William Cook Elementary School School District No. #38 (Richmond) 8600 Cook Road, Richmond. B.C. V6Y 1V7 Phone: 604-668-6454 Fax: 604-668-6137 Early Warning Number: 604-668-6461 Website: http://cook.sd38.bc.ca Ms. D. Collins Principal “Celebrating Our Diversity as Learners” COOK COUGARS April 7th, 2015 Ms. E. Lee Vice Principal NEWSLETTER Issue #14 MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION Welcome back to the final term of school. We hope everyone had a restful Spring Break. We’ve started this term with a focus on Random Acts of Kindness. As mentioned in the announcement that went home, we are encouraging students to document some of the many things they naturally do to encourage, cheer up or help others. We’ve have a poster set up in the hallway to graph the results and we are making daily announcements of the total number of Random Acts of Kindness we’ve written about on coloured strips of paper. These Random Acts of Kindness are just part of the bigger Social Responsibility concepts we teach students throughout the school year. For more information on Social Responsibility, you can check out information on the Ministry of Education website: https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/social_resp.htm DIVISIONS 1 & 4 Social Studies EXPO On Tuesday, March 10th Divisions 1 and 4 opened their classrooms to the rest of the school for their Social Studies World Expo. Students worked in groups to research, write and create displays for a country. The work was detailed and students clearly explained the highlights of their research with the students who came through the classrooms. Well done Division 1 & 4 students! BRITANNIA MINES FOR DIV 5 THRU 8 Our grade 4 and 5 students went on a field trip to Britannia Mine as an enhancement to their study of Mining. A big thank you goes to our PAC who subsidized the trip. Students came back exhausted and smiling – always a good sign! PARENT CONVERSATION CIRCLE Our SWIS, Kitty Tang, has organized a Parent Conversation Circle for parents wanting to improve their English. The best part is that it’s held at our school every Monday afternoon in the library. If you missed registering for the program, contact Kitty at the school to see if there is still room! PIZZA NOTICES GOING HOME The PAC will be sending home Pizza Notices later this week in preparation for Pizza Day on April 23rd. TRACK ATTACK (GRADES 3 – 7) It’s spring time which means it’s Track Season! In the middle of May, our school will participate in a Track and Field meet at Minoru Park. Starting this week, students will begin training for the meet. To introduce students to the events in Track and Field, teachers organize ‘Track Attack’. During ‘Track Attack’, students will have a chance to participate in all the events to determine their favourites. ‘Track Attack’ will happen on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week and next week. We try to take as many interested students as possible to the track meet. Once ‘Track Attack’ is finished, teachers will look at the strengths of the athletes and place as many interested students as possible in events. Event practices will then be organized for before school, at lunch and after school. EARLY LEARNING CENTRE Our Early Learning Centre in Portable 4 is a very well used facility! We have City Centre and Touchstone using the facility each week, along with our own District Early Learning Centre Program. Our own Early Learning Centre Program will be closed due to field trips on April 13th and April 15th. CURRENT ADDRESSES NEEDED! If you are moving, please let us know as soon as possible. We always need to know your most current location. Students who begin with us can remain with us, even if you move to another neighbourhood. We need current addresses and phone numbers for accurate contact information. During this time of year, we also start organizing the school for next year’s enrolment. Our student numbers need to be as accurate as possible. If you plan on leaving the school, please let the office know as soon as possible. Thanks in advance for your help with this! READERS CHOICE WINNERS Each winter Mr. Rosell runs the Readers Choice Book Contest for students. Primary students listen to the nominated picture books in their classrooms and intermediate students read a minimum of 3 of the 7 nominated novels. At the end of the term, students