Submitted by Emily Cameron
The feel-good vibes just kept coming in the last two weeks of May, as Panthers found many ways to be outside, enjoying the weather and building on our sense of community. Our UN Global Goal for May is Good Health and Well-Being, and we sure found many ways to be active!
On May 14th, many elementary classes participated in the Provincial Day of Action on Litter. Students looked closely around the community and school yard for litter. We are grateful for each of these students and the environmental stewardship they displayed! If you would like to learn more about the Learning for a Sustainable Future initiatives, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/lsf.lst.ca
Throughout May, Jessica Rice’s class collected and analyzed litter around the Lion’s Head community as Litter Ambassadors for Keep the Bruce Clean and Green. The organization provided safety and cleaning gear. Each Friday the class will head out to collect garbage around the village of Lion’s Head, and ensure our community stays clean and green.
On May 13, twenty secondary athletes travelled to Kincardine to participate in the BAA competition. Everyone demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and represented Bruce Peninsula District School (BPDS) well! Many of our athletes placed in the top 10, and eight athletes will be heading to Brantford May 22 and 23 to compete at CWOSSA. Go Panthers!
Here are the results from BAA:
Girls Novice Long Jump
-Brielle 6th
-Acadia 9th
-Lena 10th
Boys Novice Long Jump
-Parker 10th
Girls Novice Triple Jump
-Brielle 10th
Boys Novice Triple Jump
-Parker 4th
Boys Senior Triple Jump
-Jayden 10th
Boys Senior long Jump
-Josh 11th
-Luke 13th
-Jayden 15th
Boys Jr Shot Put
-Michael 10th
-Myles 8th
Girls Novice Shot Put
-Isis 4th
-Lena 7th
Boys Novice Shot Put
-Cole 4th
Senior Girls Discus
-Kenzi 8th
Girls Novice Discus
-Isis 1st
Boys Shot Put Jr
-Myles 8th
-Michael 11th
Boys Novice Discus
-Cole 4th
-Parker 9th
Jr Girls Discus
-Erica 4th
Girls Novice Javelin
-Isis 3rd
-Lena 6th
Jr Girls Javelin
-Erica 6th
Jr Boys Javelin
-Myles 3rd
Girls Sr Javelin
-Kenzi 10th
Novice Boys Javelin
-Gage 1st
-Cole 4th
Sr Boys Javelin
-Cooper 3rd
-Josh 9th
-Luke 15th
Girls Novice 100m
-Acadia 5th
Boys 100m Jr
-Michael 10th
Sr Girls 100m
-Lillie 13th
-Ava 14th
Sr Girls 200m
-Lillie 9th
Steeple Chase 2000m open
-Alexis 7th
-Eden 8th
Girls Novice 1500m
-Alexis 4th
Sr Boys 1500m
-James 1st
-Luke 7th
4×100 m relay Novice Girls
-Lena, Alexis, Eden, Acadia 3rd
Sr boys 3000m
-James 2nd
Boys Junior Long Jump
-Myles 10th
Furthermore, at BAA track and field, we got to spend the day with our fellow athletes from PSDS (Peninsula Shores District School). In fact, we have had many great sports-partnerships with our neighbours from PSDS this year. On May 9, we held an exhibition soccer game with PSDS athletes. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors, in which sportsmanship, fun, and athleticism were alive and well! Afterwards, we had a BBQ to support the Europe trip. We will be headed to PSDS on June 12 for one more day of soccer fun with our friends.
On May 7, the Elementary Badminton Team travelled down to Thornbury for the board-wide badminton tournament- it was a day full of high-level badminton and nail-biting games, but all of our players gave their best until the very last game! This year we competed against even more schools, placing 3rd overall out of 7 Bluewater schools. Way to go panthers! Thanks to our awesome parent driver for all of her help!
Results:
-Sebastian- Boy’s Singles 3rd place
-Jaycee – Girls Singles 2nd place
-Brooklyn and Dexter – Mixed Doubles 3rd place
-Cougen and Jee-Yu Boys Doubles 3rd place
-Caysie and Ellie- Girls Doubles 4th place
Finally, we had so many people to thank in our last article, we decided to save half of them for this edition. We would like to thank the following businesses, organizations and/or individuals for their generous contributions to various BPDS clubs and events: Michelle Minke, Kiem Barnes, Bruce County Public Library, Bridge Excavating, Boyle Concrete, Tim Hayes, Don and Sharron Colter, Stacey Thompson, Carrie Thompson, Chloe Cameron, Will Hayward, Anna Martens, Judy Halpern, The Peninsula Press, The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Jack Burt, Constables Adam Belanger and Krista Linthorne, Travis Kelly, John and Wendy Rodgers, ACN Electric, Scott Matheson, Ryan Matheson, Mary Hewton, Marydale Ashcroft, Gabe Ladner, and the Bruce Men’s Shed.
Once again, we cannot stress how grateful we are to live in such a wonderful and generous community! It takes a village to raise kids, and we have the best around (kids and village)!
