Positive year for Cookshire Elementary
Cookshire Elementary began the 2019/2020 school year with as much positivity as we could. We welcomed our biggest student body in many years thanks to our large K4/K5 classes and new additions to older grades, which has boosted our total to 95 students and welcomed some new staff members to our ranks. Our classes are full and our teachers have lots of bright faces to get to know and new names to learn.
Our PPO welcomed the students back to school with a BBQ and corn roast, which helped introduce some of the new members to our hungry students. The students filled their bellies with corn and hotdogs and were very appreciative of the PPO’S generosity.
We hiked Mont Megantic, an annual event to celebrate our new school year and reintroduce the students to our Living School ideals of well-being for all and a connection to nature. We enjoyed a beautiful day on the mountain and experienced some “shinrin-yoku” or forest bathing to start the year with a positive mindset about nature while taking in the splendor the natural world around us. Throughout the year we will aim to use nature as a guide and learning tool to boost our academics and create a sustainable relationship with nature.
Our positivity continued as we joined hundreds of countries participating in World Cleanup Day. Students and staff took to the streets of Cookshire to pick up garbage. We visited many local businesses and picked up trash around the buildings and in the parking lots, not to mention the sidewalks and roadsides. Although we did not have any community volunteers, we were pleased to receive many thank yous as we cleaned up the town.
The most recent activity was our Terry Fox Run, which included many parent volunteers for the afternoon run. Our students were fantastic fundraisers and we almost raised $800!
Some of our upcoming events include an Ultimate Frisbee tournament with Pope Memorial and Sawyerville Elementary, cross country runs at Bishop’s University and Galt, a Halloween door decorating contest and a Halloween dance.