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CALENDAR
2015 - 2016
ACTIVITY
TIME
STAFF ADVISORS
START DATE
CLUBS
Ambassadors
Monthly Meetings
TBA
Oct. 5
Student Parliament
Biweekly Tuesdays at 12:20
Jen McKay, Alana Hepworth
Sept. 22
Green Team
Last Wednesday of each month
Andy Cockbain, Heather McKee
Sept. 30
Healthy School Committee
Monthly at noon on Tuesday Charlotte Hathaway-Featherstone, Janice Nesbitt
Sept 24
CAGIS
3rd Thursday at 12:20
Goederoen DeCaluwe
Sept. 10
Debating Club
Wednesday at 4pm
Ruth Clifford, Judy Carmichael
Oct. 14
Writers Craft (Junior)
Thursdays at 12:20
Janice Nesbitt
Feb. 4
Writers Craft (Senior)
Wednesday at 12:20
Joshelin Horn
Jan. to Apr.
City Chess Club
Wednesday Evenings
Steve Demmery
Sept. 16
Chess Club Wednesdays at 12:20
Steve Demmery
Sept. 16
Photography Club
Biweekly Thursdays at 12:20
Charlotte Hathaway-Featherstone
Oct. 9
Sewing Club
TBA
Ruth Clifford, Janet Anderson
TBA
Backpack Theatre
Tuesday at noon
Diane Quartel
Jan to March
Comic Strip Club
1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Andy Cockbain
Oct. 21
HOUSELEAGUE SPORTS
Primary
TBA
Janet Anderson
Junior
Twice weekly
Rob Whitmill
Senior
Twice weekly
Rob Whitmill
MUSCIAL ENSEMBLES
Lower School Choir (gr. 1-4)
Tuesdays at 12:20
Georgina Galba
Oct. 2
Middle School Choir (gr. 5 – 8)
Fridays at 12:20
Roland Fix
Oct. 4
Flute Ensemble Mondays at 4pm
Chris Murphy
Sept. 28
Strings Ensemble
Fridays at 8am
Peter Bartley
Sept. 25
School Band
Mondays at 8am
Chris Murphy
Sept. 28
Jazz Ensemble
Wednesday at 8am
Thursdays at 12:20
Chris Murphy
Sept. 30
Saxophone Ensemble
Thursdays at 4pm
Chris Murphy
Sept. 24
OTHER
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Thursdays at 8am
Chris Shoesmith, Danielle New
Sept. 18
SEPTEMBER 2015
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
6
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
7
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
17
18
19
First Day of Classes
8:45 Hospitality for
Parents:
Great Hall
Labour Day
13
14
15
Student Parliament
Class Elections
20
3:10 Welcome Back
Assembly
21
16
12:20Chess Club Begins
2:45 House Kick Off Assembly
5:00Welcome Back BBQ
22
23
Fall Begins
6:30 – 7:30
100 Youth Who Care
The Great Hall
27
CAIS Middle School
Leadership Camp
CAIS Middle School
Leadership Camp
28
9:00 Guild Meeting Library
12:20Senior Band Begins
4:00 Flute Ensemble Begins
7:00 Parent Teacher Meeting
2:45 Assembly –
Student
Parliament Campaign Speeches
12:20Student Parliament Begins
29
30
8:00Jazz Ensemble Begins
12:20Lower School Choir Begins
12:20Green Team Begins
1:00 Terry Fox Run
8:00Rhythmic Gymnastics Begins
BBQ Raindate
9:45 CAGIS to the Sifton Bog
SPIRIT DAY:
NBA 2-BALL
24
Ice Cream Thursday
8:00 Rhythmic Gymnastics Begins
12:20 Healthy School Committee Begins
4:00 Saxophone Ensemble Begins
25
26
CAIS Middle School
Leadership Camp
8:00Strings Ensemble Begins
CAIS Middle School
Leadership Camp
OCTOBER 2015
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
4
WEDNESDAY
5
6
Grade 4 to 8 Cross
Country Meet
at Regina Mundi
College
8:30 Kilometre Club
11
12
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
9:15Student
Parliament
Election
12:20Middle School Choir Begins
8
9
10
15
16
17
22
23
24
7
3
2:45 Gr. 6 VIP
4:15 New Parent’s Reception
13
12:20Photography Club begins
14
