in this issue….. - Trochu Valley School

Trochu Valley School
Box 190, Trochu AB
T0M 2C0
Phone: 442– 3872
Email: troval@ghsd75.ca
Web Site:
http://
trochuvalley.ghsd75.ca
IN THIS ISSUE…..
Tro-Val Update
Pg 1
Delectable Desserts
Pg 2
60 Minute Kids Club Update
Pg 2
Report Cards/Interviews
Pg 2
Hot Lunch
Pg 2
Breakfast of Champions
Pg 3
Basketball Informaion
Pg 3
Hockey Skills Mentorship
Pg 3
Bronze Medal Winners
Pg 3
March I Did Its
Pg 4
Scholastic Book Fairs
Pg 4
Badminton
Pg 4
Book Fair
Pg 4
Campbell’s Soup labels
Pg 5
Freggie Friday Winners
Pg 5
Parent Council
Pg 5
Kindergarten Registration
Pg 5
FOTV Fundraiser
Pg 6
Free Glasses for Youth
Pg 6
Talent Show
Pg 7
Community Information
Pg 7
Volunteer Coffee Party
Pg 8
Willy Wonka Jr
Pg 9
Minister of Education Letter
Pg 10
April Calendar
Pg 11
May Calendar
Pg 12
Wishing all
Trochu Valley
Families a Very
Happy Easter Holiday.
Easter Break :
April 18 –25
TRO-VAL UPDATE…
Happy Spring!?!?!
Don’t stop believing – spring WILL be here someday!
As the year perks along we find we continue to be very busy. Basketball has
wrapped up and badminton is underway. Mr. Howard travels to Three Hills two
days a week after school to coach our badminton teams. We are grateful to PBI
and Kendall Boese for assisting with the use of the West Gym. Constable Warner
has wrapped up four weeks of hockey skills. Students met on Thursday mornings
at 7 a.m. to practice skills and do drills with Midget hockey players and their
coach. Breakfast was served to all participants after. Thanks to Landis
Stankievech, Cooper Cheshire, Kyle Gray, Dillon Tindal and Constable Warner as
well as the Town of Trochu for the use of the ice.
April is a short month with Easter break so it is extra busy! Grade 6 to 12 report
cards go home April 11 with interviews on April 16. Please call the school to book
your appointments. Mrs. Vickery and Mrs. Benedict will have a Book Fair at
Campus 2 during interview week – these are books for grade 6 to 12 students.
Proceeds from the sale of books goes to purchasing books for our Library.
Mrs. Tetreault and her drama cast have been practicing feverishly as their
production goes April 30 to May 3. There is lots of excitement with this year’s
production – see inside the newsletter for more information and where and when
to get tickets.
Trochu Valley School Council held a joint March meeting with Three Hills School
council at the invitation of Superintendent Bevan Davern and trustee Barry Kletke.
Those in attendance took part in an open discussion about what is going on in
school these days. Feedback was heard and will be used as the school division
makes their plans to move forward. All parents with email addresses in our
student registration system will receive a survey in early May where they will be
asked similar questions to give the opportunity for more feedback. Thank you
Mr. Boody and Three Hills School for hosting us.
Every drive by of the project site creates excitement as there is much more
activity and visible progress. Staff is having discussions around technology for the
‘new’ school in addition to planning the furniture order. It is a busy and exciting
time as we look ahead.
In closing, remember to call to set up interviews and hopefully, when I write this
for May, spring will truly have sprung!
Until next month…….
Mrs. D. Barkman, Principal
Delectable Desserts
& Music Too!
Presented by the Tro-Val School
Bands and the
Band Parent Society.
Sunday, April 13th, 2014
2:00 pm
60 Minutes Kids Club—Winter Challenge
Winning School!!!!
Three Cheers for Trochu Valley K—Gr 6 Students for
being the top school provincially in the 60 Minute
Club’s Winter Challenge. Congratulations to
Greenview and Vermilion,
Provincial runner up schools. .
