January 6, 2017 Manor School
January/February 2017 Manor School Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT Happy New Year and welcome back to school! I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season and were able to recharge for the
upcoming year!
A New Year is a time to set resolutions and goals. It is my hope that all students ensure that they are completing their home reading each and every night. By looking at the graphic below, you can see that reading for 20 minutes every evening is a
strong predictor for future success in school.
Reading also increases mental stimulation, reduces stress, increases knowledge and vocabulary, improves memory, develops analytical thinking skills, improves focus and concentration, and leads to better writing skills. This year, let's make sure our
kids are reading!
Kelly Logan
Principal
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
Jan. 13—Graduation Cap &
Gown Pictures
Jan. 20—SCC Hot Lunch
Jan. 24-27—Gr. 11/12 Exams
Jan. 30—No School, Semester
Turn Around Day
Feb. 3—Gr. 9-12 Report cards
Feb. 10—SCC Hot Lunch
Feb. 17– Gr. 7-12 Ski Trip
Feb. 17—Gr. 1-6 Jump Rope
for Heart –PM
Feb. 20-24—No School—
Winter Break
Mar. 24—No School—PD Day
Mar. 31—Gr. 1-12 Report
Cards
“ Thank you to Ms. Phenix for the Mustangs banner, we love it! We also wish you a happy retirement.”
Final exams will be held from Jan 24-27 for grade 11/12 students only. School will resume as normal for all K-10 students. Grade 9/10 students may be writing final exams or working on final
projects but this will be done during regular class time. The exam schedule for the 11/12 students
is as follows:
Jan 24 - ELA 20/A30
Jan 25 - Environmental Science 20
Jan 26 - History 30
Jan 27 - Workplace Math 20
All exams are starting at 8:45 am! Students need to ensure that they ar r ive on time, have
all necessary materials and must stay for at least one hour. When their exam is complete, they may
leave for the day or stay at the school to
study.
Jan 30 - No school - Semester turnaround
day
Jan 31 - Sem 2 begins
Feb 3 - Gr. 9-12 report cards will come
home
GRAD NEWS
FINAL EXAMS
The Manor Grad Class provided en-
tertainment at the Talent Show on
December 21st with a Pie in the Face
Fundraiser. Thank you to all stu-
dents, parents, and family members
for donating money towards this
fundraiser. Everyone involved had a
great time!
****Grad Cap and Gown Photos are
on January 13th. Each grad has picked
a time and filled in the form at the
office. If you have not done this yet,
please do so ASAP.
**** There will be a parent/grad
meeting on January 18th at 7 p.m. in
the Computer room. We would like to
see as many parents and grads out as
possible to this meeting to review
some information for the grad day. If
you cannot attend please let Miss
Vanrobaeys or Mrs. Parker know in
advance!
Thank you,
Miss Vanrobaeys and Mrs. Parker
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FAREWELL
This is bittersweet as I bid farewell to the students, staff and families of
Manor School. From the very first day, I was made to feel welcome and
quickly became part of the team. And we are a team – or we should be.
Schools wouldn’t exist without staff, students and parents.
Teaching staff – which includes bus drivers and custodians, education
and administrative assistants, support and teaching staff – each and
every one of these people spend time with students, teaching them,
guiding them, helping to mould children into intelligent and caring citi-
zens.
Most children have a natural curiosity and want to learn, and they have
already learned most of the important “stuff” before they even enter
school – to listen, to share, to take turns, to be polite. They need an
education and they cannot learn if they don’t attend.
Parents, it is your responsibility to get your kids to school, to encourage
their learning, to support the school. We cannot – the staff and stu-
dents – do it alone. We need your help, your input and expertise, and
most especially your support. We need you to be part of our team.
It has been my privilege to work alongside the staff of Manor School.
Their knowledge and skills, commitment and dedication are unparal-
leled across the division.
The students and I have shared lots of laughs, a few tears, some swears,
probably even a couple of lies. Some stories were happy and some were
sad. But every story had meaning and merit and I am truly honored
that you shared them with me.
The African proverb tells us, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Thank
you for allowing me to be a temporary part of your village. I may not be
leaving much behind, but I am taking a lot of Manor with me.
Until our paths cross again …
Marg Phenix,
CHRISTMAS FUN
On the final Friday before the
Christmas break the house
teams faced off in a series of
activities. The activities includ-
ed the bob sled relay race, the
cup race, M&M race, hula hoop
tic tac toe, potato relay and
extreme musical chairs. The
students and staff had a lot of
fun and shared a lot of laughs.
The house teams earned points
for each event and the points
were as follows:
Crushers—210
Blazers—152
Warriors—170
Chargers—128
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“ HS Students/Parents—Watch for Ski Trip notes coming home soon”
CHRISTMAS POT LUCK DINNER
Thank you to all the
parents for sending food
for our Christmas Pot
Luck Dinner. Thank
you to the Weir’s for
cooking the turkey and
hams and to the SCC
members for preparing,
serving and cleaning up
after our dinner.
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At Manor School we announce
student birthdays each morning
on the announcements. Then at
the end of the month we give away
a $10.00 subway card to one lucky
birthday boy or girl. And the
winner is:
December: Rayanne Poirier
2016/2017 YEARBOOK ORDERS DUE
It’s time to order your 2016/2017 School Yearbook. The cost of the
book is $25.00 for a 56 page full color yearbook. Please return the bot-
tom portion of this page with the funds (checks made payable to Manor
School) by Tuesday, Feb. 28th, 2017. To keep costs down we will only
print the number of books that have been ordered. Books will be deliv-
ered early Fall 2017.
