April 4, 2014
36367 Stephen Leacock Drive, Abbotsford, BC V3G 2Z6 604.557.0422 auguston.sd34.bc.ca
Principal, Mr. Edward (Woody) Bradford
Welcome Back from Mrs. Lainchbury ~ It is my pleasure to welcome all staff, students, and parents back to school and its rou8nes. As Mr. Bradford is at a Leadership Conference this week, I am stepping in as Ac8ng Principal here at Auguston Tradi8onal Elementary School. I have had a warm welcome, and am very appreciaCve of this excepConal learning environment. One of the ten tenets of the tradiConal school is a 'strong focus on academic achievement'. This has been clearly modeled this week by all staff as they are providing effecCve classroom instrucCon to the students. During my classroom visits, students have demonstrated their commitment to learning by their focus on the instrucCon and assignments. Auguston TradiConal School has proven that it is a place of academic learning and success.
Beyond the academics, there is so much more to Auguston TradiConal School! Some students have been parCcipants of various Aboriginal presentaCons; they have learned Salish weaving techniques, made paddle necklaces, played Aboriginal board games, have made an Aboriginal parfleche, or are looking forward to an upcoming presentaCon. In their Physical EducaCon class, they are learning the skills of hockey through various games. I have seen many examples of students learning from each other, and helping one another when needed. Students have also enjoyed the warm sunny weather, playing outside at recess and lunch with safety, kindness and respect. It has been a pleasure geEng to know the staff, students, and parents of the Auguston Tradi8onal community. I am grateful for my 8me here, and wish everyone the best as they con8nue to grow as teachers and learners.
CongratulaCons to Science Fair CompeCtors!
Congratula8ons to the following students who are compe8ng in the District Science Fair this week. We look forward to hearing about your learning experiences, and successes.
‐ Alexis Bradford
‐ Maddie Charest
‐ Ryleigh Eng
‐ Joshua Fox
‐ Georgia Kinney
‐ Hannah Kliewer‐Snow
‐ Keaton Miyagi
‐ Tyler McInnes
‐ Ashley Murphy
‐ Joshua Olafsen
‐ Ajay Virk
‐ Madison Watkins
DATES TO NOTE
Apr. 1‐4 Science Fair at UFV
CongratulaCons to Mrs. Ingham ‐ Mrs. Ingham will be full Cme in her Grade 2 classroom, due to Mrs. Froese's reCrement. We are extremely fortunate to Thurs, Apr. 10 Lego Building Contest have Mrs. Ingham as a full Cme member of our staff, and Aboriginal Board Games Div. 13 1:30‐2:30pm welcome her officially to this posiCon. Apr. 9 Aborig. Pres. ‐ Inuit Sculptures Div. 3 9‐12pm
Fri, Apr. 11 Leadership Assembly ("me TBA) Parents Welcome! Farewell to Mrs. Froese ‐ Fri, Apr. 18 CongratulaCons, and a very special farewell to Mrs. Froese. She has lei Chess Tournament at CDG Middle
our school community with fond memories, and will be dearly missed. Aborig. Pres. ‐ Sharing Circle Thank you to Mrs. Dyck, Mrs. N. Evans, Ms. Bagri
K classes 9:15‐2pm
Mrs. Simpson and Mr. Carmichael for all their work in Aborig. Pres. ‐ Fishing Tools ‐ Past & Present planning and preparing her reCrement tea. It was a Div. 4 9‐10:30am
wonderful way to celebrate her Cme here, and wish her the best in her journey ahead.
Good Friday Stat. Holiday ‐ NO CLASSES
Mon, Apr. 21 Easter Monday Stat. Holiday ‐ NO CLASSES
Apr. 22‐25 ScholasCc Book Fair
Sat, Apr. 12 Mon, Apr. 14 Wed, Apr. 16 Thurs, Apr. 24 Walk‐a‐thon for BC Children’s Hospital PAC Annual General MeeCng 6:30pm
Mon, Apr. 28 Ready, Set, Learn for 3 & 4 year olds
Thurs, May 1 TradiConal Lego Contest 6‐7pm at ATMS
!
