The English-SpeakingSpecial Community edition of the Lower Saint Lawrence Spring 2014 By the Secondary 1 & 2 students of Metis Beach School
The History of “Metis” - Louise Lapierre
here are three main theories that try to After John Macnider’s death the Mitis Seigniory di$erence is the language. On the “Metis Beach Texplain the origin of the name Métis. !ese was divided into two distinct parts: Grand Metis side” it was more of an anglophone community can be summarized in three words: moitié, and Little Metis. Both of these names come from and on the “Les Boules side” it was more franco- Mitisk and Mitioui (pronounced Metiw). the same root name: Mitis, and Little Metis even- phone. For a short period of time, before Metis tually renamed Métis-sur-Mer, even though most Beach School and L’Envol school made e$orts to !e "rst of the three, moitié is a French term English speakers have tradi- connect, there was very little meaning half. Some people believe that the "rst tionally called it Metis Beach. understanding and collabora- French explorers of the region gave it that name “It’s a small town for tion between the two schools. while navigating. !is is thought to be because Metis has attracted visitors Now, both schools collaborate Metis is located halfway between Gaspé and for a long time because of a lot of history” on a constant basis and share Quebec. the air, its rich geological facilities, programs and proj- composition, the presence ects, helping kids from both !e second theory refers to the name Mitisk, of the river, the beach, "shing, hunting and schools connect with each other and have access which means birch tree in Mi’kmaq since there boating, among others. In 1876, a railway was to local resources. are a lot of birch trees at the mouth of the Mitis built through Metis. At its economical and tour- River, which is the river’s traditional native name. istic peak, from 1860 to 1960, Metis had many Did you know that Metis has a total of 417 hotels, motels and mansions, creating an aura homes and there’s 644 people living in only 288 But the most probable explanation is given in the of grandeur. !at aura still haunts our histori- of these houses? !e textbook “Issues and Terri- third theory, which explains that the name comes cal town, bringing admiring gazes towards the tories; Student Textbook A” states that a small from the word Mitioui, native for ‘’meeting wild roses, grand hedges and old houses. “It’s a town is a municipality numbering 3000 to 10 place’’. !e area located at the mouth of the small town for a lot of history,” says fellow citizen 000 residents, but with only 644 inhabitants, Mitis River was an important native meeting and Miranda Smith. Métis-sur-Mer does have an o#cial town status! trading ground. Tribes met there to trade with each other and with the “white men”. !e natives !e " rst municipal fusion that included Metis, “People know each other, so it helps create also "shed for salmon in the Mitis River in the happened between Baie-des-Sables, Les Boules connections that a big city would not have,” said spring. and Métis-sur-Mer. It happened in the 1940s, Helen Sim, resident of Metis. right in the middle of Metis’ economical and Early settlers of the region thought Mitioui touristic peak, but the fusion did not last. Because of its small population, the town is not (meeting place) sounded like Metis, so what is found on all regional maps, but it still has a now known as Grand-Métis (as far as the Reford In 2002, there was a fusion between Metis- rich history, strong community values and local Gardens) was then known as Metis. sur-Mer and Les Boules. !ese two towns have traditions. !is town is a tight-knit community; always had much in common. !e only main small, yes, but very strong. !e Seigneurie de Mitis was originally granted to a French nobleman, the Sieur de Peiras, in 1675. By the late 1820s the new Seignior, John “Meeting place” - where the Mitis River Macnider has successfully started to develop the joins the St. Lawrence Seigniory he was granted in 1818.
