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École Intermédiaire Lawrence Grassi Middle School 610 7th Street Canmore, Alberta T1W 2H5 Principal: Brian Wityshyn GRASSI TRAILS “Reach for the Peaks—Atteindre le sommet” ÉCOLE INTERMÉDIAIRE LAWRENCE GRASSI MIDDLE SCHOOL April 2015 Dear Parents, Hello Spring – Good bye Winter!!! ( I hope I am not dreaming.) As we come back from our spring break, I hope that the students have had the me to rest, relax and enjoy family me. As we begin our final few months of school, it is important that our students had taken the me over the Spring Break to refocus and set goals that will help them have the most successful final term ever! Working in a middle school affords us the opportunity to watch children grow into responsible young cizens, a developmental stage that requires the support and understanding of the whole community. It is a me of learning as students encounter new people and new experiences that challenge them to look at them- selves and their classmates in different ways. One way in which we encourage our students to look at the bigger picture, at their role in the community is through providing them opportunies to leave school property and interact in the community as a member of that community. Our goal is to help our students un- derstand their personal responsibility and their collecve responsibility as they learn to navigate their new roles. It is more than just expecng kids to behave in an acceptable manner while off school property and more about them learning to understand their connecon to the community, their responsibility towards the community, and their relaonship to it. We recognize that it takes a whole village to raise a child – and we are delighted that our village wants to be a part of our school community. We ask parents to connue the conversaon at home about family expectaons for community behaviour. As well, April is the month of ACCEPTANCE. Accepng differences and cele- brang our won uniqueness is essenal. As Joshua Liebman once said, “Let us learn to accept ourselves – accept the truth that we are capable in some direc- ons and limited in others, that genius is rare, that mediocrity is a poron of al- most all of us, but that we can contribute from the storehouse of our skills to the enrichment of our common life.” As well, Paulo Coelho reminds us that “ We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciaon. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the rights path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.” Welcome back everyone and here’s to an excing and successful last term! Principal Brian Wityshyn
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École Intermédiaire Lawrence Grassi Middle School
610 7th Street
Canmore, Alberta T1W 2H5
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April 2015
Dear Parents,
Hello Spring – Good bye Winter!!! ( I hope I am not dreaming.) As we come back from our spring break, I hope that the students have had the time to rest, relax and enjoy family time. As we begin our final few months of school, it is important that our students had taken the time over the Spring Break to refocus and set goals that will help them have the most successful final term ever! Working in a middle school affords us the opportunity to watch children grow into responsible young citizens, a developmental stage that requires the support and understanding of the whole community. It is a time of learning as students encounter new people and new experiences that challenge them to look at them-selves and their classmates in different ways. One way in which we encourage our students to look at the bigger picture, at their role in the community is through providing them opportunities to leave school property and interact in the community as a member of that community. Our goal is to help our students un-derstand their personal responsibility and their collective responsibility as they learn to navigate their new roles. It is more than just expecting kids to behave in an acceptable manner while off school property and more about them learning to understand their connection to the community, their responsibility towards the community, and their relationship to it. We recognize that it takes a whole village to raise a child – and we are delighted that our village wants to be a part of our school community. We ask parents to continue the conversation at home about family expectations for community behaviour. As well, April is the month of ACCEPTANCE. Accepting differences and cele-brating our won uniqueness is essential. As Joshua Liebman once said, “Let us learn to accept ourselves – accept the truth that we are capable in some direc-tions and limited in others, that genius is rare, that mediocrity is a portion of al-most all of us, but that we can contribute from the storehouse of our skills to the enrichment of our common life.” As well, Paulo Coelho reminds us that “ We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the rights path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.” Welcome back everyone and here’s to an exciting and successful last term! Principal Brian Wityshyn
Important Dates April 13/14/15 Grade 7 & 8 Band Trip to Cantando in Edmonton
April 15 Mathematics Contest for all grade 7 and 8 students
April 20 Stream of Dreams Grade 6—Volunteers are needed to help hang the fish on the 21st , 22nd
April 21 Peaks Bank—Jr. ATB Branch Grand Opening - In Mme Santerre’s Class—Ribbon Cutting 12:25
April 22 Pizza Day
April 24 PLC afternoon—Students dismissed at 12:01 pm
April 27 Grade 8 students attend CCHS for Grade 9 Orientation—p.m.
