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HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL
659 Quarry Rd. East Selkirk, MB
Box 6 Group 35 RR1
East Selkirk, MB R0E 0M0
PHONE: 482-4521
FAX: 785-2872
www.lssd.ca/hts/
E-mail: [email protected]
Principal’s message
I got to read and reply to
66 notes during I Love to
Read and Write month!
It was so much fun reading all the interesting
things our students had
to say. I also got to read
everyone’s writing when
we had DEAW (drop
everything and write)
with the topic being
March 2015
‘what would you do if
you were principal of the
school?’ From adding
gummy bears to the
breakfast program to
spinning around in my
twirly chair to longer recesses, I delighted in
seeing all the cool, creative ideas! Report cards
have gone home and we
are excited to see everyone at parent teacher
interviews!
Nancy Lovenjak,
Principal
Medication at School
English
Ukrainian
Bilingual
Program
Kindergarten
Information Evening
& Open House
Wednesday,
March 25th, 2015
at 7:00 pm (school library)
In order for the school to administer medications to your
child, the Authorization for Administration of Medications
forms must be completed first and brought in to school. This
form can be found on our website http://
happythoughtschool.weebly.com/ under the page titled
Health Links, Health forms. The form must accompany the
medication to school. First dosages must be administered first
at home before given at school. This form must be completed
for all medications including over the counter medicines such
as Advil, Tylenol or Benedryl. If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact the school.
Principal For the Day
Congratulations to everyone who completed the HTS
Reading and writing challenge! There were over 120
entrants and Principal for the Day will be Paisley-Rae
Carels who is in Kindergarten. Paisley-Rae will be carrying out some principal duties during our Spirit Week.
pressed with the students’ ability to find a place of calm
and their ability to reflect on how they are feeling. We
Over the past month, I have been spending time in severhave had some wonderful conversations! Meditation is a
al classrooms working on the Zones of Regulation. This
great process for everyone to take part in. It can rejuveprogram focuses on developing self-regulation and emonate you and help you organize the day’s events. A simtional stability. Understanding how our emotions and
ple meditation process is finding a quiet space, sitting
ultimately our actions impact others is an essential skill
comfortably and as you breathe in and out, utter a 2 or 4
to developing self-control. In conjunction with this, we
word mantra. An example would be; “I’m” (breathing in
spend approximately 10 minutes meditating at the beover a second or two) “good” (exhale for a second or
ginning of each session. The students are really starting
two).
to enjoy the meditation process and we can see many students finding, for a short period of time, a time of reflection and a place of calm. I have been thoroughly im-
Mr. Chody’s Chatter
Library News
With gusts of spring blowing in, we are excited to be in the midst of our Scholastic Book Fair as I write
this. It’s so rewarding to see the HTS students brimming with excitement about books!! I look forward
to visiting with families during this time and definitely appreciate the books and materials that are added
to our Library as a result of everyone’s support! Many thanks to my student crew and volunteers during
this time!
I also want to extend my thanks to the special readers who visited our school during I Love to Read and
Write Month, several of whom donated books to our Library at that time. I mentioned Mrs. Kublick in
our last newsletter; we also had our MLA Greg Dewar and Mr. Kwasnitza donate beautiful books as well.
Wonderful new additions! And my thanks to Mrs. Weeler for her recent donations, too!
With spring break around the corner, I hope that our students have a chance to read for the sheer fun of
it! Whether it’s a great new book about ocean creatures purchased from our book fair or the discovery of
a new novel series from our chapter book stacks, I wish you all happy reading!
Patti Grayson
Librarian
Kindergarten Registration for 2015-2016
We are now accepting kindergarten registrations for both our English and English-Ukrainian Bilingual
programs for children born in 2010. The English-Ukrainian program is available to all children in the
Lord Selkirk School Division. We are asking our parents to register as soon as possible because we
provide readiness packages for children prior to their entering kindergarten. This material will help
your child be better prepared for school.
For additional information, please contact the school at 482-4521.
Spirit Week at HTS
Monday, March 23rd (Day 6) – “Backwards/Inside Out Day”-Wear your clothes backwards or inside out
and get ready to have a wacky day!
Tuesday March 24th (Day 1) – “PJ/Wacky Hair Day”-Roll out of bed and come to school. Wear your favourite
pair of pajamas to school. Bring along your favorite stuffed animal.
Wednesday March 25th (Day 2) –“Career Day”-Dress up in a career of your choice.
Thursday March 26th (Day 3) -“Jersey/Husky Day”-Wear your favourite jersey, throw on your Husky pride
wear or any of the school colours (red, gray, black and white).
Friday March 27th (Day 4) – “Formal/Black and White Day”-Dress in your formal attire for the day or in your
best black and white combination.
Skating
The Grade 4 noon hour skating sessions were very successful. Many students enjoyed the fun and fitness during the last few months. Their confidence on skates and
skill levels improved significantly. A big thank you goes
out to all the parents, grandparents, Ms. Sprange, Ms.
Kalyta, Mrs. Kwiatkowski, Mrs. McConnell, Mrs. Penner
Loeppky, Ms. Karatchuk , Mrs. Kisiloski, and Mrs. Lovenjak who volunteered their precious time and came out to
the arena to help out the skaters. We would also like to
thank Mr. Genyk and Mr. Mueller for unlocking and locking the doors! Finally we wish to thank the East Selkirk
Recreation Association for their support and partnership
in our skating efforts.