Even though there were no o#cial roads built at the time Mr. Macnider erected farms, a sawmill, a corn mill and a shipyard, stores and quite a few dwelling houses for his settlers. He also was instrumental in the development of Kempt Road, which eventually connected Chaleur Bay with Grand Metis. Encouraged by Macnider’s settling policy in which he provided new fami- lies with two years of provisions and free rent, about 40 families, mostly of Scottish origin, had settled on his land by 1832. Descendants of these founding families and their names can still be
found in Metis today. Hurwood Jennie Photo: 1 Table of Contents The Freedom Writers 1 The Freedom Wr The History of “Metis” 2
A School with no Gym 3
he Freedom Writers are a group of people with an interesting story to tell. !ese people went to Bullying 4 Tschool in Long Beach in California. !ey were surrounded by racial tensions and gang violence. !ey hated school and they were considered “un-teachable”. !ey got a new English teacher called Miss Meet the Writers 6 Gruwell, and when she arrived it all changed. Miss Gruwell helped these kids when no one else did, she gave them hope. Miss Gruwell was always there for the students, and even saw them graduate. !ey A Quiet History of Metis Beach School 8 succeeded because Miss Gruwell believed that they could make it, when no one else did. Today, Miss Gruwell and the Freedom Writers share their story all around the world. The New Face of Metis Beach School 9 Why are they called the Freedom Writers? Walk My Heritage 10 Miss Gruwell showed the students a documentary called “Eyes on the Prize” during their English class. !e documentary was about a group called the Freedom Riders who rode buses into the segregated Calendar of Events 11 southern United States in 1961 as part of the civil rights movement. !e students wanted to send a message that was similar to that of the Freedom Riders, who fought against segregation, making the world a better place. !e students expressed themselves by writing in their diaries, so they decided to Last Word 12 call themselves the Freedom Writers! Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence 12 About Darrius Garrett Darrius Garrett is one of the original Freedom Writers. Darrius was a gang member, and when he was 14 years old, his mom kicked him out because of this. Darrius became homeless. Before the Freedom Writers and Miss Gruwell, Darrius wanted to be like his father and his brother, respected on the streets. But after meeting Miss Gruwell, reading about Anne Frank, and writing in his diary, he decided that what he wanted most was to make his mother proud. Miss Gruwell helped him take charge of his life, and even if he was the last to graduate from his class, she was still there by his side.
Today, Darrius has three beautiful daughters and a wife. He visits schools, universities, churches and other groups to share his story. He travels around the world to communi- cate his message of hope and his de"nition of success, because he thinks that it is important. “!ere is good in sharing hope with others,
Darrius Garrett with Secondary 1 and 2 English. !is page: Darrius gets the students moving as part of an exercise addressing teen issues.
Opposite page: Darrius reads to the students. iters - Audrey Bernier and Tanya Soucy
“There is good in sharing hope with others, promoting tolerance throughout the world and enjoying each day.” - Darrius Garret
promoting tolerance throughout the world and enjoying each day. When I die, I want the world to know my name as someone that helped people change, by !rst changing himself then the world around him.”
Darrius is now on an Eastern Québec book and speaking tour, to share his story with English- Darrius Garrett with Grade !ve and six students (l-r): Nicholas Belanger, Jessica Bernier, Darrius Garret, speaking students throughout Eastern Shores Matis Lapointe, Alissa Turri", Cindy Lavoie School Board. Darrius visited Metis Beach School on March 27th and 28th. He met with students of of Metis Beach School and all the community members who met him: “It was an amazing experience several classes in both elementary and high school that we won’t forget, we were happy to have one of the original Freedom Writers to come into our classes during these two days, and took the time to get and have the time to explore in more detail one man’s message of hope.” to know students, discuss with them and get his message across. Besides reading Dr. Seuss with the Why is it important to share their story? kindergarten, chatting about bullying with grades It is important to share the story of the Freedom Writers because it is inspirational for all that hear it. 3-4 and talking about teen issues with the second- "e Freedom Writers help people understand that even if life is hard, they can still make it through and ary, Darrius also got to enjoy a pickup-hockey grow from their experiences, helping others around them do the same. "is group of young people went game at recess. On March 27th in the evening, the through so many hardships and yet they still managed to change things around them, to make their lives Metis community had the opportunity to hear better. and meet Darrius at the local public library. It is also important to share Darrius’s story because it can stop people from feeling discouraged and can His visit was greatly appreciated by the students give them hope, just like Miss Gruwell did for the Freedom Writers. His message of hope is universal and the way he simply states: “being successful is not how much money you make or the career you have had, but how people will remem- ber you, who you have helped and how you made a di#erence in their lives,” has the power to change how people see their problems.
