Welcome Back Newsletter
September 2008
Dear Parents,
Time, as always,
has a way of passing very quickly. We
can hardly believe that shortly it will be September again, let alone that this
is the start of our 6th year at the
We hope you will
be able to attend the ‘Welcome Back BBQ’ on Friday, September 5th
from
In order to
provide an opportunity for the staff to meet as a whole on the first day,
students will only attend school from
Ms. Kathleen
Jeffrey and Mrs. Ingrid Jeffrey
Principal Charity Director
School Supply List – September
2008
K-12: All grades require the following
items
• 4
Pkg. HB Pencils (48) •
1 Plastic Ruler (bendable is best)
• 6
White Erasers •
1 Pencil Case
• 2
Ink Erasers •
5 Glue Sticks
• 1
pr. Scissors • 2 boxes
of Kleenex
• 2 pencil sharpeners •1 Small bottle of hand sanitizer
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In addition to the above items, please ensure your child has the
following items:
Kindergarten and Grade 3
Ÿ 1 pkg. crayons (Large)
Ÿ 5 ½ interlined – ½ blank exercise books
Ÿ 5 blank exercise books
Ÿ
3 4-oz. bottle of white glue
Grades 2 through 12
Ÿ 1 pkg. 24 Pencil Crayons
Ÿ 4 pkgs. Blue Ball Point Pens (erasable
preferred)
Ÿ 2 pkgs. Washable Colour Markers (12 colours
or more)
Ÿ 10
duo tangs (assorted colors)
Ÿ 2 Scotch tape
Grades 4 through 7
Ÿ 5 interlined exercise books
Ÿ 5 lined exercise books
Ÿ
1 basic calculator
Grades 4 through 12
•
500 sheets - 1 pad Graph Paper • 1 geometry Set
•
2000 sheets - 3 hole paper, Blank • 2 pkgs. Liquid Paper Dry
Tape (no bottles)
•
4000 sheets - 3 hole paper, Lined •
3 pkgs. of 5 subject dividers
• English Dictionary –
English Thesaurus
Ÿ
3 hole punch reinforcements •
2 large binders (or up to 8 small binders depending on how the student likes to
organize their notes)
•
2 pkgs. 2” Post It Notes
Ÿ 2
pkgs. 4” Post it Notes
**** Math at upper levels may require a graphing calculator. Please
ask the Math teacher.
***** Art:
2 sketch books , 1 Water color Paper book Pad, Set of drawing
pencils, art eraser
You may purchase at Office Depot and our school will receive a small “Back to Schools” program bonus. Our school #80020456 Please help the school budget by supplying your child with the supplies listed!
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PLANNERS
A crucial part of the Mediated Learning
Experience is the cognitive function of Planning.
Students will practice planning in their yearly school planners. All students
need this school planner in class as well as for home/school communication. The cost of these planners is $20 per child. This
does not quite cover the entire school cost of the planner due to the small
order. Our student handbook is now
incorporated into the planner. Please sign and return school regulations pages.
Planners will be available to purchase at the office in September. The office
would appreciate exact change or a cheque made out to M.L.A.
Find Out About
Assignments
You may check on
assignments and ask teachers questions through the website: www.schoolnotes.com
Enter our postal
code: V3J 3Z8
And then see each
teacher’s section.
FUNDRAISING
Dear Parents,
FUNDRAISING MATTERS TO OUR SCHOOL
While our Fall term is a very busy fundraiser time of year, January until June is not as busy.
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Many schools ask parents for a set number
of volunteer hours or a set amount of money in lieu. We have chosen to make participation
voluntary. This does not, however,
imply that we do not need your participation.
We need you to support two main events:
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10th Annual DINNER/SILENT AUCTION
November 28th
We welcome large
and small auction items, as well as help on the event night. Last year we made $30,000 to support the
school and our programs! We cannot do it
without you.
If every family donated 1 item, we would then have
over 100 items to auction. We would appreciate balloon prize
donations (items valued from $10 - $100)
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IMAX: the IMAX fundraiser is our main event for the
Variety Learning Centre. Tickets are $10. and all the proceeds after the
payment of the projectionist go to the Centre. This event takes place on a
Sunday morning at
We trust that
we can count on you for support.
