Happy first of the month everyone! It's nice to have a month of school behind us already. We've accomplished a lot already; teachers have completed initial diagnostics and their programming is well on the way. We just completed our CTBS testing with grades 3-8 and we should have the results back shortly. All Spring EQAO scores were sent home this week.
A couple of people have asked me why we have a shorter recess this year. This year we have a 10 minute a.m. and p.m. recess for our grades 1-6 students. This has changed from last year's 15 minutes because this is the first year that teachers receive 200 minutes of prep time in the week. Every year the staff revisit the day schedule to accommodate prep time, mandatory recess for 1-6 (the intermediates have an indoor snack break in the morning), 300 minutes of instruction, a lunch and a 2 minute interval time between intermediate classes. There aren't a lot of options to play with when completing this exercise, but even though the recess is shorter, it is great to get the kids outside playing.
We are so excited to be participating in the Terry Fox Run today; we are hoping that it doesn't rain. We also are saying goodbye to our grade 7 students. We hope they have a great time at Albion Hills. Today our junior boys softball team is at Swansea for a tournament. Good Luck!
The month looks very busy:
Student Council Elections continue
Safety Reps begin planning October Character Development: Responsibility
Early Voting for Elections Canada: This Friday, Saturday and Monday-Gym
7th-Cross Country Meet
8th-Junior Girls Softball Tournament
10th-Elections Canada
13th-Happy Thanksgiving
14th-Elections Canada; Ms. Malobabic's class going to comic book workshop
15th-Cross Country Meet; Spec Ed-IEPs sent home to parents
16th-Acorn Morning-Students will be making cards for a Parent Council Fundraising Activity
16th-School Bus Safety Presentations
17th-Sharing Assemblies
20th-Grade 7 Hep B shots and Grade 8 HPV; Parent Council @ 7:30 p.m.
22nd-Cross Country Finals
31st-Hallowe'en
The football dates will be updated later.