Darrius Garrett’s Book, Diary of a Freedom Writer, is available to borrow from the Métis-sur- Mer Public Library For more information about the Freedom Writers and their outreach program in schools, visit:
Photos: Brett Mitchell 3 TAUNTING gos TheThe harassing shadowshadow N ofof aa victimvictim - Emily Laing and Miranda Smith
What counts as “Bullying”? friends, siblings, your favourite teacher, even !rst person who makes a di#erence? someone you never thought would talk to you, he law on bullying in Quebec schools it is important to tell someone. You are prob- Talking is a big process in school bullying, it’s Tde!nes bullying as “repeated behaviour that ably feeling pretty bad, these people can help you how it starts and how it ends. Talk to the person causes distress and hurts, intimidates or excludes face the problem, support you and make you feel that is getting bullied, she/he most likely feels someone,” (educaloi.qc.ca). We know that better. unimportant. Try to involve the person in your bullying can happen in school corridors, in the conversations or some groups that you think classroom and on the playground but the website You can also call a helpline like Kids Help Phone will be interesting for them, to create a positive for the Ministère du loisirs reminds us bullying at 1-880-668-6868. "is helpline is for people network around them. aged 20 and under, it is free, open 24/7, anony- can also happen “in the streets, shopping centres, For more advice if you have witnessed bully- and even at home (siblings).” Bullying is an mous and con!dential, and non-judgemental. All calls are answered by professional youth coun- ing go to action or remark that “creates a feeling of distress in the person who is subjected to it.” (Govern- sellors. ment of Quebec, 2014) You can also check out the Kids Help Phone For examples of things to say when you see bullying go to To many people, gossiping is also bullying. We website at www.kidshelpphone.ca for more advice about bullying as well as other important did a survey at Metis Beach School asking the high school if gossiping is bullying and 88% of topics. high school students said: “Yes!”
"ere are all di#erent types of bullying, most What’s your part in it? What is Metis Beach School of the time people say that bullying is hurting doing to STOP bullying? someone on the outside but it is much more How can you help the victim? than that. Bullying hurts on the inside, the worst "ere are a lot of things that Metis Beach School part it that it stays there if you don’t do anything Being a bystander isn’t easy because if you don’t is doing. "ey have a plan that took them over about it. Which do you think is worse: hurting report bullying it will continue. Bullies often do two years to make! One way they help stop bully- someone physically or with words? "ey both it for the attention. If you’re standing around ing at the school is that they have lots of school count when it comes to bullying. and watching, it can encourage the bully. You trips. "e teachers pair-up the people who never can’t just stand there and watch the victim being really talk and who get in trouble with each other bullied you have to tell someone you trust like a so that they have to work together and get to How can you get help? teacher or a parent. Try to picture yourself in the know each other. Even though they may not like victim’s shoes, how would you feel? each other at least they will respect each other! Bullying comes in many forms: cyberbullying, threats, physical bullying, etc. Maybe you are Are you afraid of telling someone because the Metis Beach School is small so it doesn’t have to feeling alone right now that you just want to bully might get bullied for talking about it? Most take major action against bullying like in other scream out to the world, you are tired of people people who see bullying don’t report it. "e way schools. "e bullying occuring at MBS is more picking on you everyday, twice a day. Do you feel bullies work is they pick on the people they think on the verbal side, there are no !st!ghts - that that way? they can control. It only takes one person to step hasn’t happened in over six years! in to help and more people will follow because You can and should talk to the people you trust. everyone agrees that bullying is wrong. Also, Another thing that MBS is doing is having guest Telling someone isn’t tattling, it is self-protec- school bullies are more likely to listen to their speakers that come to the school and talk about tion. Whether it’s your parents, grandparents, classmates than adults because classmates have an bullying, how it happens and how to end it. in$uence on their social status. Could you be that "en we play games like the line game, where 4 siping Teasing dominating ame-calling Intimidating punching KicKing pushing judging Tormenting
