Newsletter – May 2026 – St. Willibrord Elementary

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Attention Grade 6 Families!

Save the date and get ready to celebrate with us!

More details coming soon… we can’t wait to share this moment with you!

Signing, Dancing, & Drumming…

St. Willibrord had the honor of hosting a performance from The Deer Family Mohawk Singers, Dancers, Manitou Singers and Drum Group for a truly special performance! Students loved learning about traditional Indigenous dances, listening to the powerful sounds of drums and wooden sticks, and discovering stories from the Battle of Châteauguay. Everyone was amazed by the energy and talent of the performers, and some students even joined in for the final dance! It was a fun and memorable experience that brought history, music, and culture to life for all of us.

L’école St. Willibrord a eu l’honneur d’accueillir une représentation de la famille Deer Mohawk chanteurs, danseurs, les chanteurs Manitou et le groupe de tambours pour un spectacle vraiment spécial! Les élèves ont adoré découvrir les danses traditionnelles autochtones, écouter les sons puissants des tambours et des bâtons de bois, et apprendre apprendre eu peu d’histoire de la bataille de Châteauguay. Tout le monde a été impressionné par l’énergie et le talent des artistes, et certains élèves on participer à la danse finale! Ce fut une expérience amusante et mémorable qui a donné vie à l’histoire, à la musique et à la culture autochtone pour nous tous.

K Explores Our Community

Kindergarten has been hard at work learning about “Our Community,” and we have been so lucky to welcome some very special community members into our classrooms to share about their important jobs!

To start, we were visited by:

Mr. Brandon, a Purolator delivery driver, and his children as sidekicks

Ms. Crystal, owner of Kidz R Us Playzone

Ms. Catherine, a Structural Engineer

Peacekeepers: Cpl. John Dee Delormier, and his children as helper’s

Constable Kyle Zachary

Constable Kade Lazare

Our Kindergarten kiddos absolutely love hearing about these exciting careers and learning how different people help our community every day.

Thank you to all of our wonderful visitors for kicking off this unit, for taking the time to speak with our students, and for your continued support of our school community!

Celebrating Our Kinder”Garden” Initiative

We are pleased to share that Ms. Corbett and Mr. Alexander have partnered for a second year to lead a wonderful gardening initiative, which they’ve creatively named “Kinder”Garden.”

This year, Mr. Alexander’s class joined in the experience, bringing even more excitement and energy to the project. The students were eager participants, showing great enthusiasm as they learned about and planted a variety of plants, including herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, and flowers.

It is inspiring to see children’s curiosity and teamwork as this initiative is a great example of hands-on learning in our school community.

l’initiative Kinder”Garden”

On est heureux de partager que Mme Corbett et M. Alexander ont uni leurs efforts pour une deuxième année afin de mener une belle initiative de jardinage, qu’ils ont nommée de façon créative « Kinder”Garden” ».

Cette année, la classe de M. Alexander a pris part à l’expérience. Les élèves ont participé avec grand intérêt, démontrant beaucoup d’enthousiasme en découvrant et en plantant une variété de végétaux, dont des fines herbes, des tomates, des concombres ainsi que des fleurs.

Il est inspirant de voir leur curiosité et leur esprit d’équipe. Cette initiative est un bel exemple d’apprentissage de notre communauté scolaire.

Fun Day, Brought to you by your St. Will PPO

Grade 1 Knuffle Bunny

Class 1B had their Author Day and show off their Knuffle Bunny books to their families. They also got to present them to the Grade 5 students! There is so much to be proud of!!!

St. Willibrord Welcomes New Students

Our Welcome to Kindergarten event for newly registered K4 & K5 students was a huge success. There are not enough thanks possible to our Kindergarten team! They planned and performed an amazing event for students and their parents to participate in activities and get important information at their new school.

Congratulations Halo Runners

Congratulations to all our Halo runners who ran on May 14th.

What could have been a very cold rainy day, turned into a great day full of smiles, laughter, achievements and pride. Our runners worked hard in preparation for race day! Everyone did a wonderful job of achieving their goals and trying their best. Thank you to Angela for supplying all our runners with a Gatorade, and all the staff that came together to make it a memorable event for our students!

Winning Writers

We would like to congratulate Kinslee from 3C for winning 3rd place in the provincial writing contest done by the Women’s Institute. She competed with schools all over the province and has now received her prize.

An honorable mention to Taly from 3C whose story went to the provincial level!

Amazing effort and huge shout out to these great writers.

Staff Underground Spirit Week

The staff at St. Will had a bit of fun this week with an underground spirit week. The students had a lot of fun each day trying to guess what the theme was! Lots of laughter and smiles filled the halls!