The top participants for the Winter Challenge were:
Graham Fretz, Stephanie Paul, Elsy Paul,
Desiree Schmidt, Holly Briscoe, Olivia Armstrong,
Zuriel Abasola, Harvy Abasola, Grace-Lyn Bigelow
and Ezequiel Abasola.
Trochu Community Hall
Your Band Student will bring
home the parent information.
Grade 6—12 Report Cards
Parent Teacher Interviews
Grade 6—12– Wednesday, April 16th
Together we’re making real headway in re-instilling
physical activity, physical literacy and healthy habits in
our kids, and our school community is one of the top 30
schools in the nation.
Parents are to phone in to the office to set up
Well Done Tro-Val Students.
interview times with the teachers they wish to
see before April 16th.
403-442-3872
There will be a Scholastic Book Fair open on
Interview Night at Campus 2 which will be
geared towards Grade 6—12 students.
Thank you to all parents for attending the
K—5
Parent
teacher
Interviews.
Communication is a key component to
successful learning. Home and school working
together assists our students in being
successful. If at any time you have concerns,
please feel free to contact your child’s
classroom teacher or subject teacher.
We look forward to seeing the Grade 6—12
parents on April 16th.
Get Ready for the Spring Challenge
which runs from April 15—June 1.
Thank You Tro Val Parent Council….
You did it again! What a fabulous hot lunch we enjoyed in March. The
spring rolls, chicken, rice, spinach salad and apples were
absolutely
delicious. We so appreciate how much time and effort goes in to treating
us each month. We are so grateful for your dedication to our school
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APRIL HOT LUNCH
Friday, April 11
For those who have
signed up & prepaid
2013-2014 BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
Tro-Val is holding it’s annual Breakfast of Champions April 7th
Each staff member chooses a student that they feel fits the
following criteria and treats them to a delicious breakfast :
 Demonstrates, in some way, a level of excellence
 This quality is not recognized by other awards
(e.g.: MVP of sports team, Honor Roll, etc)
 The student has not been chosen previously
while attending Tro Val School
The chosen students will receive more information
prior to the event.
HOCKEY SKILLS MENTORSHIP
PROGRAM A HUGE SUCCESS!
Thank you so much to Constable Warner and
Landis Stankievech for putting on the hockey
skills mentorship program. A huge thank you to the
Kneehill Midgets who helped on the ice so early on
Thursday mornings. Thank you to Mrs. Barkman and to
everyone who donated muffins for the free breakfasts.
Many students took advantage of this great program and
had a lot of fun learning and honing their hockey skills
over the last four weeks.
Thanks again to everyone for offering our students such a
wonderful opportunity and to the Town of Trochu for the
use of the arena.
The students look forward to participating in the program
again next year.
Thank you to all the
players, coaches and
parents that have made
this basketball season a
great one! Even with
no gym of our own our teams are
still doing awesome!
Thank you to Derek Benedict for
coaching our Jr A Girls, who ended
the season with a 4th place finish
at zones.
Thank you to Marlin Kary who
coached our Sr JV Boys team,
they ended their season by winning
the consolation final at zones!
Thank you to Pastor Dave Kennedy
for volunteering to coach a Jr
Boys team. We appreciate all the
time and effort you put in trying
to get one together—Next Year!
And
Congratulations
to
the
Sr Girls team and their coach,
Miss Boese,
for ending their
season by winning the bronze
medal at zones!
All our teams did so well this season!
Just Wait until we have a gym of
our own again.
Awesome Job Jays!!
Miss Boese
The Trochu Lady Jays Sr. Girls
basketball team competed at 1A
South Central Zones on March
14/15. They ended up winning
the Bronze medal after defeating
Olds Koinonia 48-35. Great way
to end the season! The team is
coached by Miss Chantalle
Boese and team members are
Jessika Little, Delaney
Campbell, Rachelle Frere,
Jacquelyn Benedict, Jenny
Lyver, Shaelynn George, Hailea
Wesgate and Maggie Adolf.
