Griffin News, Feb. 15, 2016

Griffin News
Feb. 15, 2016
FROM THE DESK OF THE HEAD
HEAD—
—Mr. Hookey
Mardi Gras
Inside…
Calendar
… P.2
Competence
… P.3
Confidence
… P.4
Character
… P.5
Community
… P.6
March Break Camps … P. 8
In Depth
… P.9
Calendar of Events:
Feb. 17—Gr. 2-8 to Mary Poppins
Feb. 18—U14 BB at Toronto
Montessori
From the KBS French department, and main chefs, Mrs. FitzGerald
and Mme. Taverner, would like to extend a big thank you to everyone
who helped organize the very successful Mardi Gras held last
Tuesday. Thanks to cooks, Wendy de Gravina, Jan Westhaver, Jenn
Dahinten and Karlene Chapman for their contributions to the feast.
Thanks to servers and clean-up helpers, Jenn Gilson, Kelly Fletcher,
Lia Rizzardo, Krista Chapman and Amrina Visram, as well as all of the
Grade 6-8 students who pitched in to help with cooking, serving and
cleaning up after the meal.
Thanks to Ms. Heo for preparing the band for performance; to Ms.
Martin for helping all students design masks; and to Mr. Monkcom for
technical support during the day.
Grade 2-8 to Mary Poppins—Wednesday, Feb. 17
Feb. 19 - Parent Council @ 2:30
Feb. 24—Boston Pizza Famiy
Night—5-8 p.m.
Feb. 27—Guys and Small Frys—
6:30 at the school for dinner
The Grade 2-8 classes will be leaving the school on Wednesday at
9:00 a.m. to attend the Kempenfelt Community Players’ production of
Mary Poppins at the Georgian Theatre. Students should be in #1
dress and bring along a water bottle (no juices or pop) and a couple of
snacks, as they will be late returning for lunch.
Re-registration Packages
Check us out at:
Website:
www.kempenfeltbayschool.ca
Facebook: Kempenfelt Bay School
Link to Mr. Hookey’s Columns on
Simcoe.com—http://
www.simcoe.com/blogs/1940902/
Kempenfelt Bay School
Mrs. Wallace began handing out re-registration packages for the
2016/2017 school year last week. If you did not receive yours, please
ask her for it this week. Those not picked up by Thursday will be
mailed home.
Media On Google
Last week I put two folders into the Videos 2015/2016 shared file on
Google, one for the speeches of all Gr. 4-8 finalists in the public
speaking contests, and one for the events of Mardi Gras. You can
download any of the files you might wish to keep. The link for this
video file is in the e-mail accompanying this newsletter.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, February 15
No Classes: Family Day Weekend
Classes resume Tuesday, February 16th, 8:30 am
Tuesday, February 16
Vedette Theatre Program, in the Gym, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
JK/SK Games & Crafts, in the SK room: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Grs. 3 - 5 Knit Your Own Infinity Scarf, in the Grade 1 classroom: 3:45 - 4:30 pm
U10 (Grs. 3 - 4) Basketball practice, meet at the Gym: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Gr. 5 – 8 Musical CAST, in the Music Room: 3:45 – 5:00 pm
Gr. 5 – 8 Musical CREW, in the Art Room: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Wednesday, February 17
Grs. 2-8 attend Mary Poppins performance at Georgian Theatre, #1 Dress
buses depart KBS 9:00am and arrive back to KBS 1:30pm,
students to bring a snack in pocket for intermission, lunch upon return to KBS.
Grs. 4 - 6 Environment Club, in the Grade 4 classroom: 12:00 – 12:30 pm
Gr. 7/8 Yearbook Club, meet in the Library: 12:30 - 1:00 pm
Gr.1/2 Building Club, meet in the JK Room: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
U12 & U14 basketball practice, meet in the Gym: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Thursday, February 18
Vedette Theatre Program, in the Gym, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
JK/SK Indoor/Outdoor Games, meet on the Primary Bench: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Grs. 1-3 Readers Theatre, in the Library: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Grs. 1 - 8 The Yoga Project, meet in the Gym: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Grs. 5 - 8 Concert Band, in the Music Room: 3:45 – 4:30 pm
U14 Basketball Game @ Toronto Montesorri School, 500 Elgin Mills Rd. E., Richmond Hill: 3:45
pm, carpool departs KBS 2:30 pm and arrives back to KBS 5:30 – 5:45 pm
Friday, February 19
Assembly: 8:30 am, #1 Dress
Parent Council Meeting, in the Launch Room: 2:30 pm
Grs. 4-8 Battle of the Books, in the Library: 12:00 – 12:30 pm
Grs. 6-8 Jazz Band, in the Music Room: 12:30 – 1:00 pm
Gr. 5 – 8 Musical CAST, in the Music Room: 3:45 – 5:00 pm
Upcoming Events / the next 2 weeks:
Tuesday, February 23rd: U12/U14 Basketball Game @ Pickering College: 4:00 pm, bus departs
KBS 3:00 pm, bus arrives back to KBS 6:00 pm
Wednesday, February 24th: KBS Night at Boston Pizza: 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 27th: Guys & Small Frys Night: Pizza at KBS 6:30pm, Barrie Colts Game
7:30 pm
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COMPETENCE
Clockwise from above:
Grade 4-7 public speaking finalists wait their turn to perform for
the judges. (l to r) Kristinka M., Olivia G., Jackson A., Jenna D.,
Bronwyn S., Ms. Lane, Hilary R., Victoria R., Anushka A., Carter
D., Malcolm A., and Indigo A.
