The anti-bullying Pink Day was a huge success. The day included an anti-bullying presentation from Chris Getzlaf of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, buddying of high school and elementary students for a variety of games, hot dogs in pink buns, and a huge chain of pink t-shirts down both sides of Main Street. A great big THANK YOU to all the people who volunteered to help make this day possible! A special thank you goes out to CanElson Drilling who donated all of the pink t-shirts for the students to wear. The students looked great and sent a powerful message: One Colour, One Purpose, One Community!
The Rookie Badminton Team competed in the Sub-Districts in Manor on May 1, while the juniors competed in Carlyle. The top 2 teams in each category advanced to Districts on Saturday, May 5. In the Rookie Boys' Singles category, Kirkland Chalus and Cale Fleaury both finished 3rd in their pools. In Mixed Doubles, Jacob Chalus and Marissa Owens finished 2nd in their pool to advance to the playoffs, but lost out in the semi-finals. In Boys' Doubles, Kyle Sargent and Dalton Loustel finished 2nd in their pool, but lost out in the playoffs to Josh Brown and Wyatt who had finished 1st in their pool. Dalton and Kyle went on to win the Bronze Medal Match. Josh and Wyatt Bayliss placed 2nd at Sub-districts and were able to advance to Districts. At Districts, Josh and Wyatt played well all day long and finished 1st in their pool, won the semi-final, and went on to the Gold Medal Match. They had a great game, but lost out in the 3rd set with a final score of 24 to 22. In Juniors, Jordon Gudmundson finished 1st in her pool and 3rd overall. Brianna Robinson and Lauren Pinacie-Littlechief finished 1st overall, but were not able to attend Districts. Sam Matthewson and Megan Shirley finished 1st overall and advanced to Districts where they finished 3rd in their pool. Kirk Zacharias and Marshall Delorme finished 1st overall at sub-districts and 3rd in their pool at Districts. Marc Shaw finished 2nd at Sub-districts and 3rd in his pool at Districts. Dawson Hoffort finished 1st at Sub-districts and 1st in his pool at Districts. He went on to playoffs, but narrowly lost out. He finished 3rd overall. Congratulations to all the Rookies and Juniors who came out this year!
There is a free Mother's Day Pancake breakfast at the school at 8:00 AM on Friday, May 11. Everyone is welcome. All "mothers" will be entered in a draw for a secret prize.
Track practices continue on Wednesdays after school as well as Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
The Student Council continues to sell muffins and donuts ($1 each) during the first break of each day.
Local businesses can have a business-card size advertisement placed in the yearbook for $20 or they can sponsor a photo page for $30. Half-page and full-page advertisements are also available. If you are interested in placing an ad in the GFK yearbook please contact Melissa Sweet for details. The 2010-2011 yearbooks are still available. The cost is now $20. The 2011-2012 yearbooks are $25. If anyone has taken pictures of GFK students which might be of interest to the Yearbook Committee, please email them to Melissa Sweet at melissa.sweet@cornerstonesd.ca so the pictures can be included in the 2011-2012 Yearbook. Currently the yearbook is looking for pictures from senior girls' volleyball and drama.
A Teacher Professional Development Day in Estevan means there will be no classes on Monday, May 14.
