The Grade 10 girls double team consisting of Meghan Lybeck and Haley Enns of Medstead Central School had an amazing season of badminton play. The girls placed first at Conferences, Districts and Regionals to qualify for Provincials in Melfort. At Provincials they capped off their undefeated season by defeating Saskatoon Bishop Mahoney 21-18, 21-16 to win the gold medal. The girls were defending champions after having won gold last year in Grade 9. The badminton team is coached by Brian Crawley.
Donny Parenteau made a stop at Spiritwood High school May 9th on his “It Starts With A Dream” tour, which was sponsored by both CUPE and the Gabriel Dumont Institute. The tour stops at 15 different schools across the province of Saskatchewan. Parenteau gave an inspirational talk that covered topics from goal setting and dreams, to finishing school and the importance of education to issues related to bullying. He drew on examples from his own life experiences in these areas in order to give perspective to the students, and to show what is possible to achieve through perseverance and determination. He also encouraged dialogue between the students regarding goal setting and bullying, bringing some students up to the front to talk about their plans for the future.