On Friday, October 30, students worked with their buddies to create some gory, funny and creative Jack-o-lanterns. Many students also dressed in costume or wore orange and black for spirit day. Staff really appreciated how well students worked together and also a big thank you to those who hung around to clean up after.
Utilities to the Grade 5 portable have been reconnected while construction continues. Other exciting additions out back are two concrete pads. One, adjacent to the playground, will be set up with two basketball nets. The other, across the field, is being setup for track and field throwing events.
Participation in this year's Education Week was excellent. A big thank you to the Education Week committee who put hours into planning and executing a week's worth of activities. Also thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this week a success.
Education Week runs this year from Sunday, October 18 to Saturday, October 24. The theme this year is "Achieving My Inner Best". A variety of events run throughout the week at school.
for the PCS Cup. Students displayed great sportsmanship and played hard. Many displayed great enthusiasm by wearing cteam colours on their backs and faces! Check out the full story at PCS Sports.
On October 1, 2009we held our annual Terry Fox Run/Walk. Students took the afternoon off to run or walk for cancer research. Grades 2-12 students took a 5 mile route while Kindergarten and Grade 1 students took a shorter one. At the end of the run there were hotdogs donated by Rawlake's Store. All the hot dogs were prepared by the members of the SCC for which we are greatly thankful. A special thank you goes out to Sterling Switzer and members of the RCMP for helping at checkpoints and watching students as they walked. Another thank you to Mrs. Newton and Mrs. Torgerson for organizing the run and to everyone who went out and collected or donated pledges. We raised $8971.55. With donations still trickling in, it will be easily over $9000!!! Way to go Pierceland.
Roughrider, Matt Dominguez speaking about "The Power of One Adult". More information is available here. Tuesday offers teachers a wide variety of breakout sessions suited to what they teach with an emphasis on Math.
The Grade 9 class had a special treat on Friday, May 8 - a PARTY. This one, however, did not include any cake and ice cream. PARTY stands for "Preventing Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth". Early Friday morning (before regular classes even!) students boarded a bus bound for Meadow Lake Health Centre with a quick stop in Goodsoil to pick up their Grade 12s. The program was an incredible hands-on experience for all schools that attended. After a short attention-grabbing video and introduction, we were in our own group and off to the first of many stations. 
The addictions counsellors had a game set up that simulated becoming intoxicated at a party - the goggles created this illusion very well! In the ambulance bay, students were strapping their friends to spine boards. The RCMP officer let a few sit in handcuffs as he informed us of drunk driving laws and consequences. Students sampled charcoal for overdoses in the ER.
The rehabilitation session had students struggling with simple tasks like rolling over but perhaps
the most entertaining was the "dinner with a disability" where students were bandaged up or could only eat with a straw. Unwrapping a container became a major challenge. Dinner ended with a presentation from a car crash survivor who has to deal with these obstacles to living on a daily basis. The last session of the day was a sombre one - a visit to a funeral home. Overall, it was a very positive message as they refrained from using the word "don't". The message was mostly to make informed, safe decisions. Another word banned was "accident" as injuries are mostly caused by poor choices.
On May 1, 2009, several students from grades 6 to 12 attended a Wake-a-thon raising both money and awareness of human rights issues for children across the world. Students raised $1700 for the "privilege" of staying at school from Friday at 8pm until Saturday at 8am. The money raised went to "Free the Children", an organization founded by Craig Kielburger with its purpose to free children from poverty and exploitation while inspiring youth to become socially conscious global citizens and agents for change around the world. We certainly see that happening at PCS with one young lady and her friends who both initiated and organized this Wake-a-thon. Students participated in a variety of activities including pudding eating contests, watching movies, playing "Rockband" and shooting hoops. As you can see from the photos, they had a great time staying up all night. Now if we can only get them to stay awake during class! For more information on "Free the Children" and how you can help, check out http://www.freethechildren.com/
the most part, students seemed to be willing to try the activities. One corner of the room was transformed into a quiet space complete with plants, rock fountain and cushions.
and chest, partner massage as well as a combination of Tai Chi, yoga and meditation. In addition to these techniques, she encourages developing a calm and relaxing classroom atmosphere. This, according to Ms. Amundrud, includes the sound of running water, salt rock crystals, plants and aromatherapy. On Friday, she will work with Mrs. Kaczmar in the Grade 4 classroom creating such an environment. The evening wrapped up with participants attempting various yoga and Tai Chi moves and closing with a didgeridoo meditation. For more information on Amanda Amundrud and Blue Moon Learning, please visit http://www.bluemoonlearning.net/.
Our vision for Pierceland Central School is to have an environment where everyone feels welcome, comfortable and safe; and where opportunities are provided for each student to excel.
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