MANITOUWADGE, ON- Earlier this week, students and staff of Our Lady of Lourdes School celebrated Shrove Tuesday (March 8th), with a special lunch. Shrove Tuesday, also known as “Pancake Tuesday”, “Fat Tuesday” or “Mardi Gras” is a Catholic holiday, the day [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – St. Patrick’s Day fun arrived early at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Manitouwadge today, many of the students and staff dressed in green on the request of student council while Junior and Senior Kindergarten students went on a school-wide hunt of a leprachaun who had [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Public School is very pleased to welcome two former students back with us. Justin Fleurent and Lea Leduc spent all of their elementary school life as students at MPS and are now back doing their high school Coop placement. Justin [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Our Lady of Lourdes Junior and Senior Kindergarten students attended the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre this Wednesday for their last school skating outing. The students enjoyed a bi-weekly skate at the arena all winter, often accompanied by a class of senior grade [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, February 18th, Junior and Senior Kindergarten students, and their teachers, from Our Lady of Lourdes travelled, with the help of parent drivers, to Kiwissa Ski Centre for an afternoon of sliding and fun. Teachers had brought along crazy carpets while several [Read more]
Mother’s volunteer behind the counter as classes of students come through to shop. MANITOUWADGE, ON– Friday, February 25th students Amy Bodak (Grade 5) and Sydney-Mae Courtemanche (Grade 6), from Our Lady of Lourdes School, were thrilled with the support shown by students, [Read more]
Life at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School MANITOUWADGE, ON – The grade 5/6 students in Mrs. Gillman’s class took the Egyptian unit to heart and mummified some “pharaohs” (Barbie dolls and action figures – even a walking doll). They started with gauze and plaster bandages to [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS MANITOUWADGE, ON – As has been the custom for many years now on the Friday afternoon of Frosty Days week, our students and staff have been given a reprieve from ‘book learning’ and been encouraged to take advantage of some fun time and select an [Read more]
This Week @ Manitouwadge Public School MANITOUWADGE, ON – They have just completed their unit on 2D and 3D Geometry and are busy building geometrically correct towers out of various size and shaped boxes. In this activity the students have not only learned the importance of adequate [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, January 28th, Our Lady of Lourdes School invited parents and guardians to join a day of fun with their children, dress code for all: pyjamas. Everyone grouped into their school families to participate in an afternoon spent at Literacy Day centres, organized [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON -‘Play for Literacy’ was this year’s theme for our annual Family Literacy Day yesterday, January 27. Everyone gathered in the gym to celebrate this event with a game of Simon says; a healthy way to sharpen listening skills and a fun way to exercise. This was followed by [Read more]
Article & photos by Karina Hunter, OntarioNewsNorth.com MANITOUWADGE, ON – Friday, January 14th students, staff and parents at Our Lady of Lourdes School celebrated anti-bullying with a number of special events which culminated with fun in the gymnasium during the afternoon. Throughout the [Read more]
Happy New Year!!! It was a delight to welcome the students back after a well deserved Christmas break. It is good to get back into a routine. The students will be pleasantly surprised on Monday when they returned to school and find that their gym equipment has been replenished with new equipment. [Read more]
Manitouwadge Public School News MANITOUWADGE, ON – Excitement has been mounting recently at MPS. No one is wondering why. We’re sure it is because all of these young heads have been filled with the Christmas spirit. Christmas is everywhere around the school – from the [Read more]
LIFE AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL Hands-on learning Mme Foucault’s grade 2 &3 French Immersion students have been learning about the Pioneers and their life style. They are now able to describe the components of a pioneer village or settlement, and how the Pioneers maximized the [Read more]
