Alwin Holland Elementary School

Students from six different classes (Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Waldorf, Mrs. Gladysz, Mrs. Gonzales/Mrs. McCharles, Mrs. Wiebe, Mr. Platzer) participated in a powerful musical performance by Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright.  The focus of the event was to raise awareness of the current situation surrounding our environment.  These same students will be performing at the North Peace Cultural Center on Thursday, March 11th at 7pm.  Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance is free of charge.  For more information on this event, click on the Events and Pictures link on the right.

On Tuesday, March 2nd, 63 students and a handful of chaperones and parents made their way to Whispering Pines Ski Hill in Worsley Alberta.  Students spent part of the day taking a lesson from an instructor, and later hit the slopes to have some fun!  For more on this event, click on the Events and Pictures link on the right.

Mrs. Haynes along with Mrs. Gonzales and students from Mrs. Gonzales’ class put together another successful Jump Rope For Heart event in the gym.  Raising over $700 for the event, and more importantly an awareness about staying active, students spent 30 minutes working on a variety of skipping related activities!  For more on this event, click on the Events and Pictures link on the right.

Mrs. Angie Pomeroy has once again brought her love of dance to Alwin Holland!  For more on this event, click on the Events and Pictures link on the right.

Check out our Newsletter Page (link on the right) for the latest newsletter that went out.

There have been a few reports of parents being confused about whether or not there will be school on March 4th (the confusion comes from the proposed 2010-2011 school calendar that went out recently).  There IS school on Thursday!  If there are any questions/concerns about the newsletter that went out regarding the calendar, please contact the office.

As for March 5th, there will not be school for students, as this will be a non-instructional day.

March 10th @ 7pm in the DDC – Demystifying the Internet… Facebook? Twitter? Myspace? Moodle? What are these things my kids are using online? Some show and tell and discussions and strategies about safety online. Please RSVP to jbell@prn.bc.ca or call Sharon Irving at 250-262-6013. Feel free to pass this to any parents, everyone is welcome.

Just a reminder that the City of Fort St. John will be holding its 6^th Awareness Movie night at the Lido. These are great free events and if you haven’t made it to one yet, you should definitely come to this one!

Be the Change – A Canadian Documentary:  March 4^th, Doors at 6:30, Show at 7:00 – Lido

Three members of our community will give brief talks on what they are doing to “live more lightly” and what YOU can do to be the change.

Be the Change, Fort St. John!:  March 11^th, Doors at 6:30, Show at 7:00 – North Peace Cultural Centre

A powerful event, sure to inspire you! Come to hear Holly Arntzen & Kevin Wright, Voices of Nature accompanied by a choir of 100+ local school children, keynote speaker Tzeporah Berman, Founder of PowerUp Canada and find out more about Fort St. John’s Community Energy & Emissions Plan.

You are also welcome to join us on Friday, March 12^th at Whole Wheat and Honey to enjoy a complementary coffee and listen to the music of Holly and Kevin.

For a schedule of the “March Extra Eyes”  program, please click on the link below.

March Extra Eyes Schedule