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March “I Did Its”
At each Monthly Elementary Student Assembly,
studetns who have demonstrated good leadership,
improvement, citizenship, etc are
acknowledged at the assembly with an “I
I
Did
DID IT” ribbon. We have many responsiIt
ble and hard working students who are
“doing their best’ and we wish to
acknowledge them for their accomplishments and
hard work.
March Recipients:
Grade 1— Ava Campbell & Aidyn Martin
Grade 2– Shanna Segales
Grade 3— Ava Briscoe, Haley Little,
Kyran McRae & Dallin Nickason
Grade 3/4— James Campbell, Cauy Fobes
& Taylor Nickel
Grade 4— Daylan McRae, Kiera Wagstaff
& Logan Wahl
Grade 5— Olivia Armstrong, Hlly Briscoe,
Conner Freund, Megan Gray, Cole Hambleton,
William Hoppins & John Carl Pagao
Great Job Everyone!
BADMINTON PRACTICES
Grade 7 and 8
MONDAYS 3:30 to 6:00 in THREE HILLS
Grades 9 - 12
TUESDAYS 3:30 - 6:00 in THREE HILLS
Take a shuttle bus to the shop right after school
and get on the bus to Three Hills.
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming
AGAIN!!!
April 14—17 at Campus 2
We invite you to share in this celebration of
books and reading with us.
The Campus 2 fair will be set up in the home ec room/
kitchen and begin on Monday, April 14th and end on
Thursday, April 17th.. The book fair will be open each day
for the students at lunch time and in the evening of April
16th during
Parent Teacher Interviews. The books and
products at this book fair will be geared towards the Grade
6—12 students.
If you do not want to send money with your student, the
fair will also be open during the Parent-Teacher
Interviews on April 16th. Don’t forget to enter our Family
Draw. You could win $50 in books - $25 for your family and
$25 for your child’s classroom!
P.S. – Did you know that for every $10.00 you spend at the
Book Fair, up to $6.00 goes back to our school? This allows
us to purchase much needed books for our library.
Thank you to everyone who purchased books at the
Campus 1 Book Fair, it was very well supported.
Thank You Fraser Family…
Trochu Valley school would like to thank
Shane, Loretta & Darrell Fraser for their
generous donation to our Forgotten
Lunch program. Your kindness is greatly
appreciated.
Congratulations to Brenna Lynds who was the lucky
winner of $25.00 worth of books and her classroom,
Kindergarten, also received $25.00 in free books.
Thanks for your suport!
Sandi Vickery ,Librarian
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Trochu Valley Parent Council will no
longer be collecting Campbells Product
Labels after April 30, 2014.
The Program has changed it’s format
and goals and it is no longer a benefit to our
school to collect them.
There will be one more submission of labels for
products that will benefit our school.
So continue to collect labels for the next two
months but make sure you hand them in to the
school by April 30th.
Thank you to everyone who has been collecting
labels, we have been able to provide some great
stuff for the school.
Nutrition Tidbit…
Fuelling Active Kids Healthy meals and snacks will
help give your child fuel for being active .
Choose foods from all four food groups of Canada’s
Food Guide: Vegetables and Fruit, Grain Products, Milk
and Alternatives and Meat and Alternatives.
Water is always the best choice for staying hydrated.
Although sports drinks replace water and minerals lost
in sweat, they are also high in sugar. They are meant to
be used only for intense activity that lasts over 1 hour.
Drinks high in caffeine (like cola or coffee) and energy
drinks are not recommended for children and youth.
FREGGIE FRIDAY WINNERS
Freggie Friday was a huge success. It was wonderful to see all students eating
fruits and vegetables. We trust that this healthy habit will continue and
will be an every day occurrence. There were hundreds of coupons passed
out on Fridays in March to our Freggie eaters.
