SOURIS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER http://schools.shmb.ca/sci. Number 7, November 22, 2012 NEWS FROM MR. WILLIAMS Hi everyone, Firstly, a huge thank you all parents and caregivers who took the time this week to participate in the Parent-Teacher conferences. Parents, please remember to fill out the Parent Report Card survey that was sent to you last Friday, via email. We value your input and, once we have compiled the results of the survey, will make a report to Manitoba Education. Congratulations to the players, coaches, and managers of the Varsity Football team. You had a very successful season. Unfortunately, after a well played game, you did not get the result in the final that you had hoped for but each of you acted with class and dignity in defeat. We are all very proud of you. I would like to wish good luck to our two Varsity Volleyball teams who are representing Souris School this weekend at the Provincial AA Volleyball Championships. The Boys’ team travel to Russell today and, for those of you who are unaware, the Varsity Girls Volleyball team is hosting the Provincials in Souris beginning today. A special thanks must be extended to Mrs. Young who has been instrumental in bringing this Championship to Souris School. As well, thank you to all of our parents and volunteers who have put many hours of work into this event to ensure its success. Again, best of luck to both teams. Have a great week.

School Report - for 2011-2012 School Year

The following report to the community summarizes the 2011-2012 school year at Souris School. The report provides information to the community regarding the attainment of school priorities as set out for the 2011-2012 school year.

As well, the report outlines the school priorities for 2012-2013 and the necessary strategies to attain these priorities.

Our Mission

Souris School will provide a positive, safe environment where individuals can develop

personal potential and life-long learning skills for adaptations in a changing world.

Facilities

We are proud of the facilities at our disposal, including: a spacious Band Room (Band program and Jazz Band Program); a large Library; a Chemistry Lab; a Physics Lab; a full Shops Room for our Woods/Construction Program; two (2) state of the art Mac Computer Labs, a PC Computer Lab; a state of the art Media Lab; a Video Conferencing Lab; all rooms are equipped with Smartboards or Mimios; (every room in the building has high-speed internet access with at least one Mac Computer in each classroom); a superb Gymnasium and secondary Multi-Purpose Room; a Running Track; a Football/Rugby field; a large Playground and play area; a lunch Canteen.

Souris School

2011-2012 (as of Sept. 30, 2011)

Students – 480 – 462 FTE Teaching Staff – 32.54 FTE EA Staff – 17 FTE Admin Assistants – 1.68 FTE Career Guidance – 1 Librarian – 1 Custodial – 3.5 FTE Bus Drivers – 9

Souris School

2012-2013 (as of Sept. 30, 2012)

Students – 488 – 465.5 FTE Teaching Staff – 31.225 FTE EA Staff – 14 FTE Admin Assistants – 1.68 FTE Career Guidance – 1 Librarian – 1 Custodial – 3.5 FTE Bus Drivers – 9

5year Projected Enrollments Figures 2013/14 K – 35, 1 – 47, 2 – 34, 3 – 26, 4 – 38, 5 – 38. 6 – 34, 7 – 37, 8 – 41, - 9 – 40, 10 – 38, 11 – 30, 12 – 45 Total Student Count – 483 FTE Total – 465.5 2014/15 K – 33, 1 – 35, 2 – 47, 3 – 34, 4 – 26, 5 – 38, 6 – 38, 7 – 34, 8 – 37, 9 – 41, 10 – 40, 11 – 38, 12 – 30 Total Student Count – 471 FTE Total – 454.5 2015/16 K – 26, 1 – 33, 2 – 35, 3 – 47, 4 – 34, 5 – 26, 6 – 38, 7 – 38, 8 – 34, 9 – 37, 10 – 41, 11- 40, 12 – 38 Total Student Count – 467 FTE Total – 454 2016/17 K – 32, 1 – 26, 2 – 33, 3 – 35, 4 – 47, 5 – 34, 6 – 26, 7 – 38, 8 – 38, 9 – 34, 10 – 37, 11 – 41, 12 – 40 Total Student Count – 461 FTE Total – 445 2017/18 K – 33, 1 - 32, 2 – 26, 3 – 33, 4 – 35, 5 – 47, 6 – 34, 7 – 26, 8 – 38, 9 – 38, 10 – 34, 11 – 37, 12 – 41 Total Student Count – 454 FTE Total – 437.5

Extra-Curricular Opportunities for Students

Athletics: Jr., JV, Varsity (Female/Male): Varsity Male: -Football - Volleyball -Hockey -Basketball - Badminton - Rugby - Track and Field Arts High School Drama, Choral

