On Friday, we gave out Drama certificates from the Drama Festival. Our play, Peggy the Pint-Sized Pirate, won 6 awards: Outstanding Use of Costume, Outstanding Choice of Material, Ensemble Work, Outstanding Female Actor (Zoe Ingalls - Peggy), Outstanding Supporting Female Actor (Jode Harvey - Scummy), and Outstanding Supporting Male Actor (Drew Linton - Bob the Brave). Great job, everyone!
Our school has won the Learning Partnership's 2009 National Technology Innovation Award for Eastern Canada. These awards honour the achievements of educators who use technology to enhance the learning environment for their students. On Wednesday, Mr. Jones and I will travel to Toronto for the conference and awards ceremony, where we will present our project and accept the award on behalf of our school.
Project Title: Educational Technology: A New Age Message In A Bottle
Team Members: Andrew Jones, Robert Griffin,Karen Doiron, Susan Jones, Leanda McQuaid, Patrick Cook
Andrew Jones and a team of colleagues at Grand Manan Community School have a 4 pronged approach that included technology to enhance collaboration and learning in the school. In order to improve literacy rates, staff developed collaborative projects in which Grand Manan students interacted electronically with students from other areas of Canada. The staff implemented the use of Fast ForWord and Destination Reading to improve reading scores. They developed a communications network with homework blogs and a Homework Lunch wiki site so parents knew the work that was not completed. As well, new hardware and software tools were purchased for the school.
No homework this week! But please, keep reading every night (and all summer long!).
Upcoming Events:
June 4: Mr. and Mrs. Jones are in Toronto for the National Technology Conference and Awards Ceremony
June 9: K/1 Jones trip to Fredericton to meet with students from Miscou Island
June 11: K-2 trip to the Anchorage
June 15: K/1 Jones and 6 Kilburn (our reading buddies) vist the whale reasearch center and Pettes Cove beach
June 16: PreK Orientation (current kindergarten students stay home that day)
June 17: Graduation
June 19: Report Cards and last day for Students
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