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William Cook Elementary School
School District No. #38 (Richmond)
8600 Cook Road, Richmond. B.C. V6Y 1V7
Phone: 604-668-6454 Fax: 604-668-6137
Early Warning Number: 604-668-6461
Website: http://cook.sd38.bc.ca
Ms. D. Collins
Principal
“Celebrating Our Diversity as Learners”
COOK COUGARS
April 7th, 2015
Ms. E. Lee
Vice Principal
NEWSLETTER
Issue #14
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
Welcome back to the final term of school. We hope everyone had a restful Spring Break.
We’ve started this term with a focus on Random Acts of Kindness. As mentioned in the
announcement that went home, we are encouraging students to document some of the many
things they naturally do to encourage, cheer up or help others. We’ve have a poster set up in
the hallway to graph the results and we are making daily announcements of the total number
of Random Acts of Kindness we’ve written about on coloured strips of paper. These Random
Acts of Kindness are just part of the bigger Social Responsibility concepts we teach students
throughout the school year. For more information on Social Responsibility, you can check out
information on the Ministry of Education website:
https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/social_resp.htm
DIVISIONS 1 & 4 Social Studies EXPO
On Tuesday, March 10th Divisions 1 and 4
opened their classrooms to the rest of the
school for their Social Studies World Expo.
Students worked in groups to research,
write and create displays for a country. The
work was detailed and students clearly
explained the highlights of their research
with the students who came through the
classrooms. Well done Division 1 & 4
students!
BRITANNIA MINES FOR DIV 5 THRU 8
Our grade 4 and 5 students went on a field
trip to Britannia Mine as an enhancement
to their study of Mining. A big thank you
goes to our PAC who subsidized the trip.
Students came back exhausted and
smiling – always a good sign!
PARENT CONVERSATION CIRCLE
Our SWIS, Kitty Tang, has organized a
Parent Conversation Circle for parents
wanting to improve their English. The best
part is that it’s held at our school every
Monday afternoon in the library. If you
missed registering for the program, contact
Kitty at the school to see if there is still
room!
PIZZA NOTICES GOING
HOME
The PAC will be sending home
Pizza Notices later this week in
preparation for Pizza Day on April 23rd.
TRACK ATTACK (GRADES
3 – 7)
It’s spring time which means
it’s Track Season! In the
middle of May, our school will participate in
a Track and Field meet at Minoru Park.
Starting this week, students will begin
training for the meet.
To introduce students to the events in
Track and Field, teachers organize ‘Track
Attack’. During ‘Track Attack’, students will
have a chance to participate in all the
events to determine their favourites. ‘Track
Attack’
will
happen
on
Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday this week and
next week.
We try to take as many interested students
as possible to the track meet. Once ‘Track
Attack’ is finished, teachers will look at the
strengths of the athletes and place as
many interested students as possible in
events. Event practices will then be
organized for before school, at lunch and
after school.
EARLY LEARNING CENTRE
Our Early Learning Centre in Portable 4 is
a very well used facility! We have City
Centre and Touchstone using the facility
each week, along with our own District
Early Learning Centre Program.
Our own Early Learning Centre Program
will be closed due to field trips on April 13th
and April 15th.
CURRENT ADDRESSES NEEDED!
If you are moving, please let us know as
soon as possible. We always need to know
your most current location. Students who
begin with us can remain with us, even if
you move to another neighbourhood. We
need current addresses and phone
numbers for accurate contact information.
During this time of year, we also start
organizing the school for next year’s
enrolment. Our student numbers need to
be as accurate as possible. If you plan on
leaving the school, please let the office
know as soon as possible. Thanks in
advance for your help with this!
READERS CHOICE WINNERS
Each winter Mr. Rosell runs the Readers
Choice Book Contest for students. Primary
students listen to the nominated picture
books in their classrooms and intermediate
students read a minimum of 3 of the 7
nominated novels. At the end of the term,
students vote on their favourites. The
winners of Cook School’s Readers Choice
are: “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s
Library”, a novel by Chris Grabenstein and
“If I Built A House”, a picture book by Chris
VanDusen.
Later this month Mr. Rosell will be giving
away sets of the books in a random draw.
COOK SCHOOL T-SHIRTS
We will be offering Cook School TShirts for sale this month. These
red t-shirts will be great for spirit days and
for our track and field meet in May. A
variety of sizes will be offered. Please
watch for a notice going home.
JEANS DAY – APRIL 24th
Each year, the BC Children’s Hospital
Foundation runs a fundraising campaign
called “Jeans Day”. They sell buttons for
$5 each throughout the community and the
idea is that wearing a button allows the
person to wear jeans to work for the
designated day. Our school will be selling
these buttons as a fundraiser for the
hospital. If you would like to purchase one,
please visit the office!
