The Pearson NewsMarch 2013 FREEVolume XV, No. 8

FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Director General’sReport to Council

by R. T. Mills

Enrolment NumbersNow that our annual formal en-

rolment period has ended, we have data that permits us to enter into detailed planning for the coming school year. Consistent with pro-jections received from MELS, our total enrolment in the Youth sec-tor will decrease by approximately 440 students, the smallest number we have seen for some years. Fur-ther positive news is that the num-bers in Kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2 remain stable, indicating that we will experience increasing enrolment stability in future years.

Administrative Staffing and Recruitment

Under the leadership of our Human Resources Department, activities related to recruiting po-tential administrators has been undertaken with very positive re-sults. A candidate pool of very tal-ented teachers has been identified and, should the necessity arise, further selection will take place to fill any vacancies that may exist for the coming school year. It is interesting to note that a number of applications have been received from staff members of other school boards, indicating that our reputa-tion continues to grow as a most positive place at which to work. We anticipate that appointments to administrative positions will be presented to the April or May meeting of Council.

Teacher Recruitment Our representatives from Hu-

man Resources have once again been visiting both English teach-er training institutions to recruit potential staff members. As you are aware, there is a critical need across the province for teachers capable of teaching in French and in English. The Lester B. Pear-son School Board is seen by pro-spective teachers as a desirable professional board that provides meaningful support to teachers just beginning their careers. The Mentoring Program is becoming a very well-known and is the very positive factor in our recruitment of exceptional young teachers.

CPC Parent Conference: April 6, 2013

The Second Annual Parent Con-ference organized by our Central Parents Committee is scheduled to take place on April 6, 2013. The first event last year proved to be a total sellout and was met with uni-versal praise by all participants. This year’s program appears in-credibly popular and will, with-out doubt, prove to be a sellout. Parents are encouraged to visit the website to do their registration as soon as possible and to avoid dis-appointment.

Saint Patrick Day Parade Again this year, the Saint Pat-

rick Day Parade featured a large

FINAL

Chairman’s Report

to Council

by Suanne Stein Day

It’s seems like a very short time since we’ve all been to-gether and, so, I’ll try my best to keep this month’s report short as well.

I hope everyone has been re-juvenated over the March break and ready to start that path to-wards the end of another suc-cessful school year. Certainly, the activities and excitement in our schools seems like it’s at an all-time high!

Things have been busy since our last meeting. Riverdale High School once again hosted a Citizenship Ceremony where a number of new Canadians were honored. Young grade 7 students were present to wit-ness Justice Veronica Johnson welcoming immigrants from around the world.

From there I travelled to Lind-say Place High School to greet the United Nations. Or at least it felt like that. Lindsay Place held their annual UN Simula-tion exercise, where the entire grade 11 class participate with 3 – 4 students representing each of the countries and research-ing several global issues – is-sues that the actual UN is also working on. They work to form alliances with other countries, present their briefs and make their statements. The grade 9 students dress in white shirts and black pants and act as the pages for the delegates – every effort is made to simulate the protocols of the United Na-tions. Talk about Living Learn-ing – these students are totally engaged in this project.

This weekend I had the plea-sure of attending the Robotics Festival at Uniprix Stadium, where two of our high schools participated. You saw the amaz-ing work of LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School this evening – watching the ro-bot in competition with 6 such creatures on the court was truly exciting. Beurling High School also created a robot and they made it to the semi-finals before technical problems forced them to bow out – but their alliance with two other schools would not have made it that far with-out the great defensive strategy they contributed. I would like to acknowledge the efforts of Matthew Albert of our Educa-tional Services Department in getting the teams ready. Matt worked tirelessly, virtually ev-ery evening for weeks ensuring the students had the time and resources they needed to suc-ceed. Above and beyond, Matt! Thank you!

And yesterday, of course, was one of the very pleasant events of our school year – the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. While

Many schools within the Lester B. Pearson system participated in Pink Shirt Day, during which par-ticipants wear pink to demonstrate their opposition to bullying.