May 12 Jr. ATB Board Meeting 12:20
May 6 Pizza Day
May 8 PLC afternoon—Students dismissed at 12:01
May 11 Grade 6 FLA—Part A Provincial Achievement Test
May 12 Word Smash at the Banff Centre—participating students needing transportation
must be at LGMS at 8:10 a.m. for departure at 8:15 a.m. to Banff
May 13 Grade 6 ELA—Part A Provincial Achievement Test
May 18 Victoria Day—no school for students
May 19 Jr. ATB Branch Open 12:20—Mme Santerre’s Class
May 20 Pizza Day
May 22 PLC afternoon—Students dismissed at 12:01
June 2 Jr. ATB. —Branch Open 12:20—Mme Santerre’s class
June 5 PLC afternoon—Students dismissed at 12:01
June 9 Jr. ATB—Board Meeting 12:20
June 12 PLC afternoon—Students dismissed at 12:01
June 16 Jr. ATB. Branch Open 12:20—Mme Santerre’s class
June 16 Grade 6 FLA—Part B Provincial Achievement Test
June 17 Grade 6 ELA—Part B Provincial Achievement Test
June 18 Grade 6 Math Provincial Achievement Test
June 19 Grade 6 Science Provincial Achievement Test
June 22 Grade 6 Social Studies Provincial Achievement Test
June 26 Last day of School—Dismissed at 12:01—Report Cards Go Home
LGMS SCHOOL COUNCIL Volunteers are needed to help paint fish for the Stream of Dreams (Grade 6) project: contact Rhona Griffin at [email protected]
Volunteers are also needed to support the Casino Application process. Contact: [email protected]
GRASSI Greats Mr. Krohe’s 4A students have been working on the creation of their “News For ‘A’ Fairy Tale” newspaper.
The class visited the Rocky Mountain Outlook and talked with local journalist who helped the students write
up an article. Below is a great picture of 4A done up as if they were on the front page of the paper.
The Canadian Rockies 8th Annual Science Fair: The following students participated in the Science Fair held at Banff High School on Tuesday, March 17th.
Plant Sciences
Annika Gasser Let it Grow, Vermicompost
Juliette Lachapelle & What’s a Plant’s Favorite Colour?
Emma Hendry
Health and Life Sciences
Quinn Blyth Should you worry about the Ebola Virus?
Logan Moldenhauer & Sugar
Aiden Christoffersson
Nikolas Worobey Hydration
Chemical Sciences
Finn Manktelow Fruit Power
Hailey Bramble Teeth Stains
Engineering Sciences
Matthais Gasser A Dirty Little Secret
Liam Baylis Show Me the Money: Is the Cost of Golf Balls Worth It?
Environmental Sciences
Henry Rowed Time
Sociological and Physiological Sciences
Lainee Hardingham Dogs Favorite Toys
Health and Life Sciences
Caelyn Coe How the Brain Works
Environmental Sciences
Omar Hussein & Tornados Cody Haggar Zoe Fleger The Amazing Earthquake
A good showing of LGMS students at the annual CRPS science fair on March 17! Many students won awards.
It was a fun and inspirational event! Congratulations to the winners in their category and to all our students
who participated.
Canadian Rockies Regional Science Fair Winners Tues, Mar. 17, 15
Banff Community High School
1) General Age Category Awards
Grade 4-5 Age Category
Plant Sciences
1st: Brio Hempstead and Eva O’Connor: Pollution on Plants
2nd: Juliette Lachapelle Marceau and Emma Hendry: Plants favorite Colour
Health and Life Science
1st: Rosemary Blanchard: Natural Dyes
2nd: Amanda MacIntosh and Kristina Lauagon: Brainstorm
Chemical Science
1st: Kiana Worobey: Edible Iron
Engineering Science
1st: Eli Mottram: Speed Skiing
2nd: James Wright and Kaz Kobayashi: Air Compression
3rd: Finn : Energy
Environmental and Earth Science
1st: Zoe Fleger: Amazing Earthquake
2nd: Bryce Golovach and Simon Foster:
3rd: Amelia Auger: Salt water on Buoyancy
Behaviour Science
1st: Clay Milne: Optical Illusions
2nd: Frank Sparks and Grace Tanton Nuxoll: I’m Not Lieing
Grade 6-7 Category
Plant Sciences
1st: Anika Gasser: Let It Grow
2nd: Sebastian Solomon and Olivia Villemaire: How Does Music Affect Plants?