the teacher says a sentence like “people sometimes pick on me” and if it is true for you, you stand on the line with everyone else who has the same experience. !ese games help you to know that it’s not just you in that situation, that there are other people out there who are going through the same thing. being pressuring In the end people learn to get along with each other. !ere might always be someone being bullied but that’s why it is important to tackle bulling together and to keep looking out for your classmates. “Life isn’t easy it’s a challenge,” said a secondary student. mean hittinginsulting Serious facts about school bullying in Canada At least 1 in 3 adolescent students in Canada have reported being bullied recently 47% of Canadian parents report having a child victim of bullying Any participation in bullying increases risk of suicidal ideas in youth Children who are bullied suffer more headaches, stomachaches, depression and anxiety. Mental health problems associated with bullying tend to last until later in life Children who bully, and those who are bullied, will be more likely to miss school, show little interest in their annoying studies and suffer poor grades 71 per cent of teachers say they usually intervene with bullying problems; but only 25 per cent of students say that teachers intervene Boys are more likely to experience direct forms of bullying (physical aggression) while girls experience more indirect forms of bullying including cyberbullying Over half of bullied children do not report being bullied to a teacher Victimized children who told an adult about being bullied reported being less victimized the following year compared to children who did not report being bullied Whether you’re a witness or a victim of bullying or violence, your school has an obligation to act. For example, it must create support measures to help you. It The school must also have disciplinary measures for bullies. For example, it can suspend a student who has bullied Bullying 5 the Secondary 1 & 2 Class of Metis Beach School ...Meet the Writers
Zachary Samuel Fiset Poirier Miranda Smith
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Rimouski Métis-sur-Mer
I I was motivated wanted to do the sports program article to do the bullying article because I want people because it is a very important program to know that bullying hurts not only physically, but for me and my friends - we love sports! also mentally.
Elodie Annett Jadan Levesque 13 14 Grand-Métis Campbellton, New-Brunswick I wanted to I do the article about the evolution of the school chose to do this article because I wanted because I have been at the school for a long time people to know what activities are and I have seen how the school has evolved. planned so they can organize themselves to go at the activities. Alice Emily Elizabeth Jolene Laing Tanya Soucy McGregor
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Sayabec New Carlisle
I I was chose to do the Freedom Writers article motivated to do the bullying article because it’s a because I wanted people to know the viral thing and it happens to everyone, no matter story. It is interesting and I think it is how old they are. I wanted to do this because it is important to share this with people a serious topic that needs to be talked about.
Benjamin Leblanc Roy Audrey Bernice Bernier 14 15 Chambly, Quebec Baie-des-Sables I wanted to I want do the biography because I want the readers people to know Darrius’ story because he to know the writers, why they decided to get involved and what motivated their subject his life. choices.
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Miranda Smith Olivier Levesque
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Métis-sur-Mer Price
I was motivated I to do the bullying article because I want people wanted to do the sports program article to know that bullying hurts not only physically, but because sports are really important to me also mentally. and also because I do sports every day.
Elodie Annett Louise Lapierre 13 13 Grand-Métis Metis-sur-Mer I wanted to do the article about the evolution of the school I like to do because I have been at the school for a long time painting, sculpting and drawing, and play and I have seen how the school has evolved. videogames
Alice Emily Elizabeth Jolene Laing Alexandre Lavoie McGregor 14 13 Montreal New Carlisle I I was wanted to do the calendar of events motivated to do the bullying article because it’s a because the community needs to know viral thing and it happens to everyone, no matter the upcoming activities available for how old they are. I wanted to do this because it is English-speakers. a serious topic that needs to be talked about.