ELL ASSESSMENTS
Each spring, students who receive English
Language Learner (ELL) support have an
assessment to determine ELL levels for the
coming year. Our ELL teachers conduct
the assessments that include oral
language, writing and reading. Next year’s
ELL levels will be included in the third term
report card in June.
INTERNET SAFETY PRESENTATION
Ms. Lee and Ms. Collins will be doing a
presentation on Internet Safety Tips for
Parents on Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 PM
in the school Computer Lab.
They will be going over some guidelines for
families on Internet use, Internet safety, the
use of Social Media and Digital Citizenship
covered at school.
Please join us for this informative meeting!
A notice will go home asking families to
RSVP.
PAC MEETING IN APRIL
This month’s PAC meeting will be on
Thursday, April 23rd at 1:00 pm. We will be
discussing school goals for the coming
year and hearing a shortened version of
the Internet Safety presentation for parents
being held on April 30th. See you at the
meeting!
CITY CENTRE NEEDS YOUR
FEEDBACK!
City Centre Community Centre—Fall
Programming Ideas Fair:
Tell us what programs and services you
would like to see offered at the new City
Centre Community Centre, opening late
summer 2015!
Wednesday, April 15th, 7:00–9:00 pm
City Centre Community Centre—Lang
Centre #140-8279 Saba Road
RSVP: citycentre@richmond.ca by April
10th. Space is limited. City Centre
Community Centre
5900 Minoru Boulevard—Opening Summer
2015
www.richmond.ca/citycentre
SECOND TERM ‘G’
LIST
Each term we like to
recognize the intermediate
students who receive all ‘G’
effort marks on their report
cards. Congratulations to all
the students who made the
list!
Kaleigh Abeysekera
Huzaifa Ahmed
Renee Alconga
Chricetanielle Amansec
Patricia Andal
Kelly Artuz
Peter Auraha
Rebecca Bao
Chloe Bolton
A.J. Basilan
Jay Jay Basilan
Riya Bhatt
Sarah Cao
Hannah Chavez
Jennifer Chen
Wesley Chen
Mark Cheng
Wendy Cheung
Momiji Chiew
Janice Chow
Kimmy Cosare
Charles Cunanan
Mary Cyprich
Daniel Davydova
Paula De Luna
Princess De Luna
Michel Doria
Jethro Du
Yasmin El Shahary
Carly Epondulan
Marjorie Faith Flores
Jinyl Fernandez
Faye Gai
Nate Gao
Mariam Ghasumyan
Xena Gutierrez
Xenia Gutierrez
Caragh Hauta
Alyssa Hermosilla
Raul Ho
A'la Honaish
Bara'ah Honaish
Dickson Huang
Joey Huang
Mixi Huang
Jenet Huo
Jared Jarap
Jarelle Jarap
Safiya Jama Khalaf
Matthew Jin
Ceryne Johnson
Ainsley Ku
Maxx Lam
Aaron Lanzo
Rachel Lee
Andrew Li
Eric Li
Ivy Li
Justin Li
Kaylee Li
Kevina Li
Ralph Li
Shirley Li
Jason Liang
Kyla Libut
Vito Lin
Erica Liu
Linda Liu
Tiana Liu
Karylle Lopez
Jad Lu
Carmen Luo
Tony Ma
Kayla Magallanes
Eve Mekhlis
Paul Misa
Rhys Mogridge
Johnny Mondragon
Emily Moriyama
Lisa Moriyama
Behishta Nasiri
Kelvin Ng
Andrew Nguyen
Daiji Ochiai
Gerard Ordonez
Aileen Penaflor
Adrian Peralta
Julia Perez
Roman Polevoda
Ayako Prevoo
Daniel Rakhimov
Shila Rasoul
Jodie Recede
Hayk Rostomyan
Aaron Santos
Karina Shahbazyan
Risa Shoji
William Sun
Gabriel Tan
Kelin Tan
Bobby Taing
Daphne Tan
Angelika Tee
Jizela Tejano
Joshua Tinamisan
Karen Tsang
Kelly Tsang
Zoe Tumamak
Emily Wang
Michelle Wang
Tony Wang
Tracy Wang
Wendy Wang
William Wang
Bess Xu
Ken Xu
Crystal Yang
Gloria Yang
Jennifer Yang
Janet Ye
Jerry Yeung
Dennis Yin
Angela Yu
James Yu
Milana Zavlunov
Ashine Zhang
Ming Jia Zhang
Andy Zhao
Jack Zheng
Chris Zhou
Jennifer Zhou
Jessica Zhou
Evan Zhu