April 2013
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
It’s hard to believe that spring is officially here
given the cold days we are having, and the
snow that doesn’t seem to want to go away.
Let’s hope April warms up and fills our days with
more sunshine!
April 3
April 4
April 5
Our third annual Boogie-a-thon was another
great success this year. Staff and students had
fun with the Country-Western theme—and they
did a fantastic job dancing. Thank you to Madame Stewart and her crew of students who
decorated for us this year... and thank you to our
grade 7 and 8 dance teams—they did an excellent job leading our students all day long. Overall, we raised approximately $5500.00. This
money will go towards supporting special art
workshops and presentations for our students
this spring. Thank you very much to all of our
families who helped to support this initiative!
April
April
April
April
April
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We have a busy month ahead of us with our Intermediate basketball tryouts and practices
starting up for both boys and girls. Mr. Bonter
will be coaching our boys team and Mrs. Hollran
-Thompson along with Mrs. MacPherson will be
coaching our girls team.
We also have auditions coming up for our
“CMES Has Talent” show that will be taking
place at Springtime in the Meadows on May
2nd. Thank you to Mrs. White for organizing the
“CMES Has Talent” auditions and show—we
have many students looking forward to this
event.
Sincerely,
Vicky Crandall
Principal
April 8
April 10
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April 30
Pizza Day
Gr. 7 Brock Trip Info night @ 6:30pm
Grade 5 trip to the ROM
Popcorn Day
School Council mtg. @ 3:20pm
Pasta Day
JK Eye Screening
National Haiku Poetry Day
Pita Pit Day
Poem In My Pocket Day
Cookie Day
PD Day
Hot Dog Day
Scientists in the Classroom gr. 2
Forest of Reading voting
Grade 2 trip—Wellington County Museum
Screen Free Challenge begins
Blue Spruce Forest of Reading voting
**Remember every Thursday is boomerang lunch day.
PD Day Reminder:
MONDAY APRIL 22nd IS A
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY.
THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES FOR
STUDENTS
Late Arrivals:
While we’ve noticed some improvement, we continue to
have a few too many students arriving late in the mornings.
This is often disruptive to the learning environment and can
delay the start of classes if all students are not ready to begin. It is best if students can arrive to school between
8:15am and 8:25am. This will allow them a little time on
the yard with their peers—but more importantly it also allows them to enter and settle with their class when the bell
rings at 8:30am. Thank you for your support with this.
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Parking Lot Issues:
Our Credit Meadows’ parking
lot is often very congested at
drop off and pick up times.
Please remember that students should be
dropped off and picked up at the north end of
the main building and not in front of the school.
It is also very important that our lane way in
front of the school is not blocked by any vehicles for safety and accessibility reasons.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with this matter.
LOST and FOUND
Now that spring is here and the
weather is starting to get warmer,
this would be an excellent time to
have your child check the Lost
and Found bins for winter wear
(i.e. hats, mitts, boots, etc…).
Our lost and found pile
is always growing. Unclaimed
items will eventually be bagged
and donated to charity.
Boogie-a-thon
Prize Winners:
Congratulations to the
following students:
Posters
Posters
Posters
Posters
Special Books
Ice Cream Party
Sports Equipment
Sports Equipment
Pizza Party
Gym Time
Police Car Ride
Galaxy Movie gift card
EB Games gift card
Digital Camera
eReader– Kobo
Librarian for the Day
Principal for the Day
Aiden
Nicholas
Grace
Jade
Jeremy
Emily
Kennedy
Benjamin
Adam
Tyler
Brooklyn
Katie
Peter
Sabrina
Jordyn
Mackenzie
Ian
JK
SK
gr. 6
gr. 1
SK
gr. 6
gr.4
JK
gr.1
JK
JK
gr.6
gr.8
gr.6
gr.5
gr.7
gr.4
Thank you to everyone for your participation in this fund-raiser!
Free Dental Care for Children Aged 17 and Under.
If you don’t have dental insurance and can’t afford care, we have free services for your children at Public
Health. At our dental clinics, we help children prevent cavities and disease. We also make sure that children
with urgent problems get the treatment they need.
For more information about our dental services, call our Dental Line at 1-800-265-7293 ext. 2661 or visit
www.wdgpublichealth.ca
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
1-800-265-7293 | www.wdgpublichealth.ca
info@wdgpublichealth.ca
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HAPPY SPRING FROM THE LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTRE
Thank you to our community for another successful Scholastic Book Fair. Our families certainly
love to read! Your support has allowed the Library to purchase hundreds of dollars in new books.
Jeff Probst`s new
book ``Stranded`` was certainly a big hit. Also, congratulations to Evan in
grade 4 – he won $25 worth of books for himself and another $25 for his class!
Congratulations to Mackenzie in grade 7 who won the “Librarian for the Day” prize from our Boogie
-a-thon. Mackenzie did a fantastic job as Librarian during the last week of March. She spent a day
helping to manage the book fair, reading to students, and managing book exchanges.
April is Poetry Month. Young and old should take time to explore this wonderful genre. It is a
great way to engage readers, especially the young and reluctant. Some of our favourite poets at
Credit Meadows are Loris Lysensky, Dennis Lee and Shel Silverstein. Mark April 17 th on your calendar and celebrate National Haiku Poetry Day. Try your hand at writing this 3 line, unrhymed
poem with 17 syllables. The Library is looking for your best efforts. Poems of note will appear in
our next newsletter. On April 18th our school will once again recognize Poem in Your Pocket Day.
On this day students and staff from all grades will have an opportunity to share their favourite poems with one another. Written poems will be displayed in the front hall.
Our Forest of Reading program is in the final stretch. Students have been busy writing their response sheets and blogging about their favourite books. The big question now is which books will
prove to be the favourites among our readers. Voting for our Blue Spruce readers will take place
on April 30th in the library. To celebrate, we will once again have blue snacks and students are encouraged to dress in blue. Our older readers in Silver Birch Express, Silver Birch and Red Maple
will vote on the 27th of April. Results will be revealed at a variety of celebrations in May. Thank
you once again to our School Council for supporting this important literary program.
It’s Back- The Credit Meadows Screen Free Week Challenge April 29th – May 5th. Become more
active and turn off all TV screens, video screens and even computers (except for work related activities). With great Spring weather sure to be just around the corner, there will be lots to do outside and of course there are wonderful books in our library for every reading interest to keep you
occupied. Tracking sheets can be picked up in the library. Go Screen Free.
Happy Reading everyone!
Kim Gammage
Teacher Librarian