The Nelson Rural School Community came together to fulfill the Christmas Wishes of 63 Residents of Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home. Today we dropped of our gifts at 95.9 Sun FM.
Nelson Rural staff and students are sponsoring 63 residents at Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home this Christmas. Please check with the home room teachers for items they are looking to have donated. Donations of monetary value and gift bags would also be appreciated. In the spirit of giving, empathy, and kindness please give generously this holiday season. All items need to be brought in by Wednesday, December 5th. Thank you in advance!
Code Club has started at Nelson Rural and we had a great turnout at our first after school Code Club last week! We are registered with Code Club Canada and this club will run for 6 weeks. We have started coding using Scratch and Microbits and students are collaborating together to help with eachother's creations!
After some more discussion, our first dance of the year will be a Halloween Dance after all with costumes permitted. Times are as follows: K-2 from 6:00-7:00, 3-5 from 7:00-8:00, and middle school from 8:00-9:00. Looking forward to seeing our students come out for a good time with friends. Admission $5. Also looking forward to our second annual costume parade tomorrow in the gym, beginning at 1:00.
The Elementary Soccer season ended with the district Jamboree on Friday, October 12. Team 1 came away with one tie and one win. Team 2, although defeated in all three games, had a great experience and played hard. All kids learned a lot and had fun. Thank you to all our volunteers and parents who chose to make this a positive experience for the students involved. Go Raiders!!!
Nelson Rural School will have their annual Terry Fox Walk on Thursday, September 27 beginning at 1:00. Primary Team students will complete the shorter walk around the track/ballfiled area. Students in grades 3-5 will walk the longer route through Douglasfield Road area. Staff and students may volunteer to make a monetary donation which will go directly to the Terry Fox Foundation.
