Great Job with Spirit week, MAV's!!Our school participated "like nobody's business" in this week's Spirit Week. Our students went from PJ Day, Formal Day, Wacky Wednesday, Sports Day, Halloween Costumes to our full school bingo on Friday afternoon, our students and staff were engaged and involved. Thank you to the Student Leadership team for putting this all together. It was a great way to bring our school community together and allow our students and staff to show their creativity. Way to Go, MAV's! What a great week to be at school!!! stock up for the holidaysband students ready to sell POINSETTIASOur Music and Band program are getting in the festive spirit with our local Bloomin’ Scents Poinsettia Fundraiser in support of the music program at Morris School. This annual fundraiser includes all K-6 students, 7-12 band students, and has now begun! By participating in this fundraiser, you will be helping provide your child(ren) and the students at Morris School with further musical opportunities, like playing ukuleles, xylophones, drums, bass, guitar, percussion, and other instruments, etc. We encourage each K-6/Band student to try and sell at least one poinsettia! See the attached information for pricing, forms, and more details. All forms and money are due on Wednesday, November 17th and pick up details will be posted on the blog. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions. Information Letter https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tBO4wr_Bgobw86tTHiifimOOFAQNo81_QDxPWRN3-z0/edit?usp=sharing Fundraiser Form https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tz9-bOkgTgeKmh2vBclxWdXzQdGhnFQLgs6llzA2VJk/edit?usp=sharing A message for our bus riding student familiesParents and guardians of Bus Students, We kindly ask that IF your child is not taking the bus on a particular day, that you call/text your bus driver AND let the school office know. Also please notify Kids on the Corner if your child attends that program as otherwise they are calling us. Call the office at 746-2612 extension 3222 (Ms. LeBlanc) or 3221 (Mrs. Huska). Additionally, Grades 9-12 students are expected to tell their bus driver directly if they have extra curricular events and that has been very helpful so far. Know that we have to hold off dismissing busses until the office contacts home if they were riding the bus in the AM and then do not show up for the PM ride home. We appreciate your help and support! Thank you! reminders regarding drop offBus Loop: DO NOT ENTER Now that we are finally back in the bus loop please know that vehicles are asked not to enter/exit the bus loop between 8:30-9:00 AM and also between 3:00 - 3:45 PM. Staff may exit after the parking lot after bus dismissal which is usually around 3:30. Note: No vehicles should be moving in the bus lane/parking lot while busses are in the loop. Town Student Drop-off Reminders We also ask that if you have to drop your child off that you do so away from the bus loop either in the front of the school for K-4's or in the back lane for Grades 5-12's. Those locations are the safest and out of the way of the busy traffic on the highway. The students can walk from those two locations to their assigned door to enter. Lates: Please tell your child OR bring your child to the front north door and press the doorbell on the right hand side of the glass doors. The office will buzz open the door for your child to enter. Thank you so much for your help in this! Halloween? Let's learn about skeletons!!The Grade 1/2 classes have been learning about bones in their skeleton inquiry. The students have come up with amazing questions, and are starting to find the answers through experiments, videos, stories and great discussions. They have been having a blast! This is an aptly timed unit for our young MAV's! Way to Go! maverick athletics updateVolleyball JV boys: play @ Roseau Valley School on Tuesday, @ Dufferin Christian School on Wednesday and in Treherne on Saturday. This week they are fighting for a playoff spot JV Girls: have a week off and are currently sitting in 4th place (final playoff spot) Varsity Girls: Play at Westpark on Wednesday and have clinched first place (and home court advantage) for playoffs. Varsity Boys: Play a mini tournament at home vs. GVC and Rosenort this weekend. Host St. Paul's on Tuesday and head to St. Paul's for the league semi final on Thursday. Our Grade 7/8 boys head to Lowe Farm Monday and both 7/8 teams play their first home games on Thursday vs. Lowe Farm. Livestream for all volleyball home games can be found on Youtube under "Maverick Athletics" Hockey Our Maverick Hockey team opened their regular season up this