September Newsletter - Good Spirit School Division 204

BACK TO
SCHOOL!
DAVISON SCHOOL
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Box 2888
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Learning Without
Limits…Achievement
For All
The first day of school is but a distant memory
as both students and staff have settled in for a
year of adventurous learning and fun! New
friends have been made and old friendships
renewed. Routines, expectations, school
procedures and schedules have been
established, and all are looking forward to an
exciting school year. For those of you who are
first time parents of school age children, we
welcome you to our school. We also welcome
new families to our school and community, and
look forward to getting to know each of you
throughout the school year. Please know our
door is always open to positive comments and
any concerns you may have!
Cross Country Fun!!
Cross Country was off and running the first week of the school year! The summer weather has extended into September making it
easy and enjoyable for the cross country members to practice. Thank you to coaches, Mrs. Waldbauer, Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Unterschute,
Miss Frick and grade 2 intern, Miss Hickie for motivating the students to diligently practice each day. The first meet of the season was
held on September 14 at Deer Park and the second meet was on September 25 in Saltcoats. We commend our students for
exhibiting excellent behaviour and sportsmanship. The students were also respectful of the site and made sure garbage and
recyclable materials were deposited in the appropriate places.
Deer Park Results – Top Ten
 Beginner Girls - Drew Martinook – 4th (9:11)
 Sneaker Boys – Carter Dumelie – 1st (7:59)
 Sneaker Boys -Logan Halarewich – 7th (8:36)
 Sneaker Girls- Emily Yanish – 7th – (9:03)
 Wee Pee Boys- Tyson Keller – 9th (13:39)
Saltcoats Autumn Results- Top Ten
*Sneaker Boys – Carter Dumelie – 1st (8:54)
*We Pee Boys -Karter Fredericksen – 3rd (12:20)
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OPEN HOUSE
Thank you for attending our Open House and Grand Opening of our ‘All Access’ playground on
September 22. We trust that you had a chance to visit with staff and other families, as well as taking home
an important information package from your child’s/children’s teachers about classroom procedures and
expectations for the year. We appreciate that you viewed this as an important evening and thank you for
attending. Congratulations to the Lechner, Lundgren and Griffin families who won the Twitter contest. Each
family won $10.00 towards the Sept. Scholastic Book order.
REAPING THE REWARDS!
The ‘walking school bus’, initiated
last year, has become increasingly
popular with the students both to and
from school. The students are ‘picked
up’ on a route that follows 5th Ave.,
down to Prince Edward St. and then
continues on 3rd back to the school.
For every ride on the ‘bus’ students
earn 1 moken. Students who ride their
bike in the morning receive 2 mokens.
Prizes and certificates are awarded
once the students reach a milestone
of 25 mokens and higher. What a great
way to promote and encourage a
healthy lifestyle, while at the same
time connecting before and after
school with the students! Please note
that the walking school bus will be
cancelled if the temperature is -29 or
colder (with or without wind-chill). If
it is cancelled in the morning, it will
be cancelled at 3:30 as well, no
matter what the temperature is.
The grade 4s headed back out to the Pizza Farm this fall to
harvest what they planted last spring in grade 3. The Pizza
Farm program is offered through Agriculture in the
Classroom and has students plant produce in the spring
that they'll later harvest and turn into pizza ingredients.
The students enjoyed looking at the progress their basil,
oregano, peppers and tomatoes made over the summer.
They were also given the opportunity to learn more about
the dairy and pork industries as well as our local
watersheds. The following day we had a representative
from AITC come and make homemade pizza with the
students from scratch! What a fun and delicious
experience!
A LEGACY
CONTINUES
TOONIES FOR TERRY
Our annual Terry Fox Walk
will take place on October
2nd beginning at 1:35 p.m.
The walk will follow the
walking school bus route and
we are hoping for wonderful
fall weather! Please join us
for the walk if your schedule
allows. We are pleased to
support Terry’s legacy and
know you will be
instrumental in helping us
by donating a toonie for
each child in your family. If
we reach our target of
$400.00 Mrs. Wotherspoon
has cheerfully agreed to
dress in a costume for a day
and visit each classroom to
read a story.
Let’s reach that target!
Book Fair
The first Scholastic Book Fair of the school year will
be held from October 5-8th. Please feel free to browse
the Book Fair from 8:30-4:00 each day. Please note
the Book Fair will be closed during recess and lunch
times and will close October 8 at 12:00 p.m.
A percentage of total sales is given back to the
library, allowing Mrs. Braun to build an array of
genres for our school and students. Thank you for
always supporting our Book Fair.
Looks Who’s Driving!
Fun at the Pizza Farm!
September News
Education Week – October 18-24
Celebrating Each Student
Davison School will celebrate Education Week with a variety of activities.
Please watch for more information as this important week approaches.
JUST A REMINDER:
The price for a
Davison Dairy milk
card is $15.00 for 16
punches. Individual
milk, vico and juice
boxes can be
purchased for $1.00
each. Students can
purchase milk cards
at noon hour from the
students manning the
dairy. Cheques should
be made payable to
the Davison Dairy.
MOM’S PANTRY –We will once again take part in this very
popular Mom’s Pantry Fundraiser. Watch for brochures to
come home this week with delivery in time for Christmas!