Other ongoing fundraising efforts:
Entertainment
books, Flower Bulbs, Purdy’s, we appreciate your
purchasing and/or helping to sell these items. Last year we made aprox. $3,000.00.
September to June – Order online Magazine Sale QSP WWW.QSP.CA
Group #3011. Christmas is a
great time to give subscriptions! Order
all year!
Book
Fair – Thank you for coming to buy books and
helping with the running of the Book Fair once a year. A sign-up list for
shifts will be available in the office closer to the book fair. We make our
profit back in books for the library. Last
year we earned over $2,000.00 worth of books for our library, between the Book
fair and regular scholastic orders!
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ONGOING
Fundraisers:
– We collect
– PROGRESSIVE FUNDRAISING gift certificate orders. These certificates are at no additional cost to you - same as cash. The school makes a small profit through the consolidator. The more we sell – the more we make. We made approx. $800.00 last year! ( see attached order sheet)
– Canadian Tire Cash is collected at Office. We spend the money in the Spring on playground toys for the students. Last year we collected $50. towards their purchase.
Schedule of MLA Fundraisers 2008/09
September, 2008 – Entertainment Books **
Bulb order
October 2008 – Purdy’s Christmas Order/Christmas Indoor Bulb
Sets/Poinsettias. All great gifts for the Holidays!
November 2008 - November 28, Dinner/Auction**
December 2008 - Book Fair**
February 2009 - Perennial Plants
March 2009 – Purdy’s Easter Order
March/April 2009 – IMAX
April 2009 – Finish of Magazine drive (but can still order online until June)
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Key: ** Parent volunteer help needed with this
fundraiser
Fundraising is critical for our school’s financial health. We raise about $40,000.00 a
year for text books, library books, and for extra services for our children
thanks to your support.
We do not expect
families to participate in all of
these events – but we do expect every family to participate
in at least one.
Participation can be in the form of time donated or in the form of
donation of a tangible item.
With
appreciation, the M.L.A.
Sharing
the
Memories of
Giving
Dear Parents:
We are inviting
you and your child to participate in the upcoming Holiday Gift Shop
program at our school. This valuable
program makes it possible for our children to experience the excitement of
choosing their own special holiday gifts for family and friends.
The Holiday Gift Shop program will be set up at school
and supervised by our parent volunteers and older students (Grades 10-12), who
will help the children pick out their gifts in a familiar, safe, comfortable
atmosphere.
We believe this
program will create wonderful memories for the children, while teaching them to
budget their money, make decisions and appreciate the value of different
items. At the same time, they will have
the fun of surprising a loved one with a ‘secret’ gift they bought all by
themselves. Our older students will help
the younger students set up, do inventory control,
count/make change, etc. This will be a
valuable experience for them.
P.S. Parents and Grandparents: Please feel free to sign up and be a volunteer in this worthwhile program.
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BUS SCHEDULE
A Bus schedule and
signup is included in this ‘mail out’. The
school will again be subsidizing this service (ASAP, return attached
forms for bus if you are choosing to use this system).
CHANGES
It is with sadness
that we say goodbye to non-returning staff members:
Teaching Staff: Mr.Taillefer (4
years)– who will be continuing his studies, Ms.
Blajberg and Ms. Chow (1 year)– who will be moving to the public school system,
and Mr. Lung (3 years)– who recently married and will be moving to
SEA Staff: Angie – who will be going back to Alberta
to complete her teaching certificate, Maria K – who will be working with an
autism association, and Ian – who will be completing his Masters degree.
Specialist
Staff: - Megan Kern (OT/
part time) – who will be taking a leave to stay at home with her children.
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We welcome new staff members:
Jennifer Pritchard
Graduated from the
Kelli Lien
She is a proud graduate of the SFU Professional Development Program,
where she took part in the International Education Module. Through this program
she had to opportunity to work with First Nations Programs in
Her subsequent teaching experience ranges from Kindergarten to Adult
Education and she has worked both in
Dr. Natalia
Gajdamaschko
Dr. Natalia Gajdamaschko, LT
lecturer and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Education Simon Fraser
University, is a Vygotskian psychologist, trained in
Matthew Jeang
SFU graduate – from the Social justice
module. He has been a tutor at Sylvan
Learning Centre and a long time coach for B.C. Special Olympics. In addition, Matthew has volunteered at the
Ray Cam community Centre and with the homeless on the downtown
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Karen Leschuk
Evelyn Caufield
She is an experienced teacher who
has taught in
Steven Chang
Steven graduated from UBC with
both a Bachelors of Science (Math Major) and a Bachelor of Arts (English Major)
and a B.Ed teaching degree. He is currently working
towards a Diploma in Guidance Counselling. He is a member of the Golden Key International
Society and an avid Badminton player.