week with a game in Morden. They have their home opener scheduled for Wednesday, November 3rd. Game time is 7:30 at the Multiplex. Fans who are double vaccinated can come out and cheer on the Mavericks. We encourage you to do so. The Mavericks get right back to it the following night and head back to Morden for an 8 pm puck drop. Good luck, MAV's! Basketball Any grade 9-12 students interested in playing basketball this year there will be meetings next week: 9-12 Boys Tuesday at Noon in the Mezz 9-12 Girls Thursday at Noon in the Mezz Wrestling Grades K-12 students (boys & girls) interested in wrestling, stay tuned for further announcements in next week's blog for start up information. We plan to begin practicing in November. Next week's blog will include more detailed information. In the meantime, check out the "why wrestle" infographic below! mental health brochureOur superintendent, Mr. Brad Curtis, sent this to our division staff today. The Morris School Blog felt it was a great resource for our school community. Mr. Curtis also included a great message as well. I hope he doesn't mind us sharing (I guess it's too late if he is?!?!)... "It has been very interesting and challenging the past 18 months. I want to thank all of you for making the most of this time continuing to provide the greatest opportunity for our students to learn. You are valued and appreciated. Please take the time to read the attached brochure. If you don't need it, great, share it with someone that might. Have a great weekend." access students put the 'r' in maverick!The Access class celebrated Halloween with a Pirate theme! The class made treasure maps, spent the morning with a buccaneer math quest, enjoyed a Caribbean themed lunch and finished the day with a pirate movie. Welding program benefit from generosityThe welding program would like to extend a huge 'Thank You' to KTEC Earthmovers for donating a pile of 'off cuts.' The students will make good use of this material. Another huge thank you to Kevin from Morris Build All for unloading. It made things easier when the forklift does most of the heavy lifting. intramural updateWe had a busy week in handball. Thanks to all the students who came out to participate and help with reffing. Staff vs 7/8 Handball!!! - Nov. 3rd @ 12:30 in the Senior Years' Gym Calling all 7/8's!!!!! Interested in playing in the Staff vs 7/8 handball game?? Contact Mr. Petty. Grades 9-12 Handball Drop-in Thursday Nov. 4th @ 1230 and Friday Nov. 5th @ 1230 in the SY Gym Be sure to check the schedules and results online at http://mavericksintramurals.weebly.com outdoor court raffle 50/50 bi-weekly drawWe have another bi-weekly raffle draw approaching for our 50/50 Raffle to support the Outdoor Courts Project. Every two weeks (on Wednesday's) we draw the name of a lucky winner of our bi-weekly 50/50 prize. A portion of the raffle revenue is put aside for a jackpot draw in March. Please consider purchasing a ticket by accessing the website address on the left or by scanning the QR code below. Thank you, in advance, for all those who support the project by purchasing raffle tickets. Tickets are 1 for $5; 3 for $10; 10 for $20; or 50 for $50. Grade 7/8 explore artifactsMr. Stevenson's 7/8 class have been researching ancient artifacts in social studies. Students choose an artifact that they are interested in and research to find out more about it. They were also required to draw a picture of their chosen artifacts. The class is currently learning about Early Peoples, and will soon be learning about Ancient Egypt. powerschool parent portalStudents from Grades 7-12 received letters this week about how to set up their student and parent portals for our new PowerSchool school administrative system. You can now download a PowerSchool app to keep up with your student's grades & attendance. If the letter didn't make it home, please contact Ms. Danielle Leblanc at [email protected]. upcoming immunization Clinic @ Morris SchoolSouthern Health will be at Morris School November 30th to conduct their school-based immunization program for our Grades 6-12 students. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the school-based program. Some students might not have received their vaccines. If any of the above apply to your student, they will bring an envelope with the appropriate forms and fact sheets home. Students 6-12 will be bringing home forms to fill out, these forms need to be returned by November 10. Be sure when the public health nurse(s) is(are) here, they will immunize your child only if you provide consent. tonight's the night!Comments are closed.
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