PAC News
Thank you to everyone who has donated
their Co-op gas points to HTS PAC.
This year we received $88.69 in the
Co-op rebate program. If you are interested in doing that again please use our
HTS PAC number 299362 or let the
gas attendant know you want the points
donated to HTS PAC. Thank you so
much!
Dear Petrusia,
How do you make paska?
From, Jozuah Nemec
Dear Jozuah,
First I mix yummy ingredients together like eggs, flour, yeast, sugar
and butter and I make a nice dough. Then I let it rise. I punch it down
and let it rise again. Then I shape it into a nice loaf and sometimes I
decorate the top with extra dough. Then I bake it.
From, Petrusia
Here is more timely information from our HTS/ESMS Food and Nutrition committee
who meets every second month at 6:30 in the ESMS library.
Our next meeting will be April 15, 2015. Please join us!
Broccoli, Ham and Pasta Salad
Creamy Herbed Dressing
•
1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
•
1/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt
•
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
•
3 tablespoons rice vinegar or white-wine vinegar
•
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
•
1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
•
1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced onion or dried chopped chives
•
1 1/4 teaspoons dried tarragon or dill
•
1/2 teaspoon onion salt or celery salt or 1/4 teaspoon of each
•
White pepper to taste
Salad
•
3 cups cooked whole-wheat fusilli or similar pasta (about 6 ounces dry)
•
4 cups chopped broccoli florets (about 1 1/2 large heads)
•
1 1/2 cups diced ham (8 ounces), preferably reduced-sodium
•
1 large red or yellow bell pepper (or a combination), diced
•
1/4 cup diced red onion, plus slices for garnish
•
1/3 cup raisins
•
Freshly ground pepper to taste
•
4 cups spinach leaves
•
1 cup torn radicchio leaves
To prepare dressing: Combine mayonnaise, yogurt, sour cream, vinegar, mustard, honey, onion (or
chives), tarragon (or dill) and onion salt (and/or celery salt) in a bowl until well blended. Season
with white pepper. Taste and adjust seasonings, if desired.
To prepare salad: Combine pasta, broccoli, ham, bell pepper, diced onion and raisins in a large bowl.
Add dressing and toss until evenly incorporated. Cover and refrigerate to blend the flavors for
at least 30 minutes and up to 2 days.
Serve on a bed of spinach and radicchio, garnished with slices of red onion.
February’s Athletes of the Month
Every month, an athlete from each class is recognized in our assembly. Students chosen
demonstrate good sportsmanship, consistently appropriate behaviour and strong effort
and excellent participation.
K-1 Dylan G.
K-2 Max M.
K-U Ella A..
1-1 Payton G.
1-2 Kaitlin V.
1-U Evan H.
2-1 Alyssa C.
2-2
2-U
3-1
3-2
3-U
4-1
4-2
4-U
Abby M.
Payten M.
Sean B.
Destiny J.
Jonnie E.
Kenneth S.
Marty C.
Jonathon D.
Awards
February 2015
Jaxten Prychun, Jenna Germain, Ella Smolinski, McKenna Bell, Carson Gray, Rhea
Debiuk, Chelsea Couture, Sammy Graham,
Aaiden Tyrchneiwicz, William Waterman,
Phillipp Horn, Anthony Kebernik, Julia
Desjarlais, Alexa Mills, Jalyn Badgley, Odin
Dryzstek, Jude Bennett, Paige Bennett,
Aiden Dolenuk, Jozuah Nemec, Noah Kiskan, Gladys Baptiste, Katelyn Hachkowski,
Elliot Kiskan, Jaya Wozney, Maddex Williamson, Easton Vermeulon, Colby Deneka,
Nick Trakalo
W.O.W.
Golden Shoe Award
Pani Lesia’s class
Clean up!
It is great to see the community out walking in our school fields, but please, please
clean up after your pets!
Happy Tots
At Happy Thought School
A group experience for parents, their babies and young children, focusing on the
pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs and stories together.
Program begins Tuesday April 9th, 2015
Happy Tots is held at Happy Thought School from 10:00 – 11:00 am
on the following dates:
Thursday April 9th
Thursday April 16th
Thursday April 23th
Thursday April 30th
Thursday May 7th
Thursday May 14th
Thursday May 21th
Thursday May 28th
Thursday June 4th
Thursday June 11th
Nutritional snacks provided
A PRIL 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
1
Spring Break
5
6
day 5 7
EUBP mtg @
6:30
12
13
2
day 6 8
day 1 9
Fri
3
March 30 - April 3
EUBP
Easter blessing
@ 10:30
day 4 14
Thu
4
GOOD FRIDAY
No School
11
day 2 10 day 3
PAC mtg @
6:30
day 5 15
day 6 16
Food & Nutrition Committee
mtg. @ 6:30 at
ESMS
day 1 17
Recorder Festival
19
20
day 3 21
day 4 22
day 5 23
day 6 24
26
27
day 2
28
day 3 29
day 4 30
day 5
LSSD
Choral Festival
Sat
LSSD
Choral Festival
day 2
18
PD day
No School
day 1
25
NO SCHOOL
-May 18 Victoria
Day
-May 29 PD day