A great big thank-you to all who so generously donated to the Christmas Bags for Romania campaign. The money collected will help Doris & John Storey (Doris is a former staff) bless over 95 children in the orphanages, hospitals and villages near their home in Romania. Doris recently called and shared how well they...
Once again the Board of Directors of our Centre are organizing a campaign to help the Christmas Cheer Board make the season a bit better for those who are less fortunate than us. By early next week you should see a wrapped cardboard box in the hallway by the office. ...
Matt Bordush and I were asked to travel to Toronto to address a group of Early Childhood Educators (ECE’s) on the topic of Men in ECE. What a special day that was. The next day we took advantage of some spare time and with all the boldness 2 prairie boys...
Discovery Centre is closed one day each year for staff professional development. In 2016 we have chosen to make this closure date March 24th. Please be sure to mark this on your calendars as the entire centre will be closed for the whole day on March 24th. This is the...
We would like to give a great big thank-you to The Winnipeg Foundation for the most recent approvals of two separate grants. Grant #1 – was for $3000 and will go towards Management training for Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon has returned to University to upgrade her education to an ECE III...
With some extra help in the office we are once again finding a way to offer our ever popular “Hot Lunch Days” at Discovery. The first one will be a Pizza Day on October 23th. You should find order forms on your child’s locker or in their classroom. The plan...
Recently we received a 2014 annual report from the “All Charities Campaign” showing that over $1,600 was donated in the name of Discovery Centre and has been passed on to us. Our quarterly (April – June) report from the United Way showed that about $200 was passed on to Discovery...
Tabs for Harley. Discovery is a drop off location for all your drink can tabs. Harley is one of our students and has attended Discovery for several years. Any and all drink can tabs that are collected will be passed on the Harley’s family and will enable his parents to...
Amongst the luckiest young Canadians are the Infant/Toddlers of Discovery. As with all really young children their lives and activities are very controlled by the adults in their lives. How fortunate for these children that the staff of the Infant/Toddler room understand that great outdoor experiences are a part of a high...
During our first week of our just started Field and Forest Nature School we were visited by Global News who did a short story on it for the evening news. It’s like Tommy explained to Talia the news reported, “I learned about everything out here…in the grass”. Follow this link...
