GrapeVine
Grapeview School Teams and Activities Newsletter
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Grapeview School Mission Statement
“It is the mission of Grapeview School
to promote excellence in education through strong community partnerships
and to provide a positive, nurturing and challenging environment”
GRAPEVIEW READS!
The staff at Grapeview School introduced a new literacy initiative to the students of Grade
5, 6, 7, and 8 during the 2006-2007 school year. This program gave an opportunity for
students to sit with their peers and read. Throughout the 16 weeks that this program ran,
we awarded m any prizes to students for reading and for com pleting different literacy based
activities. Each student was given a booklet to keep track of their points and to show how
each point is rewarded.
Students were invited to participate in a Grapeview Reads! kick-off party at the beginning
of Decem ber and a Valentine’s Day contest with a grand prize of a 7" portable DVD player
and a pizza party. As well as these special events, we
continued to tally points and give out prizes according to
the points accum ulated at the end of each m onth.
For the 2007-2008 school year, we will be running
Grapeview Reads beginning Decem ber 4 th. On this date, we will be having our Kick
Off party for our grade 6, 7 and 8 students. These students are then invited to join staff
in reading every Tuesday during our second nutrition break in the library.
After our Christm as holiday, we will be inviting our grade 4
and 5 students to have a Kick Off party and have them join
staff every Monday during our first nutrition break in the
library. Both of these groups will then be involved in different
contests throughout our 12 weeks of running Grapeview
Reads!.
In addition to our junior and interm ediate students being invited to join Grapeview Reads, on
Mondays and Tuesdays, we will be having a contest for our prim ary students (Junior
Kindergarten through to grade 3). This contest will
begin in February and will run until the end of M arch.
These students will all be given a bingo card every 2
weeks to bring hom e with them , which will then be
returned and entered into a draw for one m ajor prize
and a few secondary prizes.
Let’s Read Grapeview!
Junior Boys Volleyball
The Junior Boys have started off their season very successfully. They won their first game
in straight sets and then split their second game against Memorial. All of the boys are
developing some great skills and we think we have a great chance at winning the
championship.
The team consists of:
Khalid A., Andrew H., Matt D., Mike D., Matt B., Holden G., Dillon H., Nolan B., Sammy
P., Dylan M., Kyle H., Owen P., Connor H., Drew M. Statistician - Matthew Y.,
Coaches:Mr. Bos, Ms. Raaflaub, Mrs. Ireland.
Junior Co-Ed Soccer Team
What a season our Jr. team had!! We battled extremely hard every game and only lost one game all season.
We finished second in our division which put us against Power Glen in the quarter-finals. Mike D. and Taylor
L. played a very strong game and we managed to win to move us to the semi-finals. We were up against a very
tough team from Oakridge but our girls played a phenomenal game as we won 3-0 and moved on to the
Championship versus Ferndale. The final game was very close with action at both ends. The score was still
tied 0-0 at half time and so we received a motivational speech from our Jr. Coach - Noah G. Dave listened
to his little brother and ended up scoring the game winning goal. WE HAD WON THE GOLD!!!
The coaches are very proud of the team for all of their hard work and excellent sportsmanship. A special notice
of recognition goes out to Colton for stopping almost everything in net all year long. Way to go Grapeview!!
The team consisted of:
Boys
Girls
Colton M
Khalid A.
Dave G.
Holden G.
Mike D.
Sammy P.
Taylor L.
Owen A.
Allie S.
Allie P.
Kristen T.
Lara E.
Emily B.
Elisha C.
Amanda K.
Coaches
Mr. Bos
Mr. Streisslberger
“Little Dave” Noah G.
Cross-Country Running
Another successful season of cross country running ended in October at the DSBN Regional Meet at Fireman’s
Park in Niagara Falls. This year saw great participation from many students in all grades. While recognition
goes to those who placed well in their races, praise and thanks goes to all runners who came out regularly, ran
in weather both fair and foul, and pushed themselves to better their results. It was a tremendous team effort!
Congratulations to everyone!
Grapeview was represented at the finals by 16 runners, racing against runners from all six regions at DSBN.
Each event had 96 racers in each race. Congratulations to the following students for making it to the finals and
running a great race:
Rachel A., Katie S., Trinity L., Jasmine L., and Naomi J., in Atom Girls; Lara E., in
PeeWee Girls; Eric H., Bantam Boys; Sarah D. and Cassidy M., Midget Girls and
Brennan M-L., Sean M., and Isaac M. in Midget Boys. Special notice goes to James
H., who finished 15th, Brandon E., 10th and Chris H., 4th in Midget Boys.
A big thank you and congratulations from your coaches — Mrs. Lampman, Mr. Pisek,
and Mrs. Solyom.