Lisa Lainchbury
AcCng Principal, Auguston TradiConal Elementary
Lego Building Contest
Thursday, April 10th
We are very excited for all of the students who have registered to parCcipate in Auguston’s Lego Building Contest. We have representaCves from all grades as follows:
WEEKLY EVENTS
Chess Club ‐ Gr. 2‐5
Weds at lunch (aier the eaCng bell)
Guitar Club ‐ Gr. 4 & 5
Weds at 3:15 ‐ 4:00pm K ‐ 6 students
Gr. 1 ‐ 20 students
Gr. 2 ‐ 15 students
Gr. 3 ‐ 17 students
Gr. 4 ‐ 9 students
Gr. 5 ‐ 9 students
We are looking forward to seeing all of your creaCons!
PAC News
JEANS DAY WALK‐A‐THON
We are doing our second, annual, school‐wide Walk‐a‐thon on Jeans Day, Thursday, April 24. We will be raising money as a school for BC Children’s Hospital. Many of our Auguston TradiConal families have used the services at BC Children’s Hospital and it is a very worthy cause. Last year our school did an incredible job and raised over $15,000.00! We are excited to see all that our school community can do this year! Our fantas8c teachers and principal have come on board and they are helping out with some fun and crazy incen8ves to urge us on to match, and hopefully even pass, what we earned last year! We will let you know what they are willing to do next week when we hand out the pledge forms … Hint … someone might be eaCng something a likle icky and someone might be wearing something a likle different! There will be a treat for the top primary and intermediate class as well. Pledge Forms and more informa8on will be going home with students on Tuesday, April 8th.
The Dress Code Commikee is evaluaCng if there is a need for a referendum this year. They want to hear your thoughts. They have put a Sugges8on Box on the PAC board and they’d love to get feedback about anything that you feel needs to be tweaked in our Dress Code. You can also email your suggesCons to [email protected]. This is a great chance to have input!
This is the month, and the 24th is the big day for our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The 8me is 6:30 pm and childcare is provided (the kids have a blast!). This is the most important mee8ng of the year so please make the extra effort to come out and vote in who you think will do the best job as your new execu8ve. Also, see the operaConal budget and get all the updates! There is s8ll 8me to get in your nomina8ons for Exec. posi8ons right up un8l 2:40 pm on April 23rd. We will be posCng those that have already submiked their nominaCons by April 7th in the April 10th newsleker.
The following Execu8ve Posi8ons are available:
Chairperson – Non‐Vo8ng at General Mee8ngs. Vo8ng posi8on in the event of a 8e at Execu8ve mee8ngs.
Vice‐Chairperson – Vo8ng Posi8on
*Secretary – Vo8ng Posi8on
Treasurer – Vo8ng Posi8on
*District Parent Advisory Council Rep. – Vo8ng Posi8on
Fundraising Chair – Vo8ng Posi8on
Member At Large – Vo8ng Posi8on
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PAC NOMINATION FORM
All nomina8ons must be in by Wednesday, April 23rd, at 2:40 pm.
I ______________________ do hereby nominate __________________________
for the posi8on of ____________________________ for the 2014‐2015 school year.
Signature of Nominator__________________________ Signature of Nominee ___________________________ Date ______________
Date ______________
Please include a short bio and picture that can be included in the newsleeer and put on the PAC Board. Bio’s and pic received by April 7th will be in the April 10th newsleeer. BCCPAC Rep (BC Confedera8on of Parent Advisory Councils) ‐ Vo8ng Posi8on
School Planning Council Rep. – Vo8ng Posi8on
Non‐Execu8ve posi8ons, but need to be voted in:
2 Members of the School Planning Council
*present Execu-ve members are open to re‐
elec-on
S TA FF AP PR E C IAT IO N
THANK YOU TO
MARY JANE DAHL AND
TRICIA HARRISON
FOR THE YUMMY TREATS
FOR STAFF THIS WEEK! :)
If you have any ques-ons about these posi-ons please contact the present PAC Exec. at [email protected]. An explana-on of Execu-ve posi-on du-es is posted on the PAC Board as well as on the School website.
