PAD – The highest grossing pinnacle of puzzle games Anywhere you go nowadays, you see people of all ages and creeds playing Candy Crush Saga on their mobile devices. You’ll get the occasional Plants vs Zombies 2, Temple Run, and sometimes Flappy Bird. There’s no question about it that Candy Crush is king, BUT did you know there’s a mobile […]
The Sochi 2014 winter Olympics have finally come to a close. What a great event to showcase all of our nation’s greatest athletes. From alpine skiing to hockey, Canada was very successful and managed to score 25 medals in total! GO TEAM CANADA! Students of gator nation could not help but see the overwhelming numbers of facebook statuses about each […]
Me2We Coin Drive The Me2We Club at WGSS set a goal of $8500 this year to build a school in Ghana. This goal set off a two-year project that led to the active group’s multiple fundraisers and strong presence within the school community. Originally, Me2We had intended to help Sierra Leone with its money. However, Free the Children directly contacted […]
Grade 7 night in 2014 featured many interactive, fun kiosks showcasing the diverse opportunities the Gators offer. Of the many though, one especially popped out in the crowd, quiet literally. Ms. Henderson’s room featured different stations showcasing the different science courses offered at WGSS, from dissecting cow hearts for biology and sound wave generators for physics. The one that left the […]
Walnut Grove’s Project Kenya Sister School (PKSS) club sure has been busy. For those of you who don’t know, Sweetwaters Secondary, is our wonderful sister school in Kenya. Over the years this club has sent over small gifts and letters to the students of the school. It is so interesting to see the connection amongst students living on opposite sides […]
PAD – The highest grossing pinnacle of puzzle games Anywhere you go nowadays, you see people of all ages and creeds playing Candy Crush Saga on their mobile devices. You’ll get the occasional Plants vs Zombies 2, Temple Run, and sometimes Flappy Bird. There’s no question about it that Candy Crush is king, BUT did you know there’s a mobile […]
The last week of school before the Christmas break at Walnut Grove is going to be filled with amazing, fun events full of the holiday spirit! Student council once again presents the Wonderful Week Of Christmas Monday is the EGGNOG CHUG: sign up with your team in front of room 201 and enter this awesome competition! It’s completely free to enter and prizes […]
Read more ›Walnut Grove Secondary School’s music department recently hosted their annual Christmas concert. It was a great evening full of awesome music and amazing performances from our junior concert band, intermediate concert band, senior concert band, concert choir, and chamber choir. The concert kicked off with a special duet performance by Kevin Choi and Stephen Li. They wowed the audience with […]
Read more ›This Week the Environment Club’s “Green Team” kicked off their first meeting with a long list they hope to accomplish throughout the school year. With a handful of projects in line, club leader Andrew Palmer feels confident that this year will be quite different from the previous. “There is a passionate group of teens this year. We are all really […]
Read more ›It’s that time of year again when beards and mustaches appear on men’s faces everywhere. It’s Movember, the one month in a year when a mustache is welcomed no matter how bad it looks. Whether it is proper, nearly invisible, hideous or made with your girlfriends’ mascara, you are supporting men’s health and the prevention of various male cancers while […]
Read more ›It is snowing in Toronto, Ontario as Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to being under the influence of cocaine while attempting to run the city. Drugs are no strangers to Ford as he recently admitted he has been using for the past year. Though Ford has a past of rowdy behaviour, he still remained a candidate for office. In 1999, […]
Read more ›Tired of the same old drinks at Starbucks or just want to try something that suits the season? Try out the following menu that GNN has picked out for you this month.
Read more ›Four WGSS students, Chelsey Bone, Emma Harrison, Alice Kim and Leah Kim, along with Ms. Bryant-Taneda, had the amazing opportunity to attend the Youth International Volunteer Conference held in Changhua, Taiwan from October 22nd to 28th. Students at the conference from Japan, Taiwan, Swaziland, Canada and the United States presented essays and discussed their philanthropic involvement in their home countries. After the presentations, students joined […]
Read more ›So concludes another successful season for the Cross Country team as they took care of business at the provincial championships which were hosted at Aldergrove Regional Park on November 2. The day was a torrential downpour from beginning to end, but the resilient Gators embraced the task at hand. The results were incredible as the Junior Boys finished third in […]
Read more ›You all know what this is going to be about: Halloween. Woohoo! We had a Costume Contest at the foyer at lunch, with the Breakfast Club, an extremely creepy doll, a Minecraft creeper, a couple of fairies, some couple costumes, and “The Black Eyed Peas”. Get it? The smarty pants has her eye coloured black and she’s dressed as a pea! […]
Read more ›Our cross country team has made us proud once again. Each runner ran their hearts out and the results showed as the Junior Boys, Senior Girls, and Senior Boys are bringing home Fraser Valley banners! The final race is provincials which will be on our home turf in Aldergrove! Well done Gators!!! Malavan.S Grade 12 Student
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