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Mme Suzie's Kindness Act on Pink shirt day left some students wondering what she was up to this year.  The French Immersion Kindergarten once again grew treats using the wonderful world of make believe.  Students planted seeds and left them in complete darkness for 24 hours.  They were able to harvest enough donuts for the whole school!

Our kids enjoyed this amazing presentation today!

Relay Education’s Kids' World of Energy Festival is a school-based event that exposes students to a variety of energy types in a hands-on environment. Students get a chance to explore wind power with wind turbines, solar power with solar panels, electricity with circuits, and biogas with chemical mixtures.

If you unable to make it to the school today, please check out these pictures of our amazing student Science Fair Projects!

It is with great excitement that the French Immersion Kindergarten class got to be the first to use drums with Ms. William on Wednesday February 12th. Mrs. Bolin, Quesnel Director of Instruction and Mr. Tate, Principal of our school, joined our class for the event. 

The class set of mini-drums were made locally by Danielle Smith from ?Esdilagh.  

École Red Bluff Lhtako school and PAC and the Indigenous Department shared the cost of the mini-drums. 

On Wednesday, January 29^th,  Mr. Colegate's class celebrated Lunar New Year by learning about Seollal, which is New Year’s Day in Korea. There was a presentation about how Lunar New Year is celebrated in Korea, followed by some noodles and fun Korean games, like Yut-Nori, Hali-Gali, and Gonggi.

And today, Mme Sturt/Braun's class led the Lunar New Year Parade through the whole school! 

PRESS RELEASE

January 6, 2025

District Vice-Principal of Early Learning and Child Care Appointment

The Quesnel School District is pleased to announce that Ms. Shauna Lothrop has been appointed to the position of district vice-principal of early learning and child care effective January 1, 2025.

Ms. Lothrop has been employed at the Quesnel School District since 2002 and has worked as a kindergarten teacher, learning assistance teacher, resource teacher and most recently as an early literacy teacher.

On November 21, Professor Wow gave French Immersion students an amazing French show about the science behind magic.  Grade 8/9 French Immersion students from QJS joined the K-7 French Immersion show.  Professor Wow showed us how to balance objects, how to pass the sound barrier and  become an atom!  He certainly wowed the audience with his tricks!

“Students in Mr. Colegate's class were challenged to make simple machines that demonstrate both potential and kinetic energy as part of their unit on electricity.”

Ms. Lowndes/Dawson's class celebrated their learning and held a "Chill Fair"!

Similar to a science fair, students chose a topic of interest and created projects to present in the gym. The focus was about strategies to reduce stress (the importance of sleep, stress busting products, deep breathing, etc.)

Student worked alone or in pairs.  If students chose to work with a partner they were prepared to share the workload and present their final project together.