ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY May 2015 MAY NEWSLETTER PAC NEWS PAC will be holding their next meeting on Thursday, May 21 at 6:30 in the library. All are welcome. Freezie Fridays The PAC will be selling freezies in the undercover area every Friday after school. Please support the efforts. Smile cards are now available in the office. An email has been sent home with information regarding the program. If you have any questions please ask one of our PAC members. Athletic News Training for Track and Field got underway in April. The morning conditioning sessions have ben well-attended by many of our students. Please feel free to join us on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:00 in the gym for a jog around the Terry Fox circuit. Event specific training has been underway for the intermediate students in preparation for the track meet in May ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY Welcome to May April was a busy month as classes settled back into learning after our spring break. Congratulations to those students who represented Cliff Drive at the Councours d’art Oratoire. Nicola Bancroft placed first in her age group with honorable mention going to Colin Graham. The Reading Link Challenge also wrapped up in April. Congratulations to Meryn Emes, Anja Holland, Chloe Glue, Autumn Bak, Wonji Kim and Kayla Jones who represented our school at the district challenge at McClosky Elementary. Our school was well represented at the District Math Celebrations. Over 80 students attended the event at Port Guichon. Our school gardens have now been planted and are being welltended by the students. Tulips, herbs, and some recently planted radishes can be seen thriving. 1 ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY May 2015 TAKE NOTE! Mrs. Bartlett would like to thank all the parents who are keeping in touch regarding student absence. The number of phone calls to homes from the office has been greatly reduced. We had two special presentations in April. The first was a celebration of the anniversary of the TFN treaty. The students were treated to a dance performance by a trio of First Nations dancers. The second was a visit by storyteller Jamie Oliviero. He enchanted our students all day with stories from different parts of the world. Mrs. Janzen’s class raised over $300 with their cupcake sale. The money is to for the purchase of a goat in Uganda. April 22 was Earth Day. Students were invited to bring flashlights to school and to participate in an afternoon of reading in the gym with the lights out. Thanks to Mrs. LaRose for organizing that event. Field trip forms are now being emailed home. Please check that your email address is correct in Parent Connect. The Tsawwassen Track Meet will be taking place on May 6th. We are looking for parent volunteers to help run this event. Please stop by the office if you are interested in helping. As the weather improves and the days get hotter please remember to send your child to school prepared. Sun screen and a water bottle are advised. Running shoes are still recommended as classes participate in daily physical activity. Mad Science, an eight-week science club will take place at Cliff Drive beginning May 1. Registration forms are available at the office. Several classes will be attending the SDSS production of Legally Blonde. If you would like to attend the show visit the SDSS website for more information. Please inform the school if you will be attending a different school in September. ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY 2 ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY May 2015 Planning for September Important Information for Parents to Consider Next year’s class organization will include both single and combined grade classes. The number of staff members assigned to Cliff Drive is determined by the Delta School District. This number is based on the number of students projected to be in the school in September 2015. The goal of school organization at the class level is complex and includes the following considerations: - the need to create balanced classes based on gender, intellectual development and social/emotional development. - the need to place your child in a classroom in which she/he will flourish academically and socially. Peer relationships and support networks are taken into consideration, as we know this is important to students’ learning. Parents may choose to share information to help with the placement of their child. PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR CHILD’S CURRENT TEACHER regarding any requests that you have, as the teachers create the classes for next year. This information should NOT include a request for placement with a particular teacher. Teacher assignments and the grade assignments are not confirmed until late summer. These assignments are based on the number of students in each grade. Requesting a style of teaching is appropriate, as is personal and/or educational information that will assist with the placement of your child, including past school information, if this is unknown to us. If you choose to provide the school with input for placement next year, please do so in writing to Mrs. Keller by May 31 using the form on the school website. Although no request is guaranteed, educational requests will be considered in combination with the above factors. ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY 3 ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY May 2015 May Calendar Dates May 1 Div 1 and 3 Field Trip to see Legally Blonde at SDSS May 1 Hot Lunch May 6 Tsawwassen Regional Track Meet May 7 Group Photos May 7 Motus O Dance Theatre May 12 Div 3 Field Trip to Burns Bog May 14 District Track Meet May 15 District Pro D (school closed) May 18 Victoria Day May 21 Div 3 and 4 Field Trip to UBC (Grade 7 overnight) May 27 Parent Appreciation Event (stay tuned for more info) May 29 Hot Lunch (school closed) June Calendar Dates (more dates to be announced) June 4 Grade 7 Band Concert June 12 Sports Day June 19 Grade 7 Farewell Assembly June 24 Grade 7 Field Trip to Playland ECOLE CLIFF DRIVE ELEMENTARY 6:30 4
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