1) Rob Fisher, the principal of École Riverside School, gave a presentation to the trustees of the SDML on June 10, 2014 about the school's SEVEC exchange program.
2) The presentation thanked the trustees, staff, parents, families, and students of École Riverside school and École Mt. Ste. Anne for their contributions.
3) It provided examples of student learning and engagement from the two schools to share with the trustees.
1. Rob Fisher,
Principal
École Riverside School
Thompson, Mb.
École Riverside School
SEVEC exchange program
Presentation to the trustees of the SDML
June 10,2014
75. Credits
and thanks to the staff and students of École Riverside school
and École Mt. Ste. Anne for providing many wonderful
examples of student learning and engagement to share.....
all other images by robcfisher and Melyssa
Girard
exterior of popeyes and TRCC by Rachel Fisher
waskwatum dam, sasagui rapids, wabowden sign
courtesy of google
Hinweis der Redaktion
This program included our travelling to Quebec in (month) and the students from Ecole Mt. Ste Anne coming to Thompson Wed Apr 30 to Wed May 7th.
purpose of this presentation is to give you a feel of what happened when our visitors were here in Thompson and some idea of the many people who made this exchange possible
Arrival at airport
our welcome signs
meeting old friends
finding your billets
and host families
We took our partner chaperones to this condo, Thank you to Vale for donating the accomodations to us for the week
end of day 1
Day 2 -Tour of Vale. Thanks to Melanie Thompson
Learning and Development Coordinator for organizing our site visit
other groups Wolf geocaching. Thanks to Volker Beckmann who organized this for us and joined us on our spirit way walk
other groups Wolf geocaching
other groups Wolf geocaching
other groups Wolf geocaching
this part ended with a museum tour. Thanks to Tanna Teneycke
Executive Director
other groups participated in teepee teachings. We would like to thank Jack Robinson for sharing his wisdom with us and our guests
supper at RDPC cafeteria. thanks to the UCN language arts festival organizers for inviting us for supper
Chad solomon with 2 of the students and his puppets
Meet at RDPC (Letkemann Theatre) for Community
Festival of the arts event : Performances by Ian Ross (playright, comedian), David Robertson (Author-sugar falls), Chad Solomon (pupeteer), Benjamin Paul, Dennis Day and Ron Cook (storystellers). Open mic to end the night.
then home at 9:30pm with their host families. end of day 2
next day a visit to wuskwatim was planned. Thanks to Tim Wenstob for organizing this trip.
BUT! the
road washed out so in great northern fashion we quickly went to plan B
plan B a trip to Pisew falls
social cam - Pisew falls
https://socialcam.com/v/St2R3Lv2?autostart=true
then to bankside to learn to play pool
and some socializing. Thanks to Bankside for the group discount.
a visit to Thompson wouldn’t be complete without a trip to popeyes.
64 wimpy’s to go please!
It’s 2:30 lets zoomba with Samantha Long.
then home to host families at 3:30. End of day 3
Saturday and sunday Activities with the host family (hockey, skiing, fishing,
Paint Lake, Pisew Falls, hiking, etc.)
doing what people here do
visiting the sites
students and chaperones, seeing things they have never seen before
On Saturday I took the chaperones to visit the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
and to sasagiu rapids on sunday for supper
end of the weekend day’s 4 and 5
the next day it was off to wabowden. thanks to Loretta Dykun for organizing this day trip for us, and the daytime activities at TRCC on our next day.
Monday to WAbowden
Traditional medicine picking
poplar buds to make medicine
fur trapper presentation
and McKenna learning to skin an animal
a wolverine
making bannock
social cam bannock on a stick
https://socialcam.com/v/uTuokrrh?autostart=true
thanks to our presenters in Wabowden.
end of day 6
for our last full day together we were off to the TRCC
Thanks to Melanie Ouelette for donating her lazer tag setup and managing the games for us
some students chose fiddling with Jennilee Martenaux
and some chose ipad rock band with M. Allard
we ended our evening with a feast for SEVEC participants and host families
with entertainment by Ricky Pronteau and Jenilee Martineau
ended with a community feast with host families and our guests
https://socialcam.com/v/2a0RGuXb?autostart=true
end of day 7
wed morning early our guests departed for their return trip to Quebec
Lona at Greygoose Bus lines for all her assistance
Allison Kissick for helping to chaperone here in Thompson
Bonnie Rempel for chaperoning in Quebec
The city of thompson for providing Rudy the ravens for the gift bags
The trustees of the school district of mystery Lake for the toque donations
M. Kristin Donovan for writing the original proposal to SEVEC
for inviting our visitors into their homes
and Mme. Melyssa Girard for organizing the majority of this experience for our students. When Kristin couldn’t proceed as project lead Melyssa stepped right up and did a great job on this project.
and everyone had lots of fun and it’s an experience our students will never forget
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