The winners of the draws are:
Ava Campbell—Gr. 1
Kiera Wagstaff—Gr 4
Chloe Schlauch—Gr. 8
Each winner and their families will enjoy a gift certificate to Hillside Lanes in Three Hills.
THANK YOU…...
The 2014 Quilting & Crafting Fundraiser was a huge
success! Than you to everyone who donated food,
baking and raffle items! Thank you to the Trochu Baptist
Church Youth Group and the Huxley 4-H Beef Club for
handling the setup and take down at the hall. Thank you
to everyone who came out to make the weekend such a
success—dishwashers, kitchen helpers, bake salers,
etc. it took many hands to pull this off. A special thanks
goes out to Darla Gagyi for organizing the event and to
Tanya Little who ran the kitchen for the weekend.
Come out to the next parent council meeting to hear the
details of the weekend’s success.
Thanks everyone for your support!
Tro Val Parent Council
Trochu Valley School Parent Council
Next Meeting:
April 28, 2014, 7:00 pm - Campus 2
All Tro-Val parents are encouraged to attend
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FRIENDS OF TROVAL 3rd ANNUAL ALUMNI FUNDRAISER
Saturday, April 12th, 2014
Trochu Community Hall
Tickets -$25.00
(available at Knievel Insurance & from any FOTV Board Members)
5:00—Doors Open
5:30—Cocktails
6:30 –Supper
8:00—Alumni Guest Speakers—
Joanne Peterson, Kurt Sacher & Ray Hoppins
Entertainment—Teacher Band
Live auction to follow with Auctioneer Jon Radcliffe
It will be a fun Evening!
The Friends of TroVal Society is now a registered charity; donations
are always welcome and charitable receipts can be issued. all
proceeds will be put toward our school enhancement project.
Everyone is welcome, including children.
No need to be TroVal alumni … just a community/school supporter!
As the school’s completion date nears, help us to make this our
biggest, best Alumni Night yet!
Fribbit the Frog says…”It’s never too early to have your child’s eyes examined!
Eye See…Eye Learn is a vision and eye health program that helps parents to understand how and why they should have their
child’s eyes examined by an eye doctor.
Children should see an eye doctor (optometrist or ophthalmologist) between 6 and 12 months, again at 3 years of age, and then at
age 5. After age 5 a yearly eye exam is recommended. It is very important that all children have at least one
complete eye examination before they start school.
WHY?
Some problems can only be treated if they are found early.
80% of your young child’s learning is visual – through their eyes.
WHAT WILL IT COST?
The Government plan covers the cost of eye examinations, by an eye doctor, for all children from birth to age 18 years.
HOW CAN I FIND AN EYE DOCTOR?
You don’t need a referral, you can just phone and make an appointment
You can look in the Yellow Pages of the phone book
Call the Alberta Association of Optometrists at 451-6824 or 1-800-272-8843
You can go to the website www.optometrists.ab.ca and click on “Find an Optometrist Near You”
WHAT IF MY CHILD NEEDS EYE GLASSES?
There is a program, through Eye See…Eye Learn which gives one FREE PAIR of EYEGLASSES to every kindergarten child.
Most school districts in Alberta have this program.
This Fact Sheet was developed jointly by The Alberta Association of Optometrists and the Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op
Translation made possible through a grant from Alberta Children’s Services
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Trochu Valley School would like to thank ACE Table Rentals for their generous donation to
our Drama Production. Your kindness and support is greatly appreciated.
Elementary Talent
Show
The Elementary Student
Council is hosting their
annual Talent Show on
Wednesday
April 16th
1:00 pm
Trochu Community Hall
Everyone is welcome to
come and enjoy our
amazingly talented
students.
Upcoming KALS courses…
St John First Aid Level C + CPR & AED $155 May 3
&4
St John Babysitting for youth 12 years and up. $50 Saturday May 24
Storybook Starting Wed. April 2 at the Linden Library 1:00-3:30 pm.
Computer Tutoring Fri. April 11. 45-minute self-paced 1-on-1 session
$20.
