Dorval Elementary School Parent Newsletter April 2015

Dorval Elementary School
Parent Newsletter
April 2015
School and daycare will be closed April 3rd, 6th and
7th for the holiday break, with no daycare services
available. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday.
On April 20th and 21st Culture in the School will make
a return for the Kindergarten and Cycle 1 students. Author
Lucie Papineau will be presenting to our students.
The Agenda Book Cover Contest is now on. For
students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 who are interested
in creating a cover for next year’s agenda book have until
April 8th to submit their drawing. Please see document
attached to the newsletter with more details. Good luck to
all participants.
Francofolie Week took place from March 23rd to the
27th. Our week began with an assembly introducing the
activities and theme song “Chante la ta Chanson”. On
Tuesday the students celebrated “le cinema quebecois”,
Wednesday it was “la literature quebecoise”, and on
Thursday we had the bingo “cabane a sucre”. On Friday we
had “la kermesse” with a number of stations inside and
outside. This included a pancake breakfast for all. The
closing assembly took place in the afternoon. Thank you to
the Home and School for their financial support and help,
particularly on Friday. A thank you as well to the team of
teachers who organized the week.
With the Girl Guide cookies now on sale we thought you
might enjoy the recipe attached, Double Chocolate Girl
Guide Brownies.
The French Book Fair will take place in the library on
April 14th and 15th. This year Scholastic is having a
special promotion, when you purchase two books, the third
one is free. If you would like to come and purchase books
the fair is open from 10:30am to 5pm on Tuesday and from
9am to noon on Wednesday. More information will be
coming to you.
April 24th is a Ped Day for students. Daycare will be
open. Students registered will be going to the movies.
On April 24th Dorval Elementary School will be hosting the
Basketball Play-Day. Selected students from Grade 5
and 6 will be participating.
On April 24th and 25th Dorval Elementary School will be
participating in the Junior Robo-Cup at John Rennie High
School. 20 students from Grade 5 and 6 have been chosen
to represent our school and will be coached by Mr.
Gueudry. Good luck.
Earth Day is coming on April 22nd. To celebrate Mrs.
Cullinan and 4 students from Grade 3 and 4 will be going to
Green Summit at Children’s World Academy. Students will
participate in workshops by Organic Seedling on organic
gardening, Velo Quebec, Compost Montreal and the Morgan
Arboretum. It should be an informative and inter-active
day!
The Lester B. Pearson Junior Voyageurs summer camp
is now taking registrations. The summer enrichment day
camp covers subjects such as the Arts, Science and
Technology. The program runs from July 6th to the 17th at
Clearpoint Elementary School. To find more information go
to: http://juniorvoyageurs.lbpsb.qc.ca
The next Home & School meeting will take place in the
staff room on Wednesday, April 15th at 7pm.
The next Governing Board meeting will take place on
April 21st in the staff room at 7pm. Please note that if
you wish to communicate with the Governing Board you
can do so by emailing DORVAL_GB@lbpearson.ca
Should you wish to contact the Parent Representative,
also a member of the Governing Board you can do by
emailing;DORVAL_PR@lbpearson.ca
Both email addresses will also be placed on our school
website.
Please be aware that daycare fees may go up to $8 a
day as of April 1st based on rules and regulations
determined by the government. Statement of accounts
will not be issued before April 8th. A letter will be
distributed to daycare parents.
TOPS will take place at Lakeside Academy again this year.
The theme is “100 years of the top songs in each decade”.
Tickets cost $7 each. TOPS which showcases our high
schools' finest talent are scheduled for two night
performances and a Saturday matinee. Please mark your
calendars for either April 17 and 18.
May 14th Dorval will be having our Kindergarten
Orientation Morning. This will take place from 9:15 to
10:30 am. New Kindergarten students will attend with
their parents. More information will be forthcoming by
mail.
The second vaccination for grade 4 students will be
administered on April 16th.
On March 24th Dorval Elementary's WE TEAM, along
with Ms. Di Nardo, Mme. Mayer and Ms. Sturgess, were a
part of the 1200 youth, adults, and educators that joined
together at Théâtre St. Denis in order to attend WE DAY
Montreal. Together we participated in this amazing
movement that promotes youth empowerment and social
justice. The inspiring messages given from the many
presenters and artists, combined with so much positive
energy from everyone in the audience made for a
memorable and inspiring experience.
Prior to attending WE DAY, the WE TEAM collected a
sizeable amount of new and gently used hockey
equipment for students who live in the community of
Quaqtaq, in Northern Quebec. Attached to the newsletter
are pictures and some words from Mr. Stewart. St.
Anthony School, and their Free the Children WE TEAM
also helped in this endeavour. A total of 50 boxes and
bags as well as many hockey sticks were shipped up by
Air Inuit thanks to the Kativik School Board. Thank you
very much for all your support, it is truly appreciated. The
project was a huge success! Go Dorval We Team!
Please find attached (hard copy only) the information on
the Family Fun Run. All funds raised will go to the
Pearson Education Fund (PEF).