CLANDONALD May 2, 2019 SCHOOL Clandonald Schoolclandonald.btps.ca/documents/newsletters/May 2019.pdf · May 28—Polka Dot Day May 29– Hot Lunch May 30—Outdoor Movie Night May

Clandonald School

Box 710

Clandonald AB

T0B 0X0

(780)853-2122

May 2, 2019

DATES TO REMEMBER

May 3—Kids Connection

May 3—Seniors Hot Lunch

May 6—Hot Lunch

May 6—Bus Driver Appreciation

May 7—Gr. 6 PAT Exam—LA Writing

May 7—VIBE Mental Health Art Gala

May 8—Hot Lunch

May 9—Hot Breakfast

May 9—VIBE Coach lunch with Gr. 6 students

May 10—No School

May 13– Brighter Beginnings

May 13—Hot Lunch

May 15—Hot Lunch

May 16—No School

May 17—No School

May 20—No School (Victoria Day)

May 22—Hot Lunch

May 23—Patrice’s Game Day

May 24—Hot Lunch

May 27—Brighter Beginnings

May 27—Hot Lunch

May 28—Polka Dot Day

May 29– Hot Lunch

May 30—Outdoor Movie Night

May 31—Hot Lunch

June 3—Hot Lunch

June 3—Cree Drum Making with Building

Bridges

June 3—School Council Mtg. 7pm

June 5—Assembly (2:40 pm)

June 5—Hot Lunch

June 6—Elementary Track and Field

June 7—Senior Hot Lunch

June 10—Alt. Elementary Track and Field

June 10—Brighter Beginnings

June 10—Hot Lunch

June 11—Gr. 6 PAT Exam—Social

June 12—Hot Lunch

June 13—Hot Breakfast

June 13—Gr. 6 PAT Exam—LA Reading

June 14—Hot Lunch

June 14—Kids Connection

June 17—Gr. 6 PAT Exam—Science

(Note: Date Change)

June 17—Hot Lunch

June 18 & 19—Grade 4/5/6 Field Trip

Bodo Archaeological Site & Centre

June 19—Hot Lunch

June 21—Hot Lunch

June 24—Gr. 6 PAT Exam—Math

(Note: Date Change)

June 24—Hot Lunch

June 24—Year End and Grade 6 Celebration

June 25— Gr. 1-6 Raft Lake Field Trip

June 26—Hot Lunch

June 27—SAVE THE DATE Last Day of

School/ Report Card Pick Up We are planning

a full day of fun activities and would like to

include all students and parents. More infor-

mation will follow!

Note: Some of these dates may change. The

most current calendar is available on our

school website. Please refer to it for accurate

information or call the school office.

Inside this issue:

Dates to Remember 1

What’s For Lunch? 2

Healthy School News 3

Cougar Passport

Assembly Celebrations

School at a Glance

VIBE

Community/School

News

4

5

6

7,8

9,10

CLANDONALD

SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER Clandonald School:

Educating

Hearts & Minds

@clandonaldskool

Email submissions to

[email protected]

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http://clandonald.btps.ca

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Hot Lunch

Do you forget which lunches your child(ren) signed up for? Click the April Hot Lunch checklist

link for the student checklist. MAY HOT LUNCH STUDENT CHECKLIST

Healthy Active School Initiatives

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May and June Healthy Active School Initiatives

Rethink Your Drink

We are continuing to offer bottled water for students to top off their water bottles throughout the day. Be sure to wash your child’s water bot-tle often with hot, soapy water.

We will be experimenting with infused water. Students will have access to such things as fruits, veggies, herbs, and even flowers to add to their wa-ter. Infused water recipes make getting your daily hydration a breeze and is a great option instead of sugary drinks.

Milk is offered everyday at school. Milk helps your child get enough pro-tein, calcium and Vitamin D.

