DYS holds Earth Day

DYS Staff and students celebrated Earth Day.
Ms. George, Ms Tolen with grades seven and eight developed the spider web. Ms Leonard and Mrs. Bombay concentrated in making RRR bags. Mr. Enns with his class created silly Earth Day commercials, to make earth’s surroundings most noticeable.
Mrs. Mose and Mrs. Risdale with grades two and three implemented the Ball and Cup game.
Andrea Lee with grades five and six stuck to making bumper stickers reflecting on earth’s usefulness.
Mrs. Allen and Ms. Adams in the GYM taught Native dances including the Grass Dance with is very popular.
Originally done as a warrior society dance, the Grass Dance has evolved over the y ears. today it is a highly competitive form of Northern Native dancing.
Some believe that Grass Dancing came from young boys tying grass on their outfits. Before a dance could be held on the prairie the grass had to be stomped down. This is where may of the movements are believed to come from. Afterwards the dancers would tie the grass to their outfit. Many believe that the Omaha tribe organized the dance in their warrior societies.
Mrs. Loney’s class talked about garbage. Mrs. VanHeyst and Mrs. McGinnis worked on beading. Mrs. Soloman and Mrs. Markewich classes focused their attention on the Medicine Wheel while Mrs. Shulz in the French room was making fossils.
Ms. Gustafson and Ms. Sine stuck to stick games and cat’s cradle with the grade 1/2 class. Ms. Gustafson extended thanks to Darla Solomon, Darlene Adams, Shannon George and Daniella Shine for leading Centres.
The district speech contest has been opened up to students in Grade 6 this year. The grade 5/6 class and grade 7/8 class are busy preparing their speeches for the school contest on Friday, May 2. The public is welcome to attend the district speech competition is being held at Robert Moore Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30 p.m.
DYS like to thank all the students who participated in the recent Talent Show. All the performances were well done and those students who participated are to be congratulated for sharing their talent.
The DYS web site is now up and running, please take the time to check DYS out n the net. www.dy.rrdsb.com
DYS Parent Council has set a school work bee for Saturday, May 24 beginning at 9 a.m. Plans include fixing up the flower gardens, the grade 4 backstop, installing 4 nets/hoops for the basketball court and painting four square/hopscotch areas.
The Rainy River district community policing committee together with the Ontario Provincial Police will be hosting a Vital Services Day at the Emo Arena on Saturday, May 10, 2003. Over fifty emergency service providers from across North America will be on hand to demonstrate their services to the public during this one day event.
This is a family oriented event where families can interact with the service providers. There will be a child car seat clinic. Children’s fingerprints will be taken for the Ident-A-Kid project. The OPP Kid’s Corner will include face-panting and a colouring contest. there will be many other exciting activities.