By Amy Baechmann
Our school has been very busy with lots of exciting events.
One of those was Stuffy day, which gets held each year. For this event, every person in the school could bring a stuffy to school. This is a very exciting day for most of the primary students.
The Geography Challenge happened on Jan. 23. This event is for the grades 4-7 students. The classes have practice tests with questions from all around the world and the students with the most points in the end will be able to participate in the big challenge.
The overall winner of the grades 4-6 challenge was Laura Dewsbury. The winner of the Grade 7 challenge was Hayden Sass and he will write a qualifying exam for the provincial challenge.
Every other participant should be congratulated for making it into the challenge.
There are also different basketball games that happened in January and are happening February. Boys and girls practice during and after school hours.
The first basketball game happened on Jan. 30. The Horse Lake Elementary School girls’ basketball team won by one point. The final score was 25-24, that was really close and we all had a ton of fun! More basketball tournaments will be happening soon.
Our whole school is in the magic of the Science Fair. Students and classes are working hard on their projects.
Our school Science Fair will be Feb. 19, and on February 25, winners will be at the District Science Fair.
As most of you know, our school is also a French immersion school. During the school week of Feb. 11-14, we will have French Awareness Week. Some parents and teachers are working very hard to get prepared for many French-related events.
Our Grade 7 students went up to Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School for a whole day to learn about different trades, such as carpentry, welding, electrical, automotive service technician, heavy duty mechanics and millwright. The students learned a lot and really enjoyed this day.
Amy Baechmann is a Grade 6 student at 100 Mile House Elementary School.