W I L T S E E L E M E N TA RY S C H O O L

JUNE 2019

PHONE: (250) 770-7694

PRINCIPAL: Jeff Redden

VICE-PRINCIPAL: Roland Holowaty

EMAIL: wiltse@summer.com or chack@summer.com

WEBSITE: www.sd67.bc.ca/school/wiltseelementary/Pages

Dates to Remember May 29th- SLMS Parent Meeting at 7:00 pm in the SLMS library May 31st- Wiltse Spring Concert at 1:00 pm in Wiltse Gym Playground-A-Thon 9 am—3pm June 5th- District Track Meet (Grades 4 and 5)

Grade 3’s Swimming Lesson

June 7th- Crazy Hat and Hair Day!! June 11th- Kindergarten Orientation 11—12 pm

Wiltse PAC Loco Landing Fun Night 5—8pm

June 12th- Grade 3’s Last swimming lesson

June 14th- Summer School Application Deadline

June 16th- Father’s Day!

June 19th- Wiltse PAC Meeting

June 19th Grade 5’s to Hoodoo Adventures

June 20th- Grade 5’s to SLMS Orientation

June 20th- Grade 4’s to Enowkin Centre

June 21st- Wiltse Fun Day!

June 25th- Primary Water Park Day!

June 26th- Grade 5 Leaving Assembly at 11 am

June 27th- Last day of school (1/2 day) Students dismissed at noon

SEPTEMBER 2019

Tuesday, September 3rd- SCHOOLS CLOSED (School Improvement Day)

Wednesday, Sept 4th- First day back at SCHOOL OPEN for MORNING ONLY

Monday, Sept 23rd- SCHOOLS CLOSED for Professional Development Day

Administrator’s Message How can it be June already? Time flies when you’re having fun! It seems like only yesterday that we were getting the students settled into their classes back in September. This month will fly by as well, as there are so many activities planned. You can read about many of the upcoming events in the following pages.

On another note, we want to sent out a special thank you to our many volunteers who have helped make our school year extra special including:

Our PAC, its amazing executive (Karla, Sara, Lindsay, and Lisa) and the many parent volunteers

Our Hot Lunch Team (Jen and her wonderful team of helpers)

Our Wednesday Pizza Team (Andrea and her crew of helpers)

Our One to One Readers (Zolynne and all her dedicated reading volunteers)

And the many, many volunteers who help out on fieldtrips, in classrooms and wherever a need arises.

THANK YOU

Library News

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The last day that students will be able to take out library books will be Friday,

June 14th. Overdue notices will be sent home at the beginning of June.

All library books will be due back by Friday, June 21st.

Kindergarten Registration

Information Changes

School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha)

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION Children born in 2014 are eligible to enter kindergarten in September 2019. Parents, who feel their child is not yet ready for kindergarten, may defer enrollment for one year. Please contact Wendy Hyer (770-7700) at the School Board Office for information on this. Placement in your neighborhood school kindergarten is based on your address and registration date. The earlier you register, the more likely your child will attend a school close to your home. Register at your neighborhood school during regular school hours. A birth certificate will be required as well as your child’s BC Care Card, parental BC Care Card and proof of address (i.e. driver’s license, utility bill, lease agreement).

Wiltse already has 40 Kindergarten Registrations! Sign up for September 2019!

Please make sure you let the school know if you change your home phone number, work number, cell phone, emergency contact, or address during the school year so we have the correct information on your child. Also this is the time of year when we begin working on enrollment for next year. If you are moving or planning to move during the summer please let the office know as soon as possible. Thank you!

Jump Rope for Heart

THANK YOU to all those

families that supported and/

or sponsored students for

Jump Rope for Heart this

year. We sent a cheque to

the Foundation for just over

$7000.00!! The weather was

a bit cooler this year but the

students had a great time and we did a

wonderful job helping out the BC Heart &

Stroke Foundation. Prizes for those who

earned them will be here mid-June. We would

also like to thank Mrs. Heinrich for all her hard

work in organizing this very worthwhile event.

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Bike to School Week

Bike to School Week is a free and fun week-long celebration of biking to school taking place May 27 - May 31st 2019. Bike to School Week is a chance for Schools throughout British Columbia to encourage and celebrate students and their families cycling to

school.

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Wiltse Fun Day!

Friday, June 21st will be Wiltse’s Fun Day! Children will

move from station to station in this free flow event.

Students in Kindergarten and Grade 1 will be escorted

around for the first hour by their big buddy class. There

will be a number of events set up around the fields and a

few inside so the children can take a break from the heat

(we

hope). Some of the possible events may include:

bubbles, face painting, obstacle course, scooter races,

giant soccer, bead bazaar, beachball volleyball, spoon

race, rock painting, Frisbee throw, sidewalk art, and

much more!

