Congratulations to local educator, Laurie Clayton, who has earned the 2018 Schulich School of Education Associate Teacher Award.
Clayton has been teaching with the ɫֱ since 2000.This past school year, she taught grades 5/6 at Silver Birches Elementary School.
She was nominated by theNipissing Education student she supervised.She was selected for the award out of 11 nominations by a committee of professors at Nipissing University.
Clayton’s extensive community work, fundraising efforts, coaching, and other extracurricular organizational activities were cited in her letter of nomination, as was her use of technology and hands-on activities to engage her learners in and outside of the classroom. The letter also stated, “this class was without a doubt the busiest class I have been in, but it was certainly the most rewarding.”
“I volunteer as an associate teacher to provide a safe environment for Nipissing students to make mistakes and grow while in return learning from their knowledge, personality and experiences,” said Clayton.
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On the evening of Tuesday, June 12th, Humphrey Public School had a grand opening and dedication of the Humphrey Outdoor Learning Space. The Outdoor Space is in honour of FynnBywater who was a student at Humphrey who passed away in 2015 when he was in grade 1.
The grand opening included a smudging of the space led by Dave Rice who is an Elder at Wasauksing First Nation on Parry Island. He also shared at the event, about some of the work he has been doing with the students of Humphrey including work around the anishinabe medicine wheel.
guidance of Aanmitaagzi, a company based in Nipissing First Nation, led by Sid Bobb and Penny Couchie and local artists, dancers, drummers, and singers. Through this event students and others in attendance learned all about powwow and the different dances.
