Winner of the Verbal Spelling Bee!!!

On Tuesday January 25, Gr. 8 student Olivia Bishop won the first annual St. Joseph Library Spelling Bee after 19 rounds of competition!!!

Honourable mention go to Mariam Abdelmesih and Jordan Beer who hung on for the last 5 rounds of competition. 

Congratulations to all 27 competitors. 

Olivia must pass yet another written bee to qualify for one of the coveted 60 spots in the Easter Ontario Regional Bee to be held at the National Art Gallery in March.  Good Luck Olivia!

Thanks to all students, staff, the administration and parents who support this literacy initiative!

Canspell 2011 Written Spelling Bee Winners!

The following students will compete in the Verbal Bee to be held on Tuesday Jan. 25th in the St. Joseph Library during period 5 and 6.  These students were the top scorers in their respective homerooms and top scorers of all gr. 7/8 students over the three days of testing.  Congratulations to all students who attempted the first annual school-wide spelling bee!

1. 7-03 Mariam Abdelmesih 56


2. 8-01 Sean Ricketts 51

3. 8-07 Olivia Bishop 50

4. 7-02 Samantha Palmero 48

5. 8-04 Ramel Bautista 47

6. 8-01 James Rawlings 46

7. 8-03 Szabo, David 45

7. 7-03 Zoe Tuen 45

9. 8-01 Sean Barrer 44

9. 8-01 Nick McConkey 44

9. 7-01 Cameron Stanzel 44

12. 8-07 Mahdi Aden 43

12. 7-02 Jordan Beer 43

12. 8-01 Dylan Davis 43

15. 7-02 Cameron Mattie 42

15. 7-02 Emiley Prak 42

15. 7-03 Adam Dickson 42

18. 8-03 Katherine Koutras 41

18. 8-04 Jillian Rodger 41

18. 7-02 Matthew Desjardins 41

18. 7-03 Ann Hanchuk 41

22. 8-02 Miranda Heredia 38

23. 7-04 Tyler Page 37

24. 8-05 Sunny Elvin 35

24. 8-06 Sean Remedios 35

24. 7-06 Iain Newman 35

27. 7-05 Wsam Majeed 27

Ready to Spell-ebrate?

7/8 Spelling Bee

Check out the mini-movie!

The Spelling Bee Movie Kickoff will take place on Friday in the library during period 5 and 6. We will view Akeelah and the Bee! Bring your own popcorn!

The School-Wide Gr. 7/8 Written Spelling Bee will take place during period 4 on January 18,19, and 20th. The winners of the written bee will move on to the Library Verbal Bee on Tuesday, January 25th. Practice your spelling using the Speller Kit and the Spell It! Guide @ www.canspell.com.

Grade 8 Read-a-thon!

Thank You to the 81 students in Gr. 8 who participated in the Read-a-thon on November 19th.  Together you raised $1663.00 for new library resources!  Please drop by the library to make your wish list of books known to staff!  Our Special Guest was author Denise Chong who walked us through the experience of writing and publishing her book, Egg on Mao.  Check it out @ your library!

Gr. 7 Read-a-thon

Congratulations to all 32 participants!  The library raised $ 683.27 for new library resources!  Katherine Grier was our guest story teller and she kept everyone enthralled with tales of the underworld, the supernatural and just plain creepy!  See if you can re-tell any of the tales she told us that day! Special Thanks to student, Mark Penner who introduced and thanked our guest speaker with panache!  Thank You to our school community of parents, teachers, students etc. who support this annual literacy initiative and fundraiser!