Super SPIN Club!

Last Friday, Mrs. Tresoor and I dropped of 374 pairs of socks at Mosaic Newcomer Resource Network. We've been donating the socks there for the last few years. 

Our "We Scare Hunger" campaign will be wrapping up next week. And we have received LOTS of food! We're looking forward to weighing it to see the final totals.

Yesterday, the SPIN Club was featured in a special WE Day insert in the Winnipeg Free Press! The article talked about our "Kiss a Goat" campaign from last spring. 

SPIN Club members are heading to WE Day on Tuesday, October 30th, and are asked to be at the school by 7:50am!

Watch the Decorah Eagles LIVE 24/7!

A big shoutout to my parents for reminding me that the live video feed is up for the Decorah Eagles. I love sharing the videos with my students every year! This year, 2 out of 3 eggs have already hatched, and the eaglets are only a few days old! It will be so fun to watch them grow up, and how caring their parents are.

You can click HERE to connect to the linked site.

Reading takes Flight contest with the Winnipeg Jets!

Well, it's that time of the year when the Winnipeg Jets hosts a contest for students to win a visit to their classroom from a player! It's perfect timing with "I LOVE to read month" just around the corner. Grab a parent and click on the link to enter the contest until January 26th.

P. S. . . .You'll need to share your top 5 reasons why you think a player should visit Room 31.

I'm crossing my fingers!  :)


ENTER NOW!!

Young Activists in Grade One!

A BIG shoutout to Mrs. Tresoor's Grade One students who were featured on CTV News last night! The students went walking on Earth Day and noticed a whole bunch of dog poop bags left all over the pathways in our community.

They took action by writing a letter to the mayor of East St. Paul. Shelly Hart visited the students to discuss the problem and published their letter in the local newsletter.

We hope that the residents of the community start treating our surroundings with respect!

Way to go Grade Ones!

Check out the CTV feature HERE.

Front Page News!

The Dog House Canteen was featured on the front page of The Herald - the local community newspaper (in conjunction with the Winnipeg Free Press) today!

You can read the article by clicking HERE.

Dog House Canteen receives Young Humanitarian Award!

 

I am beyond excited and proud of the Dog House Canteen girls! Last night, they were one of other 4 recipients of a Young Humanitarian Award from the Manitoba Teacher's Society. Thanks to all the parents, grandparents, siblings, Corbin from our class, Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Kohut, Mrs. Knoll, and Mrs. Palamar for coming out and supporting the girls! It was an inspiring night!

Thanks to YOU for supporting the canteen!

Here is a video of the speeches:

YHA May 24, 2017 from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

Dog House Canteen update!

We are so excited to finally be able to share the news!!! The girls of the Dog House Canteen will be receiving a "Young Humanitarian Award" from the Manitoba Teacher's Society on Wednesday, May 24 at 7:45pm at the Fairmont Hotel. This year, there are four recipients of the award, and the canteen girls are definitely the youngest!

I'm so proud of the hard work and dedication of Kenzie, Livia, Carter, Rhyann, Katie, Isabella, and Kate! Way to go girls!

Thank you to the BHS community for supporting the canteen!  :)

You can learn more about the award by clicking HERE.

Time to register!

I spotted this sign on the way to school this week! Be sure to sign up for spring sports! We have an amazing group of athletic kids in Room 31!  :)

Snowman contest!

The East St. Paul Municipality is hosting a Snowman Contest! And, this week has been the perfect week for being outside! I hope a few Room 31 students enter the contest!

You have until February 24!

30x30 Nature Challenge

Last year, Room 31 participated in David Suzuki Foundation's "30x30 Nature Challenge", which encourages people of all ages to get outside and enjoy nature for an extra 30 minutes each day for the month of May! You can find out more about this challenge by clicking HERE.There are neat “daily tips” that can help you with some ideas for activities outside!

Day 1 - Read to Self

We will be participating in the challenge each day at school  . . . it might be simply taking our work outside of the classroom, getting active, or appreciating our surroundings. All Room 31 students are responsible for finding ways to be outside on the weekends!

Looking forward to a fun month of May, and hoping the weather cooperates!

Ms. Wasney  :)

Decorah Eagles

We checked in on the Decorah eagles this morning and noticed that there are 2 eaglets now! It's really neat to watch them grow and change. It's also super cool to see what the parents bring into the nest to feed them! Watch below . . . you won't be disappointed!

Day of Pink!

Today, BHS celebrated "Day of Pink". We started out the day with an assembly hosted by Ms. Dodds' Grade 3/4 class and Mr. Moffat's Grade 4 class. It was awesome to see so many staff and students wearing PINK!

If you're not sure of the history of the day and why it's important, then here goes . . .

Day of Pink began in 2007 when 2 high school students in Nova Scotia witnessed a new male student being teased about wearing a pink shirt. That evening, the two boys bought 50 pink t-shirts and brought them to school the next day and handed them out to classmates. And now, it is an international phenomenon; celebrated all over!

