Sunday, August 28, 2016

Day 280- Dec. 29- Maxime Lalande

 Maxime Lalande. Gym Teacher. Goalie. Dance Freak and all around nice guy. Maxime arrived in GR when the gym teacher left suddenly for another job a couple weeks into the school year. Times flies though, and I can barely remember the school without him!

Maxime took gym class to the next level, his openness to the students, his willingness to go above and beyond to make fitness fun has made a good impact on our students. He keeps a lot of variety going, but two of the events that I believe are his highlights would be the UFHL (Ulluriaq Floor Hockey League), which has a draft by captains, a primary and secondary division, and a website to follow the statistics of each player during the regular season and championships. Both he and the students take it VERY seriously and are dedicated every week to the games. The second event that I really like that Maxime hosts is the annual school wide Inuit Games event. I love watching the students proudly trying their best to compete and taking their efforts very seriously!


Maxime is more than just a dedicated teacher, he's got a pretty good sense of humour and awesome taste in music. He has built up my self-esteem and music collection as a result of his perpetual praise every time I choose the songs at our staff dance parties. I like his taste in music, so I've really benefited that way from our friendship! I'm happy to know this guy.

Song of the Moment: Flowerchild by Coleman Hell

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