Day 2- Gym Strip Day!

Due to the continued heat, students can wear their gym strip tomorrow (Fri)! Remember there is Mass @ 9am and we will be sitting with our buddies. Please join us if you are able.

Thanks!

Message from CCS's Parent Fundraising Group (PFG)

The Walkathon is on October 11th this year, and the PFG will be looking for a number of volunteers for different jobs on the day of the event.  A sign up sheet with more information will be coming home soon!

The next PFG meeting will be held on Monday, September 16th, at 7pm, in the Cenacle Room in the Parish Centre.  They are still looking for volunteers to complete their executive committee:

• The Co-Chair is responsible for arranging PEC meetings, and carries out the Chair's duties in their absence.
• The Volunteer Coordinator communicates with Parent Reps and the Family Service Coordinator to find and organize volunteers for PFG events.

They are also looking for two Parent Representatives from each class.  Parent Reps liaise with the teacher and class parents regarding fundraising efforts, and help the Volunteer Coordinator recruit volunteers for PFG events.

Joining the PFG is a great way to fulfill your family service commitment (not including the mandatory maintenance hours) for the year.  For more information, please attend the meeting, or email: fundraising@ccsunited.ca

Tomorrow is Gym Strip Day!

Because of the hot weather, students are allowed to wear their gym strip as their uniform. Sorry for the late notice!

Geraldine

Back to School BBQ yesterday

It was a pleasure to see many of you yesterday at the BBQ-what a great way to begin the school year! If you weren't able to attend, I've sent the Kindergarten package home today in your child's blue folder.

*Some parents have been asking about changing after gym and yes, students need to change back into their school uniform afterwards, however, if it is very hot (like today) I will ask them to remove their gym shirt underneath.

*We have been practicing the procedures for fire drill and earthquake drill this week-we want them to remember how important it is to remain quiet and listen to the teacher for instructions.

*Yesterday the students had a lice check from our 'lice checkers' and some students were confused about what they were doing. They used popsicle sticks to inspect the hair.

* Photo Day on Friday, Sept 20th. Send in your forms and I will hold onto them. 

*Tomorrow morning, students will be chopping up their apples, grinding it in the mill and tasting their apple sauce in the afternoon

*Terry Fox Walk is Wed, Sept 18th

*Scholastic and Chirp Book Orders were sent home-please consider purchasing your books through these companies as our classroom benefits from free books rewards.

*Items for our classroom: I'm in need of the following
-empty yogurt containers
-paper egg cartons
-empty sour cream containers
-newspapers
-t-shirts that can be used for paint shirts
-paint brushes

Thanks!

Safety at the Crosswalk

There were many notices sent home today and one very important one is regarding safety for our students by using the crosswalk. This notice highlights the traffic flow and available parking spots. There will always be a staff member who will be at the crosswalk before and after school so please use it!

Photo day is Friday, September 20th and the ordering sheet was sent home today. Once you fill it out, please send it back in and I will hold onto it until the date.

Our theme this week is apples and we are asking students to bring an apple in tomorrow. We will be studying the different types of apples and will be making our own apple sauce on Thursday that they can sample. Please send an apple by Tues or latest Wed.

I hope to see all of you at tomorrow's Back to School BBQ 5:30-7:30pm...it will be a great opportunity to meet other families in our class. Did you know that there are 12 new families in our class of 20 students? There will be a package to pick up that outlines information about your student's year in Kindergarten so come by our classroom to pick them up (they will be labelled with your family name).

Tomorrow we will be going to Library with Mrs. Mahussier and we will be choosing 2 books to bring home and read for the week. Check your child's backpack tomorrow for their library book bags!

See you tomorrow!

Will you join us for the Food Bank Mass tomorrow?

There will be a Food bank Mass every first Friday of the month. Students are welcome to bring in $1 instead of a non-perishable food item which will be donated to the food bank. We will be sitting with our Grade 5/6 buddies (on the left side beside the choir) whom we met today and visited the Church for a short prayer. Just a reminder that students need to be in full uniform tomorrow for Mass-please make sure they have their red sweater/vest.

Just a reminder to bring in a family photo, water bottle, Kleenex box, extra shorts, socks & underwear, blanket/towel and stuffie- next week, we will be having quiet time so it would be great if all students had a blanket/towel to lie on.

Today we had a short visit from Father Anthony who showed the students a relic of St. Dina, a Saint from Quebec.

Luke brought in chocolate chip cookies to celebrate his birthday (Sept 3rd)  and Evan brought (peanut free) chocolate cupcakes to celebrate all the new friends he had made in our class! Yummy!

Please check your child's backpack for the Meet the Staff BBQ and the Hot Lunch order forms.

See you tomorrow!

Back to School BBQ & Hot Lunch

Sorry everyone, I was not able to give out the Meet the Staff BBQ forms nor the Hot Lunch forms for October/Walkathon forms today-they will be coming home tomorrow (in the notice folder.) The office have asked the both forms to be returned by Friday, Sept 6th but Monday will still be okay.

Next Tuesday, September 10th from 530-730pm is the Meet the Staff BBQ and is a wonderful opportunity to meet with staff and to introduce yourselves to others you have not yet met. Also, it is a great family event that will introduce new families to our amazing CCS community! There will be a package of (further) Kindergarten information that you may pick up in our classroom (labelled with your child's name) during that night.

The students really enjoyed going to PE with Mr. Klaponski (aka Mr. K) and enjoyed playing relay games!Tomorrow, we will be meeting our Grade 5/6 buddies from Sister Mary Bethany's class for the first time!

See you all Thursday!