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january 2010 creighton community school newsletter p.o box 158 creighton sk s0p 0ao ph 306-688-5138 fax 306-688-5740 www.creightonschool.com principal jane dupre jane.dupre@hotmail.com vice principal sharon trubiak strubiak@creightonschool.com vice principal stacy lair slair@creightonschool.com september 3 2009 principal s message did you know that we are already halfway through our school year time flies when you are having fun there were many exciting activities that were held last month and the pictures in this newsletter prove that the family dance held on friday january 22nd tops the list it was great to see so many parents and students out together having fun february looks like it will be an eventful month as well as you know our school is dedicated to helping those who are in need this week we will be holding a spell-athon to aid the canadian red cross as they support those who have survived the earthquake in haiti thanks to all of you for supporting our students by sponsoring them i know our students will do their best to spell as many words correctly as they can great work students thursay february 11th will be an exciting day as we will be celebrating the 100th day of school there will be lots of counting reading and fun our 2010 graduates will be looking pretty sharp on february 11th and 12th as they will be having their graduation pictures taken by lifetouch graduation day will be held on friday june 25th this year our grade 10 12 students have just started the second semester this week our grade 7 9 students will also be starting a few new classes new classes are exciting and bring a fresh start to the school year attendance is so very important to being successful in school when a student misses a class they miss the class grade 2 ocean project see page 4 discussions and the lesson if at all possible please make sure that your child does not unnecessarily miss school our school does work hard to mandate daily attendance but we can t do it alone if you are having trouble getting your child to school please give the school a call and we can work together to improve the situation we are stronger together as always please contact the school if you have any questions or concerns i appreciate hearing from you jane dupre have you ever wondered what lives in the ocean 2fe knows each student has researched an ocean animal and the information was put into a booklet along with an actual model the models and booklets are on display in the resource centre come and check them out below is a list of students with their ocean animal rose starfish ashley rockhopper penguin ethan killer whale keenan crocodile fish family dance brooke seahorse tristan mako shark highlights casey dolphin tailia humpback whale see more on bree sea turtle dreyden polar bear page 7 aidan great white shark lauren blue whale brianna macaroni penguin austyn narwhal cameron hammerhead shark vision each student who enters our doors shall leave with abundant respect for self and others an the capability to meet the challenges of tomorrow mission to work together to create a student centered environment that fosters healthy living lifelong learning and responsible citizenship.[close]
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page 2 of 8 the virtues corner it is time to pre-order your child s milk for the next month remember to put their full name class and what size and type of milk they want it is $1.00 for a large and $0.75 for a small have them return it to the nutrition room as soon as possible our virtue for february at ccs is kindness the definition of kindness is the quality of being warmhearted considerate humane and sympathetic no act of kindness however small goes unnoticed -aesopgoodness is the only investment that never fails -henry david thoreaua few of our students and staff have given their comments on kindness kindness is being nice and helping people -jared carter feb 08 feb 09 feb 10 feb 11 feb 12 feb 22 feb 23 feb 24 feb 25 feb 26 mar 01 mar 02 mar 03 mar 04 mar 05 child s name class milk choice kindness is doing something nice for a friend -nick gunville being nice to people and helping them when they need it -matthew kryschuk i think kindness is saying or doing something nice even if you don t have to -mrs petalik january students of the month -demonstrating patients pkam miranda andrusiak freedom grindle marcus kennedy pkpm sarah bilquist samantha stomp claudia pachal kam noah deminick myles patterson kpm frayne vliegenthart harley vliegenthart 1b hazel sewap zane toffan 1c hannah richardson ira dumas 2fe tristan kolenosky ethan normanhydamaka 2fo kayleigh gunville abbey werbicki 3h delaney liebaert kiana stevens 3w leanne dubinak kirsten mcburnie 4h destiny custer-rich hope liebaert 4r bailey eastman jared carter 5c anna lundgren zayne benoit 5/6r keira collins kelsey ratt 6w sydni morissette jordan hrywkiw 7g calum tyson brittney blackmon 7t aisia morgan candice riehl congratulations everyone you make the ccs staff proud![close]
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page 3 of 8 school happenings nutrition month march is just around the corner which means so is nutrition month this year we will be getting everyone involved with the canada s food guide every day that we are in school for march i will have a challenge for each student to complete there will be a pizza party for the winning class the challenges will have your child thinking about the food groups serving sizes nutrition labels variety of choices within each food group and a little bit of exercise if you have any questions about nutrition month please call and i will try to help thank you robertine elliott jr spca animal diorama project jr spca club is working on an animal diorama project what this entails is jr spca members will be broken up into pairs and asked to create an animal diorama depicting one of their favourite animals real or imaginary and their habitats a few resources will be provided to your child to create this such as shoeboxes if needed glue markers construction paper pipe cleaners and pom poms the resource centre has kindly donated space to showcase the finished dioramas and we have also discussed perhaps awarding prizes to each will be to make ukrainian cabbage rolls bring your mom or a friend and for more information see ms whitmore these are skills you will always be able to use participant such as most lively representation most colourful most imaginative ect i hope this project allows for extra learning about a particular animal for your child that can be shared with others in our school the start date to our project falls on february 8th and 9th we