Walkathon Pledge Forms

*Check your child's backpack for this year's Walkathon pledge forms

*Lego person colouring contest: The winner will have their Lego person made into a full size adult costume

*Sunday Gospel duotang: students can finish their Gospel colouring page and do the activity pages following. Please return on Monday

*Library books are due Monday

*Reminder, early dismissal on Wednesdays @ 2pm and this Friday, there is no school.

Friday reminders

*Mass @ 9am so all students should be in their full uniform (including red sweater or vest)

*Photo Day tomorrow (individual photos and class photo)

*Walkathon Assembly in gym: tomorrow @ 230pm

*Students chose library books (1 book/each student) on Tuesday and were sent home in a white bag. Please return their books Monday.

*Reminder: No School Friday, Sept 27th

Today I explained and we practiced the final type of emergency (last week, we discussed fire and earthquake drill)- the lockdown 'safety' drill. I wanted to keep it simple and not go into too much detail about the different situations that may precipitate a lockdown drill. As an example, I explained how a teacher, my friend, at a local Langley school, experienced a lockdown drill last week when a staff member spotted a cougar in the area. All of the students had to stay inside until the principal deemed the area safe.

Tomorrow, students will be taking their Sunday Gospel (yellow) duo-tang home; please return them on Monday. Each Friday, I will explain the upcoming Sunday Gospel and the students will have a colouring sheet and an activity sheet to share with you.

Terry Fox Walk today

Remember to bring in your coin donations (any amount is great-our bucket is getting full!) for our annual Terry Fox Walk this afternoon. We begin in the gym at 1:30 pm, with a short video on Terry, and begin walking shortly after.

If you arrive at school and it is raining...

Students are allowed into the school, through the main entrance, and can stay in the classroom until the bell rings. They are asked to do a quiet activity like reading books or puzzles. Parents, please stay and supervise your child until Mrs. Palha or I are in the classroom-we have staff prayer at 8:30am every morning.

Also, remember to send your child with a jacket as we do go outside for recess at least twice a day.

Thanks!

Terry Fox Walk and Ice Cream Party

We will be having our Terry Fox Walk this Wednesday, September 18th starting with an assembly, in the gym, at 1:30pm. Our students will be sitting with their buddies and then walking around the track (once around for primary students).

Each class is asked to bring in coins to fill their class ice-cream bucket. The class with the bucket filled the highest will win an ice cream party so bring in all your donations by Wednesday! 

Students should be prepared to walk rain or shine! 

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Thanks!

First full week of Kindergarten...done!

We had a busy week last week with PE (taught by Mr. Klaponski, Mrs. Pistrin and Mr. Walters!), Music with Mrs. Mar and other Kindergarten class and Computers with Mr. Sutton for the first time, making applesauce with the other K class on Thursday and buddies on Friday afternoon.

*Reminder that on gym days (M/W/F), students can wear their gym uniforms underneath their school uniforms to ease changing

*Scholastic orders are due tomorrow-please send in order forms with cheque (no cash!)

*Wednesday will be our Terry Fox Walk in the afternoon-we begin with a video in the gym @ 1:30 and walk around our school track (rain or shine!)

*Photo Day on Friday: Please send in your order form and I will give them out to the students right before our photo time (no specific time yet)

*This week begins our Star of the Week program
-every Friday, I choose a student who will be the Star of the Week and they take home a sheet to fill out about their favourite colour, hobbies, food, etc. They may also bring 1 or 2 toys to show the class on Monday
-they will get to be my special helper for the week (for calendar, bringing down the attendance book, first in the line up, etc)
-on Friday, the Star of the Week will bring home a personalized book, created by the class

*Also this week, we begin Science with Mrs.Saharchuk and Socials with Mrs. Olaybal and then a combined class of American Sign Language (ASL) by Mrs. Saharchuk and French with Mrs. Olaybal

Thanks for all the donations of egg cartons, newspapers, paint brushes and paint shirts-still looking for sour cream containers with lids and yogurt containers!