Ladies Car Clinic Saturday May 3.
Legally Fit Boards May 14, noon – 1:00 pm. $10 per person
Now Available: Alberta's Business Link April 9 How Incorporating Can Maximize Your Tax Effectiveness. 1:30 - 2:30 pm
April 16 The Power of Effective Networking 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Food Safety Tentative date set for May, 2014. Call for details.
Attention Students…
The Three Hills Aquatic Centre will be
running a combined Bronze Medallion and
Bronze Cross class during the week of
Easter Break, April 21—26. The classes will
run from 1pm to 6pm Monday through
Friday with the Saturday time TBA. The
cost for the combined course is $125.00 or
individual cost is available. For more
information please call the Aquatic Centre
403-443-2166 or email pool@threehills.ca
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YOU ARE INVITED:
Trochu Valley School is hosting a Volunteer Coffee
Party and is extending a BIG THANK YOU to all
individuals who have helped our
school and students.
It will be held Monday, April 7, 2014 at 10:00 am at
the Trochu Community Hall.
Any Volunteers that have assisted and helped our
school, please mark your calendar, cut and return the
RSVP form below to the school office, call the school at
403-442-3872 or email: joanne.tolman@ghsd75.ca.
Please RSVP asap.
#
__________________________________
Name
__________________________
of Guests
WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE COFFEE PARTY.
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Letter from the Education Minister to Parents
Curriculum criticism doesn't add up: Preparing students for a modern economy requires the basics plus much more.
Recently, much has been made of the government's efforts to ensure that Alberta's curriculum is more responsive to the many
different ways in which students learn.
I feel parents deserve to hear directly from me about my ministry's efforts to ensure the provincial curriculum enables Alberta's
students to successfully compete in a dynamic, highly competitive world.
Along with being the minister, I'm also a father of three children in the education system, and 1 too have experienced some of
the frustrations expressed by parents in recent weeks. This is why I believe it is important for me to set the record straight about
the anticipated reforms.
I understand why some parents would be concerned with the allegation that mastery of the "basics" -skills such as arithmetic
and reading - will play a less important role in the new curriculum than it did before. If this were the case, I would be concerned
as well. But fortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
I wish to assure parents that these basic skills will serve as the foundation and starting point of every change made to the curriculum. What they won't be is the end point. Through inquiry-based learning, we'll build upon these basic, foundational skills
while developing additional skills that the business community and parents tell us are so critical.
The conventional method of teaching fundamentals, whereby students rely heavily on memorization, versus a more engaged,
inquiry-based method are not mutually exclusive approaches to education. In fact, I believe it is crucial that we develop a curriculum that uses the best of both methods.
However, surviving on mere memorization alone is a thing of the past. The modern economy demands creativity and problem
solving, the application of critical thinking and an ability to collaborate and communicate. These skills lie at the heart of Alberta's
curriculum redesign process.
Top performing education jurisdictions, like Alberta, have increased their focus on these 21st century skills. We can't ignore that
without strong abilities in these areas, our kids will be left behind.
But we also can't ignore the concerns of parents.
This is why we are responding in a thoughtful and collaborative manner. The redesign process is being led by parents, employers, teachers, students and school authorities, all of whom will be working together over the next two years to develop a curriculum that successfully weaves new competencies in with core skills like numeracy and literacy. Doing so will help reinforce literacy and numeracy across all subjects and better focus a curriculum that has ballooned to approximately 1400 outcomes.
Despite recent criticism, parents should know and take comfort in the fact that according to the most recent international tests
our K-12 students remain at the top of international
rankings. Alberta's overall results are tremendously positive. Out of the 74 jurisdictions from around the world that took part in
the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, Alberta ranked 11 th in math, 5th in reading, and 4th in science. Notably, Alberta's 15 year olds are actually outperforming Alberta's adults in these OECD rankings.
Our strength and performance internationally is due in part to Alberta's willingness to continually adapt. This year is a great example.
