 519-731-6599. About the event Our keynote speaker, the incredible Notorious Cree, will kick us off in style with an inspirational talk and hoop dance. We will then be joined by Emcee James Mckay, Sr. Manager BMO Office of Inclusion and Talent Acquisition, who will introduce our panels and activity lead. Students will be guided through an interactive career-planning activity by J'net Ayayqwayaksheelth, Royal Ontario Museum School Programs Indigenous Outreach and Learning Coordinator. Our fantastic panelists will then have the opportunity to share their experiences, advice and expertise with students. Our panelists are: MPP Suze Morrison, NDP Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto Centre, Jennifer Harper, Founder and CEO, Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC., and Tsista Kennedy, Artist. Empowering Indigenous Youth site: https://www.jacentralontario.org/events/empoweringindigenous-youth/ Grade 1/2's read to each other at lunchWith the support of our awesome Educational Assistants, the students in Mrs. Blanchette's Grade 1/2 class have been using their reading talents to entertain their classmates during the lunch portion of their day. Each day, one student is selected to read to the class while they are either eating their lunch or waiting for their lunch recess to begin. Way to Go, MAV's!! Grade 5/6's take advantage of great weather!Mr. Moore's lead and some warm weather encouraged all the Grade 5/6 classes to take a walk to the soccer fields and participate in some "Camp in the Box" activities supplied by Tim Horton's Camp. Mr. Moore's class executed some games of "Wolves vs Sheep." The game encourages to students to work as a team. Mrs. Skoglund and Mr. Petty's classes played some "Tree Hugger," a game that allows students to develop trust with their partner as well as use sense of touch and direction. Way to Go, MAV's! KINDERGARTEN VISIT DAYKindergarten Visit Day Information We are currently looking at scheduling visit days later this spring for the 2021-2022 Kindergarten students.This visit will involve the opportunity to pick up the Kindergarten Readiness Bags and will consist of an approximately half day visit at the school on an even school cycle day. Please ensure your child is registered at your earliest convenience as they must be registered in order to be invited. Please refer to the Kindergarten Info Presentation which can be found at the following link for more information regarding the Kindergarten program, how to register, and the Kindergarten Readiness Bags being shared this spring. https://morris.rrvsd.ca/news/what_s_new/kindergarten_2021_22 Gr 7/8 concert band make it a wonderful worldThe Grade 7/8 Concert Band students recently completed a project where they performed Louis Armstrong's, "What a Wonderful World." All of the students learned how to play the ukulele, mallet percussion, and sign language parts for the song. They recorded all of the parts separately and put it together to create this compilation video! Here's the YouTube clip! Way to Go, MAV's! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgtZrY5g2sk high school mentoring programThe Step-up Virtual program is a summer high school student mentoring program. The link is included. https://www.stepupvirtual.com/programming The student applications open soon: This year, Step Up Virtual will host two program cohorts:
Student applications will be live April 26th- please stay tuned! what is a peanut aware school?Morris School is a Peanut Aware School. What does that mean? We have students in our school who have allergies to peanuts and/or tree nuts. Reactions can range from mild to severe and may even be fatal. We need your help in providing the safest environment possible for these students. Please be mindful as you plan lunches & snacks for your student(s). Thank you for helping us remain a Peanut Aware School. Comments are closed.
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