Welcome to Hedges School's homepage. Hedges School is a middle years (6-8) school in Winnipeg, Manitoba. View a map showing our location
Parents are invited to a Parent Information Evening to become familiar with the new divisional Middle Years Report Card. click here
We are now accepting registrations for grades 6, 7, & 8, for the 2010-2011 school year.
To register at Hedges please download a form. Click here.
To view the results of our Hedges Middle Years Parent Survey please Click here.
Students and staff at Hedges continue to show generosity and concern for others. "Hats for Haiti" our fundraising campaign was a great success.
Click here to read about the Global Citizenship Efforts at Hedges Middle School.
Congrats to Hedges Middle School for achieving Awareness Level from Manitoba Education for their sustainabledevelopment practises.
In only our second year, the Hedges’ Eco Club has spread their sustainable ideas through the school, the community and at the board office. At our first meeting we had a remarkable number of students show up and show interest in helping our environment.
In September, the group began meeting regularly and made goals for the year. Quickly, we reached our first goal and every classroom had a colour, laminated sign that was posted to show what could and could not be recycled. Later, in the fall, the students planned a fall clean-up which was supported by Take Pride Winnipeg. The city provided bags and gloves and the area of Hedges, John Taylor, Buchanan and the Assiniboia West Community Club were cleaned by our students. At our November assembly two grade six students were given the chance to present a video to the entire school detailing the process of recycling. This educated our staff and students on what happens after you place your recycling items in the blue bins.
Lunch rooms in December were abuzz with our “Recycle and Win” contest. Over the course of the month when students were caught recycling or using re-usable lunch containers they were awarded with an entry ballot. At the end of each week a draw was made from each grade level and students were awarded a prize. The prizes were generously donated by Unicity merchants who were excited about the program and many donated prizes that supported the idea of sustainability such as plastic containers, lunch kits and reusable shopping bags. The fun didn’t end there though. Every Friday a brave lunchroom supervisor would put on her plastic gloves, rifle through the garbage can and quiz students on what could and could not be recycled. Students were awarded instant prizes for their correct answers.
The cold winter months were a great time to spend the lunch hours meeting and learning about ourselves as responsible citizens and create more sustainable initiatives in our homes. We took quizzes online to find out how many planets would be needed if everyone lived like us. This was a real eye opener as some club members found out there would have to be four planet earths to sustain their habits! The students also spent some time writing articles for our school newsletter to inform our Hedges’ families of some things they could be doing at home. These articles focused on recycling Christmas trees and buying fair trade goods. January was an exciting time for us as we were given the chance to present our ideas and initiatives to the school board and at the CLEAR event at Crestview School. The students
and staff were honoured to be part of these events and to meet with people who also wanted to see a more sustainable world.
As we now focus on the last part of the year we are excited to plan a Spring event and activities that centre around Earth Day. This planning is also enabling us to look back at the 2009-2010 school year and feel proud of our accomplishments. The eco club has had a very successful year and can not wait to see the growth of our group lead to the reduction of our environmental footprint.
Ride safe and Win!
This year, Safe Kids Week (May 31-June 4) is promoting helmet use for wheeled recreational activities such as cycling, inline skating and skate boarding. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is supporting this week by launching Ride2Win - a bicycle helmet promotion campaign – which includes a chance for a student to win a bike and helmet for themselves and a parent and a classroom to win a $100 gift certificate. For more information please go to Ride2Win.ca
Extreme Weather Conditions
The phoning list will NOT be used in extreme weather conditions. In extreme weather conditions when blizzard conditions exist and or wind chills exceed -45, please listen to CJOB or go to the CJOB website at www.cjob.com or the division website at www.sjsd.net to find out if bussing has been cancelled.
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School Mission Statement
"Hedges School is committed to providing students with opportunities to develop personally, socially, academically in a safe environment and to become life long learners."
Vision
Students at Hedges will develop good character, self-respect, and pride in themselves and their work. They will be good citizens by respecting and getting along with others. They will have opportunities to develop their creative abilities and increase their desire for lifelong learning. All students have the right to an education. For their future success they will learn basic skills and facts, how to find information and how to use information.
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