2013 Final Edition - St. Helen's Elementary School

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A Mission for Help
The Searcher
By Angelica Parente
Here at St. Helen’s we have a mission group that does lasagna sales and helps ship a
variety of donated items to third world countries. Some of the collections include: the candy
drive, food drive, school supplies and other donated items such as clothes and household.
The grade 6 classes have been involved in helping the missions this year. For
example, the students helped collect food from all the other classes and then assisted in
organizing the donations in the storage room beneath the Church. If you would like to
participate in donating to the mission society please drop off your items underneath the gym
in the garage, but only during office hours (Monday-Friday from 8am to 4pm). Also if you
would like to help, the volunteers pack all donated items on the second Tuesday of every
month. For further information about the missions and how you can help please call 604-298-
6202 to contact Manuela, or 604-291-7016 to contact Annamaria.
Earth Day Stewardship…more than just one day!
By Angelica Parente
Earth Day is a day that encourages us to show appreciation for God’s creation and
raise awareness to take care of our planet. During Earth Day at St. Helens, we picked up
trash around our neighbourhood; each class was assigned an area to clean up. Even though
this action is small it still helps to make our planet a greener place. We should always
remember to follow the three “Rs” reduce, reuse, recycle. Reduce: to use less of something. For
example instead of playing on our electronic devices we could be playing outside getting fresh
air, or doing some arts and crafts. Reuse: to use something over again. For example, instead
of throwing a brown box away you could turn it into a mini space shuttle and pretend to be an
astronaut. Recycle: reusing waste materials. For example, we can recycle our bottles to the
“Return It” Centre.
The energy of Earth Day continued with activities even after April 22. Just recently
the grade 5 and 4 classes along with Mr. Ramalho and Mrs. Piperni cleaned the garden area
and landscaped sections around the school. In May, Cara Moretto and Zoey Collins initiated a
cleanup of the Burrard Inlet shoreline. Let’s keep working on making our planet a greener
place!