September 30th Newsletter

1. JACK STUART SCHOOL
Phone #: 672-0880 Voice Message #: 672-0898
September 30, 2010 Issue #4
Class 3H
Please note: There IS school on
The National Final
Friday, October 8th. Today was the National Final and Bennett was all tired
so I yelled, “CHANGE!” Then Bennett went on the
CLASSROOM NEWS bench. Soon enough I intercepted the puck. I skated as
fast as I could to the other team’s net. Then I was
Kindergarten on a breakaway. I shot and the goalie saved it.
We had a beautiful walk in the valley Then I saw the rebound, and I saw a spot open
yesterday, collecting leaves to make a leaf in the net. I shot and I scored. We shook
mobile in our classroom. We also practiced hands with the other team. Then we won
our cooking skills, making applesauce for our the cup. The cup was ours.
snack. We had some great parent volunteers who By Noah M.
joined us for these activities and who helped My Slurpy
to teach us some colour games. They were: Hi. My name is Emily. I’m eight. I have a little sister
Alicia Dewald, Jen Schneider, Tanya too. I’m going to tell you the funniest story ever! Once I
Germann, Rikki Mulloy, Kristie went to Co-op and got a Slurpy. But
Johnston and Sarah Baker. when I took a sip, my dad told me the
funniest story on Earth. He told me that
Class 1C once a little girl that picked her nose ate
We made tables in Science. It was fun. Moms and dads her boogers! I laughed my head off and
helped us. They turned out good. We talked about all of my drink shot out of my nose and
seasons and about leaves all over the building! It was cold! But
changing color. We learned about that is now the end of my story. Thanks for reading! By
summer and about animals in the Emily V.
seasons. It’s exciting to go to
gym. We liked the applesauce we Parent Volunteers
made. It was good. We followed Susan Kelndorfer, Nicole Woods, Brian Barry, Stacy
directions. We liked cutting the Lofgren, Ellen Ott, Shannon Lemko, Roxanna Inman,
apples. We painted leaves and Cathy Pacholek, Holly McIndoe, Carol Erick, Becky
put them on paper. You can see McCarroll, Susan Brosius, Vera Hampel, Kyla Joyce,
them in the hallway. We learn new letters and new Kim Van Roon, Lynaea Trussler, Mayuko Okada,
words. We like having three recesses. School is fun! Cheryl Rose, Dan Van Roon, Tracy Ness, Jennifer de
Hoog, Greg Joyce, Chad Evasiuk, Levi Hafso, Danielle
Class 2Han by Dylan D. Laing.
We have been learning about
increasing patterns in Math. School Fees
We are writing a letter to At this time, our new Student Information System is not
Mrs. Hanson. In Science we looked at potatoes allowing us to run fee invoices or receipts for money
and bananas to see how heating or cooling changed received. We are hoping to send home invoices
them. We are printing the alphabet in L.A. We are sometime in October and the fees will not be due until
almost done. My favourite subject is gym because you sometime after that. Thank you for your patience.
get to play games.
Class 2Hop by Cody B.
I enjoy gym class. I like TV
Tag and Doctor Dodgeball.
We are studying magnets in
Science class. We sit on the
mat in the morning and have
news. I like being back in
school with my friends.

2. Terry Fox Run by Mr. Nelson
Staff Changes by Mrs. Sommer Any donations and collections need to be
You’ll notice some new faces on our staff si
ces since the brought in to the school by Wednesday,
Wednesday
beginning of September. One change is in the library. October 6th. Shoelaces will be on sale until
laces
Ms. Angela Hanson will be filling in as library tech until that date or until they are sold out,
out
Mrs. Bilyk returns from her medical leave. We welcome whichever comes first. Thank you for
Ms. Hanson and are very grateful to Mrs. Schultz who supporting such a worthwhile cause! We
helped keep things rolling in the meantime. Mrs. Schultz
ep hope to achieve our school goal of raising
will continue to volunteer in the library on a regular $1,000 to help support the Terry Fox
000
basis. In the Elementary Learning Centre (ELC) we Foundation.
welcome Mrs. Laurel Donohue who will be substituting
for Mrs. McLennan until after Christmas. Mrs.
McLennan is off work having a knee replacement and
nnan Parent Information Night
arent
then recuperating from the surgery. Best wishes to both
BRSD's New Healthy Eating Policy
Mrs. Bilyk and Mrs. McLennan.
Wednesday, October 13th @ 7:00 pm
JSS Classroom 5/6 C
Important Dates
October 6 Parent Meeting – Effective School
Councils – 7:00 pm in Classroom 5/6
00
October 11 Thanksgiving – No School
October 12 School-based PD – No Students
based
October 13 Parent Information Night – 7:00 pm in
Classroom 5/6C
October 19 Staff Meeting – Noon Dismissal
** Next Newsletter October 14, 2010
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Parent Council Notes by Tracey Woods
We had our first meeting of the year and a new board
has been elected:
Chairperson – Arron Befus
Vice Chair – Leevi Hafso
Treasurer – Danielle Laing
Secretary – Nicole Woods
Our next Parent Council meeting will be Wed
Wednesday,
November 17th @ 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to
veryone
attend.
We still need some volunteers to take the rec
recycling in
for Green Club this year. Please contact Tracey if you
lease
are willing to help out at tl-woods@hotmail.com or
woods@hotmail.com
608-1242.
We will be hosting a presentation on "Effective School
Councils" on Wednesday, October 6th @ 7 pm. I will
It
be one hour long and is located in the grade 5/6C room.
If you would like to attend please RSVP to Tracey by
Monday, October 4th.