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Acknowledgements
* Thanks to Ms.
O’Keefe-Swain and Mr. Pender for organizing an outstanding
Science Fair.
* Thanks to Ms.
Sharon Brophy and Mr. Matchem for planning education week
activities.
* Thanks to Ms.
Maloney for an excellent job with the Book Fair.
* Thanks to Ms.
Mayo for producing an outstanding Talent Show with so many
student performances.
* Thanks to Ms.
Sharon Brophy, Ms. Moore, Ms. Budgell and Ms. Howe for
chaperoning and supervising trips to the city for sporting
activities.
* Thanks to Mr.
Pender for organizing the girls regional basketball tournament
this past
weekend.
* Thanks to Mr.
Conway, Mr. Pender and Jason Clowe for fixing the basketball
backboard so promptly in order for the tournament to take
place.
PD Day
Friday, March 24
will be a Professional Development Day for teachers. The
teachers will be working on school development goals. There
will be no school for students on this day.
School Surveys
At the beginning of March, the school
conducted surveys in order to gain guidance in the area of
improving our school. Surveys were completed by all students
and teachers in the school, and a survey was sent to each
household. We now have the results back and they can be viewed
on-line at
www.education.gov.nf.ca/sch_rep/sch_dev/INDEX.HTM.
Jr. High/Sr. High
Report Cards
The 3rd
term report cards for the grades 7 - Level III students will be
sent home to parents on Tuesday, Apr. 11 and the Parent/Teacher
interviews will take place from 2:00pm - 6:00pm on Wednesday,
Apr. 12. All students will be dismissed at 12:30pm on
Wednesday, Apr. 12. (There will be no lunch period this day).
Baltimore Hosting
3A Boys Basketball Provincials
Beginning Thursday
at 9:00am, Baltimore School is playing host to the 3A Boys
Provincials for the second consecutive year. There are 8 teams
participating from throughout the province, including Menihek
School in Labrador City. Games continue thru the weekend with
the championship game @ 2:00pm on Saturday. Opening ceremonies
are scheduled for 4:00pm on Thursday and there will be a
MuchMusic Video Dance on Thursday night. Come on out and
support our boys in their quest to become provincial champions.
Career Fair
The Irish Loop
Development Board has organized a Career Fair for Senior High
students. The Fair will be taking place in Trepassey on Tuesday
March 28. The Fair is for Level I and Level II students.
Bussing is provided and the busses will be leaving Baltimore at
9:00am and returning at 2:30. There is no cost to the students
except they are responsible for their own lunch. This Fair will
have representatives from all sectors of education and business
in attendance. There will be presentations and workshops
throughout the day.
Newfoundland Youth
Symphony Orchestra
On Sunday, March 19
the NYSO performed at Baltimore School. It was a tremendous
performance by very talented young people. Our very own
Elizabeth Fahey is a member of this orchestra and we were very
proud to have the opportunity to hear Elizabeth and her
bandmates perform at the school.
Tiffany Maher,
Leslie Kavanagh and Adam Kavanagh
These three
students were selected from thousands of applicants from across
this country to attend the Forum for Young Canadians held in
Ottawa. The students left this past weekend and will be in
Ottawa for a week. Tiffany, Leslie and Adam are very deserving
of this honour and we wish them a very successful week.
School Website
A reminder to all our parents that our
school website can be accessed at
www.k12.nf.ca/baltimore
All upcoming tests
are posted on this site and it is updated regularly thanks to
Mr. Pender.
Easter Break
Easter break begins
Friday, April 14 and the students will return to school on
Monday, April 24. The administration wishes to thank all
students and staff for a very successful year to date and we
wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Easter break.
Arts
Smarts
Our
ArtsSmarts project, “From an Island to an Island,” will start
next week, March 27. All parents should have received a letter
providing an overview of the project. Anyone with questions or
concerns may contact their child’s teacher.
Heritage Fair
On
April 5th, 2006, Baltimore School will hold our 2nd
Annual Heritage Fair. This year the fair will include grades 4-9.
The purpose of this fair is to allow students the opportunity to
explore the history of our province and to celebrate our unique
Newfoundland culture.
The theme this year will be, “If These Walls Could Talk”. Last year
Baltimore sent two wonderful representatives to the Regional Fair
and placed in the Top 10. Quite an accomplishment for our first
try! What wonders will this year’s fair produce? The sky is the
limit!
Since the support from the community was so overwhelming last year
and not everyone had the chance to see all the magnificent projects,
we are having extended hours of viewing. Parents are invited to view
the projects from 1:45 – 2:30 and from 6:30 – 8:00 that evening.
