December 2014 Remembrance Day - Oliver Elementary School Newsl… · “Praising what is lost makes...
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December 2014
Remembrance Day
EE Oliver remembered those that sacrificed their lives for our freedom at our
Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 7. Students and staff listened to
Fairview Legion representative Mr. Ken Coghill give a very moving speech about
why it is so important that we never forget and that we recognize the
importance and significance of Remembrance Day.
“Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.” { William Shakespeare }
White to Red in Support of Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta
We invite you to help our school turn from white to red in support of sick kids &
their families. Ronald McDonald House provides a temporary home away from
home for families with seriously ill or injured children seeking treatment in
Northern Alberta. In 2012, an office in Grande Prairie was opened to better
serve the families in the Peace Region due to the majority of the families com-
ing from our area. Many families from our community & our school have used
the resources available through Ronald McDonald House.
We will be selling tags to put up in our school to turn it
from White to Red. The tags will be sold for $2 each
with all proceeds going towards the Ronald McDonald
House. Tags will be on sale starting November 28 until
December 12. Our goal for the campaign is to sell 1000
tags to support the families from our community that
access these facilities. Please help us to meet our goal!
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Principal’s Message
As we head into the holiday season, the EE Oliver community has many
events upcoming. On Friday, December 5, we will have another after-
noon options day. Students will get to try out an activity from a large
selection of events including kids’ yoga, cross-country skiing, cookie
decorating, carolling, Lego building and manicures.
We will also have our annual Christmas concert on December 18. There
are two shows to accommodate our large population. The 10am concert
is for families of students with last names A-L, the 1pm concert is for
families of students with last names M-Z.
While December promises to be a fun and festive month, I would like
to remind everyone of our cold weather policy. Our temperature cut-
off is –25 degrees Celsius. This temperature includes wind chill. If
the temperature is above –25, the students will be outside for recess-
es so it is very important that they dress for the weather and for play
in the snow. Ski pants, a winter jacket, hat and mitts, and winter boots
are essential. Having the right gear makes recess time a lot more com-
fortable and fun!
As this is the last newsletter before the New Year, I would like to
take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and re-
laxing holiday season. Take care and all the best in
2015!
Mrs. McGovern
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EE Oliver Eagles Monthly Award Winners
Congratulations to our monthly EAGLES award winners for grades one to three. Pictured: Ky-
lie Bak, Emily Kerschbaumer, Chloe Hobbs, Kestyn Bak, Tatum Elliott, Bailey Rampton, Evan
Lee, Kyle Thompson, Mia Currie, Deion Budd, Sean Winter, Travis Beaucage, & Ben Coghill
Missing from photo: Gavin Thompson
Congratulations to our monthly EAGLES award winners for grades four to six. Pictured: Jack-
ie Cox, Rorey Sellers, Jaidah Mollard, Alexa Lee, Hope Nilsson, Dallas Kehler, Daelyn Palmer,
Calissa Craig, Cohan James, Zachary Wilson, Aden Stucklschwaiger, Patricia Patton, Ryanda
Guy, Norah Ponto, Taeja Hamilton, Quanalee Brown, Jessica Weber, Talease Kehler & Navada
Gerk Missing from photo: Logan Banner
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Each month, students at EE Oliver have focused on a different virtue. Novem-
ber’s virtue was Honesty. Students who display the monthly virtues have their
names submitted for a draw at the assembly each
month. Congratulations to our draw winners,
Ceraphina Bedford and Brooklyn Green.
Library Award
November’s Library
Award goes to 2S for
being super awesome
and respecting all the
library rules. Way to go 2S!
PE Award
Mrs. Coghill & Mrs. Gordon would
like to recognize the following clas-
ses for displaying the EE Oliver
EAGLES attributes during gym
class: 1G, 1R, 4E & 4W. Way to go!
Monthly Virtue Draw Winners
Health Hero Awards
Each month, names of students & staff who
display attributes of living a healthy lifestyle
are given draw tickets. Congratulations to
November’s Health Heroes: Mrs. McGovern,
Kali Rushton and Zachary Wilson.
AMA Patrollers Award
Congratulations to Hope Nilsson & Taeja Hamilton.
