Thank you very much to the PIP Committee and all the parent and student volunteers for devoting their time to a successful Spring Tea on Saturday. The event seemed to run very smoothly and everyone enjoyed the food and the vendors. A great job was done by all!!!
Last Thursday, April 22 was Earth Day and all of the students in the school spent some time outside picking up garbage on the school grounds and in the neighbourhood. Thank you to all the students and everyone who are working on protecting our earth.
ELA & Religion--The students are reading Tuck Everlasting and are enjoying it. They are working through the book reading orally in class, completing questions, vocabulary and meeting in Literature Circles for discussion. We will be watching the movie once we are done reading. I will be sending home a permission slip as it is rated PG.
Math--The Grade 7s have completed Adding and Subtracting Integers and will be having a test and completing some projects on this topic. The Grade 8s have completed Ch. 8 on Multiplying and Dividing Integers and will be starting Ch. 9 on Linear Relations. They will be bring home a test to sign today.
Social Studies--The students researched a particular group of people and presented information on that group to the class.
Science--We are finishinhg learning about tides and then moving on to the 1997 Flood.
French--We worked on various vocabulary and grammar through sentence writing.
Important Dates:
April 30--Shops
May 1--Cheesecake Cafe at Beautiful Saviour Lutheran Church
May 17--Volunteer Appreciation Lunch 12:00-1:00
May 21--No School--Professional Development Day
Have a great week!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Weekly Update April 19
What a beautiful weekend! Hope everyone got outside to enjoy the weather!
The PIP Committee is looking for student volunteers to help serve at the Spring Tea on April 24th. Permission forms went home two weeks ago and very few have come back. If you can commit to a time session on Saturday, please send the form back to the school or email me and I'll send another one home to complete. Parent volunteers would be greatly appreciated as well. The sign up sheet is on the PIP bulletin board.
ELA & Religion--The students have started reading Tuck Everlasting and seem to be really enjoying it. They have had one Literature Circle meeting and have completed questions and vocabulary words.
Math--The Grade 7s are completing a short chapter on Adding and Subtracting Integers. They should finish by the end of the week. The Grade 8s are completing Ch. 8 on Multiplying and Dividing Integers with a test this week.
Social Studies--The students began a new unit on Maya, Aztecs and Incas. Students looked up information from text books together./
Science--We are finishinhg learning about tides and then moving on to the 1997 Flood.
French--We worked on various vocabulary and grammar through sentence writing.
Important Dates:
April 19--Book Orders Due
April 20--PIP Meeting @ 7:00--executive required for next year
April 22--Booster Juice Lunch
April 22--Shops
April 23--No School, Professional Development Day
April 24--Spring Tea, 10:30--2:30
April 30--Shops
Have a great week!
The PIP Committee is looking for student volunteers to help serve at the Spring Tea on April 24th. Permission forms went home two weeks ago and very few have come back. If you can commit to a time session on Saturday, please send the form back to the school or email me and I'll send another one home to complete. Parent volunteers would be greatly appreciated as well. The sign up sheet is on the PIP bulletin board.
ELA & Religion--The students have started reading Tuck Everlasting and seem to be really enjoying it. They have had one Literature Circle meeting and have completed questions and vocabulary words.
Math--The Grade 7s are completing a short chapter on Adding and Subtracting Integers. They should finish by the end of the week. The Grade 8s are completing Ch. 8 on Multiplying and Dividing Integers with a test this week.
Social Studies--The students began a new unit on Maya, Aztecs and Incas. Students looked up information from text books together./
Science--We are finishinhg learning about tides and then moving on to the 1997 Flood.
French--We worked on various vocabulary and grammar through sentence writing.
Important Dates:
April 19--Book Orders Due
April 20--PIP Meeting @ 7:00--executive required for next year
April 22--Booster Juice Lunch
April 22--Shops
April 23--No School, Professional Development Day
April 24--Spring Tea, 10:30--2:30
April 30--Shops
Have a great week!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Weekly Update April 11
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. McCrea on the birth of their baby boy. I have no other details yet but will email with the exact information when I have it!!! We thank God for his long awaited arrival and hope all are well!!!
The Team Building Retreat went very well this week and the students all seemed to enjoy it. They especially enjoyed lunch! A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Woo and Mrs. Katyrynuik for preparing, serving, and cleaning up our taco lunch. Another huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Young for doing a fabulous job facilitating the retreat.
The students also enjoying a presentation put on by Crew Ministries on Thursday afternoon this week. They all participated and had fun with the songs and skits.
