We celebrated the holidays with our final kindergarten concert on Tuesday night. Thanks to all relatives and friends who came to see the singing and chanting! They certainly put us in the festive mood! Thanks to the kindergarten staff for working a little extra with the kids to get them prepared.
Today, the grade 6-8 students had a great time at the dance and the "candy grams" were delivered from the grade 8 students. The funds from the the candy canes will go towards their Quebec trip. On the fundraising note, the bake sale raised around $1300.00 for Sleeping Children and the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund. Congratulations to all the students involved in any fundraising efforts this past month. Your enthusiasm is inspiring!
This week we had Officer Keith visit numerous classrooms. He covered a variety of topics with the kids: Elmer Safety (Kindergarten), Bullying (Grade 4), Personal Safety (Grade 2), Internet Safety (Grade 5) and Substance Abuse (Grade 6). Later, he will continue to visit our middle school.
We also had the pleasure of hosting an artist from Artist to Go. Landscape art was created in Mrs. Adair's, Mrs. Young's, Mrs. Gibson's and Dr. de Braga's classes (focusing on Group of Seven). They were absolutely fabulous! Every class will have the opportunity to work with an artist at some stage over the next six months.
Tomorrow we will host our final carol singing at 9:00 a.m. It should prove to be a good send off to the holidays!
Thank you for a great first term! We are very proud of the students' accomplishments, both in and outside the classroom. They should be very happy with themselves. Have a great holiday everyone and we will see you back on the 5th.
