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Longview's ACE (Active, Creative and Engaged) Team is excited to announce their plans to form a registered Society with the proposed name of Longview ARC Society. The ARC letters in the name stand for Arts, Recreation and Community which will be the focus of the society. The main reason for forming the society is to have the ability to access a wider assortment of grants that are unavailable to municipalities through Council driven groups such as the Community Services Advisory Board. The team is ready to move forward with its application for the ACE seed funds for the community identified projects which include upgrades to the Centennial Park with playground additions, park benches, picnic tables and attractive waste receptacles and a serenity garden at the Village office grounds. These projects will involve partnerships with the ACE/ARC team, Village Council, the Longview Recreation Board and independent philanthropic groups as well as some provincial funding which we will now be able to apply for.
Longview's ACE team has been steadily moving forward since Ian Hill's Ignite Tour 14 months ago. They have successfully completed the community scanning tool and held four successive meetings to narrow down the list for the community initiative. During this time they also applied for, won and hosted a successful Alberta Rural Touring Showcase in June 2010 which many ACE members raised monies for, planned for, lent equipment and participated in. During the summer a newsletter was successfully launched under the ACE umbrella and has grown into its own entity the Longview Voice. One of the main goals of ACE is to bring community together and find those leaders who are amidst us. The Voice has attracted a number of enthusiastic community people who wish to nurture this project and take over its management as ACE moves forward with the Village projects. The ARC Society wishes the Voice good luck and hopes it will be a great conduit for upcoming projects. In the fall of 2010 ACE began a fundraiser towards the Main Street beautification portion of the ACE proposed projects. Close to $6,000 was raised towards Christmas lights on Main Street in a partnership with the Village Council supplying an additional $4,500. The lights were beautiful and truly added to Longview's existing charm! The ACE/ARC team is presently putting together the seed money application and looking at some very interesting upcoming opportunities. Stay tuned for more info on Communities Choosewell. This wonderful program is back in Longview and is in planning stages as we speak!
In recognition of Volunteer Week, Longview ARC Society would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers who have assisted with Boards, workshops, Sustainability Planning, Longview Stampede Committee, Longstock Music and Arts Festival, Canada Day Committee, all ACE/ARC team members, Library Board, Longview Fellowship volunteers, Volunteer Firefighters, Longview Christmas party, Longview Youth group, Longview Voice editors, Blue Bronna Volunteers and the countless unpaid hours that council puts in on our behalf. You people truly ROCK!! Together We Can Do Anything!!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Longview School - Let Your Learning Soar
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In regards to our school improvement plan, we continue to work towards strengthening and improving upon the quality of our core program and our PAT results by improving student learning through literacy. Literacy has always been the keystone of learning and we want our students to develop a broad and deep range of literacy skills. Learners with strong literacy skills, acquire, create, connect and communicate meaning in a wide variety of contexts. During our Soaring Literacy time students learn different strategies to improve their literacy skills. Staff training in Pearsons First Steps Literacy Program is nearly complete and in our professional learning community we continue to read the book, “40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students” by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins. We have implemented literacy strategies from this book in both our tier 1/core program, as well as, our tier 2 Literacy Soars program. “Research shows that students need opportunities to use literacy knowledge and skills in a variety of contexts to master and efficiently transfer them from one area to another. Students may not automatically transfer literacy knowledge and skills without explicit instruction…..literacy instruction must be embedded across the curriculum to both support meaning and developed by the growing complexity of text....teachers must have a deeper understanding of what literacy means in their subject areas. Each academic discipline has its own particular text features, formats and vocabulary….Students need to develop literacy skills that transcend subject areas as well as the subject-specific applications of those skills.” (Literacy First: A Plan for Action 2010: Government of Alberta)
The Grade 5/6 class was specially recognized by the Village of Longview for their accomplishments in the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Students received individual letters of recognition, as well as, Village of Longview decorative pins. In the letter, Ivor McCorquindale, Mayor of Longview; Cliff Ayrey, Deputy Mayor and Tracy Howk, Councillor stated, “On behalf of the Village of Longview it is truly our honour to know you are a part of this community. Your commitment to DARE shows you have taken time to fully understand the choices you make in regards to drugs and alcohol at present and into the future. We stand as a community in recognizing your effort.” The highlight of the DARE grad was when students shared and presented their DARE projects to the audience and made their personal pledges. Student accomplishments were acknowledged by presentations made by Mrs. Roberts, Constable DeGroot and Ms. McCreary-Burke. In an effort to include all of our Longview Students in recognizing this important accomplishment and in the spirit of our Eagle Pride, we had the Grade 5/6 students speak about choices and influences of both good and bad peer pressure to the rest of the students at Longview School during Eagle
Pride Time.
