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Principal’s News
October 2018
P.W.W. News
October Events
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Boys and Girls Soccer
Tourn. @ SDCI
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Bus Safety Presentation
9:20 FDK—Gr. 3
10:05 Gr. 4 –8
Cross Country Meet
October Pizza/Milk orders
due on line
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RAINDATE for
Cross Country
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Gr. 7 Vac. @ 11:30
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Big Crunch Day
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LMHU Dental Screening
@ 9:00
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Picture Re-Take Day
Parkhill-West Williams
Public School
204 McLeod Street
Parkhill, ON
N0M 2K0
Phone 519-294-1117
Fax 519-294-1124
Darryl Mann
Principal
Rose Anne Kuiper
Superintendent
Where did September go? It was an incredibly busy month with the
start of another school year. Thanks to our amazing Panther Staff,
there are many things happen-ing already here at Parkhill-West
Williams. In addition to the ongoing learning and activities in our
classrooms, we have our Soccer and Cross Country Teams, Maker Space
Club, Scholastic Book Fair, and our Colour House Program under way.
Al-so, our Terry Fox Run was held on the afternoon of September
27th. What an awesome day and event. Thank you to all of our
parents, guardians, family and friends for your donations to the
Terry Fox Foundation in support of Cancer re-search.
It was also great to see so many families out for our ‘Meet the
Staff’ BBQ and evening.
It was wonderful seeing so many of you again. This evening
provides an excellent opportunity for students to introduce their
teachers and the staff to parents and care givers. There are many
opportunities for families to get involved in the PWW community.
Our School Council and Home and School Association welcome new
members at any time and will meet the first Monday of every month
at 6:30 p.m. in our Library-Learning Commons. Our next Home and
School Association & School Council Meeting is on Monday,
November 5th at 6:30 p.m. Thank you for your sup-port and together
we can make a difference.
October is shaping up to be just as busy as last month. We have
completed two fire drills, a lockdown drill, and will complete a
High Winds drill in the coming weeks.
Buster the Bus visits on October 3rd to teach us about bus
safety, Grade 7 Vac-cinations are on October 15th, Dental Screening
is planned for October 24th, and Picture Retakes are scheduled for
October 25th. The month of October also closes with the fun filled
day and evening - Halloween! Each individual teacher and class-room
will decide how they would like to celebrate the day. Teachers will
send home information via their classroom newsletter or separate
letter to advise what their class will be doing.
One of my favourite holidays is Thanksgiving. I hope that you
will be able to find time on this holiday to spend with your family
and friends.
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and Spooktac-
ular Halloween
Darryl Mann
Principal
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School Council and Home and School 2018-2019
Parkhill-West Williams Community School Council
Co-Chairperson Crystal MacLean
Lisa Cornelissen
Treasurer Kasey Norton
Secretary Christine McCarter
Parent Rep. Jessica Hart
Please join us on Monday, November 5th at 6:30 in the library.
Everyone is welcome!
From the Library Learning Commons… It has been a great start to
the year in the Library Learning Commons! Students have been busy
signing out some of our exciting new books and creating some
amazing projects in our Mak-erspace area! We have just finished our
fall Scholastic Book Fair! I would like to thank everyone who came
out to support the book fair and helped to make it a success! We
have been able to pur-chase some great new titles for our
collection! New this year, we will be having "Makerspace
Challenges" offered to our students throughout the term! Our first
two challenges have already been put into action, with our students
in grades 6 to 8 creating videos for a segment on Panther T.V., and
our students in grades 3 - 5 designing and building puppet theatres
for our younger students to use for drama presentations! Stay tuned
for the next challenge that will be offered to our primary
students! As we continue to develop our Makerspace area, we also
still need some materials. Please think of us when you are
recycling or purging items at your home! We really appreciate items
such as: - paper tubes - marbles - tape - all kinds - glue sticks -
plastic containers and lids - magazines - rice - any other items
you think we could use to create stuff!!! If you have any
questions, feel free to contact me at the school. Until next
time... Until next time... Happy reading!
Mrs. Hayter :)
Guitar Program As we launch into our guitar program this year,
we are asking for donations of old (or new) gift
cards. We have a punch that we are able to create guitar picks
out of old gift cards. One card can
make 5 picks! Any you can provide would be greatly
appreciated!
Mr. Rayner
Let’s Get Cookin’ We are hoping to get another Let’s Get Cookin’
program started at P.W.W. If you are able to volun-
teer please contact the office. More information is available at
the link below.
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School Drills As per Thames Valley District School Board policy
schools are required to complete a variety of
practice drills in the fall and the spring. Fire, Tornado and
Lockdown/Code Red. These drills
ensure we use proper procedures and provide the opportunity for
reflection to improve safety for all.
