Red Bluff Lhtako School Newsletter
DECEMBER 2016
Mrs. Wendy Forsythe , Principal
Mrs. Novalee Dunleavey, Secretar y
Red Bluff Lhtako
1533 Maple Drive
Quesnel, BC
V2J 4A2
Phone:
(250) 747-2634
Fax:
(250) 747-5191
Upcoming
Events
Dec 5– Deck the
Halls
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Dec 7 - Assembly
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Dec 8 – Report
cards sent home
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Dec 12 - Last day for
Good Cheer donations
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Dec 15 –
Division
5/6 & 11/12
Christmas Concert
11:00 am
Divisions 1-4 & 7-10
Christmas concert
1:30 pm & 6:30 pm
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Dec 16 – Last day
of school before
Christmas break
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Jan 3 – First day
back to school
Bucket Filling Lessons
Each class had a lesson in the last
two weeks on the importance of
Bucket Filling. We are learning
that we each have an invisible
bucket filled with good thoughts &
feelings.
WE FILL BUCKETS BY:
The things we say – Giving
compliments, saying hello, saying
please & thank you.
The things we do –being friendly,
responsible, or respectful, helping
without being asked, & listening to
someone.
REMEMBER THE RULE
When we fill someone
bucket, we fill our own.
else’s
Bucket filling is a lot like laughing –
it can spread from person to
person. Hanging out with people
who make you feel good inside is
more fun than people who make you
feel bad. We can tell the
difference.
Bucket Fillers enjoy the outdoors,
respect and take care of it & enjoy
its beauty.
We can challenge ourselves to do
something new or difficult. We
can face our fears and that can fill
our bucket. Knowing that we’ve
done our best–being proud of our
accomplishments can also help fill
our own buckets.
LET’S ALL BE BUCKET
FILLERS!
REPORT CARDS
Report cards are coming home on Thursday,
December 8th. These will report what your child
is able to do, indicate where they need more
help, and share ways parents can help the
student in his/her learning.
Primary reports:
Scale ranges from “Not Yet Meeting”,
“Approaching”, “Meeting” or “Exceeding.”
expectations. Most teachers will include
comments about the child’s progress in relation
to the learning outcomes expected.
Intermediate grades letter grades are given
for each subject comparing the student’s
performance related to learning outcomes. A
student’s end of term work may be more heavily
weighted as it more accurately shows the level
of the student at the time the report is written.
A
Excellent or outstanding performance
B
Very good performance
C+
Good performance
C
Satisfactory performance
CMinimally acceptable performance
Please sign and return the
envelope as soon as possible.
NEW WEBPAGE & INFORMATION BLOG
In an effort to improve communication we
are going to be using a new platform for
our webpage. It is currently unavailable to
view yet, but should be online soon!
Also, Mrs. Forsythe is writing a weekly
update to keep parents informed of the
weekly events at Red Bluff/Lhtako. If you
have any feedback or suggestions once the
new page is up & running we’d be happy to
hear them. Please email
[email protected] or
[email protected]
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CANADA LEARNING BOND &
CANADA EDUCATION
SAVINGS GRANT
Did you know that you can get
money for your child’s education
after high school?
The government of Canada could
add the Canada Learning Bond
and the Canada Education
Savings Grant to your education
savings after you open a
Registered Education Savings
Plan (RESP) for your child. With
the Canada Learning Bond you
could be eligible to get $500 plus
$100 per years until your child is
15 years old if:
• Your child was born after
Dec 31, 2003
• You get the monthly Child
Benefit Supplement
The Canada Education Savings
Grant is based on your annual
family income and RESP savings
and could contribute up to $600
more.
To learn more visit
www.canlearn.ca or call 1-800622-6232.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Our annual Christmas concert will
be held on December 15th. There
will be a morning performance for our
Early Primary classes Mme
Gagnon/Mme Mark, Mme Braun, Ms.
Matyas/Mr. Seiler and Mrs. McCart
at 11:00 with a social to follow in
each classroom.
The remainder of the school will have
an afternoon performance at 1:00
and an evening performance at 6:30.
Doors will open a half hour before
performance times. If you are
coming to watch, please enter
through doors by the gym.
These will be the
doors that we will
open first.
School Newsletter
BREAKFAST CLUB
A big thank you to all who sent in
donations to the breakfast club!!
This service helps many students
have a great start to their day.
THANK YOU!
PRIMARY SKATING
All Primary classes will be skating will
starting in January. Students will be
on the ice from 10:30 to 11:30 on the
following days:
Jan 9th, 16th, 23rd and Feb 1st and 6th
February 6th will be
the skate-a-thon.
Monies raised will
be used by the
Primary teachers for classroom
activities. Watch for notices to be
sent home soon.
COLD WEATHER
With the weather growing colder,
students sometimes forget to dress
appropriately. Please check to be
sure your child has a warm hats,
gloves, boots and jacket to wear
outside.
Students are
required to go
outside at
recess and lunch most days, so please
ensure that your
child(ren) leave home with warm
clothing.
We use -15 degree Celsius as a
benchmark for “in” days, however if
it warms up during the day, students
will return outside.
With our wide open playground the
wind can be cold!
RED BLUFF LHTAKO FACEBOOK
PAGE
Red Bluff Lhtako has a Facebook page
to help keep you updated with current
happenings and events. Search Red
Bluff Lhtako Elementary School and
like our page to keep informed!
GOOD CHEER
At our school we focus on bucket
filling and one way we can show
kindness in our
community is to
donate to Good Cheer!
