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St. Bernadette School Newsletter Jan. 27, 2016

by St. Bernadette Elementary | Jan 28, 2016 | Newsletters, School Newsletter

St. Bernadette Elementary School

St. Bernadette Elementary

School Newsletter

January 27,  2016

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Highlights

 

• Sun Run Team

• New Family Information Night

• Open House

 

January 28th        –           New Family Info Night   7pm – 8pm

January 31st        –           Open House   9:00am – 1:00pm

February 3rd        –           Le Carnaval

February 4th & 5th           FISA Conference (NO SCHOOL)

February 8th       –           BC Day (NO SCHOOL)

 

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School News

 

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH

For the month of January, the school will be focusing on the virtue of faithfulness.  When we think of being faithful we tend to think of being loyal, true and constant.  Faithfulness demands fidelity to each other and to God.  Faith is not something we have, but something that we are in, much like a relationship.  Therefore, to practice faithfulness is similar to developing a relationship – you have to give it time and attention. Through out the month of January, we will bring this idea to our students and help them develop a deeper faithful life lived in the presence of God.

APPLICATION FORMS

Application forms for new students for the upcoming school year 2016-17 are now available and can be picked up from the school office. Families who have children entering Kindergarten will be given the application form with the Re-registration package. If you haven’t notified the office that you have a pre-school child applying for admittance for the 2016-17 school year, please do so as soon as possible.

 

Le CARNAVAL

Le Carnaval will be on Wednesday, February 3 from approx 9:15 am until lunchtime (12:15). Dismissal is as usual (2:15) .What to wear? Dress like Bonhomme Carnaval (white pants and top, red tuque, colourful belt or sash) a voyageur or coureur de bois (dark pants, long sleeve winter shirt, tuque, belt or sash) une duchesse (duchess) or les carnavaleux (winter festival-goers).If you would like to earn hours by helping prepare for Le Carnaval e.g. cutting out masks or during Le Carnaval, please contact the office.We look forward to hearing from you.

 

SIBLINGS

Please notify the school office if you have a pre-school child who will be applying for admittance for the upcoming school year 2016-17.

Please be reminded that if your child(ren) are in a before or after-school activity, siblings may not remain unattended at school. They must either be put into the Stingers Activity Club or be supervised by a responsible adult. Please note that we cannot be responsible for unsupervised children.  For more information on the Stingers Club please contact Sheila Vader at stingersclub@stbernadette.ca.

 

ST BERNADETTE SUN RUN TEAM

We would like to invite your family to join this year’s Vancouver Sun Run on Sunday, April 17, 2016.
It is our intent to make this day a family event.  You can run, jog, or walk the 10K course.  We need 20 people (students, parents and teachers) to participate so we can enter the Dairyland Youth Team Challenge.  Participants will receive a t-shirt with our school team name printed on the shirts.
Early Bird Rate is $23.10 for youth under 18 and $36.75 for adults.  Registration deadline for this rate is February 11th.
Training for the run will begin on Tuesday, February 9th at 3:15pm (is this time okay).  A full training schedule will be sent out to participants.
To register please complete the registration form and waiver being handed out to students on Thursday and return it to the school with your cash or cheque no later than February 9th.
Please contact Angela Lew at dna1595@gmail.com if you have any questions.

NEW FAMILY INFORMATION NIGHT AND OPEN HO– USE

We are currently accepting applications for all grades in the school.  Word of mouth is the best advertisement we can have for the school.  With that being said, if you own a business or know of a business that could put up a poster advertising the Open House, we will have copies in the office for you to pick up (they will also be available at the AGM).  We also have personal invitations made to give out if you know of a family that you believe would benefit from attending our school.

New families are encouraged to attend the New Family Information Night on January 28th from 7pm – 8pm in the school library.  Our Open House will be on Sunday January 31st from 9:30am (after Mass) to 1pm.  All are welcome!

 

Call for Volunteers

Mr. and Mrs. Caindec have made arrangements with a prominent bakery in Richmond to sell fresh bread by donation to families in our school and parish communities.  In order to make this work they are in need of volunteers (2 preferably) who can pick up the fresh bread in Richmond on Friday evenings and sell it on Saturday’s after mass.  If this interests you and you are able to help out or want to find out more information, please contact Claire and Mark Caindec at ckcaindec@yahoo.com.

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REMINDERS

 

Important information regarding payments to the school or parish.

The Bank of Montreal has a new system that reads cheques at the time the deposit is processed.

If the cheques do not meet the following requirements they could be rejected. It could become an onerous task to resolve for all parties involved, school, parents, and bank.

Requirements:

-no rips or tears

-no staple (even if staples are removed it could produce a tear)

-no tape

-write or print very clearly

-the box which you enter the amount numerically MUST BE VERY NEAT & CLEAR as this is where the amount is read by the machine at the bank –

ie.           125.00 or 3,250.00

(do not put slashes and dashes, only numbers, comas and decimals where needed)

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

ABSENT NOTES

If your child is away for any reason, it is imperitive that an absentee note be sent to the school indicating the reason of the absenteeism. It is not the school’s responsibility to notify you if a note has not been handed in. The Ministry of Education requires a note from students who are absent.  Failing to submit a note may jeopardize your funding from the government.

PARKING LOT

It has been brought to our attention that at times there are safety issues in the parking lot.  On occasion the safety cones have not been put out in the morning, we ask that you take extra precaution on such days.  Please do not drop off your child in front of the school, please observe all safety rules.

                                IMPORTANT

New Professional Development Dates

Dear Parents, Next year all public and independent school will be required to teach a redesigned curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 9. To assist in the transition, the Ministry of Education has been making efforts to prepare teachers and administrators in a variety of way. Recently, more resources were made available to all school in the province.   As a result, …

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