2011-2012 Priorities/Strategies Student Engagement through Differentiated Instructional Strategies – ongoing – this is a K-12 divisional initiative. This year, all students from Gr. 4-12 have completed an individual learner profile. Early Literacy Intervention – ongoing – 0.3 FTE Reading Recovery Teacher, 0.3 Early Literacy teacher. Later Literacy Intervention – ongoing – Teaching Staff up to Gr. 8 are now completing Benchmark assessments for each student. Reading instruction is now a focus up to the end of Gr. 8. Highlights Bullying Survey – As a result of the surveys that were completed in the Spring of 2010 we provided sessions for MY Students on the topics - CFS and Personal Guidance. As well, we brought in Val Caldwell to do a number of sessions on Internet Awareness and Cyber Bullying. Shared Services are used to provide students with Speechm Pathology, and Personal Guidance Counselling. We also maintain regular contact with various support services such as Community Mental Health, Child and Family Services, the RCMP, and the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority. Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of one-to-one tutoring for lower-achieving first graders who are not catching on to the complex set of concepts that make reading and writing possible. Students receive a half-hour lesson each school day for 12-20 weeks with a specially trained Reading Recovery Teacher. Early Literacy is a Reading Recovery style diagnostic and remedial reading intervention program. Its goal is to bring struggling readers in the Primary grades up

to their appropriate reading level. It is a daily program that involves small groups of students over a fifteen (15) week period for 30 minutes each day. Music Education is available to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. A full Music program is offered to students in Kindergarten to Gr. 6. Optional Band and Jazz programs are offered to students in Gr. 7 to 12. Art Education is available as a full option for students in Gr. 7-12. Art education is offered in all classes from Kindergarten to Gr. 6. Physical Education is taught from Kindergarten to Grade Twelve. Each student receives the equivalent of a minimum of 20 minutes of Physical Education per day. In addition to scheduled gym times, students can elect to participate in extra-curricular sport teams held before and after school. These sports include volleyball, football, rugby, fastball, hockey, curling, badminton, track, and cross-country. High School includes Grades Nine to Twelve. Each of five periods per day are 65 minutes in length. All students in Grades Nine and Ten are in class at all times. Grade Eleven and Twelve students may opt for a spare but they are strongly encouraged not to do so. Our school community cooperates with other high schools across Manitoba to provide students with many course options using Video Conferencing and on-line courses (Moodle). Students graduating from Souris School are able to meet entry requirements for all post-secondary programs in Manitoba, the rest of Canada and the US. The Senior Years Apprenticeship Option is in its ninth year at Souris School. Students who have finished all requirements for Grade Ten are eligible to apply to this program. Students work for a journeyperson at any recognized trade. In

return, students are paid by the employer and receive school credits at the same time. These credits also count towards community college hours if the student continues to pursue this trade. CTS Option - Career and Technology Studies - CTS is a strategy that has been developed in partnership with three other school divisions (Prairie Rose, Prairie Spirit and Turtle Mountain) enabling students in Southwest Horizon School Division to access Senior Years Technology Education options. CTS provides the framework that enables students to study school based courses and enhance his/her learning outcomes by participating in a Career Internship Placement. This program allows students to do the theory part of a course in school and the practical part at a career placement site. Southwest Horizon School Division has four approved Senior Years Technology Education Programs (Industrial Arts, Agriculture, Business Ed and Marketing, Energy Production Technology). For more information please go to the Southwest Horizon School Division website. It is located under the “Programs” tab. The following 4 articles were to be in the last newsletter – sorry they were missed. CONGRATULATIONS MS. BIRCH

The staff and students of Souris School are all very proud of Ms. Birch, a grade 7 teacher here at Souris School. Ms. Birch recently received her Master’s of Education from the University of Ottawa. Her concentration was Teaching Learning and Evaluation. Congratulations Ms. Birch. Halloween For Hunger News Hello! we are the Social Justice Fighters! Our school just finished collecting food items for Halloween for Hunger. The grand total of the food items that were donated from students was 1005! Thank-you to all the students that contributed to our food bank here in Souris! A big thank you also to Ms. O’Brien and Mrs. Ryckman/ Mr. Adams rooms for helping us promote this most worthwhile cause in Early Years! THANK YOU TO ‘ALL’ OF THE TRICK OR TREATER’S that came to see us on Halloween. From ‘Lions to Spider Man’, and ‘Iron Man to Brave’, from hockey players with their black eyes to Princesses with their colorful wigs, …. You brought a lot of smiles and laughter to all of us handing out candy at the Personal Care Home. We thank the parents for bringing your kids by the carload. We were over-whelmed by the response of our invitation in your newsletter, and your daily announcements. We all love to GIVE and we know that all of you love to RECEIVE. so…..it was a mutual night of fulfillment!!!

