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St. Bernadette Newsletter January 5th, 2017

by St. Bernadette Elementary | Jan 11, 2017 | Newsletters, School Newsletter

St. Bernadette Elementary School

St. Bernadette Elementary

School Newsletter

January 5th, 2017

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Highlights

• Taste of the Nations

• New phone system

• Sexuality and Your Child Presentation (previously known as PSM – Parent Support Meeting)

• AGM

• Family Bingo Night

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

January 6th          School Mass

January 11th        Hot Dog Day

January 13th       Family Bingo Night

January 19th       6:30pm – 7:30pm – AGM – Annual General Meeting – Mandatory Attendance

January 19th       7:30 – 8:30 – Sexuality and your Child – Mandatory Attendance for parents of

children in grades 4-7.

 

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School News

 

30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – TASTE OF THE NATIONS

This year is a special year as we celebrate out 30th Anniversary.  There is much to honour as we reflect on our school’s history.  In celebration, we will be hosting a Taste of the Nations Celebration.  It will be on Saturday February 18th, 2017.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  Proceeds from the event will support our ongoing legacy projects such as the remodelling of the classrooms and the new Learning Commons.

We would like to invite all St. Bernadette families in the highly anticipated fun-filled event featuring food and entertainment from around the world, a silent auction, DJ music, cash bar, raffle draw, 50/50 draw, and much more!

Your presence helps bring our community together and forms excellent bonds between our families.  Tickets are only $25 each and will be on sale until Feb. 10th, 2017.  We have limited seating.  Tickets are NOT available at the door so don’t miss out! (no minors)

When purchasing tickets by cheque, please make cheques payable to 

St. Bernadette Parish.

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – AGM – THURSDAY JANUARY 19TH – 6:30PM – 7:30PM

St. Bernadette’s Annual General Meeting is taking on a new look this year.  Inspired by the model of the World Cafe, the evening is designed to be one of community building, dialog, and obtaining important information in regards to tuition, school improvements, funding, election of the Parent Support Group, and much more.  Attendance is mandatory for all family.  Every family that attends receives an hour towards their parent participation hours.

 

SEXUALITY AND YOUR CHILD PRESENTATION

On Thursday January 19th at 7:30pm (after the AGM), St. Bernadette Elementary will be hosting the Sexuality and you Child Presentations (for Grade 4, 5, 6, and 7 parents and guardians).  It is sponsored by the Archdioceses and attendance is mandatory.  The evening is part of the Religious Education and Physical and Health Education (PHE) courses for your child.  This night is designed to empower parents to recognize their role as primary educators in faith and truth in human sexuality.

Every session has a separate topic for parents and these topics change from year to year.   Each session is reviewed and updated each year so you can expect a fresh presentation even if you have attended specific sessions previously.  The objective of this evening is for parents to gain confidence in their ability to communicate about sexuality to their children. The speakers this year are:

Gr. 4 – Luise Van Nort – Signal Hill

Gr. 5 – Mike Field – CISVA Principal

Gr. 6 – Patrick Gillespie – CISVA Superintendent’s Office

Gr. 7 – Tia MacDougall – Signal Hill

 

NEW!! FUNDRAISING UPDATES

 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – TASTE OF THE NATIONS – The Taste of the Nations Committee is well underway with the planning of the event.  The committee is in need of support with set up and clean up and running various activities during the event.  If you are able to help out, please keep your eye on your emails for an alert from OnVolunteer.  We are in need of roughly 20 -30 parents to help with the event.

FAMILY BINGO NIGHT JAN 13th – After its huge success and popularity last year, we are excited to once again host this family fun event.  We are in need of volunteers to help run the event.  If you would like to sign up to help, please go to OnVolunteer to sign up or contact Stephannie Drysdale at fundraising@stbernadette.ca. Currently we are in need of volunteers to take payments and hand out bingo cards on the night of the event.

 

CHALICE FUNDRAISER

Thank you to all those who supported the Grade 6 Chalice Fundraiser in December. Due to your donations and support, we were able to raise $405.45 for this Catholic charity based in Nova Scotia. Thank you so much and all the best in 2017!

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Reminders

 

COLD AND SNOWY RECESS CONDITIONS

It is being predicted that this week it is going to be quite cold and that the snow is not going anywhere.  Children must come to school prepared to play outside in the snow.  This means proper footwear, gloves, warm jackets, toques, and other accessories to keep them warms and comfortable.  Thank you for your cooperation.

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fax: (604) 596-1550
admin@stbernadette.ca

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