Recap of Term’s Special Events and Extracurricular '06-'07
On September 27th, 2006, our Theatre Arts and Senior High Language Arts students attended the play, “The Known Soldier”, at the Arts and Culture Center in Gander.
On September 27th, 2006, Phoenix Academy and the Public Library held its Official Opening Ceremony. Nearly 300 people attended and were entertained by our Grade 3 - 6 choirs and a number of guest speakers.
On September 29th, 2006, our K-6 students participated in the Terry Fox Walk. Approximately 120 students raised over $2600.00 for Cancer Research.
On Saturday, September 30th, 2006, Mr. Brian Coombs and the Senior Boys Softball team participated in the Regional Softball Tournament at Twillingate. The boys were great ambassadors for our school and competed in a very sportsmanlike manner.
On October 4th, 2006, students in Grades 7, 8 and 9 attended and participated in a district wide Festival of Sport Track and Field Meet at Smallwood Academy, Gambo.
On October 12th, 2006, students in Grades 8 began participating in the Junior High Level D.A.R.E. Program. This is a cooperative effort between the school and the RCMP, which brings awareness to drugs and their effects in the classroom. The program will be facilitated by Cpl. Larry Turner in conjunction with our Grade 8 teacher, Ms. Cooper.
During the weekend of October 13th - 14th, 2006, Mr. Ted Goodyear and the Senior Boys Volleyball Team attended the Subway Classic Invitational Tournament in Clarenville and won the ‘Silver’ medal. Twenty teams competed in the tournament.
On October 18th, 2006, the Student Council organized a Movie Presentation (ie. Brother Bear 2) for the K-6 students after school.
On October 20th, 2006, the K-6 students participated in a QDPA (ie. Quality Daily Physical Activity) session as an initiative to raise money for our School Breakfast Program. The event resulted in nearly $300.00 being raised for the program.
On October 20th & 21st, 2006, our school hosted the Robbie West Memorial Invitational Volleyball Tournament. Our Senior Boys Volleyball Team captured First Place. As well, the Senior Girls Volleyball Team participated in the Alex D. Mouland Memorial Invitational Volleyball Tournament at Gill Memorial Academy in Musgrave Harbour.
On October 24th, 2006, the Student Council organized a Halloween dance for the students in the evening. There were a number of items collected that night and donated to the local Food Bank as students were asked to bring a non-perishable food item as a part of their admission.
During the weekend of October 27th - 28th, 2006, Mr. Ted Goodyear and the Senior Boys Volleyball Team attended an invitational tournament in St. John’s known as Volley Fest and won First Place. This was a province wide tournament with teams participating from all around the island, not to mention, some teams from the Maritime provinces.
On October 27th, 2006, K-3 students, teachers and parents participated in Round Robin Literacy Centers at the school. The theme was Halloween and parents were invited to take turns reading to students, creating artwork, etc... and of course, there were treats as well.
On October 30th, 2006, the Carmanville Crime Prevention Team designed a “Haunted House” set at the Carmanville RCMP detachment and invited our K-3students and teachers to attend and be frightened. A good time was had by all.
On October 31st, 2006, Mr. Bob Kelly and the Senior High Drama Class designed a “Spook Trail” for the K-9 students. Drama Students designed a set and dressed in costume that of course, revolved around a Halloween theme.
During the weekend of November 3rd - 4th, 2006, Mr. Ted Goodyear and the Senior Boys Volleyball Team attended the Pepsi Invitational Tournament in Gander and won First Place. Again, this was a province wide tournament with teams participating from all around the island.
On November 9th, 2006, teachers and students helped package up 50 Christmas Shoe Boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The school also collected approximately $82.00 to be donated to this worthy cause. Items were donated and collected by students, teachers, parents and other community members. Honourable mention goes to the Chantal Hodder, Laura Bown, Samantha Russell, Jeremy Brinson, Troy Angell, Ms. Linda Bailet and Ms. Deanne Walsh who made a significant contribution to this cause.
On November 10th, 2006, students, teachers, parents and special invited guests attended Remembrance Day ceremonies at Phoenix Academy. Students (K-12) and teachers organized and participated in the event.
During the weekend of November 17th - 18th, 2006, Ms. Sheena Jackman, Ms. Heidi Cooper, Ms. Madonna White and the Senior Girls Volleyball Team attended an Invitational Volleyball Tournament in Glenwood. The girls won Third Place and were great ambassadors for our school and competed in a very sportsmanlike manner.
During the weekend of November 18th, 2006, Mr. Ted Goodyear and the Senior Boys Volleyball Team attended the 4A Regional Volleyball Tournament in Gander. The top teams from the region participated and once again, our team came away with First Place and the right to represent our region in the upcoming Provincials on December 1st, 2006.
During the weekend of November 24 th - 25th, 2006, Ms. Sheena Jackman, Ms. Heidi Cooper, Ms. Madonna White and the Senior Girls Volleyball Team attended the Regional Volleyball Tournament in Eastport. The girls played well and were great ambassadors for our school.