In total, we had ‘144’ very well behaved and considerate kids come out to our end of town. Next year we will be even more prepared and would love to see more of you and even hear a song or two!!!!! •Souris Personal Care Home Residents THANK YOU FROM SHEILA The Sunflower Tea House is changing hands. Brenda Wilkinson is taking over and will serve you in a great way. I’ll be catering from Grandma’s Catering Kitchen 204-720-1313. Thanks for the patronage, •Sheila

STUDY MANITOBA NEWS Study Manitoba is pleased to introduce Bob Young as Homestay Coordinator for Southwest Horizon School Division. You may know Bob as the former Principal of

Souris School. He and wife, Rhonda have four children: Travis, Jolene, Becky and Brett. Over his teaching career, Bob taught at Juniper and Deerwood Schools before moving to Souris in 1988. Bob was a school administrator for 23 years before taking on the role of Coordinator of Career Technology in the 2011-2012 school year. In addition to that role, he is looking forward to working with Study Manitoba to recruit homestay families for international students who wish to study in Southwestern Manitoba. To find out more about hosting a student for one of the upcoming programs, please contact Bob at bob@studymanitoba.ca. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Once again Souris School is taking part in Operation Christmas Child. Boxes are available in front of the office. Please remember to pick up a tag along with the box, that specifies if it is for a boy or girl and the age of the child. If you do not want to fill a shoe box, you may bring individual articles and drop them off at the school and we will forward them, along with the boxes. Some things you can fill your shoe boxes with are school supplies, hygiene items, toys and other gifts. Do Not Include: decks of standard playing cards, food and any chewy, crumbly, or soft

candy (including gum, due to customs regulations), used items (due to custom regulations), toothpaste (due to custom regulations), liquids or items that could leak, melt, freeze or break (shampoo, creams, lip balm, bath gels, mirrors, or glass etc. as these can damage other items in the shoe box), items that can scare or harm a child (war-related toys, knives and toy guns, etc.). Boxes are to be at Souris School by Monday, November 26th to be shipped out on November 27th. CAMPBELL’S SOUP “LABELS FOR EDUCATION” This program is now in it’s 15th year across Canada, and Souris School started collecting labels way back in 1999. This is still a worthwhile and active project with another 39,662 points deposited November 5th. Each label is now only worth 1 point so that is a lot of labels! There are enough points banked, so the teachers can now select and order some equipment for the students to use at recess or in the classroom. THANK YOU to everyone who clips and saves those labels and UPC codes. If you use these products then save those labels – Campbell’s Condensed soup, Chunky soup, Broth, Ramen Hearty Noodles, Ramen Hearty Noodles, Ready to serve soup, Habitant, Gardennay, Soup at Hand, V8Soups, Easy cooking sauces along with Prego sauce, V8 Splash/Fusion, Pace Salsa, Goldfish crackers. Collection bins are at the school, Big Way and Robbins Fine Foods. It seems like a lot of work but the labels would be just heading to the garbage anyways. The school appreciates everyone that has supported this program, so keep on saving those labels. Remember, both the label and UPC are needed. •Glenda McConnell Always be a little kinder than necessary.

CAREER EXPLORATION NEWS New View and Course books have arrived for many colleges and universities. Stop at the Career Center to pick one up. Interesting notes: 80% of the students enrolled in Booth University College are enrolled in Social Work. Winnipeg Technical College has the shortest waiting list for the trades programs in Manitoba. ACC has a new program Horticultural Production. Brandon University now offers a Combined Honors Major where students can pursue different interests and combine them into a major. Scholarships approaching their deadlines are: Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship

Student Citizenship and George Harbottle Memorial Awards

Please see me for further information.