Benjamin Leblanc Roy Erin Ross
14 Loggieville (Miramichi) New Brunswick Chambly, Quebec I I wanted to felt that it was important to have my do the biography because I want the readers students have a new learning opportunity to know the writers, why they decided to get in their English class. It is all about the involved and what motivated their subject process and showing them that they have choices. a voice. Photos: Benjamin Roy 7 A Quiet History of siping Metis Beach School ame-calling
- Miranda Smith and Louise Lapierre Metis Beach School in 1930, when it !rst opened at its current site
hen they are told some basic facts about moved to accommodate the growing student time ago,” she said, “Everything has changed, Wthe history of Métis Beach School, population and also not to inconvenience them from the desks, the writing instruments, the students of the school seem fascinated. Some are with transport. school, the teachers and my favorite basketball surprised by how old it is, others simply by its team. Now there are “Smart Boards”, new desks, complex history. All agree, that this school has From around 1870 to 1900, the school was new and specialized teachers. When I was young, shaped the community as much as the commu- on Station Road. !en, from 1900 to 1928 in Secondary 1-2 like the kids writing this article, nity has shaped it. the school, known as “the Little Green School my teachers were Mr. Grant, Mr. Morris, Miss. House” was recorded to have existed somewhere Soucy and Miss. Dodson.” !e structures that were to become the "rst to the west of where the school is today. Our school boards in Québec were established in school on Beach Road only opened in around In 1997 the extension on the front of the school 1830 and the "rst formal version of what was to 1930, but its construction started at the end of was opened because the classes were growing. become Métis Beach School opened in 1832. By 1928. !e same year, the Eastern Quebec Regional comparison, McGill University was founded in School Board changed its name to Eastern 1821 but it only started o#ering classes in 1830. For a long time, the school only taught classes Shores School Board (ESSB). !ere are eighteen Which means that Métis Beach School has been up to Secondary 3 but this ended in 1974. All schools in ESSB. !e average number of students teaching students for only two years fewer than the high school grades were permitted to be is 120 per school, so we are getting there with 80 the oldest university in Quebec. taught in that year. Catherine Lapierre, the "rst students. Also, we are one of the schools with the graduate of Metis Beach School graduated in the fastest-growing student population in the school !e "rst location for the school was in what summer of 1976. board. is now Grand-Métis, from 1829 to 1834. It was opened by the school commissioners, also Jennifer Smith, who attended this school from It wasn’t always easy to keep such a small school known as the founders of the school. !e found- 1987 to 1998, she was taught in the original part going. For example, the school board planned to ers were William Turri#, Hugh Macnider, Peter of the school until Secondary 3. “!at was a long move the high school students to New Carlisle Francis Leggatt, Dougald Smith and Donald (300 kilometers away from Métis-sur-Mer) in Macgoughan. !e reason why the school was in 1998-1999 but the parents contested and won Grand-Métis is because the population centre of that argument. !e school stayed, intact. Metis was actually there at that time. !is may be a small school, but the students Looking through the archives of Metis, educa- within are no di#erent from those at any other tion seems to have been as important to the school. !ey do have a few advantages here; for population as religion: “I preached in the school- example, most students know at least the "rst house on Sabbath day to nearly one hundred, name of almost every other student and teacher the schoolhouse was "lled,” said Reverend in the school. “We might be a lot of people for Clougston, a preacher for the town. !ere was the size of the school, but I like it anyway,” says no church at the time because residents chose Audrey Bernier, high school student. With its to construct a schoolhouse before they built any impressive history, this school has a life of its churches. own. Many times this school has been passed by unnoticed, but it has lasted a long time and will !e school moved many times before it was “"e Little Green School House” last even longer. established in its current location. !e school
