track & field program are zone IV champions!!On Wednesday, June 1st, the Morris Mavericks Track & Field team competed at the Zone IV Track & Field championship in Winkler Manitoba. Although conditions were not ideal due to a very wet field the athletes competed hard and improved throughout the day. Some notable performances include: Amy Neustater: 1st in varsity girls javelin, Alex Sabourin who threw 27.72m in junior varsity discus to win 1st and lastly Rocky Musa: 1st in the varsity men's pentathlon and 1st in the varsity men's 100m sprint. That's right Morris School, not only do we have the fastest student in Zone 4, our student-athletes also captured the 'AA' Aggregate Zone IV Championship Banner! The Morris Mavericks track team is pleased to inform you that we will have ten (10) athletes competing at the Track & Field Provincial Championships in Winnipeg next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Way to Go, MAV's! Ms. Wray has some news!!Ms. Wray has been away for a couple of weeks awaiting the arrival of a new addition to her family. Her patience has paid off. On Wednesday, June 1st, Harrison William Rex was born. Harrison was 9 lbs, 1 ounce and is almost ready to play basketball at the height of 21 inches! Mom, Harrison, and all the family are well. We wish Ms. Wray and her entire family the best and a sincere CONGRATULATIONS! a great spirit week! thank you student leaders!Our school was treated to another spirit week this past week. Our student leadership group planned, prepared, and executed a great week of activities for our K-12 students. These included dressing up according to the theme of the day, cleaning up the Town of Morris, or participating in the Grades 9-12 Grade Wars activities, the students and staff enjoyed themselves immensely. We are grateful of our Student Leadership Group, led by Kyla Johnson and Andrew Penner. They have been inclusive, creative, and hard-working in their development of a student experience that was a welcome return to some sense of normalcy that we haven't experienced in quite some time. Thank you! Way to Go, MAV's! Senior Years concert band back on the road!The Senior Concert Band went on their first real band trip after a few years off of travel! They travelled to Winnipeg and worked with Dr. Jacquie Dawson at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Music. The students did an outstanding job in their workshop and left with tons of new and inspiring music techniques to take back to their band classes. The band travelled to The Forks for lunch and to explore before heading back home. Congratulations to the Senior Concert Band for representing Morris School so well by demonstrating such respect, maturity, kindness, and musicality. outdoor ed completes their camping tripThe Outdoor Ed. students survive their first camping trip! The 'Famed school group from Morris' (as one other hiker called us) completed the entire Epinette Creek trail system (42 kms of trail in Spruce Woods) in just 3 days, all while carrying 30-45 lbs on their backs! On Thursday June 2, 13 students and 5 chaperones embarked on this trip. Day 1 was a gruelling, but enjoyable 21 km hike through the woods and desert-like terrain. The students were absolutely troopers, and expressed a great deal of joy and relief when they finally made it to the water-pump at the campsite! On Friday June 3, we hiked 13 km back towards the entrance, and camped at 'cabin 3' campsite. This 13 km was much more difficult for the group, due to some pesky blisters, sore joints, and a much hotter day! Students enjoyed a quick, much deserved dip in Epinette Creek once we arrived at Friday nights campsite! Saturday June 4th was an easy 8 km hike back to the parking lot, and the end of the Outdoor ed camping trip! During the trip, many games were played, many memories were made, lots of learning occurred, and new friendships were forged. Thanks to the chaperones who participated, and the students who had phenomenal attitudes the entire time! Youth in Philanthropy group gives backThe Morris School YIP group attended the Morris and Area Foundation meeting Thursday evening. Martine Munford, Kyla Johnson and Jill Kolodka did an excellent presentation on the YIP program at Morris school. Two YIP presentations were given, one to the museum for their mural and one to the pool for new equipment. sabourin drafted into the MJHLOver this past weekend, Spencer Sabourin was drafted into the Manitoba Junior Hockey League by the Dauphin Kings. Spencer was the first of four picks the Kings made in the sixth round. Spencer played for the AAA Pembina Valley Hawks U18 team last season. Congratulations Spencer! The start of something specialOur staff members, taking the lead from Mrs. Huska, are on a mission. It's time to address the issue in our basement. After a few years of storing things down there due to Covid, the clutter status is at a high level. On Friday afternoon, Mrs. Avelar, Mrs. Houle, and Mrs. Limpright tackled our paper supply (before and after shots below). Mr. Dyck also started on purging some of the "materials" that have been stored in the basement for some time. Thank you, MAV's! Comments are closed.
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