LOOKING AHEAD!

Happy Fri-Y-A-Y you AWESOME Hurricanes!  It was a short, but very busssssy, fun and productive week indeed!  So please be sure to check out our Hurricane WEEKLY Newsletter April 28-May 2 2025.pdf On there, you will notice June dates, including the last day of school!!!  My goodness - time is flying by!

Catholic Education Week is only a week away!  So please be extra sure to check out our Newsletter LINK above for an "Birthday Bag" special invitation to our entire school community!  Also, on May 7th, we are so excited to be taking the whole school to St. John Church along with St. John Wildcat School Community, to celebrate our "May Crowning of Mother Mary Mass!"  Grade 2 students from both schools will be leading the faith celebration, after recently receiving their Sacrament of 1st Holy Communion on May 4th.  Kindergarten - Grade 3 students will be bused, Grade 4-8 students will walk.  It's going to be a memory to remember forever!

We are so proud of our March HEART-OF-A-HURRICANE Character Education recipients!  Each of these students were recognized for demonstrating qualities-in-action including GRIT, KINDNESS, COURAGE, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, AMBASSADORSHIP, TEAMWORK or BRAVERY.  Their names were read on the announcements and each of their classes received a visit from the infamous P-A-R-T-Y W-A-G-O-N!  We celebrated with a lollipop party and classmates cheered them on!  Way to go Emmerson (Kindergarten), Avery (Primary), Heiven and Jovel (Junior) and Julian (Intermediate)!  Keep being YOU and having a Heart-of-a-Hurricane!  The world needs your strengths and talents!

Get ready for some "Curling" action next week!  All week, representatives from the ROCKS & RINGS Program will be teaching every class in the school how to play and the basic rules of the game!  WE used funds to make this full-week program FREE for our students and we can't wait to use our brand new sets of equipment to play for years to come!  Hope everyone has fun!

Mrs. Stevens, Mr. Cullen and Mrs. Cazzola's classes will be piloting an exciting initiative for our board, which will see them using GUELPH TRANSIT for transportation to their April 29th Social Studies Field Trip to Guelph City Hall and Guelph Civic Museum!  Over the past few weeks, their students have been learning about the roles and responsibilities of different levels of government. They will be taking advantage of the Kids Ride Free Program offered by Guelph Transit and will be using the city bus as transportation to and from the trip. This is a great opportunity for students to learn about local transit, explore how municipal services are funded, and help reduce the cost of this off-site learning experience. Always leading Hurricanes, way to go!

Our community friends and partners from Grange Hill East Neighbourhood Group have some updates for us to consider;

Grange Hill East Day Camp registration is open. We have spots remaining for Leaders in Training (LITs) and campers. Camp is offered by our fun-loving and caring leaders out of the Community Room in Ken Danby School.  We are a proud member of the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition. Youth seeking camp employment are encouraged to check out their website. 

Don't forget to join Wendelin for free Zumba in the Ken Danby Community Room on Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. It's a great way to have fun, get your steps in, and shake things up! Poster attached. 

One of our Hurricane parents facilitates an Archery Club, which is offering a summer camp experience for kids ages 9-12.  Students will experience beginner archery lessons as well as outdoor survival skills taught by certified archery coach and OCT teacher.  Check out the poster below for details!

We concluded our week with our STUDENT VOTE in parallel to the Federal Election currently taking place.  We thank our Junior teachers for incorporating this hands-on learning experience into their Social Studies curriculum.  Students heard presentations about each party platform this week and were able to visit the library polling stations to exercise the democratic process!  What party do you think our young Hurricanes will vote for?  We'll just have to wait and see!  Super stuff Hurricanes!

We also celebrated OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE-ASSISTANTS DAY this week!  But our beloved Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Kennedy are more than just office assistants, they are school L-E-A-D--E-R-S!  They are the loving, gentle, patient, hardworking, organized and always under-appreciated face and heartbeat-of-our-school!  We are so grateful for their tireless and talented efforts everyday!  WE ARE GRATEFUL!  T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U!

That's it for now Hurricanes.  A reminder however, that even though Easter weekend has passed by, we are still in the Season of Easter in our church.  And even though we celebrate the greatest belief ever, that goodness triumphed over evil, and Jesus conquered death - Jesus needs us to continue to be his "disciples" just as he invited his apostles.  He needs us to continue to spread the light of the gospel and all the lessons of love contained within them.  He wants us to be "Pilgrims of Hope" and as the Catholic hymn below describes, continue to BUILD THE CITY OF GOD!

Have a great weekend everyone...Take care of yourselves and each other!

Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep!
A new day is dawning for all those who weep
The people in darkness have seen a great light
The Lord of our longing has conquered the night

We are sons of the morning; we are daughters of day
The One who has loved us has brightened our way

God is light; in him there is no darkness
Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all

 

Let us build the city of God
May our tears be turned into dancing!
For the Lord, our light and our love
Has turned the night into day!