Between November 27 - December 1st, 2006, the school held its annual Book Fair. Students and parents were invited and encouraged to visit the school library to examine and perhaps purchase a wide variety of literature. Honourable mention goes to Mr. Craig Hicks who made a significant contribution to organizing and operating the Fair.
On the weekend of December 1st & 2nd, 2006, Mr. Ted Goodyear and the Senior Boys Volleyball Team attended the 4A Provincial Volleyball Tournament in Clarenville. The top teams from the province participated and once again our team came away with First Place and brought home the Provincial Banner.
During the weekend of December 8th - 9th, 2006, Ms. Sheena Jackman, Ms. Heidi Cooper, Ms. Madonna White, Mr. Brooks Bath and the Junior and Senior Girls Volleyball Teams hosted an Invitational Volleyball Tournament at the school in Carmanville. The Senior Girls team came away with First Place. Both our Junior and Senior girls’ teams were great ambassadors for our school and competed in a very sportsmanlike manner.
On December 13th, 2006, the Student Council organized a Movie Presentation (ie. Garfield 2) for the K-6 students after school.
On Thursday, December 14th, 2006, Phoenix Academy held its Christmas Concert in the school gymnasium at 6:30 p.m.. Students, parents and other community members were entertained by a variety of Christmas Song and Dance. Honourable mention goes to Mr. Roger Bungay who made a significant contribution to organizing and operating the concert.
On Wednesday, December 20th, 2006, Mr. Kelly and his Drama Troupe performed the Christmas Play, “Whatever Happened To Good Old Ebenezer Scrooge” for students in the school’s theatre.
On the weekend of January 19, Mr. Bath, Paul Easton, Ryan Ellsworth, Junior boys and girls volleyball team took part in the Pepsi Tournament in Gander. The Junior Girls took home gold and the Junior boys took home silver. Both teams were great ambassadors for our school and competed in a very sportsmanlike manner.
On February 12, 2007, Mrs. Linda Bailet, Chantal Hodder and Kayla Eveliegh attended the Live Healthy, Learn Well conference in Gander. Subsequently, the student council applied for and received $510 in funding to promote healthy eating in our school. As a result the student council is preparing fruit and vegetable trays for distribution in home room classes and has also began a contest whereby students “caught” eating healthy will be eligible to win a prize
On February 14, 2007, (ie. Valentine’s Day), the school held a K-6 dance in the late afternoon with a canteen and prizes. Later that evening, the Student Council held a Cabaret for grades 7-12 students. Students were treated to punch; provided a hot turkey supper that was prepared and served by teachers; entertained by student council and other students; and ended the evening with a dance.
On the weekend of February 19 - 21, 2007, Ms. Deanne Walsh and the Grade 6 Intensive Core French class attended French Camp at the Lion Max Simms’ Camp on the Bay D’espoir Highway. A special thank you goes out to Corporal Larry Turner who attended and helped out as a parent chaperon.
On the weekend of February 23 - 24, 2007, Ms. Deanne Walsh and the Senior Boys Basketball Team attended an Invitational Basketball Tournament in Lethbridge. The boys were great ambassadors for our school and competed in a very sportsmanlike manner.
In February, the Student Council raised over $50 in support of AIDs research by selling Heart-o-Grams.
On March 2, 2007, Phoenix Academy held its Winter Carnival celebration. The K-6 students spent the morning at Carmanville Pond and participated in a number of winter activities (ie. sliding, ice-fishing, etc...) and were entertained with a movie in the school’s theatre during the afternoon. The 7-12 students participated in a number of indoor and outdoor activities throughout the day, including a snow sculpture contest, a creative snowman contest, lumberjack race, snowshoe races and various gym games. As well, the student council made and sold hot chocolate and turkey soup during the day and helped prepare and serve the hot dog/drinks provided by the school for lunch.
On March 6, 2007, Ms. Deanne Walsh and the Senior Boy’s Basketball Team attended the Regional Basketball Tournament in Glenwood. Once again, the boys competed in a very sportsmanlike manner and proudly represented Phoenix Academy throughout the tournament.
On March 8, 2007, members of our school choir were joined by choir members of Gill Memorial Academy, Musgrave Harbour, to perform in the Kiwanis Music Festival in Gander. They called themselves the Hamilton Sound Singers and received many positive comments from the adjudicators including, "You are exhibiting the true meaning of singing."
On March 9, 2007, Ms. Deanne Walsh and the Grade Six Intensive Core French class hosted a “Café” for parents.
On March 16, 2007, the student council organized a “Wear Green” contest to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This contest was won by the grade 11 class and were rewarded ice cream treats for their class participation.
On March 28, 2007, Mr. Kelly’s Theatre class, Mr. Smith’s Level I English class and the Junior High Drama Troupe attended the play, “No Man’s Land” at the Arts and Culture Center in Gander.
Note: Once again, I would like to extend a special thank you to Parents and Teachers who have supported and volunteered their time throughout these events. Without you many of these activities would not be possible!