The initiative is a true grassroots movement – it originated in Nova Scotia when two teens, David Shepherd and Travis Price, wore pink shirts to school in solidarity with a younger student who had been bullied for wearing a pink shirt.

“...Eleven of fourteen schools in my region (participated),” said Tom Rhymes, the Regional Direc-tor for Region 2. “Remarkable.”

The images seen here are rep-resentative of the many, many schools which participated.

No Bullying: Pink Shirt Day at Many LBPSB Schools

Quantum iPads Help Communicate With Chinese Exchange Students

See STEIN DAY page A2See MILLS page A2

On any day at lunch time, Mrs. Russell’s English class is filled with Cycle I students playing chess and various games bought with the money gener-ously provided by the Home and School. There are stu-dents studying for exams, do-ing homework, or just hang-ing out, often sharing music. The Quantum students can be found explor-ing, sharing and creating on their iPads. This week they got their new iMovie app.

S o m e t h i n g exciting hap-pened this week. The Quantum stu-dents invited Tony, the new Grade 7 Chi-nese exchange student, to share their lunch time activities. Alex Katona asked Tony to play chess and came up with the innovative idea of using the iPad

to communicate, as Tony doesn’t speak English any more than Alex can speak Mandarin.

Alex typed in English what he wanted to say, pressed a button to translate to Mandarin, then passed the iPad to Tony who did the same in reverse, from Mandarin to Eng-

lish. Many students crowded around

to watch this exciting new way of using technology to communi-

cate. Alex can’t wait to get an app that will actually speak the transla-tions!

Tony will also join the Quantum students on their upcoming field trip to Chinatown. Each year, Mrs. Russell’s Enriched Grade 7 English classes study “Dragonwings”, by

Laurence Yep, the historical novel about Chinese immigrants in the early 1900‘s. The trip to China-town helps bring this novel to life.

“Dragonwings” deals with another exciting time of new technology and inventions such as the auto-mobile and the Wright brothers.

They will also be joined by some of the Grade 11/12 Chinese ex-change students who were a great help translating signs last year.

They will travel by metro and train to the Bell Centre. On the walk to Chinatown, they will stop at Mary-Queen-Of-The-World Basilica as part of the Ethics program, then do a guided tour of China-town where the students will use their iPads to gather pic-tures and infor-mation to cre-ate a brochure on Chinatown. Lunch at a Chi-nese buffet and shopping for Mother’s Day presents in a

Chinese boutique will be followed by a fun activity, wall climbing at Allez Up, where the provincial team trains.

St. Anthony Beechwood

Riverdale

Lindsay Place

In the past month the St. Law-rence Academy Junior community has lived the two extremes… fun in the snow and fun in the sand.

On Friday, January 11, 2013, the whole community… students, teachers and parents piled into 3 buses and headed up the 15 to

Mont Avila to enjoy a day of tub-ing. The snow was perfect. The temperature was perfect. All the students had a wonderful time sliding in their tubes … some for the very first time! The sheer ex-citement on the faces below, tells the WHOLE story.

This year’s Literacy Night, which was held on the evening of

Thursday, January 24, 2013, had a “Beach Theme”. Families were treated to 4 stations with differ-ent activities all encouraging lit-eracy and a love for reading. We made our own Sun Glasses with Miss Tara, we danced the Alpha-bet Dance with Madame Julie and Madame Marie Marthe (en Fran-çais), we played cooperative fam-ily games with Miss Donna and we went to the beach with Scaredy Squirrel and Mr. Ivan. Before, all were treated with a light supper and after, a light snack.

Both activities were organized by the energetic staff of St. Law-rence Academy Junior and spon-sored by our generous Home and School Associasion.

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cold, it was sunny and beauti-ful out, our Lindsay Place stage band was AWESOME and Mon-trealers just had a great time, being Irish for a day. Thank you to our band and to Mario Barrette and Dan Mullins, to our CSC students who carried the banners for all the floats in the parade, to our Equipment Services team who got the trail-er ready in record time and to our drivers. You all made the day a wonderful one.

