Verdun School News
GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON. Wow, lots happening recently and plenty of upcoming events and get ready, Music Monday’s coming. Stay tuned!
MOVIE WINNERS
We also had three winners in our latest movie contest. Going to see “Firehouse Dog” at the Cineplex theatre of their choice during any weekday, courtesy of Verdun School News and 20 Century Fox Pictures are: John Redhead of Valiquette Avenue, Tina DePetrello of Riverview Avenue, and Christine Langevin. We would like to thank all those who called in and keep reading as you never know when we’ll spring a movie contest on you.
MORE ALS AND BREAKFAST CLUB
As you noticed in last week’s column, you also saw some special guests to the Riverview Breakfast club. The Quebec Breakfast Club, which will serve no less than 2 million breakfasts this year, treated the students to a breakfast served by some major sports stars. Alouette players Uzooma Okeke, Paul Lambert, and Shaun Diner, along with cheerleaders Caroline Lacombe and Marie-Eve Sauvé were on hand to serve the children and brighten their day, and taking time to chat with the kids and giving out autographed cards.
RIVERVIEW
BINGO. That great fund-raiser bingo is on this Saturday evening at 6:45 at the school. Grand prizes up for grabs are an mp3 player and an 18 speed mountain bike along with the other assortment of great prizes. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at the door and you can drop by the school during regular hours to buy some for you and your friends. As usual, there will also be door prizes, a canteen for refreshments, and your chance to win some hard cash from the half and half. See you at the Bingo.
FLEA MARKET. The school’s grad committee will be holding a Flea Market on Saturday, May 5th at the school from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. which is located at 971 Riverview. Tables cost $20.00 each and can be reserved by calling either Joyce at 762-6569 or Cindy at 762-3426.
SPAGHETTI DINNER. Circle your calendar for Saturday. May 12th. That’s the date for the next spaghetti dinner. Cost in advance is 7 for adults 5 for kids, and at the door it’s 10 and 8 respectively. More news on that later.
SUNDAY BRUNCH. Raffle tix are also available for “Sunday Brunch in the Sky” high atop the 30th floor of the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel with the draw on May 12th during the spaghetti dinner. They will also be available during the bingo. Tix are 1 for 2.00 and 3 for $5.
BEURLING ACADEMY
Yesterday, it was time to go for 20 students and their teachers from Saskatchewan as they said farewell to their BA hosts at the school. After a week of visiting many of the city’s tourist sights and being welcomed enthusiastically at the school this past Wednesday, it was a week in which students from both schools will remember for a long time and provide a lifetime of memories and hopefully long distance friendships. We salute Beurling Academy and Kerrobert Composite School on their Youth Exchange.
SPORTS UPDATE. All of the girls’ badminton teams were in action the previous week. The midget team won two straight to bring their record to 4 and 1 by defeating Queen of Angels and Howard S. Billings, and this should put them in playoff action. The bantam and juvenile teams, even though they lost their matches, continue to show improvement by scoring points in their matches. All teams were off this past week, and the midget and juvenile teams finish off their seasons at Lakeside Monday night. HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
Steven Guilbeault - 
