HIT List 2016-2017 Winners

Posted on May 31, 2017 by sherryanton

The final prize draws were held on Wednesday, May 31. All participating students were awarded Mavericks game tickets and Medicine Hat Lodge waterslide passes. Draws were made for Pita Pit, Booster Juice and Big Mac coupons as well as for Tim Horton’s $10 Gift Cards (Sara Rondeau and Tori Doughty), $25 Mall Gift Cards (Chase Hart and Cole Roth) and Cineplex 2 for 1 (Shianne Miller and Jasmin Salmon). The Grand Prizes were a Kindle e-reader won by Jasmin Salmon, who deferred her win to Chase Hart and a mini i-pad won by Sara Rondeau. We would like to thank all of our sponsors this year – Tims Hortons, McDonalds – Pancotto Enterprises Ltd., Eagle Butte High School Chess Club, Booster Juice, Medicine Hat Tigers Hockey Club, Medicine Hat Mavericks Baseball Club and Medicine Hat Lodge. Congratulations to all the participants. Grade 10 and 11 students stay tuned for HIT List 2017-2018 with more great books to read and more great prizes to be won.

Weird Word of the Week – May 29/17

Posted on May 29, 2017 by sherryanton

PEREGRINATE

[PAIR-uh-gruh-nayt]

to travel especially on foot

“Red Rising”

Posted on May 24, 2017 by sherryanton

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Surprisingly I found this to be a very good read. I’m not usually into futuristic books but did enjoy this one. Think along the lines of The Hunger Games.