Menno Simons Christian School
PHONE:
(403) 531-0745
March 7, 2014
FAX:
(403) 531-0747
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
WEBSITE
www.mennosimonschristianschool.ca
M E N N O … … …
W E E K L Y SCHOOL N E W S
Dates to remember:
March 7
Chapel Gr. 2 Justice
March 8/9
Winter Camping – Outdoor Ed Club
March 11/12 Grade 8 involved in CASA
March 14
No Chapel
March 14
Div II to COP Div III to Nakiska (both full day)
March 17
Report Cards issued
March 18/19 Book Fair
March 19
Latino Day
March 19
Floor Hockey Tournament afternoon
March 18
Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Youth 7pm
March 20
Parent/Teacher Interviews 3:30 – 7:45pm
March 21
Parent/Teacher Interviews 9:00 – 11:45
March 21 – April 6
SPRING BREAK
Leadership in Literacy
The Board of Trustees and Superintendent Kevin Gietz are making available
Palliser’s first public report on our division’s commitment to literacy.
The four-page publication, titled “Leadership in Literacy,” is being distributed
widely to our stakeholders starting today.
A PDF is available for download by clicking here.
Please take a few minutes to review this document which celebrates the significant
effort made by staff across Palliser to support our students’ development of
essential literacy skills.
Parents Who Pray
Prayer is an integral part of worship and our faith journey. Prayer can bring us together
and lift us up as a community. Parents Who Pray is a group of parents who meet to bring
the joys and concerns of Menno Simons Christian School before the Lord. We pray for
students, teachers, staff and families at the school. Everyone is welcome to join us and
younger children may also attend. We pray on Wednesday mornings at 8:25 in the
volunteer room beside the library. There is a prayer box located on the trophy case if you wish to place a prayer
concern. All prayer requests will be kept confidential.
Menno Simons Christian School belongs to the Canadian Association of
Mennonite Schools (CAMS). CAMS was established with a few goals in mind,
one of them is to foster active connections between students, teachers and
administrators. The CAMS Music Festival brings together these 13 schools
that span across Canada and gives them an opportunity to share with each
other musically and socially.
This year, our school will be hosting the CAMS Music Festival. The theme for
this year’s festival is “Building Harmony: Connecting, Worshipping and
Celebrating”. The festival will take place on May 1st through May 4th and our senior choir students (Grades 4
and up) are involved. It will be a weekend full of building relationships with students from other schools,
singing as a united Body of Christ and participating in a concert performance.
In April 2011 students from Menno travelled to Winnipeg to attend the 2011 CAMS Music Festival. At that
time families from Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary School (WMES) hosted our students. It is now an
opportunity for us to return the favour to WMES. Being a host for the 2014 CAMS Music festival will greatly
enrich the experience for any children that you may have participating in this year’s Music Festival. There are
currently 45 students that need to be hosted from WMES. Please contact me if you are interested in hosting
students.
If you are interested in learning more about CAMS or want to get involved, please let me know!
Ann Pan
More can be found on the school website
at: http://www.mennosimonschristianschool.ca/community/2014-cams-music-festival
MSCS Workshop – Self-Injury in Youth
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 7:00pm - School Library
Introduction to Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Youth
Self-injury is a complex and difficult to understand phenomena facing parents with children of varying ages. Often, parents
are unsure about how to manage this complex behaviour and attribute it to be either a suicidal gesture or as an attentionseeking behaviour. This presentation has focus to help parents understand the nature of self-injury and highlights that
those who self-injure are coping with strong feelings in a maladaptive way.
Hana Mancuso, a psychologist with expertise in the treatment of adolescents, will help explore the myths and realities of
self-injury and what parents need to know in order to make informed decisions.
Please sign-up to attend this workshop at the Front Office.
Spring Plant Fundraiser coming in APRIL (and so will Spring!)
Watch for this annual fundraiser
 12” premium mixed hanging basket for sun
 12” premium mixed round patio planter for sun
 12” tomato planter with support cage- Early Girl Bush variety
 10 pack of 4.3” potted zonal geraniums in either red, white or pink
 10 pack of 4.3” potted petunias in either purple or white
 10 pack of 4.3” potted marigolds in orange
 10 pack 4” herb and strawberry combo. 6 assorted herbs and 4 ever bearing strawberries.
Forms available April 11th
Forms due April 25th
Delivery May 27th.
Lunch Program for 2013 – 2014
This year our lunch program will include a lunch EVERY WEDNESDAY!
It will rotate through the year with hot dog, pizza, pita and Edo’s.
Hot Dog
Sept 18th
Oct 16th
Nov 13th
Dec 11th
Jan 22nd
Feb 26th
Apr 9th
May 7th
June 4th
Extreme Pita
Sept 25th
Oct 23rd
Nov 20th
Dec 18th
Jan 29th
Mar 5th
Apr 16th
May 14th
June 11th
Pizza
Oct 2nd
Oct 30th
Nov 27th
Jan 8th
Feb 5th
Mar 12th
Apr 23th
May 21st
June 18th
EDO
9th
Oct
Nov 6th
Dec 4th
Jan 15th
Feb 12th
Mar 19th
Apr 30rd
May 28th
June 25th
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree outlines the needs of our children's classes and gives us the opportunity to fulfill these
needs. If your family is able to contribute any of these items please give them directly to that teacher or
leave them at the office with label indicating who they are for. Thank you so much for supporting our
teachers and our students.
THANK YOU ! For the items already brought in for the Giving Tree to date – very appreciated.
Kindergarten – Mrs. Hunsberger
Plain band aids without pictures
Grade 1 – Mrs. Karg
Ziplock bags (all sizes)
Playground equipment (especially balls)
Broom
Boxes of Tissue
Grade Ms. Janz
Boxes of Tissue
Grade 3 Mrs. McMillan
Jay Cloths
Dixie Cups
Grade 4 Mr. Wiebe
Band-aids!
Non-fiction books about sports, science/facts and animals!
Grade 5 Ms. Dyck
Age Appropriate Games for rainy indoor recess times.
Plastic cups and stir sticks for Science Experiments.
Plastic sandwich bags to hold supplies too!
Options Mr. Colgan
Wood working class could use stain and/or paint for our student projects. Used/old
will gladly be accepted if they are still usable.
Options – Sewing : Mrs. Best
Sewing class: Fabric scraps at least ½ yard/meter preferably cottons. Any colour or
pattern. Thread – any colour.
Science:
Latex or Nitrile Gloves
Ice Cream Pails with lids
BBQ lighters (6)