Guest speaker Blake Fly working with a group of young leaders during the Horizons Leadership conference held at Hughenden Public School on Oct. 14.
HPS Highlights
On Wed., Oct. 14, 250 students from nine different schools attended the Horizons Leadership Conference hosted by Hughenden Public School (HPS).
In addition to the two motivational speakers “Grampster” Dave Conlon and Blake Fly, there were icebreaker games, morning cheers and various other presentations.
HPS had several seniors from the community come into the school and join the grade 7 and 8 classes for an afternoon of crib. Aside from fostering relationships within the community, this was an excellent way to reinforce math skills.
On Sept. 22 the cross-country team, led by teacher Clay Creasy, saw seven runners compete in their first event of the year in Vermilion, Ab., with Makenna Lomheim finishing second in the Grade 5 Girls category, Hunter Motley finishing fourth and Ashton Penman finishing nineth in the Grade 5 Boys.
In the junior high group, Reagan Lomheim finished tenth in the Grade 7 Girls.
On Oct. 1, seven more runners competed in the Hardisty cross-country event and Makenna finished sixth, Reagan placing tenth, Hunter placing fifth and Nolan Johnson placing eighth in the Senior High Boys category.
Once again the Grad Class is hosting the annual Christmas Market on Nov. 28. Grads encourage you to contact the school and book a table. In addition, Grads are selling Christmas trees and wreaths and their orders need to be in by the third week in October so contact a Grad to place your order.
Our magazine fundraiser continues. The proceeds from this fundraiser go to support programs in the school to encourage reading. We hope that you will consider offering your support when a student contacts you. Should you not get contacted, please don’t hesitate to give the school office a call.
A Halloween Dance is being organized for Oct. 30 for junior and senior high students who are encouraged to dress in costume for a chance to win a prize.
The HSP’s physical education grade 10 class, along with several grade 11 and 12 students, are off to Alford Lake for the outdoor camp this week.
