Mrs. Rutten and the Senior Members of the GF Kells Teen Council attended the Canadian Student Leadership Conference in Weyburn last week. They met with hundreds of other students from across Canada. They heard speakers, participated in team building activities, learned about building school spirit, marched in a parade, attended dances, made lots of new friends, and had a great time.
Mr. Zacharias, Mr. Andrusiak, and the Cross Country Team continue running 3 days a week in the hills after schools. The Division Meet is Wednesday, October 3rd in Carnduff. The top 10 grade 9-12 students in each category advance to Provincials in Balgonie on Sat. October 13th, 2012.
Bree Ryan and the Senior Girls had a good weekend at a tournament in Estevan. The girls played well and finished second in the tournament.
Mrs. Beaver and the Rookie Boys are practicing Mondays and Wednesdays after school.
Mr. Birch and the Intermediate Girls continue to practice weekday evenings.
Mr. Johnson and the junior boys played Arcola and Oxbow last week. They defeated Arcola in 4 of 5 sets, and narrowly lost to Oxbow, 2 sets to 3.
Ms. Maher, Mrs. Reaves, and the Rookie Girls continue to practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.
Mrs. Biberdorf and her Home Economics class would appreciate any used tape measures and scrap fabric for her classes. If you have any around your place and you would like to donate them to GFK please contact Mrs. Bieberdorf. Appreciation goes out to Marie McConnell for her donation of games and material scraps to our school.
The Magazine Fundraiser began Oct. 2. Please support your high school while getting some great deals on magazine subscriptions. Students will be selling subscriptions around town. If someone is missed, but interested, please call the school.
If you have any old tools in GOOD condition, the high school shop is looking for donations!
Please contact Miss Wiebe if you would like to make a donation!
The school is looking for games to be used within the Workplace and Apprenticeship 10, 20, and 30 courses. They are to be used in outcomes within the courses to help develop spatial reasoning, numerical reasoning and logical reasoning. If you have any of the following games that your family has outgrown or is willing to donate to the school, we would really appreciate it. Just bring them in to the office! Games we are looking for are: Rubik's Cube, Blokus, chess, checkers, backgammon, Mastermind, Connect Four, Battleship, Cathedral World, Yahtzee, cribbage, Reverse
Parent and community members are needed for our School Community Council. Our next School Community Council meeting will be held Wednesday, October 17, 2004. The meeting will begin at 7:00 P.M. At this meeting we will be looking for parents or community members to become part of the council. Council members will be meeting eight more times this year for approximately 1.5 hours each meeting. Your involvement in our school is a critical part of how we involve our community in the planning that is so necessary for our school success. As a member, your feedback is very essential in terms of our programming at this school. As well, we will be needing community members' advice as we move forward in the construction of a K - 12 school in Carlyle. The architectural design process has started and we will need community members to participate. Please plan to be here October 17; your help is needed.
Student Leadership Team Report: Last week at the SLT meeting we discussed what kind of clothing we want to order. We talked about the magazine campaign as well. Today at the SLT meeting we planned a pep rally, which will take place Oct. 2. We will also be kicking off the Magazine Campaign. We have a meeting planned for Wednesday at noon to discuss the clothing issue further.
Anyone who is interested in advertising on the school's virtual signs should contact Mr. Howe at the school. For all of your Gordon F. Kells news and updates, check out the new virtual signs or visit our school blog at gfkells.wordpress.com!
