The Canspell St. Joseph Verbal Bee Results!

Above, all 25 Contestants in the 2012 Verbal Bee.
Below, The top speller, Lena Morin of 7-02!
View the last crucial moments of the Verbal Bee with contestants, Jeffrey Canisius and Namcao Nguyen duking it out for second place!

Special Thanks to Gr. 11 student, Keelia Lafreniere for her perfect pronounciation as our pronouncer!  Thank You to Mr. Kelly and Ms. Gillier-Symes for judging and Donna Hughes, our chaplain for the last minute prayer!



Christmas In the Commons

Check out our Facebook page to see the videos and photos of our week long Christmas celebrations:

The MarioKart Wii Competition
Glee Singalong Wii Competition
Rianna's S.O.S. Let's Dance Wii Competition
and the Button Making and Christmas Cookie Decorating craft!

Stay tuned for monthly Gaming Competitions to be held on the last Friday of every month @ your Learning Commons!

Canspell National Spelling Bee 2012!

Check out the prezi about the 7/8 Spelling Bee coming Jan. 17-19 during period 4 for all students!

You might qualify for the Regional Bee to be held in March...Study really hard and possibly win $5000 for post-secondary education!        

Why do the Bee?

For practice go to www.canspell.com and check out the student page!

What does the Learning Commons Mean to You?

Check out the new videos posted to the Learning Commons FB page!
See what the buzz is about...

Please Recommend a 'Hot Read' to chill out with on our FB page!  See display in the Learning Commons....

Read-a-thon Fundraisers a Huge Success!

Thank You to all the students who participated in the Gr. 7,8 and High School Read-a-thons!  Thank You to the parents and the school community who supported these readers through pledges and by allowing them to attend this literacy event and fundraiser.  All three events raised over $3000 for Learning Commons Resources.  Check out the new book display for the titles we have purchased with this money.


Also, stay tuned for the Learning Commons 'Christmas Cheer' Party complete with Christmas Cookie Day, MarioKart Wii and Glee Singalong competitions, Author visits, and Button making crafts...coming to the L.C. the week before the holidays!