We would like to invite everyone to our Spring Theatre presentation of 'Pinocchio' being held on Wednesday, April 20th at 6:30pm. The overall goal of our drama presentations at Longview School is to foster positive self-concepts in students by encouraging them to explore life by assuming theatric roles and acquiring dramatic skills. Throughout the year we have presented a number of dramatic performances in meeting the learner outcomes outlined in the drama program of studies. Our students and staff have been very busy in rehearsals, memorizing lines, organizing and designing sets. Students very much look forward to sharing their dramatic skills with an audience.
In regards to our school improvement plan, we continue to work towards strengthening and improving upon the quality of our core program and our PAT results by improving student learning through literacy. Literacy has always been the keystone of learning and we want our students to develop a broad and deep range of literacy skills. Learners with strong literacy skills, acquire, create, connect and communicate meaning in a wide variety of contexts. During our Soaring Literacy time students learn different strategies to improve their literacy skills. Staff training in Pearsons First Steps Literacy Program is nearly complete and in our professional learning community we continue to read the book, “40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students” by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins. We have implemented literacy strategies from this book in both our tier 1/core program, as well as, our tier 2 Literacy Soars program. “Research shows that students need opportunities to use literacy knowledge and skills in a variety of contexts to master and efficiently transfer them from one area to another. Students may not automatically transfer literacy knowledge and skills without explicit instruction…..literacy instruction must be embedded across the curriculum to both support meaning and developed by the growing complexity of text....teachers must have a deeper understanding of what literacy means in their subject areas. Each academic discipline has its own particular text features, formats and vocabulary….Students need to develop literacy skills that transcend subject areas as well as the subject-specific applications of those skills.” (Literacy First: A Plan for Action 2010: Government of Alberta)
The Grade 5/6 class was specially recognized by the Village of Longview for their accomplishments in the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Students received individual letters of recognition, as well as, Village of Longview decorative pins. In the letter, Ivor McCorquindale, Mayor of Longview; Cliff Ayrey, Deputy Mayor and Tracy Howk, Councillor stated, “On behalf of the Village of Longview it is truly our honour to know you are a part of this community. Your commitment to DARE shows you have taken time to fully understand the choices you make in regards to drugs and alcohol at present and into the future. We stand as a community in recognizing your effort.” The highlight of the DARE grad was when students shared and presented their DARE projects to the audience and made their personal pledges. Student accomplishments were acknowledged by presentations made by Mrs. Roberts, Constable DeGroot and Ms. McCreary-Burke. In an effort to include all of our Longview Students in recognizing this important accomplishment and in the spirit of our Eagle Pride, we had the Grade 5/6 students speak about choices and influences of both good and bad peer pressure to the rest of the students at Longview School during Eagle
Pride Time.
We would like to invite everyone to our Spring Theatre presentation of 'Pinocchio' being held on Wednesday, April 20th at 6:30pm. The overall goal of our drama presentations at Longview School is to foster positive self-concepts in students by encouraging them to explore life by assuming theatric roles and acquiring dramatic skills. Throughout the year we have presented a number of dramatic performances in meeting the learner outcomes outlined in the drama program of studies. Our students and staff have been very busy in rehearsals, memorizing lines, organizing and designing sets. Students very much look forward to sharing their dramatic skills with an audience.
Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef Club - March Activities
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By Hunter Egeland
What a month!!! March felt more like Winter than Spring. Our club had a quiet month, starting with our regular meeting held on the 9th. All members had to hand in their completed record books. On the 23rd we had our workshop meeting. We got into 3 groups and were handed 4 beef/animal question sheets. We had 20 minutes to answer as many questions as we could. It was a lot of fun and we all learned lots.
