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Students enjoyed the Halloween parade and carnival on Friday, November 5th. We held our celebration on that day to include all of our kindergarten students and to make up for the original date that was cancelled. A big thank you goes out to Ms. Smith for taking the lead for this special event. The Grade 5/6 class did a wonderful job in organizing and running the different carnival activities. It is great fun for everyone to see each other dressed in their Halloween best and all students really enjoyed this type of Halloween Celebration.
The Remembrance Day service was held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, November 10th. Thank you to both Mrs. Winfield and Mr. Musgrove who took the lead in this assembly. Everyone, all staff and students, did such a wonderful job in recognizing those individuals, past and present, who have served our country so well and with such dignity. Our students take great pride and honour in planning, decorating and presenting for this service. All classes contributed beautiful art work and made wreaths for the wreath laying ceremony.   It was very moving when Tracy Howk shared the story about her husband serving and the impact it had on him, herself and their children. It really hit home for our students knowing her children had also attended Longview School. We greatly appreciate the address by Captain Bob Griffin who represented the Royal Canadian Legion and is a veteran and Neil Howk who escorted the students (Grace, Taryn, Peyton, Bailey, Felicia, Willow and Ashley) during the wreath laying ceremony. Chloe and Kiara did a wonderful job singing Amazing Grace accompanied by Hope on the chanter and Mrs. Graham on the guitar. Flynn did a good job playing “March” by Robin Adair on his chanter as an introduction to the multimedia presentation called “Standing Strong and True” that was shown. Each class did a presentation of some type. The Grade 1/2 class presented the poem In Flanders Fields; Grade 3/4 presented Remembrance Day and The Ode of Remembrance and three different groups from the Grade 5/6 class presented History of Flanders Fields, Response to Flanders Fields and We Shall Keep the Faith.  Many parents and community members also attended the service and expressed their appreciation for the wonderful job the students and staff did, including Trustee, Jerry Muelaner who said, “Absolutely fabulous event”.
A big thank you needs to be extended to everyone who volunteered eagerly and willingly to help out on school council this year whenever and wherever possible. It is with great pleasure to announce that Joan Stuart will remain as School Council Chair, Krista Miller has taken on the role of Secretary and Karen Nelson will continue as Treasurer. Cara Nelson as Grade 5/6 class rep, Lance Doram as Grade 3/4 rep, Tracey Bews as Grade 1/2 rep and Jen Champagne as the kindergarten rep. Krista also agreed to represent Longview School Council at the Council of School Councils at their area meetings throughout the year. School Council would love to see more faces at their meetings which will be the third Tuesday of each month from 6:00 to 7:30pm. Such a small amount of time can make such a big difference. Please consider attending.
The Longview School Christmas Fair will be held on Friday, November 26th from 5:00 to 9:00pm at Longview School. Dinner tickets can be purchased in advance at the school office for $6 and at the doors for $7. There will be a lovely dinner of ham, potatoes, buns, salads and desserts. There will also be bucket raffles, cake walk, elf shelf and other games and activities. It is a whole lot of family holiday fun.