Although we had to cancel due to rain Thursday, the weather held out on Friday for our  Hermon Soccer tournament.  The event was a great success with 9 mixed teams from local schools playing.  Our congratulations go to OLM and Bird’s Creek PS who tied for first place.  Congratulations also to all who participated for showing remarkable sportspersonship. Our Hermon Hornets did us proud by demonstrating sportspersonship and respect throughout the tournament.  Thank you to Mrs. Wagenmakers for all the time spent coaching our young athletes.  We would  like to thank all our parents, Jennifer Woodcox, Donna  and Wayne Parkhurst, Arline Peacock, Roxane Rudolph, Tracy Keller, Jennifer White-Fransky and Donna Small, as well as our high school refs, Andrew, Brad, Brandin, Jamie, Taylor,  Paige, Brooke, Connor and Travis.  A special thanks to Mrs. Barkley and Mr. Grant who went above and beyond to make the day run smoothly.  Without such teamwork, we  would not have had such a successful day.

 Although we had to cancel due to rain Thursday, the weather held out on Friday for our  Hermon Soccer tournament.  The event was a great success with 9 mixed teams from local schools playing.  Our congratulations go to OLM and Bird’s Creek PS who tied for first place.  Congratulations also to all who participated for showing remarkable sportspersonship. Our Hermon Hornets did us proud by demonstrating sportspersonship and respect throughout the tournament.  Thank you to Mrs. Wagenmakers for all the time spent coaching our young athletes.  We would  like to thank all our parents, Jennifer Woodcox, Donna  and Wayne Parkhurst, Arline Peacock, Roxane Rudolph, Tracy Keller, Jennifer White-Fransky and Donna Small, as well as our high school refs, Andrew, Brad, Brandin, Jamie, Taylor,  Paige, Brooke, Connor and Travis.  A special thanks to Mrs. Barkley and Mr. Grant who went above and beyond to make the day run smoothly.  Without such teamwork, we  would not have had such a successful day. 

   The Election— Breanna (Gr. 6)

The grade 5.6 class had an election based on the real election.  During this period of time they went through a procedure of picking their groups, reading their mascots speech and adding some of their own ideas.  They shared their speeches to the class and challenged one of the other parties (groups) in a debate.  Finally, they set up for the election.  David, Cody and Breanna were in charge of the election,  Breanna was the chief electoral officer, Cody and David were poll clerks.  After everyone voted, Cody, David and Breanna counted and marked down the votes.  Todd Smith won the election but in our class, the PC party won.

Agribition— Emily (Gr. 4)

When we went to Stirling Fairgrounds the most fun thing was milking a fake cow named Buttercup.  We learned that there is 1 queen bee and girl bees are called working bees and there are 60 00 of them and boy bees are called drones.  There are about 20 000 of the boy bees and we also learned the boy sheep are called rams and girl sheep are called ewes.  And that’s what we learned at  Stirling Fairgrounds.

Thank you to Mr. Lambert, Jennifer Woodcox, Rhonda Hudson and Amy Marsh for helping us with our masks.  Thanks to kindergarten volunteers Amy Marsh and Donna Parkhurst.  Thanks Della Wannamaker who accompanied the Grade 3/4 students on their Wonders of the Wetlands trip and Amy Wannamaker who accompanied them to Stirling.  Thanks to Donna and Wayne Parkhurst and Marie Aide for their yummy hot lunches.  Thanks to Lawanda Keller for doing our Pediculosis Check.   Thanks to Jennifer White-Fransky for picking up our milk.

 Each month, students at Hermon Public School will be showing their appreciation to community and school personnel  by making a thank you card.  In January, we thanked the support staff at Hermon.   Here are some reasons why students appreciate Mrs. Barkley, Mr. Grant and Ms. McGee

“We appreciate Mrs. Barkley because she makes sure that nobody skips school and that we are safe in a lockdown or fire drill.  " Candice (gr. 6)

“We appreciate Mr. Grant because he makes our school shine.” - Caitlyn  (grade 4)

“We appreciate Ms. McGee because she helps us find the books we want to read and books we need for projects.” 

 Each year, all schools in Ontario develop a plan to improve student success and decrease the gap in education.  We are asked to focus on 2 literacy goals (reading and writing), one math goal, 1 pathway goal and one goal on improving culture in the  school.  The areas we work on are decided by looking at the assessment data collected and determining where the gaps are.  We then work out an action plan to support the goals.  The School Improvement Plan (SIPSA) for 2012 will be shared with the School Council at our meeting on Thursday, February 2nd. .  The goals we are working on this year are:

Literacy Goal #1 :  students will read a variety of texts (fiction and non-fiction), determine the main idea and summarize it succinctly and effectively.

Literacy Goal #2:  students will organize thoughts and ideas into complete sentences/paragraphs for an intended purpose and audience across all areas of the curriculum

Math Goal :  students will learn and use a variety of problem solvimg strategies to show their understanding of geometry

Pathways Goal: students will be intellectually and academically engaged in authenic learning experiences that reflect their voices and identities

Community Culture and Caring:  students will see themselves as contributing citizens to a caring, safe and respectful and inclusive classroom, school and global community