NEW NORWAY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
March 21, 2013
Phone (780) 855-3936 Fax (780) 855-2600
Website Address: www.brsd.ab.ca/nnorway
The next newsletter will be issued on April 26, 2013
2013-2014 NEW NORWAY SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN (ECS) REGISTRATION! PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS WHO
ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND NEW NORWAY SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN (ECS) FOR THE 2013/2014 SCHOOL YEAR ARE
ASKED TO CALL THE SCHOOL @ 855-3936 TO PRE-REGISTER FOR FALL ECS. A student who has celebrated their 5th birthday
before March 1, 2014, can be registered in a Battle River School Division #31 ECS program. Please contact the office here at the New Norway
School if you have any questions or require further information.
2012-2013 BRSD #31 SATISFACTION SURVEYS Attention: New Norway School Parents/Guardians BRSD #31 Satisfaction Surveys will
once again be completed online this year. Following is information relating to the 2012-2013 surveys. Your satisfaction survey responses will be
used to determine how well New Norway School and BRSD #31 are accomplishing their goals and the goals of Alberta Education. New Norway
School has posted this notice on our new website (under the “News & Announcements” section on our homepage @ http://www.brsd.ab.ca/
school/nnorway/Pages/default.aspx) for your convenience. BRSD #31 will also be posting notices on its website and in all local papers to heighten
public awareness. There two different online surveys for New Norway School Parents/Guardians to complete (if they both apply to you): a)
“Parent” survey and b) “Parents of Students with Special Needs” survey. Parents who only have a child in Kindergarten (ECS) need not fill out
the survey. The New Norway School “Teacher” survey, “Support Staff” survey, “Grade 4-6 Student” survey and “Grade 7-12 Student” survey will
be completed during school time here at New Norway School. These surveys open online on Monday, February 4th, 2013. The deadline for all
surveys to be completed online is Thursday, March 28th, 2013. Please be assured that all your responses are anonymous and confidential. Parents will go to the following link to complete the survey: http://www.brsd.ab.ca/Survey/parents13.aspx. Parents of Students with Special Needs
will go to the following link to complete the survey: http://www.brsd.ab.ca/Survey/specialneeds13.aspx. At the beginning of the survey, please
ensure you click beside “New Norway” and at the end remember to click on the word “Finish”. If you do not click on the word “Finish”,
your results will not be processed. Once you have done that a page will appear saying “Thank you for taking the survey”. Thank you very
much for completing the survey. Your voice is important to us! If you have any questions or concerns, contact us here at the school (780-8553936) or Michele Tibbo at BRSD. (780-672-6131, Ext. 5239, or [email protected]). Please feel free to come use a NNS computer/iPad anytime before March 27th, 2013 to complete the BRSD #31 satisfaction survey here at the school if you do not have access to the internet at
home or if you have dial up service.
ATTENTION: NNS STUDENTS & PARENTS/GUARDIANS As you may have questions from time to time about the new BRSD #31 Administrative Procedure 360, our Superintendent (Dr. Payne) has directed each school to identify for you that all inquires around assessment and
Administrative Procedure 360 should follow this progression. 1. First, contact the subject Teacher here at New Norway School
(www.brsd.ab.ca/school/nnorway/SattInof/StaffDirectory/parentportal/Pages/default.aspx) and/or look at that teacher’s markbook, using the
portal (www.brsd.ab.ca/school/nnorway/Parents/parentportal/Pages/default.aspx) 2. Second, get in touch with our NNS Assessment Lead
Teacher (Mrs. Lopes - [email protected] ) and 3. Third, contact your School Principal Mr. Sieben - [email protected]
Sadly the Senior Boys Spartan’s season came to a close on the March 8th, 9th weekend. . . . with only one loss this weekend, pushing the
undefeated , number one seed in the zone and 6th in the province to overtime, we had our chances, provincials were in our grasp, but slipped away .
. . the Spartans did not walk away empty handed though, they captured the bronze medal for the central zone, proved the rankers wrong and beat
Hay Lakes one more time! and capped off a truly magical season that found our boys post the best league record in 9 years, a tournament championship countless Bronze medals , Showed they could compete with any 1A team in the province and an incredible trip to San Diego, special recognition goes out to our big group of grade 12’s that leave us this season . . . Carl K., Austin K., Ty W., Dakota S., Andrew T., Ryan F., Davin F.,
Joedy D., and Bryten J. thank you boys for all your sacrifice for our school over the past years, I am truly proud of our entire team, it was an
honour and a pleasure . . . thank you from the bottom of my heart . . . Mr. Searle
The weekend of March 8th and 9th, our Senior Lady Spartans wrapped up a very successful basketball season, bringing home bronze medals
from the CASAA Zone Championship held in Castor, Alberta. Although the goal of our Spartans was to be playing in Provincials, the fact remains
that this past season will be remembered as a resounding success. Last season our Lady Spartans failed to qualify for the Area play downs and this
year they medal at Zones….a terrific improvement. Next year we go the distance. Thanks to all you have contributed to this great season. Our
parents, scorekeepers, our teachers, but most of all our coach Greg Sjogren. Your commitment, drive and dedication kept us focused and you made
our season a lot of fun. We are already excited for next year. Mr. Nester
The February New Norway School (Parent) Council Meeting was held on February 26th, 2013. Mr. Sieben reviewed the recent
directives by Dr. Payne on Administrative Procedure 360. According to this information, full implementation of the new system of assessment, which is already in place in elementary and junior high, will be mandatory at the high school level by fall
of 2014 and optional prior to that. Parent/Guardian and student feedback on the date of implementation would be encouraged and appreciated. All are welcome to attend the next meeting on Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 7:00 pm in our school
library. School (Parent) Council will also be hosting soup and a bun at a cost of $2.00/person on Friday, March 22nd, 2013.