Public Speaking Winners: Indigo A., Oliver R., Jackson A., Daya
G., Eve F., Jensen S., Anushka A., Marin R., Connor R., and
Kristinka M.
Girls’ Arm-Wrestling Champs: Jensen S, Maya C., Marin R.,
Hilary R., Hannah J., Reese L., Cassie D., Jamie C., Victoria H.,
and Libby M.
Boys’ Arm-Wrestling Champs: Kai K., Patrick C., Preston H., Oliver R., Konrad W., Matthew F.,
Adam K and absent, Malcolm A. and Carter D.
Girls’ Consolation Arm-Wrestling Champs: Mia K., Sienna S., Olivia S., Olivia G., Eve F., Ellis L.,
Anushka A., River V., Victoria R. and Sabrina G.
Boys’ Consolation Arm-Wrestling Champs: Luke L., Tate D., Joshua K., Jamie D., Matthew K.,
William B., Andrew H., Adam M., and absent, Colin S.
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CONFIDENCE
Top: Grade 4 students Sophie
H., Sienna S. and Malcolm A.
participate in a choir exercise at
the CISMF rehearsal at SAC
last week: Grade 8 servers
Hannah J., Frankie D. and Kate
H. get ready for the Mardi Gras
luncheon participants on Fat
Tuesday.
Middle: Grade 3s perform a French song,
accompanied on the violin by classmate
Luke L. at the Mardi Gras luncheon; Grade
6 table servers Jack J., and William H.
looking dapper in their gold tophats.
Bottom: Grade 8 arm-wrestling champ
Hannah J. was challenged by Mrs.
FitzGerald for an assembly match.
(Hannah won!); Gr. 5 students Olivia G.
and Anthony C. work on a Rangoli design
piece of artwork to which the
entire class contributed; the
U14 basketball team won 32-15
against the Gr. 8 team from
Timothy Christian on Feb. 11.
U12/U14 Tentative Basektball Schedule
Thursday February 18th—U14 vs. Toronto Montessori School (Elgin Mills Campus: 500 Elgin Mills
Road East, Richmond Hill)- 3:45PM- Carpool leaves KBS @ 2:30PM
Tuesday February 23rd—U12 and U14 vs. Pickering College (16945 Bayview Ave. Newmarket)4PM. Bus departs at 3:00PM. Bus arrives back at 6:00PM
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CHARACTER
Character Theme for February - LOVING
Top: Grade 1 students Solomon K. and
Reese L. check out some of the Mardi
Gras samplings during lunch last
Tuesday; Gr. 5 student Bronwyn S,
presented a powerful speech on the
affects of media on girls’ images of
themselves; Gr. 6 student Jackson A.,
and all other public speaking winners
performed their speeches at assembly
last Friday. Jackson spoke on the topic
of Shark Finning.
Middle: Grade 3 student Jasmine K.
accepts the Golden Broom award, on
behalf of her classmates, from Eve F.
and Corey G.
Bottom: Grade 8 boys’ arm-wrestling
champion, Preston H., held off a
challenge by Mr. Hookey for two full
minutes, ending in a draw at assembly
last Thursday. The crowd was definitely
on Preston’s side!
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COMMUNITY—MARDI GRAS
The French/Cajun/Creole cultural festival of Mardi Gras brought a great deal of excitement to
the school on “Fat Tuesday” thanks to the organizational efforts of Mrs. FitzGerald and Mme.
Taverner. Top: Kindergarten students model the masks they made in art; Cajun/Creole
musicians, Swamparella, got the energy going early with their performance.
Middle: Grade 4s get ready to perform for the luncheon guests; table settings for lunch; guests
settling in and heading down the buffet line.