100% fruit juice has vitamins and minerals, but is high in natural sugars. Kids who drink too much juice may not be hungry to eat healthy meals and snacks and may be at a higher risk for weight gain. Kids should eat their fruit rather than drink it! Limit juice to ½ cup (125) ml per day. Choose drinks labelled 100% fruit juice. Products call “drink”, “punch”, “-ade”, “beverage” or “cocktail” have added sugar and little or no fruit juice.

Consider these 3 things when choosing a drink: Quench Your Thirst

If you have been active or are very thirsty choose a hydrating drink like water. Build Strong Teeth Choose a drink low in sugar and better for your teeth, like milk or water. Fuel Your Body

If you are hungry or missed a snack choose a drink high in vitamins and minerals like milk. - Vitamin water is not recommended for children and youth.

- Energy drinks are high in sugar and caffeine. Energy drinks are not intended for children and youth. Do not give them to kids of any age.

- Sports drinks are made to replace water and minerals lost in sweat. These drinks may be helpful for athletes during intense activities that last more than 1 hour. These drinks are high in sugar and should not be used outside of activity.

Milk Tickets

CHOCOLATE MILK TICKETS (10 tickets/sheet) _________ SHEETS @ $7.50/sheet

WHITE MILK TICKETS (10 tickets/sheet) __________ SHEETS @$7.50/sheet

TOTAL $ ___________ Enclosed STUDENT NAME ______________________________

Cougar Passport

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Through the Cougar Passport program, students are presented with different challenges each month. Students are

divided up into teams and each team has a staff leader. Teams meet each week, Wednesday morning, at snack

time. The challenges and conversations starters encourage academic achievement, character development, com-

munity and global involvement and healthy active choices.

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Assembly Celebrations Thank you, Mrs. Stachniak for hosting the May Assembly.

(BELOW) Students who reached their May Acceler-

ated Reading goal.

(LEFT) Grace

Wyness was the

lucky winner of the

May basket of good-

ies generously donat-

ed by Pat Huxley at

the Clandonald

Country Store.

May Students of the month!!

Congratulations, Ajanae Heinrichs and Jake Oddan

(Above) Rural Crime Watch poster contest award winners. Mone-

tary awards were presented by Mr. Art Lawrence.

Congratulations,

Emily, Lauren, Jack, Cole B, Jake, Cole N, Briggs, Piperr and Harper.

(BELOW) Students reach their year end accelerated

reading goal. L-R Aurora Horton, Briggs Matthews, Jace

Horton, Finnley Harrower

Thank you, Grade 5/6 students, for your kind

messages to our amazing Mom’s.

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School at a Glance

Below: School Spirit Days—Formal Day

Above: Farm Safety Presentation

BTPS Superintendent’s Public Speaking Contest—Congratulations, Trey Nowosad, for moving on from

the school level to compete in the BTPS Superintendent’s Public Speaking contest on April 18. We are

very proud of how you spoke and hope you enjoyed being in the company of many skilled speakers.

Trey—Bottom row fourth from the left.

Above/Below: Patrice’s Game Day—Hoop Games Above/Below: Milk and Cookie Day

Above: Hot Breakfast

Below: Breakfast Smoothies and Muffins

Staff Painting

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VIBE News Jodi Simmonds Vermilion and Area is Being Empowered

The Grade 5/6 students have been exploring the concept of HOPE in VIBE classes. They learned that hope is a way of thinking

about the future and that it involves positivity about what it to come. We usually associate HOPE with big dreams, beliefs, and

expectations about meaningful things in the future. Hope is also impacted by our past experiences and it is attached to behaviors

that we choose that help to move us forward. We talked about when our hope is challenged and things that we can choose to do

to bring hope into our lives and also in to our community. We also talked about hopeful people in our lives and what it is about

them and their behaviors that makes us hopeful. The students wrapped up the program by

designing HOPE flags that you can find on display in the school. They were asked what

represented HOPE to them. You'll see lots of farm symbolism in these flags as well as

items attached to family, pets, music, games, and nature. As a special treat, they also

drafted messages of HOPE to leave for the seniors in the Seniors' Centre. We could all

agree that seniors are some of the most hopeful people we know because they have

had a lot of experiences that they have had to work through. They are great models of

hope for us. Even the most hopeful among us enjoy a little boost every once in a while

so we "hope" that the seniors enjoy these heartfelt notes.

