La Salle School February2020

Dear Parents and Students

We hope that everyone has had a positive start to 2020. Our student’s enthusiasm

has been very evident upon their return to school, as they seize the opportunities to

reconnect with friends and classmates.

We would like to acknowledge that we are approaching an important crossroad

for our grade 8 students, as they prepare for a transition into the next stage of

their education. Although the end of their time at La Salle School remains several

months away, the high school transition/registration process begins. In the La Salle

catchment area, the high school within the Seine River School Division is Collège St.

Norbert Collegiate (CSNC). All of our grade 8 students had the opportunity to ex-

perience a woodworking class, building themselves a Gumball Machine over the

high school exam week on January 29th. CSNC will also be having an Open House

on Tuesday, February 25th and everyone is encouraged to visit the high school and

familiarize themselves with the facility and the staff.

Another big transition within the school system is the start of Kindergarten. The staff

at La Salle School hosted an information evening for parents on Wednesday, Jan

22nd. Parents had an opportunity to meet the school team, visit the classrooms and

tour the school. Kindergarten registration packages were to be completed and re-

turned to the school by Friday January 31st. An important date for all kindergarten

parents to schedule into your calendar is our “Welcome to Kindergarten Day”,

which will take place on Wednesday May 6th. More information will follow regard-

ing a schedule for that day.

We would also like to showcase that February is “I Love to Read Month” and we

would encourage you all to take any opportunity to read with and to your chil-

dren. Your support in modeling the importance that literacy plays in our daily

lives is greatly appreciated.

Robert Bouchard Robin Viflanzoff

Principal Vice-Principal

Administrators’ Message

In this issue:

Administrator’s

Message

From The Gym

Counselor’s Corner

Roots Of Empathy

Leadership

OT Info

Reminders

Healthy Choices

Calendar

Ski & Snowboarding Outing

The La Salle School again this year is offering the students of grade seven and eight a one-day ski and snowboard outing to Holiday Mountain on Friday Feb-ruary 28, 2020. This outing provides an excellent opportunity for these students to experience the life-long sport of skiing and snowboarding. Parents are en-couraged to talk to their son/daughter about the use common sense on that day to help ensure that it is enjoyable by all the participants. Please review with your son/daughter all of the information in the booklet that was sent home as we get closer to our departure date. There will be a lunch hour information meeting in the gymnasium on Friday February 21st, 2020 that all participating students must attend. The bus will leave at 7:00 a.m. SHARP and will return to the bus loop at exactly 5:45 p.m. Please make the necessary arrangement to have your son/daughter dropped-off and picked-up ON TIME.

Intramurals

The early years intramural program is up and running and has been very well attended. It provides an excellent opportunity for our students to get physically active and to socialize with students from different classes. The intramural pro-gram also provides an excellent leadership opportunity for our grade 5 & 6 students who are in-charge of setting up and implementing the various different weekly activities.

Grade 6 Friendship Basketball Tournament

The Grade 6 Friendship Basketball Tournament was on Thursday January 30, 2020. The two girls’ teams coached by our grade 8 girls – Alyssa, Ashlyn, Avery, Julia, Madison & Shayanna played at St. Adolphe. While our two boys’ teams – coach by our grade 8 boys – Ethan, Ryan, Cameron & Marek played at LBC. All the players learned about the game of basketball and as the day pro-gressed so did their skills. A special thank you to our coaches and teacher su-pervisors – Ms. Wiens & Mr. Friesen.

Counselor’s Corner (Nicole Lindblom)

Roots of Empathy

We continue to enjoy our visit with Calla each month. She is such a happy baby it makes it fun for us to interact

with her on the blanket. Calla is now 6 months old, she is sitting in the tripod position on her own, Her grip is get-

ting stronger when she holds toys or our fingers. She has started swimming with her mom once a week because

she loves water. We look forward to our February visit.

Grade ¾ Kampen

PALS

We took a break for January and will start up again in February. We plan organized activities for the K-

Grade 4 students. PALS meets at the ball diamond at morning recesses. We will be going around to classes to

remind them to join us in the fun. Encourage your child to come and have some fun while making new friends.

Speak Up

Speak Up is a Mental Health Awareness Program. The grade 7/8 classes received this program in January to

learn more around our own Mental Health normal, mental illness, first person language and resources for them

to access if needed. Another part of the program is to help youth understand more around mental health and

how to support people they know who may be struggling and when they need to encourage getting more help.

Changing the stigma around Mental Health is so important. It may be difficult but having open and honest con-

versations with youth will help them feel supported, and hopefully they will talk to someone when they need that

support. Helping youth and adults realize that they do not need to work through challenges and struggles on

their own is a step in the right direction.