vote on their favourites. The winners of Cook School’s Readers Choice are: “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library”, a novel by Chris Grabenstein and “If I Built A House”, a picture book by Chris VanDusen. Later this month Mr. Rosell will be giving away sets of the books in a random draw. COOK SCHOOL T-SHIRTS We will be offering Cook School TShirts for sale this month. These red t-shirts will be great for spirit days and for our track and field meet in May. A variety of sizes will be offered. Please watch for a notice going home. JEANS DAY – APRIL 24th Each year, the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation runs a fundraising campaign called “Jeans Day”. They sell buttons for $5 each throughout the community and the idea is that wearing a button allows the person to wear jeans to work for the designated day. Our school will be selling these buttons as a fundraiser for the hospital. If you would like to purchase one, please visit the office! ELL ASSESSMENTS Each spring, students who receive English Language Learner (ELL) support have an assessment to determine ELL levels for the coming year. Our ELL teachers conduct the assessments that include oral language, writing and reading. Next year’s ELL levels will be included in the third term report card in June. INTERNET SAFETY PRESENTATION Ms. Lee and Ms. Collins will be doing a presentation on Internet Safety Tips for Parents on Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 PM in the school Computer Lab. They will be going over some guidelines for families on Internet use, Internet safety, the use of Social Media and Digital Citizenship covered at school. Please join us for this informative meeting! A notice will go home asking families to RSVP. PAC MEETING IN APRIL This month’s PAC meeting will be on Thursday, April 23rd at 1:00 pm. We will be discussing school goals for the coming year and hearing a shortened version of the Internet Safety presentation for parents being held on April 30th. See you at the meeting! CITY CENTRE NEEDS YOUR FEEDBACK! City Centre Community Centre—Fall Programming Ideas Fair: Tell us what programs and services you would like to see offered at the new City Centre Community Centre, opening late summer 2015! Wednesday, April 15th, 7:00–9:00 pm City Centre Community Centre—Lang Centre #140-8279 Saba Road RSVP: [email protected] by April 10th. Space is limited. City Centre Community Centre 5900 Minoru Boulevard—Opening Summer 2015 www.richmond.ca/citycentre SECOND TERM ‘G’ LIST Each term we like to recognize the intermediate students who receive all ‘G’ effort marks on their report cards. Congratulations to all the students who made the list! Kaleigh Abeysekera Huzaifa Ahmed Renee Alconga Chricetanielle Amansec Patricia Andal Kelly Artuz Peter Auraha Rebecca Bao Chloe Bolton A.J. Basilan Jay Jay Basilan Riya Bhatt Sarah Cao Hannah Chavez Jennifer Chen Wesley Chen Mark Cheng Wendy Cheung Momiji Chiew Janice Chow Kimmy Cosare Charles Cunanan Mary Cyprich Daniel Davydova Paula De Luna Princess De Luna Michel Doria Jethro Du Yasmin El Shahary Carly Epondulan Marjorie Faith Flores Jinyl Fernandez Faye Gai Nate Gao Mariam Ghasumyan Xena Gutierrez Xenia Gutierrez Caragh Hauta Alyssa Hermosilla Raul Ho A'la Honaish Bara'ah Honaish Dickson Huang Joey Huang Mixi Huang Jenet Huo Jared Jarap Jarelle Jarap Safiya Jama Khalaf Matthew Jin Ceryne Johnson Ainsley Ku Maxx Lam Aaron Lanzo Rachel Lee Andrew Li Eric Li Ivy Li Justin Li Kaylee Li Kevina Li Ralph Li Shirley Li Jason Liang Kyla Libut Vito Lin Erica Liu Linda Liu Tiana Liu Karylle Lopez Jad Lu Carmen Luo Tony Ma Kayla Magallanes Eve Mekhlis Paul Misa Rhys Mogridge Johnny Mondragon Emily Moriyama Lisa Moriyama Behishta Nasiri Kelvin Ng Andrew Nguyen Daiji Ochiai Gerard Ordonez Aileen Penaflor Adrian Peralta Julia Perez Roman Polevoda Ayako Prevoo Daniel Rakhimov Shila Rasoul Jodie Recede Hayk Rostomyan Aaron Santos Karina Shahbazyan Risa Shoji William Sun Gabriel Tan Kelin Tan Bobby Taing Daphne Tan Angelika Tee Jizela Tejano Joshua Tinamisan Karen Tsang Kelly Tsang Zoe Tumamak Emily Wang Michelle Wang Tony Wang Tracy Wang Wendy Wang William Wang Bess Xu Ken Xu Crystal Yang Gloria Yang Jennifer Yang Janet Ye Jerry Yeung Dennis Yin Angela Yu James Yu Milana Zavlunov Ashine Zhang Ming Jia Zhang Andy Zhao Jack Zheng Chris Zhou Jennifer Zhou Jessica Zhou Evan Zhu