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Newsletter |January 2018

Principals Message

It never ceases to amaze me the abundance of kindness and generosity our

Stanley Jones community demonstrates each and every day but more particularly

during challenging months for many of our families. This year our students rose to

the occasion yet again and provided much needed items for our 9 sponsored

families including food, toiletries, toys, clothes and gift cards. We delivered the

majority of the items yesterday and each family was incredibly appreciative of the

gifts they received. Thank you to all of you for your incredible support. Production

Revenue Accounting who sponsors Calgary Reads and our Brown Bag lunch

program generously gifted one of our families as well. I hope the attached pictures

will give you a glimpse of just how generous everyone was.

Our Parent Advisory Council is hosting a bottle drive Saturday January 6 to raise

funds in support of student learning initiatives at our school. They will have a truck

parked in the Stanley Jones parking lot from 9 AM – 12 PM. Please save all of

your bottles and milk jugs over the holiday and bring them to the school Saturday,

January 6th. Thanks for your support!

The staff at Stanley Jones and Alice Jamieson would like to wish each and every

one of you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone

January 8, 2018!

Sandra Fowler-Brown

Principal

Stanley Jones School/Alice Jamieson Girls’ Academy

Important Dates

- January 8 School

begins

- January 10 Parent

Council meeting from

6:30-8:00

- January 22 registration

begins for Kindergarten

and for AJA girls

academy

- January 25 Open house

from 6:30-8:00pm

- AJA presentation is

January 25 starts at

6:00 pm

- January 29 Report Card

Day.

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STANLEY JONES SCHOOL CALENDAR

January 2018

Theme for the Month –“Perseverance” Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

Winter Break

2

Winter Break

3

Winter Break

4

Winter Break

5

Winter Break

8 Day 2

First day back from

Winter Break

9 Day 1

Grade 1 vaccinations

10 Day 2

Parent Council Meeting

from 6:30-8:00

11 Day 1

12 Day 4

15 Day 1

Swimming for AJA

grades 7-9

16 Day 2

Lego Club

Swimming for AJA

grades 7-9

Grade 6 AJA Youth Link

Field Trip

17 Day 1

Grade 6 AJA Youth Link

Field Trip

Swimming for AJA

grades 7-9

18 Day 2

Swimming AJA grades 7-9

19 Day 3

Swimming AJA grades

7-9

Last day to order

Subway for fun lunch

22 Day 2

Registration begins for

Kindergarten 2018/2019

Registration for Alice

Jamison Girls program

begins for the 2018/2019

year

23 Day 1

Lego Club

24 Day 2

Fun Lunch- Subway

25 Day 1

Open House for the school

From 6:30-8:00

AJA all girls program

presentation for the

2018/2019 school year starts

at 6:00pm

26

Non Instructional Day

No School for

Students

29 Day 2

Swimming for AJA

grades 4-6

Report Card Day

30 Day 1

Lego Club

Swimming for AJA

grades 4-6

31 Day 2

Swimming for AJA

grades 4-6

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Kindergarten Registration for 2018/2019 School Year

If you are interested in registering your child for Kindergarten at Stanley Jones

School, please make sure to provide proof of address, and a government

issued Id of your child. You will be required to fill out registration forms at the

school office and we will provide you with an information package about

Kindergarten. Please notify the secretaries if you prefer am or pm class.

Registration begins January 22 at 8:00am.

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WE ARE GROWING OUR AJA PROGRAM!

Registration for the Alice Jamieson All Girls Program 2017-2018 will begin on January 22nd, 2018. As part of this registration process you will be required to attend the Open House and Information Session on January 26th, beginning at 6pm. Completed registration packages must be dropped off at Stanley Jones School by noon on February 13, 2017. Late registrations will not be included in the lottery for September placements. All registrations up to that date will be placed in the lottery according to the described categories. Any late registrations will be considered in March if there are still spaces available in the program.

Information about Head Lice from Our School Nurse

Please refer to the below referenced link, this link provides information about head lice and how to treat head lice.

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/school/if-sch-sh-head-lice-and-how-to-treat-them.pdf Registering for School Bus Monitor Please click on the link below to register for my school bus monitor. Once registered, you will get up to date information regarding information such as bus delays. The link to use for registration is: Myschoolbusmoniter.ca If you have further questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact Southland Transportation.

