Bear Blast

As we are all Treaty people, we take time to honor the land of Treaty 4 and all that it offers for us and our families through many generations. This land has served as a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and traveling route for the Cree, Dene, Nakota, Saulteaux, and Ojibway People since time immemorial. We recognize this land as the homeland of Metis Nation Eastern Region II. We honor the ancestors and footsteps that have fallen in these lands. We also acknowledge that our use of this land has come at a cost, the cost of colonialism and the residential school system. We commit to working together toward reconciliation and forging a better path forward.

Friday our ball game got cancelled due to rain (surprise, surprise) so we decided to go to Melfort to see a movie. Inside Out 2 was playing. In the movie we are introduced to a character called Nostalgia. Throughout the movie she pops in and gets told "Not Yet Nostalgia" by the other characters. This got me thinking about the time of year we find ourselves in. Throughout the school year, we often do not have alot of time for nostalgia as we are peddle to the medal, go, go, go. However, as we approach the end of the year, we find ourselves looking back.

It has been a great year, a crazy, strange year, but a great year. It has been great because of the things that we have done, the progress that we have made, but most importantly because of the people that we got to do it with. It has been a challenging year with lots of uncertainty for families and students. Throughout all of it, our families were amazing in their understanding and support. All of the politics aside, we all care about the kids and what is best for them. As a community we work together for our kids and the results are evident as we have some of the most amazing kids as well. Thank you to all of our families who have shown us so much support and stepped up when we needed you to to help out. It was not a perfect year, but it was still a pretty great year, thanks to the hard work of our school community and the communities which make up our school communities.

Bears Athletics is looking for coaches for the upcoming school year, mainly Sr. Boys Basketball and an assistant for Sr Girls Volleyball but if you are interested in others let us know. Please contact Mr. Bloski for details.

Each week, Mr. Mielke will post a pic of a strange object. Submit your answers of what you think it is to ppcs@nesd.ca. All the correct answers will be put into a draw for a weekly prize.

Last week's winner Miss Palaniuk.

This week, can you identify this infamous logo from the early 2000s?

Future Me Day - dress up as your future career.

Dress Up as Your Favorite Grade - honor one of our grads, but dressing like they do. Show them how much the mean to us.

Sign A Senior - Grade 12s wear a white shirt that everyone else can sign.

Thank you to Porcupine Wildlife Club for a $1000 donation towards our outdoor programming .

Also thank you to Anna Stupak of Yorkton who has donated an assortment of outdoor gear such as dry bags, water jugs, paddles for our canoeing and camping endeavors .

Unfortunately, due to sanctions, we were forced to cancel the Batoche trip for the grade 5s. Thankfully we live in an amazing community. Some of the grade 5 parents felt that the trip and the history associated with the trip was too important for our kids to miss out on. The parents, led by Wade Thorpe and Darwin Thorpe along with the local Metis Society worked together to make the trip happen. As a result our grade 5s got to experience all that Batoche had to offer. Huge shout out to Wade, Darwin, Rachel, Sasha, and Teleah along with the Metis society who stepped in when we couldn't This is one of the many reasons that our community is awesome.

The students cleaned the butterflies habitat. After a week they released the caterpillars into the enclosure. We hope that Monday, we will find chrysalis.

Larwood Shaw Memorial Pool is very happy to be able to offer swimming lessons this summer. Several local youth have completed the needed training to be instructors and are ready to get going. To register visit https://forms.gle/g8BkbjUfjPFLryPXA.

Each month, we will be putting out a family calendar which will include major events for the month. We will do our best to be as comprehensive as possible, but please continue to check the Bear Blast for updates. This will include our home games and our practice times, as well as special events. We encourage families to print a copy (click the pdf file to download) of the calendar and keep it handy.

Volunteer of the Month

Autum and JR get the nod in our final month of recognition. A huge thanks for them for keeping the athlete picture board updated and helping out with an odd job now and then to keep Bears Athletics rolling. Best wishes to Autum as she leaves us this year and we are sure you will leave your own mark on Athletics.

Athletes of the Month

Harleigh Pohl

Harleigh is a no brainer for our Athlete of the month with her strong performance at Nessac track. I was only able to watch from a distance but she flat out smoked her competition in the 100 and 200m. She also physically dominated long and triple jump. She is very motivated and works very hard at practice and on her own so we are not surprised of her accomplishments. Keep up the training Harleigh and good luck in Stoon.

Breanne Strnad

Breanne Strnad is new to Bears Athletics but as proven to be very goal oriented and dedicated. She is in the gym jumping whenever she can and takes her practice and performance very seriously. With her work ethic she will be one to watch in the future as she will only continue to improve. Great attitude Breanne.

Please note, as we get used to this new system, please be aware that punch card balances may be up to 1 week behind.

You can click the button below to check on how much your child has left on his/her punch card. To help support privacy, we have developed account numbers for each student. The account number is their grade followed by the last 4 digits of the phone number we have on file. For example, my son Noah is in grade 5. His account number would be 059017.

Once you click the link below and find your child's account number, you will see a number to the left of their account number (i.e. 17). That number will not change, so you only have to remember that number going forward.

We hope that this will help our families.

Once again, Jigs and Carolines will be offering hot lunches on Wednesday and Friday. Please order directly from them. Stay tuned.