Recently, students from grades 7 to 10 wrote the Canadian GeoChallenge quiz, which tests knowledge of geography, national resources and events such as past Olympics. The school’s overall winner turned out to be Alaric E. Alaric competed online against students across the country, but the…
Prairie South’s Calendar Committee has developed two calendars for the 2017-2018 school year, and we are now asking for feedback from parents and school-based staff who follow the school calendar. As a school operating on an alternative calendar year, we want you to know that a…
We would like to extend a huge thank you to the École Gravelbourg School Community Council for purchasing flashlights for the students to use during our Family Literacy Day reading event. It made reading together in the gym fun for students and gave it a…
Aaron C., grade 3B student, is seriously ill. The students, staff and ÉGS parents have been keeping Aaron in our thoughts and working together to help Aaron and his family. Currently the family is away from work and home taking Aaron to and from his…
Thank you to DuPont Pioneer for their donation of $1000 to help fund our Nutrition Program. On Wednesday, December the 7th, Mr. Cory Ells from DuPont Pioneer presented the cheque to our Nutrition Co-ordinators, Mme Anderson and Mrs. Lagassé.
Thank you to all who sold and/or purchased gift cards in November. A total of 866 cards were sold, for a total of $35350.00 in sales. As a result, $1689.84 was made by ÉGS. 20% of our student body participated. (Imagine if 50% of our…
A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who made our 4th Annual Christmas Lunch such a success! Your donations of time, food and money are greatly appreciated. I know the staff and students look forward to the Christmas lunch, and it couldn’t have…
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Fire Prevention Week ended with a visit from our local firefighters. They brought their gear and spoke to students from kindergarten to grade 3. They stressed the importance of having both smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, along with a written plan so…
On Nov. 10th, ÉGS staff, students, family, community members and special guests attended our annual Remembrance Day service. Thank you to Mistresses of ceremony Mrs. Tracey Lagassé and Mme Elyett Boisvert. Many thanks to Mrs. Kristine Goepen-Bourgeois, Mrs. Leanne Mann, the ÉGS choir, la Maternelle,…
On Saturday, October 22, the S.C.C. held an auction and garage sale at the former GES. There were over 1,000 articles to auction, table heaped with garage sale items and numerous books. The day ended in a great success, with only a few items remaining.…
