Branton Junior High School News
This spring has been a time for celebration at Branton Junior High.
MUSIC NEWS:
Our Grades seven, eight, and nine bands received a Superior rating at the Kiwanis Music Festival. Superior is the highest rating a band can receive. Due to the band's success, Jacquie Baird our band conductor, dyed her hair a unique colour for the year-end concert. It was held at William Aberhart High School on May 26th.
A Kiwanis Music Festival representative visited Branton Junior High a few weeks ago with astonishing news. Our grade seven band was awarded the Superior Band Performance, Concert Band Level 1, Calgary Kiwanis Festival Medal. In other words, Branton Junior High's grade seven band won the overall Grade seven band performance at the festival!
Our Band Conductor, Ms. Baird, was presented with the George Lotzenhieser Medal for overall Best Band Conductor at the Kiwanis Music Festival.
Kudos go to Ms. Baird and all of her band students!
SPORTS NEWS:
May 11 was Track Meet Day for Branton Junior High.The day was bright and sunny, but cool. It was perfect weather for the track athletes. The schools that participated in this meet were Montgomery Junior High, F.E. Osborne Junior High, T.B. Riley Junior High, H.D. Cartwright Junior High and Branton Junior High.
The Branton students represented their school exceptionally well by winning the following pennants:
Junior girls 1st Place
Intermediate Girls 1st Place
Senior Girls 1st place
Overall Girls 1st Place
Overall School 1st Place
The boys' teams placed third and contributed to the overall school pennant. The difference between 1st and 3rd place between the overall schools was only 9 points - an unbelievably tight finish. Congratulations to all of the athletes and to the many coaches who spent long hours getting ready for the event.
