Pink Day in May: GFK and CES would like to invite the public to a FREE pancake breakfast on May 7th, 2015 to kick off our Pink Day at Gordon F. Kells school. We will be serving pancakes, sausages, coffee and juice from 8:00 am鈥� 9:00 am.聽
We would also like to also invite you to the Carlyle Memorial Hall at 7:30 p.m. where Dr. Eva Olsson will be giving a presentation to the community.聽 Dr. Olsson, Holocaust survivor, uses the Holocaust and her聽 experiences in it as a springboard to discuss the following key issues:
路聽The power of hate and the need to stop it when it occurs.
路聽The importance of not being a bystander when bad things are happening.
路聽The importance of having compassion and respect for self and others.
聽On March 25th and 26th a group of students will be taking part in the Red Cross 鈥淏eyond the Hurt鈥� Respect Ed Program. These students will be taking on a leadership role in our school environment to promote anti-bullying ideals, and the 鈥淩espect, Responsibility, and Integrity Motto.鈥�
The senior and junior drama students will be participating in the Region 1 Drama Festival in Moosomin on March 26th to 28th. Jr. Drama practice continues Wednesday nights from 6 to 8pm in the library and Thursday after school at the elementary school. Starting in March, students will be expected to have their lines memorized and be ready to perform without scripts on stage.
Sr. Badminton has 鈥渙pen鈥� practices Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00pm.
Junior Badminton has practices Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00pm.
The jr. boys basketball team had an outstanding game last week against Stoughton. Though they didn鈥檛 win, the boys played extremely well聽and the final score was 44-46.聽Thank you to all the fans聽who helped cheer them on!
The Class of 2015 would like to send out a HUGE thanks to the local businesses who have made significant donations to their graduation fundraising and made it possible for the class to attend a Regina Globe Theatre performance of Mary Poppins in May. They can鈥檛 be named here, but visit the school blog for more details. We are so lucky to have such great businesses like these in our community!
There is no school on Monday, March 16th, due to a Staff Professional Development Day.
Anyone who is interested in advertising on the school鈥檚 virtual signs should contact Mr. Howe at the school. Check out the school鈥檚 new website. To view this, go to the school division鈥檚 website (www.cornerstonesd.ca) and about half way down the page you will see a 鈥淪chool鈥� tab. Locate GFK and you are there! For all of your Gordon F. Kells news and updates, check out the virtual signs or visit our school blog at gfkells.wordpress.com! You can also find us using Google. Search 鈥淏eat the Bells at GF Kells.鈥�
