COBDEN DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL
OCTOBER 2014
Dear Parents, Staff & Students,
Thank you to everyone (students, parents and staff) for all your hard work to help CDPS off to a fantastic start. A huge thank you to our dedicated custodial team (at right) who made our school “sparkle” over the summer months. We have much to be proud of at CDPS. Our Cross Country and Flag Football teams are into the season preparing to represent CDPS with pride. I am impressed with the dedication that our students have shown as they continue to train. After the first cross-country meet, we are celebrating several top ten finishes and a show of sportsmanship that makes us all so very proud. If you haven’t already heard about it...ask a member of cross country team. Our Meet The Teacher Night this year was held on September 17th. Once again, our halls and classrooms were filled with students proudly displaying their work to their parents/guardians. This is an important eve-ning...one that gives us all a chance to connect early in the school year. Thank you to those who were able to be part of it. Connected to Meet the Teacher Night was our Book Fair, organized once again by Mrs. Jennifer Bell. Students had the opportunity to tour the book fair with their classes and again with their parents. Thanks for supporting your children and our school with this worthwhile event. In September every year, the school is provided the results from the previous year’s EQAO testing. Parents and the students who participated have received their results. We are proud to report that once again, Cobden performed well. We were above the board average for Reading, Writing, and Math in both grade 3 and grade 6 testing. Finally...September 26th was our day to celebrate the efforts and journey of Terry Fox. It is inspiring to see our students continue to acknowledge Terry’s ef-forts to raise awareness for such a devastating disease. It is inspiring...but not sur-prising. CDPS is just a fantastic school community.
Peter Burnette, Principal
N E W S L E T T E R
Thanks…
For supporting the Scholastic Book Fair!
We made over $1,100 to put towards books for the library
and classroom resources.
Our Awesome
Custodians!
Junior & Senior Kindergarten students get off to a great start for the new school year.
Welcome to Chez Knox
who is a co-op student from Opeongo High
School and will be with us
until January 2015.
T E R R Y F O X R U N
Mrs. Mousseau, Mr. Reinke & Ms. Smith
MILK & JUICE
The following items are available for purchase at Nutrition Break: at 11:25 am:
Milk, Chocolate Milk .50¢ Canned Juices from machines $1.00 Milk tickets can also be purchased.
Milk tickets are available for $5.00 each
which will give the student 10 milk. They are available at the milk table at lunch time. Student’s names will be put on the milk ticket and returned to the student when the
ticket is complete. Thank you.
OCTOBER DRAW PLEASE SIGN BELOW TO INDICATE THAT YOU
HAVE RECEIVED THIS NEWSLETTER AND RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER.
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Student’s name
_________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s Signature
Student Council
Team Reps
ORANGE Ethan Prins Daniella Bell
YELLOW Carolyn Wytenburg Emily Barron
GREEN Alyssa Vandekemp Taylor Olmstead
BLUE Brynne Delaurier Noah Brownlee
Grade 5 & 6 Reps
Yellow - Liam Bennett Blue - Carolyn Bolle
Blue - Michelle Coleman Blue - Tim Petermann
Theme Days
Oct 10 - Camo Day Oct 24 - Crazy Hair Day
Oct 27-31 - Pumpkin Decorating Note: NOT carving!
All pumpkins must be taken home on Friday after school Oct 31 - Dress-Up Day
& Judging of Pumpkins
EQAO
…A Look at Results Worth Celebrating
Our Grade 3 & 6 students once
again performed well during the EQAO
tests last year. Below is a chart of the
results. The chart shows the percentage
of students who achieved at, or above,
the Provincial Standard.
It is worth noting that our Grade 3 & Grade 6 results are above the Board
average in all areas.
Grade Reading Writing Mathe-
matics
Gr. 3 76% 85% 70%
Gr. 6 85% 76% 52%
Grade 7's are sampling the naturally fermented pickles they prepared as part of their
study of the interactions between living and non-living elements in an ecosystem.
CDPS Staff got wet on
a nice warm day in
early September for a good
cause with the
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge,
helping to raise millions of
dollars around the world.
