Friday 15 January 2016

January 15, 2016


Important Dates
Jan 19th    Tues                       5-9 Human Sexuality Forms to be returned   
Jan 20th    Wed                        School Council
                                                Motivational Magic K-4, 5-9
Jan 27th    Wed                        Report cards home
Jan 28th     Thurs                      Open House 7:00-8:30 pm
Jan 29th                                      Spirit Day – Hippie Day
Feb 1st      Mon                        Interviews Grades 7-9 only 9:00-12:00 &
1:00 – 4:00
Feb 4th      Thurs                      Elementary Family Dance 5-7 p.m.
Feb 5th       Fri                          Jump Rope for Heart - Kick Off Assembly
Feb 23rd    Tues                       Gr 8 Science Fieldtrip – Telus Spark
Mar 4th       Fri.                         Career Day for Grades 5-9
May 10 & 11th 2016                 Provincial Achievement Tests for Grades 6 & 9
June 14 – 20th                         Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests
June 17 – 24th                         Grade 9 Provincial Achievement Tests

                                   
Debate Club - Mme Lewis and Ms. Selzler
Congratulations to Elboya’s Debate Team who have great success last night at their French / English Bilingual Debate Tournament. After a lot of hard work, Abigail C. and Emily S. received third place and Qahir R. and Salma A. received second place. Abigail C. also received third place for overall individual speaker of the tournament. Great work Elboya Debate Team!


Elboya School Annual Open House
On Thursday January 28th, Elboya School will be hosting our annual Open House. An Invitation is attached for your information.
Grade 4 students from William Reid School will be visiting in the morning. Grade 6 students interested in Late French Immersion at Elboya School will tour in the afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Invitations for parents of Grade 4 and 6 students interested in Intensive French and Grade 7 Late Immersion will follow. 
We hope to see parents and students on January 28th from 7 to 8:30 p.m.







January Activities
Friday January 15th: Our first spirit day – Hawaiian day.  Students can dress up tropical and be rewarded house points.  Class lists will be in your mailbox to record points.  Students will come around in homeroom on Wednesday to discuss this with your class and posters will be put up to advertise the day.
Wednesday January 20: Steve Harmer from Motivational magic will be presenting two shows.  One show will be for grades k-4 called Bucket Filler and the next for grades called Courage, Character and Caring 5-9 .  They will all be in the main gym.  Each show is one hour.  K-4 will be first from 9:15 – 10:15 and then 5-9 will be next from 10:30-11:30.
Friday January 29th: Second spirit day - Hippie day!  Students can dress up as hippies.  House points will be given for students who participate.  Students will come around on Wednesday January 27th to discuss this with classes and posters will be put up to advertise the day.


Human Sexuality – Gr 5-9
Students in Grades 5 through 9 received their Human Sexuality letter last Friday in Physical Education class. All students are required to bring back the last page of the letter indicating whether or not they are participating in the unit.  If your child is not participating, they will be given an alternate assignment to complete.  If you would like to view the resources and lessons your child will be doing or if you have questions, Mrs. Simpson and Mrs Park will be available Tuesday January 19th from 3:30 until 5:00 in the Drama room. All forms are due back January 19, 2016. 

Mrs. Simpson ( Grade 9 Health Teacher)
Mrs. Park       ( Grade 5-8 Health Teacher )


Gr 8 Science – Telus Spark
We are looking for 6 parent volunteers for our Science 8 field trip on February 23rd. In order to volunteer you must have your Police Clearance up to date.
If you are able to accompany us on this field trip, please send an email to Mr.Bard (jkbard@cbe.ab.ca)


Girls Basketball – T. Quast

Grade 5 and 6 girls’ basketball club with Miss Quast is on Friday during the 2nd half of lunch. It will be starting January 15th and continuing until the end of February.

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