Our Spring Scholas8c Book Fair will be held April 22‐25. This is a fantasCc chance to buy books for summer reading while at the same Cme gerng new books for our library! If we sell over $3000 at our book fair, our commission will go up by 10%! That means we would have 70% of our sales! Thank you for your support!
Makeo in Div. 12 has lost his blue winter coat (missing before Spring Break). Please contact the office if you know it’s whereabouts.
Students who are Div. 1 Academic
recognized on the Academic Honour Roll Jaehyun Ahn
will have achieved a 3.1 grade point average (A = 4, B = 3, C Iain Ball
+ = 2, C = 1.5, C‐ = 1) in Byron Beytell‐Johnson
the four academic subjects (English, Phoenix Fast
Math, Social Studies, Science). Students on Jordan Fedyna
the Effort Honour Roll will meet the following Joshua Fox
criteria: Students must demonstrate Sophia Johansen
consistent effort in all assignments, Jaxx Keeler
homework and assessments. In Alyenna Kerpan
addiCon, Gr. 4 students may not have more Georgia Kinney
than three homework slips in the term. Madison Rai Makara
Grade 5 students may not have more than Jada Mann
two homework slips in the term. Students on Lauren Marsh
the Academic and Effort Honour Roll each Keaton Miyagi
term will have their names displayed in a Joshua Olafsen
school newsleker. Congratula8ons Emily Parsons
to all our Kylie Schwenneker
intermediate students that Graham Sward
made it on to the second term Ajay Virk
Honour Roll.
Div. 1 Effort
Jaehyun Ahn
Iain Ball
Alexis Bradford
Phoenix Fast
Jordan Fedyna
Joshua Fox
Sophia Johansen
Jaxx Keeler
Alyenna Kerpan
Georgia Kinney
Madison Rai Makara
Jada Mann
Lauren Marsh
Keaton Miyagi
Emily Parsons
Kylie Schwenneker
Graham Sward
Ajay Virk
Madeline Wolfe
Div. 2 Academic
Div. 2 Effort
Div. 3 Academic
Div. 3 Effort
Div. 4 Academic
Div. 4 Effort
Mia Bachar
Mia Bachar
Sonia Amaya
Sonia Amaya
Paris Bakerman
Paris Bakerman
Maddie Charest
Maddie Charest
Maeryn Beingessner
Maeryn Beingessner
Garrek Bertrand
Jaida Barata
Claire Cruson
Claire Cruson
Evan Bews
Evan Bews
Drew Brown
Garrek Bertrand
Josh Curng
Josh Curng
Arianna Cortner
Brooke Cap
Tianna Buckingham
Drew Brown
Cade Ellis
Cade Ellis
Sameera Dhaliwal
Arianna Cortner
Harlan Bullock
Tianna Buckingham
Ryleigh Eng
Ryleigh Eng
Joshua Engler
Aiden de Lisser
Trystan Castro
Harlan Bullock
Ben Flynn
Sameera Dhaliwal
Celine Chin
Trystan Castro
ChrisCan Fedele
ChrisCan Fedele
ChrisCna Gray
Joshua Engler
Emily Foster
Celine Chin
Zoe Funk
Zoe Funk
Julian Harrison
Ben Flynn
Nayha Gidda
Milanne Dyck
Zoe Griesbeck
Zoe Griesbeck
Lockhart MacGregor
ChrisCna Gray
Isa Habib
Emily Foster
Liam Hoogstraten
Liam Hoogstraten
Hunter MacLeod
Julian Harrison
Ethan Ivey
Nayha Gidda
Daniel Ignatuik
Daniel Ignatuik
Marissa Mann
Adrien Hogan
Jacob Jansen
Isa Habib
Hannah Kliewer‐Snow
Hannah Kliewer‐Snow
Daniel Morse
Daniel Kang
Liam Kliewer
Ethan Ivey
Ebony Koreman
Ebony Koreman
Elle Penner
Lockhart MacGregor
Sarah Lee
Jacob Jansen
Sofia Lakowski‐Tepper
Sofia Lakowski‐Tepper
Lucienne Romeo
Hunter MacLeod
Alex Nordstrom
Liam Kliewer
Seoyeon Lee
Seoyeon Lee
Olivia Sommer
Marissa Mann