Here at CDPS,
we raised
$252.20.
Magazine Campaign Gr. 2-8 gets off to a great start!
The CDPS Annual Magazine Campaign will be launched on October 9th,
with an Assembly in the gym. Students are aiming to reach
certain goals in the campaign. Good Luck to everyone!
October 9 - 22, 2014
Cobden
Keys
Students are given a “Cobden Key” for showing character, good citizenship and random
acts of kindness. If your child is on this list, ask her/him what special act they
did in September to get a “Cobden Key”.
Congratulations to…. Alyssa Ritchie Katie Kargus
Sadie Ferguson Grace Bennett Justin Baycroft Hailie Brenner
Winston Burgess Mirek Hoszko
Cobden Key
Glebe Run Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
A group of CDPS students travelled to Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa to
take part in the “Glebe Gryphons” Cross Country Championship. The
students ran very well throughout the day.
Ryan McIntyre showed amazing sportsmanship when he stopped running to
help a fellow runner who was injured in a fall on the course.
Jonathan Peever 7th
Ryan McIntyre - Hero!
Kevin Ready 42nd
Carter Mick 17th
Adam Wood 51st
Thomas Ciphery 21st
Brent Ready 22nd
Connor Robinson 48th
Jordan Mitchell 1st
Kaitlyn Bourgeois 9th
Mackenzie Bryanton 25th
Brynne Delaurier 33rd
Hilary Dick 17th
Sydney Broome 27th
Natasha Kargus 24th
Travis Roy 50th
Tyson Tomasini 32nd
Wesley Peever 38th
Jamie Broome 15th
Alexa Gamache 16th
Megan Hendry 34th
Emily Barron 21st
Shaylyn Bielaskie 35th
In 2010, September 25th was named Franco-Ontarian Day to officially recognize the contribution of Ontario’s Francophone community to the cultural, historical, social, economic and political life of the province. This year, the Grade 7 & 8 Immersion Classes celebrated by making flags (above), which we then paraded around town. Upon our return, we also indulged in some traditional French foods and culture.
Playground Fun!
NEWSLETTER WINNERS September
Avery Reckzin Danten Ellens
Danika Brenner Lexi Tait
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October 2014
Cobden District Public School 16 Cowley Street, P. O Box 130
Cobden, Ontario K0J 1K0 Phone: 613-646-2271
Fax: 613-646-2194 Principal: Peter Burnette
Office Manager: Philippa Bell Head Custodian: Irene Mousseau
Ministry of Education Website
www.edu.gov.on.ca
HOT DOG DAY
Thanksgiving
Day
Cross Country @ Hugli’s
Cross Country @ Logos Land
Picture Re-takes
Grade 5 Swimming
Grade 5 Swimming
Grade 5 Swimming
Guitar Lessons @ Cobden Public School
taught by Rylan Dmytryshyn. For more information
& to book lessons, call 613-646-7204 or email:
[email protected] Thanks!
Flag Football @ Mateway Park,
Renfrew
Grade 5 Swimming
No Swimming
Rain Date for Flag Football
Magazine Campaign Kick-off
Assembly @ 2:15 pm
Curling Registration
Little Rock Age 7 & Up
Junior Grade 6 & Up
Registration Thursday, October 30th @ Cobden Curling Rink
7:30 pm
Any inquiries… Call Mrs. Francis @ 613-646-2354
Theme Day:
Camo
Theme Day:
Crazy Hair
Pumpkin Decorating Week: Judging on Friday, Oct 31st
Theme Day:
Halloween Costume
Grade 8 students (above & below) accomplished one of the items on their “Class Bucket List”. The making of a giant fort highlights that a list is just a list, unless you act on it. Completion of this class project taught the students that we can accomplish anything we set our minds to!
Mrs. Oakes’
Drama Class
Taste of The Valley
Saturday, October 18
8:00 am-3:00 pm Cobden Fairgrounds
An exposition of LOCAL Food,
Crafts & Products
Bring shopping bags & coolers!
PIZZA DAY
More
fun in
the
play-
ground
Picture Orders Due
today.
Magazine Campaign
Ends!