Bus Safety for Future JKs by Karina Hunter Students of the School Readiness Program offered by the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub enjoyed new experience recently. Next year’s Junior Kindergarten students who will be attending Manitouwadge Public School or Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, [Read more]
Public Schools in Manitouwadge Collaborate for Earth Day Manitouwadge Public School & Ecole Publique Franco-Manitou collaborated for Earth Day to plant a tree with the help of Marcel DeMars from the Ministry of Natural Resources. Below is the story of how this unfolded, written by EPFM [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL This year some of our students have been enjoying the pleasures of being part of a ‘Book Club’ at our school library. Students have been reading, reading, and reading. This week they had their windup in the library where they each were able to ‘cash [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS Pharaohs, mummies, tombs and construction was the order of things at Manitouwadge Public School this week. As part of their unit on Ancient Civilizations, Mr. Jones’ grade 4/5 class used cookies, cement and various other concoctions to build their series of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Seen here are only two of the community minded young people we have in our little town. On the hottest day we have had this year all the students at Manitouwadge Public School ventured outside to rid our streets, ditches and roadways of thoughtlessly discarded [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL As part of a unit on measurement, Mrs. Meagher’s JK/SK/1 class had fun learning about ‘area’. Even the JK students enjoyed using blocks and playing cards to see whose ‘island’ had the greatest and whose island had the smallest area. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Crazy, crazy, crazy!! Quite often our young people will express themselves in what is perceived to adults as bazaar! But at MPS being ‘bazaar’ on some days is totally acceptable. Today the halls and classrooms were pretty ’bazaar’ looking with lots of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Our earth was the focus of the day at MPS on April 22nd because the students were reminded by staff (and each other!) that we get one planet to live on and it is up to them to make it last! This day was officially Earth Day worldwide and our students were [Read more]
Elementary school students smash with law enforcement by Karina Hunter The groups were brought together by game organizer Isobel Noble of the Manitouwadge/Marathon Youth Justice Committee to offer the sports enthusiasts the opportunity to form new alliances and friendships through their [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Recently our front entrance and storage room have been loaded with treasures from all over town. For some time now our school has been the drop-off site for Manitouwadgeians to leave their ‘unwanted’ clothing and miscellaneous items. These items are picked up [Read more]
Students political savvy highlighted by Karina Hunter March 5th Manitouwadge Public School students of Mr. Jones Grade 4/5 class enjoyed a very special visit from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown. Brown brought along many goodies to show and share with the children including, the [Read more]
Manitouwadge Public School Once again this year MPS students and staff are concerned about the well-being of those in our community who are not so fortunate as others and from time to time require the assistance of our local food bank. Our school has always been a supporter of this worthwhile [Read more]
Queen’s Park Report Mike Brown, M.P.P. Algoma-Manitoulin January 8, 2010 Queen’s Park Report TEACH OUR KIDS HEALTHY HABITS EARLY AND GET SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING HEALTHY When students are healthy, they are happier and more engaged in school and can achieve better results. Teaching our [Read more]
Here is the condensed version (for the Chronicle Journal) of an article Emeraude and I collaborated on for The Echo last week. To read the original and see all the photos, visit www.karinahunter.com/?p=7228 . Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra at Manitouwadge High School by Karina Hunter Last week, [Read more]
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra at Manitouwadge High School by Emeraude Charron and Karina Hunter Friday, myself, my mom and my grandma joined JK to Grade 7 students, from Our Lady of Lourdes and Manitouwadge Public School, at the Manitouwadge High School theatre to enjoy a performance by the [Read more]
