Our students are always ready to help out others.
You would think the students and staff of Ecole Monsignor William Irwin School would have been tired after their demonstration of learning and parent/teacher interviews on Thursday night, but they weren't! 
Bright and early Friday morning the students made donations to participate in a Hip Hop Dance to raise money for The Sign of Hope. Kindergarten through grade two took to the dance floor for the first thirty minutes of moving their bodies to touch the minds and spirits of those less fortunate then themselves. Grades three through six were next. If one looked closely into the crowd at either session, they may have even seen an enthusiastic staff member shaking their booty for charity!
The morning of vigorous dancing sure worked up an appetite, so it was a good thing it was also our third Hot Soup Day. Friday, November 26th's Healthy Hot lunch featured a favourite recipe of parent volunteer Mr. Haughian. Give it a try, the students loved it!
1 whole rotisserie chicken, meat removed
3 litres of chicken stock
4 stalks of celery, sliced
6 medium carrots peeled and sliced
1 cup of frozen peas
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
3 cinnamon sticks
1/2 cup of lemon juice
1tsp. black pepper
1tsp. salt
2 cups noodles ( soba noodles preferred)
Boil 5 cups of salted water. Add broken noodles to water and reduce heat to medium high. Cook noodles for 8 minutes, strain and set aside. Bring chicken stock to a boil. Add lemon juice and cinnamon sticks to the broth ad continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks and discard. Add chicken meat, carrots, celery, peas parsley, salt and pepper. Cook soup on medium heat for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add noodles to bowls and pour soup over noodles.
This is Mr. Haughian and his daughters Cidney and Chloe.
The Soup Days rely heavily on volunteers to prepare, serve and and clean up. The students of Monsignor William Irwin greatly appreciate the effort and love put into creating a delicious hot meal for them. It isn't just the food that is appreciated but the dedication to building a strong and caring school community. Here are only a few of the volunteers that make this initiative work.
Parents and Grandparents work side by side to make the nutritious lunch.
From morning until noon volunteers work together in various parts of the school to provide a pot of soup and sides for the meal. These volunteers have set up in the art room.
Each month 5 different students are selected from each class to help prepare a part of the hot lunch, but not before washing up!
These students are creating fruit kebabs for the dessert portion of the lunch.
Fridays balanced lunch menu; Chicken noodle soup, baby carrots, a fruit kebab and a yogurt tube.
Matthew and Michael love when their mom volunteers at school.
Thank you to each and every volunteer!
Yum! Great post..and that soup looks like it was so good! What a fun week at school.
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