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'Building Our Culture Together' was the theme of our opening RUBE GOLDGERG WEEK. The week was a chance to meet and welcome our new 6's - who would become the ROCKIN' ROOKIES, to provide leadership opportunities for our 7's and 8's, and to have fun being creative together. Our music program continued to be a model of excellence for middle schools everywhere. The December Concert, whose reading this year was 'THE HOCKEY SWEATER' by Roch Carrier, was a SRO symphony of colour and sound. CABARET & PATISERRIE NIGHT was expanded to include artists, poets, karaoke, and coffeeshop performers. In December our 2nd CD, FANFARES & FLOURISHES that included our new choir, was released.
Old favourites - PJ's & Pancakes, the Golden Boot, overflowing teams in every sport, Retro-Assemblies, Vern & Vurn, Survivor Boot Camp, Beach Volleyball Day - were joined by the Trashinators, Werner from Dusseldork (see the Ed Bain on Studio 85 Video)and Orange & Black Day. In
the Fall we raised over $10,000 for the Cops for Cancer 'TOUR
de ROCK' as 15 GMS-ers of all grades
and ages shaved their heads to encourage contributions. When Spring
arrived our 'RUN FOR READING' tallied another $2700.00 to help
build a girls' school in Tanzania and a GMS Alum and world-famous author, KENNETH OPPEL, was welcomed back to Glanford and read to us from his latest book, 'Darkwing'. As well, our favourite author, NIKKI TATE, returned to during LITERACY WEEK with Canadian Paralympian, KAREN BRAIN, to read from her biography 'Double Take - The Biography of Karen Brain'. TREVOR CALKINS was the keynote speaker at our 'Are you Smarter Than a Glanford 6th Grader' MATH NIGHT. As the year closed we had to say 'Good-Bye' to Mr. Flello who took on a new assignment at Reynold's Secondary School. The driving force behind the best middle school music program and an unceasing GMS booster, his artistry, humour and caring would be missed. Huge shoes to fill for sure but, no doubt, his legacy of excellence would be long remembered and maintained at Glanford Middle School. |
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2007-2008
was another busy and eventful year at GMS
as we continued to build our culture where learning and maturing
could take place in an atmosphere of opportunity and joy.
Studio
85 was on the air everyday bringing news, entertainment and odd
moments to the whole school on channel 85. In February, we welcomed
ED BAIN from CHEK News and the Q
as a guest anchor. 
library
in Ghana.
Ed
Bain of 'the Q' and CHEK TV, happy for an audience, took
up our offer to co-anchor the school news. On Leap Day he
rolled into Studio 85 and the hijinks began. Vern and Vurn
were there, naturally, with their accordian playing cousin
from Dusseldork, Werner. The Flying Buttresses, Grade 8
bodies, and Ed's own Friday Freebies rounded out the show.
