November Newsletter - J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School

Principal
Mrs. Elaine Fournier
Vice Principal
Mr. P. Ferri
Director
Mr. L. Hope
Trustee
November 2011
SCHOOL COUNCIL
From the Principal’s Office –Du Bureau de la
Directrice:
This month your child will be bringing
home their Progress Report. Please take
some time to review this report with your
son or daughter and to help them to set
some further goals. You will also have the
opportunity to meet with your Child’s
teacher to discuss this report so please
take advantage of this time.
Ce mois votre fille ou fils va apporter son
report de progrès `a la maison. Si vous plaît
prendre le temps de leur parler `a propos
de leur progrès `a l’école. Vous allez aussi
avoir le temps de réunir avec le professeur
pour parler de leur progrès. Si vous plaît
prenez le temps de leur parler.
Elaine Fournier
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, November
28th at 5:30 p.m. in the school’s library. If you have
items of interest or concern that you would like discussed at Council you can email or call either the Chair
or myself. Generally we will be tabling the agenda one
week prior to the meeting. If you were unable to make
the last meeting please note that newcomers are always
welcome.
REMINDER
Please remember it is very important that if
your son or daughter regularly takes the bus
to and from school that you notify the office
of any change. If your child does not have a
note and the office has not been notified we
will expect that your child boards the bus at
the end of the day.
JDH Elementary School
PARENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT
SURVEY
The Community Planning Table for
Children and Youth for the City of
Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton
parenting committees are looking
for feedback from parents, grandparents, foster parents, and guardians. We want to know what parenting information you would like to
see available in our community. A
hard copy of the survey is attached
to this newsletter or you can complete the survey online at:
http://app.fluidsurveys.com/
surveys/parentingsurvey/parentneeds-survey/
The online survey will be open until
Friday, December 16th, 2011. Paper
copies of the survey must be returned to the school by Friday, December 2nd , 2011. Thank you for
assisting us in better meeting the
needs of our community.
REMEMBERANCE DAY
The entire school will be walking to the Cenotaph in town on Friday morning so that all of
the children will be able to attend the Remembrance Day celebration. We will be arriving at
the Cenotaph at 10:30 a.m. We hope that many
parents will be able to join us.
Breakfast club!
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for
our Breakfast Club. I am very pleased that as a
result we are now able to offer a nutritious
breakfast three times a week. Breakfast Club
runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
JDH Elementary School
CHARACTER EDUCATION
Community News
This month’s character trait is Responsibility.
Our SPEAK UP Team (Students Promoting Environmentalism, Activism and Kindness )
through Character will once again be organizing
the assembly. Our November assembly will be
on November 18th which is also our Board wide
Day of Kindness. Please plan to join us at 9:15
a.m.
The Canadian Parents for French will be holding a
fundraiser on Thursday, November 24th at the
Halimar Resort. The price is $35/family and only
$10.00 if you are already a member. For more information or to order tickets please call (705) 457-1342
or email s.kyle@tldsb.on.ca
Army Cadets are open to male and female teens, ages 12-18 years of age. Cadets parade on Tuesday
WE Day Workers
evenings at the Banquet Hall, Branch 129, Royal CaOur We Day workers will be leading a vow of
nadian Legion Haliburton. If you would like more
silence which will conclude on our Day of Kind- information you can drop in any Tuesday night from
ness ( November 18th). The purpose of this is to 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the Legion. You can email Captain
raise awareness about children around the world C. McKenzie at Cameron.mckenzie@sympatico.ca
who do not have a voice to speak up against in- or you can call (613) 339-2704. This program is ofjustice. We are very proud of the students who
fered free of charge.
will be leading this event and encourage you to
speak to your son or daughter about this.
Individual classrooms are continuing to collect
spare change towards our goal of building a
school in Ecuador. If you have any spare change
around the house please send it with your child
to school.
With the colder weather approaching, warm up
Wednesdays will be starting soon. Students are
welcome to stay in, watch (approved) music videos, eat popcorn and have fun all for the low
price of a loonie. All monies raised also go
towards the building of a school in Ecuador.
JDH Elementary School
IMPORTANT DATES
Nov. 1st - Family Fun Night
Nov. 3rd - Reptiles at Risk Program/Sub Lunch
Nov. 7th - Picture Retake Day
Nov. 8th - Family Fun Night
Nov. 10th - Pizza Wrap Lunch
Nov. 11th - Remembrance Day
Nov. 15th - Family Fun Night/Artist in the School
visits 4A
Nov. 17th - Sub Lunch
Nov. 18th - Day of Kindness/Progress Report
goes home
Nov. 24th - Pizza Wrap Lunch
Nov. 25th - P.A. Day ( no school for students)
Nov. 28th - School Council meeting
TRILLIUM LAKELANDS ARTS CAMP
TLAC 2012-Student Applications are now
available!
What is TLAC? TLAC is an Arts camp for grade 7
through 12 students that will take place May
20th - 25th , 2012! TLAC camp has been in operation since 2003. It offers specialized instruction
for Music, Drama, Music Theatre, Dance and Visual Art within an exciting camp experience. The
arts camp is set up as a typical high school day
with 4 periods. There are nightly evening concerts featuring performances from major artists,
a presentation from a local visual artist and art
display. This enriched arts experience is enhanced by the summer camp atmosphere.
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY
Deadline for applications is December 1st
We would like to take this opportunity to
Check with Mrs. Reddering at the school for an
introduce you to Larry Reynolds. Larry is a co-op application package. See the board website,
student from Haliburton Highlands Secondary
www.tldsb.on.ca for more information or contact
School. He is assisting in our library as part of his Sandra Corry at s.corry@tldsb.on.ca. Applications
co-op placement for first semester.
are accepted on a first come completed, first
served basis. A waiting list will be kept for any
forms received over and above the maximum capacity. Applications that are not complete will be
returned, so take your time and complete all sections accurately! We are very excited about the
FAMILY FUN
new programs in this year’s schedule!
Family Fun Nights continue every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The evening includes a free supper and lots of fun activities for
the whole family. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 8th when our very
own SPEAK UP Team will be making a presentation at Family Fun Night. Everyone is welcome.
Please call or email Cathy Constantino at Point in
Time to register for the evening. She can be contacted at (705) 457-5345 ext. 308 or at
cathyc@pointintime.ca. We hope to see you there.
P.O. Box 569, Haliburton, Ontario K0M 1S0
Phone (705) 457-2922 Fax (705) 457-4082