Most of what has been keep-ing me busy these last few weeks is our work on Bill 14. I’ve had a fair bit of attention from the press and tomorrow, weather and all, Linton Garner, Steven Colpitts and I are head-ing to Quebec City to present to the Commission on Culture and Education. We hope you’ll be pleased with our efforts to rep-resent the LBPSB community.

Follow me on Twitter @suannesteinday

contingent from our school board. Their enthusiasm was very much in evidence as they walked the route in celebration not only of the parade theme but also in celebra-tion of their pride in their school board. Our thanks are extended to all who participated and to our Director of Community Services, Mario Barrette, for his organiza-tional talent.

Robotics Competition: February 28

The Robotics Competition took place on February 28, hosted by St. Charles School and attracted participation from a number of schools. The projects were re-markably sophisticated and varied in their development and their ap-proaches to robotic applications. Thanks are extended to the host school, to the staff advisors and to the parent volunteers who contin-ue to support this ever expanding activity in our schools.

TOPS Shows The annual TOPS Variety Show

is scheduled to be held at Lakeside Academy on April 26 and 27. Eve-ning shows on both days will be held and a matinee will take place on Saturday, April 27. Please visit our website for further informa-tion. Tickets may be reserved by calling the school and are quickly sold out. This is an absolutely out-standing demonstration of the tal-ents of our student participants as well as of the organizational ability of our Central Student Commit-tee. It is very truly an event not to be missed.

Student Leadership Camp: April 25-26

Student leadership is an area on which our schools at both the elementary and secondary level take pride. Opportunities to un-dertake leadership roles in a wide variety of school activities are ex-tended to students at virtually every grade level. This Leader-ship Camp in the month of April brings together students from all of our high schools to expose them to the opportunities existing in schools other than their own and allows them to experience dif-ferent leadership techniques that can be brought back to their home schools. This program has oper-ated in our school board since its inception and, given the evidence we now see, it is proving to be of enormous value.

Adult Learners’ Week: April 6-13, 2013

This is the week in the calendar that is selected to mark and hon-our those who participate in Adult Education as students and as learners. In our society in which lifelong learning is essential, Adult Education is expanding rapidly. A special celebration of achievement will be held here in the Board Room on April 8 at 2:00pm.

Junior Voyageurs ProgramThis is a new enrichment pro-

gram to be offered to students in Grades 4,5 and 6. Each two week session will offer a unique and ex-citing opportunity to participate in hands-on courses taught by ex-perienced teachers working with small groups. Please see the Board website for further details.

Mills, from page A1 Stein Day, from page A1

From Tubing to The Beach

by Alycia Ambroziak

The Cat in the Hat kicked off

a nation-wide tour was at Verdun Elementary Thursday, Feb. 28, to the delight of 102 pre-kindergar-ten to grade 1 students. It’s all part of the 75th anniversary “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss” celebration, while raising funds for Love of Reading Foundation; between Feb. 28 and March 31, 2013, proceeds from every purchase of any Dr. Seuss book at Indigo will be donated to the Indigo Love of Reading Foun-dation. Each of the pre-k to grade 1 students at the school received a copy of a Dr. Seuss book. As well, Indigo donated a selection of books to the school’s library. Verdun Elementary was selected in 2011 by the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation as one of 20 schools nation-wide to receive a donation of $64,000 to enhance their library and further literacy in their school. Since its incep-tion in 2004, the Foundation has donated $12 million to schools in need across the country, provid-ing access to more than 1 million books for 36,000 children.

H o w much can an eight-year-old

girl do to change the world ?Quite a bit, as it turns out. Just

ask Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price and Room to Read founder John Wood about Lily Petrone, a grade 3 student at Chil-dren’s World Academy in Ville LaSalle.

What started out as a class assignment about true heroes turned into a project to help send one girl in the develop-ing world to school for a year.

