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Way to go Auguston students who participated and thank you to Mr. Ketelaar, Mrs. Smith and other staff who organized and led Chess Club! 

In the pics are the Chess Club top winners from each grade and top 3 overall:

1. Kian in Div. 2
2. Zayne in Div. 10
3. Rhylan in Div. 4

Congrats!

Parent Volunteers assisted Kindergarten to Grade 3 students in planting lettuce in the school garden on Tuesday, May 10. 

If all goes well, we will look forward to having our "Spuds and Salad" luncheon near the end of June. 

Thank you to Mrs. McAllister, Div. 14 Kindergarten Teacher and School Garden Co-ordinator, and Emma Hatfield, School Garden Parent Volunteer, for co-ordinating this event for our students.

All is good in Auguston Traditional Star Wars Land! May the 4th Be With You!

Ryan Colbert-Wan-Kenobi

The most recent stop on my student voice inquiry journey was at WJ Mouat. I continue to be fascinated by the diversity of thought about certain issues, and simultaneously the remarkable consistency around other topics. Rather than editorialize, I will Arianna (Gr. 9), Omran (Gr. 12), Jazzi (Gr. 11), Nickolas (Gr. 11), Bella (Gr. 11), Lily (Gr. 12), Nathan (Gr. 11), Jayda (Gr. 12), and Natalie (Gr. 12) speak their truth:

When you think about school, what is the first word that comes to mind? Why?

Students were invited to wear Blue/Green/Brown (Earthy Colours) and participate in a community clean-up for Earth Day on Friday, Apr. 22. 

Chess Competition is for interested Grade 1-5 students.

Thank you Mr. Ketelaar, Div. 10 teacher, and Mrs. Smith, Div. 8 teacher, for co-ordinating and leading the playing of chess for our students.

Chess happens at lunch times (days vary from week to week) during the month of April.

There will be ribbons for grade winners and trophies for the top 3 overall!

On April 13 Auguston students were invited to dress in clothing from their culture (or another culture) for Multi-Cultural Day!

Organ Donation awareness in memory of the Humboldt Hockey team

Auguston students were invited to wear a GREEN shirt or Sports JERSEY (and any type of bottoms) on Thurs, Apr. 7. This was a FREE Dress up Day.

For more info. go to: https://greenshirtday.ca/

I visited the temporary Upper Sumas Elementary site this week to see how the staff and students were adjusting to their “new” environment (For those of you who have been around as long as I have been, this was the old Abby Elementary School site). As I approached the front doors, I saw a class of students standing in circle in a little garden patch. I made eye contact with the teacher, Ms. Marr, who invited me to join their circle. She told me that they had just finished sharing what they were grateful for and invited me to do the same.

With all that has transpired in this country and in Europe over the last few weeks, it is easy to slip into despair. However, when you work with and in service of children it is both difficult and unhealthy to live in that space. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting with a group of eight students from Robert Bateman Secondary last week, and true to form, they not only affirmed the importance of our work, but lifted my spirits about the fundamental importance of our ongoing journey to deepen student learning experiences in our schools.