Thank you John!

Thank you to John Banovich for coming on Tuesday and giving a great presentation on being a film director to both  K classes. The students were excited to see the footage of a bear in the wild - many of them shared their own bear encounter stories!

Notice from PFG reps for KO

Letter Qq & Popcorn Day

 Please check your child's homework folder for the following:

1. February calendar
2. Speech Arts notice
3. Sunday Gospel: Since the yellow duo-tang is getting too full, I have sent the old Sunday Gospel's home

Goat update! We are only $10 away from our class being able to purchase a goat - please send in any donations by the end of this week. We are trying to help a Grade 5 student going to Nairobi, Kenya with her family for a Me to We trip.

This week's schedule

 -Tues, Jan 28th Mr. Banovich's (film director) presentation
-Wed, Jan 29th: Popcorn Day $0.50 each (limit 2) & Hot Lunch
-Thurs, Jan 30th Mr. Markowsky's (computer programmer) presentation
-Fri, Jan 31st I will be sending home info about the 100 Day project, class list for Valentine's 

Another big thanks!

On Thursday, Mr. Pregil explained his job as a registered nurse in the emergency department. He reminded us of the importance of good hand washing and the use of the emergency number 911. The students were excited to see how the stethoscope works and receive a band-aid afterwards.

Yesterday afternoon, all of the Kindergarten students listened to Mrs. Baptista's presentation on germs, hand washing and immunizations. Mrs. Lemire, Mrs. Olaybal and Mrs. Lewis' hands were inspected under the black light for germs - even adults need reminders on good hand washing techniques!

 

Stayin' Alive!

Get your Auction tickets quick!

Tickets for the 70's themed Stayin' Alive fundraiser, being held on March 1st, 2014, go on sale this week! Get yours for the early bird price of $25 per ticket until January 31st. From February 1st, tickets are $30 each.

We are also looking for volunteers to work at our event. Don't forget all hours spent helping us out count towards your Family Service commitment. 

 

Goats

 

Goats

On Monday afternoon Faith Benko, a Grade 5 CCS student, shared with the school her upcoming mission trip, with her family, to Kenya over spring break. She has challenged each class to raise $50 - which is the price of a goat! A goat is a great source of food supply and its products can be easily sold at markets. So....please send it any donations (coins are welcome) for this challenge. 

More information about Me to We can be found http://www.metowe.com/

Fort Langley and Firefighter Presentations

A big thanks to our first two parent presentations! Yesterday, Mrs. Banovich came dressed in 1800's clothing and shared lots of information about the Fort Langley historic site, trading, furs and gold panning. The students were excited to touch furs made out of a beaver, an otter and even a wolf!  She also gave each student a Fort Langley colouring book, storehouse craft, a free child's admission ticket and top hat (parents assembly required).

 

If you would like to visit Fort Langley, there is a Vive les Voyageurs Winter Festival happening this weekend, Sat. Jan 25 & 26th. Here is a link for more information http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/activ/activ2014.aspx#voyageurs

This morning we had Mr. Devine who shared information about his job as a firefighter. We learned about fire safety, emergency number 911 and clothing that firefighters wear to fight fires. The highlight was that students were able to try on the oxygen mask and show us their stop-drop-and roll! Great job students! I even tried to carry the oxygen tank - boy, that was heavy! Thanks again Firefighter Kevin for bringing us firefighter hats, tattoos and information booklets about fire safety at home!