But because of Lily’s passion and enthusi-asm, more than one child in a developing country will be helped – and because of Lily’s pluck, some lucky people in the Montreal area will win a meet and greet with the Ca-nadiens goalie.

It all began as a school project when Lily learned about John Wood who, after a life-changing holiday in Nepal, left his high-powered job at Microsoft t o cre-ate Room to Read, a non-profit organization that has created a network of more than 15,000 li-braries with distribution of more than 12 million books and the creation of 830 schools through-out rural and poor communities in Asia and Africa.

Lily was so impressed with what she’d learned about Room to Read and about how some children don’t even have one book, let alone a school to go to, that she decided to try and raise $250 in order to send one girl to school for a year. In fact, with help from school mates, family and friends – and friends of friends, she raised $1,000, enough for four children to attend school.

“It first I was nervous that no one would donate but so many of my school friends did, it gave me confidence,” Lily said, adding that after viewing a video of some of the children who are Room to Read scholarship recipients, she would like to design a school bag for them that doubles as a sleeping bag and pillow and comes with a

flashlight.When Wood heard of Lily’s

project, he noted that age has no importance when it comes to ef-fect change in the world.

“Lily’s outreach to her school and community proves that lead-ership transcends age and that we all are capable of being a force to solve the complex social issues we face today,” he said.

But it didn’t stop there.Lily and her dad, Danny, are

big Montreal Canadiens fans, es-pecially of goalie Carey Price. Lily decided to email Price to see if he could help her raise more funds. They found a website ad-dress which they hoped would go to Price. In her e-mail, Lily, with help from her mom, Heather, tells Price about her class assignment:

“I am working on a project with my third grade class called, ‘The True V.I.P.’ We have to pick a hero and do a project on them. You are one of my heroes but I have another one too. His name is John Wood. He quit his job at a big company over 10 years ago

to help kids around the world so they could go to school and have books to learn with. I will be set-ting up a fundraising page on the Room to Read website and will let you know when it is finished. After it is ready maybe you and some of the other players from the team will want to help. Thank you and good luck with your games!”

As it happened, Lily’s email

went to Wessley Perisa, president of Hockey Helps, an organization that helps others reach their fund-raising objectives with the support of NHL superstars.

Lily’s message impressed Perisa who got in touch with Price and together they came up with a plan to help Lily meet and exceed her goal.

““We at Hockey Helps receive numerous daily emails from indi-viduals looking for assistance for a variety of charitable efforts and initiatives,” Perisa said in an email. “When I personally read Lily’s email, it was clear I was dealing with a very thoughtful and de-termined individual and wanted

to support her efforts as best we could.”

In the same email, Price noted that “Room to Read is an organi-zation I am proud to support and just as proud to do so as a team-mate to Lily’s efforts.”

Between March 14 and 26, stu-dents at Children’s World will be selling $10 certificates to family and friends and friends of friends.

Each certificate gives the purchaser a $20 value applicable to-wards any merchan-dise available on www.hockeyhelps.com web-site.

Not a bad deal at all, but there’s more: a chance for a meet-and-greet with Carey Price, including a signed jer-sey, photo and puck.

Three grand prizes will be awarded: 1st prize goes to one name drawn from all certifi-cates sold; the second prize goes to one name drawn from a pool of students’ names who sold certificates and the third prize automati-cally goes to the stu-dent who sells the most

certificates.On March 28, Wood will be

Skyping in to the Children’s World School, making the end of the fundraising campaign and taking the time to speak to and answer questions from students at the school. As well, the winners’ names will be announced and the amount of money that was raised.

Lily said she’s looking forward to meeting Price but added that “this is all about the girls going to school.”