Julienna NotelCers
Sarah Lee
Thomas Levings
Thomas Levings
Dallas Standcumbe
Connor McAllister
Mac Smith
Alex Nordstrom
Brayden Lode
Brayden Lode
Will Throness
Emily McIntyre
Summer Venier
Julienna NotelCers
Sarah McAllister
Sarah McAllister
Laura Timmons
Aadil Monir
Jordan Wegner
Jordan Reed
Tyler McInnes
Tyler McInnes
Sydney Van Papeveld
Daniel Morse
Denae Wiens
Drilon Sekiraqa
Ethan Medema
Ethan Medema
Liam Venter
Elle Penner
Blake Wilson
Mac Smith
Lucienne Romeo
Jayden Winfield
Marissa Trenaman
Ashley Murphy
Ashley Murphy
Isabella O'Donnell‐Golt
Isabella O'Donnell‐Golt
Hannah Preiss
Hannah Preiss
Kyla Puffer
Kyla Puffer
William Tang
Madison Watkins
Olivia Sommer
Braeden Vaney
Dallas Standcumbe
Summer Venier
Will Throness
Jordan Wegner
Laura Timmons
Denae Wiens
William Tang
Sydney Van Papeveld
Blake Wilson
Madison Watkins
Liam Venter
Jayden Winfield
As a parent, how do you know what skills and knowledge are really important for school success?
Should you be teaching lekers? What is more important for developing prinCng, playing with cars on the floor or pracCcing leker formaCon? Kindergarten teachers & community partners in Abbotsford are having open houses at local schools (of which Auguston is one!). Please join us!
Parents, and their children born in 2009 or 2010 are invited to come to a RSL event here at Auguston. Every child will be given a bag of learning supplies. Parents will be given resources and ideas about how to support their child in using these materials. One of the most important things you can do to make sure that your child is successful at school, is to be involved!
Auguston Tradi8onal’s RSL event for 3 & 4 year olds is on Monday, April 28th
An email was sent to Parents of New Kindergarten students for September 2014 with informaCon about signing up for the 4 year old RSL session and asking for a response in a request for morning OR aiernoon for their session. Thank you new K parents for your responses. The one hour session 8mes will be sent out via email next week.
We would like to know how many 3 year olds will be akending our RSL event on April 28th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. so we can anCcipate the supplies needed. Please note that specifically for RSL, 3 year olds are considered children born Jan, 1 ‐ Dec. 31, 2010, and 4 year olds are born Jan. 1 ‐ Dec. 31, 2009. Parents, please let us know by next Friday, April 11th, if you and your 3 year old child plan to aeend the RSL event on April 28th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Thank you.
Are you moving?
In order to begin our planning for the 2014/2015 school year, we would like to know how many students will be leaving us at the end of this year. We ask that if you are moving, you would please return this slip to the school office or email Mrs. Tait at [email protected] (for students currently in Grades K‐4). Thank you.
Student Name: _______________________ Grade: _____ Teacher Name: _____________________
School that student will be akending in September 2014: _______________________________________
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