Parent’s Bulletin No. 15, April 12, 2016 Georgetown Elementary

47 Kent St., Georgetown, PE C0A 1L0 (902) 652-8970

Anna MacKenzie-Principal www.edu.pe.ca/georgetown

April 15th—No School, Professional Learning Day April 29th—No School, Collaborative team Day May 5th—Variety Show @King’s Playhouse 6:30 PM May 6th—No School, PEITF May 23rd—No School, Victoria Day

Wednesdays-After school Variety Show Practice til 4:10PM

Thursdays til April 21st Bricks 4 Kidz 3:15-4:15 PM

Easter Seals Ambassador comes to GES

April 20th @ 12:50 PM

Easter Seals Fundraising

Wednesday, April 13th—Cupcake Sale .50 cents each

Candy Jar Guess .25 cents a guess

Thursday, April 14th—Hat Day $1

Candy Jar Guess .25 cents a guess

The music classes at Georgetown Elementary are participating in The English Language School Board Drama Festival. Our school will be performing the musical “Swamped!” on Tuesday, April 19th at 10:00am at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown.

We invite you to come and support our school by attending the performance. A sheet is being sent home today for you to fill out and request and purchase tickets. They are $3.00 each and will be sent home with your child. Tickets will not be sold at the door so please request them in advance. Seating is limited.

GES is very excited to have this opportunity!! Home & School have organized the Ford Drive 4 UR School!! May 18th!! We will need lots of help for this day, mark your calendar now! More information will be sent out later this month as to what we will need for volunteers.

No School

Friday, April 15th-Professional Learning Day

Friday, April 29th-Collaborative Team Day

Dragonflies—Wear Colors

Birds—Wear Blue

Duck—Wear White

Owls, Lady Bug, Baby Dragonflies, Mosquitoes, Butterflies – All Wear Black Tadpoles, Turtles, Frogs—Wear Green & Brown If your child is one of the above animals, this is what they will need to wear on Tuesday.

GES Supply Fee for 2016-2017

GES will be asking Parents/Guardians for $30 per

student, this will cover school supplies, such as

scribblers, pencils, binders, geometry sets, crayons,

markers etc. Students will be responsible to have

their own backpacks, lunchbox and sneakers. We

hope this will help our GES families. Please have

fees paid by May 31, 2016. Payments can be made

to the office, and receipts will be given.

PEI Home and School Federation

There are two important award nominations deadlines coming up soon. Nominations for the newly-established School Crossing Guard of

the Year Award are due on April 29, 2016. Details of the award are online at http://peihsf.ca/crossing-guard-award and the award will be

given out during Safe Kids Week, between May 30 and June 5, 2016. Member associations are encouraged to identify crossing guards in

their community who are deserving of special recognition.

Nominations for the School Bus Driver of the Year Award are due on May 13, 2016. Two awards are handed out annually, one in the east

and one in the west, in June. Details of the award are online at http://peihsf.ca/bus.

The first round of meetings of the new Family of Schools District Advisory Councils have now been completed and reports of the

discussions are online at http://www.gov.pe.ca/eecd/ DAC. The second round of meetings will begin in mid-April, and council members will

be charged with focusing their priorities into specific recommendations and plans for action.

Parents, guardians, teachers, administrators and staff are encouraged, at their April Home and School meetings, to ask their school’s

representative to update them on the discussions, and to bring forward any concerns they would like to see discussed when the councils

next meet.

Following the Annual General Meeting in April, a new PEI Home and School Federation board will begin its work; members are reminded

that each family of schools has a Regional Director (listed online at http://peihsf.ca/board) who can provide information about the

Federation’s work, assist with projects that span multiple schools in the Family, aid in the development of policy resolutions for the 2017

Annual Meeting, and can bring forward concerns to the Federation. The new board will hold its first meeting in May.

If you have questions about the Annual General Meeting, about the Family of Schools District Advisory Councils, or about any aspect of

Home and School, contact the Federation office at peihsf@edu.pe.ca or by telephone at (902) 620-3186 or, toll-free, 1-800-916-0664.

“The information provided in Community Bulletins is for information purposes and is not necessarily

sanctioned by the school or ELSB.”

The PEI Fiddlers Society is now accepting applications from youth who wish to apply for a scholarship to attend a fiddle camp this year. The Bishop Faber MacDonald Scholarship assists traditional style fiddlers aged 10-18 to attend a fiddle camp of their choosing. Open to youth Island-wide who have been playing the fiddle for at least three years, this scholarship will cover an amount up to full tuition. Application deadline is Friday, April 15th, 2016. Applications and additional information, including scholarship changes for 2016, are available at www.peifiddlers.com. For further information please contact Jennifer Garrity by e-mail at jlgarrity@edu.pe.ca or by phone at 902-894-3142.

Atlantic Fitness East is holding a Home Alone

Program on April 16 from 1-4pm in

Charlottetown at the Sport PEI Building. This

course is designed to prepare children aged 9-

13 years to stay at home alone for short periods

of time. AFE will also be holding a Red Cross

Babysitting Course on April 23 from 9am-4pm in

Charlottetown at the Sport PEI Building. This

course is designed to prepare students for any

babysitting jobs they may have. Students must

be 11 years or older. Please contact Jen at 902-

838-3047 or firstaid@fitnesseast.ca to register

for these courses.

Looking for something really fun to do this summer? Adventure Camp has got you covered! You

can learn new hobbies and skills at Choose Your Own Adventure Camp or learn how to fish

and survive in the wilderness at Adventure Survival Camp or get empowered and gain

leadership skills at Girls Rock! Camp. What will your week at Adventure Camp look like? You

will climb the high and low elements at the J.R. O’Hanley Ropes Course, climb the Red Rock

Climbing wall, swim, stand-up paddleboard, play all sorts of games and sports, create art, learn

leadership skills and make friends and memories. Snacks and lunch are provided. For more

information visit: peiadventurecamp.wordpress.com To register call the Adventure Group at

902-628-8668 Katelyn Kennedy, Summer Camp Director 902-330-9353.

Great Job to our Badminton Participants in the

tournaments this week! GES players all did very well!

Everyone was very well mannered, you have

represented GES well!