We are accepting donations of food
& new toys at the school up to
December 12th and will deliver the
donations to the
Good Cheer Location
on Dec. 13th. We will
have a donation box set
up outside the office where
donations can be placed.
Thank you in advance for
supporting this kind cause!
VOLLEYBALL
The girls and boys both played with
great sportsmanship and effort in
during their volleyball season.
Thank you again to our coaches
Mrs. Lowndes, Mrs. McCart, Mrs.
Neighbour and Mr. Parker.
Your time and
effort is truly
appreciated! Good
luck at the upcoming
Playdowns/Playoffs!!
DECK THE HALLS
Students will be participating in a
fun filled afternoon of decorating
the school for Christmas on
Monday, December 5th. If
you have any
crafty items that
you could donate
(ribbon, wrapping
paper etc.) please
drop them off
at the office.
Parents are also welcome to come &
help out for the afternoon.
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STUDENT DROP OFF
AND PICK UP
A reminder to parents:
We ask that when
dropping off or picking
up your child, please do
not do use the staff
parking lot! Please use
the gym side of the
school in the new
designated Parent
Parking and Drop Off
area or the church
parking lot across the
street. This comes down
to a safety issue when
dropping off or picking
up your child and also
congests the parking lot
stopping the flow of
traffic. Thank you for
your cooperation.
READ IN
Thanks to all who took a
part in organizing our
annual Read-In Day.
Read-In day is a
chance for
students to
celebrate the
importance of reading
and all the fun ways to
make it happen. Each
child was also give a new
book to take home.
Thanks also to Rebecca
Beuschel for being our
special guest at our Read
In day. Rebecca
Beuschel is the
coordinator for Literacy
Quesnel Society. She
read the "Gruffalo".
School Newsletter
PAC UPDATE
BASKET RAFFLE
PAC is doing a gift basket raffle again
this year. We are asking parents from
each classroom to donate items for the
baskets. Deadline for donations is
December 11th.
The raffles will be drawn after the
evening performance of the Christmas
concert. Proceeds will go towards field
trips, busses and various items needed
for the school.
The class baskets are as follows:
Mrs. Neighbour- Mom & Dad Basket
Mrs. Lowndes/Mrs. Dykhuizen- Coffee &
Tea Lovers Basket
Mrs. Aaslie- Book Basket
Mrs. Barlcay- Just For Kids Basket
Mrs. McCart- Kids Crafts Basket
Ms. Matyas/Mr. Seiler- Baking Basket
Mme Volk- Lottery Basket
Mme Robitaille- Car Wash Basket
Mme von Hahn- Family Movie Night Basket
Mme Rummel- Chocolate Basket
Mme Braun- Pasta Basket
Mme Gagnon/Mme Mark- Christmas Basket
Each class was sent home with an idea
sheet for their baskets. For those who
don’t know what to donate, or who are
busy and just can’t make it to the
store, we will also accept cash
donations. Please make sure the cash
donations go directly to the teacher.
Tickets will be ready on Monday,
November 28th. Please stop by the
office to sign out a booklet.
***Big thanks to Rich Dupuis for
purchasing parts and donating his time
to fix our popcorn machine in time for
move night!!
*** Reminder that there will be no Hot
Lunch on Wed. December 14th.
Next PAC Meeting will be
January 18th at 6:30 pm.
December AB GAB
**Christmas is four weeks away. Talk to your child
about your First Nations activities, traditions or
values related to this season.
**Remember to relax and have more patience than
usual as this time of year can be stressful. Let us be
grateful for each other and what we have NOW.
**Congratulations to Janet Boyd for winning the
Quesnel Fairy Godmother Program. Janet will receive
a full make over with life coaching.
**Please contact Tracy Telford with any concerns at
250-747-2634
CPF UPDATE
Our school, along with Tiny Treats, is hosting a
Cookie Tray Fundraiser for the French Immersion
Week celebration which will include the entire
school. Each tray is $35 and orders will be taken
until December 5th with pick up ready at the school
on December 14th. Notices have gone home to each
family.
French Immersion students are continuing to
thrive at our new school. Thanks to all who have
been so welcoming and have worked so hard to
make this school great. Students enjoyed the
Halloween Parade, Halloween Dance, and
Remembrance Day Assembly.
The Canadian Parents for French (CPF) group is
working on some exciting projects:
French Immersion Week 2017 - students will
explore French cultures around the world this
spring. We've got fantastic ideas but could use
your enthusiasm and help too!
Quebec trip(s) - would you like to work with
other parents to plan a trip to Quebec for your
FI student in (potentially) 2018? All interested
parents and kids welcome! The group can
determine which classes or ages of students will
work together to plan a trip. It's possible that we
may have enough interest for two groups students who will be in Grade 10 and possibly
Grade 7 in 2018.
If you're interested in working with us on either
of these projects, please contact us at
[email protected]
December 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
1
Thu
Fri
2
Sat
1
2
3
8
9
10
16
17
Hot Lunch:
Hot Dogs
4
5
6
7
Hot Lunch:
Dominos
Deck the halls
Report Cards
go home
Monthly Assembly
9:30
11
12
13
14
15
Div. 5/6 & 11/12
1:00 performance
Christmas Concert
Div 1-4, & 7-10
1:00 & 6:30
performances
18
19
Christmas
Break
25
20
Christmas
Break
26
Christmas
Break
27
Christmas
Break
21
Christmas
Break
Last day before
Christmas break
22
Christmas
Break
23
24
31
Christmas
Break
28
29
30
Christmas
Break
Christmas
Break
Christmas
Break