Health and Life Sciences
1st: Sydney Jacobson and Grace McLintock-Luft: A Big Missteak
2nd: Hayley Locke and Kyla Yawney: Placebo Test
3rd: Catrina Dang and Chase Maclaren: Fingerprints
Chemical Sciences
1st: Finn Maktelow: Fruit Power
2nd: Sierra Kapay and Ciara O’Farrell: Nail Polish
3rd : Trishia DeGuzman: Force of Attraction of Particles
Engineering Sciences
1st: Liam Baylis: Show Me the Money
2nd: Matthias Gasser: Dirty Little Secret
3rd: Megan Adamo: The I Coat
Environmental and Earth Sciences
1st: Emma Carmichael and Ellie Connor: Plastic Milk
2nd: Gouri Korhalkar and Jenny Vivero: Why is the Ocean Salty?
3rd: Kelsey Dickey and Michah Taran : Solar Powered Robot
Behavioural Sciences
1st: Owen Mackenzie and Dawson Price Weber: Video Games
2nd: Lainee Hardingham: Dogs Favourite Toys
3rd: Jessica Farrar and Morgan Foster: Colors and Feelings
Space Sciences
1st Savina Somas
Grade 8-9 Age Category
Plant Sciences
1st: John Poole: Fungi
2nd: Hannah Bowman: Microgreens
3rd: Dayna Geyer and Anika Patychuk: It’s Not About the Base
Health and Life Science
1st: Nikolas Worobey: Water You Drinking?
2nd: Angelika Marquines: Stress
3rd: Roman Scurfield: The Future of Bugs
3rd: Kana Noguchi: Preventing Tears when you cut an Onion
Chemical Science
1st: Zed Diaz and Kyle Labiano: Viscosity
2nd: Callie Geyer and Kate Gibson: Toothpaste Whiteners
3rd: Kai Iguchi: Stain Removers
Engineering Science
1st: Scott Chisholm: Speed of Light
2nd: Sam Kim: Cool Pop
3rd: Thea Kehler and Theressa Smith: Iphone vs. Samsung
3rd Place: Kay Labiano and Andrea Turnaob: Wave Depth vs. Velocity
Environmental and Earth Science
1st: Darmody O’Donnel and Carleigh Gorrigson: Grease Police
2nd: Sarah Carmichael and Justine Macdonald: Plastics in the Ocean
3rd: Giana Navarra and Isabelle Lacsamana: E Waste
Behavioural Sciences
1st: Kendra Pecsi and Zoe Monette: How to Remember
2nd: Jaylen Payson and Rosie Macdonald: Mood Affect Food?
3rd: Skylar Belcyk and Hannah Macnaugton: Laughter is the best Medicine
3rd: Natalie Martineau and Sara Hudson Knauer: Jello Mello
3rd: Hans Corpuz and Kim Fernandez: Video Games
2) Sponsored Awards
A) Rotary Club of Canmore Award:
grade 4-5: Caelyn Coe and Sierra Forsyth: Rocks
grade 6-7: Logan House and Freddie Macphail: DNA
grade 8-9: Darius Lozowchuk and Nicholas Lozowchuk: How Technology Affects Society
B) Bow Valley Waste Management Award:
C) Canmore Museum of Geoscience Award
Gouri Korhalkar and Jenny Vivero: Why is the Ocean Salty?
Caelyn Coe and Sierra Forsyth: Rocks
D) TD Canada Trust Award:
Liam Baylis: Show Me the Money
Scott Chishom: Speed of Light in a Microwave
E) Lafarge Canada, Exshaw Awards…
Chemical Sciences:
Grade 4-5: Kiana Worobey: Edible Iron
Grade 6-7: Finn Manktelow: Fruit Power
Grade 8-9: Zed Diaz and Kyle Labiano: Viscosity
Behavioural Sciences:
Grades 4-5: Clay Milne: Optical Illusions
Grades 6-7: Owen Mackenzie and Dawson Price Weber: Video Games
Grades 8-9: Kendra Pecsi and Zoe Monette: How do you Learn?