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Community Education Service (CES) January 2018

Sign up for free sessions:

Monday January 15 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Canada's Sport Hall of Fame - Ridell Family Theatre 169 Canada Olympic Road SW, Calgary

Motivating Unmotivated Teens: A parent - focused approach Thursday January 18 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Boys and Girls Club 200 East Lake Crescent, Airdrie

Helping your child find school success Tuesday January 23 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM East Lake School 325 Kinniburgh Blvd, Chestermere

ADHD & Executive Functioning Tuesday January 23 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Alberta Children’s Hospital Kinsmen Learning Centre (4th floor) 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary

Anxiety and its Associated Consequences During Childhood and Adolescence

Thursday January 25 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Marshall Springs School 1100 Everridge Drive SW, Calgary

Internet Safety Monday January 29 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Alberta Children’s Hospital Kinsmen Learning Centre (4th floor) 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary

The Implications of ADHD for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

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January GRIT

Mrs. Schwarz Grade 6 AJA Class

In grade 6 we have been learning about poetry and the variety of figurative language writers use

to make their writing more interesting and convey emotion. The grade 6 students have showed

their grit by engaging in the writing cycle, which often involves rewriting after the students are

given peer and teacher feedback. We learned that good writers get their work edited before it

can be published. Good writers often have to rewrite sentences, passages and even chapters to

create a polished finished product. When we wrote our riddle poems students were challenged

to use similes and metaphors in their writing. Some students challenged themselves to use as

many examples of figurative language in their poems. Students needed to use their inferencing

and critical thinking skills to figure out each other’s Riddle poems. Students used their grit to

write many rough copies before they came to their finished poems. This year, we will continue to

practice using our grit when we engage in the writing process.

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Reading to Explore, Construct, and Extend Understanding in

Grade 9 Humanities NOVEL STUDY Grade 9 students are currently reading the novel Touching Spirit Bear. The novel study is divided into four sections. At the end of reading each section, students come together in their literature circle seminar groups to have in depth discussions about the characters, events, and key concepts found in that specific section of the novel. Seminar groups consist of five roles with corresponding tasks: Discussion Director, Summarizer, Connector, Predictor, and Vocabulary Enricher. These tasks, along with assigned chapter questions, are what creates, drives, and encourages the insightful discussion of the novel. Students greatly benefit from questioning and challenging each other as well as sharing their own thoughts, connections, and predictions with their group members. For example, the Connector task requires students to make connections to what they have been reading in the novel to their own life, other texts, as well as what is happening in the world. Other group members are also asked to share their connections. Making these connections is one way to foster our students’ critical thinking skills. GRIT For most students, taking part in literature circle seminar discussions was a new and different way to approach a novel study. As when beginning any new task or challenge, students were a little unsure as to how they could be successful. They received instruction, support, encouragement, and constructive feedback from their teacher during the first and second seminars and by the third seminar, much more insightful discussion was taking place, without a lot prompting from their teacher. Through their seminars, students proved that they have GRIT- they gave it their all, tried to improve, did not give up, and put in the necessary time and effort to prepare for insightful discussions about the text.

Discussion Director

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Connector

Predictor

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Being an Engineer and Showing GRIT

The grade 3 & 4 DHH students have explored building

materials throughout our structures unit. Acting as

Engineers, students participated in labs testing properties of

materials and used a variety of materials to complete

building challenges. After this learning process, students

launched a final project based on their interest in bridges.

Students acted like engineers to apply their knowledge of

material properties, types of bridges, and the building and

design process to design and build a bridge. Students

learned that Engineers change their plan and never give up

when something is not working the way the planned. The

phrase “That didn’t work, I’ll make a different plan” was

overheard often in the classroom during our building time

often.

Our students worked to Grow their GRIT with this project. Our

school defines GRIT as the willingness to:

G - Give it your all.

R - Redo if necessary

I - Ignore giving up

T - Take the time to do right

Here is what Nour said when asked about her project and how she had to change her plan. “I

just made the first one a suspension bridge and it’s too hard to fix it and I changed my mind to

use arch bridge. I used cardboard for pillars. It is strong.”

Students embraced the idea that mistakes help us to learn

and showed they were able to create a new plan when

something wasn’t working. During his building, Jonathan

reflected on how the project helped him Grow his Grit. Here

is what he said: “I still made a suspension bridge. One

time I tried to use the white straws to make pillars but they

were so bendy. It was going to the side and not very

strong. I had to change the materials of it. Doing the cables

and the pillars to hold up the cables was hard. The arch in

the middle makes my bridge strong and stable.”

By: Ms. Lazaruk, Jonathan (Gr. 4), and Nour (Grade 4),

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