Bottom: Gr. 6-8 line up to perform French music; one of the Mardi Gras characters (Vitale R.)
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705-739-4731
COMMUNITY
KBS Boston Pizza Family
Dinner—Wed. Feb. 24—5-8 p.m.
As part of our support of the Free The
Children Charity, we sponsor a family
dinner each year at Boston Pizza. Grade
8 students provide some voluntary
serving and 10% of all proceeds from
KBS families are donated by Boston
Pizza to Free The
Children.
Why not buy a VISTA
gift car for Boston
Pizza and add another
5% to the proceeds
from the evening?
Parent Council Meeting—Friday, Feb. 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Main Topic—Planning for an “Old Tyme Family Funne Day” in the spring with games from the
parents’ and grandparents’ eras. (No batteries needed!)
Tax Receipts
Tax receipts are mailed out, or handed out,
throughout the year, but some have to wait until the
new year. At this point, possible receipts you
should have on hand include:
Childcare receipts—A portion of tuition is tax
deductible for childcare.
Aftercare receipts—a childcare expense
Capital Campaign Receipt—for any cash gifts to the
“I Can, I Will” Capital Campaign.
Griffin Fund Receipts—for any cash donations
made to support school programmes through the
January 2015—December 2015 period.
If you believe you are missing any of these receipts,
please contact Ms. Neal in the Business Office.
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COMMUNITY—MARCH BREAK CAMPS
Forms for the March
Break camps (March
14-18) are available
at the front office or
in Grade folders but
you need to register
soon to meet minimum number requirements so that camps
can be planned and
staffed!
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IN DEPTH
5 Books That Will Motivate You to Achieve Your Dreams in 2016
Diane MacEachern
If you’re already watching your new year’s resolutions fade away, you need back-up! I get my back-up
support from the wisdom and advice offered in the pages of the following five books. Maybe they’ll
motivate you, as well.
The Success Principles, by Jack Canfield – Canfield is the co-creator of the phenomenal Chicken Soup
for the Soul book series. But he’s also a self-described “success coach,” whose online coaching
programs focus on helping people clarify their vision and goals, overcome their fears, live by their values,
and stay focused on their “core genius.” His book The Success Principles highlights 67 powerful
principles that are written to clarify, motivate, and inspire. The subtitle, “How to Get From Where You Are
to Where You Want to Be,” says it all.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom, by Baltasar Gracian – While Canfield’s book is very focused on the 20th
century, Gracian will take you back 400 years. No matter. His advice seems as relevant today as it must
have been when he wrote it in the 1600s. Gracian was a Jesuit priest described as “part life coach, part
Machiavelli, part Yoda” by Sacred-Texts.com. The book is actually a collection of short, wise statements,
followed by about a paragraph of explanation. For example, “Cultivate those who can teach you,” he
suggests. Then: “Let friendly intercourse be a school of knowledge, and culture be taught through
conversations; thus you make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with
the advantages of instruction.” You can read it online for free at the Sacred-Texts.com website. But if you
buy it, you can keep it by your bedside or reading chair and dip into it whenever you need some worldly
wisdom that’s otherwise not easy to find.
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer – Wayne Dyer wrote many inspiring
books about success and spirituality. This was the first of his that I read, and it remains a favorite. His
“secrets” don’t seem so secret once he articulates them. “Have a Mind that is Open to Everything and
Attached to Nothing,” he advises. “Don’t Die with Your Music Still in You,” he suggests, which makes
perfect sense. He closes his book noting that “Wisdom is Avoiding All Thoughts That Weaken You.” That
may be easier said than done, but with his guidance, you may be able to get on the right path.
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, by Chip Heath & Dan Heath – You’ve probably
heard of the Heath brothers. They wrote Made to Stick, which examines why some ideas thrive while
others die. In Decisive, they identify the “four villains of decision making” and suggest strategies for
vanquishing each one. Their advice to “find someone who’s solved your problem” is a good antidote to
the angst you might feel if you’re facing a challenge alone and have no idea what to do. “Honor your core
priorities” is another part of their framework. Why is that so difficult to do? The Heaths make a good case
for knowing what’s at your core, and sticking to it.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg – Probably the
most famous book on this topic heretofore is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R.
Covey. I like The Power of Habit because it actually taught me how to break bad habits and create new
and better ones. Duhigg is an award-winning New York Times business reporter and his ability to explain
the brain science behind how we form habits is both entertaining and enlightening. The good news
coming out of his book is that “habits aren’t destiny.” Once we understand how to change bad habits into
good ones, we can transform our lives. Read the book and see if you agree.
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