vision of what would The school in the boards in Québec become Metis Beach The school on Station “Little Green School Construction begins were established School opens Road opens House” opens at the current site
1830 1832 1870 1900 1928 8 Photos from the Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence archives gos The New Face of N Metis Beach School - Elodie Annett
“Upgrading” is all everyone seems to be think- for a total of 28, facilitating the ing about these days and it isn’t an exception at use of computers as a teaching Metis Beach School. Metis Beach School is a tool throughout the program. small English-speaking school which is located in Métis-sur-Mer. From Matane to Rimouski and A growing population also has all the communities in between, students have had an e#ect on school organi- been adding up over the years. !e devotion of zation. !e clubhouse situated the teachers has made this school an envy for in the schoolyard, which used many. Multiple projects, such as sports, culture to house the lunchroom, has and academics make Metis Beach School a living not been big enough to hold all school. Over the years, this school has added students for lunch for several two extensions, bought new equipment as well years. !e school therefore had as better learning materials. It has worked hard to transform one of the class- to overcome obstacles and challenges through rooms into a lunchroom. But, imaginative and creative programs. with the growing student popu- Metis Beach School as it looks today. !is photo clearly shows the original lation nearing 80 people, some building (at the back) and the extension (at the front). In 1996, a "rst extension to the school was built groups now have to eat else- to provide a science laboratory and an additional where. !e pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classroom. But just 8 years later, in the 2008- classes eat in their own classroom and the grade 2009 school year, the number of students had six students eat in the French classroom. already increased so much that the school board decided to build another extension, adding three !e school also has a lunch program which more classrooms and a hallway of lockers to the means that every !ursday, students are o#ered building. “Even with the extensions, we are still an a#ordable hot lunch. !e menu varies from cramped,” said a high school student about the chicken pot pie to lasagna, from spaghetti to current situation. shepherd’s pie. Students are involved in the program: washing dishes, cutting fruits and !e student population has been steadily increas- vegetables etc. !e price of the meal is set at four ing, growing from 46 students in 2008, to 61 in dollars, but students can buy a four-meal lunch 2012. But this year, the school has beaten all of its card for twelve dollars. attendance records, it now welcomes 76 students. Every morning (except on hot lunch days) Erin Ross, the English and History teacher at !e ribbon cutting in 1997 to o"cially open the permanent secondary students can have breakfast at school Metis Beach School states: “It is surprising that extension. an English-speaking school has evolved so much thanks to the breakfast program. Sponsored by a and is growing at such a rate in a French-speaking Breakfast for Learning grant, food is also avail- means that they are each more specialized in region.” able for all the secondary students during the one subject.” When Mr. Annett attended to morning recess break. Metis Beach School there were only four teach- But more students means growing needs: eigh- ers to teach all the students from kindergarten to teen desktop computers in the computer lab Robert Annett, a former Metis Beach School secondary "ve. could no longer meet the needs of such a student student, observed this about the school: “I have population so, in the 2011-2012 school year, noticed that Metis Beach School has evolved over Metis Beach School still has a lot of things to the school purchased eighteen laptop computers the years, and especially since my own kids are improve on, but what has already been achieved along with a laptop-recharging cart. !e follow- attending the school. !ere are more dynamic is extraordinary. “Bigger and permanent exten- ing year, the school added ten portable computers projects, new ideas and more teachers, which sions would make our lives as students easier.”
Metis Beach School Metis Beach School The permanent The student at the current site starts teaching up to extension at the population is growing. opens, teaching up to front of the school is When will the next Secondarry 3 graduate in 1976) extension be built?
