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

Firefighter for Day Contest

Our class is very proud that two of our students won the Drummondville "Firefighter for a Day" Contest.

Here is the winning entry from Elisee, our runner-up.

Fire Fighter

Hello my name is Elisee, and I would like to won the contest so this is my piece of writing. It is not a story but it is a little piece of what I already know about you, I hope you understand English. So here it is.
When there is a fire the fire-fighter risks their lives for us. Even if many risks are in that job we should respect them. It is not a 9 to 5 job it is a 24-hour a day, seven days a week public service that involves working weekends and holidays. They work about 42 hours per week over a four week period. They are very courageous to do all of this for us, if they weren’t there, many people would have lost their lives but because they are there they save lives from burning fires.

When they don’t put out fires they respond to medical emergencies and motor vehicle accidents, they educate the public about fire prevention and fire safety practices. They even get the cats that are in the trees. They always work none stop. So this is a job that requires courage, strength and intelligent people. Thank you and see you maybe on the week of October 6th.
The End

Elisee won a telephone for her room and her text was printed on a certificate presented to her by two members of the local Emergency Response team. Congratulations, Elisee!