We had a member from our club make it all the way to the Regional Level in Public Speaking this year. Shaelynn Brogden advanced at the club level (with her speech on "Rodeo"), next went on to the Area level and then on again to the District level and finally, did very well at the Regional Level (which is as far as an Intermediate can go). Shaelynn has been in our club for 3 years. The first year she was in 4-H she made it all the way to Districts in Public Speaking. She said she really enjoys speaking in front of a crowd and has been told she is a "natural". Congratulations Shaelynn!!!
Our next meeting will be April 13th. Our Achievement Day is fast approaching, so some of our members are scrambling to halter break their animals. I'm so glad I halter broke Gillian (my heifer) when she was a little calf. Her birthday was on March 16th. She is a year old now. Happy Birthday Gillian!!
By Hunter Egeland
What a month!!! March felt more like Winter than Spring. Our club had a quiet month, starting with our regular meeting held on the 9th. All members had to hand in their completed record books. On the 23rd we had our workshop meeting. We got into 3 groups and were handed 4 beef/animal question sheets. We had 20 minutes to answer as many questions as we could. It was a lot of fun and we all learned lots.
We had a member from our club make it all the way to the Regional Level in Public Speaking this year. Shaelynn Brogden advanced at the club level (with her speech on "Rodeo"), next went on to the Area level and then on again to the District level and finally, did very well at the Regional Level (which is as far as an Intermediate can go). Shaelynn has been in our club for 3 years. The first year she was in 4-H she made it all the way to Districts in Public Speaking. She said she really enjoys speaking in front of a crowd and has been told she is a "natural". Congratulations Shaelynn!!!
Our next meeting will be April 13th. Our Achievement Day is fast approaching, so some of our members are scrambling to halter break their animals. I'm so glad I halter broke Gillian (my heifer) when she was a little calf. Her birthday was on March 16th. She is a year old now. Happy Birthday Gillian!!
Longview Library Literally Speaking
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April is to be an exciting month at our library. On Wednesday, April 13th from 7 to 8pm Dusty Jorawsky will present a slide show of his photos of Antartica. Dusty, the grandson of Millie and Lorne Fuller and son of Pat and Jim Jorawsky, has been a pilot in the north for several years and has some sensational pictures to share with us. Coffee will be served. Then on Wednesday, April 27th, Julie Walker, Dame on the Range, will give a talk on hiking experiences in the Foothills. You will learn about easy and challenging trails, wildflowers, safety tips and wildlife awareness.
We have a Book Arts Exhibition in the library for the month of April. The Book Arts is a travelling exhibition that focuses on the artist of books, demonstrating typography, illustration, binding, paper making and marbling. So come in and see what it's all about.
On Friday, April 29th from 2 to 6pm, Blanca Botero Fuentes will be conducting a special artistic workshop in honour of Mother's Day. It will be held at the Town Hall and is for 15 years and older. Come into the library to see samples of the Transfer Art that we will be doing. Please register with our librarian Joan and she will give you the list of supplies not provided in the workshop.
Just a reminder that our hours are: Tuesday and Thursday: 10am-5pm and on Wednesday: 12-7pm. Our phone number is 558-3927 and our librarian's name is Joan.
In May we will be offering a workshop on Tai Chi given by a Cancer survivor and a talk on Medicinal plants of Alberta and their uses. More about this next month.
Sing you Home by Jodi Picoult is a profoundly moving story about a gay couple who marry and would like to have children. Three frozen embryos are banked from one of the women's previous marriage. Picoult explores the anxiety suffered by these two women when the former husband becomes a religious zealot who takes life coaching from a militant anti-gay preacher and then refuses to release the embryos. The struggle for these embryos becomes a widely publicized court drama. Vanessa, one of the couple, says "Homosexuality isn't a choice, any more than heterosexuality is. And I know this because, why on earth would I want to put myself through all the bullying, name calling and physical abuse I've faced? Why would I willingly 'pick' a lifestyle, as you call it, that is such an uphill battle?" And one that incites such cruelty and dislike. One of the characters is a musical therapist and one learns from her about the healing and nurturing aspects of the therapy and how it is used to help sufferers of dementia and teenage depression. Picoult's nineteen year old son revealed his sexuality to her and her husband just as she was beginning the book. She hopes fervently that the world will be a kinder, gentler place as he carries on in life. Hopefully we are now living in a more loving society that does not judge, and that is compassionate, supportive and accepting of one another, no matter who we are.