Learn about Room to Read on Lily’s personal page. Donations can also be made through her page: http://roomtoread.kintera.org/general/kidpower

The Cat in the Hat Has Fun in Verdun

Eric carrièrE, cNWTevin Saunders, Tristan Deonarine and Bianka Blanc Daigneault

Anas Mohamed Almashrgy

Chloe Neill, Matthew Moreau, The Cat in the Hat, Matthew Mott and Ava Kennedy

Alanna Mcharg, Ryan Palamar and Gabrielle Hill

Lily Petrone, John Wood and Carey Price

To learn more about the Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Autism Spectrum Disorders

Centre of Excellence, visit:http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/eng/asdn/index.asp

http://juniorvoyageurs.lbpsb.qc.ca/

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Below is a list of Commissioners along with their home telephone numbers and school board locals.

Home 422-3000 Ward Communities Commissioner Phone # Local 1 Verdun/Nuns’ Island Douglas Flook 514-293-2417 4001 2 LaSalle South Sergio Borja 514-366-1611 4002 3 LaSalle Northeast Ruben Fazio 514-365-1638 4003 4 LaSalle West/Ville St-Pierre Frank di Bello 514-951-5834 4004 5 Lachine Patrick Whitham 514-800-9240 4005 6 Dorval Barbara Freeston 514-636-9315 4006 7 Dollard-des-Ormeaux East Rosemary Murphy 514-620-8012 4007 8 Roxboro/Pierrefonds East Craig Berger 514-421-6570 4008 9 Pointe-Claire East Linton Garner 514-696-7892 4009 10 Pointe-Claire West Marc Lalonde 514-426-7124 4010 11 Dollard-des-Ormeaux Center Ruth Dangoor Gdalevitch 514-906-7320 4011 12 Pierrefonds/Île Bizard Susan Williams 514-620-4745 4012 13 Dollard-des-Ormeaux Center/West Martin Sherman 514-684-2742 4013 14 Dollard-des-Ormeaux W./Kirkland E. Joe Zemanovich 514-624-2376 4014 15 Beaconsfield North Don Rae 514-697-9878 4015 16 Kirkland West Suanne Stein Day 514-887-8876 2322 17 Pierrefonds West Luisa Bulgarelli-Vero 514-694-0475 4017 18 Ste-Anne/Baie d’Urfé/Beaconsfld S./Senneville Judy Kelley 514-697-7619 4018 19 Île Perrot Susan Bartlett-Lewis 514-453-6650 4019 20 Les Cèdres/Vaudreuil-Dorion Angela Nolet 514-453-5462 2299 21 Hudson/St-Lazare Daniel Olivenstein 450-458-1413 4021 CPC Secondary Representative Nan Beaton 514-713-3892 4026 CPC Elementary Representative Domenico Pavone 514-566-8869 4027

Executive Committee April 22, 2013 5:30 p.m. Board Room Council of Commissioners April 29, 2013 7:30 p.m. Board Room

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the Pearson News?Please send your articles and pictures to

your Principal who will forward them to us. Questions or comments? Email Dan Mullins at dmullins@lbpsb.qc.ca

par Bruno Saint-Denis, Etudiant, Horizon High School

Oui, et beaucoup, parce que moi je pourrais vous dire que depuis que je suis enfant, j’adore faire des choses extrêmes. J’ai tou-jours aimé les sports extrêmes. J’ai fait de la moto et du VTT et prati-qué d’autres sports extrêmes dans ma vie. Je peux vous dire aussi que c’étaient des moments merveilleux pour moi et je vais toujours les apprécier énormément. Il y a plu-sieurs raisons pourquoi on devrait promouvoir les sports extrêmes auprès des jeunes.

Les jeunes de nos jours ont be-soin d’encouragement dans leur vie, et moi je me suis toujours fait encourager dans plusieurs domaines, spécialement dans les sports. Je veux vous dire que les amis avec qui je me tenais presque toute ma vie ont tous commencé le sport à un jeune âge mais ils ont fini dans la drogue. Ce que j’ai fait, je les ai suivis, et j’ai perdu tout ce que j’ai investi dans ma vie, y compris mon argent. Après un bout, j’ai arrêté la drogue et c’est là où j’ai réalisé que j’avais vraiment tout perdu. Les sports extrêmes m’ont toutefois permis de faire au-tre chose après la drogue.

