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IN ANDAROUND SNOWRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TULIE MACRAE;

AIR BAND CONCERT

Mr. Waldera organized an airband concert on May 19 in the Snow- ridge Gym. The students created their own instruments and spent lots of time preparing, and we all enjoyed watching their fine performances.

CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN

The week of May 15-19 was clean- up week at Snowridge. Students were encouraged to clean up dif- ferent areas around town and col- lected a chocolate bar from Mrs. MacRae for their efforts. Every- one who took part had their name entered in a draw for a Snowridge Elementary T-Shirt, which was won by Sinead McGuinness. We also took an hour on Friday, May 19th to clean up our. school grounds and driveway. We're proud to say

that we “PITCHED IN! ® SPECIAL DAYS The students and staff of Snow-

ridge have decided to liven things up for the final eight Fridays of the school year. Each ‘Friday has a different theme, and students are encouraged to dress

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have come to another Playschool time I would like to mention some of the things’ we did throughout the year. The classes went on some field trips which consisted of visits to the police station, post office, car- nival, Science Fair anda visit to the Kindergarten Room. This was enjoyed by all the kids. This year the Cassiar Playgroup was great at pating in all the fund events and we had lots of. tions. We managed to raise the sum of $1,286.10. Most of this money was used to upgrade some of

Once again we the end of year. At this

Co-op partici- raiser

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our toys and materials. We man-

aged to purchase two small com- puters, a Fisher Price globe and a Fisher Price microscope. We also purchased an activity gym for the children to use in the gym.

The Cassiar Co-op Playgroup has had a good year overall. I feel that we should take this time to thank all the parents for their great participation this year in our fund raisers and the duty days. I would like to men- tion what a great job our teach- er, Miss L. Storch, has done. The children all like her and we have had no problems this year. As some people are aware, we had an assistant this year for the first time who was hired by some of the working parents for their duty days. The assistant was

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accordingly. The themes are as follows:

May 5 T-Shirt Day

May 12 Hat Day

May 19 Jean Day

May 26 Sunglasses Day

June 2 Beach Day

June 9 Weird Day

June 16 Clash Day

June 23 Red Day

FITNESS WEEK

The week of May 29th to June 2nd was declared Fitness Week at Snowridge. Each day of the week

featured a different theme: Monday - Balloon Day Tuesday - Perpetual Motion Day Wednesday - Challenge Day Thursday - Creativity Day Friday - Beach Day All classes took part ina Pool Party at the Lions Swimming Pool. As well, daily mnoon-hour ball games were played on our playing field. In all, it was an action packed and enjoyable week!

SCIENCE CENTRE

Our students have been intrigued by the travelling science display located in the Ralf Voss Centre.

Corrina Maki and I would like to

thank her for all her help this year.

As President of Cassiar Co- op Playgroup I would like to. say

thanks to ald’the other executive members for their great input and

co-operation this season. Now that our season is over and we have elected our new executive

members I would like to introduce them to you at this time:

President Elaine Pirie

Vice President Gayleen Connolly Secretary Pat Harper Treasurer Sandy Cooper Welcome to our Cassiar Co-op Playgroup and may you have a

great year ahead.

Have a great summer and see you all next year. For the ones who are leaving us, have a great summer and good luck in the future.

Public Health News

submitted by Carlin Miroslaw Public Health Nurse

MENINGITIS

In children under age 5, major cause of meningitis is a bacterial infection called Haemophilus influenze type b or H.I.B. for short.

Vaccine is now available for ALL children between the ages of 18 months and five years. Child- ren over 5 years of age have not been found to get meningitis that is caused by the Haemophilus bac- teria. Children under 18 months do not produce an appropriate im- mune response to the vaccine.

The side effects are mini- mal. Soreness at the injection site and fever occasionally occur. No serious side effects have been reported.

Please call 1778-7752 for information or drop by the Public Health Office . at. the Government

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The- consensus has'7 been that’ the displays are both educational and enjoyable. We would like to thank the Cassiar Community Club for making this opportunity available to our students.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY

May 15th was a special day for the teaching staff of Snowridge Elementary as they hosted a Pro-D day for teachers from Watson Lake, Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, Lower Post and Iskut. Our guest speaker was Dr. Alison Preece who did an enthusiastic

and energetic presentation on evaluation of students from a Whole Language perspective. We

were grateful for her many prac- tical suggestions and very pleas- ed by her positive comments about our school's’ program. Alvin Sin

all, it was a day well spent! UPCOMING EVENTS June 23 Kindergarten Graduation June 26 & 27 Class picnics June 28 Sports Day June 29 Awards Day

Last day of school students

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THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

* ANNOUNCEMENT *

Effective June 5, 1989, our hours of service will be:

Monday thru Thursday - 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Friday - 12:00 to 5:30 p.m.

and 14 for immuni-

Building on from 2:30 zation.

JUNC Galy,: ol 2 4:30 p.m.

CLINICS FOR IMMUNIZATION

Please drop by the Public Health Office at the Government Building on June 7th, 12th and 14th from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. If these times are not convenient please call 778-7752 and we will, arrange another time.

FAREWELL

Cassiar is a wonder ful community nestled in the moun- tains. It is not the beauty of the surroundings that make Cas- Siar an enjoyable place, it is the people. —

In July I will be leaving the North and moving to Smith-

ers. While working in this’ area Cassiarites have made me feel at

home and accepted. I thank all who have helped and befriended me.

