JDCS JOURNAL
DATE: December 11, 2008
Issue #14
FROM THE OFFICE
Retake Proofs
If you have not yet do so, please make sure that the
retake orders are in to the school office by tomorrow.
The picture proofs will be picked up so that the orders
can be processed. It does not look like these will be
back in time before the Christmas break.
Committee Meeting Dates
Friday, Dec. 12 - Milk/Lunch & cheese
orders in to office.
Monday, Dec. 15 - Hot Dog orders Back
Thursday, Dec. 18 - Christmas Chapel 9:30 a.m., Skating - 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 19 - Last day of School b/f
Christmas Break - dismissal at 1:00
p.m.
Reflections Articles - due January
5/09
FROM THE BOARD And COMMITTEES OF JDCS
From the Fundraising Committee - Croquetten
Those who placed their orders will be able to pick them up after 2:00 pm Friday
December 12. If you cannot make it, please make arrangements to have your order
picked up !! Again, thank you to all who placed orders this year, and making this a successful
fundraising event supporting Christian education in Jarvis.
Your fundraising committee, Tammy Miedema, Henry Eising, Lisa Kloet, Janine Tersteege, Dirk
Heeg, Chris Hogeterp, and Neil Janssens.
Hot Dog Orders
A gentle reminder... that Hot Dog orders for Jan/Feb/Mar. 2009 are due this coming Monday,
December 15. Please, if paying by cheque, remember to make the cheque payable to “JDCS PTA.”
Thank you very much.
Do you Shop at A&P in Simcoe...
Did you shop at A&P on Tues. Nov. 18 at 10:34, bought $125.54, used some $20 coupons and debit for
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One of your $20 coupons was a $50. A&P owes you $30. Call Darlene 519-426-2628
for info.
FROM THE TEACHERS
Leadership Council - “Spirit Day” & Drive for Mitts & Hats
On Wednesday, December 17, Leadership Council has planned a “spirit day.” We
are going to have Red & Green Day. Please dress up in red and green.
Our drive for new hats, mitts, scarves and socks ends tomorrow. If you would still like to participate
please have any donated items in by tomorrow, December 12. Our Leadership Council looks forward to
donating all these items to Victims Services early next week. Thanks to all who participated in this
project!
KINDERGARTEN
GRADE ONE
We are getting very excited in our classroom with
the upcoming celebration of Jesus’ birth. Christmas
is a very special time of year! Our practicing for the
Christmas chapel is going very well.
W e have been praying daily during our morning
devotions for the safe return home of Abby’s mom, Mrs.
Osborn, and Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons, Jenna’s grandparents.
W e now give thanks to God for answered prayer in that
these servants of His have returned home safely to their
families. W e are looking forward to hearing about their
trips as soon as possible.
It was delightful to meet with you all at
parent/teacher conferences. If you have thought
about anything that you wish you had shared with
me, or perhaps a question you may still have, please
do not hesitate to call me at 905-575-3864.
Next week will be a week of Christmas activities,
therefore, we will not be introducing a new letter of
the alphabet.
Leadership Council has arranged a service project
for Victim’s services and is requesting donations of
new hats, scarves, or mittens. Your participation
would be greatly appreciated by December 12th.
Next week Wednesday is “red and green day” - also
arranged by the student council. We encourage you
to wear red and green clothing.
As excitement continues to build within the Grade
1 classroom, we anxiously await the start of our
Christmas holidays!
Several items of which to take note are:
( some students still need to bring in a flashlight to be
used in next week’s Christmas Chapel
(there will be no quizzing during next week
( there are still 2 books available for extra Math practice
at home if anyone is interested
( I will be sending home some booklets for the holidays
that are completely optional for your child to complete
( several Library books still need to be returned to school
before the Christmas holiday begins
School will be dismissed at 1:00 next Friday for the
Christmas break. The morning at school will be spent
enjoying some very active games, some crafts, some
writing and a special treat made for the Grade 1’s by my
mom. Students will need to bring their lunch that day, but
not a morning snack. Merry Christmas! Love, Mrs. C.
GRADE TW O /THREE
GRADE TW O /THREE
With Mrs. Dreise...
As my time wraps up in the classroom and Mrs.
Dykstra is preparing her return to JDCS, it is time to
say ‘good bye’. I so have appreciated the time with
this wonderful group of kids and I know that I will
miss you all - tonnes! Thank you for all your hard
work and your enthusiasm in life! You have been a
blessing.
The students and Mrs. Eising surprised me with a
wonderful baby shower on Monday morning! What
a treat! The students presented me with a book they
had made which included lots of loving words and
beautiful pictures and we enjoyed yummy cupcakes!
