Caramat District School

Extra Curricular Activities

Being a very small school with only 17 students and situated many kilometers from another community (60 km to the nearest town and 320 km to the nearest city) presents a tremendous challenge in providing extra curricular activities. The staff believes our students need these activities to foster good school spirit, and to expose isolated students to "a world beyond". Financing the activities is becoming our biggest challenge. The list is getting shorter each year, unfortunately. Currently, a group of adults is organizing fund raising activities to ensure our students are involved in as many activities as possible. With a small Staff number, and the tremendous workload, adult volunteers are needed to provide some of the activities.

 Activities for 2000/01

Should all go as planned, we will be taking our whole school to Thunder Bay during the winter for a two day excursion that will include downhill skiing, bowling and shopping malls. Attendance at the Nakina Floor Hockey Tournament and possibly involvement in the Legion's Cross Country Run in Thunder Bay will be attempted.

What We Try To Provide:

1. Special Dinners - such as a school Thanksgiving Dinner.

2. Curling - even without our own rink, we drive 120 km to practice.

. .............- yearly "Funspiel" with Nakina (250 km).

3. Downhill Skiing - from grade 5-8 in Thunder Bay (640 km).

4. Floor Hockey - annual regional tournament in Nakina (250 km).

5. Primary/Junior Trip - once a year outing to Thunder Bay (640 km) to visit a circus, carnival or city cites.

6. Computers - access available to students and community.

- Includes access to Internet.

Downhill skiing at Loch Lomond Resort in Thunder Bay.

Photo courtesy of Alan Auld.