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John Taylor Collegiate Goes Ice Skating

The international students at John Taylor Collegiate went ice skating at the MTS Iceplex on Monday afternoon.  It was the first time skating for a lot of them.  

Central Canada Comic Con This Weekend

 

This weekend will be the annual and very popular Central Canada Comic Con, from October 31st to November 2nd at the Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue.   There are a lot of exhibitors including comic book artists, movies, costume contests, gaming, and several of the actors who play dwarves in The Hobbit.  You can find out more info on their website.

Pirates at the Manitoba Museum

Several students came out to the Manitoba Museum on Friday to see the regular exhibits along with the Real Pirates exhibit.  This exhibit has artifacts and treasure from a real pirate ship that sank nearly 300 years ago.  It is a fascinating look at life on a real pirate ship and worth seeing.

Also on display in the lobby, no admission needed, are the Victoria Cross medals awarded almost 100 years ago to three Winnipeg soldiers in the First World War.   They will be on display until November 14th.

Tea Fest this Sunday

There will be a Tea Fest this Sunday at the Centre Cultural Franco-Manitobain (in St. Boniface) featuring Japanese and Ethiopian tea ceremonies.  Admission is free (but it is $2 for tea).

Goodbye to our Middle School Group!

Our Brazilian middle schoolers left on Friday, but before leaving we had one last activity, a tour of a fire hall, which was interesting and a lot of fun.

Thanks to everyone at the fire hall for such a great visit.

Then, Friday evening, we went to watch the University of Winnipeg men's soccer team play.  The game was outdoors and it was freezing, but it was fun to watch, and there was a Tim Horton's close by!

Our Brazilian Middle School Group

This is week 2 of our middle school group from Brazil, and everyone has been busy!  We went to Walking with Dinosaurs on Friday, a movie on Saturday, and the Zoo yesterday.  Students were also busy with their homestay families over the Thanksgiving weekend.  Today, the students gave a presentation about Brazil to their fellow grade 7 students at Lincoln Middle School.  Only two more days until it is time to return home!

Japanese Film Festival this Sunday

This Sunday, Cinematheque will be having a free Japan Film Festival, with showtimes at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.  You can call for more info at 204-925-3456.

Welcome our Lincoln Middle School Brazilians!

This week a group of students from Brazil arrived to spend two weeks at Lincoln Middle School, and also to experience a bit of Winnipeg.  Today, the school division's Hockey Academy invited the group to try out ice skating and playing hockey.  The Winnipeg Jets kindly helped us out with equipment staff, who were amazing.  We had a tour of the MTS Iceplex facilities, spent time on the ice with the hockey academy students from George Waters Middle School, and then even got to watch the Winnipeg Jets practice.  A huge thank you to Mr. Sobkowicz from the Hockey Academy and True North and the Winnipeg Jets.