Chinook`s Edge School Division

Chinook's
Edge School
Division
January 2015
Dates to Remember:
Dates to Know:
Jan 15-School Council
Hugh
Sutherland
School
Notes from Admin
Jan 15-School Council
We hope that everyone had
Jan
Jan 22-Last
22-Last Day
Day for
HighHigh
School
School Semester I
a great Christmas and New
Jan
30-No School
EXAM
DATES:
ATES:
D
M
A
EX
Jan 13-English 30 Diploma (A)
Jan 14-Sociaal 30 Diploma (A)
Jan 20-English 30 Diploma (B)
Year and is excited to get
back at it in January. It was
great to see the spirit of
Christmas at Hugh Suther-
Jan 13-English 30 Diploma (A)
land School during Decem-
Jan 14-Social 30 Diploma (A)
ber. We brought in over
-Math 30 Diploma
4,500 food items for the Li-
Jan 21-English 30 Diploma (B)
Jan 23-Social 9 PAT
Jan 26-Science 9 PAT
Jan 20-English 30 Diploma (B)
-Physics 20 Final
Jan 27-Physics 30 Diploma
Jan 21-English 30 Diploma (B)
on’s Hampers, had door
-Math 10-3 Final
-Science 10 Final
Jan 23-Social 9 PAT
-English 20 Final
Jan 26-Science 9 PAT
-Social 20 Final
Jan 28-Social 10 Final
-Math 30 Diploma
-English 10-2 Final
-Chem 20 Final
-Physics 20 Final
Jan 27-Physics 30 Diploma
-Math 10-3 Final
-Science 10 Final
-English 20 Final
-Social 20 Final
Jan 28-Social 10 Final
-English 10-2 Final
-Chemistry 20 Final
decorating contests,
band/choir/grade 4-5 con-
Congratulations to HSS on bringing in over 4,500 cans
of food for the food hampers!! This is a school record
and members of the Lion’s Club were busy sorting
through to deliver to families in our community.
THANKS HUGH SUTHERLAND!!!
certs, brought in many Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes and even
bought two goats for Free the Children. Our school community is great and
we love to see the kids get behind some good causes. Well done HSS.
In January, we have a busy month coming up. For the high school students,
Semester I is coming to an end and we are busy preparing for school, provincial exams and diplomas for our grade 12’s. We wish all of our students the
best of luck and we know that their preparation will pay off. In the middle
school, Quadrant 2 of our grade 7/8 options will be coming to a close at the
end of the month. Great work so far in your option classes.
We really want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and are looking forward
to getting 2015 off to a great start.
From the HSS Admin Team: George, Dean & Laura Lee
Working toward optimal health and
wellness together
A Message from the Superintendent
In Chinook’s Edge, we
know that ensuring a healthy physical and social environment in our
schools can positively impact student performance and academic
achievement. When students and
staff in our schools are healthy and
well, they are better able to learn,
to lead, and to achieve success.
People in our schools
work hard every day to help each
of our students reach their full
potential. This begins with ensuring
a sense of wellness, which is a balanced state of emotional, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual
well-being. To that end, we have
worked hard over several months,
with multiple staff groups from
across our division, to create our
new ‘Welcoming, caring, respectful, safe and inclusive schools’ administrative procedure to foster a
sense of belonging and well-being
among all members of our school
community.
I thank everyone whose
efforts helped define this important admin procedure to support our priorities, and I wish all
of our Chinook’s Edge families a
happy and healthy new year.
Kurt Sacher
Superintendent of Schools
KODIAK Athletics
Basketball season is up and running. We have approximately 80 students playing organized basketball this year on one
of eight teams. The new gym is being put to good use, and
we are using both of the old gyms for practices. Thank you
to all the coaches for all the volunteer hours they put in
with our students.
We are trying to get a curling program going on Wednesdays after school for grade 9 to 12 students. If you are interested, please see Mrs. McCambly as soon as possible.
School curling bonspiels happen in February.
One-to-One Reading
Hugh Sutherland School will be
starting a new session of its One-toOne Reading Program in February
2015, and we are looking for more
committed volunteers to read with
our younger students!
Volunteer expectations:
Commitment of at least 1 hour
per week to read one-on-
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Welcome to Kindergarten!
