And the Firefighters Came Back!

Grade Five had a pretty special week.

Each year, the Drummondville Fire Department run a number of city-wide contests in conjunction with Fire Safety Week. One, the Firefighter for a Day contest, was won by Lloyd, an he had an amazing day.

Another contest is a fire drill contest. The firefighters are present for one unannounced fire drill at the beginning of each school year. Our school, once again (I must brag) was the fastest school in the city to evacuate and account for everyone (under two minutes).

As a result two classes in the school won a random draw for a pizza lunch sponsored by Mike's. Yay!







But, as if that were not enough, firefighters came and ate with the students, brought three fire trucks to school and allowed the students a guided tour inside the cab of one of the trucks. Students were given firehats and goodie-bags, and were filmed by COGECO for a human interest story.




And... they brought a mascot!




It was a wonderful day, and the students are very grateful for the time and attention shown to them.


Thank you, Drummondville Fire Department!

A Big Day in Grade Five!

Many thanks to Mr Hamel for the photo.

What a great day it was today!
Congratualtions to the students who ran in the ETSB XCountry Race (2km of the hilliest course these students have seen yet). Who knows, perhaps a lifelong love of running was born as these young athletes tore up the course. You should all be very proud of yourselves!

And also...

A hearty congratulations also goes to Lloyd, who won the city-wide "Firefighter for a Day" contest. Not only did he get to drop the puck during the face-off of the Voltigeurs' game last weekend, but he will also spend an ENTIRE day with the firefighters this Friday (yes, he will miss school - with our blessing). He wrote an excellent essay and deserves this wonderful honour. Enjoy!

On another note, I have lost my voice, and will not be at school for at least the nest two days. Let me take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. Make the most of the long weekend!

Kathy Napier

It's Been A While...

Hello again,
Glad to be back posting. I had been waiting for some consent to photograph slips to be able to post the photos below of our wonderful trip to the Canadian Railway Museum ~ Exporail in St-Constant, Qc.

It was a wonderful visit and I would like to thank our fabulous guide, Caroline, who worked to so hard to balance the mechanical and historical information and make sure the students learned as much as they could about how the railway changed Canada.