Show and Save Books were due on Friday. If you have not returned your sample book and/or your order, please do so on Monday so that we can complete this fundraising project as soon as possible.
ELA & Religion--The students have been working on persuasive paragraph writing. We reviewed Literacy Circles and will be starting a class novel, Tuck Everlasting. We visited Mrs. Butterfield's Kindergarten class and read our Children's Bible Stories to them. They all enjoyed having the "big kids" read to them. In Religion we have talked extensively about intellectual and emotional thinking/believing in terms of religion.
Math--The Grade 7s are finishing their chapter on Circles and will have a test on Tuesday. The Grade 8s completed Ch.7 on Volume and wrote a test on Friday. They will be starting Ch. 8 on Integers.
Social Studies--The students worked on an assignment comparing primary and secondary sources of information.
Science--We are working on contour maps, then tides and floods.
French--We worked on various spring and easter vocabulary activities.
Important Dates:
April 14--Shops
April 22--Shops
April 23--No School, Professional Development Day
April 24--Spring Tea
April 30--Shops
The Team Building Retreat went very well this week and the students all seemed to enjoy it. They especially enjoyed lunch! A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Woo and Mrs. Katyrynuik for preparing, serving, and cleaning up our taco lunch. Another huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Young for doing a fabulous job facilitating the retreat.
The students also enjoying a presentation put on by Crew Ministries on Thursday afternoon this week. They all participated and had fun with the songs and skits.
Show and Save Books were due on Friday. If you have not returned your sample book and/or your order, please do so on Monday so that we can complete this fundraising project as soon as possible.
ELA & Religion--The students have been working on persuasive paragraph writing. We reviewed Literacy Circles and will be starting a class novel, Tuck Everlasting. We visited Mrs. Butterfield's Kindergarten class and read our Children's Bible Stories to them. They all enjoyed having the "big kids" read to them. In Religion we have talked extensively about intellectual and emotional thinking/believing in terms of religion.
Math--The Grade 7s are finishing their chapter on Circles and will have a test on Tuesday. The Grade 8s completed Ch.7 on Volume and wrote a test on Friday. They will be starting Ch. 8 on Integers.
Social Studies--The students worked on an assignment comparing primary and secondary sources of information.
Science--We are working on contour maps, then tides and floods.
French--We worked on various spring and easter vocabulary activities.
Important Dates:
April 14--Shops
April 22--Shops
April 23--No School, Professional Development Day
April 24--Spring Tea
April 30--Shops
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Weekly Update April 3
Happy Easter!
The Team Building Retreat at Beautiful Saviour Lutheran Church has been re-scheduled for April 7. The students will leave after chapel time at the school. Transportation will be arranged. If you would like to pick up your child from the church at the end of the day, please let myself or the school know and that can be arranged. They students will be transported back to the school at the end of the day for dismissal. Attached is the permission slip for the Retreat. Please print it, fill it out and return it with the students on Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Thank-you!
A couple of parents in the grade 7/8 classroom have decided to make a lunch for the students while at the retreat. We are going to serve taco's (same as used for the fundraiser for Haiti). We will provide everything for this lunch which includes beverage and dessert, the cost is $5.00 per person. Money will be collected the morning of the retreat.
Important Dates:
April 5--No School
April 6--Return to School, Shops
April 7--Team Building Retreat @ Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, (Lunch costs $5.00)
April 8--1:00, Tirsah of Crew Ministries Performs at BSLS
April 9--Show and Save Due
April 23--No School, Professional Development Day
April 24--Spring Tea
The Team Building Retreat at Beautiful Saviour Lutheran Church has been re-scheduled for April 7. The students will leave after chapel time at the school. Transportation will be arranged. If you would like to pick up your child from the church at the end of the day, please let myself or the school know and that can be arranged. They students will be transported back to the school at the end of the day for dismissal. Attached is the permission slip for the Retreat. Please print it, fill it out and return it with the students on Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Thank-you!
A couple of parents in the grade 7/8 classroom have decided to make a lunch for the students while at the retreat. We are going to serve taco's (same as used for the fundraiser for Haiti). We will provide everything for this lunch which includes beverage and dessert, the cost is $5.00 per person. Money will be collected the morning of the retreat.
Important Dates:
April 5--No School
April 6--Return to School, Shops
April 7--Team Building Retreat @ Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, (Lunch costs $5.00)
April 8--1:00, Tirsah of Crew Ministries Performs at BSLS
April 9--Show and Save Due
April 23--No School, Professional Development Day
April 24--Spring Tea
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