•Mrs. C. Delaurier

EARLY YEARS NEWS Extra Curricular Christmas Concert Thursday, December 20th at 4:00 p.m. Souris School Staff are excited once again to hold a K-5 Christmas Concert. This will involve several lunch hour practices, some after school practices, and perhaps possibly even a Sunday practice before the concert. We are thinking after school practices may be Monday and/or Thursday from 3:15 – 4:30. Please remember it will be a parent’s

responsibility to make arrangements for pick up after practices. Our expectations will be that students who wish to participate give a commitment to the majority of the practices. Before we begin we need to know how many children will be participating. Forms were distributed during interviews for those that were interested in participating. If you require a form, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher. FROM THE DESK OF THE BAND ROOM Band Concert Greetings. With the upcoming concert, I just wanted to make certain that all the proper information is getting home. The Souris Winter Concert is on Tuesday, November 27th. The concert starts at 7:00 p.m. Grade 7’s set up the gymnasium for concerts and grade 8-12 help tear down. Grade 8-12 students whose last name starts with letters A-L are asked to help with tear-down and putting-away of chairs, and band equipment after the concert. Grade 7’s are required to be at the school for 6:10 p.m. for set-up of gymnasium/equipment, warm-up, and mini rehearsal. It is very important to show up on time. Grade 8’s and 9’s are required to be in the library with their instrument set up by 6:50 p.m. Senior Band is to report to the Band Room for 7:20 p.m. Spring Concert will be held on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013. Optimist Festival An initial deposit letter will be going home for students in Gr. 8-12 Band regarding the Optimist Festival in Winnipeg that is taking place February 19-21. All Band students in these grades will receive one that contains information about the trip.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the information below. We look forward to seeing you at the concert!

•Paul Cwir Telephone: 204-483-2161 Ext. 2609 Email: paulc@shmb.ca SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR 2012 Thank you for supporting our Book Fair. Without the participation of so many our Book Fair would not be the success that it is. The winner of the Family Draw was Ruben Stone and Mrs. Puhach’s class is his lucky classroom. Ruben and Mrs. Puhach were each allowed to choose $25.00 worth of books. We also had a random draw for every EY classroom during the Book Fair Preview. The lucky students who had their names drawn were: Kindergarten: Wes Jenkins and Payton Robbins Grade 1/2: Sydney Murphy, Lauren Nay, and Zaiden Simonson Grade 3: Sarah Graham Grade 3/4: Kenzie Laursen Grade 4: Hannah Kutyn Grade 4/5: Avery Kirkup Grade 5: Antonia Medina Each of these students chose a book from the Book Fair. A special thank you to all those students who helped set up, take down and work at the Book Fair: David Kramm, Kailey White, Katie Goldrich-McFaul, Braden Thompson, Zack Armstrong, Rochelle Tetrault, King Zanpanta, Kyle Klein, Tanner Scraba, Brett Van Damme, Jenna Farmer, Tanja Gohl, Kendra Roberts, Andy Lovatt, Aly Kowalchuk, Parker Janz, Kirby Wright and Austin Landers. Thank you again everyone for supporting

our Book Fair. •Ms. Kontzie, Souris School Librarian

SCHOOL CURLING School curling has begun, and will continue each Monday after school. Everyone is still welcome to come out and join us! Curlers will need clean shoes, stretchy pants, and if possible, a brush and slider. Note that students will not be allowed on the ice unless they have clean shoes. (If interested, curling shoes with slider, gripper, and slider cover may be rented in Brandon for $40.00. Call 729-1097 or email gischarette@wcgwave.ca for more information.) A few brushes and sliders are available for use at the curling club. The cost is $25 per student or $50 per family. Please make this cheque payable to Souris Curling Club. In addition, each family is expected to work a shift in the canteen at the complex. (A second cheque of $50 will be required, [payable to The Souris & Glenwood Memorial Complex], which will only be cashed in the event that you do not fulfill your canteen hours.) Kindergarten to Grade 2 students, and any new Grade 3 curlers, will curl from 3:30 - 4:00. Students in Grade 3 & up will curl from 4:00 to about 4:30 or 4:45. Any parents who would be willing to help out on the ice would be greatly appreciated! •Mrs. Kreusch CONGRATULATIONS DRAKE Drake Peaslee placed first, second and two thirds in a swimming competition in Winnipeg last weekend. Way to go Drake! SABRES FOOTBALL The Sabres football team lost their first game of the season 12-10 to Dauphin. Unfortunately it was for the league championship. The team finished 9 & 1. Great Season Guys! •Coach Elder

