June is here and our year end events are in full swing with many activities planned over the final few weeks of school. I encourage all families to begin, or continue, a study routine as we move into June. Set up a designated time every night for some review to prepare for our end of the year assessments so that students can cover a small amount each day. As a reminder, students in grades 6 & 9 will continue to write PATs in June (Science = June 19th, LA = June 20th, Math = June 22nd, Social = June 26th).

Thank you to Mrs. Woofenden for running our Track & Field team, hosting extra practice sessions, and organizing registrations for the track meets. Our junior high students competed in the district meet in Vulcan on May 23rd and many qualified to compete in zones in Medicine Hat on May 30th! Great job everyone! Our elementary meet is happening in Vulcan on May 31st in Vulcan.

Please mark your calendars! Our year-end awards ceremony will take place on June 27th, starting at roughly 10:00am and we are hoping that many of you will be able to attend. We will have a final performance from our music classes, recognize our students for their achievements this year, and end with a farewell to our grade 9 class. We then invite all families to stay and play! We are planning to have a water fight and may also organize a game of kickball or something similar so we can all have a little fun together before we start our summer! After the water fight we will have a barbecue lunch. This should all end at approximately 1:00pm. Though June 27th is a full day, and buses will be running their regular 4:00pm schedule, families wanting to excuse their student from the afternoon can certainly do so.

As this will be our final newsletter for the year, I want to end with a heartfelt thank you to each of you. I am so appreciative of the incredible support the community gives our school in everything we set out to do. I feel very fortunate to be a part of this school and I am looking forward to continuing to work with you all in the years to come.

I hope you all have a fantastic June,

Dakota Mattson

Thank you to everyone for supporting our fundraiser, it was an incredible sight to see the gym full of flowers and plants! Mrs. Lahd is very thankful for the volunteers that helped unload and sort all of the plants and to those that helped load them up to be taken home.

Alison Collins, Mealane Deitz, Tracy Mozill and her mom Bea Storlie

The grades 1-3 class went to Lethbridge to see the Troyanda dancers. They learned about Ukrainian culture, the various parts of Ukraine, and some Ukrainian beliefs. The students also danced on stage for a portion of the show. It was an amazing trip.

On Thursday, May 18th Arrowwood School grade 3/4 & 5/6 classes travelled to Milo to play in a badminton tournament against our 4/5/6 class. Mr. Mattson with the help of some students set up badminton courts in the Milo Arena. The set up worked great and they were able to have 6 games going at once. All of the students enjoyed the competition and had a great time! Thanks to the Milo Ag Society for allowing us to use the arena.

Thank you to Sheldon and Cody Walker for tilling our raised garden beds. The garden was planted on Thursday, May 18th. This year we are growing potatoes, onions, carrots and tomatoes.

If you would like to volunteer to water the garden during summer vacation please call the school to make arrangements to be added to the watering schedule.

We had 15 junior high students compete in the Vulcan County Jr. High Track Meet at CCHS in Vulcan with 6 students qualifying for zones. Congratulations athletes and best of luck at zones in Medicine Hat on Tuesday, May 30th.

Yearbooks must be pre-ordered by Thursday, May 25th. Place your order through school cash by clicking the link or by returning the order form with payment.

https://palliser.ca.schoolcash.net/Register/Items/Student/Search

Grant Turner for supplying our nutrition program with fresh fruit and vegetables and donating treats for our students.

To all who attended the Cultural Potluck, it was great to see everyone and share a meal together.

The Milo Community School Foundation for funding the Scientists in Schools programs for our students, the Reptile Party school visit and new ukuleles for our music program.

Ian & Barb Godkin for the use of their lakeside property for canoe and kayak day.

We are all sad to say goodbye to our four grade 9 boys. JJ Many Bears and Frank Martens joined our school family this year and Preston Headrick and Keane Lucas have been with us for a while now. We wish them all the best in grade 10 next year.

May 30 - Reptile Parties school visit

May 31 - Elementary Track Meet in Vulcan

June 6 - Heritage Park field trip

June 8 - Kindergarten Grad

June 14 - Canoe and Kayak Day

June 19 & 21 - Swimming in Vulcan

June 27 - Last day of school -music performance, outdoor games, awards and bbq lunch