We have now completed our first three months of the school year and already have much to celebrate thanks to excellent focus and initiative by our students, staff and community, including:
– welcoming our Elder’s Mills community to our team
– The launch of our school touchstone
– Sharing a redesigned Learning Commons
– Launching our Green Bin program through our school’s Eco Team
– Implementing new technologies into our classrooms and classroom programs
– Meeting with parents and guardians to review student’s Progress Report Cards
– Our staff exploring professional learning in many ways
– Starting to plan for the transition of our grade 8 students to high school
– Starting our Roots of Empathy programs
– Recognizing Bullying Awareness week
– Starting our Healthy Snack program
We have developed a focused start in our classroom programs in the areas of academics, athletics and the arts.
We have had the chance to recognise the work of various employee groups at our school including: our Designated Early Childhood Educators, our care taking team, Educational Assistants and our Administrative Assistants.
Our staff have provided several student leadership and extra curricular opportunities such as our Cross Country Team, The sign language club, library and office helpers, the student Tech Team, our Eco team, Student Council, Boys’ and Girls’ Volleyball, Floor Hockey intramurals, homework club, Lunch room helpers, and our Positive Climates for Learning Committee.
As school community we have given back through our Terry Fox Walk, The Count Me in Project, and our local food bank drive.
We also appreciate the work of our school council with our school this year. Their upcoming Dance-A-Thon will take place on December 13, 2013 and will surely be an enjoyable event. Remember that all parents and guardians are welcome to our meetings. Future meetings will be: January 14, 2014, February 20, 2014, April 22, 2014 and May 29, 2014. We look forward to seeing you there.
Three short months…
…remember when it was only 3 short weeks?
Remember when I asked us to write our story?
How do you think we have done so far?
Onward.
Mr. Collins