E.G. Wahlstrom School

egw@hpsd.ca

E.G. Wahlstrom School is located in the town Slave Lake in northern Alberta, in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River. It is located 257 km north of Edmonton on the southeast shore of Lesser Slave Lake at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 88.

E.G. Wahlstrom is a Grade 4 to 6 school with an enrollment of approximately 355 students and 33 staff.  We are committed to ensuring welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments that respect diversity and nurture a sense of belonging and a positive sense of self.  We are dedicated to building relationships, spreading kindness, promoting passion and enjoyment of learning. Within our school we provide support services to all students through learning supports in the areas of literacy and math in addition to transitioning and counseling services.

January News

The month of January began with the introduction of the One School, One Book community reading initiative.  Our entire staff and student body was introduced to the wonderful book, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.  Together, we met the brave Ivan, a gorilla whose mission becomes saving an adorable little elephant named Ruby using his artistic talents.  This book has brought us so many emotions and opportunities for discussion. Some of the great opportunities included: daily trivia contests, writing challenges, building classroom billboards, and one of the best parts included bringing in many special guests from the community to read the book to our classes and share their passion for reading.  It has been fun!    

Many student interest clubs started this month.  This creates various opportunities for students of all grades to engage with one another over shared interests.  In addition to the student clubs is the LEGO club in the library. Each grade has multiple opportunities to engage in the joys of building and creating with our wonderful librarian, Mrs. Shahinski.  Another club that continues to hone their skills as they work towards the competition season is the archery team. Look for that competition to come in the month of February. Our drama teams are also working on their rendition of Beauty and the Beast.  You can follow the EG Wahlstrom Drama team on facebook for sneak peaks in to the upcoming performance. A team that has been quietly working away to build robots is our Robotics team. In February, they will have their first Robo Rumble competition.

As we continue to go on the reading journey with The One and Only Ivan please look for updates on our facebook page for how we are celebrating with the characters at the Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.