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May 7, 2015
LIBRARY NEWS
LOST AND FOUND ITEMS
Parents and students please take a look in the
lost and found box by the office to see if any
items belong to you. This box fills every week
and items are taken to the donation bins
regularly.
ENERGY CLUB NEWS
On Friday, May 8th., 2015 the A. L. Horton
Grade 6 Energy Club will be hosting their
annual raffle to raise funds for the Grade Six
year-end field trip to West Edmonton Mall
Water Park. The SPRING TIME RAFFLE
prizes will be displayed in the library. Have
your child check out these FANTASTIC
prizes.
Every student will receive one free ticket from
the Energy Club. Students can purchase more
tickets from their teachers. Additional tickets
are 5 for $1.00 or .25 each.
The prizes will be in the library loft on Friday
morning.The students will be able to purchase
tickets then, and make their prize selections.
In conjunction with EDUCATION Week, the
Energy Club will also be hosting another spirit
day – CAREER DAY on Friday, May 8th, 2014.
Let’s see what our students wish to become.
Once again clothing MUST be school
appropriate.
Good luck to everyone, and a HUGE THANK
YOU for your support. Great to see our
student leaders at work!!!
A. L Horton will be hosting its annual
Scholastic Customer Appreciation book fair on
ONLY three days – June 9th – 8:30 am -3:30
pm, June 10th - 8:30 am – 7:00 pm, June 11th
– 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. Books up to 50% off.
Great way to purchase your summer time
reading material. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!
Please remind your child ALL their library
books are due Friday, June 5th. Thanks for all
your support throughout the year. Reading is
a very important part of your child’s
education!!! READ to SUCCEED!!!
WENDY BROOK MUSIC FESTIVAL
Our classes and students participated in the
Wendy Brook Music Festival with singing,
instrumental, and choral arts entries.
Congratulations to our students and their
teachers for their hard work, diligent practice,
and superb performances.
The following is a list of awards and their
sponsors received by classes and students
from our school:
Grade 3P & 3S – Speech Arts: Choral – Drs.
Tim & Elizabeth Nawrot
Grade 2B – Vocal: Choir - Drs. Tim & Elizabeth
Nawrot
Grades 1-6 Ukr. Bil. – Ukrainian Performance:
Outstanding– Vegreville Cultural Association
Grade 4D – Instruments: Recorder – Value
Drug Mart
Grade 3/4B – Instruments: Group – Wendy
Brook Festival
Grade 3/4B – Ukrainian Performance: Group –
Wendy Brook Festival
Grade 5/6H – School Bands – Vegreville
Legion
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Grade 2B – Ukrainian Perfomance: Group –
Vegreville Cultural Association
Kindergarten Ukr. Bilingual – Ukrainian
Performance:Group – Ukrainian Catholic
Women’s League of Canada, Vegreville
Carter Ogrodnick – Ukrainian Perfomance:
Poetry - Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League
of Canada, Vegreville
Alyssa Charuk, Shayla Dziwenka, Reanna
Zacharuk – Ukrainian Performance:Vocal Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of
Canada, Vegreville
Rachel Giles, Dahlia Gladys, Alexandria Harris
– Ukrainian Performance – Vegreville Cultural
Association
Winnifred Lange – Speech Arts: Solo –
Vegreville Elks Club
Aaron Mills – Speech Arts: 10 and under –
Vegreville Natural Health Centre
Ava Grykuliak – Violin: Under 8 yrs –Vegreville
Natural Health Centre
Phoenix Faucher, Annika Sawatsky, Samantha
Tkaczyk, Rachel Wynnyk – Ukrainian
Performance – Wendy Brook Festival
Paige Phillips, Teah Uskiw - Ukrainian
Performance – Wendy Brook Festival
Stephanie Charuk, Austin Ezio, Lane Gladys,
Megan Sturrock - Ukrainian Performance –
Wendy Brook Festival
Logan Chorney, Dylan Lazaruk, Carter
Ogrodnick – Ukrainian Group Performance Wendy Brook Festival
Savannah Wynnyk – Ukrainian Performance:
Poetry - Wendy Brook Festival
Warren Chilibecki, Garrett McCrimmon Ukrainian Performance: Vocal - Wendy Brook
Festival
Joey Borchardt – Piano – Betty Hantiuk
Memorial Awards
FRIENDS of A.L. HORTON
SCHOOL/PARENT COUNCIL
and
May 25, 2015 will be the next meeting of
School/Parent Council starting at 6:30 p.m.
and the Friends of A.L. Horton at 7:30 p.m.
EARLY DISMISSAL
Next early dismissal date is Wednesday, June
3, 2015.
DATES TO REMEMBER
May 1 - No School
May 4 – 8 – Education Week
May 4 – 8 – Used book Sale
May 8 – Spring Time Raffle/Career Day
May 15 – School Closure Day
May 18 – Victoria Day – No School
May 25 - Parent Council Meeting
May 26 – Ukrainian Bilingual Meeting
May 27 – last hot dog Wednesday for this
year
June 12 – Track & Field
June 5 – last day for milk
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TRACK AND FIELD DAY
Track and field will be held on Friday, June 5,
2015, at Vegreville Composite High School.
The alternate day will be Friday, June 12,
2015, in the event of bad weather.
We are looking for volunteers for this event.
If you are interested, there is a form attached.
See attached fliers re:
- after school yoga
- Parent power hour
- busy bags
our belief to be lifelong learners, students
must have ingenuity, creativity, critical
thinking skills, and citizenship skills. To
achieve this, we work hard to ensure our
students hone a broad range of learning
experiences that go beyond the basic subjects
of math, language arts, science, and social
studies.