4:00Debating Club Begins
8:30 Kilometre Club
Thanksgiving Day
18
19
20
8:30 Kilometre Club
7:00 CAGIS to the
Cronyn Observatory
Photo Day
25
26
6:30 – 7:30
Financial Literacy
Workshop
7:00 Grade 8 Parent Meeting
21
12:20Comic Strip Club Begins
3:10 House Spirit Meeting
27
28
Ice Cream Thursday
9:00 - 12:00
Chess Tournament
EY & Gr. 1 Breakfast
29
30
31
Interim Reports
8:30 Kilometre Club
2:45 Gr. 6 VIP
2:15 Gr. 7 & 8 Vaccinations
Halloween Parade
and Assembly
Halloween
NOVEMBER 2015
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
1
TUESDAY
2
Daylight Saving
Time Ends
WEDNESDAY
3
Junior Girls 5-Aside
Soccer Tournament
8
9
4
Junior Boys 5-Aside
Soccer Tournament
2:45 Gr. 6 VIP
10
November 9 – 13:
Canadian
Achievement
Testing Gr. 3 - 8
11
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
5
Intermediate Mixed
Tchoukball Tournament
Gr. 5 Theatre Trip –
Jewish Community
Centre
PA Day
4:00 – 7:00
OPEN HOUSE
Parent – Teacher
Conferences
12
SATURDAY
6
7
13
14
20
21
Remembrance Day
11:00Remembrance Day Assembly
15
16
17
18
Photo Retakes
19
Ice Cream Thursday
22
23
24
25
2:45 House Challenge: Spelling Bee
29
30
26
Gr. 3 – 8:
Grand Theatre:
A Christmas Story
3:00 – 8:00
Holly & Ivy
9:00 – 5:00
Holly & Ivy
27
28
DECEMBER 2015
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
THURSDAY
2
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
3
4
5
Junior Boys
Volleyball
Tournament
Junior Girls Volleyball
Tournament
Holiday Assembly
& House Challenge:
Food Drive Kick Off
Intermediate
Mixed Volleyball
Tournament
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2:00 Celebration of Light
7:00 Celebration of Light
22
23
25
26
20
21
Winter Begins
December Break
27
28
December Break
29
December Break
Snow and Shine
Luncheon
24
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
December Break
December Break
30
31
New Years Eve
December Break
December Break
December Break
December Break
Boxing Day
JANUARY 2016
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
New Years Day
December Break
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
13
14
15
16
2:45 Gr. 6 VIP
Back to School
10
11
12
Gr. 1 -3 - Skating
Gr 4-5 – Skiing at
Boler Mountain
17
18
Semester 1 Ends
19
20
21
2:00 Piano Recital
22
23
Gr. 1 -3 - Skating
Semester 2 Begins
24
25
Gr 4-5 – Skiing at
Boler Mountain
Gr. 1 -3 - Skating
2:45 House Talent Showcase
26
27
28
Gr 4-5 – Skiing at
Boler Mountain
31
Middle School
Ski Trip to Boyne
Mountain Resort
9:00 - 12:00
Chess Tournament
Ice Cream Thursday
29
Semester 1 Reports
Middle School
Ski Trip to Boyne
Mountain Resort
Middle School
Ski Trip to Boyne
Mountain Resort
Middle School
Ski Trip to Boyne
Mountain Resort
30
FEBRUARY 2016
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
WEDNESDAY
2
THURSDAY
3
FRIDAY
4
SATURDAY
5
6
PA Day
12:20Junior Writer’s Craft Begins
Gr. 1 -3 - Skating
7
8
9
10
11
Parent-Teacher
Conferences
9:00 - 12:00
OPEN HOUSE
12
13
Gr. 1 -3 - Skating
6:30 – 7:30
100 Youth Who Care
The Great Hall
Love Is… House
Challenge Week
14
Valentine’s Day
15
Family Day
28
16
PA Day
21
22
Valentine’s Spirit Day
and House Disco
23
17
18
2:45 Gr. 6 VIP
Theatre Trip
Gr. 8 - Founder’s Day
Reception
10:00Spelling 2-5-5
Gr 4 - 6
24
25
Kate Matthew’s
98th Birthday
Ice Cream Thursday
Founder’s Day Tea
7:00 Strings Recital
29
6:30 – 7:30