VOLLEYBALL Varsity Girls The Varsity Girls defeated Melita 2-0 at the league championships On November 15th in the semi-finals. They went on to face Virden in the final where they lost 15-13 in the 5th set in a thrilling match. The team now turns their focus to Provincials beginning today here at Souris School. •Coach Rhonda Young Varsity Boys A big congratulations goes out to the Varsity Boys Volleyball team who won the Zone 9 championship on November 15th. Souris defeated Reston 3 sets to 1 in an exciting final, and the boys have taken home the banner for the second year in a row. Good Luck to the boys as they head off to Provincials today in Russell. •Coach Prévost Junior Varsity The Junior Varsity Girls finished their season on November 12th losing in 5 sets to Hamiota in a well-fought battle for a Provincial wildcard. Scores were tight: 15-25; 28-26; 21-25; 25-23; 12-15. Be very proud of your season ladies! •Coach Birch SOURIS PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL For information on Souris PAC:

• email sourispac@shmb.ca, • call Mandy at 204-483-2595 • go to

http://schools.shmb.ca/~sourispac/

SOURIS SCHOOL COMING EVENTS November 23 Administration Day – NO CLASSES 26 Band Concert - Hartney 27 Band Concert – Souris December 20 Christmas Concert 24 First Day of Christmas Holidays

January 7 Return to Classes after Christmas Break February 18 Louis Riel Day – NO CLASSES 26 PD Day – NO CLASSES 26 Grad Photos – All day 27 Grad Photos – A.M. only April 22 Band Concert – Hartney-7:00 p.m. 23 Band Concert –Souris-7:00 p.m. AVALON THEATRE

Nov 23-26 7:30 P.M. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

Starring: Adam Sadler/Selena Gomez Rated: PG , 1hrs 35 mins

This animated tale concerning a hotel where monsters such as Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler), the Invisible Man (David Spade), Frankenstein (Kevin James), and his bride (Fran Drescher), along with a host of others, head to relax from a world full of humans. When a young man (Andy Samberg) stumbles onto the resort and falls for Drac's teenage daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez), comedy high jinks ensue.

Nov 30-Dec 02 7:30 P.M.

TAKEN 2 Starring; Liam Nesson

Rated: PG13 , 1hr 32 mins His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must fight an army of killers to ensure their safe return. As the families of the kidnappers killed by Mills gather together for a mass funeral, their leader Merad (Rade Sherbedgia) vows to make the man who brought them so much misery pay. Concession Prices: Drinks, bars and sm. popcorn $1.50 and up Admission Adults-$6.00, Students-$5.00,Child-$4.00

SUNFLOWER TEA HOUSE (note the change in prices) Daily soup & 1 pkg. crackers 2.50 Hot Dog 2.50 Hamburger 3.50 Cheeseburger 3.75 Pizza Pops 2.00 Sandwiches: Ham, Chicken, Cheese 3.25 Caesar salad with 1 dressing 3.50 Chicken Caesar Salad with 1 dressing 4.25 Chicken Wraps – with 1 dressing 4.00 Extra salad dressings .25 Extra crackers .25 Specials – Daily specials are 4.25 and include Swiss roll for dessert Monday-Grilled Cheese & Bag of Veggies Tuesday – Taco in a Bag Wednesday – Peroghies (6) & sour cream Thursday – Chili & a bun Friday – Pizza Monday – Chicken Burger Tuesday – Taco in a Bag Wednesday – Mac & Cheese Thursday – Pulled Port Friday – Pizza Snacks Veggie bag & dip 1.50 Old Dutch Chips 1.00 Long John’s 1.25 Hot rod 1.25 Rice krispie cake 1.00 Beef Jerky 1.75 Puffed wheat cake 1.00 Apple fritters 1.25 Cookies .75 Muffins .75 Donuts 1.00 Twister 1.25 Fruit ( in season) 1.00 Drinks Apple juice or orange juice 300ml bottles - 1.25 White or chocolate milk - small 1.25, large 1.75 COMMUNITY EVENTS SOURIS AND AREA CHRISTMAS CHEER Souris and Area Christmas Cheer provides help to individuals and families who need assistance at Christmas time. Donations boxes are located at various locations in Souris for people to drop off donations of gifts and non-perishable food items. If you know of a family needing assistance or for