Over the course of the week, schools
throughout EIPS will be showcasing the
outstanding initiatives taking place geared
towards creating lifelong learners. Within our
school, we will be celebrating Education Week
with the following activities: used book sale
cookie sale, hats off to mental health, float
sale, kite flying, career day, and spring time
raffle.
We encourage all of you to participate and
help us celebrate Education Week at
A.L. Horton Elementary School.
Space is limited and pre-registration is
required. To register for this year’s Little Elk
Island
Adventures
visit
http://goo.gl/forms/hJ3qIPrmQr.
More information regarding busing for
Kindergarten students can be found at:
http://www.eips.ca/kindergarten-faq.
EDUCATION WEEK: MAY 4-8, 2015
During the week of May 4-8, schools
throughout Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS)
will be taking part in Education Week to
showcase and celebrate the important role
education plays in shaping the future of our
province. Led by the Alberta Teachers'
Association, the Alberta Schools Boards
Association, and Alberta Education, school
communities Alberta-wide are planning
activities emphasizing the value of education.
Today, more than ever, EIPS, A.L. Horton,
and our teachers are focused on providing
students with optimal learning conditions. It’s
INVESTIGATING
TRANSITIONS
TO
GRADE 1: 2014-2015 KINDERGARTEN
PILOT PORJECT
Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) is committed
to providing its students with an excellent
start to learning. All of our Kindergarten
programs are literacy-rich, play-based, and
staffed by dedicated early childhood teachers
and qualified educational assistants (EA). In
addition, all of our early learners have access
to a team of speech and language
pathologists, occupational therapists, and
additional consultants and specialists. Using a
collaborative approach, EIPS is continually
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looking for ways to enhance
outcomes for all learners.
learning
Recently, EIPS launched an innovative pilot
program for Kindergarten students called:
Investigating Transitions to Grade 1: 20142015 Kindergarten Pilot Project. The program
runs from April to June this school year and is
designed to help students, needing extra
support, prepare for Grade 1. The program
varies from school to school offering a range
of supports including: additional teaching,
extra
EA
time,
small-group
work,
individualized
programming,
increased
kindergarten hours, and added parent groups.
The goal is to ensure all EIPS students have a
successful transition into Grade 1. Each school
will learn from these pilots and we look
forward to sharing our discoveries in the
2015-2016 school year. Stay tuned!
DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY:
4, 2015
MAY
May 4 is Driver Appreciation Day. Join us as
we recognize and thank our school bus drivers
for keeping the safety of our students their
first priority. We encourage you, and your
children, to take a moment on May 4 to
express thanks to our dedicated drivers who
often go above and beyond the call of duty to
provide safe and timely transportation to our
students. This can be as simple as a smile and
"thank you" or offering a personalized card
when getting on, or off, the bus.
On behalf of A.L. Horton Elementary School,
THANK YOU to our school bus drivers for a
job well done.
STUDENT TRANSPORTATION: 20152016 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
If your child plans to use Student
Transportation for the 2015-2016 school year,
please make sure to register as soon as
possible.
Student Transportation is currently in the
process of sending out invoices to all
applicable families regarding 2015-2016
transportation fees. This communication
includes information on how to access the
ACORN system and pay your transportation
fees online. The deadline for paying 20152016 transportation fees is June 30, 2015.
Transportation fees will increase after this
date. Tentative routing information will be
provided to all bused families later in May.
In addition, Student Transportation is
introducing a new payment plan in the 20152016 school year. The plan will assist families
with fees of more than $300 and allow
payments over a five-month period. More
information (including links to the Parent
Portal and Student Quick Pay, additional
instructions, and examples about reviewing
and paying your 2014-2015 transportation
fees online) is available on the division
website
at
www.eips.ca/transportationpayments.
Don’t wait till September to register. Student
Transportation is open all summer so if you
have any questions about registration or
invoicing, please contact EIPS’ Student
Transportation at 780-417-8151 or by using
the
online
contact
form
at
www.eips.ca/contact.
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COMMUNICATING
STUDENT
LEARNING: update for pilot schools
A.L. Horton Elementary School is pleased to
announce it will be piloting Elk Island Public
Schools’ (EIPS) new elementary report cards
in the 2015-2016 school year. Developed by
EIPS, the report cards are designed to enrich
achievement for students in grades 1 to 6 and
enhance the quality of education within EIPS
by building strong partnerships among
students, teachers, and parents.
Last year, EIPS established a Communicating
Student Learning committee, made up of
parents, teachers, administrators, trustees,
and central office staff. Using feedback from
close to 1,000 parents and 400 principals and
teachers, the committee has produced an
innovative reporting system focused on
student achievement in academic outcomes
and learner attributes.
Teachers will continue to assess all areas of
the current programs of studies. What will
change is the way in which student learning is
reported. Using a five-point numeric scoring
scale,
teachers
will
indicate
student
achievement
in
clear,
parent-friendly
categories in each subject. The current EPAL
scale will no longer be used. Additionally, the
reports card will also allow teachers to report
personalized information about each student
in relation to learner attributes, areas of
strength, areas for growth, and next steps.
EIPS is excited about its new method of
communicating
student
learning,
it’s
innovative, inclusive, and based on what
stakeholders have indicated they want to see
in a reporting system. The pilot will take place
in 10 other EIPS elementary schools. The full
implementation of the report cards will take
place in 2016-2017 school year.
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