November 2016 Newsletter
Principal’s Message:
Early Dismissal Days:
It’s November already!! Time goes by so quickly. The
Hallowe’en party was a great success again. There were
so many people here – from our Blewett School
Community - and many from outside our school
community. It just goes to show that its reputation is far
reaching. I, and the staff, would like to thank all the
parent and community volunteers who spent countless
hours putting the maze together, planning and running
games, decorating the gym, making chili and hotdogs
and working in the kitchen and country store. We are
also grateful to the clean-up crew who helped after the
event and on the weekend to get the school ready for
Monday. A big thank you goes to the Blewett Fire
Dept. who helped out with the amazing fireworks – we
thought last years were good but this year the fireworks
were amazing!! The total isn’t in yet but I’m sure it was
a successful fundraiser for the PAC and the school.
Our first report cards will be coming out on Dec. 2nd this
year. We felt it was very helpful to have the parent
teacher interviews before report cards went out so we
are trying it again this year. I have added some
information about the way we do report cards here at
Blewett School and why.
Please feel free to come and see me on Early Dismissal
Days if needed – I will be available. Stay tuned for
more great things to come at Blewett School!!
On November 16th and 17th classes will be dismissed one
hour early so that parents can have the opportunity to
meet with teachers to discuss their child’s progress.
This means that buses will be bringing students home
one hour earlier than usual. Buses will leave Blewett
School at 1:15 instead of 2:15. Interview times will be
sent home by November 8. If the time you are given
doesn’t work, please contact Jane (352-5314).
Halloween Leftovers:
Remembrance Day Fri. Nov. 11th and Monday,
Nov. 14th – School Based Professional
Development Day:
We would really appreciate your cooperation in keeping
the children’s candy or pop at home. Just as you
experience the effects of this – so do we. Thanks for
your help.
Poppies:
Poppies are now available at the school for
a small donation.
Remembrance Day Assembly:
On Thursday, November 10th at 10:45, our Grade 4/5
class will be leading a whole school Remembrance Day
assembly. The emphasis at the assembly will be on
peacemaking. You are invited to attend. If you have
family members who are veterans, please invite them
too as we would like to recognize them at the assembly.
Student Supplies Fee:
Please send in your child’s supplies
fee of $50.00 as soon as possible. If
you are unsure whether or not you have paid, please
contact Jane at 352-5314. Thank you.
PAC fundraisers:
There are a few PAC fundraisers coming up that may
help you with your Christmas shopping. 1) Poinsettia
sales from Georama 2) Purdy’s Chocolates and 3)
Epicure Products. All of these promotions give back a
certain percentage of their sales to the school.
Information on these came home earlier this week.
Please note: the return date for Purdy’s is Nov. 20th
Others to be announced. Thank you.
There is no school on these days for students.
Lice Check:
Jacqui Bohmer and Tamara Jenkinson have spent some
time recently doing lice checks at school. Many thanks
to them for volunteering their time. We are still in need
of parents willing to help out with this. Please contact
Jane if you are able to help. All parents should be
checking their children at home on a regular basis.
Thank you!
RULES/Code of Conduct/School Improvement
Plan:
We have included a matrix of expectations that we will
be reviewing with the students with regards to behaviour
expectations. What our hope is – is that we all use the
same language and expect the same behaviour in and out
of the school. Please go to our website to view our
complete Code of Conduct and our School Improvement
Plan. This year we will continue to work on writing and
our code of conduct. Please visit blewett.sd8.bc.ca to
get more information about the above and the school in
general.
Nelson Overture Concerts Society:
If any Blewett School students are interested in the 2016
– 2017 Concert Series, they can attend for free with a
paid parent. The school made a donation to the program
which allows our students free admission to all concerts.
We are now looking forward into December and
have included a Grocery Card order form. Tell all
your friends, colleagues and employers that these
cards are terrific stocking stuffers!! Money raised
will help support a number of PAC initiatives.
Please attend the PAC meeting on Wednesday,
November 18, in the Blewett school library. Child
minding is provided. PAC encourages all to attend
and very much appreciates new ideas!!
Thanks again for a very successful Halloween party.
It was great to see such a fantastic turn out and a
truly wonderful event!! - Blewett PAC
PAC November update:
Thank you!! For all of your time, effort, and energy
involved in making the Halloween event a smashing
success. Numbers will be released at the PAC
meeting on Wednesday, November 18. The event
was well attended, and extremely well supported by
many local businesses. A list of those sponsors will
be published in the December newsletter. Thank
you, thank you!!
BC School Fruit and Veggie program:
Last week and this week your children are enjoying
beautiful mini tomatoes and milk served to them during
their lunch time. We are part of the above program and
we receive fruits/veges and milk about every 2 weeks.
Ask your kids how they like it!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Upcoming Events:
Thurs. Nov. 10, 10:45 a.m. – Remembrance Day Assembly (Gr. 4/5 sharing)
Fri. Nov. 11 – Remembrance Day (no school)
Mon. Nov. 14 – School-Based Pro-D Day (no school)
Nov. 16 and 17 - Early Dismissal (one hour early) for parent meetings, 1:15 p.m.
Tues. Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. - BPAC meeting (school library)
Fri. Dec. 2 - Report cards sent home
Wed. Dec. 14 – Christmas Performance Day
Dec. 19 – Jan. 2 – Winter Break
Jan. 3 – Schools reopen
BLEWETT PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
IPAD FUNDRAISER – Grocery Gift Cards
The Blewett PAC continues to be committed to sharing the cost of purchasing 17
additional IPads for the school – up to $7000. Instead of having several different
fundraisers for this project the PAC decided to try offering Grocery Gift Cards
from Save On Foods. For every hundred dollars in gift cards the PAC receives
$8.00 (8%). We all buy groceries so we think this will be a way that everyone can
contribute.
This is how it works…
We have included a pre-order form at the bottom of this message. You send in
your order with a cheque made out to Blewett PAC or cash by Friday, Nov. 20th.
The cards will then be picked up and come in denominations of $25, $50 or $100
(Sometimes we are limited to denominations). You can collect your cards at the
school. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE ONLY DOING PREORDERS FOR NOW – it is
difficult for the school to do ‘on demand’ orders.
We appreciate your support in advance. We will continue to send home these
pre-orders in the coming months and we will do one before Christmas. We also
want to remind everyone that we have an ongoing fundraiser at the bottle depot
if you have empties left over from Christmas or during the year-just let them
know before they process your order that you would like to donate to Blewett
School’s account.
GROCERY CARD FUNDRAISER
NAME: ___________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: ___________________________
$25 _____
$50 _____
$100 _____
(Please put the number of cards you would like on the line beside the amount)
Please make cheques out to Blewett PAC. Thanks for your support!!