New Sea staff:
Taryn Veriah, Darren Boychuk,
Sandra On, are 3rd year Co-Op students from S.F.U. who will be
working in classrooms with our students for the year.
In addition, we have more new SEAs who have been hired to add to our growing staff!
Thank-you for your support in
the past year. We are conscious that we are
entrusted with your children’s personal and academic growth and will always do
our very best to be worthy of that trust.
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EMAIL
LIST
We are asking families for an email address (or update) so that we are
able to send out quick school notices and save postage. Check your e-mail daily for
up-to-the-minute news at the school!
E-mail
Please fill out the following and return to
Child’s Name_____________________________
Parent Name_____________________________
Email___________________________________
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ABUS
LOCKER LOCKS
We will be selling
ABUS locker locks for high school students with lockers. You can re-use your ABUS one from last year
if you still have your combination.
These locks have:
- a 3 digit code
- easy to read dial
- Pick-resistant
- 2yr guarantee
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ABUS
LOCKER LOCKS
The cost is $5.00
Name of Child:
_____________________________
Please find enclosed
$5.00 for above named child
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All students
must purchase/use these locks as they came with a master chart for the office with serial number and
combination code.
This will greatly
facilitate matters when:
- students forget their combination
- when we have to open lockers for repair purposes
- when students do not clean out lockers
(i.e. food items, school breaks)
Available for sale
starting
PAC Page
Our
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Ways you can help:
1. We need parents to volunteer to help with Hot Lunches
once a month. Since we do not have lunches every month,
this is only about 8 times a year.
2. We need help with fundraisers (we only do 1 big one a year).
3. We need parents to help with refreshment at 2-3 evenings a year.
4. We need people to come to
month.
Each meeting is 1 - 1.5 hours long.
5. We need parents to work on our Earthquake kits.
6. We need
Please Help!
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Division:______
Mediated
EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM
STUDENT
NAME: _________________________________________
ADDRESS:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________________
PHONE
#: ______________________________________________
PARENT
NAME: __________________________________________
Home
# ____________________Cell # _______________________
EMERGENCY
CONTACT (other than parent)
____________________
Relationship:
_____________Hme# __________Cell# ___________
EMERGENCY
CONTACT (other than parent) _____________________
Relationship:
_____________Hme# __________Cell# ___________
DOCTOR:
_____________________Ph# ______________________
DENTIST:
_____________________Ph# _____________________
CARE
CARD #____________________________________________
DATE
OF BIRTH: M _____________ D__________
Y_____________
ALLERGIES:
_____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
PARENTS
SIGN: ______________________DATE: __________
Note: For New Registering Students, please send in
a photo
copy of Care Card, and also of Birth Certificate with this form. Thank You!
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Emergency Preparedness Kits
Dear Parents,
The
___ toy and/or stuffed animal
___ picture
___ small working flashlight
___ contact #’s
___ any medicine needed
In addition the
Please return this
checklist, $5.00 and the Ziploc to school.
Two or more
volunteers are needed to help assemble the Emergency Preparedness kits. Date TBA.
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BUS NOTICE
The bus service
will start again on the first day of school (please remember that the first
day’s hours are
**Absences: Please call Thirdwave Bus Service (604)
247-1221.
(Slowly and
clearly leave your ‘child’s name, their school’s name, and bus stop name) the
night before or that morning if you know your child will be absent. Their machine will pick up the message. Due to time constraints the bus can only wait
up to 2 minutes at each stop before leaving for the next stop on the route.
Please arrive 5
minutes before pick up time
Look for Yellow
and Black school bus
Indicate on the below form, which
Enrolment
I
_______________________am signing up my child ________________
for the (route)_____________________bus at the
(location) ________________
stop.
I acknowledge
that this is a binding agreement for the entire 2008/2009 school year
Signed
_____________________________
My first cheque for $170.00 payable to the MLA is enclosed
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