Be informed…get involved!
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
March 22
School (Parent) Council
Soup and Bun Lunch
March 26
School (Parent) Council
meeting in the Library @
7:00 pm
No School Day in Lieu
Good Friday
March 28
March 29
March 28-April 7
Spring Break
April 8
April 9-19th
School Resumes
SCAS swimming lessons
Tuesday—Friday
Jr. High Divisional Badminton tournament
Panago Lunch
April 11
April 17
April 18
April 19
SH City/County Badminton
Tournament
Report Cards out (Gr 7-12)
April 23
Band Concert @ 7 pm.
April 24
Extreme Pita Lunch
April 25
Parent Teacher Interviews
April 24 &25th
Bookfair in the Library
24th during school hours
25th—8:30 am-9 pm.
New Norway School
Graduation
May 24
Pi π Day at New Norway School
“Pi π Day at New Norway School was a huge success. I would like to thank all of the staff and students who came out and celebrated Pi Day. It
was amazing to see how many digits of pi each student could remember! The top 2 winners of the Pi Day competition (for each grade) won a pie to
share. The winners were as follows: Grade 2 – Julie S (64 digits), Grade 3 – Aidan P. (37 digits) and Evan W. (16 digits), Grade 4 – Madeline S
(31 digits) and Shawna L (18 digits), Grade 5 – Nayeon K (74 digits) and Connor P (50 digits), Grade 6 – Paige K (56 digits) and David F (10 digits), Grade 7 – Hannah S (87 digits) and Dustin B (56 digits), Grade 8 – Juliana R (34 digits) and Cole K (33 digits), Grade 9 – Cody B (101 digits)
and Brodie F (83 digits), Grade 10 – Jasmine J (26 digits) and Kendra J (18 digits), Grade 11 – Danny B (64 digits) and Zak K (30 digits), Grade
12 – Joedy D (75 digits) and April W. (75 digits). Congratulations & enjoy your pies! Ms. Germaine
For any student, parent or guardian who is interested there is a website that lists many of the universities, colleges and technical institutes in Alberta and what level of the new math curriculum they require for entrance into their different programs. This website is
http://alis.alberta.ca/ec/ep/aas/ta/mathreq.html. Mr. Sieben
Europe 2013 Thank you for your support for the last two years in helping the students gather funds for their trip that is fast approaching. Watch
the newsletter in June for instruction on how to follow our trip’s progress on line. There will be daily posts on line about what we are up to for the
day and pictures too. You can still join us on the trip, but the opportunity is soon over. Please go to Explorica.ca and go to the link Join a tour.
From here look for the Kvill—5972 tour that leaves in July from Edmonton.
HSSU Fundraiser: Thank you too all who supported our effort to raise funds for Q-drums by guessing the number of jelly beans in the jar. Together we raised $50.00. The winner of the jelly beans was Brison B. with a guess of 722, only one off the actual 723 in the jar. The HSSU is
planning our Spring Fling event that will occur before the break at the end of March. Mrs. Kvill
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MARTHA’S TABLE—First and third Friday of the month at Zion United Church. Free Hot Soup and Sandwich. Noon to 1pm. Everyone welcome! Volunteers are urgently needed for Martha’s Table, 2 Friday’s per month. Call Pat Kellgren at 855-2038
FARMER’S MARKET on 1st and third Tuesdays of the month from 3:00-7:00 pm. sponsored by New Norway Hall Board. Interested vendors please
contact Melanie Zeluf at 780 855-2129 or email [email protected]
MOPS (mother of Preschoolers) is on March 21st, 2013 and April 25th from 10 am-noon, held at the Malmo Mission Church on Highway 822 and Township
Road 442. We invite all mothers/caregivers with preschool aged children to come and enjoy some quality time with other preschooler moms, while kids are
looked after. Snacks are provided. Contact Jeramie-Lee @ (780)352-3512 or Alli (780)352-4236 for more information. Volunteers (MOPPETS, the wonderful
people who look after the children) are always welcome and needed.
SILVER CREEK AG SOCIETY MULTIPLEX RENTAL INFORMATION: If you wish to rent the complex the contact name for rentals is Cindy Trautman at 780 855-3044.
New Norway and Area Rec. Assoc. annual general meeting is on Wednesday, March 20th at 7:00. This will be the final opportunity to register for ball or
soccer. This is also a time to voice your concerns and offer suggestions for the upcoming season. We hope to see you there! There will also be a spring clean
up of the New Norway Recreation grounds on Sat. April 20th at 9:00 am. Please bring heavy machinery/any useful equipment you may have. This will take
place the following Saturday (April 27th) if we get rained out. Soccer and baseball start in May—we hope your kids have fun. Contact Denise Lopes 780 8553064 for more information.
INDOOR GARAGE SALE on Saturday, April 20th, 2013 from 9-4 PM at the New Norway Hall. Anyone interested in a table, please call Marilyn at 780
855-2675.
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