Newsletter - Creighton Community School

 Creighton School
Newsletter
December 2015-February 2016
Administration Message
Happy New Year and Welcome Back! As we embark on 2016, please
take time to reflect on your student’s school experience so far. The
New Year provides an opportunity to re-focus on what has been
achieved and what still needs to be accomplished. With this is mind;
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grade 7-12 Final/Midterm Exams are scheduled for January 25​
-28​,
please make sure that you are aware of the dates and times of your
child’s exams to ensure that your child is sufficiently preparing.
A couple friendly reminders as we return back from the break: as we all
know; the weather in our area can become quite cold in the next few
months and it is imperative that students are dressed appropriately as
they do go outside at recesses and lunch times. Also, if if you are going
to drop off your child/children, please be aware that there is no
supervision until 8:35am and that the students are not to enter the
school before 8:45am.
We would like to thank Mr. Joe Kowalchuck for many
years of service to Creighton Community School and
its students and families. We wish Joe a very happy
and deserved retirement. With the retirement of Joe, we would like to welcome
Tiffany Ealey as our new Middle Years/High School counselor. We would like also
to officially welcome Mr. Dylan Toms as our new ELA 10 and Grade 5 teacher. Mr.
Toms is taking over for Ms. Kirsten Fritsch for the remainder of the year while she
is on maternity leave.
Please make sure that you review the monthly calendar in the newsletter as there
are many important dates throughout the month that you should be aware of. A
few of these important dates are: the final/midterm exams, the Senior Girls
Basketball Tournament (please come cheer on our Kodiaks), and the school
closure day(s).
As always, we feel that effective communication between school personnel and
families is a critical component for fostering successful academic performance. Any time you have questions or
concerns, you can call or you can email teachers, counselors, or administrators.
Sincerely,
Mr. Straile
Upcoming Events
Creighton School Newsletter 2 Athletics
Volleyball
Creighton hosted the year end Junior Volleyball
tournament in December. Our single boy’s team and
two girl’s teams did very well and had a great time
doing it. Thank you to Jessie Manns who ran the boys
side of the tournament at Creighton and to Jason
Straile for being there to help out. This tournament
brought an end to the volleyball season. I can’t give a
big enough thank you to all of the coaches, managers,
chaperones who helped out over the course of this
season. We had over 90 students participate in grade
5-12 volleyball - hosted three tournaments, and
participated in 15 tournaments over the course of 3
months. This would not be possible without a lot of
time and dedication by amazing volunteers. So thank
you - our students are very lucky to have you.
-Mr. Trumbley
Basketball
In December, Creighton hosted their annual Senior Boys Border Bash tournament. Our boys came in
fourth place. Our Senior Girls team placed 4th at a tournament in Birch Hills and won the B-side final in
Perdue.
Junior Basketball is in full swing. ​
Next weekend (Jan 15-16) is the 9th annual SR girls Kit Klassic. We
have 8 teams participating. Come on out and support the teams, we look forward to seeing you!
Cross-Country Running
Back in October, three students competed in Flin Flon for their Cross
Country zones. Derek Koivisto, Evan Madarash and Greg Morin
represented Creighton School. Derek Koivisto came in 1st for his age
division and Greg Morin came in 6th in his heat,but 3rd out of his grade.
Coaches: Kerrilynn Behrman & Carol Sutherland Creighton School Newsletter 3 Around the school
Season of Joy
December was a busy month at Creighton School. We
celebrated the Christmas season by having our annual Santa
Store. Students were able to purchase gifts for 25 cents for
their families. Thank you to all of the volunteers and to those
who donated gently used items. The Santa Store is great way
for students to experience the gift of giving!
The Festival of Trees was a success!
Thanks to our community for
supporting our grads through the Grad
Bake Sale, Breakfast with Santa, and
the Grad Tea.
Staff at the school hosted their annual
Feast at the Band Hall in Denare Beach.
We had a great turn out for turkey and
all the fixings. Thanks to everyone who
came out. Also thanks to Joe
Kowalchuk for setting up the tipi with
the help of students from the school.
Our Christmas Concert was another success this year. Students
from Pre-K to Grade 6 did well up on the stage singing
Christmas songs. We enjoyed band students from Grade 8
playing carols at the beginning of the show as well as junior high students singing carols in between
classes. The show ended with a fantastic performance by the Creighton School Choir directed by
Vanessa Unrau. A big thank you to Mrs. Nickerson for organising another charming concert!
Creighton School Newsletter 4 Grade 5PH Science
In November,​
5PH was learning about the properties of matter. Here are some grade 5's
experimenting with different types of matter. They made a volcano, play dough, and they even made
Oobleck!
Hunger Heroes
Along with other schools in our area, the Grade 9 students at CCS partnered with Northland Ford for
the We Scare Hunger campaign. Students gathered non-perishable food items from elementary
classrooms. All of the donations from all the schools in our area filled the backs of 3 ½ tonne Ford
trucks. All items collected were donated to the Lord’s Bounty Food Bank.
Creighton School Newsletter 5 A picture is worth 1000 words...
Grade 6 Tree Hunt
Girl’s Basketball and Kindergarten Enjoying the Weather
Creighton School Newsletter 6 exam schedule
Creighton School Newsletter 7 library news
As we begin a new year of reading and learning, we thank generous donors in our community who are
helping all students receive a book on their birthday. Their recognition of the importance of access to
books at home is appreciated as we know it is a vital part of increasing literacy. Thank you to the
following donors:
Rocky View BnB
CADAC Outpatient Centre
McKeen's Trucking
Di's Confectionary
Flin Flon Dental Office
Vijay Family Dental Corp
Kids First North Program
Flin Flon Credit Union Ltd
Eddie's Family Foods
North of 53 Consumers Co-op Ltd
Creighton Health Office Staff
Northern Eyecare
Town of Creighton
North Sask. Seniors
Canton Restaurant
Creighton Furniture & Appliance Centre
Frontline Sport & Leisure Ltd
Nothing to Lose Tattoo Studio
Ty's Taxi
McMunn & Yates Building Supplies
If anyone else wishes to donate to the Birthday Book fund, please contact the main office. You will
receive a tax receipt and the knowledge that you are helping increase the success of our students and
making them very happy!
Beginning Jan 11,students in kind to gr 3 will participate in READO, a version of Bingo involving various
reading tasks. Be prepared to help someone fill their card by reading or listening to stories as each
student works towards full lines and a completely full card, all for prizes.
Read On!
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