April 2015 - Dr. Roberta Bondar Elementary School
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April 2015 - Dr. Roberta Bondar Elementary School
APRIL 2015 32717 Chilcotin Drive, Abbotsford, BC V2T 5S5 - 604.864.8572 - bondar.sd34.bc.ca Principal: Pat Jensen - Administrative Assistant: Sharon Yokoyama “Be kind.” “Be safe.” “Be respectful.” “Be responsible.” BONDAR’S NEWSLETTER for APRIL 2015 BONDAR’S P.A.C. EXECUTIVE President - Mr. Jason Petty Secretary - Mrs. Jessica Melnick Vice-president - Mrs. Jennifer Pucek Treasurer - Mrs. Amy Gill D.P.A.C. - Mrs. Robyn Maltais Hot Lunch - Mrs. Jennifer Pucek Fund Raising - Mrs. Amy Gill - Mrs. Jessica Melnick - Mrs. Shannon Lukasek - Mrs. Amy Gill - Mrs. Alexa Wittenberg - Mrs. Rhonda McClelland Bake Sales - Mrs. Rhonda McClelland Fruit and Vegetable Program - Mrs. Colleen Bertrand - Mrs. Jessica Melnick - Mrs. Heather Neufeld - Mrs. Shannon Lukasek BONDAR’S SCHOOL TRUSTEE BONDAR’S ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Mr. Stan Petersen: [email protected] Mr. Steve Carlton: [email protected] BONDAR’S SCHOOL PLANNING COUNCIL Mrs. Colleen Bertrand, Mrs. Amy Gill, Mrs. Sylvia Seebach, Mrs. Pat Jensen Please note that Dr. Roberta Bondar Elementary is a “Peanut Aware School”. We ask that you enjoy your peanut products at home as several of our students have peanut allergies. School Closure Information: School District: www.sd34.bc.ca OR 604-859-4891 OR www.abbynews.com Newsletters are posted monthly on the school website at bondar.sd34.bc.ca Hardcopies of this Newsletter are available from the school office upon request. BONDAR SCHOOL CALENDAR - see School Calendar on our website for updates. April 3,6-Good Friday - no school and Easter Monday - no school April 8 - Bondar’s “Public Speaking Challenge” for grades 3, 4, and 5 in the school gym April 9 - Ms. Born’s and Mrs. Samulski’s classes field trip to the Aboriginal Education Centre April 10- Mrs. D’Souza’s, Mrs. Davies’, Mrs. Johnson’s, Mr. Bubel’s classes field trip to the AgRec Centre April 10-Bake Sale - Thanks to our PAC and Mrs. Samulski’s and Mr. Bubel’s classes! April 13- 9:00-10:30 Monster Theatre presentation of “The Little Prince” in the school gym April 14-7:00-8:00 - PAC meeting in the school library - All parents welcome! April 15-10:45-11:45 Bondar’s “Vaisakhi” Assembly in the school gym-All parents welcome! April 15 -6:30 pm-Abbotsford Police & School District Forum-Matsqui Auditorium - “Parents & Schools!” April 19- Earth Week - Taking care of our world! April 21,22-“Stream of Dreams” watershed protection workshops for students April 23- Mr. Blackwood’s and Ms. Greenway’s classes field trip to the Blue Heron Reserve April 24- Ms. Born’s and Mrs. Samulski’s classes field trip to the Matsqui Auditorium April 27- Roller Blading week in gym classes - Thanks to Bondar’s PAC! April 30- Jean’s Day - BC Children’s Hospital Fundraiser - Help us help the kids! April 30-12:10 - Pizza Day - Thanks to our PAC! “Step by step, and child by child . . . we help shape the future.” SCHOOL GOAL “ . . . to increase the oral language skills of all students in Kindergarten to Grade 5” Bondar’s staff and School Planning Council are in the process of updating the School Plan for Student Success for the upcoming school year. The foundational literacy goal of strengthening oral language skills will continue to ground our practices and programs as we guide students into being informed and thoughtful thinkers as they come to know, understand, and use vocabulary. Their ability to speak, read, and write in meaningful ways in all their subjects is enhanced as their vocabulary develops. BONDAR SCHOOL NEWS KEEP THEM COMING! Kindergarten registrations for attending Bondar this September are taking place now. Call Mrs. Yokoyama in the school office at 604-864-8572 for details or come by to register. Bondar’s kindergarten students in 2015 can choose a Nature Kindergarten Program, if interested. Visit the school website, bondar.sd34.bc.ca and look under Programs to find Nature Kindergarten for a look at our purpose and our plans. THANKS for THE HELP! Thanks to Bondar’s Intermediate students and families for supporting our Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser for the BC and Yukon Heart and Stroke foundation. We were able to send a cheque for $481.50 to help with the research and supportive care provided by this organization. GETTING READY! We are beginning to make preparations for next year’s schooling for our students. Please let the school office know if . . . you have children ready to come to Kindergarten at Bondar this September you plan on moving out of the Bondar area by September you have neighbours moving in who plan on coming to Bondar in September Your timely information allows us to make the best preparations for our students in next year’s classes! FOUNDATION SKILLS ASSESSMENTS Bondar’s Grade 4s took home their provincial FSA test results this week. 96% of our students achieved a score of meeting/exceeding expectations in Reading, 92% for Writing, and 92% for Numeracy. Good work, Grade 4s! The successes of our Grade 4s is a testament to the strong instructional practices in place for Bondar’s Kindergartens, Grade 1s, Grade 2s, Grade 3s and Grade 4s as they build their foundational education skills in their