BREAKFAST PROGRAM: Before feeding the mind, we must fuel the
body. The Davison School Breakfast Program begins at 8:30 and welcomes
all students. The breakfast committee has a rotation of foods and they
strive to ensure the breakfast is nutritionally sound.
A special thank you to Colleen Gorecki, president of the Melville Foodbank,
for her generous donations to the Davison Breakfast Club. Not only has
Colleen donated items such as bread and cereal, she has also used her
awesome couponing skills to help purchase breakfast items for a fraction
of the cost! Thank you, Colleen!
DAVISON SCHOOL
Box 2888
Melville, SK S0A 2P0
www.dav.gssd.ca
www.gssd.ca
SCHOOL PHOTOS – SEPTEMBER 30- 9:00 A.M.
DAVISON SCHOOL – SEPTEMBER NEWS
CLUBS..CLUBS..CLUBS
MONTHLY AWARDS
As in past years, thanks to the dedication and
involvement of Davison School staff, we are
able to offer a number of clubs and activities
for our students to take part in at noon hour
and after school. Following are just some of
the clubs/activities that have already been
organized or have a start date of early October.
Our monthly awards are based on the five values adopted by all
schools in the Good Spirit School Division. The five values are:
We Learn, We Nurture, We Are Responsible, We Belong,and We
Respect. Students and staff will strive to adhere to these values.
**S.R.C. – Becoming a member of the S.R.C.
teaches cooperation, responsibility and
commitment and these students will certainly
be tomorrow’s leaders. Thank you to the many
students who applied to become part of the
S.R.C. Mrs. Molnar and Mrs. Waldbauer are the
advisors to the S.R.C. and we will watch for a
number of initiatives from this talented group.
**Gr. 1 –Hailey Haas for showing all 5 values. Hailey is always kind
and respectful to her classmates and teachers. She is always on task,
doing her best work. She is definitely a role model for others. Keep up
the super work Hailey!
**READING CLUB- Mrs. Koval has spearheaded
this club, open to students from grades K
through 6, for a number of years. It encourages
children to read nightly while tracking their
reading. Prizes are awarded when the students
have read for 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 and
300 nights. What a challenge!
**Gr. 3 –Caleigh Kraushaar for showing the values of Responsibility
& Respect. Caleigh consistently demonstrates that she is ready for
class and ready to learn. She is always extremely helpful to her
classmates, making sure they have what they need and helping them
with assignments. Thank you for making our classroom a welcoming
place! Great work, Caleigh!
**CHOIR CLUB- Let’s make MUSIC! Students in
grades 1-6 had the opportunity to join the Choir
Club spearheaded by Mrs. Kitch. They will meet
each Day 6 at 10:35 (recess time) to hone their
skills. We will look forward to having them take
part in the Remembrance Day service, the
December assembly and the Night at the
Museum. They are sure to be sought after to
perform at other venues as well!
Thank you to Miss Nehring and the grade five
students for taking over the task of recycling
every Friday.
PLEASE WATCH FOR MORE CLUBS TO
START IN OCTOBER!
Reminders:
*OCTOBER 12 – Thanksgiving Day –
No School
*OCTOBER 13 – INSERVICE –
No School
*NOV. 3- DAVISON SCHOOL
COMMUNITY COUNCIL AGM – 7:00
P.M.- ALL ARE WELCOME!
**Kindergarten-(Since the assembly date was not on a Kn. day,
both Sept and October awards will be given out in October.)
**Gr. 2 –Rhyan Duchek for showing all 5 values. Rhyan has been
trying her very best in grade two this month. She has a positive
attitude towards learning. She is kind and respectful to all of her
classmates and teachers. Great job, Rhyan!
**Gr. 4 –Zander Wasson for showing the value of Respect.
Zander frequently includes others during group activities and phys. ed.
Zander is also the first one to volunteer to hold doors for the class
whenever we are in the halls. Zander treats everyone he comes across
with respect. Way to go, Zander!
**Gr. 500 –Rebecca Guteck for showing all 5 values. Rebecca comes
to school early every day with a smiling face and a ready to learn
attitude! She works hard in all subjects and demonstrates hard work,
respect and responsibility as we work together to learn! She is a true
leader in the 500 classroom.
**Gr. 501 – Cole Glaicar for showing all 5 values. Cole always comes
into the classroom with a positive attitude. He is responsible for his
learning by trying his best in everything he does. He is constantly
respectful towards his peers and teachers. Thank you for being such a
great role model inside and outside of the classroom!
**Gr. 600- Katelyn Stein for showing the values of Responsibility &
Nurturing. Katelyn never fails to come to class prepared and
continually models the behaviour of a responsible, grade six student.
She is also helpful and kind to her classmates, helping them to be
successful along the way.
**Gr. 601 –Karter Frederiksen for showing all 5 values. Karter is a
great role model for the students in our classroom. He is always on
task, does his work to the best of his ability and is kind and respectful
to everyone in the school.
Our October Assembly will take place on October 28 at 1:00
p.m.
Thank you to Quiznos proprietors Steven Holowaty and Morgan Rieger
for donating coupons to the award winners.