Students are expected to return at 6:30 to display their projects
and stay for the awards presentations. We will have the
presentation of awards for each grade and the three overall
school awards during the evening session. Loyola Sullivan has
graciously agreed to come and view the projects and to present the
awards to our students. It promises to be an exciting day!
Junior
High Speak -Off
On April 3, 2006, Baltimore School will hold our Junior High Speak -
Off. It will take place periods 4&5 in the cafeteria and parents
are encouraged to attend. The winner of the speak off will
represent our school in the District Speak - Off in April. Good
Luck to the finalists!
Science
Fair:
Our annual
Science Fair was held on Monday, March 20th in the school
gym. All students from grade 6-9 participated in this event and the
caliber of projects was outstanding.
A special
thank you to the judges, especially Sammy Khalili and Gokul
Vidyasankar, 1st year medical students who volunteered
their time to judge the grade 6 projects.
Results are as
follows:
Grade 6:
1st
place: Michaela Brophy
2nd
place: Maggie O’Toole
3rd
place: Shalyn Ryan & Danielle Kelly
Grade 7:
1st
Place: Kelsey Swain
2nd
Place: Holly Aylward
3rd
Place: Tiffany Swain
3rd
Place: Sarah O’Brien
Grade 8:
1st
Place: Brandi O’Keefe & Krista Sullivan
2nd
Place: Natalie Sullivan
3rd
Place: Rebecca Fennelly & Lisa Chidley
Grade 9:
1st
Place: Samantha Kavanagh
2nd
Place: Courtney Perry
3rd
Place: Suzannah Walsh
U13
Basketball Tournament:
The Provincial
under 13 Girls Basketball tournament will be held at Baltimore on
March 31-April 2. We have two teams competing in this tournament:
Broncos 6 and Broncos 7. We wish them luck in their hunt for the
banner.
Under 12
Basketball
Congratulations to the Grade 6 girls for their great effort in the
St. Bernard's Girl's Basketball Tournament held on March 10th-11th
in Witless Bay. The girls won their first game against Roncali
School, but were defeated by Witless Bay and Newtown. Michaela
Brophy was named player of the first game, Maggie O'Toole was the
player of the second game with Amanda Kavanagh being named player of
the third game.
A job well
done girls! You played hard and should be very pleased with
yourselves.
Talent
Show
The talent
show on March 15 was a great success. The Class of 2006 would like
to thank the following people for participating in the show: Natalie
Sullivan, Adam Kavanagh, Michaela Brophy and Mrs. Brophy, Katie
Barbour, Jessica Clowe, Karl O'Brien, Josh O'Neill, Tyler Lahey,
Susan Sesk, Stacey O'Brien, Natasha Crocker, Elizabeth Fahey,
Mikaela Devine, Jamie-Lynn Greene, Keith Carew, Wesley Carew and
Patrick Kavanagh. A special thank you to the parents who provided
the desserts and to all those who came out to support this
fundraiser.
Boys 3A Hockey
Baltimore’s Boys Hockey team took part in the 3A regional playoffs
over the weekend of March 15-18 in Mobile. The tournament included
teams from Bell Island, Trepassey, Torbay as well as the host team
from Mobile Central High. Going into the final round robin game
against Bell Island our boys, lead by solid goaltending and a great
defensive core were tied for second place. Goals were hard to come
by and we dropped a close game to Bell Island and had to settle for
third place. Our boys played very well and Coach Sullivan was very
proud of the effort and composure they displayed through out the
tournament. The team would like to thank Mr. D. Matchem for his
time and enthusiasm as he got behind the bench for all the games.
Members of the team include Luke Sullivan, Tyler Ryan, Peter
Kavanagh, Greg Sullivan, Dustin Hartery, Nicholas Croft, Chris
Chidley, Adam Kavanagh, Scott Drew, Stephan Parsons, Stefan Jones,
Bryan Costello, Larry Carey, Steven Swain, Blake Kavanagh, Darryl
Swain, Jason Power, Aaron Hayden, Dennis Croft and Bradley Coady¼¼thanks
a lot, boys!
Volunteers:
Volunteers
make school a better place to be. We would like to thank those
people who volunteered each week with the Breakfast Program and
Scholastic Book Fair. A special thank you
Book Fair
Mrs. Bonnie
Kelly
Mrs. Noella
Clowe
Mrs. Janet Hynes
Ms. Julie
O’Connell
Mrs. Debbie
Graham
Mrs. Della Ryan
Library
Mrs. Connie
Reddigan
Ms. Sylvia Power
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