Ce que je veux dire, c’est que les jeunes ont constamment besoin de beaucoup d’encouragement jusqu’au point où ils savent ce qu’ils vont faire pour le restant de leur vie. Parce que dans leur phase d’adolescence, c’est le temps le plus difficile. Oui, les médias devraient encourager les jeunes à faire des sports extrêmes. Les jeunes de nos jours ont besoin de vivre, mais vivre de l’extrême, si-non, ils vont tous se rebeller. Les jeunes ont besoin de s’occuper la tête tout le temps. Ce que j’ai ap-pris, c’est que c’est vraiment mau-vais pour un jeune d’avoir la tête vide.

Aussi, les sports extrêmes sont amusants et occupent l’esprit, mais mon expérience m’a appris que plusieurs sports extrêmes comme le saut en parachute ou la motoneige sont très chers et ça coûte beaucoup d’argent pour l’équipement et encore plus pour embarquer dans le sport. Oui, il y a des côtés positifs mais le plus négatif c’est l’argent, et pour moi, par exemple, la moto elle-même, c’est plus que 5000$ et il n’y a pas beaucoup de jeunes qui peuvent acheter ça.

En conclusion, on devrait pro-mouvoir les sports extrêmes au-près des jeunes mais en même temps les jeunes devraient aussi être informés que c’est de l’argent, que c’est dangereux et que ça prend beaucoup de temps à pra-tiquer et à apprendre un sport. Pourtant, à mon avis, on devrait quand même encourager tous les jeunes à pratiquer un sport, même extrême.

«Devrait-on faire la

promotion des sports extrêmes

auprès des jeunes?»

Students at Lindsay Place High School are having a busy and ex-hilarating week.

On Monday (Feb. 25) Second-ary 5 students hosted a foods of the world feast as a forerunner

to the United Nations simulation to be held later that week at the Pointe Claire school.

On Wednesday, Feb. 27, the whole school took part in pink shirt day, a national anti-bullying event.

And on Thursday and Friday, students are modeling their lead-

ership and strength in the UN simulation.

“They captured the essence of equality and respect for one an-other,” said Lindsay Place Prin-cipal Dona Bianchi, adding that event was organized by teach-ers Alex Caden, Melissa Hunter, Christine Dane, Kristina Holmes

and student teacher Eric Heyser.Noting that Kofi Annan, For-

mer Secretary General of the UN and Nobel Peace prize laureate said, that in the 21st century, the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanc-tity and dignity of every human

life, regardless of race or religion.“Today, our students are model-

ing their leadership and strength in the UN simulation,” said Bian-chi. “They are doing much more than just defending an issue – they have begun the process of change.

“They are the power that will make a global difference.”

During the month of January Orchard students joined art-ist, Denis Palmer (Culture in the Schools grant) as he created a mural from the artwork of Grades

3, 4, 5 and 6 students. Not only did the students draw but they were also given the opportunity to paint their masterpieces on the gym walls. The mural depicts the interests and talents of students in Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. What a legacy they leave to Orchard!

UN Simulation Part of Lindsay Place’s Busy Week

Art at Orchard Elementary

Grade 3 student Calvin Little (right), and Madison Vincelli, who is in grade 6, won a raffle to be named King and Queen of the winter carnival at Beacon Hill Elementary this week. Money raised through the raffle is going

to Le Club des petits déjeuners du Québec. Students also had a lot of fun with various activities and outings, including the building of a colourful ice wall by using emp-ty milk cartons to freeze coloured water – some even added things like a Montreal Canadiens logo – to build the bricks for the wall.

Strategic Direction 1Maximizing Student Success in a Culture for Learning

Strategic Direction 2Fostering and Supporting a Commitment to Professional Growth for All

Strategic Direction 3Enhancing School Collaboration and Community Partnerships

Strategic Direction 4Promoting Wellness in a Safe and Caring Community

Strategic Directions in the Pearson NewsAs you read through the Pearson News, you’ll notice that some of the articles have the numbers one through four next to them. These numbers are as-sociated with the LBPSB’s 2010-2015 Strategic Plan and its four main directions. Each month, you’ll see these numbers next to the articles found in the pages of the Pearson News and it will give you an idea of what the board’s schools and centres are doing in line with the Strategic Plan.