more information about Christmas Cheer call Brenda Wiebe at 204-483-3899. THE SOURIS/GLENWOOD CHAMBER of COMMERCE is once again sponsoring SANTA’S WORKSHOP WHEN: Wednesday December 5th 2012 WHERE: Souris Friendship Centre (Formally the Drop In)Crescent Avenue Souris TIME: 5:30PM to 7:30PM COST: $10.00 per gift, there is no limit on the number of gifts each child can purchase. ie: Mum, Dad, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, special friend. For those of you unfamiliar with Santa’s Workshop I will try to explain. Local merchants will bring in gifts suitable for children & adults which have a value of $10.00 plus, which they are willing to sell to the children for $10.00 tax included. An adult will meet your child and collect the appropriate money, give your child a coupon(s) to purchase gift(s). If you desire an adult will accompany your child to assist in choosing a suitable gift. The child will then proceed into the room where the gifts are displayed, they will hand in their coupon, receive their chosen gift then proceed to a table where several volunteers will be on hand to assist in wrapping and labeling the chosen gift(s). The parents(s), guardian(s) are not allowed in the gift room, they can either stay & visit or go shop for a period of time. We have been doing this for several years as it has proven to be very popular with children & adults. If you have any further questions don’t hesitate to call Sheila Kirkup 483-3116. THE NOTEABLE WOMEN and THE HEARD The Souris District Arts Council invites you to celebrate "BELIEVE" with these choirs from Oak Lake area. This concert will be on

Sunday, November 25th at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Church. Karyn Morrow-Penner is the conductor and founder of the groups and Shelby Rampton is the accompanist. The Noteable Women is a group of 45 women who love music and love to sing. They have sung at various functions, local and provincial festivals, as well as festivals in Halifax and Edmonton. They have received many, many awards. The Heard is a group of 19 men, which began to sing together in January of 2009. They too have performed at local functions and festivals in Manitoba. Come out and enjoy the Christmas Music that these two choirs will be sharing with our community. Tickets are availbable by calling Sharon Dunn at 483-2001 BABYSITTER TRAINING COURSE Saturday, December 1, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please bring a lunch. Cost $55.00 includes book. Must be 11 years old or older to register. For more information contact Melony at 204-570-060 or email: mfrieze@live.ca Deadline for registration is November 17th. Maximum of 12 participants per class. CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES With your donation, not only can you save the lives of three people in need, you can change the lives of their families and friends. On Tuesday, December 18th our clinic will be visiting Souris and we ask that you make your next whole blood donation and build upon the great work you’ve already done. To make an appointment today, simply call 1-888 2 DONATE (1 888 236-6283).

Wisdom outweights any wealth.

Souris Blood Donor Clinic Where: Souris & Glenwood Memorial Complex When: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 Time: 4 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. THANK YOU MARK! The Souris Senior Elks Hockey team would like to thank Mark Ryckman at Ryckman Plumbing and Heating for sponsoring the “Elks Supporting Youth Program”. This program allows all Souris students K – 12 free admission to every Elks home game for the 2012-13 season. PROTECT YOURSELF To make an appointment for a Flu Shot for yourself and your family, call: 1-877-646-3888. Appointments are preferred. Walk-ins may be available. ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL has started. 11:00 a.m. on Sundays. Everyone Welcome! HELP WANTED Looking for part-time help after school and Saturdays. Apply within the Co-op at Souris. CANSKATE Canskate will run November 5, 2012 - March 6, 2013, on Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:35-4:25 pm RECREATION NEWS Yoga Whether you’re never seen without your yoga mat or you’ve never tried it, yoga has taken over exercise routines across the country. And for good reason. As exercise, it’s incredible for building flexibility, core strength, and toning the body. But the benefits of yoga go beyond being a killer, trendy workout. Time: 7:30 When: Tuesdays, Sept 11-Dec 4 (12 weeks) Cost: $114 for session or $13 drop-in Where: St. Paul's United Church-side door Bring a mat. Kim Harbicht-Sczeny 204 483-3178

COMMUNITY BADMINTON Drop In Community Badminton is available at the Souris School subject to school availability. Please bring your own racquet. Wednesdays 7:30pm, Sundays 7:30pm $15 for season towards purchase of birdies DRIVER ED CHALLENGE Manitoba Public Insurance is hosting this competition, which runs until December 31st. The contest is open to anyone currently in the Driver Ed program or anyone who has taken the program. There are great prizes including gift cards, computers and scholarships up to $2000 for post secondary education. To enter or for more information visit www.mpi.mb.ca THE LITTLE MERMAID JR The D.I. Productions presentation takes place December 6, 7, 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the WMCA in Brandon. Tickets are $10.00 plus WMCA handling fee. Reserved Seating: call 728-9510 or online at www.wmca.ca

GO SABRES GO!

MHSAA PROVINCIAL GIRLS

VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

SOURIS SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND