Fire Safety Week

This week is fire safety week. Please check your smoke detector batteries, and practice an escape plan at home. We will continue to practice fire drills at school as well, and on Tuesday afternoon the kindergarten children will be visiting the fire station.

Elementary Drama will be on Wednesday at 3pm. All in K-5 are welcome to come and try it out.

Yearbook orders are due this week. They only cost $25 this year, so please try to order one.

Remember that next week there is no school on Monday (Thanksgiving) or on Tuesday and Wednesday (teacher meetins), so you have a nice long Thanksgiving weekend, especially if you plan to do any travelling. Enjoy!

Homework:
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Kindergarten: practice sounds every night, and tricky words (mom, dad).
*Grade one: read every night and practice spelling words (in, leg, glad, ring, sang, strong, lung, be, was, length.

Drama begins!

Reminders for all:
*Because of K-8 all arriving at the same time, we will not be having toast cart for K-2. Instead, we will have jam or cheese sandwhiches and juice available in Mrs. Wetzel's room for anyone who did not have breakfast.
*All picture money and forms should be in. Retakes are on Wednesday.

Elementary Drama begins on Wednesday, Oct. 1st, at 3pm. All in K-5 are welcome to come and try it out.

Homework:
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Kindergarten: practice sounds every night.
*Grade one: read every night and practice spelling words.

Fabulous Fall!

Reminders for all:
*Terry Fox Run is on Friday at 1pm. Please bring at least a dollar.
*On Friday we will be having an assembly at 10:45. Parents are welcome if you wish.
*Starting tomorrow, we will not be having toast cart for K-2. Instead, we will have jam or cheese sandwhiches and juice available in Mrs. Wetzel's room for anyone who did not have breakfast. (Starting next week, K-8 will all arrive together and toast cart will be crazy - so we want to do something different for the little guys).
*Return picture money and forms by Monday. They will let us know at a later date when retakes will be.

Homework:
*Finish homework duotang and game by Friday.
*Kindergarten: practice sounds every night.
*Grade one: read every night and practice spelling words.

Bus Evacuation!

Today we started the day by practicing bus evacuation - some of the children would like to jump out of the bus every day!

Plese don't forget to practice sounds every night (kindergarten) or read every night (grade one and two). All homework duotangs are due on Friday, and spelling tests will be on Friday as well for grades one and two. Reading Club bags and books should be returned before Thursday. I am still missing agenda money from a couple of people.

School pictures are on Friday this week for grades K-2, starting first thing in the morning.

Friday at 7pm, GMCS cinema is showing "Kung Fu Panda".

Show and Tell will also be on Friday.

Super September!

Welcome back to school. I hope everyone had a great first week. Now the real work (and fun) begins!

Reminders:
*Please look in your child's agenda each night, and return any forms that need to be filled out.
*Please send in $7 to pay for the agendas.
*School pictures will be Sept. 18th and 19th.
*Book orders are due Sept. 10th for my homeroom.
*Homework duotangs are due back on Friday (or before if you finish early).
*Sounds duotangs for kindergarten should be returned daily.

Welcome Back to School!

I hope everyone has had a great summer, and you are all refreshed and ready to go again. I can't wait to see what we will learn this year!

Thanks to all the people who brought in their school supplies last week. We have all been unpacking bags, sorting supplies, and getting enough pencils, crayons, scribblers and duotangs ready to start the first week. If you haven't already brought in your school supplies, then bring them on the first day, as well as your indoor sneakers.

On the first day of school (Tuesday), there will be no cafeteria, so we will all be eating our lunch in the classroom.

The cost of the agendas is $7 again this year, and that can be sent in any time next week.

Enjoy your last weekend of summer!

K-2 School Supplies

Kindergarten:
- 2 pkgs of 24 Crayola crayons
- 2 pkgs of 8 washable Crayola markers
- 12 duotangs (2 each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)
- 1 pkg pencils (Papermate, Dixon, or Venus)
- 4 large glue sticks (Ross, Elmer's, Staples)
- 2 pkgs of 32 page Hilroy scribblers
- 3 white vinyl erasers
- 1 box large Ziploc freezer bags
- 1 box Kleenex
- 1 bottle pump hand soap
- 2 black whiteboard markers (dry erase)
- 1 pr indoor sneakers

Grade One:
- 1 pkg of 24 Crayola crayons
- 2 pkgs of 8 washable Crayola markers
- 12 duotangs (2 each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple)
- 1 pkg pencils (Papermate, Dixon or Venus)
- 1 large glue stick (Ross, Elmer's, Staples)
- 1 pkg 32 page Hilroy scribblers
- 4 white vinyl erasers
- 1 Campfire notebook
- 1 box large Ziplock freezer bags
- 1 box Kleenex
- 1 bottle pump hand soap
- 2 black whiteboard markers (dry erase)
- 1 pr indoor sneakers

Grade Two:
- 1 pkg 24 Crayola crayons
- 1 pkg 8 washable Crayola markers
- 12 duotangs (2 each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)
- 2 pkgs of pencils (Papermate, Dixon or Venus)
- 2 lge gluesticks (Ross, Elmer's, Staples)
- 2 pkgs 32 page Hilroy scribblers
- 4 white vinyl erasers
- 1 Campfire notebook
- 1 pr scissors
- 1 30 cm ruler
- 1 box large Ziplock freezer bags
- 1 box Kleenex
- 1 bottle pump hand soap
- 1 pkg looseleaf (200 sheets)
- 2 black whiteboard markers (dry erase)
- 1 pr indoor sneakers

Please purchase exactly what school supplies are listed, and do not write the student's name on them. We know that you can find items cheaper by buying different brands, but from past exprience, these are the brands work the best and last the longest. Please help us to ensure that every student has the proper equipment that works the best, and that is the same as his or her classmates. Thank you. Have a great summer!