VIBE programming in the classrooms at Clandonald School has wrapped up for this school year. Thank you so much

for inviting me into your classrooms and for sharing your wonderful children with me on Thursdays. I would really like to thank

the staff at Clandonald School for not only being such strong supporters of VIBE and of our work in their school, but also for their

continued commitment to health and wellness for our kids. Clandonald School does so many things to teach students about how

to care for themselves both mentally and physically, but also how to care for others in our community. I truly do feel so fortunate

to be a part of this incredible school environment so thank you to parents, staff and especially students for welcoming me so

wholeheartedly again this year.

May 7 is the VIBE Mental Health Art Gala at the Vermilion Regional Centre from 6-9:30 pm. Parents you should be exceptionally

proud of all of our students' entries into the art contest this year. Every Clandonald School grade 1-6 student entered and their

amazing work will be on display at the gala. Winners will be issued a special individualized invitation to the event. The gala is a free

event which includes numerous activities for children and families. This year there will be opportunities to build capes, wands,

monsters, crowns, rainmakers, treasure boxes and so much more. Adults and high school students can look forward to creating

pottery tiles and painting canvas bags. There will also be free desserts (yes, the chocolate fountain is back), beverages, and enter-

tainment. Also, new this year, will be a display of the Islay Extended Care residents artwork. They have been experimenting with

mindfulness and creative expression so we've asked them to join our celebration. Last year we welcomed over 500 people to this

very special evening. We hope that you'll join us again for another awesome event.

On May 9 we will be welcoming Loranne Ganton and Kari Thompson from JR Robson and St. Jerome's Catholic School to our

school. These ladies are the VIBE Wellness Coaches from the schools that most of our grade 6 students will be transitioning to

next year. They will be providing a pizza lunch for the grade 6 students and will be available to answer questions about their

schools and also to build a connection for your child with an adult in their new school. This is always a wonderful opportunity to

talk about things that students may be interested in or concerned about for the upcoming year. If the schools agree again this year,

they will also be providing combination locks for students to practice with so that they are confident and ready to use them at the

beginning of the school year.

Have a wonderful summer everyone!

I look forward to seeing you all again in

September

VIBE Wellness Blog https://vibewellness999255287.wordpress.com/blog/

You'll find VIBE staff introductions, contact information, and short articles and event information

for parents. Please check it out and let us know what you think. You can also find us on social

media (Facebook - VIBE (Vermilion is Being Empowered) and Instagram (VIBE Wellness). In ad-

dition, we will be continuing with our monthly articles in both Vermilion newspapers.

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VIBE News Jodi Simmonds Vermilion and Area is Being Empowered

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE

Clandonald School

May 30, 2019

Movie: TBA

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Hope in Motion Hope In Motion once again hosted a successful fund

raising event thanks to the support of individuals and

businesses in the area. Approximately $16,000 was

raised and this money will go directly to individuals and

families that are undergoing treatment for cancer.

Hope In Motion has worked in conjunction with Hay-

ing in the 30s for over 10 years. Donated items were

used as raffle items, door prizes, silent and live auction

items. Entertainment was provided by the Mennonite

Youth Choir and Rose Country. Once again a big

thank you to the individuals and business that donated

items as well as those who stepped up to bid on those

items. We hope to see everyone again next year.

Hope In Motion Committee

BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION

Thank you for you dedication and for getting

our students to and from school safely each

day!

You go above and beyond by making each

student feel special and cared for.

TO GIVE AWAY—The school has a gently

used Air Hockey Table that we would like to

find a new home for. Please contact the school

office, 780-853-2122, if your family would like it.

It’s disassembled for easy transportation at the

moment. You will need to buy air hockey

pucks for it. A set of 12 can be ordered off of

Amazon.ca for $10.60.