The Tennyson Tigers were out in full force at yesterday's district track meet. Thank you to Jacqueline Crumney and her team of amazing parent volunteers for getting the team off the ground this year! 
Our team did really well and some of the data was passed on to me. Please send along info that I missed to blog@lordtennyson.ca 
Here are some (not all!) of the accomplishments:
Anika, Georgia, Hannah, Caitlyn - 5th in 100m relay, 6th in 200m relay
Benjy, Dominik, Alex, Lucas - 1st in 200m relay, 3rd in 100m relay
Rio, Sophia, Maiya, Maddi - 1st in 100m relay, 1st in 200m relay
Emma, Miki, Lauren, Amanda - 5th in 100m relay, 2nd in 200m relay
Rio, Charlotte, Skyla, Sophia - 3rd in 100m relay
Romeo, Joshua, Jacob, Liam - 1st in 200m relay
Jonah, Oskar, Jeffrey, Sidney - 1st in 200m relay
Gr 4 Alex - 1st in high jump, 2nd in shot put, 3rd in 100m, 3rd in long jump
Gr 7 Alex - 2nd in high jump
Benjy - 1st in shot put & 100m, 2nd in long jump
Charlotte - 5th in 100m
Rio - 2nd in 600m, 1st in 100m, 1st in shot put, 3rd in long jump, 1st in high jump
Dominik - 2nd in high jump, 2nd in 100m, some 1st places??
Sophia - 3rd in 600m, 4th in 100m, 2nd in shot put, 2nd in high jump
Maiya - 1st in 100m, 1st in shot put, 2nd in high jump, 4th in 600m
Maddi - 2nd in 100m, 3rd in shot put, 3rd in high jump
Ben - 1st in 800m
Jonah - 1st in 100m, 5th(?) in 600m
Sidney - top 5 in 600m
Oskar - 1st in 100m
Miki - 3rd in 600m, 1st in 100m, 3rd in shot put, 3rd in high jump
Skyla - 1st in 600m, 3rd in 100m, 3rd in shot put, 3rd in high jump
Caitlyn - 4th in 600m, 1st in 100m, 
Lukas - 2nd in 100m
Jonah - 2nd in 100m
Sam - 2nd in 100m
Jacob - 3rd in 100m
Jeffrey - 1st in 100m
Emma - 6th in 600m
Amanda - 5th in 100m
Georgia - 3rd in 100m
Hanna - 3rd in shot put, 6th in 100m
Anika - 3rd in shot put
Lauren - 3rd in high jump

General Gordon Elementary will be torn down this summer and a new school will be built on the site over the next two years. Please come join for the official "good bye" on Saturday, June 7 from 2pm to 7pm.
General Gordon is located at 6th & Bayswater.

The three kindergarten classes recently had a three week unit where they received caterpillars in cocoons and just released beautiful butterflies. The kids loved it! The photos are of some of M. Brian's students and other friends as they released a few butterflies after school.

A message from the French Language Children's Department of the Vancouver Public Library:

Dear friends of the French Language Children’s Collection,

I hope this finds you well.  If you are receiving this it is because you expressed interest in the Vancouver Public Library’s public consultations on our French children’s collection this past Fall.  At that time there was considerable interest expressed in French children’s magazines.  Accordingly,  we requested  and received a number of samples and we are again seeking your input into which of these we should purchase for our children’s collection.  Starting today, Friday 23 May, they will be available for you to peruse in the children’s French collections area of the Kitsilano Branch Library http://www.vpl.ca/branches/details/kitsilano_branch .  You will be able to indicate which magazines you like best by sticking dots on them (exactly as you did at the Focus Group events).   The magazines will remain there for two weeks, until Friday 6 June.  After that, our Selections Division will assess them in terms of their popularity, and some will be centrally ordered for various branches (likely appearing there in several months time).  They are really very attractive publications, so I hope you will enjoy the opportunity to look them over.  And if you know others who might be interested in participating in this event at the Kitsilano Branch, please let them know. 

Thank you very much again for your participation in our consultations process.  You have no doubt seen many of the books you selected on our shelves; your choices have made an impact on our book collection, and we look forward to using your input again in this format area.

GIRLsmarts will be hosting two full-day Computer Science workshops for girls in grade 7:

• Saturday, May 31: 9am - 4pm
• Saturday, June 14: 9am - 4pm

The cost of each workshop is $15. Lunch will be provided. Bursaries are available.

Both workshops will be held downtown at the SAP office, near the Yaletown skytrain station.

These workshops are the same as the one held on February 15, so please do not register if you have already attended.
Registration can be done via the website:
https://www.cs.ubc.ca/grades-k-12/girlsmarts/grade-7-girls

Thank you to Dianne Sankey for organizing the Staff Appreciation Luncheon today. She had loads of help from parents who contributed wonderful dishes, useful cash, and valuable time. Thank you to everyone for showing your support to all of the staff at Tennyson who give so much to our children. Thanks to Oasis Flowers (12th & Arbutus) for donating the beautiful flowers!

Another great week of Track and Field mini-meets!  The seniors were first up on Tuesday and the juniors are next up on Thursday.  What great team spirit we have!