Parkdale students celebrated all they were thankful for with a school - wide assembly on October 9th. The grade 1 class sang "A Turkey Named Bert" and the grade 2 class performed "Turkeys United". The grade 1/2 choir sang "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" and the grade three class shared "Gather Round". The grade 4 class shared a Thanksgiving poem. The grade 5 class sang "For Thy Gracious Blessing" and also host the assembly so a very special thanks to them. The final performance was "Parkdale's Call" sung by all the students lead by the grade 6 class.

A special thanks to Ms. Mooney for her efforts in organizing the students and working with them on their performances. Click on the turkey below for some pictures taken at the assembly.

Island schools participated in the Million Minute Reading Challenge on October 26th. Parkdale School invited seven guest readers to help celebrate the day. The guest readers included: Premier Robert Ghiz, Honorable Minister Doug Currie, Kirk MacKinnon and Kerri Wynne MacLeod, co-hosts of Ocean 100's morning show, well - known Island storyteller and journalist Nils Ling, Olympic gold medalist Dave "Eli" MacEachern, and Barb Kissick from the Confederation Centre children's library.

Parkdale won the reading challenge with an average of 296 minutes read per student. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed this literacy celebration. Click on the book pile below to see some pictures.

Parkdale students took time on November 10th to remember those brave men and women who were willing to sacrifice their own lives so that we may enjoy freedom. The grade 6 class conducted the assembly sharing important information on Remembrance Day.

The grade 1 & 2 choir sang "Circle of Love" while the grade 2 class shared their song "In the Name of all Our Children". The grade 3 class sang "Sing for Peace". "let There be Peace on earth" was shared by grade 4 students. Among the poems read at the assembly were "Please Wear A Poppy" by the grade 6 class, "Peace Around the World" by grade 3 and the grade 5 class read "In Flanders Fields". The assembly closed with a terrific rendition of the "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" by the grade 5 and 6 students featuring a drum line. Special thanks to Ms. Mooney for her hard work in preparing the music for our assembly. Click on the cross below to see a pictures of the assembly.

The students and staff got into the Christmas spirit with a terrific performance of "Survival Santa". In this play, poor Santa needed money order to make toys for Christmas. So, he decides to go on the TV reality show "Survivor" to try and win the million dollar prize. He, and others, went through various events in an attempt to win the top prize. In the end, no winner was determined as it was decided that it would be in the best interests of everyone if Santa got the money.

The play was enjoyed by all and had lots of energy thanks to the drama direction of Ms. LeClair and musical direction and choreography of Ms. Mooney. Both the grade 1/2 choir and 3/6 choir also sang beautifully before the play began and the Parkdale Dance crew kicked things off nicely dancing to the song "Greatest Time of Year". Click on Santa below for some pictures of the performance.