Volume 1 Issue 7

 On April 29th and 30th, during Parent Teacher Conferences, five students from room 105 had a Bake Sale. Students from Ralph Brown School brought baked goods such as, cupcakes, apple pie, cookies, perogies, and cakes. They had three different kinds of drinks. Orange juice cost 25 cents. Apple juice cost 25 cents and peach juice also 25 cents. Everything went smoothly. They made a lot of money. All of the money went to the Kosovo Refuges. They were proud.

Parent Teacher Conference
By Dat

It’s that time of year again where the teachers, parents and students meet to discuss how their child has been doing for the past term. On Thursday, April 29 and Friday April 30, it will be Parent Teacher Conference. School will be closed on Friday due to the conference. On Thursday, the conference will start at 5:00 p.m. and end at 10:30 and on Friday it will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. During the conference the teacher takes out the work that the students have been doing for the past term and has the child talk about it with their parent. The conference is held for 15 minutes each for all the students in the class.

Family Trees
By Karly

In April Room 105’s teachers, Ms. Goldberg and Mrs. Barr, had an idea. Their idea was so good. It was to make a Family Tree. They first started by cutting out pieces of card board. They cut out two pieces of cardboard per tree. Ms Goldberg slowly handed out pieces of cardboard to each individual. Each two pieces of card board had letters on it. Ms.Goldberg told us that we had to get 8 pictures of our family, friends and pets on the tree. Students brought pictures to school and scanned and printed out the pictures. Our next step was to glue the pictures onto our tree. Once we were done gluing the pictures we took tissue paper and put them on a pencil and put glue on the bottom. Then we glued the two pieces together and put them out for Parent Teacher Conferences.

Basketball Clinic
By Justin

On Thursday, April 22nd, Mr. Berger took kids from the volleyball team and a couple of kids from other classes and went to St. John’s High School for the Basketball Clinic. The Basketball Clinic was for kids to learn about how to play basketball. Kids that were from St John’s taught the us how to play basketball. The other schools that went were Champlain, Inkster and Faraday. We did drills from 10:00 o’clock to 12:00 o’clock. We took a break for 20 minutes in the cafeteria. Then we did some more drills and played games. Ralph Brown totally dominated. Then they gave us prizes and we left.

Mother's Day
By Nikki

Mother’s Day is a day where you should not make your mom do much. People give their mom gifts to show their appreciation. At school, different classes did different crafts for their mom. Some families also like to go out for dinner to celebrate. This gives their mom a break from cooking.

The Judo Tournament
By Marko

On April 23rd, three people from the Ralph Brown Judo Club went to Dryden, Ontario for a judo tournament. The students met at Victoria Albert School. At 4:00 p.m. everyone from the Ralph Brown, West Kildonan, and from Inner City Judo Club got on the Gray Goose bus and started to go to Dryden. It took about 4 hours to get there. It was 8:00 o’clock when the students arrived. When they got off the bus they went immediately to weigh themselves to see what weight category they were in. Later, they went to their hotel rooms and settled in. The next morning they woke up at 7:00 am and got ready to compete. The tournament was good. There were several students from Ralph Brown School that won a medal. Cynthia Kelpin won a Gold, Shannon Manitopyes won Silver and Marko Sajdak won Bronze.

Boys Baseball Team
By Ardelle

It is now baseball season and lots of boys signed up for try outs. The practices for boys baseball started near the end of April. The boys have to be at practice when it is held. They have to be responsible and come to all practices. The boys baseball team need to show good sportsmanship in order to represent Ralph Brown School. The boys have practiced really hard. The coaches for the boys baseball team are Mr. Chubey and Mr. Berger. Mr. Chubey and Mr. Berger will decide who they want on the team. It’s a hard decision but they make it any way!

Mother's Day Ideas
By Arlene

Mother’s Day was on May 9th. In room 105, they made credit cards which were for chores that a son or daughter could do around the house when their mom used the card. They also made tea pot cards and candle holders out of plant pots. They painted them with an acrylic paint and when it was done they painted it with poegy. They also made vases. They put paper mache on a jar and painted sea shells and glued it on the jar. Some kids woke up early and cooked their mom breakfast. They also took care of everything around the house.

Barabolya
By Marcie

On May 10th, Barabolya came to our school once again. Ron Cahute and Ihor Baczynskyj are the two singers in Barabolya. They sing songs in Ukrainian which helps children learn a few words in that language. They started off by first singing their theme song Barabolya. While they sang a big potato came out and danced with Mrs. Adams. That was funny. Then they sang "I`m Hungry Now", which is a song about their lunch. They also sang their other songs like Azbooka, Kowbasa/oseledtsee, Chicken Dance, and I'm Hungry Now. It was a fun way for us to learn some Ukrainian words. Everyone enjoyed them.