October 9 newsletter

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Posted on 2025-10-09 18:13:10.752 +0000 UTC

Acadie News

le jeudi 9 octobre, 2025

Terry Fox Run

Our run this year was a great success and students were positive, supportive and enthusiastic. Thanks to our generous parents, our school was able to surpass our goal of $500. With on-line and in-school donations we raised a total of $707 for the Terry Fox Foundation. Thank you so much to all those who contributed!

Indigenous Language Learning Opportunity

Working with the Indigenous Education Team and dedicated language teachers, we are excited to offer Indigenous language programming through Microsoft Teams for Indigenous students across the LDSB! Students can learn Kanyen'kéha with Tahnee Bennett or Anishinaabemowin with Ashley Nadon in a supportive and interactive online setting. Tahnee and Ashley welcome students at all levels of their language learning journey.

These programs will begin mid-October and take place during the regular school day. If your child is interested in joining, please reach out to Mme Gauthier-Marois (gauthiermaroism@limestone.on.ca) for more information, or to register.

Drama Club

This year we will be putting on a play at Acadie! The play is Poulter Guise by Elizabeth Rapoza, a comedy about middle schoolers investigating mysterious occurrences in their school. Auditions have begun this week and will continue into next week. Rehearsals will likely begin at the end of October/beginning of November.

Grade 7 Music

Music class with our instruments has been very successful during the last few weeks. Every student has learned correct musicians posture, the concept of a musical staff, whole & half notes/rests, and the first 3 notes. Please encourage and support your student in focused practice 4-5 times a week for 10-15 minutes to build muscles, breathing endurance and muscle memory.

Over the next 2 weeks, grade 7s will be playing their first test: #12 Cardiff by the Sea. Prompt your child to play for you! Music help is generally offered once a week at noon. Next week is Tuesday Oct 14. Students who are struggling or would like to improve should attend. Grade 8 expert musicians are invited to be tutors.

If you have not yet purchased a book on school day, please do. Clarinets and Saxophone players need at least 4 reeds for their instruments - these can be purchased online or at a local music store. We have a limited supply at school which can be purchased in a pinch for $2.

Soccer Tournament Results

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The LESAA Soccer Tournaments took place during the week of September

29th. Acadie had 8 teams (over 120 students) participating in the various divisions. Congratulations to the Acadie Boys and Girls “A” teams that won double gold in their Division 1 Tournaments. City Champions!! Way to go Wolves.

Softball

The Acadie Fall Classic Softball Tournament took place on Wednesday, October 8th. Acadie had 11 teams (over 110 students) playing in this event. All players demonstrated great athleticism and sportsmanship. In the boys division, the Acadie Royals made the final but lost to a very strong Southview squad. It was an all-Acadie thriller in the Girls Final where the Acadie Orioles defeated the Acadie Mets 10-9 to take home the GOLDEN BAT!!

Cross-Country

Congratulations to our 14 Run Club members who participated in the Lancaster Race Around the Park yesterday evening! We are so proud of everyone’s effort and determination.

A special congratulations to Vaille and Carter, who won the girls’ and boys’ races respectively! Ivy placed 4th, Cheyanne 8th, Ava A. 9th, and Anna 10th in the girls’ race. Sam C. finished close behind Carter for 2nd place, and John placed 9th in the boys’ race.

Way to go, runners! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Extracurricular activities

Please remember that all of our coaches and club leaders are volunteers and they are there for the love of the activity they run. Please be respectful of their time and be prompt when picking up your child if the activity is outside of school hours.