PCA ES Newsletter November 2012

PCA Elementary Newsletter November, 2012

From the Administrator’s Desk Two weeks ago, 450 Christian Educators gathered at Strathcona Christian Acad-

emy in Sherwood Park to be challenged and encouraged to continue building God’s

Kingdom through Christian Education. The theme “Teaching God’s Children His

Truth” was based on 3 John 1:4, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children

are walking in the truth.” It’s also a great opportunity to network with other teachers

and administrators.

The new report card, now called a Learner Profile, is set to roll out on Novem-

ber 19. As has been mentioned in the past, there has been a shift to Outcome Based

Reporting. The actual outcomes in the curriculum will be reported in the Learner

Profile. Many of the younger Elementary grades have already been reporting in a simi-

lar manner; the only difference being that it may not have been the exact curricular

outcomes as they will be now. There may still be some bumps along the way so we

would ask you to please be patient with us and the Division should this be the case.

Christmas program plans are well underway and we look forward to that evening

of celebrating Christ’s birth on December 13. Please mark your calendars now.

Thanks once again for the privilege of coming alongside you as parents to help

teach your children, God’s truth.

Blessings, Miss Lockhart

PCA Elementary School Phone # 403-443-4210

Food Hamper Challenge!! In the spirit of Christmas, we invite you to join us

in the Great Christmas Hamper Challenge between

PCA Elementary School and the Secondary School.

Send pantry items with your children to fill the

bins to overflowing.

We will be collecting items from November 26th to December 4th only.

Prizes to the winning school will be rewarded at the All School Christ-

mas chapel on Thursday, December 20th.

Important information about medications:

PCA will not be able to give your child any prescription or over -the-counter medications without prior written consent stating the type and amount of medication allowed. Verbal permission will also then be required for each dosage given. Medication must be sup-plied.

PCA Elementary Newsletter

Our annual Book Fair featuring Scholastic Books will run again this year during the days of Parent/

Teacher Interviews:

Nov 22 9:00 to 4:00 and 5:00 to 8:00 Nov 23 9:00 to 4:00 and 5:00 to 8:00

So parents have a better understanding of how much money to send with their kids, the average cost for

items sold at the Book Fair are as follows:

prices begin at $5.00 for paperbacks.

School supplies examples: Erasers $0.50 each Pencils $1.00 each

Book Fair

2 ways to win a prize at our Book Fair:

Family Door Prize - All students will put in a ballot when they come

to the book fair during their class time. The next day, one name

will be drawn and that family will win $25 in free items and the

child’s teacher also wins $25 of free items.

Everyone who has completed Club 50, will have their names entered

for a $10 Book of their choice.

Chapel Schedule

(Grades K-3 meet at 8:50 am; Grades 4-6 meet at 9:35 am)

This year’s theme: “Think About Such Things” - Phil 4:8

Nov 6 - Allan Powell (Trochu Baptist) Nov 13 - Murray & Maureen Horton Nov 20 - Harold & Lillian Groening (missionaries to Paki-stan - Tab supported) Nov 27 - Colombia Team - combined chapel

*PCA Elementary staff & students will join with the sec-ondary staff & students for the Remembrance Day As-

sembly on November 8 at 11:10 am in the North Aud.

If there is someone you would recommend to speak in PCA Chapel (elementary or secondary), please contact

Sheila Adkins - 403-443-0512

New Soccer Field North of the Elementary School - we have a request from the town for our students to please refrain from walking across the new turf in this field as they walk to and from school. They have also requested us to ask students not to climb the fence. Parents, please remind your children to respect this request and walk around the field and fence when they go to and from school each day. Thanks for your cooperation in the matter.


Chapel Specials: We encourage students to share their talents with us in our weekly chapels. If your child is taking lessons or you have developed something with them, please inform us so we can work them into our programs.

November’s

Hot Dog and

Dress Up Day

will be on

Thursday, Nov 29th. The dress

up theme for this month will be

“Twin/Triplet” day.

Hot Dog orders are due by Nov

22nd.

Rebecca B Nov 3 Mrs. Sept Nov 4 Esther E Nov 5 Hayden S Nov 11

Happy Birthday!!