Plant Sciences:
Grade 4-5: Brio Hempstead and Eva O’Connor: Plants and Pollution
Grade 6-7: Anika Gasser: Let it Grow
Grade 8-9: John Poole: Fungi
F) Banff Community Foundation Award
Grade 4-5: Emma Dales and Tyler Desrosiers: What Makes Snow Melt Faster?
Grade 6-7: Anika Gasser: Let It Grow: vermacompost
Grade 8-9: Carleigh Gorrigsen and Darmody O’Donnel: Grease Police
G) Genome Alberta Award
Sydney Jacobson and Grace McClintock-Luft: A Big Missteak
H) Bow Valley Basics Canadian Rockies School Division “Best Overall Trophy for Excellence in Scientific Inquiry”
John Poole: Fungi
I) Canada Wide Science Fair:
John Poole: Fungi
Sydney Jacobson and Grace McClintock-Luft: A Big Missteak
LAWRENCE GRASSI MIDDLE SCHOOL GARDEN The Alpine Edible Schoolyards consists of a small group of passionate community organizers, program developers and
gardeners. We are seeking energetic individuals to strengthen the core of our organization to help bring it all together.
We are in need of people who can help with accounting, grant writing and fundraising. If you are interested in being
part of our organization or would like more information, please email me [email protected]
We are also looking for skilled volunteers to help construct a tool shed on the weekend of April 18th. If you have any
skills/tools relating to construction, we could use up to 6 people on Sunday. The design of the shed is completed and
the building permit has been approved. We will have an expert on site, but need some extra hands to help complete
the project. If you have a few hours to spare on either Saturday or Sunday, please email me at [email protected]
Please feel free to pass this on to other community members that be interested in helping out.
Thank you so much,
Kelly Smith Grade 8 Math/Science Teacher LGMS
Peaks Bank: Official Grand Opening LGMS is proud to inform you of the Grand Opening of our very own, “Peaks Bank”. Students from Grades 4, 5 and 6
were interviewed for a variety of positions, from tellers to Board Members.
Please stop by Mme Santerre’s room for our
OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING!
Tuesday April 21st at 12:20 pm
Ribbon Cutting at 12:25 pm.
Stop by for a visit and perhaps open an account!
See you there!
Mme Desautels and Monsieur Vallee—Class Project
In November of last year, LGMS parent council suggested that our students become involved with a contest. The aim of this contest was to promote our Canadian National Parks. This worked well in the context of our Humanities program. As well the grand prize was an all expense paid voyage to Quebec City. Parks Canada would provide programming to help our students understand Canadian History and the beauty and diversity of our country.
With this in mind, we led our students to create a 60 second video which encompassed our closest national park; Banff National Park. Our students researched park: history, geography, activities, economic impact, and ecological sustaina-bility. We also looked at the technology necessary to create the film short, as well as, the art of story boarding.
The result of this planning was that from both Grade 8 classes, eight films emerged. As classes, we narrowed this field to one film. It was that film that was submitted to the contest. It was then that the voting began. We encouraged our friends, our families and our collegues to review our work and…. vote, vote, vote!
The voting has lasted for three weeks. It was our pleasure to find out yesterday, April 9th , that our efforts have paid off. How excited we were to find that LGMS was recognized as the second place winner of this contest. Out of 56 videos, from all across our country, we were awarded second place.
This has been a wonderful journey for our students and wouldn’t have happened without the support of the following people and organizations:
Lisa Cohen-Wallis, Spencer Schneider, Carolyn Headmann-Cohen, Carolyn Shoepp, David Headmann, Tina Tricco, Bren-
da Birch, Carrie Harbin, Tracey Wilkins, Dianne Schneider, Kevin Cohen-Wallis, Daniela, Griesser, Cindy Kelly, Aman-da Waters, Jacqueline Dumas, Carole Buetler, Mike Quigley (www.quigley.tv#home), Rob Murray, CBC, Banff/Lake Louise Tourism, Rocky Mountain Outlook and Safeway.
We also need to congratulate these students: Jane Cohen-Wallis, India Schneider, Erika Teskey, Sam Messier and Miri-am Griesser. These young ladies produced and starred in the winning video short. We were impressed with how a simple project can impact so many people. This is learning at it’s finest.
CRPS 2015– 2016
