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December 2012 Bridging the gap with nature One of the gourds harvested in the Burrows community. Page 18 Our Schools December 2012/January 2013 ISSN 0384-6636 Volume 40 Number 5 www.wsd1.org Filling buckets Inside Special Section Transforming Education: Aboriginal Education today Pages 12-15 ____________________________ New den for Grizzlies Page 3 ____________________________ International prize for Tec Voc Aerospace Page 4 ____________________________ Churchill athletic complex opens Page 9 ____________________________ Adobe honours Sisler Above: Students at Robertson Page 17 School are learning that some - thing as simple as kind words can fill a bucket over time. See story on page 2 A feast of food and culture A Project of Heart Division schools are joining a national commemoration project to honour the victims and survivors of the residential school system. The Project of Heart will consist of 13 major public exhibits across Canada, as well as school based exhibits. Students will create tiles that will comprise the commemorative displays. See story on page 15 See story on page 17 Parent Information Evening A delegation of parents, school administrators, trustees and educators met at Tec Voc he Division’s Board of boards, government and other educa - High School for the Nov. 29 Parent Information Evening. Trustees met with parent tional partners in addressing those Tcouncils, educators and challenges. administrators from across the Following the presentations, par - Division for a special Parent ents, trustees and administrators Information Night held at Tec Voc broke into smaller round-table discus - High School on Nov. 29. sions. Several parents expressed con - Filling buckets “The Board of Trustees believes cern if property taxation was jeopard - that the education of children is a ized—such as losing local decision partnership between the home and making on local needs. Others noted the school community,” said Board the challenge of understanding the Chair Rita Hildahl. “This is why it is complicated budget process. so important to create a better under - Tia A. Everitt, a parent council standing and awareness about the member with École Robert H. Smith educational process for our children.” School, stressed the importance of Those in attendance heard from promoting grassroots discussions two guest speakers: longtime educa - about education and taxation. tor and educational leader Strini “We have to make sure that Reddy and Carolyn Duhamel, the everyone in the community, espe - Executive Director of the Manitoba cially the parent population base, School Boards Association. really understand how important the Mr. Reddy discussed the value of funds that we get from taxation programming that supplements the really are—and how exceptionally curriculum, as well as the crucial role special it is in Manitoba that we parents play in their children’s educa - continue to have it,” she said. “I tion. Ms. Duhamel examined the moved here from B.C. two years challenges of maintaining the ago, and the situation there is required resources for schools in absolutely dire. I’m from a town tough economic times, and the where eight schools closed down in importance of partnerships between the past five years, two are remain - Robertson students and teacher Kim Bakker with the poster tracking students’ kind parents, school communities, school ing. You can’t let that happen here.” words. indness can be taught—and your shoes,’” said student Ashleen Kstudents at Robertson School Delas Alas. “It feels good when Around the Division are learning that something as sim - somebody says something nice to ple as kind words can fill a bucket you. My favourite thing somebody over time. wrote about me was that I was a Teacher Kim Bakker’s Grade 4 great friend.” WSD’ S 100- year -olD students have been writing down Prior to Christmas break, students positive comments about each other in the classroom received binders Heritage ClaSSroom and putting them into the “buck - full of their classmates’ kind et”—in this case, a poster with comments. HaS moveD ! pockets to hold each student’s “I’ve definitely seen a change in messages. the classroom…students are realiz - The Division’s one-of-a-kind classroom museum is now being housed at “They say that everyone has an ing that they should go out of their Isaac Brock School, which is celebrating 100 years of learning this coming invisible bucket…when you say way to do nice things. This is focus - spring. Programming is available in both French and English and can be nice things to somebody, you’re fill - ing on positive behavior rather than adapted to accommodate all learners. ing that bucket,” Ms. Bakker said. negative,” Ms. Bakker said. Those classes interested in making classroom bookings in the new year “When you say things that are mean, The Fill a Bucket movement, may contact Darcie Kiene at [email protected] for further information and you are taking away from their which is expanding school-wide, is availability. This experience is open to all WSD students free of charge. bucket and being a ‘bucket dipper.’ one of several positive behavior ini - We try to be bucket fillers in our tiatives taking place at the school. room and in this school. We practise Robertson was among the schools saying nice things to each other all that recently received support for the time.” anti-bullying initiatives through the 43rd annual Winnipeg Students are not only able to get a Winnipeg Police Association’s Cool boost in confidence and self-esteem 2B Kind program. Schools’ Science Fair when they read the comments from Other Division schools receiv - their peers; they are also able to ing support for their anti-bullying When : April 17, 2013 experience the joy of sharing kind - efforts included Cecil Rhodes, Where : Brodie Centre, U of M Bannatyne Campus ness with others. The project was David Livingstone Community, 727 McDermot Ave. inspired by Carol McCloud’s book Elmwood High, Gladstone, Isaac Have you Filled a Bucket Today ? Brock, Kent Road, King Edward Deadline for project submissions is March 19, 2013. “We made up a list of kind Community, Ralph Brown and words we can give to each other, R.B. Russell Vocational High like ‘you smell pretty’ or ‘I like schools. Page 2 December 2012/January 2013 Our Schools George V celebrates new gymnasium Cutting the ribbon to officially open the new gym: current George V Principal Manuel “It took the hard work and dedica - dodgeball or other activities.” Silva, students and former Principal Gisele Mospanchuk. tion of many school staff, parents and Ms. Allan said the new addition fit guardians, students and community in well with the historical architec - members to bring more than two ture of the storied school. he Grizzlies have a new den at Olson Dominion, Director of decades of hopes and dreams to a “George V School was built in École George V School, but Buildings George Heath and PAC reality,” Mr. Silva said. “Tonight, this 1915 and has had many additions and Tstudents will be doing any - representative Robb Massey. reality is shared with both the past renovations…but I think this renova - thing but hibernating over the winter “I’d like to thank the Province of and current George V communities.” tion is the most exciting. The design months. Manitoba for their commitment to Mr. Massey said the new gymnasi - of the gym compliments the histori - The new gymnasium, which is investing in infrastructure that sup - um was “the beginning of a lot of cal architecture of the school, so it already heavily used by students at ports student learning,” Ms. Hildahl great new things for our community will fit in nicely with the neighbour - the school as well as the community, said. “I know the students and com - and our school.” hood,” she said. was officially opened in a special cer - munity will benefit greatly by the The gymnasium is part of a 7,000 Student Hillery Pham said the emony on Nov. 13. new facility and the opportunities sq.ft. expansion that also includes school’s old gymnasium continues to Guests included Minister of that will be provided to develop more accessible elevators and washrooms. play an important role at George V. Education Nancy Allan, Board Chair healthy lifestyles.” The facility has already been earn - “Since the old gym wasn’t going Rita Hildahl, Trustees Mike Principal Manuel Silva and other ing rave reviews from students like to be used anymore, we decided to Babinsky, Cathy Collins and Darlyne speakers were quick to recognize the Katrina Medeiros. make it into a lunch room,” she said, Bautista, Chief Superintendent tireless efforts of parent councils past “My favourite part of the new gym noting that students ate lunch in Pauline Clarke, Superintendent of and present, as well as the work of is having more space to play volley - smaller groups all over the school Schools-Central Celia Caetano- former George V Principal Gisele ball,” she said. “You can actually previously. “It’s a lot noiser, but it’s Gomes, Rob Obirek of MCM Mospanchuk, for guiding the project bump the ball without hitting the better to have 300 students in one Architects, Ellowyn Nadeau of Stuart to fruition. roof…there’s way more space for spot.” Educators share knowledge, inspiration at SAGE ver 700 educators assembled a healthy and active family lifestyle, and support.” at Elmwood High School and and how that influenced each mem - The SAGE workshops were hosted Oits feeder schools for the ber as an athlete. The address tied in at Elmwood and 13 different nearby Manitoba Physical Education well with the conference’s “Fit schools, including École George V Teachers’ Association’s annual Together” theme. School and its brand new gymnasi - SAGE (Special Area Group of “Our committee developed the Fit um.
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