Christopher B Nov 14 Ethan P Nov 18 Nathan S Nov 28

Those celebrating birthdays in the month of November are:

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SABRES ATHLETICS 9TH ANNUAL BANQUET/FUNDRAISER

On September 29, Prairie Christian Academy hosted its ninth annual Sabres Athletic Banquet. Guests enjoyed listening to former professional basketball player and speaker, Leighann Doan Reimer. She talked about how we may have our own plans and goals for our lives, but God often has a way of changing them. She shared about how it is important for us to accept God’s will for our lives and to live for Him. She challenged PCA athletes and guests to trust God, and to remember that He is always with us, even in the hard times. A highlight of the evening was the live auction with all round Canadian auctioneering champion, John Radcliffe. The emcee of the event was CTV sports anchor, Heath Brown. This event raised over $21,000.00. The funds will be used for Sabres athletic programs, elementary school sports equipment, and the PCA bus and van. The Athletic Banquet Committee is searching for volunteers to help with next year’s banquet. Please contact the PCA school office if you are in-terested in helping on the committee. PCA would like to thank all sponsors and guests for their generous

donations and support over the years. The Lord has blessed our school and

we give Him all the glory, honour, and praise.

Those of you who attended the Christmas Band concert last year will remem-ber the beautiful poinsettias that were offered for sale. The $500 that was raised was put in a fund for buying a new set of timpani for our music pro-gram as ours were in pretty rough shape. The cost of a new set of timpani is

around $9000. I don’t know about you, but while I was happy with the amount that was raised, I thought that it was going to take an awfully long time to get those new timpani at that rate. God had other plans and converted this $500, (what we originally thought was less than 10% of what we need-ed) into a set of timpani for our school. The timpani set is not new, but it is in much better shape than our current set and will serve us well for many years. Praise the Lord for his goodness to us. We will be offering poinsettias again this year, so please see below for more information. Barry Sommer

All band students have forms for ordering Poinsettias. If you would like to order, but do not get approached by a band member, please con-tact either school office. The top sellers from each band will receive a Subway gift card. Here is some information regarding the plants: - Plants are large and healthy - Plants are $15 each, label picks are $2 - Order are due on Thursday, November 15th - Plants to be picked up Friday, November 30th - Cheques must be written to PCA/Prairie Christian Academy


Bible Character Dress Up Pictures

October 25, 2012

Parent/Teacher

Interviews

Our first report card goes out Monday

November 19th with Parent/Teacher

conferences on Thursday evening Nov

22nd and Friday evening Nov 23rd.

Specific times for your

family will be sent out the

middle of November.

Watch your mailboxes.


Mother’s Who Care When: Tuesdays @ 2 pm

Where: High School Building

Who: All mothers who

care about PCA

Questions: call Teresa Schalm

443-7935

Mothers Who Care consists of small

groups of Christian mothers whose prima-

ry object is to provide prayer and moral

support for their school’s children, teach-

ers and administrators.

The snow is here and the kids are already on the hill.

Please remember that only magic carpets or styrofoam type sleds will be allowed on the hill to avoid injuries. No snowboarding is al-lowed. Also, the amount of snow cover will determine when the kids can play on it.

The Word on the Hill:

PCA Elementary’s Annual Christmas Program Grades K - 6

"All I Want for Christmas" Thursday, December 13, 2012

7:00 pm at the Elementary School Gym

Lots of help is needed in putting on our Christ-

mas musical. If you love working with costumes,

sets, drama, coaching children, staging, lights, audio, props, program, su-

pervision, coordination of volunteers or anything else that is involved with

putting on a children's musical, please contact Joelle Sept who will pass

this information on to Mr. Sommer. Please indicate the area that you

would like to volunteer for and give some idea of the days and times in

which you could help and the amount of time that you could give.

Don’t forget to visit the

COFFEE CORNER

For Coffee and Fellowship

Location: Library Hallway

Open: Thursday, Nov 22nd

and Friday, Nov 23rd during

interview times.

See Page 2 for all the information about our Book Fair and Book Fair contests.


November/December Memory Verses Luke 2: 13 to 18

13 Suddenly a great company of the heav-enly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

Student fees are due. If you have not submitted payment to either school

office, please do so as soon as possible. Below is the

cost of fees:

Resource Fee—Kindergarten $ 30.00

Resource Fee—Grades 1—6 $ 50.00

Student Agendas - Gr 5 only $ 4.00

Music Makers (Gr 4-6) $ 10.00*

*Optional (cheques are made payable to Prairie Christian Academy or you can use your debit or credit cards at the Secondary office)

www.LearnAlberta.ca continues to provide engaging digital learning resources for Alberta stu-dents, teachers and parents. Jurisdiction Username: LA21 Jurisdiction Password: 7352

We would like to tell you some exciting news that will affect children in our

Grade 3/4 classroom this year. We’ve been invited to participate in a pro-

gram called Roots of Empathy (ROE). This program teaches children about

feelings, their own feelings, and the feelings of others. Once every three

weeks, baby Alexis and her mother will visit the classroom. Yvonne Wilson, a

trained ROE Instructor and Family Resource Worker with the Kneehill Com-

munity Resource Program, will gather the children in the classroom around a

green blanket and together they will watch the baby grow.