For questions or more information contact:
Staff Advisor: Mrs. Fox
2016/2017 Yearbook Staff: Presley Onufreychuk, Madison Cuddington,
Trista Kennett & Angela Aalbers.
Also we do have a few extra copies of the 2015/2016 book if anyone
wishes to purchase. Please call the school for more information.
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I, ________________________________ wish to order ____ copy/copies of the 2016/2017 School Yearbook. Please find enclosed the pay-ment. Signed: _____________________________
Deadline to order Feb. 28th, 2017
YEARBOOK FUN
The Yearbook committee spon-
sored an “Ugly Christmas Sweater
contest” on Wed. Dec. 21st. The
winners were: Aiza Weir, Shay-
lynne Englot, Trista Kennett,
Presley Onufreychuk, Nixon
McArthur and Toree Knockaert.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 Day 1
Back to
School
K day
5 Day 2 6 Day 3
K day
7
8 9 Day 4 10 Day 5
K day
11 Day 6
Hot lunch
forms DUE
12 Day 1
K day
13 Day 2
Grad Cap &
Gown Photos
14
15 16 Day 3
K day
17 Day 4
Career Coun-
sellor in
18 Day 5
K day
Grad parent
Mtg 7PM
19 Day 6 20 Day 1
K day
SCC Hot
Lunch
21
22 23 Day 2
SCC Mtg
7PM
24 Day 3
K day
ELA20/A30
Exams
25 Day 4
Environmen-
tal Science 20
Exam
26 Day 5
K day
History30
Exam
27 Day 6
Workplace
Math 20
Exam
28
29 30
No School
31 Day 1
K day
January 2017
“Welcome to Mr. Broccolo, our new school counsellor! He is replacing Mrs. Phenix who retired on Dec 21. Mr. Broccolo will be at Manor School every Tuesday.”
The students of Mrs. Parker’s K/1/2 celebrated Christmas together on the last day of classes by sharing a potluck holiday dinner together, complete with Christmas crackers and Christmas carols. The class later presented two Christ-mas songs in the Manor School Variety Show – “Snoopy’s Christmas” and “Christmas Time is Here”.
Students in Mrs. Parker’s K/1/2 class were challenged to read one book a night for 100 nights. Students who completed the challenge were awarded a “doggy bag” of prizes. On January 4th, four students completed the challenge: Alex Corkish and Peyton Harper (Kindergarten), Cadence Harper (Grade 1) and Isa-bella McWhan (Grade Two). Congratulations to our readers and we look for-ward to ALL the students in the class receiving their own “doggy bags”!
Mrs. Parker
In the month of December the
Grade 3/4/5/6 class worked su-
per hard at creating a hip hop
dance called “The Christmas
Clap.” They performed this dance
at the Talent Show on December
21st and did a fantastic job! We
would like to send out a huge
thank you to Mrs. Logan who
came into our classroom and
helped choreograph the dance! It
was greatly appreciated. Great job
Grade 3/4/5/6!
We have read a total of 5250
minutes at home since the start of
September! Great job everyone
that has brought in their Home
Reading Logs at the end of each
month. Keep reading at home as
much as you can!
Grade 5/6’s have been experi-
menting with changes in matter
in Science. Here are a few pic-
tures of the students making
“Oobleck”. Ask any grade 5/6 how
to make this fun, slimy creation!
Reminder to all students to dress
warm for recess as the winter
weather is here!
Miss Vanrobaeys
K/1/2 NEWS
GRADE 3/4/5/6 NEWS
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Day 2
Hot lunch
forms DUE
2 Day 3
K day
3 Day 4
Gr. 9-12 Re-
port Cards
out
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5 6 Day 5
K day
7 Day 6 8 Day 1
K day
9 Day 2 10 Day 3
K day
SCC Hot
Lunch
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12 13 Day 4 14 Day 5
K day
15 Day 6 16 Day 1
K day
17 Day 2
Gr. 7-12 Ski
Trip
Gr.1-6 Jump
Rope for Heart
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19 20
No School
21
No School
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No School
23
No School
24
No School
25
26 27 Day 3
K day
28 Day 4
Deadline to
order your
2016/2017
Yearbook
February 2017
MANOR SCHOOL
Population: 78 Students
Staff:
Mrs. Kelly Logan
Mr. Robert Mitchell
Mrs. Shelley Big Eagle
Mr. Monte McNaughton
Ms. Mandy Vanrobaeys
Mrs. Nancy Parker
Mrs. Teresa Fox
Mrs. Cindy Weir
Mrs. Nicole Turgeon
Ms. Brenda Haney
Bus Drivers:
Mrs. Janet Lynch
Ms. Debbie Preston
SHOUT OUTS
*To Dylan & Davien for helping Marlin bring in the new floor scrubber and take out the
old one.
*To Kyle & Nathan for doing outdoor supervision at the elementary end morning recess.
*To Jennifer, Kyle, Desiree, Vincent, Presley, Madison, Mackenzie, Haley, Destiny,
Dareeion, Chelssea, Angela & Brooke for helping with the Flouride Mouthrinse Program.
*To Kara Kallen, Clougin, Aiza, William, Aiden, Turner, Emily, Dathan, Jayce, Keltin,
Colton, Alexis, Lacie & River for helping with the Paper Recycling Program.
*To Jesse for organizing the music for the talent show.
*To Ms. Haney for washing all the curtains after they were “whip creamed”
Manor School
#1 Fraser St.
Manor, SK.
S0C 1R0
Phone: 306-448-2110
Fax: 306-448-4906
E-mail: [email protected]
MANOR SCOOL