will continue to work on our dioramas for three of our noon hour sessions and will be staying after school on wednesday march the 3rd to completely finish up our projects i am hoping to showcase our projects in the library from friday march the 5th to monday march the 15th if you have any extra crafting supplies to get rid of or shoeboxes please consider bringing them into the community school office or contacting courtney whitmore at 688-7409 meals on wheels our grade seven students will be delivering meals on wheels to the flin flon seniors for the week of feb 8th to the 12th thanks for being such good community volunteers sewing clinic do you have a pile of mending but no machine to do it would you be interested in joining a group and doing some sewing one evening if you have any interest in this call jane robillard and let her know we could easily set up an evening to do these chores together tables and chairs and the clean up i am sure that everyone got their exercise for the day in one evening school council the february school community council meeting will be held on tuesday feb 23rd at 7:00 pm in the board room carefully and enjoy your trip family dance a big thank you to all the families who came out and joined in the family dance it was too bad we only had six mirror balls as all the families were winners a big thank you to robert janzen eric reimer and brett wenger for their help in the canteen thanks to mrs dupre mrs trubiak and mrs lair for there help at the dance and thank you to those parents who helped with the grade 8 to 12 students you are invited to join sophie and learn how to make those wonderful perogies the class will beheld saturday feb 13 from 1 to 4 pm the second class will be held on sunday feb 28th from 1 to 4 and sk safety council snowmobile course congratulations to all the students who took their snowmobile course this weekend drive[close]
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page 6 of 8 reado has begun and classrooms are busy filling in squares on their reado cards a favorite part of this activity is sharing the willow award books and this year the nominees are wonderful the grade 7-9 category has great reads about topics of interest like internet safety child soldiers bullying and drug addiction as well as a fantasy about the weavers of destiny and of course a vampire known as windigo kind to gr 3 students are enjoying books about jigging siblings a boy looking for a home for his rabbits in outer space a farmer who makes library news animal robots a girl who helps a homeless man a funny boy named bruno and more the grade 3-5 students have both fact and fiction titles to choose from and the grade 4 s especially are busy reading the 4 titles required to vote at their level make sure to ask your child which is their favorite so far the details here may help them remember and let them explain what the willow awards are all about a group of students from grades 5-7 are working on a library display about haiti making sure we all know where it is what is happening there and why reading helps us learn about the world and knowing background information helps what we see and hear on the news make sense thanks for sharing your research and helping us learn discouraged by pages and pages of text as they are fast reads and fun in our library graphic novels have green spine labels and we are building quite a collection if your child brings one home check it out and you probably do you know what graphic won t be able to put it novels are they look like down big comic books but they are so much more thank you for helping graphic novels have our students be pictures on their pages responsible borrowers and while they look like as they return borrowed comics the stories in them items on time it is are usually more complex important to have a safe the great thing about place at home for library them is that the reader books and to look after gets information from both them carefully the pictures and the words which means less it is what you read when words are needed to tell you don t have to that the story they are great determines what you for readers who may be will be when you can t help it ~oscar wilde grade 2 puzzles[close]
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research findings for parents what does research say about grade retention how does grade retention make a difference page7 of 8 grade retention also called `failing means that a student is required to repeat the same grade due to lack of achievement research over the past 100 years has shown that grade retention does not benefit students having academic or social adjustment difficulties compared to similar students who are not held back to repeat a grade in fact grade retention has consistently been associated with negative outcomes students who are required to repeat a grade are more likely to drop out of high school and less likely to attend post-secondary education grade retention is one of the most powerful predictors of dropping out of high school regardless of when retention occurs grade retention is associated with increased behavioural problems grade retention can have a negative impact on achievement and social and emotional adjustment retained students are more likely to have lower educational and employment outcomes during late adolescence and early adulthood retained students experience lower self esteem and lower rates of school attendance some parents and teachers believe that grade retention may be a good practice in certain circumstances e.g if instruction has been inconsistent due to family relocation or if a student had serious illnesses or emotional trauma however no studies have been able to predict accurately which students will benefit from being retained and the overall evidence is strongly against retention researchers advocate alternatives to grade retention such as early intervention when students experience difficulties reading programs summer school and tutoring while working closely with parents grade retention is not a remedy for poor academic performance specific remedial strategies are needed to support the individual student for online resources on grade retention as well as the research references that inform this issue please visit www.oise.utoronto.ca/rspe/researchforparents copyright information you are free to reproduce and distribute this material in any form provided that you reproduce the entire commentary and credit to the two sponsors as follows © research findings for parents january 2010 what does research say about grade retention produced by oise and cea www.cea-ace.ca www.oise.utoronto.ca[close]
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