November newsletter 2

November Newsletter
Waskada School
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
I hope that your October has been pleasant at your home and
place of work. Mine has been good. October started off with the
Terry Fox Run, which was to have been on September 30th, but a
bolt of lightning changed that. $1105.00 was raised by Waskada
students for the Terry Fox Run and a good time was had by all as
we walked through the town to the golf course and then back to
the school. The snacks afterwards were a great way to end the
day.
The Turkey dinner the day before the long weekend was a great
success as well. Everyone remembered to bring their supplies, and
a great feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and of
course yummy desserts was had by the staff and students at
Waskada School. A lot of thanks need to be extended to Mrs. May
and her parent volunteers, as well as the students of Waskada
School for helping in the preparation of the food, set up of the
lunch room, and clean up.
Important Dates
Important Reminders
There is no parking in front of
the school between 8:00am and
4:00pm.
Student should not arrive at the
school before 8:40am.
Please remember to send
cutlery with your child if needed.
Do not pass the school buses
when their stop signs are
out/lights flashing and they are
loading or unloading
passengers.
Vehicles are asked to back into
their parking spots for safety
reasons.
Please make sure your child is
dressed in winter clothing for
recess as it is getting colder,
jacket, toque, mitts, winter
boots.
Turkey Feast Volunteers – Thank you so much
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Some kids enjoying their turkey feast.
Devin Goncalves and his potato turkey centre-piece
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The Parent Advisory Council has been running noon lunches on Thursdays this year. The PAC will
run hot lunches on the first three Thursdaysof the month, with the final one (or two) Thursdays open
for other school or community groups. If your group is interested in running a hot lunch at
Waskada School, please contact Kaiti Hatt at 204-673-2225.
The school’s Volleyball team have been practicing and playing against other teams in the region.
There is a senior years girls team and a combined boys and girls junior high team. Dayna
McFarlane, Christina Olson, and Joanne Sambrook are the coaches for volleyball this year, so
many thanks are given to them for their efforts.
Junior V-ball: Waskada versus Melita
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JV girls Waskada versus Hartney.
The social justice group in Waskada School is excited about heading to WE Day in Winnipeg on
Nov.15 &16, where they will volunteer their time helping others less fortunate before participating in
the big event at the MTS Centre. Locally, the social Justice group has been collecting food for
donationsfor “Scare Away Hunger”. For every non- perishable food item they bring, students are
allowed to wear their hat for the day. This has been going on since the middle of October, and
quite an impressive pile of food has been collected.
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The student council group in Waskada School has started the canteen up again for the year.
Soups, crackers and cheese, milk, popcorn, and other treats are available at lunch. As well, a Spirit
Week was arranged for the last week of October, with popular days as Pajama day, Wacky hair
day, character day, Animal day and. Of course, costume day. The student council members for
2015-2016 are…
President/Secretary
April Gibson
Vice President/Treasurer
Tara Meggison
Gr 12. Rep
George Gervin
Gr 11. Rep
Roger Gibson
Gr 10. Rep
Krista Gervin
Gr 9. Rep
George Meggison
Gr 8. Rep
Ana Janz
Gr 7. Rep
Dominic Flannery
The student council’s QSP magazine fundraiser is also in the books. Around $3500 in magazines
were sold, which means almost $1200 will have been raised for the school. Students sold
magazines to earn prizes for the amount of subscriptions they sold, as well as trying to be the top
seller each hand – in
Peak of the Market:
PAC is selling Peak of The Market again this year, so please look for a note coming home with your
child the week of Nov 16th. Orders should be back by Dec 8th. If you are thinking of having the
whole family home for Christmas get your veggies here.
Remembrance Day Service:
Waskada School is having a Remembrance Day Service on Monday Nov 9th. It will start at 10:30
am in the MPR. Everyone is Welcome.
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Waskada School Canteen Items 2015-16
Sellers:-------
Date:
Item
Price
Apple
Sauce
5O cents
Pudding
75 cents
Juice Boxes 5O cents
In the Community
Flu Clinic:
Fruit Cups
5O cents
Popcorn
5O cents
Cheese
Strings
75 cents
Monday Nov 16th
Waskada School MPR
10:00am-2:00pm
For appointments please call
1-877-646-3888
Milk to Go
$2.25
Remembrance Day Tea:
Chunky
Soup
$3.00
Campbell's
Soup to Go
$2.00
Crackers &
Cheese
5O cents
Saturday, Nov 7th
2:00pm-3:30pm at the Waskada
Legion Hall.
Cost - $3.00
There will be Grocery Hamper
draw, Rainbow auction, Bake
Table and many other items.
Everyone Welcome
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Hot Lunch Prices
Hot Dogs – $2.00
Hamburgers - $4.00
Cheeseburgers$4.50
Chicken Fingers - $2.00
CF wrap ½ - $3.00
Full - $6.00
Taco in a bag– ½ $3.00
Full $6.00
Subs – ½ $3.00
Full $6.00
Pancakes - $1.00/each
Sausage-$0.50/each
Soup and Sandwich – ½ $2.50
Full order - $5.00
Hot Lunch Workers
Nov 5th – Taco in a bag –
helpers: Muriel Brown, Joanne
Sambrook, Teresa Meggison
Nov 12th – Chicken
soup/Grilled Cheese – helpers:
Karen Spence, Jennifer
Wickham, Luanne Andries
Nov 19th – Chicken
Wraps/fingers – helpers: Lori
Gervin, Mary Dobroski
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Take Your Kid To Work Day:
Take Your Kid to Work Day is for the Grade 9’s and it will be on Wednesday, Nov 4th.
Waskada Wee Ones Pre-School 2015-2016
Back row sitting on chairs (left to right): James Van Der W esthuizen
Stetson Chartrand,
, Callie
Van der
Westhuizen.
Middle:
Mrs.
Wendy
May
(Instructor)
holding
Sadie Guenther
, Mrs. Mariangela Gustafson
(Assistant).
Front:
Rami Mosset,
Payton Tompsett,
Justin Shukin
and Jack Williams
Missing from photo: Marlie Hatt and Grady Bugg
PHOTO/JUDY WELLS
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The Social Justice Committee will be attending We Day next month in
Winnipeg. This is a chance for our students to learn how to better
support our school, community and help others on a global basis. We
have already begun our first campaign of the year, “We Scare
Hunger.” Throughout the month of October the committee has put
on activities to help raise awareness for hunger and collect nonperishable food items for a local food bank in our area.
Waskada Kindergarten 2015-2016
The Kindergarten class at Waskada School are eager to learn. Back row:
(left to right): Joey Spence, Aiden Morgan, Eve
Campbell
. Sitting: Mrs. May (Assistant), Ainslee McGregor,
Noah Griffith, Easton Guenther, Noah Gustafson, Mrs. Kristin Polnik.
Missing from the picture: Oliver Hatt
PHOTO/JUDY WELLS
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