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End of the Year Picnic |
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Posted by : mark on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 08:22 PM EST |
Another super duper year has come to an end at Ulluriaq School. As always we ended the year with a school picnic day. Staff and students enjoyed a bbq lunch, Tundra Town race, rocket show and slideshow presentation in the gym.
It was a fabulous year filled with lots of fun memories. A big thanks to the very fabulous staff at Ulluriaq--they make this school a wonderful place.
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Graduation 2008! |
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Posted by : mark on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 08:08 PM EST |
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Congratulations to the 2008 Graduates of Ulluriaq School--Jari, Julie Anne, Saniliayuk, Melina, Joe, Noah, Sapina, Lisa.
Our graduates were treated to wide range of activities celebrating their success--a ride through town on the fire truck, an evening fire, a community feast and of course the graduation ceremony.
A big thanks to the Graduation Committee and all the teachers who helped make the Grad Week such a fun and memorable event.
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Tundra Trot 2008 |
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Posted by : mark on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 02:17 PM EST |
The 3rd Annual Tundra Trot race took place in Kuujjuarapik this May. Our
Ulluriaq running team again placed very well in all of the races despite
major improvements to in the speed and endurance of the other teams from
across Nunavik.
Training began before the flies had settled in August, with many new
students joining the team. The new runners had seen the success of the 2006
runners and understood the positive impact of regular and disciplined
practice. The students tracked their times and kilometers and started
challenging each other to see who could run the most kilometers per month.
Some of the students took the initiative to run after school and on the
weekends to build up their cardio-vascular health. Some students made
decisions to quit or cut back on their smoking to improve their running.
A couple of the team members were chosen in the Fall to take part in the
Arctic Winter Games try-outs for snowshoeing and two students, Minnie Molly
Snowball and Williami Annanack were chosen to travel to Yellowknife to
represent Nunavik in that sport. As a result of their selection, snowshoeing
was included over the winter to help keep the Tundra Trot team practices
interesting. Some new students joined in the team and encouraged the
existing runners to keep on in their training.
In mid-March, an eight week, school wide "Healthy Heart Challenge" was
started as a part of the Tundra Trot training program. The challenge pitted
girls versus boys for the most skips skipped and kilometers run, during a
one hour practice, once a week. Teachers and students who were otherwise not
involved in any extra curricular sports came out regularly to help their
"team". The challenge was a close one to the end, but the Girls' team came
out on top for skips and the Boys' team won the running part of the
challenge.
As May rolled around, the selection of the 3 girls and 3 boys for the race
in Kuujjuarapik took place. There were many committed runners and the 6
person team was selected with the teams' help.
The 6 runners went to Kuujjuarapik on Thursday, May 15, ran a 6 km team
relay race on Friday, ran a 3 km Boys/Girls race on Saturday and flew home
via charter on Sunday, May 18. It was a whirlwind weekend and the runners
did very well. For the second straight year, the team won the 1st place
banner for the 6 km relay race, and a few medals for individual
performances. The girls also won the 1st place banner in the 3 km race, and
the boys performed very well, but were up against some very good
performances by the other schools. They were greeted in the airport by some
extremely proud parents, teachers and team mates on Sunday afternoon.
At the year end picnic, students participated in the third annual local
Tundra Trot 2 km race for all students grade 3 and up. There were over 60
students who signed up and 38 who finished, despite the sun and heat.
Congratulations to all of the students, who participated and improved their
health by running this year. Everyone is looking forward to another exciting
year of trotting starting next August.
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IPL Dog Team Excursions |
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Posted by : mark on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 03:35 PM EST |
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Once again this year, the IPL group and their teacher Daniel Annanack organized dog team excursions for all the students in primary. Leevan and Daniel mushed groups of students to Old Woman's Lake where they had a tent set up. The students made fires, ate lunch, jigged for trout and hunted ptarmigan. Students and teachers really enjoyed the excursions. The IPL boys did a super job at helping out and taking good care of the younger students--GREAT WORK!
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Hip Hop |
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Posted by : mark on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 02:53 PM EST |
In mid-April, the secondary students of Ulluriaq had the chance to learn hiphop dance moves, beat boxing and graffiti art from the Blueprint for Life Crew. The project, which was assisted by the New Paths in Education, Brighter Futures and the Crime Prevention Program., was a jam-packed week of demonstrations, practices, painting and discussion groups about hiphop culture and healthy lifestyles.
Lots of younger students, parents and even some elders came to watch the students progress during the week. On Wednesday, some local athletes came in to teach Inuit games to the Blueprint crew. One of the elders, Eva Annanack, had a chance to try “scratching” on the turntable with the help of DJ Ben Jammin. Akinisie Sivuarapik and local drum dancer, Nancy Kooktook, worked with students to prepare some throatsinging and drum dancing songs for the Friday evening community show. The students picked up the moves very quickly and were divided into two teams, the Floor Hunters and the Wolf Pack Rockers. The parents and teachers were all amazed at the new confidence, teamwork, smiles and dance skills that the students demonstrated on the battle night. Many otherwise shy students came out of their shells dancing alone or in small groups in front of the crowd in the packed Community Centre gym.
The show lasted for almost three hours but the dancing is set to continue much longer as students and staff were sparked by the workshop. As everyone walked home, cheers and wolf howls could still be heard in the streets from the students as they proudly celebrated their success.
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