Intermediate Girls’ Volleyball
Congratulations to the Intermediate Girls’ Volleyball team. The girls developed their skills throughout the
season and displayed excellent effort and very positive attitudes! Well done Girls! Team members are:
Cassidy M., Vanessa P., Sarah D., Jacquelyn L. Goldie J., Cherie M., Jamee K., Haya B., Zainab A. Abby,
G., Danyl S., Razan A., Manager: Sarah H. Coach: Mr. Ayotte
Ice Dogs
On December 14th Grapeview School will be participating in a Niagara
Ice Dog’s hockey game. A portion of our ticket sales will go towards
Grapeview fundraising efforts (Media Needs). Students will be able
to participate in a family preskate from 5:30 - 6:30 and then enjoy
the Ice Dogs Vs. Barrie game. The is sure to be a fun Grapeview
Community event. Watch for upcoming details!!!
Go IceDogs Go!!
Intermediate Boys’ Volleyball
Congratulations to the Intermediate Boys’ Volleyball team on an excellent season. The boys finished with an
impressive 7 and 1 record and were narrowly defeated in the AAA championship versus Dalewood.
Our boys showed some excellent dedication and really improved their skills over the course of the season.
You should be very proud or your efforts boys. The team is looking forward to the DSBN tournament at the
end of November. Good luck boys!
Team Members include: Connor D., Mazin A., Isaac M., James H., Brannen M-L., Chris H., Mark S., Zach
D., Jarrod E., Brandon E., Reid B., Hunter G. and Jarrod P., Coaches: Mr. Bolibruck, Mr. Armstrong
Intermediate Golfing
Intermediate Students visited the Westport Driving Range last
week and showed some very impressive improvements in their
golfing skills. Students were on their best behaviour and were
complimented as being one of the best school groups to visit by
the ownership. Students enjoyed themselves immensely and
there were many students interested in pursuing the game further.
Well done!
Gryphon Houseleagues
All Gryphon students in grades 1 to 6 have been put on a houseleague
team here at Grapeview. Students will be part of these teams for the
entire year and will be invited to participate in a number of different
activities. Juniors have just finished outdoor soccer, and primaries
will be starting beachball volleyball. The houseleagues provide
opportunities not only for all students to be active at Grapeview but
everyone now has the ability to part of a team. Teams were selected
and names given to reinforce pride in the Grapeview School
Community. Your son/daughter is a member of one of the following
teams: Graceful Gryphons, Gladiator Gryphons, Grumpy Gryphons, Golden Gryphons,
Gruesome Gryphons and Growling Gryphons. Go Gryphons Go! Please encourage your
children to participate. Intermediate students have drafted their own teams since September
and have participated in Flag Football and Volleyball during the first nutrition break.
Junior Girls’ Volleyball
Congratulations to the following girls who are the members of this
year’s volleyball team: Marina A., Jasmine L., Samantha M., Allie
P., Allie S., Sara T., Clare B., Emily B., Emma C., Lara E.,
Dominika P., Emily S., Kristyn T. and Becky T.
Special thanks go to Mrs. Korosis, Mrs. Bates, Miss Maenpaa and
Nahida A., for helping to coach the team. Good luck girls!
SPELLING BEE at GRAPEVIEW
Students and staff at Grapeview were introduced to Spelling
Bee of Canada in March of 2007. Spelling Bee of Canada is
an educational, non-profit, charitable organization that
encourages youth, parents, teachers and the community to
participate in our students education. Spelling Bee of
Canada organizes annual spelling bees aimed at children
and youth, aged between 6 and 14. Participants are placed
into one of three categories: Primary (age 6-8), Junior (age
9-11) and Intermediate (age 12-14).
At the time of the Regional Spelling Bee, held at Grapeview
School in April 2007, our school had almost 50 students
representing all three categories. These students worked
hard for 5 weeks on a variety of activities and “mock”
spelling bees.
Grapeview students were able to participate in a “mock”
spelling bee at our school, competing with students within
our school community. After our “mock” spelling bee,
Grapeview School hosted a Regional Spelling Bee, which
had three schools from our School Board participate.
Even with the short period of time for our students to learn
words, they were very successful. Our Primary and Junior
students placed within the top 10 in each of their divisions.
Our only Intermediate participant, placed 2nd place over all.
Unfortunately none of our students were able to continue
competing in the Spelling Bee in Toronto.
For the 2007-2008 school year, we will be running a
Spelling Bee Club from November to January. In January,
we will be having a “mock” spelling bee for our students
within our school community and will be picking students to
continue on to compete in our Regional Spelling Bee,
which will be held in April 2008. Good Luck to all Grapeview
Spelling Bee participants!