Students from our International Education Program enjoyed a beautiful walk in Bird's Hill Park on Wednesday, taking in the first day of spring. Later, they put their feet in the sand to play in a volleyball tournament at The Beach Volleyball Centre in East St. Paul.

"Rahat Haque was born to paint. At 13 years old Haque, a Grade 7 student at Bernie Wolfe Community School, is already an accomplished painter. A selection of his work, mostly acrylic landscapes done in an impressionist style, are currently on display at the Millennium Library until March 31."

"Born and raised in Transcona," Selley is the author of I Love My Nose, a new "body positive" children’s book which debuted earlier this month. I Love My Nose is available now from Amazon.ca. For more information on the book, or to access lesson plans for teachers to incorporate the book into the classroom, and more resources for parents and young readers, visit: www.aroundtheblockpublishing.com

Today at Emerson Elementary School, students participated in "Rock Your Socks" in honour of World Down Syndrome Day—being different is awesome! 🧦 #LotsOfSocks #WorldDownSyndromeDay #WDSD19

Currently, Miles Macdonell students are visiting England and Scotland for a culinary arts tour. Here are some tweets from EA and chaperone Mike Neale. 🇬🇧 This week, Miles Mac also has students visiting Japan, and Greece/Italy. Never been a better time to be a Buckeye! 🇯🇵🇬🇷🇮🇹

Tomorrow, March 22, is the last day of classes before spring break. Students will be off next week and return to classes on Monday, April 1. 🌷

Jennifer Knight is a River East Collegiate graduate.

The Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association (MHSAA) has unveiled the new members it will be inducting into its Hall of Fame for 2019. Included among them is Miles Macdonell Collegiate alumnae and multi-sport star Missy Penner! #mhsaa #halloffame 🙌

Luc Roy, a Grade 4 teacher at Sun Valley School, successfully applied for and received a bike rack for the facility last year. He said the school has "a very strong team when it comes to recycling and doing other Earth-friendly initiatives," which he thinks caught the attention of the selection committee.

For More about The Dream Factory, visit: https://www.thedreamfactory.ca/

Always happy to welcome the school education officers of the WPS into our schools to teach the students how they can keep themselves safe. #safeschools👩‍✈️👨‍✈️

On March 13, River East Collegiate students competed in the High School Track & Field Championship Series at the University of Manitoba. Congratulations to these students who medalled in their events! - Adam Andres—1st place—Jr. Varsity 60m hurdles - Adam Andres—1st place—Jr. Varsity 200m - Maleek Ali, Adam Andres, Taron Barbour & Branden Huminuk—1st place—4 x 200m - Angela Kroeker—2nd place—Varsity 1500m - Calvin Reimer—2nd place—Varsity 1500m - Maleek Ali—3rd place—400m

The next meeting of the board of trustees is tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. Members of the public are welcome. For more info: https://tinyurl.com/y7veuuvz #CreatingStudentSuccess

Katie Moist is a graduate of Miles Macdonell Collegiate

Congratulations to trustee Rod Giesbrecht on receiving a 16-year Long Service Award for trusteeship at the 55th annual Manitoba School Boards Association convention. And congratulations, as well, to trustee John Toews and former trustee Eva Prysizney on both receiving a 12-year Long Service Award for trusteeship. Our division is very fortunate to have trustees who are so committed to #CreatingStudentSuccess. #mbsba2019

Recently, Manitoba Moose players Kristian Reichel and Luke Green stopped in to visit with a Grade 1/2 class at Wayoata Elementary School. They read to the excited students, chatted with them, and signed autographs. #gomoosego 🏒

Nazariy Demkowicz is a Kildonan-East Collegiate grad

Featuring John G. Stewart School 🥣

Today is Pi Day—an annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi (π). Some of our schools mark the occasion with activities involving math and pi memorization contests—River East Collegiate student Reagan Hofer was able to recite 125 digits of pi! Grade 10 students from Murdoch MacKay visited Wayoata Elementary to share their love of math with Grade 1/2 students. Schools also celebrated with pie-eating contests (see pics of Miles Macdonell students competing), and the Safeway on Henderson donated stacks of pies to River East Collegiate. Educational AND delicious. 🥧#piday

Congratulations to Grace Minsky of Murdoch MacKay Collegiate, who was one of seven Manitoba students presented with a Student Citizenship Award at the 55th annual Manitoba School Boards Association convention today. She was nominated for the award by the RETSD board of trustees. Grace is on the student council at Murdoch MacKay and volunteers with the school’s Youth in Philanthropy program. She’s taken part in Beyond the Hurt bullying presentations for youth, Ethics Bowl debates, and the annual school fashion show. Outside of school, Grace is a teacher assistant at MTYP, volunteers at Folklorama and with theatre productions, and coaches a youth softball team. She’s an accomplished young woman and wonderful role model—very deserving of this award. PHOTO: (left to right) Trustee Keith Morrison, board vice-chair Jerry Sodomlak, Grace Minsky, board chair Colleen Carswell, trustee Susan Olynik, and trustee Rod Giesbrecht.

Tomorrow, March 15, is a co-ordinated day and RETSD students do not attend classes. All schools are involved in either administration, professional development, or parent-teacher reporting activities.