Terry Fox and Fine Motor Centres

With our upcoming Terry Fox run room 10 has been talking a great deal about Terry Fox. The students completed a journal picture of Terry Fox and included words that the class felt described him the best. Some of the words we felt fit Terry Fox were: runner, brave, cancer, Hero, robot leg, kind, caring, inspire, young, Canada, strong and never give up.

Dear Parents,

We wanted to give you a couple updates about the Terry Fox Run tomorrow. The current weather forecast is calling for 4°C and a light rain at the start of the run. Terry Fox ran through incredible adversity, including days upon days of adverse weather. It is our goal to continue the run unless field conditions become unsafe for our staff and students. Depending on the amount of rain falling at the time of the run we will likely consider a shorter time period outside. Please ensure students come dressed appropriately for this event. We plan to start running around 11:00 AM.

This year the Terry Fox Run takes on special importance to the Maple Ridge School Community. One of our new Kindergarten students has been through a multi-year battle with cancer. He is currently fighting one of his most difficult battles to date against a disease that does not discriminate against gender, race or age. Tomorrow, as a school, we will be running for Max. Despite the fact that most of our staff and students have never met him, I can attest to his incredible spirit, determination and courage. To our school community he exemplifies the very characteristics that made Terry Fox a hero for a nation.

To read more about Max’s story, his family has indicated you are welcome to visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/maxoneinamillion/.

Students are encouraged to bring Toonies to school tomorrow in our annual efforts to support the Terry Fox Foundation and the work they do in supporting cancer research. Donations can also be made directly through the organization’s website by clicking here. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Brad Emery, Principal

Fine Motor Centres: This week as students arrive into the classroom they are greeted with Fine Motor Centres. We are working on strengthening all the little muscles in our hands and fingers so that we can continue to be amazing writers. Did you know that the human hand has 29 major and minor bones, 34 muscles which move the fingers and thumb, 17 muscles in the palm of the hand and 18 muscles in the forearm!