SJHS Awards Day

Celine received an Award for Excellence. Her certificate reads "Awarded to Celine Brandt in recognition of Superior Achievement in French, Home Ec-Clothing & Textiles, Home Ec-Foods & Nutrition, Mathematics, Phys Ed, Science, Social Studies." About 50 grade seven students received some sort of award - which means the first and second highest mark (along with good attitudes) in each class received an award. Celine received seven class awards, the most received was eight - so great work Celine!

Silver Medal in Soccer

After a very hot day for their soccer tournament, Felix's team received the silver medal for their division. Great job Felix and team!

Soccer Player

Jonas team won the silver medal in their soccer tournament, Saturday, June 16. Great job guys!

Progressive Supper

Celine is serving the Summa Borscht for her Sunday School class's progressive supper. We were stop number three. First was beverage, then bread (bruscetta), soup, salad (ceasar), main course (meat pie), main course (macaroni, cheese or something), dessert (some sort of fudge ice cream thing). Are you full yet? I am just thinking about it.

All the girls got to serve at their house, and show their homes to their classmates. A great way to get to know each other. Just one of Celine's good friends has an issue with cameras.

A pic of me!

Waiting for the grade 7 girls 800 metre race.

We were proud Celine made it as a Steinbach Junior High rep for the 800 m. race.

Another lap to go.

No ribbons, but she worked real hard and did a great job. Good work Celine!!

A picture before the exam. Boy, I can hardly wait until it's over! Focus, focus, keep sight of the goal. The practicing is done, now it's time to perform.

Yes!! It's done! After many months of practicing, trying to fend off colds, my exam is finished! It went reasonably well, my voice was in good shape and I believe I expressed my songs as I intended. I sang for about 40 minutes, singing 10 different songs. A few small slips here and there, but overall I am very happy with my memory work and the way things came off. Thanks so much to those who prayed for me and wished me well before my exam. I really appreciated the encouragement. It has been so great to study voice, I had a fantastic instructor, Joanne Mercier who taught me to be a singer and a teacher, and encouraged me to love myself and my voice. Thanks Joanne! Now I can focus on my students and my teaching and enjoy my summer! It's Chicken Chef tonight!

Jazz in the Park

Okay, so our blog seems to be about band pictures and birthday parties. This was Jonas' last concert with his grade nine jazz band, after meeting together for two years every tuesday and thursday morning at 8 a.m. It was a great concert and we were proud of Jonas and his drum solo too.

Hanging around after cleaning up. Dairy Queen was the celebration place afterwards.

Curiosity Killed the Cat

Well, okay - it didn't kill Muffy, but she couldn't get the box off her head until we helped her. I got a good video of her as well. Aren't we great cat owners?