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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 9THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 20188 January marks registra- tion time at Sacred Heart Rockwood. We welcome new students and families to register by calling our main office. Students returned to school on January 8 to welcome our new princi- pal, Mrs. Michele Hasson. We bid farewell to our founding principal, Mrs. Jeanette Ondercin, who retired at the end of De- cember. We wish her well in her new adventure and thank her for all her work in establishing this won- derful school. This month, students are busily preparing for our school's oral communi- cation festival to be held at the end of the month. We are looking forward to hearing about some fas- cinating topics. Our basketball teams are also working on their skills as we prepare for the board tournaments com- ing up in February. We received exciting news from the Guelph-Er- amosa Fire Department as our grade four/five class won a special pizza party for their participation in a fire safety and prevention assignment. Congratula- tions to them. The Mad Science pro- gram will be beginning here, for students who signed up, in February. They kicked off the pro- gram with a very engaging assembly for our students. Our school is looking forward to cheering on our Canadian athletes in the upcoming winter Olym- pics and are planning our very own Olympic Day in February. Go Canada Go! January has just flown by with the students now completing half of their school year. Our teachers and staff continue to en- gage our students in rich learning opportunities that involve their interests and the use of their collabora- tion and problem-solving skills. We have been very for- tunate to be working with an Indigenous Know- ledge Keeper, Mr. Stephen Paquette. He has taught us about how treaties were created and what a treaty is. Our students have also learned about the story of Turtle Island and the im- portance of animals in the story. We are very grate- ful to be learning about the Indigenous cultures of our first people that were and continue to be a part of Halton Hills. Thank you to Mr. Paquette for sharing your knowledge with us. We'd like to congratu- late our grade threes, fours and fives for getting the HDSB award for having the highest percentage of student population attend the BERO Cross Country meet held in Burlington. Limehouse had previous- ly won this award for 10 consecutive years, with our winning streak end- ing in 2014. It's good to have it back. Congratula- tions Limehouse. Our grade fours and fives will be starting their volley ball season in Feb- ruary. Limehouse will enjoy competing against other Halton Hills schools such as Harrison Public School, Glen Williams Public School, Robert Little Public School and Mackenzie Smith Ben- nett Public School. We look forward to seeing the many families come to cheer us on. Go Lynx! We'd like to send out another reminder that our school will be having an e-waste and scrap-metal collection on April 21 and 22. It would be greatly appreciated if you could put any items aside for us. More details about the drop-off location and times will be provided closer to the date. We thank you in advance for any contribu- tions you can make. On behalf of the Lime- house students, staff and families, we thank you for your continued inter- est and on-going support of our little school on the hill. We look forward to continuing to share our news with you through The Tanner Newspaper, our website at lim.hdsb. ca, and through Twitter @LimehousePS Around Town Around Town Acton HigH SAcred HeArtLimeHouSe Alpine Racing Win Last week, Acton High School's Alpine Racing Team competed in the highly competitive Halton Schools Championship Race at Alpine Ski Club in Collingwood. The best racers in the region were there and Acton's own Parker Weames finished first in the boys' category after two outstanding runs. The Ontario Cham- pionship Qualifying race and a ski cross race are coming up in February. We wish Parker well! Holiday Fundraising Acton High's Annual Holiday's for Hunger event raised over $1,500 for local and global caus- es. Grade nine students had the opportunity to play glow-in-the-dark dodgeball, a ping-pong tourney and a sleep-over in the Bearpit. The organ- izers, Me2We, thank all those who participated. For the Love of the Outdoors The grade nine geog- raphy class promoted love of the outdoors with their posters celebrating the 125th anniversary of Parks Ontario. They also completed their final performance task by planning a sustainable neighbourhood in the for- mer Beardmore Property lands--maybe the town might look to their guid- ance when that area gets developed in the future? Making the Pitch Grade 10 Business wel- comed the Inside Sales Team from Superior Glove last week. They were in to teach students how to develop pitches for their business plans. Students learned how to develop "elevator pitches", how important persistence is, and that it is okay to make mistakes among other key concepts. Flashback to 1998 A review of Acton High's 1997 - 1998 Yearbook revealed the fol- lowing information: • Acton High celebrated its 20th anniversary. • Terry Roesch, Don Evoy, Mark Kovich and Dorothy Platnar were among the staff mem- bers in 1998 who still teach at the high school in 2018. • Shawn Brown--cur- rent ly a teacher a t Acton High--was in Grade 12 • Grease was the drama production. • There was a French Ex- change Trip to France. • Acton Tech Olympics sent quite a few repre- sentatives to the Halton Region Tech Olympics. • "Evening Under the Stars" Semi-formal took place at the Le- gion. • The Senior Boys Soc- cer team and Senior Boys Basketball team went to OFSAA. • The Swim Team was in its first year and a fundraiser included the candle race. • Midget Boys Basket- ball were the Halton Champions. ENJOY THE EXERCISE AND GET PAID No matter your walk in life: Students, Seniors, Stay at home Parents, Early Retirees We a route available Also taking applications for future routes that become available Contact Marie: 519-853-0051