May - École John W. MacLeod/ Fleming Tower School

Tower Talk Newsletter
May 1st, 2015
Kindness Month!
From the Principal’s Desk:
Happy Spring, Joyeux Printemps!
Orientation Plans
May 7th is orientation evening for new primary parents. We will be meeting at 6:30 in
the library at the JW site to share information and answer questions about the primary
year. On May 22nd we will be meeting our new primary students for the afternoon. If
you know anyone who is planning on attending primary in September but has not yet
registered, please encourage them to come and see us.
We are beginning to make plans for next year. We are meeting with the junior highs to
share information in preparation for transitioning our 6’s to junior high. Cunard Junior
High will be holding a parent information session for parents on May 28th at 6:00 p.m.
We will also be looking at classroom groupings for next year. If you have concerns
about your child’s placement, please let me know either in writing or by coming in to
discuss them. A great deal of time and effort goes into making up classes for next year
and last minutes changes are not manageable.
Spring Concert
Our choir did extremely well at the Kiwanis music festival receiving gold and silver awards! Our
grade 6 band and our violin students will be attending the festival over the next few weeks. Our
Fine Arts concert will be held on June 4th at 6:30 in the gym.
Respect for the Environment
Mme. Gray’s class won an earth and recycling coloring contest recently. Students received small
gifts as well as 250.00 for their school. Money will be used for Greening projects at the Fleming
Tower site. Mme. Baker and Mme. Whalen are working with students at lunch time to build a
butterfly garden and work on other outdoor projects.
Thanks to RBC
Once again RBC will be supporting our Spring Fling (with 1000.00) through the volunteer work
of, Dina Spiller, Ed Steeves, Shelley Nelson and Paul and Alice MacPherson. Special thanks to
Alice MacPherson who volunteers regularly at the school earning 500.00 of volunteer hours
through RBC. Many thanks RBC!
We Act Team
A big thank you to the We Act Team and everyone who helped to support our day of silence.
Students raised 1921.00 to send to Free the Children. Our We Act Team and their work was
mentioned in the N.S. Legislature last week. The We Act Team will be helping out on the
playground starting next week. Ms. Sampson will be working with students as they take on
some Playground Pals duties. They will be helping to organize games and encourage new
friendships each day at both sites.
We have several new clubs starting up in May, skipping club with Mme. Asha and Mme. Power,
running club with Mme. Ida and Mr. Michaud, Yoga with Mme. Dibblee, Chess Club with Ms. Mills
and art club with Ms. Oullette.
CSI
The HRSB Getting to Great Survey runs until May 15th . This survey is part of the board’s
continuous school improvement process and is an opportunity to share information to help us
improve schools. Your voluntary participation in this survey will help us to identify the strengths
and areas for growth. Please visit the website: http://survey.hrsb.ns.ca You can fill out a
survey for each of your children if you wish. All information is anonymous.
Nova Scotia school boards are required to share information about their schools and their
education programs and services in a document called the Long-Range Outlook. The purpose of
this is to help school boards and school communities have more informed discussions about the
future of their schools and the programs and services they offer. Parents are encouraged to visit
the hrsb website and read the document and give feedback at
http://hrsb.ca//about-hrsb/operations-services/long-range-outlook
SAC
The next meeting is May 28th at 5:30 p.m. Our SAC has been working with the board to identify
the needs of our school as we continue to grow. The board has invited SAC chairs and principals
to a meeting to discuss the Long-Range-Outlook plan on May 13th .
HSA
The next meeting is May 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the music room
Parent Reminder
If at any time you have concerns or questions, please don’t hesitate to send them along to
Jgourley@hrsb.ns.ca or call 479-4438.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Primary Locke – Ava Khoury for her personal growth in the classroom community
Primary Gray –Lincoln Smith for appreciation of the French Language
Macade Wright for excellence in Math
Aleena Dolnaev for working hard in everything she does
Primary Whalen Myshko Khaperskyy for always doing his very best work
One Davies – Alex Williams for demonstrating his love of non-fiction writing
Peter Smith for demonstrating his love of learning and always looking out for his classmates
One Dibblee – Cameron Lyttle for his work with Mdm Chandler in his reading group
One Chandler/Baker – Anna Lyttle and Macy Goyetche for working so hard on their reading!
One/Two Mills – Jensen Parsons and Thomas Whittle for demonstrating good classroom
citizenship and respect for the feelings of others
One / Two Sanford – Brooklyn Benoit and Halle Martin for working hard to speak French in
class!
Two Asha – Joseph Daigle for his contributions to class discussions
Lauren Sanford for her dedication to learning at home
Two/Three Sampson/Cholock - Rowan Oakley for working very hard to get his work done
Johnathan Morris-Poultney for demonstrating respect for himself and his learning environment
Mia Penny for not backing down from a challenge and always pushing herself to do her best!
Two/Three Power – Aidan Myette for tremendous effort in math and reading
Jack Gardin for his improvement in writing, making it more descriptive.
Three/Four Deslandes – Brock Rafuse for his great performance on his multiplication test!
Brooke Patterson for being an excellent speaker in both English and French
Three/ Four Phillips – Rena Cameron for her positive attitude and amazing reading
Adam Duggan for his amazing artistic ability and effort in set design for the class play
Four Ida – Sean Kostlac and Maryfer de la Rosa for demonstrating a love of speaking French
Erin MacAskill and Lucy Silvio for working hard to improve their writing
Four/Five Steeves – Sam Conway for his effort in describing 3-D prisms
Laura MacInnis for the care and respect she demonstrates when using technology
Five/Six Rudderham – Liam Hickey for his optimism and wrm smile he takes to class each day.
He also has made great progress in understanding fractions and decimals.
Five McInerney/Saoud –Travis Feltmate for most improved attitude toward learning
Bella Gardin for always trying her best in Math!
Calista Spillner for always working hard and trying her best
Julia Thomsen who is always ready to learn!
Six Little – Cale Kelsie for her contribution to social studies and health activities
Michael Armsworthy for being a positive and respectful part of our class community
Six Michaud – Calista Caron for excellent effort in descriptive writing
Brooke Hynes for her excellent work on the math test and demonstrating an understanding
of percentages and fractions.
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May 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
8
9
15
16
KINDNESS MONTH
3
4
5
6
7
Kiwanis
Music
Festival
(Band)
10
11
12
13
Primary
Parent
Orientation
6:30 JW
Library
14
PD Day
NO
CLASSES
17
18
19
20
21
Victoria
Day
Holiday
25
23
Orientation
for
New
Primaries
1:00 – 2:00
(NO
CLASSES)
24/31
22
26
27
28
29
30
Volunteer Grade 4 Ida
class trip to
Tea
Sugarmoon
1:00 pm