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Articles in the Schools and youth Category
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By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A work bee along Morinville’s trail system earlier this week will provide improvements to the drainage ditch behind Sunshine Lake, according to Joel Gervais, an associate researcher in Biological Sciences at NAIT. Gervais was in Morinville working with Town of Morinville staff and students from Morinville Community High School to plant some trees and fruit bearing plants June 17.
Gervais and his helpers believe planting the trees in the riparian buffer between the trail and drainage ditch, known outside the community as Little Egg Creek, will improve the ecosystem of the area by providing shade to encourage wild life…
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By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There were many laughs and a few tears Friday night at the Morinville Rendez-vous Centre where stories about retiring Morinville Community High School teacher Laverne Dewald were shared by colleagues, former students and friends. The evening included a 20-minute documentary on Dewald’s career in Morinville that was produced by students…
Featured, Morinville, Schools and youth, Sports Scene »
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Morinville Community High School (MCHS) Wolves returned to school Monday with a sixth place finish in the weekend’s 2013 Provincial Track & Field Championships, held in Calgary June 7 and 8. The school finished with 143 points, putting them in 6th place out of 50 3A teams competing this year. Twenty-one MCHS athletes competed in the event, the largest number to date. …
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By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Students may still have a few more weeks of having the schoolbooks open, but the Morinville Community Library is already making preparations for vacationing students to keep up with their reading over the summer…
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By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – High school students were given a real-time demonstration of the dangers of drinking and driving Tuesday afternoon. Sirens screamed through the streets behind Morinville Community High School (MCHS) as police, paramedics and firefighters arrived at the scene of a two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of one teenager and sent three others to hospital with undisclosed injuries. One student actor was arrested at the scene and subsequently charged with impaired driving.
The only upside to Tuesday’s student tragedy is the fact the deceased took off the theatrical makeup and walked away, the injured students will returned to class uninjured, and the impaired student’s charge was purely for show…
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Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy
Morinville – The Morinville Public Elementary School Parent Fundraising Association put on their 2nd Annual Community Carnival Saturday, a three-hour family fun event that allowed the school to give back to the community …
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Stephen Dafoe Photos
Morinville Community High School students gathered on the school’s field May 29 for an old-fashioned fun day that divided the school and faculty into five teams competing in several events…
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Morinville – On Thursday May 23rd, the MCHS Track and Field Team returned from Foote Field in Edmonton as the 2013 Zone Track & Field Champions for yet another year, winning our 2nd Zone Championship in the last 3 years…
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Story By Stephen Dafoe
Photos By Lucie Roy
Morinville – The first day back to school after the Victoria Day long weekend was a celebratory one for the students of École Notre Dame Elementary School. The school received its second visit from Education Minister Jeff Johnson this year, this time to participate in a rededication ceremony officially recognizing the consolidation of the former École Georges P. Vanier and Notre Dame Elementary School sites…
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By Ashley Janes
Morinville – The Morinville Community Library has a lot to be grateful for this week after receiving a generous $1,300 donation from Champion Petfoods. The gifted amount has ensured that their youth Summer Reading Program will take place as planned…
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Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville Community High School held their annual coffee house at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre May 15, filling the stage with 17 acts and 27 performers, entertainment that was punctuated by a dessert-filled intermission…
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Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy
Morinville – Local students had the opportunity to experience jazz dance in two entertaining performances May 13. Calgary-based Decidedly Jazz Danceworks performed The Great Jazz History Mystery in two 45-minute school performances at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre…
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Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Community Cultural Stage was filled with local dancers Saturday as Dance Connection students of all ages and dance disciplines demonstrated their skills in the annual Year End Showcase. Three performances were held throughout the day. Here are some photo highlights of one of the day’s three recitals…