Financial Literacy
Workshop
19
20
Bluesbuster Bash:
Families and Staff
26
27
MARCH 2016
I MUST, I CAN, I WILL
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
2
2:45 International Assembly
6
7
8
Daylight Saving
Time Starts
9
20
15
March Break
21
22
23
27
Easter
March Break
28
Easter Monday
March Break
29
24
Back to School
March Break
30
11
12
18
19
March Break
March Break
31
JK to Grade 2
Theatre Trip
10:00Hana Hashmito
Spring Begins
25
Good Friday
March Break
5
1:00 House Technology Challenge
17
March Break
4
Re-Enrolment Due
10
16
March Break
SATURDAY
3
Student Parliament
Trip
14
March Break
FRIDAY
7:00 Kidz Konzert
March 7 to 11
Make Me Smile Week
13
THURSDAY
26
APRIL 2016
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
9:00 - 12:00
EARLY YEARS
OPEN HOUSE
Interim Reports
3
4
5
6
2
7
8
9
15
16
House Art
Challenge Due
10
11
12
13
14
Day of Pink
Healthy School
Assembly
Senior Choir: CISMF
Junior Mathematics
Contest
17
18
19
Junior Girls Floor
Hockey Tournament
Senior Choir: CISMF
Performance at Roy
Thomson Hall
24
6:30 – 7:30
100 Youth Who Care
The Great Hall
25
20
Intermediate Girls
Floor Hockey
Tournament
Junior Boys Floor
Hockey Tournament
26
1:15Assembly:
Oratorical Contest
Family Star Night
Raindate
Family Star Night
21
Intermediate Boys
Floor Hockey
Tournament
Ice Cream Thursday
27
28
7:00 Spring Concert
Senior Choir: CISMF
22
23
Earth Day
Red Oak Assembly
29
30
MAY 2016
I MUST, I CAN, I WILL
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
2
WEDNESDAY
3
THURSDAY
4
FRIDAY
5
6
7
12
13
14
1:30 Middle School Musical
7:00 Middle School Musical
1:30 Middle School Musical
18
19
20
21
27
28
House Challenge:
No Pen Day
8:30 Kilometre Club
8
9
SATURDAY
10
11
Gauss Mathematics
Contest
Mother’s Day
8:30 Kilometre Club
15
16
6:30 – 7:30
Financial Literacy
Workshop
22
23
17
Ainsley Day
7:00 Strings Recital
8:30 Kilometre Club
24
25
26
Gr 1-3 Swimming
School
Victoria Day
29
8:30 Kilometre Club
30
31
Han Janssen
Memorial Track and
Field Meet
Gr. 4-8 Tennis Begins
Ice Cream Thursday
**watch newsletter
for details
4:00 - 7:00
OPEN HOUSE
Grandparents’ Day
Dinner Auction
JUNE 2016
I MUST, I CAN, I WILL
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
1
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
2
3
4
Soccer Kick Off
Track Meet Rain Date
5
6
7
8
Voice Recital
9
2:00 Piano Recital
10
11
Graduation Trip
Gr. 8: Quebec City
Graduation Trip
Gr. 8: Quebec City
12
6:30 – 7:30
100 Youth Who Care
The Great Hall
13
Graduation Trip
Gr. 8: Quebec City
14
Graduation Trip
Gr. 8: Quebec City
15
Closing Rehearsal
House Cup Award
16
17
18
Last Day of Classes
Awards Day
Graduation
19
20
21
6:30 Closing Exercises
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Play Day
22
23
29
30
Summer Begins
Father’s Day
PA Day
26
PA Day
27
PA Day
28
24
25
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
During the school day, teachers are unable to receive telephone calls while teaching.
However, you are welcome to leave a message at the Main Office with our school
secretary, Ms. Sue Tribe. Teachers will return your call at the earliest opportunity.
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Busy parents may also find email communication to be easier and more convenient.
To facilitate communication in all of its forms, please refer to following information.