I have enjoyed becoming part of your community and will leave with fond and endearing memories. I wish you all the best for the summer and in the,future;

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REGIONAL BASKETBALL CAMP

During the month of April three Cassiar Secondary students, Binder Mangat, Ellen Artico and Stephen Ryan, attended the North- west Regional Basketball Camp in Terrace. The purpose of the camp was to identify players from the

Pacific Northwest who have the potential to play for the B.C. “under 17" provincial team. Al-

though the three students will not know until the end of May as to whether they qualified fora provincial tryout camp in Van- couver, I feel that it is impor- tant to include a letter that I received from. the Terrace co- ordinator in regards to the three students from Cassiar.

The letter reads as follows:

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing this letter to say ‘how impressed I was with the skills, behaviour and responsi- bility of three of your students -~ Binder Mangat, Stephen Ryan and Ellen Artico - on their recent visit to Terrace for the North- west Regional Basketball B.C. Camp. Their attitude and behavi- our was exemplary. They were outstanding ambassadors for the town of Cassiar. Your staff, in- deed your community, should be very proud of these fine student- athletes.

Hugh Mackinnon Camp Co-ordinator

As the letter points out, the three students were fine rep- resentatives of Cassiar Secondary and the community of Cassiar; and on behalf of Cassiar Secondary and the community , I would like to congratulate the three stu- dents for receiving this letter.

IN AND AROUND CASSIAR SECONDARY SCHOOL

INTRAMURALS

The intramural close in Western

season came early May, when Samoa including Gay, Lisa Lanphear, Chris- Kwan, Adrian Dostie and Mr. Beck, defeated Mr. Vickery's La- kers to win the C.B.A.-(Cassiar Basketball Association) champion- ship.

I would like to thank all those students and staff who par- ticipated in the 1988/89 intra- mural season and I look forward to seeing you on the court next year.

to a Team Jason tina

WORK EXPERIENCE

The 1989 Work Experience Program came to a close May 25, and I would like to take this op- portunity to thank those sponsors who volunteered to take students into their organizations for a week. Without your assistance the program simply could not op- erate, and on behalf of the stu- dents and staff of Cassiar Secon- dary I would like to’ thank the following organizations for their support of our program:

Cassiar Courier R.C.M.P.

Snowridge Elementary Cassiar Playschool Cassiar Mining Marvel Travel

Canada Post

Cassiar Shopping Centre Royal Bank of Canada Cassiar Hair Design United Steelworkers

In conjunction with the Work Experience program, Mr. Ken Bu-

chanan (Royal Bank) and Mr. Cliff Shipley (Finning) were guest speakers at Cassiar Secondary

Second Annual Novelathon

submitted by W. Cocking Results

Grade 6-7 Category:

Cheryl Kwan Pink Summer Blues Derek Storch No Place Like Home Jody Harrison Seven Against the Two of Us

Consolation prizes. and certifi- cates of appreciation were award- ed to:

Farrah L. Shipley

Lianne Muir

Chrissey Becket

Tricia Gorski

Grade 8-10 Category

Viki-Lynn Molloy Fetal Dream Christina Kwan My Parents: The French Fries Without the Ketchup Jason Yakiwchuk This is Where the Fun Begins Jennifer Becket Knight Rat

Grade 11 Category: Vickie Kornelsen A Sén's “Lovet 4. es

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The authors of the best writing received book prizes as well as a consolation prize and certificate of appreciation.

Fourteen young writers par- ticipated in the Second Annual Novel Writing Contest on April 10th and 11th which was held at Cassiar Secondary School. The entrants ranged from grade six to grade eleven.

Participation this year in- creased by a factor of three with

a.total of fourteen participants from Snowridge Elementary and Cassiar Secondary School. The following students are to be

commended for participating:

Jody Harrison Lianne Muir Lisa Lanphear Adrian Dostie Cheryl Kwan Derek Storch Tricia Gorski

Jason Yakiwchuk Jennifer Becket Christina Kwan Viki-Lynn Molloy Farrah L. Shipley Vicki Kornelsen Chrissy Becket

- Thanks also to Ms. Kuechle for assistance and supervision and to Mrs. Yakiwchuk and Mr. Wolfe for encouraging their students to write.

With Cassiar involvement in sustained silent reading. it made sense to involve studehts in a writing activity to

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during the month of May. The purpose of the presentation is to

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inform the students about the qualifications, the benefits and the nature of the job in each profession. :

I would like to thank Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Shipley for

taking the time to meet with our students.

VILLAGE CLEAN-UP

On May 5, in co-operation with Cassiar Mining Corporation, a large number of our students participated in a village clean- up by picking up garbage through- out the town. Although there is still © more work to be done, I do believe that we made a signifi- cant start by removing forty bags of garbage from our community's streets.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

I would like to congratulate the following students for having perfect attendance,including no lates, ‘from September 6 to May 16.

Vlado Kovacic

Steve Vidovic

Lisa Lanphea:

Chad Clark

Sonia ‘Saro -

DATES TO. REMEMBER “June 16 - Last day of reg- ular classes at ORIEN

-iAwards Day pre- sentations in the afternoon - Examination Week at C.S.S.

-- Report cards available for stu- dents

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stimuiate creativity and to mote writing skills. The

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ents wrote over the course of eleven hours (including. two one- hour dinner breaks) writing, thinking and editing. No pre- written material was permitted. All work took place during the sessions.

Students made good use of the word processors, generating thousands of words which folded themselves into over fourteen different stories ranging from the personal to the fanciful. A high level of quality work resul- ted from the contest indicating that there likely will be a Third Annual Novelathon during the 1989/90 school year.