You ensured our primary students were able to
cross the street safely to school.
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Moustache Day!!
The Grade 3 Health classes at E.E. Oliver Elementary have
been learning about empathy with picture books and videos
supplied by the Alberta SPCA. We made Kindness Checklists
and have created a Kindness Tree in our ancillary area to
share our Kindness Acts with our school and our community!
Visit us "On The Map" of Kindness Acts done at elementary
schools throughout Alberta! http://everylivingthing.ca/
kindness-in-action/
Performing Arts Fundraiser
Thank you to Mrs. Elspeth Biegel who helped us raise $250 to go towards our Performing Arts
fund which allows us to bring arts & culture groups into the school. Elspeth sold cookie mixes
and soup mixes at our Parent-Teacher Interview nights held on November 18 and 20 and gave
the school a portion of the sales.
Notes from the Office & Library
The school lost and found has been steadily growing since school started. Par-
ents please have a look through the lost and found located by the school of-
fice.
If your child is late getting to school, please ensure that they check in at the
office before going to class. Also, please ensure any messages for students
are called in to the school before 3pm.
Thank you to Mrs. Sauder for her donation of a microwave & of books for the
library!
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“The Peace River School Division board of trustees
wishes students, parents, staff, community members
and partnering businesses and organizations a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you
for your support, involvement and dedication to edu-
cation. You are all an important part of the Peace Riv-
er School Division family. Thank you for making our
schools the great places they are to learn, grow, work
and be.”
Welcome to our student teachers!
A warm welcome to Mr. Dallas Bjornson and
Miss Kaydee Wyness. Mr. Bjornson and
Miss Wyness have joined us as student
teachers for the months of November and
December in Mrs. Rochon’s grade 1 class
and Mr. Canning’s grade 3 class. We are
very fortunate to have Mr. Bjornson and
Miss Wyness at our school!
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Book Fair News!
EE Oliver kids ROCK!!! We set a goal of $5000 for this
year’s Scholastic Book Fair!! You guys all came together
and completely smashed that number!! Our total sales were……. $7000.00!!!! This
means we will now have over $4000 to spend on books for the school!!! So a mas-
sive THANK YOU to every single one of you! And many thanks to my Crew for all
the work you did to help me get things set up and ready to roll!!! I am so proud
and thankful to be a part of such a great school!!! -Ms. Billi
Congratulations to the book fair draw
winners: Maddie Avignon, Emily Rich-
ards, Daelyn Palmer, Reegan McDonald,
Taylor Fraser, Haidyn Wright and
Audrey Nicholson. Missing from pic-
ture: Treyton McDonald & Rebecca
Ramsey. Rebecca was our family draw
winner!
EE Oliver Breakfast Program
EE Oliver’s Breakfast Program is always looking for volunteers.
If you are able to help out please contact the school at (780)
835-2225. Donations are always welcome as we are always in
need of grocery items and smart shopper coupons as well.
A big thank you to the Burt family and the Alzoor fam-
ily for their generous donations of food items for the
Breakfast Program! Also thank you to the United
Church Women for their recent monetary donation!
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The WITS Primary Program teaches children in
Kindergarten to Grade 3 to make safe and posi-
tive choices when faced with peer conflict. The
WITS acronym - Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out,
and Seek help - provides a common language that
children and the adults in their environments can
use to talk about and respond to peer victimiza-
tion.
The WITS LEADS Program provides strategies
and resources that are developmentally appro-
priate for older elementary aged students so
that they can become WITS LEADerS. Like the
WITS Program, WITS LEADS is a literature
based program with over 30 dynamic activities
that may be integrated throughout a variety of
subject areas. The WITS LEADS Program
teaches five problem-solving strategies to help
children deal with conflict and keep
safe:
Look and listen,
Explore points of view, Act, Did it work?
and Seek help.
EE Oliver WITS Program
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noodle soup
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TWIN DAY
Chili & bun
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Concert Dress
Rehearsal
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Christmas
Concert 10am
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December 2014
Monthly Virtue: Friendliness
NO SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK
FIRST DAY BACK JANUARY 5, 2015
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Pizza bread
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Monthly Virtue: Self-Discipline
NO SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK
1ST DAY BACK JANUARY 5TH