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Dear Division 8, 

As most of you have already been introduced to me from the last few online class meetings, my name is Mr. Ewert, and I am excited to be your teacher for the remainder of the school year!

I know that you have had a wonderful year so far with Ms. Watt. As you know, Ms. Watt is taking a bit of time off in order to have her baby and spend this important time with her family. We wish her all well and will keep in touch with her as we can! She is sure to send us some updates too.

I am looking forward to spending the remainder of the year as your teacher. At this time, we are still going to be doing online learning, and if there are any changes or updates to this, we will let you know as soon as we can!

I am looking forward to seeing you all on our Zoom meetings and to reviewing your assignments in order to get to better know you.

A little bit more about me:

I have been a teacher with the Burnaby School District for the last 12 years (which is since before you were all even born!). I taught at a school called “Cascade Heights” in Burnaby, with Ms. Kwok (your previous principal!). 

I have a daughter who is almost 2 years old, and her name is Altheya. You might occasionally see her in the background at our Zoom meetings. My wife, Mrs. Ewert, is having our second baby soon, but not until the end of the school year. 

I have a dog named Winston, who loves to swim and chase the ball. We take him outside every day, and he makes sure we always get our daily exercise. 

My favourite hobbies are running, biking, and swimming, and in the summertime I often compete in a type of sport competition called “Triathlon” that combines all of these individual sports together. I also love to read books, to go hiking, and learning to play the guitar.

As a fun extra activity for this week, if you have time, I would love for you to share a little bit about yourself with me (interests, hobbies, pets, family, and anything else you would like to share), so that I can learn more about who you are!

Looking forward to hearing more about you!

Mr. Ewert                                                                 grant.ewert@burnabyschools.ca

June at Nelson always involves gymnastics equipment in our gym, but this year we are incredibly lucky to have a teacher come in and give us special instruction. I’ve already learned new moves to share with my classes for years to come and I hope everyone is having lots of fun!! What is your favourite circuit you’ve been on so far?! Click on the picture for a closer look!

Happy ❄️ Day everyone!! I hope everyone can stay home and safe and enjoy this fabulous snow fall!

X ~ Who doesn’t love eXPLOSIONS!?

We eXPERIMENTED with our own mini volcanoes in the afternoon & combined some Mentos & Diet Coke. Just to see what would happen…!

Click to see our fun! 

Many thanks to everyone who supported your Nelson teachers over the last couple weeks! Thanks to everyone who drove by with waves & honks, dropped off treats, & a special thanks to those who came by & brightened my day with a special treat or gift.

Everybody should have their own Flat Stanley at home & I can’t wait to see all the places that you explore this summer! Love you Division 8, have a TON of fun this summer & I can’t wait to see you all in September!
 Miss Watt

Thank you for coming by this afternoon Ericka!! You made my week.

Click on the pictures for a closer look at my new friend Creamy!

Thank you for coming by today Helen & Mireia!!
Your delicious Frappuccino was exactly what I needed.

Thank you Helen for dropping off your delicious bag of treats & refreshing water!

Thank you Angie for your heartfelt card & Starbucks gift card. Can’t wait to indulge in some yummy coffees!

I hope everyone has had lots of fun over the last couple days with their families!
I hope Santa brought you what you asked for & you had just as much fun giving as you did receiving.

Mr. Olsen has his pumpkins carved & ready for Halloween! Do you!?

Send in a picture of your Jack O’Lantern to share with the class!
stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca