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Stay At Home Milestone For Lillian Berg Students

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A major accomplishment for students at Lillian Berg School in Vermilion Bay.

The school accepted a Scholastic Publishing challenge to read 100 books.

The campaign was derailed thanks to COVID-19 but staff at Lillian Berg picked up the challenge virtually last week, and within 6 days their students had read and logged 100 books.

Scholastic has pledged to donate 200,000 books to children and families in need for eligible schools who reach the goal.

Staff at the school say “We are very proud of our students! It is so very important to stay connected with our school community, no matter how small and simple a task may seem.”

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Water Line Repairs/Disruptions At Lillian Berg School

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The Municipality of Machin is warning residents of a water line break at Lillian Berg School.

As a result, residents could experience coloured water.

As a precaution, you are asked to run your water until it’s clear.

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board has started a project to replace the water main at the school, as well as fixtures in the building.

The main road in front of the school will be closed for the next couple of weeks while underground work takes place.

Bus drop-off will now take place in front of the arena.

Parents picking up children at the end of the day are asked to circle around to the end of the staff parking lot.

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Forest And Nature School Grand Opening

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Students and staff at Lillian Berg School are filled with excitement as they have officially opened their Forest and Nature School.

The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony took place today out in the wooded area behind the school.

Teacher Vanessa Clarke says there is a lot of fun and learning to be had at the outdoor learning area including fort-building, fire-starting, using tools for construction as well as playing in the hammocks.

Clarke also says they started the program in September with Kindergarten to Grade 2 students where they also use their imagination and problem-solving skills in the forest.

She also says it helps build socialization skills and helps students be able to assess what is safe.

Clarke goes on to mention that it isn’t a fully certified forest school, but she is currently in the process of completing the work needed for that to become a reality.

Principal Doris St. Jules says the school council has been very supportive of the program and they have been working hard to make sure they can work with area industries to improve the program.

St. Jules also says they are really happy to be able to offer this program to students and they have seen a lot of interest from parents to check it out as well.

A surprise announcement came later in the opening ceremony as Weyerhauser announced that they are donating $4,000 to the program as well.

Erik Holmstrom from Weyerhaeuser says they are happy to provide money since similar programming is what got him interesting in the forestry sector in the first place.

Also from Weyerhaeuser was Matt Wilkie also says it’s great to get interested in nature and hopefully learn about the good coming from the forestry sector as well.