Congratulations to all our cross country runners who had an awesome Spring season of running including the West Bench Run for Grade 3’s on May 8th and the Kaleden Run for Grade 3,4 & 5 runners on May 24th. Our cross country team showed an excellent effort, good sportsmanship and continued improvement throughout the running season. We had a number of students achieve personal bests and many top ten finishing including:

West Bench Run— Mairin Mohns—9th place, Sebastian Oslowy—4th place, Reid Heinrich—6th place, Benson Ford—8th place and Jace Rutten—10th place

Kaleden Run—Hannah Rutten– 10th , Sienna Funk—7th and Mia Kelly—8th, Brad Kuechle– 7th, Jackson Kendall—3rd, Sebastian Osiowy—4th , Reid Heinrich—5th, Jace Rutten—6th and

Marcus Messing—7th !! Way to go Wiltse!!!

Cross Country Running

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Summer School

It’s that time of year again for our Annual Wiltse Loco Landing Fun Night! This is a PAC sponsored event for students of Wiltse and their parents. Unfortunately, siblings or friends who do not attend Wiltse Elementary will not be permitted entry in this event as it caps out at 275 kids. Tickets are on a first come first serve basis and order forms will be going home soon.

This is a 3 hour fun event at Loco Landing on

Tuesday, June 11th (weather permitting)

from 5 pm to 8 pm. The cost to parents is $5

per registered student.

Wiltse PAC News Wiltse Spring Concert

Wiltse students have been working hard

preparing for our Spring Concert. This

year’s show is called “Giraffes Can’t

Dance” and it is going to be fantastic! It

will be held on Friday, May 31st at 1:00 pm

in our school Gym.

Thanks to Mrs. Levant and Ms. Harkness for

all their hard work preparing our students.

WELCOME TO SUMMER SCHOOL 2019!

As you make plans for your summer, please remember that Summer School is a fantastic opportunity for students to strengthen the learning that has occurred over the past 10 months. Courses that are offered during Summer School focus on reinforcing concepts and skills through games and fun hands-on activities. Students who have participated in Summer School in the past have enjoyed the time they have spent and felt good about what they have learned.

Summer School courses will be funded by the Ministry of Education and School District No. 67. Elementary school programs will run July 2 to July 12 from 8.30am until 1.00pm (last day will end at 12.30pm) at Carmi Elementary School.

Please note: Registration will now require a teacher referral as well as teacher/ principal signature confirmation.

Course information and registration forms will be available in elementary schools and on the district website at www.sd67.bc.ca. Please register at your child’s school before the registration deadline of June 14.

Hope to see you this summer!

Ms. Jacquie Hicks

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School Cash On-Line

As we wind down for this school year we would like to remind parents to register online for paying school fees in September. We are trying to get a 100% adoption rate and so far have only 23% of our Wiiltse families registered. It is very simple - a task that takes less than two minutes—by visiting district.schoolcashonline.com . You will need your child’s student number, last name and date of birth to register.

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Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat

Bike to School and Work Week

1

2 3

4 5 Grade 3 Swim Day

Grade 4 and 5’s District Track

Meet

6

Smoothie Day!

7

Crazy Hat and Hair Day!

WPAC Hot Lunch Whitespot

8

9 10

11

Kindergarten Orientation Day

11-12 noon

PAC LOCO LANDING

Fun night 5-8 pm

12

Grade 3 Swim Day

13

14

WPAC Fun Lunch

McDonalds

Summer School Registration

Deadline

15

16

Father’s Day!

17 18

19 Grade 5’s to Hoodoo

Adventures

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PAC Meeting 6 pm

20

Grade 5’s Skaha Lake Middle

School Orientation

Grade 4’s to Enowkin Centre

21

Wiltse Fun Day

Morning Activities and

Afternoon Waterplay

(weather permitting)

WPAC Fun Lunch

Hot Dog Day

22

23 24

25

Primary Waterpark Day

26

PIZZA DAY

Grade 5 Leaving Assembly

11:00 am

27

Last Day for Students

Dismissal at Noon

Report Cards Go Home!

28

Administrative Day for Staff

29

30

June 2019

If your child is going to be away on vacation please don’t forget to call the office (250-770-

7694) and let Mrs. Hack know so we don’t make unnecessary phone calls home. Thank you.

New Bell Schedule for 2019-2020 School Year

8:40 am Welcoming Bell

8:45 am School Starts (don’t be late)

10:00 am Recess (15 minutes)

12:05 pm Lunch (Eat then Play)

12:50 pm Afternoon classes

2:40 pm Dismissal