 Issue 1Volume 1 January1995 |
Ukrainian Chrismas Dinner |
 The Ukrainian
Christmas Dinner By Kendra Henkewich-Jones On Wednesday, January 14, 1995, we had a Ukrainian Christmas supper at school. Parents and special guests were invited to attend. There was a performance put on by the Ukrainian students. The choir sang Ukrainian Christmas carols while the grades 6 and 7 students put on a "vertep". After the performance, the parents served dinner. The dinner consisted of twelve meatless dishes. They are kutia (a mixture of cooked wheat, honey and poppyseeds), borscht (a soup made with beets), pyrohy (perogies), holubtsi (cabbage rolls), ruba (fish or fish sticks), kalach (braided bread), hryby (mushrooms), kvacolia (beans), uzvar (fruit compote), and pampushky (sweet buns). After the dinner Mr. Udow assisted Mrs. Adams in flinging kutia at the ceiling. The more kernels of kutia that stick to the ceiling, the better harvest you will have. This event is a lot of fun and I'm glad that we have it in our school. 
On December the 14th our school had a Christmas Concert which was held in the gym. Some students put on a play introducing us to the crowd. The play was called “The Magic of the Holidays”. There were two performances: one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Different classes went into the gym at separate times of the night so it would not be too crowded. The classes performed different songs and activities. At the end of the concert the choir sang two songs. When they were finished they had a family sing-a-long and the audience joined the choir. We had a really good time. We would all like to thank Mrs. Harrison for making the concert
possible, Miss Waldie for teaching the choir and Mrs. Black for playing the piano.
On December 15, St. Nicholas came to Ralph Brown School. The classes
were sitting in the gym and waiting. To make him come out we had to sing Ukrainian carols.
There were children from Nursery to grade seven, but only the Ukrainian classes could
come. St. Nick was very nice. He asked us if we were good. At the end he gave us treats
and an orange. Then he visited the English classes and said to them the same things that
he said to us in English.
Peer Tutoring Spelling tutoring with the grade three class is an activity to help
them. It is sort of fun but sort of unfortunate for me because I have to miss my recess in
the morning. But that is okay because it’s nice to help kids learn to be better
spellers. Only certain kids from Mrs. Zoochkan’s class are involved. They are the
kids that have a higher level in spelling. The kids only get fifteen minutes or less to
work. Only six kids from Mrs. Zoochkan’s class and six kids from Miss Johnston’s
class are involved.
Junior Achievers - The Holiday
Shoppe “Extra, extra, read all about it. The Junior Achievers Holiday Shoppe is now closed.” The Junior Achievers have closed their successfull three day Holiday Shoppe in the Ralph Brown School Library. “I really liked the Holiday Shoppe because the prices were fantastic!,” said Michael Janciw. “We collected quite a bit of money,” added Noel. I guess
the Junior Achievement Holiday Shoppe was a real success.
On Monday, December 12, the Junior Achievers organized a Christmas
shop. They had nice gifts for good prices. I bought three items - a pencil, a gro-beast
and a rose pin. Everything cost me $4.15. This was a good idea because children may not
have much money for Christmas so they could buy a nice gift for someone in the family. I
think that the Junior Achievers should have more projects like this. I hope they have
another one during the year.
Judo I am a member of the Ralph Brown School Judo Club. Every Day 5 we
meet in the gym with Mr. Berger, our Judo Master. We do exercises first to loosen our
muscles and warm up. Then Mr. Berger teaches us self-defense so that if we are in danger
we can use different moves. Judo is fun and I enjoy taking these classes.
Pizza Pop Selling In September, the grade 7 Junior Achievers from Room 109 began a project selling pizza pops. We decided to sell pizza pops because we wanted to raise money for a class field trip and any upcoming events. So we confirmed it with Mrs. Adams and made up a schedule consisting of names, dates and times that we would be selling. We sell them at a desk set up by our class every lunch hour. Each pizza pop only costs a dollar. However, we do make money. I think that selling pizza pops is a great idea because it helps us learn to work with other people, learn responsibility and how to handle money carefully.
In Ukrainian Enrichment we made calves out of hay for the grades 1-3
Ukrainian classes. We made the calves with Mrs. Nykolyshyn in the Kindergarten room. The
people who made the calves were Ewa, Natalia, Shannon, Angela and Rhonda. The calves are
in a display case in the hall between the library and the music room. The calves were made
by Mr. Chubey's grade 5 students in room 107.
On December 6, 1994 Room 105 made gingerbread houses. Some of the
kids who were making them were Adam, Mike, Justin and Bernard. The ingredients that they
used were seven crackers, lots of icing and candy. They were making them in the kitchen.
They couldn't eat them when they finished. They had to wait until they showed their
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