Leduc Estates School 95 Alton Drive Leduc, Alberta T9E 5K4 Phone (780) 986—6750 Fax (780) 986—6752 Principal: Mrs. Carla Fisher V.P: Mr. Greg Luchak April 10, 2015 Principal’s Message I am delighted to welcome you back after, what I hope, was a restful break. It’s hard to believe April is here already! We would like to thank all the parents who joined us for our parent-teacher interviews and student-led conferences before the break. Your attendance shows your continued commitment to your child’s success in school, and it was wonderful to see our division one students so engaged in the demonstration of their learning. April will bring the continuation of floor hockey tournaments, a soccer tournament, musical festival, and family dance. Our Parents’ Association is hosting the dance on Thursday, April 23rd, at 6:00 pm. Admission is free, and a concession will be serving many tasty treats. Decorations are being planned around the beach theme. Your children must be accompanied by an adult. I look forward to seeing you at this great community event! The last three months of the school year promise to be exciting and packed full of new learning experiences! It’s important that students get lots of sleep, have regular exercise, and eat healthy. This will help them to continue to perform at their best every day. See you at the dance! C. Fisher Page Page22 2014—2015 Provincial Achievement Exams Our students in grade 6 participate yearly in the Alberta Education Provincial Achievement Testing Program. The following is the schedule for the May/June 2015 administration of the PAT. (Please note that these dates are set by Alberta Education and schools must adhere to these dates and times). Please ensure that your grade six students arrive at school on time on these days. Late arrivals will not be permitted to enter the classroom once the exam has started. Date Time Subject Wednesday, May 13th 9:00—11:00 am English LA Part A Wednesday, June 17th 9:00-10:00 am English LA Part B Thursday, June 18th 9:00—10:15 am Math Friday, June 19th 9:00—10:00 am Science Monday, June 22rd 9:00—10:00 am Social Studies Volunteer Appreciation Tea This year our volunteer tea will be done a little differently. Please join us in welcoming back Mrs. Kathryn Lavoie from maternity leave. She will be teaching grade 4. We would like to thank Mrs. Madisson Van Berkel for doing such a great job while here and to wish her the very best in her future endeavors. Invitations will be sent home with the students for any volunteers that we have recorded in our volunteer sign in binder, or those submitted by a teacher. If you haven’t received your invitation by April 24th, and you have volunteered this year, please contact the office. Reminders: I would like to take this op- portunity to thank everyone for making our Book Fair such a huge success. Once again, we were able to purchase a lot of wonderful new books for our library. Thank you to all students, parents, and staff for their help in supporting our library! Sheila Ankerstein, Library Clerk Planning for 2015—2016 We would like to thank all of those families who have returned their enrolment intention form for the 2015-2016 school year. This information assists us with planning for next year. We are currently sending another hard copy of the form home to those families we have not heard from. Please take a few minutes to complete and return this form. We realize that intentions do change; however, it does assist us in planning. Grade 1 - 6 School Hours: 8:45 - 3:05 Entry Bell: 8:42 am Classes Start: 8:45 am Recess: 10:27 am - 10:37 am Lunch Dismissal: 12:08 pm Classes Resume: 12:51 pm Bus Dismissal: 2:55 pm Dismissal: 3:05 pm *Supervisors are outside at 8:35 am ECS School Hours: AM Class - 8:45 am - 11:37am PM Class - 12:15 pm - 3:05 pm Student Absences For the safety of our students, it is extremely important to notify the school if your child will be late or absent. If the school is not notified, we are obligated to phone your home or office to confirm the absence. For your convenience, you may leave a message concerning absences on the voicemail system from 3:45 pm to 8:00 am, or you can send an email to [email protected] and/or [email protected]. Visitors to our School All parents and visitors must check in at the office when visiting our school. A visitor pass is required if you are going any further than the front foyer. No School April 24 - PD Day May 15 - Mid Term Break May 18—Victoria Day Early Dismissal May 6—classes dismiss at 2:20 June 3 - classes dismiss at 2:20 School Fees Hot Lunch School fees are now well past due. April 10th - Panda Hut April 17th– Dairy Queen May 1st—Tim Hortons Milk Program Milk cards are $15.00 for 20 milk. Final notices are in the mail. If you haven’t already, you can pay online or by cash or cheque in the office. Page 3 Both grade 6 classes had a great time at Telus World of Science and the Edmonton Legislative Building. Both classes were able to get their pictures taken with MLA George Rogers. Mrs. Erhardt’s grade 2 class made doubles iPods to practice their doubles facts. Our grade 6 leaders in action students were great ambassadors for our school as they handed out coffee and doughnuts to parents on Parent Teacher Interview evenings. The 5/6 girls floor hockey team battled hard at our tournement on March 21st. We went undefeated until the semi finals and ended up finishing in third place. Great effort and dedication Local author Nicole Brook visited Leduc Estates School during Literacy week in January. She told students about a story writing contest she was having for students ages 5—12 . The winner of this contest would be featured in her next book! Well, after over 250 entries from across Canada and even a couple from the U.S., Nicole Brook selected Megan’s story as the winner. Nicole came to our assembly on March 24th to surprise Megan with this exciting news. She presented Megan with a photo of her character that will be in the next book. The book will be out in the fall. We are so proud of you Megan! Keep on writing!
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