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Where Eagles Soar
In s ide th i s i s sue
Crazy Hair Day! 2
Family Lit Day 3
Pancake Breaky 4
Favourite Books 5
School Info 6
Important Info 7
More Info! 8
Film & Arts 9
School Goals 10
Good Workers 11
We had a busy week here at Edgehill celebrating literacy! Each day students participated in the “Guess which book?” activity. Grade seven leadership students read clues on the announcements each day and students had to guess which book the quote came from. There were two levels of clues for the students to choose from, easier and harder. At the next assembly, we will draw one correct response from each group of responses to win a prize! This year our activities over the course of Literacy Week were based on a Robert Munsch theme. On Monday, in the spirit of Aaron’s Hair, we all wore our wackiest hair! On Tues-day, we celebrated Purple Green and Yellow by dressing in those colors. Wednesday, in the spirit of the Paper Bag Princess, we dressed as our favorite book character. Rather than come in our Smelly Socks on Thursday, we all wore our craziest socks. Friday was our Family Literacy Day and we all wore our pajamas and read with family and friends AND enjoyed a pancake breakfast. What a way to end the week! A special thank you to our PAC for their endless effort and commitment to our school, you’re hard work is genuinely appreciated by all. Additional thanks to our trustee, Mary
James for joining us at our Family Literacy Day.
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A pp ly N ow for K ind e rga rten !
We are now accepting kindergarten registrations for the 2018 -2019 school year.
Registration packages are available at the school office or can be downloaded online at:
Please submit your completed registration package to the Edgehill School Office where we
will date stamp and number in order of submission. Please make sure to bring your child’s
birth certificate and Care Card as official proof of age, as well as for our school records.
We enthusiastically invite all applicants and look forward to welcoming you to our Edgehill
School community where we make learning fun!!
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2018-2019
Student Registration Package
Student Led Conferences will be held on
Wednesday, February 7th and Thursday,
February 8th with an early dismissal time of
1:48 pm.
Evening conferences will be held from 5:30-
7:30 pm on Wednesday.
PRO- D Day
Fr i d ay, Februa ry 9th
(sch ool not i n se ssi o n)
B C Fam i ly Day
Mo nd ay, Fe bru ary 12th
(sch ool not i n se ssi o n)
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Parents of Grade 4 and 7 students will soon be receiving a letter asking them to participate in a Satisfaction Survey.
The survey is put out by the Ministry of Education to find out how people feel about what is happening at Edgehill.
Grade 4 and 7 students will all participate in a similar survey. These results are really important to the staff of Edgehill
and we value any feedback. Please watch for your letter within the coming weeks. If you have any questions, feel free
to contact Mrs. Gaudreau at the school.
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SECOND FORMAL REPORT
Wednesday, March 14th
A r e m i n d e r t o p a r e n t s / g u a r d i a n s t h a t
f o r m a l r e p o r t c a r d s w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e
W e d n e s d a y , M a r c h 1 4 t h f o r y o u t o
v i e w . S t u d e n t s c a n u s e t h e i r p r e v i o u s l y
p r o v i d e d l o g in i n f o r m a t i o n t o a c c e s s
t h e i r p o r t f o l i o a t a n y t i m e . P l e a s e d o n ’ t
h e s i t a t e t o c o n t a c t y o u r c h i l d ’ s t e a c h e r
i f y o u h a v e a n y q u e s t i o n s o r co n c e r n s .
CODE OF HONOUR WINNERS
The fo l lowing students are January’s
lucky draw winners :
Kyle Veenhof
Sophia Reed
Liam Robbins
Jordan Goertzen
The District basketball season has recently begun. Students have been practicing basketball skills in their PE classes and have been gathering in the gym at lunch to hone their skills! Basketball is open to students in grades 5 -7. Our eager players have travelled to Henderson, and have also hosted Christian School students here in our gym. We look forward to our next basketball game, which is taking place Tuesday, February 6th here are Edgehill.
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Next PAC Meeting
Tuesday, February 6th at 6:30 pm
in the Library
The entry forms have been handed out and now the practicing begins. We are excited to be
holding our annual Talent Show here at Edgehill. Our
students have amazing talents and we always enjoy when
they get the opportunity to share them with us. This year, we
will run the talent show sometime in February...stay tuned!
Please watch for more information coming home with your
child in the near future.
Keep practicing your skills everyone!
P o w e l l R i v e r K i n g s Re a d P r o g ra m
Each Monday morning we have two Kings players coming in to read with our grade one students in Mrs. Payne’s class. The purpose of the Read Program is for the Powell River Kings and Westview Agencies, in collaboration with the School District, to promote the importance of literacy.
Special thanks to our Kings volunteers, Tristan and Ted, for donating their time to join us weekly at Edgehill!