Beginning in January, we will be
accepting Kindergarten registrations for the 2015-2016
school year. Children must be
five years old by December 31,
2015, to begin attending Kindergarten in the fall of 2015. If
you are interested in information on Pre-Kindergarten
programming, please contact
us! There are no school fees
for Kindergarten students in
Chinook’s Edge.
KINDNESS is defined as the quality of being friendly,
generous and considerate.
PINK SHIRT DAY is Feb 25, 2015
The sea of pink will be bringing in waves of respect,
generosity, integrity, leadership and collaboration.
There will be an assembly on the 25th, time TBA.
Parents are welcome.
Imagine accepting everyone.
Imagine if we all thought everyone was beautiful.
Imagine a world of peace.
We need to join as one and stop bullying.
one with students
One morning or afternoon of
volunteer training in January
or February
Criminal record check, child welfare check, and confidentiality
agreement
School! Students greatly benefit
from having one-on-one reading
time with adults, and it helps children learn literacy skills for life.
For more information, please contact Michaela Allen at
mmallen@chinooksedge.ab.ca or
403-337-3326. We look forward to
This is an excellent opportunity for
working together with families in
family members to become involved in the community to build strong
readers and help students develop a
student learning and to support and
encourage literacy at Hugh Sutherland love for reading!
H U G H S U T H E R L A N D SC H O O L
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Kodiak Snack Shack
5
6
CLOSED
Mac’N’Cheese $3.50
January
7
Chicken Caesar Salad
$3.50
8
9
Burgers $3
Pizza
Doubles $4
12
13
14
15
16
CLOSED
Taco in a Bag $3.50
Basics & Pizza ReHeat
Burgers $3
Pizza
Doubles $4
19
20
CLOSED
Perogies $3.50
21
Chicken Caesar Salad
$3.50
22
23
Burger $3
Pizza
Doubles $4
26
27
28
29
30
CLOSED
Taco in a Bag $3.50
Basics & Pizza ReHeat
Basics
NO SCHOOL
Science Fair
“We WANT YOU!!”
The 2015 Science Fair season is quickly approaching.
It is never too early to start thinking about doing a
science fair project. At this time we just want to get
this reminder out to all families. Some students have
already started their projects.
More information to follow.
The JV Boys Basketball
team will be hosting
tournaments on January
9-10 as well as February 6
-7. Everyone is encouraged to come out and
support the Kodiaks JV
boys. This year’s team
has been working hard
and is looking forward to
playing in front of a
strong supportive home
crowd.
Drama Club
Auditions for
"Haphazardly Ever After"
will be from 3:30-4:30 on
Jan 7 & 8. Auditions are
open to students in grades
4-12. Interested students
can contact Miss Strand or
Mrs. Sadek for scripts.
Stay tuned for more information about practice
dates and times in the
New Year!
Thank YOU!!!
~To Mary Smith and Maurice
St Onge, the Sweere Family and
Carstairs RV for their donations
to the Breakfast Program!
~ To all parents and students
who participated in our annual
food drive in December. We
brought in over 4500 cans.
~To audience and participants
in the band concert and grade
4/5 concert.
~ To everyone who took part
in various Christmas activities,
bake sales and classroom
parties!
Congratulations to
the grade four/five
students for a wonderful concert on
December 11. The
grade 6-12 band/
choir concert held on
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December 10 was
also a fantastic
Phone: 403-337-3326
Fax: 403-337-3918
CHINOOK'S EDGE
SCHOOL DIVISION
event.
Mrs. Bosomworth took the Grade 8
classes to Mio Sushi Restaurant in
Airdrie to enjoy an authentic Japanese meal. This was a wrap up ac-
Where Students Come First
tivity for our study of Japan in Social
Studies. The students sampled sev-
www.hughsutherlandschool.ca
eral foods such as sushi, California
rolls, vegetable & shrimp tempura,
dumplings & chicken teriyaki, as well
as traditional Japanese tea & dessert. It was a fantastic experience!
Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to drive!
The Athletic Department will be selling
Subway Cards for $10 each in January. The
cards give you over $70 in savings in free
Subway Sandwiches.
See Mrs. McCambly or Mr. Cashato to
purchase your card.
Congratulations!!!
to 5MA on getting FIRST PLACE in the Door Decorating contest!
Second place went to Mrs. Paulgaard’s grade 7’s and
Third Place went to Mrs. Bosomworth & Mrs. Pollock’s
Grade 8’s.
Good job everyone!!