Alexandra News Www.alx.bwdsb.on.ca I S S U E # 5 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 5 Principal’s Message from the Eagle’s Nest INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Principal’s Message Ottawa Fundraising Snow Days Community School Council Alexandra Choir Student Council Popcorn Breakfast Club Dress for the weather Hot Lunch Mr. Meccano Habit #2 Doors Open OSCVI Dates to Remember Parking Sandcastle Theatre EQAO Quiz I hope everyone had a very restful holiday. I am sure the students have set goals for themselves for the coming year. The first report card will be coming out at the beginning of February. Our Habit for this month is Putting First Things First. The message for students is “I spend my time on things that are most important. This means I say no to things I should not do. I set priorities, make schedule, and follow my plan. I am organized.” There are many things happening at Alexandra this month. The KIDS program will have their graduation, the Attack players will visit and some of the students will be seeing a drama presentation. The SCC is hosting some family events over the next three months. There is road hockey in January and free skating in February and March. Please plan on joining us for some family fun. P.Hellyer, Principal We are very excited to announce that Mr. WOLFGANG PRANKE has generously donated one of his paintings entitled “Red Hibiscus” shown on the left for a draw with proceeds going towards the 7/8 Ottawa Trip in June. Mr. Pranke is a local artist who received his first award at the age of 8 years old. He is a third generation artist and studied art and music at Univesity of British Columbia. Tickets will go on sale shortly. Please watch for other fundraisers for this trip. You can check out his website to view other works by him. SNOW DAYS School Bus cancellations, school closure and school event notifications are now available at www.stscgb.wordpress.com. Notifications for our school are listed in Zone 11. You can follow on Twitter or RSS. Or if you would like to automatically receive an email each time a new posting is made just press the “Follow” button at the bottome of the screen and enter your email address. Note: Following on the page named “All Cancellations & Notifications” will result in you receiving all posts for all zones. We suggest you follow only the zones which interest you. REMEMBER TO CALL THE SCHOOL TO REPORT YOUR CHILDS ABSENCE IF THEY ARE A WALKER. IF THE BUS IS CANCELLED YOU DO NOT NEED TO CALL. COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL FAMILY NIGHT ROAD HOCKEY GAME Alexandra’s SCC will be hosting a Family Night Road Hockey Game on Jan 20th in the parking lot at 6:30pm. Helmets and gloves will need to be worn by all players. The Community School Council meets on the first Wednesday of every month beginning at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. January 7th is next SCC meeting at 6:30 pm in the library. If you have any questions or concerns please email us at [email protected]. ALEXANDRA CHOIR STUDENT COUNCIL CONGRATULATIONS ! To the Alexandra Choir for putting on several wonderful Christmas performances. We showed off our talent at the Attack game, Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre, St. Francis Place and the Owen Sound City Band Christmas concert at the Bayshore. Well Done Choir members!! We raised $57 for cancer research in Movember. Thank you to everyone that participated! On red day we had a fantastic turn-out with many participants wearing their new school “Eagle” t-shirts BREAKFAST CLUB POPCORN Ms. Shaughnessy’s students are selling popcorn first nutrition break every Thursday for 50 cents per bag. Great selection of flavours to choose from ! The breakfast program is in the front hall from 8:30 to 8:45 am every morning. All are welcome to come and start the day with a nutritional breakfast. We always welcome donations of fresh fruit, yogurt, whole wheat bread, cheddar cheese, 2% milk, whole grain cereals and pure fruit juice. This is a NUT FREE school so please do not bring anything that may contain nuts. Please Dress for the Weather The weather is quickly changing but unless it is pouring rain or so cold that there is a concern of frostbite, the children are outside at each recess. Please make sure they have a warm coat, boots, hats and mitts. For primary students it is preferable to have snowpants in the winter and a change of clothes for those occasional accidents. Please write names in all snowpants and jackets. There are many, many plain, black snowpants in the school and they are easily mixed up HOT LUNCH DID YOU KNOW ? All hot lunches are #3.00 Small macaroni & cheese is available daily for $2.50 each. ZEHRS has and in-store Dietitian VISIT PHARMACY OR CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR MORE INFORMATION Did you know that Zehrs Markets has Dietitians available in store? Our friendly dietitians provide credible food and nutrition advice and are available to help assist you and your family with any questions you may have about healthy eating. Visit us instore to find out more. TALK TO A REGISTERED DIETITIAN TODAY! HOT LUNCH MENU REPEATS EVERY MONTH MR. MECCANO We are thrilled to welcome back again this year Mr. Ed Barclay also known as Mr. Meccano! Grades 1-8 will be participating the week of Jan19th to Jan 23rd. Students will feel the influence of gears. Experience the advantage of levers. Visualize the action of motion and test the strength of triangles. This year the workshops are sponsored by Spinmaster. Habit #3 –PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST Alexandra is continuing to use The Leader in Me as a framework to develop traits in students that will help them to succeed in school and in their future. Ask your child about the different habits and how they are using them. Doors Open OSCVI and Grade 8 Parent Information Night DATES TO REMEMBER th On Tuesday January 12 the OSCVI will again open its doors to the community. You are invited to the OSCVI between 5pm and 7pm for a beef dinner and the opportunity to see the OSCVI, staff, students, and great facilities. Special presentations and performances will be taking place between 5pm and 6pm. A by donations beef dinner will also be served starting at 5pm (donation to the Inside Ride). At 6:15pm a special presentation for grade 8 students and parents will be held in the OSCVI Library. There will be lots of valuable information about the transition to grade 9.We are excited to share the OSCVI with our larger community. Jan 7 Jan 9 and Jan 12 Jan 14 Jan 21 All are welcome. See you then! Jan 20 Jan 30 Feb 3 PARKING Please remember that the student drop off and pickup area is on the south side of the building. There is a circle drive there which allows your children to get out of the car and go directly onto the school yard where there is supervision. The front drive of the school is for bussing and emergency vehicles only. SCC Meeting 6:30pm RED day—wear your Alexandra School t-shirt show your Eagle spirit ! Doors Open OSCVI KIDS Program Graduation at 2pm ATTACK visiting and JERSEY DAY Road Hockey Game PD day Free Skating compliments of SCC 7:15-8:15pm at Rec. Centre SANDCASTLE THEATRE Alexandra is pleased to offer our students the opportunity to be involved in a musical production along with 5 other schools. Students will have the opportunity to participate in writing a play, songwriting, acting singing or dancing. Parent Volunteers are needed to help with with the production in a variety of roles. EQAO QUIZ Below is a question taken from the 2010-11 EQAO test. Work through this with your child and talk about strategies and the thinking you do when trying to solve problems. That’s problem solving and learning !! This one is a little tricky !! EQAO question for January This question is from the Spring 2010 Gr. 6 EQAO test. Answer the question and return the slip for a chance at a gift card. Enrico pours 80 L of water into 200 mL cups. If he fills the cups completely, how many cups does he fill? a 250 b 400 c 2500 d 4000 Please return the slip below for a chance to win a gift card. The correct answer to the January EQAO question is ___________. Name____________________________________________________________________________
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