The children predict and cheer when their ROE baby reaches the ‘developmental milestones’ of the first

year: “She can roll over!” “She got her first tooth!” “She can sit up!” “She can crawl!!”

The ROE Instructor also coaches the children in observing the baby and reading the cues the baby gives

as to how the baby is feeling: “Is the baby happy or sad?” “How can you tell?” We use this discussion as

a lever for the children to talk about their own emotions and to understand how their classmates feel:

“Do you smile when you’re happy?” “How can you tell if your friend is happy?” Being able to under-

stand how other people are feeling is called empathy. The ROE Instructor also visits the classroom before

and after each Family Visit to prepare and reinforce teach-

ings using a specialized lesson plan for each visit.

For more than ten years across Canada and internationally,

thousands of children have been learning respect and care

for one another through the lessons started through their

Roots of Empathy baby.

We’re excited that we have been chosen to participate in

Roots of Empathy, and we hope you are, too. If you have

any questions or would like more information, please let us

know.

Sincerely,

Miss Lockhart and Mrs. Kaupp

IGA/Sobeys Gift Cards This is a unique fundraiser, because it doesn’t cost you anything more than you are already spending. Everyone needs to eat! The school purchases $25,000 worth of Gift Cards as needed throughout the year and we receive 10% of all cards sold. Be sure to stop by either school office to purchase

more cards whenever you run out. Remember: they operate on a declining balance and come in de-nominations of $500, $100 and $50. They can be used at any IGA or Sobeys in Western Canada. Tell your family and friends! The more we sell, the more we can raise towards the growth of our playground. (Cards are not reloadable)

We’re on the web!

pca3hills.ca

Over the past 12 years GHSD teachers and administra-tors have examined classroom practices and student learning in the context of student achievement. Previ-ous AISI cycles were comprised of several projects with a focus on curriculum areas such as math and lit-eracy. Cycle 4, which was a division wide cycle, intro-

duced teachers to defined goals and implementation strategies which focused on Assessment for learning. At present our elementary school is undergoing a report card change in response to this implementa-tion. The Junior High will also be involved in this change in the coming year. That brings us to the present. AISI cycle 5 has a new focus but with a continued emphasis on AFL practices. This year’s AISI project will be using multiple strategies with an emphasis on using powerful questioning techniques which help students to address issues, challeng-es and problems that lead to deeper understanding. Students will learn how to find and evaluate content, connect with prior knowledge and use that knowledge to solve authentic problems. This year will see a focus on learning academic vocabulary in each of the subject areas. Stay tuned as we continue to implement new strategies to improve student understanding and growth. AISI lead teacher, Patty Brown


PCAS Annual General Meeting

October 22, 2012

The Board of Directors would like to thank all those who attended last month’s Annual General

Meeting. After introducing the various staff employed by the Society we heard a brief testimony

from one of our dorm students, Elizabeth Rashleigh. The minutes from our last AGM, as well as the

reports from our Board Chair and Executive Director, were presented. Additionally, the Society’s

membership approved the budget for the present school year. This was followed by an open discus-

sion which largely centered on financial matters and student recruitment. Thank you for all those

who participated. Your input is valuable to us.

The Board of Directors welcomes five new members into its

ranks: Andrew Maningas, Rob Munchinsky, Lydia Nelson, Jamie

Pryor, and Dori Ward. We’re glad to have you on the team. A gi-

ant thank you goes out to those who have completed their service on

the Board: Stephen Brinks, Brian Crotser, Laurel Penner,

and Tammy Smith. Each of you have made a valuable contribution

to our Board and the Society at large. Thank you! You will be

sorely missed.

Please continue to pray for us. We need the Lord’s wisdom and in-

sight to chart a bold course. The challenges may be great; but our

God is greater. May we rejoice together as we see His hand at

work.


Your PCAS Board Members: Jason Ewert 443.2387 Coralie Koch 443.5873 Andrew Maningas 443.7191 Rob Munchinsky 443.5376 Lydia Nelson 443.7565 Andrew Peters 774.1746 Jamie Pryor 443.2888 Chad Reimer 443.3731 Teresa Schalm 443.7935 Mike Scott 443.1685 Dori Ward 443.7505 Ex-officio members: David Atmore 443.8433 Denise Lockhart 443.4210 Randy Wood 443.4220 Please call them with any questions or concerns

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