Monday, June 27, 2011

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2011-2012

GLEN STEWART PRIMARY
School Calendar 2011-2012
September
1 Orientation Day for teachers
2 Professional Development Day
5 Labour Day
6 First Instructional Day
15 Meet the Teacher (6:30 p.m. - K/Gr 1, 7:30 p.m. - Gr 2/Gr 3)
27 School Photos
28 School Photos
29 Grade 3 Parent Literacy Night (6:30 p.m.)

October
6 Grade 2 Parent Literacy Night (6:30 p.m.)
10 Thanksgiving (No Classes)
11 WTK Pilot Project 6 - 7 p.m. (French Immersion)
13 WTK Pilot Project 6 - 7 p.m. (English)
20-21 PEITF Annual Convention/CUPE Annual Convention (No Classes)
26 Photo Retakes
27-28 P/T Interviews (27th Evening, 28th No Classes)

November
4-5 Craft Fair
9 Grade 1 Parent Literacy Night (6:30 p.m.)
10 Professional Development Day (No Classes)
11 Remembrance day (No Classes)
25 Professional Development Day (No Classes)

December
9 Report Cards
12 -15 Concert Week
16 School Skate (Storm Date Dec 19)
20 Last Day of Classes, 2011

January
3 First School Day of 2012
12 Kindergarten Parent Literacy Night (6:30 p.m.)

February
1 Professional Development Day (No Classes)
2-3 Parent Teacher Interviews (2nd Evening, 3rd No Classes ONLY )
20 Islander Day (No Classes)

March
15 Report Cards
19-23 March Break

April
6 Good Friday
9 Easter Monday
27 Professional Development Day (No Classes)

May
3 Parent Orientation (New Kindergarten Students - 6:30 p.m.)
4 Area Association Professional Development Day/CUPE 3260 Annual Convention (No Classes)
8 Welcome to Kindergarten (6:00 p.m. French Immersion Only)
10 Welcome to Kindergarten (6:00 p.m. English Only)
21 Victoria Day (No Classes)
25 Kindergarten Orientation 9:15 - 11:15 a.m. (No classes for current kindergarten students)

June
1 Spring Fling
26 Last Instructional day. Report Cards
29 Last day for teachers

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 4

Grade 2 & 3 students are gone to Stanhope and Sandspit today for their field trips. Let's hope the sun stays out!!

Playground today, the kindergarten students will be on the front playground and the grade one students will be on the back playground.

Happy Birthday (June 23)
Ethan - Jenkins

Summer Birthdays (August 30-31)
Nicole - Clark
Kaiya - Yeo
Gavin - MacDonald

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 3

T-shirts and totes will be delivered today to the classrooms.

Fun day has been postponed today and will now take place on Friday, June 24. Let's hope for some sun to help make our day!!

No Birthday today

Happy Birthday (Summer - August 27-29)

Avery - Pinet
Caelan - Clark
Evie - Clark
Nicholas - Jenkins
Carson - Hoy
Neely - Kitson
Ethan - Burke
Ethan - Dowling

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 2

Last day for breakfast program will be on Thursday - no breakfast program on Friday or Monday.

Happy Birthday (June 21)
Jack - Moore-Clark

August 20-26
Brooklyn - Haley
Jesse - Pinet
Tate - Cooper
Ainsleigh - Clark
Camden - Kennedy
Zachary - Cook
Ethan - Dowling
Rebecca - Kilfoil-Duffy
Robyn - Malone

Friday, June 17, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 6

There will be no special music today.

We hope our Grade 1 students have a fabulous day at Camp Seggie.


Cookies for Kids will go on sale today at second recess for $1.00 each.

Phys Ed classes will be held outdoors.

- Kindergartens should meet Mr. Meuse at the kindergarten door.

- Grade 2 & 3 will meet Mr. Meuse in the main lobby.



Thursday, June 16, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 5

Extra Extra on sale for $1 today at lunch time.