In response to years of consultation and research, we recently launched some groundbreaking initiatives under Premier Redford. The new Dual Crediting Program, for instance, better integrates K-12, post-secondary and industry credentialing. The
High School Flexibility Program empowers teachers to customize learning to better address individual student need. Eliminating Provincial Achievement Tests and implementing a more robust standardized assessment at the start of the school year will
provide parents and teachers with better information on how to tailor each child's education going forward and help them measure improvement throughout the year.
Curriculum needs to evolve as well. The days of a small group of educators taking 10 years to review curriculum one subject at
a time are long over. We need to be more nimble and create curriculum that is more in tune with the local community and economy. Our curriculum must allow for creativity and excellence in teaching to shine through. We must embrace the individuality of
the learner and ensure subject experts are teaching our kids. In short, our curriculum must become more relevant.
We've been asked to listen and that's exactly what we're doing. But the truth is that Alberta is at the top because we have not
been afraid to take action. I won't apologize for putting the success of our children first but I also commit to continue listening in
order to get it right.
At the end of the day we must ask ourselves, are we preparing our children for their future or for our past?
Jeff Johnson is Alberta's Minister of Education
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Easter Sunday
20
Delectable
Desserts & Music
Too!
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6
K = Kindergarten
Day
Sun
DAY 1
DAY 2
Breakfast of
Champions
Volunteer
Appreciation
Coffee Party
DAY 1
Parent Council
Meeting
7:00 pm
28
21
14
7
Mon
Box 190
220 Northfield Rd—Campus 1
407 Royal Way—Campus 2
Trochu, AB T0M 2C0
Ph: 403-442-3872
Email: troval@ghsd75.ca
TROCHU VALLEY SCHOOL
K 2
29
22
DAY 2
30
23
DAY 1
DAY 2
K 11
K 4
DAY 2
HOT LUNCH
Jr/Sr High
Report Cards
DAY 1
Fri
24
DAY 2
25
17
K 18
Good Friday
Sunglasses Day
No School
10
3
Thu
K
DAY 1
Tro Val Presents—WILLY WONKA
April 30—May 3
Dinner Theater Saturday, May 3
Dinner Tickets on sale at Campus 2 Office
DAY 1
16
DAY 2
K
DAY 2
Jr High Badminton
Divisionals
DAY 1
K 9
DAY 1
Wed
Grad 6—12
Parent –Teacher
Interviews
Elementary
Talent Show
15
8
Sr High Badminton
Divisionals
1
Tue
26
Book Fair
April
19
14-17
Campus 2
Sr High
Badminton
Zones
12 FOTV Fundraiser
5
Sat
April 2014
12
Mon
DAY 1
26
25
Victoria Day
No School
DAY 2
Parent Council
Meeting
7:00 pm
19
DAY 2
Gr 9 Lang Arts
Part A
12
5
Tue
Wed
DAY 2
K
7
DAY 1
27
20
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 1
K
K
28
21
DAY 2
DAY 1
DAY 2
13
K 14
Gr 6 Lang Arts
Gr 3 Lang Arts
Part A
Part A
6
K
29
22
15
8
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 2
23
16
K 30
K
K
Fri
3
Sat
HOT LUNCH
Cowboy Day
DAY 1
Flex Friday
No School
DAY 1
K
K
31
GRAD 2014
24
17
10
Sr High Badminton
Professional
Provincials
Development Day
May 2 & 3
No Classes
2
K 9
Jr. High
Badminton Zones
1
Thu
May 2014
Tro Val Presents—WILLY WONKA
April 30—May 3
Dinner Theater Saturday, May 3
K = Kindergarten
Day
18
11
4
Sun
Box 190
220 Northfield Rd—Campus 1
407 Royal Way—Campus 2
Trochu, AB T0M 2C0
Ph: 403-442-3872
Email: troval@ghsd75.ca
TROCHU VALLEY SCHOOL