Today, following the assembly, Room 31 students watched a live feed hosted by Manitoba Red Cross. Travis Price, one of the founders of Day of Pink was chatting with students from all over Manitoba via Skype. Blue Bomber player Matt Bucknor also spoke about the importance of making a difference for someone else.

Travis spoke at WE Day this past year, and there is a display in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights all about the Day of Pink!

We really should remember to choose kindness and to stand for respect each and every day! What is something you can do to make a person's day?!

Reading takes Flight!

Today, we entered in the "Reading Takes Flight" contest offered by the Winnipeg Jets. We brainstormed the top 5 reasons why a player should visit Room 31 during "I Love to Read Month" in February. Here's what we came up with:

- We're special - we held a JETS assembly when they made the playoffs and were even filmed by CTV!
- 17/23 of us always watch the games and LOVE watching you win!
- Our whole school supports the Jets . . . lots of us wear jerseys on game days!
- Our community (East St. Paul) REALLY supports hockey!
- We want to be inspired by hearing your journey to become NHL players!

I have entered this contest for the last few years, so we're crossing our fingers again! Last year, 13 classes were visited and quite a few were from our division! We have to wait until February to hear if we are one of the lucky classes!

You can increase our chances by filling out a ballot HERE.

Go to the zoo for FREE!

If you're looking for something to do over the next few weeks . . . kids 12 and under can go to the Assiniboine Park Zoo for FREE until January 3!

This is an awesome opportunity to check out the "Journey to Churchill" exhibit; which is amazing!

Giving Tuesday

Today is "Giving Tuesday" . . . a day that often sees online charitable donations skyrocket! In Room 31, we decided to write out notes to brighten the day of someone else. It could be for someone at home or at school. I was so touched by the thoughtfulness of the students, as well as their eagerness in this simple activity. It was just awesome seeing the smiles on the faces of students that received a warm and fuzzy note.

Thanks for being you.

SPIN Club update!

I have been blown away that the community of BHS sent in 557 pairs of socks! Wow! That is 184 MORE pairs than last year! Stay tuned to find out where the socks will be donated!

Today, the SPIN Club met about our next campaign with Free the Children. We will be running "We Scare Hunger" again, and are collecting non-perishable food items to donate to Winnipeg Harvest.

The top ten food items that are in demand are: canned fish and poultry, canned fruits and veggies, canned stew, chill, and brown beans, peanut butter, baby food, whole grain pasta, rice, canned spaghetti sauce, cereal, and canned soup. We will be collecting until October 30th.

Thanks for supporting these fundraisers!

Pumpkin Decorating!

The BHS library is hosting a pumpkin decorating activity. Students are encouraged to decorate a pumpkin AT HOME and bring it to school to be displayed until October 30. You can use anything and everything to decorate your pumpkin, but you cannot carve it.

We're looking forward to everyone's "spooktacular" designs!

I shared this cute video of a squirrel "carving" a pumpkin with the class today:

Socktober with the SPIN Club!

Mrs. Tresoor and I held our first SPIN Club (Support People In Need) meeting of the year yesterday. The club is for interested Grade 5 students that want to help others. I was so pleased to see 27 students attend the meeting! Wowza!

We participate in campaigns throughout the year with "Free the Children"; a Canadian organization. Last year we organized "Socktober" within the school. Socktober is an initiative started by Kid President. The staff and families of BHS donated 373 pairs of new socks to Nova House; a women's shelter in Selkirk, MB.

This year, the SPIN Club will once again be collecting pairs of NEW socks to be donated. Please send them in during the first 2 weeks of October.

Thanks for your support!

Here's Kid President's latest video about Socktober (which was launched today):

Book Buddies, a Pep Talk, and the Terry Fox Run!

We've had an awesome week in Room 31! We met with our Grade 2 Book Buddies from Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Dent Scarcello's classroom for the very first time. We will be getting together every Day 4 to do a variety of activities. It's so great to see the older students be the "big buddies", when they once were the "little buddies"!

We watched Kid President's "Pep Talk for Teachers and Students". We then brainstormed with our table groups all the attributes we want to "be" this year. Then, students created their own lists to aspire to!

Here's the video:

We really couldn't have asked for a better afternoon than today . . . the weather was perfect for the Terry Fox run! Several students from Room 31 volunteered to help with set-up, directing traffic, or even ran with a younger student. It's so nice to see 4/5W take on some leadership jobs at BHS! Way to go! It was really touching to read all the stickers that the students wore to state who they were running for.

Have a wonderful weekend! Be sure to bring your smile on Monday . . . it's PICTURE DAY!  :)

Take a pic = give shoes

Today, as part of our 30x30 Nature Challenge, we headed out and took a picture of our bare feet! The shoe company, Toms, is known for giving a pair of shoes to someone in need with every purchase.

They have a promotion (until May 21) on Instagram that if you post a picture with #withoutshoes, they will donate a pair to a child in need. You can read more about it HERE.

It was fun to feel nature beneath our feet!  :)