The King and Queen of Beacon Hill

Photos courtEsy: BEacoN hill homE & school

Photos By irWiN WorshEll

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It’s never too early to think about summer camp – and this year Lester B. Pearson students in grades 4, 5 and 6 can become Junior Voyageurs through a new Arts, Science and Technology en-richment day camp.

The Junior Voyageur camp, which will run from July 8 to 19 at Clearpoint Elementary, 17 Cedar Ave. in Pointe Claire, will offer everything from Broadway

Bound, to Everything iPad, to Ro-botics, to CSI Forensics, sewing, making movies and much, much more.

“Magic happens when passion-ate educators meet enthusiastic students,” said Adrian Geller, ele-mentary school principal and co-ordinator of the Junior Voyageurs day camp.

All campers register for two courses, one on the morning and one in the afternoon. The fee is $475 for the two-week duration of the camp. Space is limited. Classes will be kept small, each at around 12 students. Information

pamphlets will also be sent out to LBPSB schools.

A kiosk for registration and information will be set up from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 6 at the LBPSB Central Parents’ Committee parenting conference taking place at Lindsay Place High School, 111 Broadview Ave. in Pointe Claire.

The Junior Voyageurs day camp offers such courses as:* Broadway Bound* Everything iPad* Scene Soup* Glee Project* Masked Theatre

* Robotics* Design Engineering* Play Production* Girl Power* Eco-Earth Project* Geocaching Treasure Hunt* CSI Forensics for Kids* Comics Creation* iCan Make Mobile Movies* Artastic …* A Passion for Fashion: So cool

–Sew Fun!* Planes, Parachutes and Bridges!

For more information, go to the Junior Voyageurs camp website at: http://juniorvoyageurs.lbpsb.qc.ca

Parent Information& Registration Kiosk

Dates andFees

The Lester B. Pearson School Board is launching a new and exciting Arts, Science and Technology summer enrichment day camp for students in our board called Junior Voyageurs.

Junior Voyageurs offers students currently in grades 4, 5 and 6 a unique opportunity to experience exciting hands-on courses given by certified, experienced teachers. All courses are 2 weeks in length and offered July 8 - 19 (Mon-Fri) on a half day basis, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In order to maximize learning, classes will be kept small, around 12 students. Examples of courses include:

All Junior Voyageurs courses run for two weeks from July 8-19 (Mon-Fri).Courses are half-day in length (morning or afternoon). All campers register for two courses: one in the morning (AM course), and one in the afternoon (PM course).

$475 for the 2 week duration of campSpace is limitedCourse descriptions and registration form available at:

Come and visit us at our Junior Voyageurs kiosk at the upcoming Central Parents’ Committee conference called Raising Awareness for Student Success “The Parents’ Role”. Learn more about the exciting courses our amazing teachers are offering this summer! Bring your chequebook too, as we will be accepting registrations on the spot.

When: April 6, 2013 Time: 8:30am - 1:30pm

ScheduleDrop off 8:30am - 8:45am

AM Courses 8:45am - 11:45pm

Supervised

PM Courses 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Pick Up 3:30pm - 3:45pm

Lunch

* Extended Day fees as follows:7:30am - 8:30am ($30/2wks/AM only)3:45pm - 5:00pm ($40/2wks/PM only) ($60/2wks/AM & PM)

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Broadway Bound Robotics-Beginner Geocaching Treasure Hunt Everything iPad! Design Engineering CSI Forensics for KidsScene Soup Play Production A Passion For FashionGlee Project Girl Power iCan Make Mobile MoviesMasked Theatre Eco-Earth Project Robotics-IntermediateComics Creation Artastic! ...and More!