Teachers will prepare the students by discussing procedures and
answer any questions they may
have.
Student Council This year, PWW has the largest group of students
participating in the Student Council than ever be-fore! The amount
of time, effort, and dedication each student put into their
application packages im-pressed the judging committee so much, that
we could not narrow the group down. Congratulations to everyone for
their accomplishments; we look forward to a great year here at
PWW!
Terry Fox Run: Thank you to all staff and students for their
participation in this year's Terry Fox Run. Money raised by the
students will be sent to the Terry Fox Foundation. This year, the
Student Council has funded three prizes per division. Award
categories were: Most Laps Run, Biggest Fundraiser, and Terry Fox
Spirit. Winners will be announced October 5. We hope to have
surpassed last year's total of $512! Keep up the great work,
PWW!
Parkhill and Ilderton Fair: We hope that everyone was able to
get out the Parkhill and Ilderton Fairs in September. PWW was
represented at both with a school display of the amazing work our
stu-dents are doing everyday! If you weren't able to make it out to
the fairs, please see the pictures of each display printed in the
newsletter! Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Horne
Boys Soccer The boys demonstrated amazing energy and hustle
during our soccer games at the tournament on
Monday. Lots of passing, communication, and teamwork.
Unfortunately we lost all 5 of our games
but the boys showed good sportsmanship, perseverance, and had
positive attitudes. Some amazing
goals were scored by Connor, Aiden S., Luke and Ty. Special
thanks to our goalies Ben H. and Aid-
en K. Thanks to all the grade 6, 7, and 8 boys who came out and
participated and never gave up!
Thanks for making coaching such a fun experience.
Ms. Martin
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GaGa Ball Pit Thank you to everyone who purchased milk and pizza
last year. We were able to purchase a Ga-Ga Ball pit for the
students to play at recess. You will notice it on the Junior /
Intermediate side. It's super simple. Basically, we throw a bunch
of players and a ball in a pit. Turn up the music, everyone for
him/herself; if the ball touches you below the knee, you're out.
The last one in the pit wins. Then, everyone hops back in for the
next round. Games last no more than five minutes. It's fast, it's
sweaty and it's really addictive. As soon as you get out, you can't
wait to hop back in. That's why they're all talking about it!
Pizza / Milk proceeds All proceeds from milk and pizza will go
towards the purchase of an accentuated learning envi-ronment for
the Learning-Commons. This provides students a dynamic place where
they are of-ten given room to move– empowering them with choices of
where to sit, how to sit and even when to sit. All to keep them
more engaged, comfortable and productive. This is the schools
big-gest fundraiser and we appreciate your support very much.
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PWW Certificates
September – Character Trait - Organization Mrs. Hodgins
Mrs. Reinelt
Kindergarten
Harmon V.
Colby C.
Mrs. Barnett
SK/1
Mason V.
Dahlia V.
Mrs. Tapper
Grade 1 /2 Kali W.
Faith M.
Mrs. Walker
Grade 2/3 Mikayla C.
Anna H.
Mrs. Horne
Grade 3 /4 Owan H.
Lexi B.
Ms. Martin
Grade 4 / 5 Marha M.
Keira M.
Mrs. Moore
Grade 6 Anglea M.
Brooke P.
Mr. Rayner
Grade 7 /8 Amy H.
Emily D.
Mr. Curragh
Grade 7 /8 Avery H.
Madison S.
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Panthers Colour Houses Goal: To promote a stronger sense of
community and increase school pride and spirit here at P.W.W.
Format: The entire school is divided into 4 houses. RED, GREEN,
BLUE & YELLOW. Each staff member and student has been placed on
a colour house. Students will be rewarded with “Panthers tokens”
based on consistent demonstration of the monthly focus. Focus: This
month the focus will be on RESPECT.
Colour House Assembly: Every month, two students from each
classroom will be recognized for ‘Citizenship’. In addition,
classes may share/perform to celebrate their character development
learning, and student teams and groups will be recognized. The
assemblies will run for approxi-mately 30 –45 minutes. Staff and
students are encouraged to wear their colour to each of the
cel-ebrations in support of their house. The students will sit with
their houses not their homeroom classes.
OCTOBER
Respect
‘Maintain the dignity of every person’
A community that is respectful begins by understanding whom and
what to respect and consid-er worthy of high regard and then act to
show it in words or actions so that those events and individuals
feel appreciated.
Positive interaction with peers, staff, etc. (Golden Rule)
Attentive listening (during class, presentations, assemblies, etc.)
Use of manners
Respect for property...neat desk, cleans up classroom