Last computer class day in Grade 2, Mrs. Kilfoil-Duffy's class to walked to the computer lab without a sound!! Not only they were so quiet and orderly in the computer lab, the door could be left open the whole class!! Nice job!!

We would like to welcome two special guests today to our school, Ms. Patsy MacLean, Trustee and Ms. Anne Hall, Leader of School Development from the ESD.

Cookies for Kids will go on sale today at second recess for $1.00 each.

Happy Birthday (June 16)
Jaiden - Burke
Jasmine-Haley
Brenen - Haley

Summer Birthday (July 28-August 2)
Leela Sai-Marshall
Sophia - Haley
Cole - Hoy
Olivia - Dowling
Alyssa - McKenzie
Annika - Loo/Paquet
Nathan - Yeo
Megan - Lumsden
Izzy - Cook

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 4

Pizza Day today.

Extra Extra is on sale today at lunch time for $1.00.

Ms. MacLean would like to thank Mme. McKenzie's class for doing a fabulous job of walking quietly in the hallway on their way to Music class yesterday. Great job Grad 1 McKenzie!!

Cookies for Kids will take place tomorrow to help kids in Kenya build a school in Africa. Cookies will go on sale for $1.00

Happy Birthday (June 15)
Grace - Cooper
Connor - MacDonald
Hailey - Kerwin
Tyler - Dowling
Summer Birthday (July 23-27)
Julia - Loo/Paquet
Lindsey - Yeo
Ethan - Kerwin
Katie - Cooper
Kylee - Bolger
Hailey - Hogan
Trinity - Cooper
Joshua - Jenkins
James - Murray

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 3

Extra, Extra will be on sale Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for $1 at lunch. It contains all the regular features - Jokes, Teachers of the Month, birthdays, thank you, etc.

Please return all library books to the library as soon as possible.

Ms. Clark's grade 3 class will be selling cookies for kids in Kenya for $1 each. More information will follow.

Happy Birthday (June 14)
Grace - Haley

Monday, June 13, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 2

Intrmaurals - KA, KB, KC
3C, 3D

Happy Birthday
Colton - Murray

Summer Birthdays
July 2-7
Maria - Haley
Charlotte - Hogan
Will - Clark
Jimmy - MacFadyen
Jack - Bradley
Mazie - Kennedy
Matthiew - Cooper
Heidi - Pinet

July 9-13
Ayden - Burke
Lauren - Bolger
Kail - Jenkins
Jordan - Cooper
Avery - Marshall
Alanna - Kitson
Juliet - Hoy
Josh - Poirier
Kennedy - Pinet

Friday, June 3, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 2

Today is the day for Spring Fling.....advance tickets will be sold at lunch time today. Raffle prizes are in the front lobby, New to You items are upstairs....A reminder to be careful and not to touch anything. They will be on sale this evening from 5-8pm.

Student Leadership - 1 st recess- Dowling/Clark
noon recess - Hoy

Intramurals 1 st recess - Ms. Murray, Ms. Hogan, Ms. MacFayden
noon recess - Mrs. Dowling, Ms. Clark

Happy Birthday (June 3-5)
Chase - Haley
Ryan - Nicholson
Dagan - Burke
Michael - Dowling
Emma - Nicholson

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Morning Announcements

Day 1

Thank you to Mrs. Hogan's class for walking very quietly in the hallways on their way back to class from Music class.

Student leadership 1st recess - Dowling/Clark
noon recess - Hoy

Intramurals 1st recess - 1A, 1B
noon recess - 3B, 3C

Spring Fling tickets will be on sale today and tomorrow at noon. Tickets are .50 each.
Theme for Spring Fling is "Beach Theme". Random awards of free tickets throughout the evening for these dressed in beach wear.

IWK Walk was held yesterday afternoon. Thank you to all students who donated money to this worthwhile cause. We were able to present a cheque for the amount of $620. Way to go Glen Stewart Primary!!

No birthdays today!