Monday, September 19th
o
Open Gym Gr. 1
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Thursday, September 22nd
o Open Gym Gr. 4
o Home and School Meeting-7pm
o Lock Down practice
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Tuesday, September 20th
o Open Gym Gr. 2
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Friday, September 23rd
o Open Gym Gr. 5
o
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Wednesday,
September 21st
Monthly assembly
o
Open Gym Gr. 3
o
Cross country fun run at Ecole Des Pionniers at
3:15
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Upcoming Dates:
o September 29th -Photo
retakes
o September 30th- Terry
Fox Walk @ 11am
o September 30th-Toonies for
Terry
o Oct. 3rd, 5th,
12th, 14th- bus safety
o Oct. 5th- Fall
Fundraiser begins
o Oct. 6-7- No school for students;
Professional learning for staff
o Oct. 10th- Thanksgiving
Monday
o Oct. 11th-14th-
Kindergarten Registration for those beginning in Sept. 2017
o Oct. 19th-fundraiser
due
o Oct. 20th- Kick Off To
Kindergarten 6:30
o Oct. 26th- Take Me
Outside Day
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Information Items:
-Open gym starts this
week. By grade level, students who are
interested are able The website for the first
healthy lunch order period closes tomorrow at 5pm. If you have not yet
placed your child’s order, please go to http://www.fairvalehands.ca/healthylunch .
-Please make sure you
have returned the following forms:
ü
Volunteer form (which I have attached for your perusal)
ü
Fluoride permission slips and brochure
ü
Allergy Awareness
ü
Right to Information and the Protection of Privacy Act
(RTIPPA)
-The vast majority of
our grade 5 students applied for leadership positions. By Wednesday, Sept. 21st
all jobs will be assigned. Every effort is made to ensure that each child is
assigned one of their top three choices.
--Thank you to all families who have paid the $50 (per
student) student fee. Please pay
online at https://bigsanto.formbin.com/forms/fes_school_fees or send in a cheque made payable to “Fairvale Elementary”
by September 23rd.
-Cross Country Fun Runs will continue for grades 3-5 students continue until Oct. 19th. All runs
are on Wednesdays and begin at 3:15. A permission slip went home earlier in the
week and are due on Monday.
-Morning Open Gym starts will start on
Monday, September 19th with
Grade 1 students on Monday, Grade 2 students on Tuesday, Gr. 3 students on
Wednesday, Gr. 4 on Thursday and Gr. 5 on Friday. On their designated day,
children are welcome to go to the gym for activity stations instead of going to
the playground.
- Fall running club for interested grades 3-5 students
will begin the week of September 26th. Grade 3 students will run on
Mondays, grade 4 students on Wednesdays, and grade 5 students on Friday.
Permission slips will be sent by the end of next week.
- The Rainbows program will be offered this fall,
beginning in October. Rainbows is a program for children who have experienced a
significant loss in their lives through death, illness, divorce, separation, or
an-other painful transition. If you feel your child could benefit from
participating in this program or you have questions, please contact our
guidance counsellor, Ms. Casey at 847-6304 or kerry.casey@nbed.nb.ca. Even if your child has participated in the past, you must
contact Ms. Casey to sign them up again.
-The students have been doing very
well practicing our safety protocols.
We will have our lockdown practice on Thursday. On Tuesday, September 13th
we will have an announced fire drill and on Thursday, September, September 15th,
we will have an unannounced one. Our off site evacuation practice to True Life
Church will take place on Friday, September 16th at 11:15. A lock down practice will take place the
week of September 19th. Teachers have been practicing these
protocols with their children and we simply talk about being safe inside the
school and safe outside the school.
-The 2nd annual Tanya Shand Milk & Cookie Fun Run
to end the silence on Domestic Violence will take place on Saturday, Sept. 17th
at the qplex. Please see the flyer attached.
-Thank you to those who have stepped up to assist with our Home and School. Please see the members of our executive
below. We are still in need of a vice president and coordinators for a few
subcommittees. Attached please find a copy of our volunteer form for your
perusal. A hard copy will be coming on
Monday.
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President- Liz Tait
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Vice President- Vacant
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Treasurer- Heather Davidson
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Secretary- Traci MacVay
Our first Home and School meeting will take place on Thursday, Sept. 22nd at 7pm in the conference room. All
are welcome and encouraged to attend.
-Our weekly Family Connections
are also posted on our school website under the Synrevoice tab.
-Please
follow our school on Twitter @FairvaleFalcons.