We could not have asked for a more beautiful day!
On March 9th, Miss Battiston and Mr. Reid brought the Grade 5s and 8s to ski on McKenzie Island’s gorgeous ski trials as a wrap up activity to their skiing units in their Physical Education classes. Skiing is a great way to get outside and stay active in those long winter months. It is an activity that can be enjoyed by people of any age and is a way that the school can promote skills for life-long healthy living.
We had a wonderful time outside and finished off our day with hot chocolate and roasted hot dogs by the fire. Although the winter is almost over, we are counting down the days until the trails are ready to go again next year. To see photos from this event, see GLC website page.
Article submitted by L. Battiston.

On March 27th, the Grade 7 and 8 students attended a presentation by Skills Canada liaison officer, Jessica Murphy. Skills Canada is an organization that helps to encourage Ontarian youth to explore careers in the skilled trades and technologies. In her presentation, Ms. Murphy covered the following key areas:
- Traits of a good career (opportunity for advancement, travel, job security, good pay, job satisfaction)
- Exploring potential career ideas of our classes (welder, mechanic, hair stylist, paleontologist)
- Overview of what skilled trades include (technical creativity, people who learn by doing etc…)
- How to get involved with skilled trades (apprenticeship)
- Sectors of skilled trades (industrial, construction, service, motive power) [Read more...]

The Intermediate Girls and Boys basketball teams came out victorious on Wednesday, March 7th at the Red Lake District Basketball Tournament held at the high school. The Golden Bears boys team started off the day with a hard fought battle against Ear Falls Public School but managed to hold on to their lead in the final minutes of the game to squeak out a 3 point win. Thanks to their sharp shooting and incredible lay-ups, they were able to outscore St. Johns and Red Lake Madsen to become the 2011-12 area basketball champs.
The Golden Bears girls’ team also played a stellar 3 games, out hustling and out shooting their opponents to become this year’s champs as well.
Great job Golden Bears. See you on the court next year!
Article submitted by L. Battiston.

Tomorrow, Wednesday March 27th, we will be holding a School Spirit Day as part of our preparations for the upcoming Spring Production, Golden Nuggets! Students and staff are asked to wear ANY t-shirt that corresponds to GLC’s productions! Let’s fill the school with the colors of our past!
As well, parents are reminded that if you would like to purchase a t-shirt for this Spring’s performance, please send payment with your child(ren) by Thursday, March 28th. T-shirts, for this year’s production, are teal-colored with the production logo on the front. As well, if you or any members of your family are interested in getting a t-shirt, please see Pam and she will help you with sizing and payment. Adult t-shirts are also $18.00. Watch for pictures of our School Spirit Day in the GLC Website Photo Gallery!

Once again, GLC students have the opportunity to have their spring portraits taken by Lifetouch. Photos will be taken on Thursday, March 29th and are available in both individual and family selections. Parents are reminded to fill in their form with family requests and/or to come to the school to make arrangements. For more information about Lifetouch Spring Photos, please see here.

(Picture is from Lifetouch Spring Photo website page, used without permission.)

Mark your calendars and call your relatives! The Golden Learning Centre Spring production will be held on May 1st and 2nd. Although more information will be forthcoming, you may want to plan for these performances!

As well, parents have been notified by notes in the agenda about volunteering. If you are interested in helping out with costumes, set production, lights, or anything else please contact Mrs. Reid at the school.

In addition to volunteering, student t-shirts are available. We are asking parents to pay for a $2.00 production fee, and as well offering the option to purchase a Golden Nuggets t-shirt for $18.00. Please return these letters as soon as possible so that t-shirts can be ordered. If you have any questions about the production, please call the office and Pam will direct your call to the appropriate person.

Note: Graphic used without permission.

Golden Learning Centre’s Spring Book Fair will be finishing up on Friday, March 23rd. Parents and students have been enjoying their visits to this year’s Spring book fair, so if you’re planning on coming in, you should make your trip to the book fair as soon as possible.
Book fair hours for the next couple of days are:
Wednesday, March 21st – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00
Thursday, March 22nd – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00 and 4:00 to 7:00
Friday, March 23rd – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00
As well, please note that the “school tools” (pencils, erasers, etc…) will be sold on Thursday and Friday only.

Golden Learning Centre is having its Spring Book Fair March 19th to 23rd, 2012 – right after the March Break! This time we are going to Say Aloha to Great Books – just in case you didn’t have a trip to somewhere exotic the week before.
The book fair will be open on a daily basis as indicated:
Monday, March 19th – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00
Tuesday, March 20th – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00
Wednesday, March 21st – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00
Thursday, March 22nd – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00 and 4:00 to 7:00
Friday, March 23rd – 1:15 to 1:35 and 3:15 to 5:00
Please note that “school tools” (pencils, erasers, etc…) will be sold on Thursday and Friday only. We are going to begin the book fair with a focus on the books that are availabe for the GLC readers!

On Friday, February 24th, the Grade 5’s headed off to Winnipeg for the Festival du Voyageur accompanied by Ms. Battiston, Ms. Skedgel, Mr. Parrish and Mr. Morin. We arrived in Winnipeg promptly at 4:00 and headed straight for dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Here the group munched on salad, bread and a heaping bowl of spaghetti, which was also followed by ice cream for dessert. We then were on our way to the Museum!

Arriving at the museum, students were given free time in the huge science gallery. There we spent over an hour exploring and playing with different science exhibits. The gallery was all hands-on where students were able to feel what it would be like to float in space, conduct investigations, lift their weight by pulley’s and walk in a room of floor to floor mirrors. Around 7, we began our tour of the museum galleries. We experienced life in the 20s [Read more...]

As part of our efforts to take our new school website to the student community, we recently conducted a GLC Website Scavenger Hunt. Students and teachers collaborated to work through a gameboard that challenged the students to navigate through the website. Students were able to check out a recent blog post, the KPDSB calendar, and a photo gallery. As well, many teachers gave students time to ‘just look around’. It has been very exciting to see the new website being created and built up; and we especially enjoyed seeing the students’ excitement at seeing themselves and their friends online! Please think about adding our website to your favorites (or to your homepage!) and sitting down often with your child to talk about school events.