Friday, October 17, 2014

Friday, October 17, 2014

I'd like to extend a big thank you to Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Fuda, Mrs. Moorhead, Mrs. Keogh, Mrs. Riach, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Clarke for organizing our wonderful Welcome Wagon yesterday. It was a big hit and I especially loved the goats and Beaver Tails!

As I am writing this, our school is being cleaned up after last night's rainstorm. Mrs. Norton's office, library and upstairs computer lab was flooded.  The task force is here helping Mr. Kalinowski, our caretaker, deal with the water and others will be coming to look at the damaged equipment, including the roof.  

As many of you know our grade 3- 8 students write the Canadian Test of Basic Skills (CTBS), a standardized test, in the fall and spring. The teachers use the scores as part as their diagnotistcs throughout the year. I'll talk about this at the next Parent Council meeting, but the following is a brief summary of the results. The scores are grade equivalent and reflect reading, language and math respectively: 

Grade 3: 3-9, 4-3, 3-9
Grade 4: 6-1, 6-0, 6-4
Grade 5: 7-2, 7-4, 8-0
Grade 6: 7-6, 9-9, 8-7
Grade 7: 9-0, 10-5, 11-0
Grade 8: 10-1, 12-0, 12-6

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Get your sweaters out....

October 2014
20th-Officer Rich visits grade 1 and 2 
23-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly; Jr Boys Softball 
24-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
27-Parent Council; Cross-Country City Finals; Elections in the gym 
28-Photo Retakes
29th-Terry Fox Celebration Assembly 
30-Parent Interview Bookings Begin; Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Gibson visit Outdoor Ed Centre 
31-Hallowe’en Parade

November 2014
6-Parent Interview Booking Closed
10-Report Cards Go Home
11-Remembrance Day Assembly
12-“Grow Assembly”
14-PA Day
21-Kindie Sharing Assembly
24-Parent Council Meeting
25-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly

December 2014
5-PA Day
12-Kindie Sharing Assembly
16-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
22-Holidays Begin

January 2015
5-School Begins
19-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m 
23-PA Day
27-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
28-Kindie Sharing Assembly
29-Parent On-Line Interview Bookings Open

February 2015
5-Parent On-Line Booking Closed
9-Report Cards Go Home
10 and 11-Kindergarten Registration
13-PA Day
16-Family Day
19-Kindie Sharing Assembly
20-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
23-Parent Council meeting @ 7:00 p.m.

March 2015
16-20-March Break
24-Kindie Sharing Assembly
27-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
30-Parent Council meeting @ 7:00 p.m.

April 2015
3 and 6-Good Friday and Easter Monday
20-Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m
21-Kindie Sharing Assembly
28-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly

May 2015
18-Victoria Day
20-Kindie Sharing Assembly
25-Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m
27-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly

June 2015
5-PA Day
12-Grade 8 Graduation
15-19-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
17-Kindie Sharing Assembly
19-Grade 1-7 Sharing Assembly
24-Report Cards Go Home
25-Day 0; Student Assembly; Lunch on Lawn