Thank you as well for the gift certificate...I will
definitely put it to good use!
It has been a privilege to teach your children over
these past four months! It is hard for me to say
good bye! Thank you for all of your support and
encouraging words. I pray that you will all
experience God’s love and joy over the Christmas
season and into the New Year!
WWW: We will write our last spelling test of this
year next Wednesday, December 17.
Math: Students will begin a new Math Book series
in the New Year with Mrs. Dykstra.
Writing: We are writing Winter Cinquain poems.
With Mrs. Eising....
Thank you, parents, for allowing your child to
participate in the preparations for Mrs. Dreise’s
shower. We were able to present her with a lovely
gift card as well as a booklet with our own wellwishes. We all enjoyed a very yummy cup cake and
some juice as we celebrated Mrs. Dreise and her
upcoming baby (
In French the students received their quiz back and
we’ve moved on to unit D, “C’est pour direction”.
In Art we are continuing our project in Picasso’s
style - a self portrait which shows his style of
cubism.
For Music, please continue to daily review the
entire song of “That Boy-Child of Mary” in
preparation for our upcoming Christmas chapel.
We’d like to do a good job and need to know the
words well.
Grade 2/3 continues next column...
As this is also the last newsletter prior to the
beginning of our Christmas Break I’d like to wish
all my friends in Gr. 2/3 and their families a very
blessed Christmas as you celebrate the birth of our
Saviour. What a gift we all receive in Christ! May
you experience God’s nearness and His presence in
your life during 2009. With love - Mrs. Eising.
GRADE FOUR
With Mrs. VanBruinessen...
Spelling: We will be having a spelling quiz
tomorrow on the List 12 words. We will not be
having a spelling quiz next week.
French: Review sheets went home on Wednesday
for Friday's test. Please review all of the vocabulary
words, numbers, and sentences that we have been
learning about. Our next unit will be about animals!
Science: Please continue to study for Tuesday's
science quiz. Use the yellow review sheet to help
you study your vocabulary words and think-back questions.
Socials: W e have begun a new unit on Canada's First
Nations peoples. W e will be looking at the land, homes,
food, traditions/ceremonies, family life, clothing, etc. of
various First Nations tribes, both in the past and present.
Feel free to send in any books related to this topic that our
class could borrow over the next few months.
With Miss Booy....
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all
a blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year! May
God bless you richly in 2009.
Math tests were returned on Wednesday. Our next
unit focuses on multiplication and division
problems.
Memory Work for Tuesday is verse 3 of Go Tell It
On the Mountain.
Please bring recorders to school if you have one.
GRADE FIVE /SIX
GRADE SEVEN /EIGHT
With Mr. Wybenga...
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all
a blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year! May
God bless you richly in 2009.
The Christmas season is fast approaching, and
everyone in grade 5/6 is looking forward to the
holidays. Both grades are continuing to work on
long division in math. Grade 6 is currently learning
to divide using decimals while the 5's are dividing
four or five digit numbers with one divisor. In
grammar, grade 5 is currently working on simple
sentence and dividing them into subjects and
predicates. Grade 6 grammar is just finishing up its
unit on simple sentences. The simple farm tools of
ancient China and ancient Egypt are being learned
about in Social Studies. Students are finding out
that ancient peoples were ingenious at developing
tools from the primitive resources they had.
This week:
Our drive for new hats, mitts, scarves and socks
ends tomorrow. If you would still like to participate
please have any donated items in by tomorrow,
December 12.
Memory Work for tomorrow is the first 3 verses of
We Three Kings of Orient Are.
Spelling Lesson 12 work was due today. The test is
tomorrow. We will do lesson 13 next week with the
test on Friday.
Health test on Wednesday. We completed a review
sheet in class yesterday.
Friday
7 Math test Friday on chapter 2 - Two Dimensional
Geometry.
Lesson 14 spelling test
Grammar tests on verbs were returned today.
Away in a Manger vs. 1-3 Memory work
French tests were returned on Monday.
Note: No Friday French Quiz this week.
Bible quizzes should be returned tomorrow.
With Mrs.VanBruinessen...
Music: We will be having a short quiz next week
Wednesday. Please use your review sheet to review
the types of notes we have been studying and how
to write music in a specific time signature. Review
your note names as well.
Heads up notice: We will have a math exam and a
grammar exam at the end of January (tentatively
Jan. 27th and 29th). The next book report is due
January 23rd.
Science: Unit test on “Cells” this Monday. Science
notebooks will be collected for grading next week.
We will begin a unit on Science Fair projects in
January.