Pink T-Shirt Day

Pink T-shirt Day is on Wednesday, Feb 26. We encourage all students and staff to wear pink to show they sup-

port the effort to stop bullying. Our Beyond the Hurt group will be doing activities or reading stories in some

classes throughout the day to generate conversations and remind students what to do. Please talk at home with

your child about what to do if they are being bullied or someone they know is:

Tell the person who is bullying to stop

Power in numbers, play or hang out in groups

Talk to an adult so they can help

I am always available to support students and families experiencing

conflict or bullying.

Wear Pink!

I Love to Read Month Activities -- February 2020 HATS OFF TO READING DAY (Monday, Feb.3 / Day 2) Staff and students are invited to wear a hat on Monday, Feb.3 for “Hats Off to Reading Day” D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Choose a designated time 12:50-1:05 or any time that suits your class to drop everything and read each day in February. A reminder will go out during morning announce-ments. READ MY SHIRT DAY (Friday, Feb.7 / Day 6) Staff and students are invited to wear clothing with appropriate words or team logos on Friday, February 7. DRESS AS A BOOK CHARACTER (Friday, Feb.21 / Day 3) Staff and students are invited to dress as a book character on Friday, Feb.21. (ex. Cat in the Hat, princesses, Robert Munsch characters, Harry Potter, etc.) BOOK QUOTE CHALLENGE WEDNESDAYS : Listen to the book quote read during morning announcements each Wednesday in Febru-ary. Guess the title of the book. Write the title and your name on a piece of paper and drop it off at the office for a chance to win a poster. There will be an Early Years and Middle Years draw. MYRCA 2020 http://www.myrca.ca/2020-myrca-sundogs/ http://www.myrca.ca/2020-myrca-northern-lights/ Grade 5-8 students are invited to read at least 3 books from the MYRCA (MANITOBA YOUNG READERS CHOICE AWARD) books and vote for their favourite as a winner for 2020.

Library News

ROOTS OF EMPATHY PICTURES 3/4 Kampen

Leadership Report

By Ashlyn Temple and Alyssa Bjarnarson

The leadership team is very happy to announce that the bake sale, Koats

for Kids, and Christmas Cheer Board Hampers were all a huge success.

We exceeded our goal of twenty coats when collecting for the Koats for

Kids program. Thanks to your donations, more children will have warm

outerwear for this cold winter.

In addition, we raised a total of $507.95 from the Winter Festival bake

sale and cash donations. With this money, we selected gift items so that

each child in the hamper families would have a special gift to enjoy.

Every one of the gifts we bought were neatly wrapped so that the chil-

dren could experience the joy of opening them over the holiday season.

Thanks to you, we provided four families with food for the holidays. We

received so many wonderful donations that we gave each family lots of

extra food and were still able to donate the rest to Winnipeg Harvest.

When members of the leadership team delivered the hampers, each

family expressed how grateful they were and the leadership team got to

see first-hand what positive impact they and the La Salle community were

able to have on someone’s holiday experience. Thank you for helping us

make a difference in the lives of people from our home province!

Ashlyn T and Alyssa B

Reminders

Transportation: (204)422-6222

Lost and Found

The lost and found is very full, please have your

child look through it for any lost items.

Reminders

If your child will be absent please call or

email the school by 9:10 am. If we do not

know why your child is absent we must

call to verify the absence. (lss@srsd.ca)

Please note if your child is a bus student

you must notify transportation as well.

Snow Storms (Policy 3.27)

A decision to cancel classes is decided by the Superintendent in consultation

with the Transportation Supervisor. The decision will normally be reached

before 7:00a.m. and announcements will be made on the following radio

stations: CKSB (1050 AM) and CKXL (91.1 FM) in French, CKRC (630), CKY

(580), CJOB (680) and CBC (990) in English.

Recess and Wind chill

All the children will stay indoors when the temperature and wind chill reaches -27.

Lunch Time

Every student requires permission from a parent or guardian to leave the school grounds during

lunch time. Students must have a note from their parents to leave school grounds and if they do have

permission, they must be in Grade 7 or 8. If a student has permission to leave the school grounds,

they must sign out at the office and check back in at the office before afternoon classes begin.

A friendly reminder to please send cutlery with your child in their lunch. The school does not supply these items.

February 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 Day 2

“Hats Off to

Reading!

Wear a Hat!’

4 Day 3

5 Day 4

PAC Meeting

5:30 pm

6 Day 5

7 Day 6

“Read My

Shirt Day”

8

9 10 Day 1

PD Day–

No School

11 Day 2

12 Day 3

13 Day 4

14 Day 5

Valentine’s

Day

15

16

17

Louis Riel

Day– No

School

18 Day 6

19 Day 1

Hot Lunch

20 Day 2

21 Day 3

“Dress as a

Book Charac-

ter Day!”

22

23 24 Day 4

Artist in the

School-Feb 24

-Mar 9

25 Day 5

Open House

@ CSNC 7pm

26 Day 6

Pink Shirt

Day

27 Day 1

Divisional

Choral Day

28 Day 2

Gr 7-8 Ski/

Snowboard

Trip

Pizza Day

29

February is I love to read month!