Questions? juniorvoyageurs@lbpearson.qc.ca

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Junior Voyager Camp Coming This Summer! Sherwood Forest Book Report with a Literal

Twist; Classroom with a Virtual Twist

Mrs. Tubbeh assigned her grade 6 class book reports... but with a twist. The instructions were to make a 3D mobile addressing the five elements of the story: plot, character, conflict, theme and setting.

This twisty-turny creative for-mat was exciting for the students.

Zoey said “We get to be creative and we get to choose the book we want to read!”

Mrs. Tubbeh said the project aimed to prepare students for the grade 6 ministry exam, where they are required to write a nar-rative. “Now they know what makes up a good story,” she said. She added that her goal is to in-still in them the joy of reading and “enhance their critical think-ing skills by reviewing literature and commenting on it.”

Riley found that this new ap-proach helped motivate students

to read, saying “I don’t think I ever read this much during the Christmas holidays.”

After the students presented their mobiles, explaining their work, Ben said “the ideas were not all the same and that’s what made each presentation interest-ing.”

Julia and Genevieve liked the freedom of this project, say-ing “some people used hangers, strings, wires, pipe cleaners, etc. We loved this project because there weren’t many rules.”

Myriam said “I read the Hobbit and I fabricated my mobile based on a forest theme. I took two fake plants, taped them together, added a treasure chest and taped on cue cards. For me, this was a great experience and I truly think that I learned a lot. Thank you Mrs. Tubbeh!”

Interestingly, Mrs. Tubbeh said the idea emanated from a rap song that the students were intro-duced to through Edmodo.

Edmodo is an educational web-space similar to a social media network like Facebook that is helping to make learning fun for this grade 6 class. Using it for the first time this year, Mrs. Tubbeh posts assignments, videos and games that are related to their les-sons.

Conrad said “It helps people in our class that are struggling be-cause they can play games that are related to what they’re strug-

gling with.”Giancarlo said “I like the games

Mrs. Tubbeh posts on Edmodo!” and Sofia added “Edmodo helped me understand Math more and improve my marks. I used to hate fractions but now I can’t wait to do them in class.” Ben also said “Edmodo makes Math easier for a lot of people and they have im-proved.”

The virtual classroom also gives students a way to connect, stay organized, and communicate about their lessons. Noah said “I like Edmodo because there is a weekly planner that tells you what is due on what day.” Fran-cesco added “if kids want to ask something, they could say it on Edmodo and other students could answer.”

Myriam said “Our teacher mon-itors and posts games and videos. She makes sure that we don’t say hurtful things to each other. I love Edmodo!” And Riley sum-marized: “Edmodo helps us stu-dents learn in a way we want to. It’s great!”

On February 25th and 26th Dare to Care (an anti-bullying program) came to St. Anthony School. On Monday the 25th the entire staff; teachers, support staff, day-care and lunch staff came together all day to learn more about the bullying preven-tion program. It was extremely well received. The following day, Mrs. Lisa Wells, the coordina-tor of the program spoke to all our students. There were assem-blies in the morning followed by workshops for the students in the afternoon. The students learned how to help prevent bullying at school, how to deal with bullies

and how to become part of the “Caring Majority”. We highly sug-gest you ask your son or daughter what the following words stand for: “HA, HA, SO”. Posters re-

minding the students of this are found in every classroom and around the school. On the eve-ning of the 26th the parent com-munity was invited to Thorndale

to learn more about Dare to Care from Mrs. Lisa Wells. The parents who attended found it extremely helpful. You can find the parent handout on our website; it is well worth the read. You may also find the following websites very inter-esting on bullying, including cy-ber bullying. The first two were highly recommended by Mrs. Lisa Wells.

Humanservices.alberta.ca/Inter-netSafety/internetsavvy.html

www.getwebwise.cawww.cyberbullying.cawww.bewebaware.comwww.bullying.orgwww.commonsense.orgwww.definetheline.cawww.netlingo.com

St. Anthony Elementary School Dares to Care