Every week a Reading Hero is announced. The Reading Hero will win two tickets to a Powell River Kings game and their name will be entered into a monthly draw for a great prize for their whole class and the chance to be 7th Player of the
Game. Our recent Reading Hero’s to date are:
Alex Bomprezzi
Jenny Butler
Ruby Chesney
Rachel Alescio
Through this year’s slogan from PINKSHIRTDAY.CA , we encourage everyone to remember that “Nice Needs No Filter!” We all have the capacity to be kind, compassionate and considerate, and their slogan acts as a friendly reminder that no matter what our differences, being nice is al-ways a choice worth making including via electronic means. Please support “Nice Needs No Filter!” by wearing a pink shirt on Wednesday, February 28th. We will have a brief assembly before re-cess on that day highlighting our school code of honor. As part of our celebration of Pink Shirt day in honoring kindness and compassion, we, as a whole school, are going to make Kindness Soup on Wednesday, February 28th and all will enjoy a bowl of soup!
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Powell River Festival of Performing Arts begins near the end of February every year.
The 74th festival will run from February 24th - March 9th with the Grand Concert held
on Friday, March 9th, 2018. The festival is based on the fundamental idea of providing
all participants with the best possible support for their artistic development.
Amateur performers in piano, voice, strings, wind and brass instruments, speech arts,
amateur choirs, bands, string and jazz ensembles, and dance are invited to perform.
Several of our classes and individual students have entered this year’s festival where
participants will perform in the Evergreen Theatre at the Powell River Recreation
Complex.
Please watch closely for information from your child's teacher or the school regarding
festival performance dates and times.
The Powell River Film Festival is
hosted at the Evergreen Theatre
from February 12th-18th. Several of
our classes will be attending films for students on February 13th and 14th
at the Evergreen Theatre . If you
are interested in more information,
please see www.prfilmfestival.ca
Thank you!
PALS helps family members or caregivers support their kindergarten aged children's early
literacy and numeracy development. PALS offers two sessions for parents each school year in
each of the school district's elementary schools. The focus is on Literacy in the Fall and
Numeracy in the New Year. Each session provides time for parents, teachers and a facilitator to
talk together about kindergarten children's learning at this early stage in their development.
There is also an opportunity for parents to join in activities with their children and to take
home a bag of materials for children to continue their learning at home. We look forward to
having all of Kindergarten parents join us for this fun and informative session.
KINDERGARTEN PALS ~ NUMERACY FOCUS
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 ST FROM 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Beat That !
This is an easy game to learn, but one which is very popular with kids (and not too bad at keeping the odd
grown up amused, too!). Great for learning the concept of place value.
Age: 5+
Skills:
Number
Place value
Strategic thinking
Equipment:
2 dice (up to 7 dice for older players)
Paper and pencil for scoring
How to play
Roll the dice and put them in order to make the highest number possible. If you roll a 4 and an 6, for exam-
ple, your best answer would be 64. Using 3 dice, a roll of 3, 5 and 2 should give you 532, and so on. Write
down your answer, pass the dice, and challenge the next player to “Beat That!”
Play in rounds and assign a winner to each round.
For a change, try making the smallest number possible! This is a great game for reinforcing the concept of
place value. If you are playing with younger children, explain your reasoning out loud and encourage them to
do the same.
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School Goals 2017 -2018
Goal #1: To improve student achievement in Mathematics.
Goal #2: To continue to develop self–regulation strategies for all students.
Goal #3: To continue to foster students’ school engagement and their sense of belonging to
the Edgehill School Community.
The following students will be recognized at our assembly on Friday, February 2nd
January Good Workers
Language Arts Recognition
Div. 1
Alexander Bomprezzi
Emma Dupuis
Lily Frost
Lochlan Reed
Nikki Specht
Raine Thistlethwaite
Div. 2
Hope Alescio
Jenny Butler
Angel Cunningham-McRae
Theresa McNaughton
Kaleb Morrissey
Ella Percy
Ashley Piazza
Div. 3
Ian Bomprezzi
T.J. Ditmars-Hudson
Raymond Domalain
Earl Fisk
Nicholas Hearty
Div. 4
Braeden Coburn
Piper Leahy-McHugh
Gryphen Phillips-Clark
Tyler Wallace
Matthew Williams
Lucian Wruth
Div. 5
Julia Bomprezzi
Jaryd Butt
Ruby Chesney
Keith Childress
Brooklynn Dollovoet
Jordon Moore
Div. 6
Jacob Beazley
Jack Bolwell
Leander Brown
Nicholas Burge
Deedra Eacott
Kaya James
Xander Koebel
Sarah-Ann Watmough
Div. 7
Makaia Chesney
Linden Frehlich
Talitha Hamilton
Thorin Hearty
Autumn Lloyd
Robert Ristau
Div. 8
Pearson Coburn
Mac Gerhart
Kadynce Gordon
Luke Kaban
Emilia Peterson
Mackenzie Manzer
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