Picoult is a master at exploring the social issues of our time. In House Rules, she deals with Aspergers Syndrome. In Change of Heart, she writes of capital punishment and organ donation and transfer, and in Nineteen Minutes, she writes of high school shootings and cruel bullying. I like her because she brings up current topics that are troubling and encourages us to think about them and to become more informed, so that we can be more responsible, caring citizens.
April is to be an exciting month at our library. On Wednesday, April 13th from 7 to 8pm Dusty Jorawsky will present a slide show of his photos of Antartica. Dusty, the grandson of Millie and Lorne Fuller and son of Pat and Jim Jorawsky, has been a pilot in the north for several years and has some sensational pictures to share with us. Coffee will be served. Then on Wednesday, April 27th, Julie Walker, Dame on the Range, will give a talk on hiking experiences in the Foothills. You will learn about easy and challenging trails, wildflowers, safety tips and wildlife awareness.
We have a Book Arts Exhibition in the library for the month of April. The Book Arts is a travelling exhibition that focuses on the artist of books, demonstrating typography, illustration, binding, paper making and marbling. So come in and see what it's all about.
On Friday, April 29th from 2 to 6pm, Blanca Botero Fuentes will be conducting a special artistic workshop in honour of Mother's Day. It will be held at the Town Hall and is for 15 years and older. Come into the library to see samples of the Transfer Art that we will be doing. Please register with our librarian Joan and she will give you the list of supplies not provided in the workshop.
Just a reminder that our hours are: Tuesday and Thursday: 10am-5pm and on Wednesday: 12-7pm. Our phone number is 558-3927 and our librarian's name is Joan.
In May we will be offering a workshop on Tai Chi given by a Cancer survivor and a talk on Medicinal plants of Alberta and their uses. More about this next month.
Sing you Home by Jodi Picoult is a profoundly moving story about a gay couple who marry and would like to have children. Three frozen embryos are banked from one of the women's previous marriage. Picoult explores the anxiety suffered by these two women when the former husband becomes a religious zealot who takes life coaching from a militant anti-gay preacher and then refuses to release the embryos. The struggle for these embryos becomes a widely publicized court drama. Vanessa, one of the couple, says "Homosexuality isn't a choice, any more than heterosexuality is. And I know this because, why on earth would I want to put myself through all the bullying, name calling and physical abuse I've faced? Why would I willingly 'pick' a lifestyle, as you call it, that is such an uphill battle?" And one that incites such cruelty and dislike. One of the characters is a musical therapist and one learns from her about the healing and nurturing aspects of the therapy and how it is used to help sufferers of dementia and teenage depression. Picoult's nineteen year old son revealed his sexuality to her and her husband just as she was beginning the book. She hopes fervently that the world will be a kinder, gentler place as he carries on in life. Hopefully we are now living in a more loving society that does not judge, and that is compassionate, supportive and accepting of one another, no matter who we are.
Picoult is a master at exploring the social issues of our time. In House Rules, she deals with Aspergers Syndrome. In Change of Heart, she writes of capital punishment and organ donation and transfer, and in Nineteen Minutes, she writes of high school shootings and cruel bullying. I like her because she brings up current topics that are troubling and encourages us to think about them and to become more informed, so that we can be more responsible, caring citizens.
Ecole Percy Pegler
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The Proud Panthers at Ecole Percy Pegler School learned that one in eight people on the planet drinks water that's likely to make them sick. The water crisis and poverty go hand-in-hand. Almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. Just $20 can give one person access to clean water. With that in mind, the students at École Percy Pegler School decided they wanted to do something about that.
We ran the Charity: Water event in conjunction with the 100th day of school. Students were asked to bring 100 pennies and these were rolled and donated to the charity.
Students raised $137.50 for World Water Day.
Way to go Panthers!
The Proud Panthers at Ecole Percy Pegler School learned that one in eight people on the planet drinks water that's likely to make them sick. The water crisis and poverty go hand-in-hand. Almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. Just $20 can give one person access to clean water. With that in mind, the students at École Percy Pegler School decided they wanted to do something about that.
We ran the Charity: Water event in conjunction with the 100th day of school. Students were asked to bring 100 pennies and these were rolled and donated to the charity.
Students raised $137.50 for World Water Day.
Way to go Panthers!
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