Queridas familias,

Over the last week we have engaged in analyzing student work and report card data from last year. This data will allow us to determine our next steps in our School Development Plan, and more specifically will allow teachers to put into play a variety of strategies that will helps students continue learning. In addition, with the help of other Spanish Bilingual schools, we are looking at developing Oral Language assessment tools for Kindergarten to Grade 5 to determine how our students are doing and help them continue to improve their oral capacity. Our aim is to continue developing our students’ Spanish oral skills to use the language in an authentic manner.

As part of the CBE’s commitment to Indigenous Education, WOM staff will be participating in a system-wide Professional Learning Day on Oct. 18th. Staff will listen and reflect on 2 keynote speakers and will also plan educational activities that are grade appropriate to continue working with students. As this is a Professional Learning Day, there will be no school for students.

Today, students will be coming home with their photo proofs for you to review. If you are interested in purchasing a set, please note the deadline of October 26th. Retake day is currently scheduled for November 2nd in case that your student was absent or you would like to take a new photo.

On November 20th, our school will have a visit from Cello, the Area 2 therapy dog. I had a chance to meet Cello earlier this week, and he is an extremely calm and friendly dog. Cello will be in at 2pm and will visit some of our classrooms. There will be a letter that will be sent out to all families with further information.

Our next school council meeting will take place on Oct. 27th. A link for the meeting will be placed on our school website. For our November meeting on November 24th, Crescent Heights High School will host a virtual information session at 6:30 pm. The parent council meeting will take place afterwards from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Our Parent Council is also getting organized for our Casino that is scheduled to take place next week on October 22 and 23. Please see the note from our Casino Chair below:

Hi Council Parents,

I wanted to provide an update on our volunteer numbers for the Casino next weekend and engage some thoughts on finding additional volunteers.

First, a huge THANK YOU to all of the people who have volunteered thus far!!! Your willingness to devote your time to this fundraising event is appreciated immensely! I'm looking forward to the fun we will share together next weekend!

Second, to run the Casino we require a minimum of four key role volunteers and five count room volunteers for each shift. Based on current numbers, we still need 10 shifts filled:

Friday, October 22: 6:15 pm - Close

General Manager
Banker
Cashier
On-call back-up

Saturday, October 23: 6:15 pm - Close

Cashier or Chip runner
4 Volunteers for the Count room
On-call back-up

Note: We currently have NO on call back-ups if someone gets sick, etc.

If you know of anyone who can volunteer, please encourage them to sign-up here: https://volunteersignup.org/9QE8H

I'm open to any and all ideas each of you may have to help prompt volunteers within our school community by sharing this information.

In the case there is not significant shift in numbers over the weekend, I will be contacting our casino advisor on Monday to request any additional volunteers. However, this is an absolute "worst case" scenario that I hope we don't have to enact.

Thank you again for your efforts to help make our Casino a success during these challenging times - I know we're all looking forward to an exciting and safe social event next weekend!

Best,

Megan

I wish you all a very happy weekend,

Erick

Oct. 18: Professional Learning Day – No School

Oct. 22: PM Kindergarten

Oct. 27: Parent Council Meeting (7pm Virtual)

Oct. 29: AM Kindergarten

Nov 2: Lifetouch Photo day

Nov 5: PM Kindergarten

Nov 11 Remembrance Day - No School

Nov 12: Professional Learning Day - No School

Nov 19: AM Kindergarten

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