Pitt Meadows Elementary
Ecole Elementaire Pitt Meadows
Phone: (604) 465-5828
Fax: (604) 465-8632
http://schools.sd42.ca/pme/
Newsletter #40
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
SCHOOL SUPPLIES:
A reminder to parents NOT to purchase school supplies this summer. These will be made available to you directly
from the school in September.
CPF (Canadian Parents for French) AWARD:
We would like to congratulate Emily Martins who was this year’s
recipient of the CPF grade 7 award.
RICK HANSEN CERTIFICATES:
Rick Hansen Difference Maker Awards were given to PME students
on Tuesday. Recipients of these certificates were deemed to go
that extra mile to make their school a better class for their
classmates and school mates.
Congratulations to:
Raine Balinger
Amneet Basra
Stephanie Clenahan
Ryann Bickle Harvey
Sasha Boisvert
Caitlin Burnett
Anmol Chauhan
Jaida Clancy
Jayden Confrey
Audrey Dougan
Olivia Douglas
Asja Emmanuel
Renee English
McKenna Evans
Paige Fawdry
Sarah Gaston
Avrim Hoffman
Taryn Kelly
William Jack
Kate Janicijevic
Paige Lofthaug
Sara Magdalinski
Aidan McDonald
Prabhnoor Narwal
Suhani Narwal
Alex Paterson
Sepehr Pourmohseni-Khamneh Katherine Ross
Sydney Stephen
Natalie Wong
Cole Masters
Claudia Snider
Nevan Teng
CLASS of 2013:
Congratulations to all of our grade 7 students and their parents and guardians on completing their elementary
education. We wish them much success as they move on to their respective high schools.
SAD GOOD-BYES:
It is with heavy hearts that we say good-bye to the following staff members on Friday. We have loved working
with them and we wish them the very best in their new assignments:
Mrs. Bains
Mr. Beyer
Mrs. Boyd
Mme/Mrs. Cadiz
Mrs. Houghton
Mrs. Kuszak
Mrs. Mitchell
Mrs. Neufeld
Mrs. Ostberg
Mme Pabori
Mrs. Queen
Mrs. Sheppard.
Mr. Vale
Mrs. vanBuuren
BC HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION:
We received a thank you note from them this week for raising $7,377.60 for the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Way to go PME!
WE CAME IN SECOND!
Thanks to the efforts of Mme Greene’s students, their teacher, Mrs. Lapins and Mrs. Beaton, PME placed second in
ENCORP PACIFIC CANADA’s recycling contest. We were thrilled to receive a cheque for $750! Merci everyone!
THANK YOU PAC!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our PAC for all that they do to make PME an awesome school. Our
staff totally appreciated lunch last week, what a nice treat!
FUN DAY VOLUNTEERS:
Thank you to all of the wonderful parents who came out to run stations and cook hot dogs on Fun Day. Despite the
weather, everyone had a great time. Thank you/merci!
REPORT CARDS:
Teachers will be at school Friday should you have any concerns regarding your child’s report card.
SAFE SUMMER:
The staff at PME would like to wish everyone a wonderful safe summer. Please check out or website in late August
for details regarding the. first day of school at http://schools.sd42.ca/pme/
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YEAR END REFLECTIONS:
At our last staff meeting I asked PME teachers to share one thing that they were proud of this year. Here is
what they said:
 All students are reading at grade level or are very close and I’m using technology more.
 Really proud of the fine motor development of the boys in my class.
 Working with Buddies on Math and Science Projects.
 I am proud of how far my students came with their writing skills. We worked on a daily basis in conjunction
with our reading skills.
 I am so excited about the success of the K/1/2/ and the leadership I saw in all of my kids.
 I am proud of completing a whole year (1st time) and building such strong relationships with my students and
creating a class that supports each other! And building such strong relationships with my colleagues.
 I am proud to have been an active member of our teacher-librarians association – learnt a lot. Got to
participate in an inquiry about reading where I jumped on learning about how ipads can help kids read.
 I am proud of my blog.
 I am proud of my students’ growth in reading in both languages. More than half were not meeting or
approaching expectations in September. Stressing the importance of daily home reading helped
tremendously.
 Inquiry and ipad presentation at DEO and the new report card model.
 My proudest moment were my student led conferences. Loved the involvement of the students and the
support of the parents with regards to no letter grades.
 My biggest and proudest moment was seeing how many of my students enjoyed writing cards and stories;
whereas almost half the class thoroughly enjoyed playing chess during centres.
 I’m proud that I could make my students with little artistic ability create pieces that they were in awe of.
 I am most proud that I was able to organize the schools track and field team and participate in the event
smoothly.
 Seeing my students having more confidence in themselves and their abilities. Nobody is afraid to put up
their hand and talk and nobody is scared of getting the answer wrong. I love seeing the kids able to be
confident with their thoughts and opinions.
 Incorporating Smartboard technology into many more lessons/themes/strategies.
 My greatest success is a student who felt ‘cared for’ in my class and altered their behavior because of it.
 The progress one student has made with his/her behavior (from tantrums to asking questions, being patient
and listening).
 Am I proud of my communication with parents in terms of reporting. I am happy with the conferences I
had and the joint teamwork we made during their conferences.
 I am very proud to have been able to conference 3 times this year with my students on a one to one basis.
It has been an amazing experience and I have learned very valuable information. I feel I know them very
well.
 I am proud of learning and using the Smartboard. Thank you to my students for helping and encouraging me
with the Smartboard.
 I am proud of my growth in working with students with behavioral challenges.
 I am very proud of the work that my students produced this year.
 Established strong connections with several students who were not enjoying school in September but are
now. They are more verbal and enjoy hanging around the classroom afterschool.
 I am proud of having the opportunity to work at PME, and to be a part of such an incredible staff. I
established some incredible relationships with students with challenges and I have grown as a professional
and am grateful for this experience.
What would your child say that they are proud of this year?
PME Home Reading Program
Congratulations to the following students who have reached their home reading goal:
Primary – 30 nights
Benjamin Jack, Neve Hadfield and Raisa Verzosa
Primary – 60 nights
Justi Best, Colton Dowsley, Hadley Jack, Charis Lai, Karsen Oun, Kegan Teng and Jaycub Woodland
Primary – 90 nights
Suhani Narwal
Primary – 120 nights
Reid Armstrong
Primary – 150 nights
Peter Hakim, Tessa Moncey and Jaida Morgan-Archibald,
Primary – 180 nights
Hannah Bigiolli and Nikolai Prinsloo
Primary – 210 nights
Jeremy Testa
Primary – 270 nights
Alexis Aujla, Coral Ford and Katelynn Magdalinksi
Intermediate - 150 nights
Isabelle Doylend
Intermediate - 210 nights: Mia Prinsloo