1930 1974 1997 2014 9 A School With No Gym - Olivier Levesque and Zachary Samuel Fiset
ow can a school have a functioning physical It is often asked where does all the money come Heducation program without a gymnasium? from? Over the past three years, most of the !is was a question that weighed heavily on the money to o"er the program has come from a minds of Metis Beach School teachers. A few grant from the Ministry of Education called Busy years ago, our principal, Mr. Mitchell, suggested Bodies, Active Minds. Other grants have come that a sports committee needed to be formed. from the Caisse Desjardins and other generous Today, teachers Terra McMullen and Josiane donors. !e money is used to organize activities Millette, along with CLC sports organizer, and trips, and to buy better equipment for the Isabelle Beaulieu, are the planners of this sports students, like snowshoes and cross-country skis. program. !ese three women meet regularly to th th th plan the yearly activities for both elementary On the 15 , 16 and 17 of January, nineteen and secondary students. It is this committee that secondary students went to Parc de la Gaspésie Terra McMullen with her Secondary 3-4-5 boys at the books the facilities, searches for volunteers and for a ski trip. First the secondary students training room at L’Envol school 2011-2012 coaches, and prepares the equipment. Activities climbed Mont Hog’s Back and then they came range from tennis, ultimate Frisbee, and soccer back down on crazy to snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. carpets. !e next day they Secondary students have physical education on went cross-country skiing Wednesday afternoons and elementary students to the Lac aux Américains. on Friday afternoons. It is fair to say that in the !e school sports program has now been func- previous years, the activi- tioning for three years. !e program keeps the ties o"ered in the school’s students active while having fun. Before, the sports program have students only played in the schoolyard and changed a lot. Now, the there was a lack of diversity in the activities that students are really exited to were held. Now, students also have a say in the participate in the activities types of activities that are o"ered in the physical and they have a lot of fun. education program. Each spring, students from We really like the sports elementary cycle two to secondary #ve partici- program and we would pate in an online survey called “Tell !em From really like it to continue in Me.” !e survey includes questions to #nd out the upcoming years. about what types of sports the students would like to see in the sports program.
!e majority of students think that the sports 2011-2012 Elementary students prepare to go snowshoeing. program is interesting, fun and that it should continue. !is year, the students participated in multiple activities such as tennis, soccer, Frisbee, swimming and more. In the winter, the activities are di"erent. Until very recently, the students participated in snowshoeing and cross- country skiing activities.
Secondary Students enjoy a day of skating at the rink in Baie des Sables Photos: Erin Ross Photos: 10 Calendar of Events - Jadan Levesque and Alex Lavoie Paintings by the graduating class of Metis Beach School. Refreshments will be served. Free entry, all welcome! Information: 418.936.3231 or 418.936.3239 Information: www.mdjmontjoli.com, or 418.775.4794 Teams of four people, elementary or secondary level. $12.50 per person or $50 per team, registration on arrival. th Info: [email protected], Information: www.mdjmontjoli.com, or 418.775.4794 rimouski-echecs.org/tournois-tournoi-par-equipes-2014 Jérôme Blier at 418.724.5366
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Alice Sharples Baldwin’s classic book on Métis history Metis, Wee Scotland of the Gaspé Métis, un brin d’Écosse en Gaspésie $15
Written by Alexander Reford with the assistance of Paul Gendron, grandson of lighthouse keeper Octave Gendron, The Metis Lighthouse details the story of the lighthouse and a century. Also available in French. $10
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11 Last word... In the month of February, the Secondary 1-2 English class at MBS started on a journey creating a youth newsletter with Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence. !e variety of topics and choice of articles within this newsletter are one hundred percent student originals. !e Secondary English Language Arts program encourages students to discuss the issues that are relevant inside and outside their present environment. It is worth recognizing that there were many wonderful ideas in the brainstorm- ing process that did not make this newsletter. Despite the deadlines and speed bumps encountered along the way, these eleven students showed perseverance and devotion in completing their chosen written tasks. Most importantly, this newsletter has given a voice to the next generation, their community, and the issues that they truly care about. - Erin Ross Secondary 1 & 2 English Teacher Metis Beach School Photo: Maite Photo:
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