HEAD OF SCHOOL
FACULTY & SPECIALIST TEACHERS
Ric Anderson, Head of School
[email protected]
Julie Fairbairn, Early Years 1
[email protected]
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Anna Wong Won, Early Years 2
[email protected]
Jen McKay, Assistant Head of School
[email protected]
Slava Shiell, Early Years 2
[email protected]
Goederoen De Caluwe, Director of Academics
[email protected]
Janet Anderson, Grade 1
[email protected]
Alana Hepworth, Director of Student Services
[email protected]
Danielle New, Grade 2
[email protected]
ADMINISTRATION
Heather McKee, Grade 2
[email protected]
Vince Diaco, Accounts Manager
[email protected]
Sue Tribe, School Secretary
[email protected]
Kayla Moore, Executive Assistant to the Head
[email protected]
Wai-Hing Lee-Bucknell, Advancement Officer
[email protected]
Dave Daley, Information Technology Consultant
[email protected]
Janice Nesbitt, Grade 3 [email protected]
Brooke MacKinnon, Grade 3
[email protected]
Andrea Cockbain, Grade 4
[email protected]
Jacquie Coleman, Grade 4
[email protected]
Diane Quartel, Grade 5
[email protected]
Chris Murphy, Instrumental Music, Band
[email protected]
Alana Hepworth, Grade 5
[email protected]
Georgina Galba, Vocal Music
[email protected]
Ruth Clifford, Grade 6, History and Geography
[email protected]
Roland Fix, Vocal Music
[email protected]
Martha McDougall, Grade 6, Mathmatics
[email protected]
Peter Bartley, Strings Teacher
[email protected]
Rob Whitmill, Grade 7, Physical Education
[email protected]
Charlotte Hathaway, Visual Art
[email protected]
Christine Shoesmith, Grade 8, Science
[email protected]
Jim Schaefer, Dramatic Arts
[email protected]
Jennifer McKay, Grade 8, Mathematics
[email protected]
Marius Debick, Piano Teacher, Accompanist
[email protected]
Joshelin Horn, English Teacher
[email protected]
Frank Minelli, Piano and Guitar Teacher
[email protected]
Evelyne Proulx, Primary French
[email protected]
Steve Demmery, Chess Instructor
[email protected]
Judy Carmichael, Librarian, Junior French
[email protected]
Charlene Kerr, Extended Day, Educational Assistant
[email protected]
McCall, Beverley, French Teacher
[email protected]
May White, Extended Day, Educational Assistant
[email protected]
Rob Whitmill, Director of Athletics, Physical Education [email protected]
Discovering Potential, Inspiring Learning
MATTHEWS HALL
CONTACT PEOPLE
SERVICES
HEAD’S OFFICE
Ric Anderson, Head of School
Kayla Moore, Executive Assistant
BUSING
Murphy Bus Lines, (519) 660-8200
Sue Tribe (519) 471-1506
EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM
Vince Diaco (519) 471-1506 ext. 226
1370 Oxford Street West
London ON N6H 1W2
Phone: (519) 471-1506
Fax: (519) 471-8647
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.matthewshall.ca
Twitter: @MHLondonOntario
OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m.
ANSWERING SERVICE
24 Hours Daily (519) 471-1506
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Jen McKay, Assistant Head of School
Goederoen De Caluwe, Director of Academics
Alana Hepworth, Director of Student Services
ADMISSION OFFICE
Kayla Moore (519) 471-1506 ext. 222
ACCOUNTS OFFICE
Vince Diaco, Accounts Manager
ADVANCEMENT OFFICE
Wai-Hing Lee-Bucknell, Advancement Officer
TECHNOLOGY OFFICE
Dave Daley, Technology Consultant
SCHOOL OFFICE
Susan Tribe, School Secretary
1370 Oxford Street West
London, Ontario N6H 1W2
(519) 471-1506
Fax: (519) 471-8647
www.matthewshall.ca
LUNCH PROGRAM
The Lunch Lady
Contact: Cathy & Rhian
(519) 933-8044, www.thelunchlady.ca
MUSIC LESSONS–PRIVATE
Wai-Hing Lee-Bucknell
(519) 471-1506 ext. 232
UNIFORMS
Matthews Hall School Store
“Sandy’s Magicwear”
Contact People: Anna Raineri, Manager
Phone Number: (519) 471-1506
Email: [email protected]
… for new and gently-used uniforms
Store Hours: Mon, Tues, Fri: 8:30-9:30am
Wed, Thurs: 3:30-4:30pm