June 2010 Newsline.pdf - School District 83 North Okanagan ...

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Congratulations!
North Okanagan Shuswap
School District #83 would you
to send out congratulations and
best wishes to the employees
who have, or are, retiring this
school year. They include:
√ Fred Cook - grounds - 26 years
√ Noele Cox - CEA - 23 years
√ Nadina Dearing - teacher - 28.5 years
√ Judy Garlick - teacher - 25 years
√ Barb Hagel - CEA) - 23 years
√ Karen Hoover - teacher - 33 years
√ Doreen Huggins - teacher - 36. years
√ Linda Johnson - teacher - 25 years
√ Dawn McDonald - teacher - 33 years
√ Terrance Michell - teacher - 32 years
√ Tom Moen - teacher - 30 years
√ Bonnie Nakazawa - chief custodian
- 37 years
√ Susan Poirier - CEA - 23
years
√ Marian Segreto - teacher - 23 years
√ Doug Stuart - bus driver - 20 years
√ Gordon Waters - music supervisor -
28 years
√ Ray Wedge - Bus Driver - 20 years
√ Lawrence Whitehead - Custodian -
26 years
√ Lorraine Williams - CEA - 18
years
√ Derek Woodhurst - principal - 18.5
years
Leadership!
The Leadership Class at
Pleasant Valley Secondary
raised funds for the “Relay
for Life” which took place in
Vernon June 5th & 6th. Nineteen
Leadership students and one
teacher took part in the 24 hr
This Spring the school district held three very successful elementary
cross country running events, at Sicamous, Salmon
Arm and North Shuswap. Hundreds of students took part in
each event.
relay. The students raised $1,500
with a penny drive and another
$98 with a pie throwing contest.
BC Math Contest
The top four Pleasant Valley
Secondary students from
the preliminary round of the
British Columbia Secondary
Mathematics contest were
Ma Hong, Taran Main, Reka
Vasarhelyi, and Monika
Zillinger. These students
traveled to UBC Okanagan
on May 7th to compete in the
regional final round, which was
celebrating its 20th anniversary.
The competition was fierce as
each school sent it’s top math
minds to the competition. PVS
students did very well with Ma
Hong placing 4th while Taran
Main took 6th place. They each
received a book prize.
Picnic & Coinspiracy
North Shuswap Elementary is
hosting Silver Creek Elementary
at a Heritage Picnic on June 9.
The students from the
two schools are going to be
spending a day taking part in
old time traditional activities,
a presentation by Loretta
Greenough from the Historical
Society, and a “traditional”
picnic lunch.
The lunch provided for students
was a jam or honey sandwich, a
hardboiled egg, an apple and a
cookie.
The purpose of the picnic is twofold
as it will also mark North
Shuswap passing along the the
“Coinspiracy Coin” which they
received from Carlin last year.
North Shuswap Principal Glenn
Overgaard notes they accepted a
“Coinspiracy” coin, along with a
nice wooden bench which they
have in the school library, from
Carlin.
“By accepting the coin, we
agreed to do three kind acts;
one for ourselves, one for the
environment, and one for
someone else. The picnic is our
kind act to both ourselves and