Connaught Community
News
Volume I , Issue 5
From the desk of the Vice Principal, Tonya Lehman:
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a happy holiday season. I
would like to take this time to introduce myself. My name is Tonya Lehman. I have just returned from maternity leave. I will be working as the Vice Principal and in the learning lab. I
am very excited to be here and I look forward to getting to know all of the students and their
families. If you are at the school please drop in and introduce yourself.
January is sure to be full of many fun and exciting times at Connaught School. Be
sure to refer to your January calendars for an update of all of the upcoming events.
From the Community School Room:
January 15, 2008
Special points of interest:
☺ Please phone in your
child’s absence before
9:15.
☺ Please be sure students
are dressed properly for
the weather.
☺ Family Literacy Day—
January 28, 2008
All families are encouraged to participate in Community School Room activities. Please
remember the coming events:
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Fiddling: Begins January 24 and will run every 2nd Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Please
phone if you have questions or would like to register.
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Parent Support Group: The group meets each Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m.
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After School Programs: Daily 3:30—5:00
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Good food Box orders: January 24 orders can be picked up on January 31
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Knitting: Dates to be announced
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Drumming: Every Monday and Wednesday @ 3:30—4:30
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School Community Council Meeting: Thursday, January 17 @ 5:15 in the Community
Practical and Applied Arts:
Grade 8 students will be heading over to St. Vital for their first Practical and Applied
Arts class on the afternoon of Thursday, January 31. Students will attend woodworking/
welding and commercial cooking class once a week. This is a great opportunity for students and one that they greatly enjoy!
Inside this issue:
Fund Raising Report
2
Basketball Begins
2
Telemiracle
2
Peer Patrol
3
Family Literacy
3
Student Work
3
Fund Raising Report:
The proceeds earned from fund raising support extra-curricular activities. Please remember to support our school in
these ways:
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Schools for Success Day On the 20th of every month shop the Co-op Marketplace & Pharmacy. Remember to
identify Connaught School at the time of purchase, and the Co-op will donate 5% of your total purchase back to
the school.
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Campbell’s Labels for Education We are collecting labels from eligible Campbell products to earn FREE merchandize for our school. Please remember to send your labels from: Campbell’s soups (including Chunky, Ready to Enjoy, condensed, broths), Prego sauces, Campbell’s Chunky Chili, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers, V8 juice, and
Campbell’s Food Service products (used in commercial kitchens).
Basketball
Basketball begins this month. Mrs. Ferguson will be coaching the boys team. They will practice on Wednesday’s after
school and will play their games on Thursday’s. Mrs. Bernier and Mrs. Katchmarsky will be coaching the girls team.
Practices will be held on Monday’s after school and games will be played on Tuesday’s. Go Connaught Go!!
Telemiracle
The Connaught School Music Enrichment Super Stars have been selected to perform in Telemiracle 32 on March 1st
and 2nd in Saskatoon. Our specific performance time has not been set but we’re already practicing. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students, but it requires hard work and commitment. This trip will provide us with an excellent performance venue as well as other educational and fun activities. Because of the major expenses of bussing,
accommodations and meals, students are expected to be committed to rehearsals and all preparations. Students in
Senior Enrichment are expected to attend all Wednesday rehearsals. Students who miss more than one rehearsal
without being excused will not be going with us to Saskatoon. Absences due to illness, funerals or medical appointments need to be communicated to Ms. Putland or the absence will be classified as unexcused. I’m very excited about
our trip. I hope we can take many donations with us.
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Peer Patrol
Peer Patrol training will be starting January 21, 2008. The training will be open to the grade 6 class at first. Peer
patrol is a way to learn responsibility and to help out on the playground. Each student completing the training and
working their “shifts” on the playground will earn points for their house. So, watch for those orange vests out on the
playground.
Celebrating Family Literacy Day
Monday, January 28, 2008 will be a special day at Connaught School. Students will be encouraged to come in their pj’s
and bring a teddy bear, pillow or blanket. We will reading “bedtime” stories during the morning!
In the afternoon, students in grades 5-8 will be telling a story to the little ones complete with handmade popsicle
stick characters to add to the fun. After hearing the story and talking about story telling, the little ones will get
their chance to tell the story to the older student. Hopefully the story will be shared with the family that evening.
So, don’t forget to wear your pj’s and bring your teddy bear on Monday!!
Salutes
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A big thank-you goes out to all the staff and students who contributed to the A Charlie Browner Christmas. A
special thank-you goes to Ms. Putland for her hours of time she had put into making this concert a success.
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Thank-you to all of the families and friends who attended the Christmas Lunch on December 21. It was great to
see so many people in the school to celebrate the holidays with staff and students.
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Congratulations to all our winners at the Christmas Lunch. Hope everyone enjoyed their prizes.
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