North Street Elementary Students Will Enjoy Recess More This Year

North Street Elementary School students will enjoy recess more this year.

"There's more area to play, which is great," Principal Jennifer Mannion said.

"Last year, we used the back fields and the structure when the weather was favorable. When it was wet or snowy, we used the parking lot at the far end of the building. With that parking lot extension, basketball, four square, all those things will be accessible to the kids despite the weather, and it'll be safer. The pieces of the playground are now more accessible.They've added some pieces to the structure, which the kids will be excited about."

Grafton students in Kindergarten to grade nine start school next Tuesday, Sept. 3. Students in pre-Kindergarten and grades 10 to 12 start on Wednesday, Sept. 4.

The North Street Elementary School is in its "second year as a school community," having opened last year, Mannion said.

"Everything still feels big. I think we still feel like we're in transition. It was basically like we had four staffs coming together last year, if you include the office staff. So there was a lot of getting to know each other, getting to know the building, getting to know the families," she recalled.

"I learned that we have an incredible group of people here, and the families of North Street School are amazing. We couldn't have had the success that we had without the persistent, dedicated fun people that we have here, and the support of the families. Because there were zero systems; the school was brand new.

"This year is nice, in that most of the systems have been established. We'll still be adjusting as we go."