early schooling years. VAISAKHI Bondar’s annual Vaisakhi Assembly will be held on Wednesday, April 15th in the school gym starting at 10:45am until about 11:45am. Parents are welcome to join staff, students and special guests for this assembly. Students will present information on the customs of Vaisakhi and entertain us with several dances they have learned, thanks to their dance teachers: Mrs. Manju Sharma, Mrs. Hardeep Grewal, Mrs. Rajinder Thind, and Mrs. Cori Dorsey. Students will continue to enjoy this special celebration over the lunch break as they are treated to samosas and juice during the eating period. EARTH WEEK April 19th begins Earth Week across the country. Bondar students will once again participate in “Pitch-in, Canada” to learn how they can each do their part in taking care of our earth. Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! is the message our Destination Conservation student team from Ms. Born’s and Mrs. Samulski’s classes are spreading through the school. You’ll see us cleaning, weeding, and planting to take care of our schoolyard. STREAM OF DREAMS Something fishy is coming up! All students will be participating in a Stream of Dreams workshop this month to learn about watersheds from the Stream of Dreams Mural Society instructors. Their mission is “to change environmental behaviour through education and the creation of public art”. Get ready for the fishy art work to be displayed on our school fence later this month as students each paint a fish as a colorful representation of their lessons on the importance of caring for fish and wildlife habitats. JEANS DAY Bondar continues to participate in the B.C. Children’s Hospital annual fundraiser supporting the care of sick children and researching childhood diseases. Several thousand children from the Abbotsford area alone used the services of the B.C. Children’s Hospital last hear. Buttons for the 2015 fundraiser year will be on sale at the school office all through the month of April. Each button is $5.00. Last year Bondar students sent in $300 as part of the $1.2 million raised province-wide. Be sure to wear your jeans on April 30th to show your support! SPORTS AT BONDAR Athletic Games and Badminton are on the schedule for PE classes this month. We’ll wrap up April with a week of Roller Blading, thanks to the organization of Ms. Sullivan and the sponsorship of Bondar’s PAC! PARENTS AS LITERACY PARTNERS: “Together, we make literacy happen!” Readers’ understanding of a story increases if they are able to identify some link or ‘connection’ between themselves and the main character. In this way, they step into the story and view the events from the perspective of the reactions and emotions they share with the main character. Being engaged in the story increases the reader’s understanding of story events. PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (P.A.C.) NEWS The PAC is holding a Pizza Lunch on April 30th. Order forms can be found on our school website in case your child has misplaced theirs. They’re also having a Bake Sale on the 10 th with the help of students and their families from Mrs. Samulski’s class and Mr. Bubel’s class. The Bondar Parent Advisory Council will be meeting on . . . Tuesday, April 14th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the school library. Be sure to check the school website at bondar.sd34.bc.ca for P.A.C. minutes. MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL and OUT-OF-SCHOOL CARE The Montessori Preschool at Bondar operates weekday mornings from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. They also maintain an OutOf-School Care Program from 7:00 am to the start of school and from school dismissal to 6:00 pm on school days as well as an All-Day Care Program on weekdays from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm when school is not in session such as on Professional Development Days and School Breaks throughout the year. Registrations can be made at 604-859-5061. STAYING IN-THE-KNOW Please check the web address: http://www.sd34.bc.ca/parents-students/CommunityInformation for finding out information about community events, programs, and activities for students and families in Abbotsford. This site is updated regularly by the Abbotsford School District so you’re ‘in-the-know’ about what’s around town. You can also find a link from our Bondar website to Community Information. RECYCLING AT BONDAR Bondar student monitors collect empty juice boxes after lunch each school day to send to the Regional Recycling Depot in Abbotsford. We have scheduled pick-up dates and authorized collection bins. You are welcome to send your recycling pop cans, juice boxes/cans to add to our collection. Just drop them off at the school office when you’d like to get rid of them - any amount, any time. The school receives the recycling deposit to use for miscellaneous items at school. We could also collect your small electronics, light bulbs, batteries, chargers, wires, DVDs, keys, etc. to send to the recycling depot to help our environment! Thanks for sending your Campbell’s product labels to school for the PAC’s ongoing fundraiser. Any Campbell’s label that includes the product’s FULL “UPS” bar code is acceptable. The PAC redeems these labels for school gym equipment throughout the year.