Mr. Lehmann – Principal – Main Office Mme Anderson – Student Support Teacher Room #152 Mr. Blair Homeroom 10A Room 211 Mme Boisvert - Pre-K and Maternelle Room 155 Mme Bonneau Chevrier – Grade 1B Room 153 Mlle Dubeau – Homeroom 8/9B Room 207 Mme Fister – Homeroom 10B Room 215 Mme Fournier – Grade 2B Room 146 Mme Gauthier – Grade 11/12B Room 218 Mme Gingell Munteanu – Grade 6/7B Room 109 Mrs. Goepen-Bourgeois – K/1/2 A Room 143 Mr. Huyghebaert – Homeroom 6/7 A

Mrs. Lagassé Homeroom 11A Room 206 Mme Perrault Grade 3/4 B Room 144 Mme Pouteaux Grade 4/5 B Room 111 Mme Simonsen Elementary Subjects Mr. Simonsen Homeroom 12A Room 205 Mlle Stene Grade 3/4/A Room 117 Mrs. Tallon Homeroom 8/9A Room 219 Mrs. Bailey Librarian Room 157 Mrs. Mann Admin. Assistant Room 132 Mme Bissonnette Educational Assistant Mme Brisebois Educational Assistant Mrs. Cooper-Erickson Educational Assist Mrs. Crooks Educational Assistant Mme Salat Educational Assistant Mrs. Wojtowicz Educational Assistant PSSD Maintenance – Mrs. Pagan, Mr.Pagan, Mr. Martin, Mr. Newton, Mr. Remple Bus Drivers - Mr. Brin, Mr. Jamieson, Mr. Bourgeois, Mrs. Ratzlaff, Mr. Green, Mrs. Quigley

ÉCOLE

GRAVELBOURG SCHOOL

Fostering a positive community of learners – S’engager dans une communauté harmonieuse d’apprenants

240 – 1st Avenue West Gravelbourg Sk P.O. Box 930 S0H 1X0 (306) 648-2480 https://schools.prairiesouth.ca/gravelbourg/news/

Principal: Mr. Jody Lehmann

WELCOME BACK! BIENVENUE!

We are looking forward to a great year at École Gravelbourg School with our 256

students in grades Pre-K to 12! Allow us to introduce our ÉGS staff for the

2017 – 2018 school year: school year:

NEWSLETTER September 2017

IMPORTANT DATES:

TERRY FOX RUN

On Thursday Sept. 28th, students and staff at ÉGS will participate in the National Terry Fox School Run. We will take a few moments to honor Terry Fox and his remarkable efforts to raise money for cancer research. This will include a short presentation, a video and a walk in honour of Terry Fox. At lunch, students and staff will enjoy a hamburger/hot dog lunch with proceeds going to the Terry Fox Foundation. Many students took pledge sheets home. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity. Please be sure to return pledge forms and money to the school by September 26th. Celebrate the lessons of perseverance and

courage that Terry demonstrated during his

Marathon of Hope!

Sept 26 Assiniboia Career Fair – grades 11 & 12 Sept 28 Terry Fox Walk, Hat Day and Hot Lunch Sept 29 Wednesday Timetable Sept 30 Bantam Girls Volleyball Home Tournament Oct 3 School Pictures K -12 Oct 4–12 FCC Drive Away Hunger – Food Bank Donations Oct 9 Thanksgiving Day, No classes Oct 13 Monday Timetable Oct 16 No School – Staff Inservice Oct 20 Monday Timetable Oct 17-20 Education Week Oct 23 School Photo Retakes and Pre-K Oct 26 Paul Silveria Square Dance Workshop Nov 6 Early Dismissal Nov 13 Remembrance Day Holiday Nov 17 Student Led Conferences (& evening of the 16th)

The first of phase of the

K-7 Milk Program will

begin October 3

HOME LOGIC

Parents, if your child is in grades 9 – 12 and

you would like to have access to your child’s

marks, attendance, etc. please contact the

school office to obtain your Home Logic

username and password.

Please remember to call the office at 648-2480 or send an email to validate your child’s absence or

late arrival to: mann.leanne@prairiesouth.ca.

CANTEEN

The ÉGS Student Representative Council

operates and maintains the canteen.

Canteen funds are used to fund special

events throughout the year, and offer lunch

and snack items at noonhour for high

school students. Pop, chips and chocolate

bars are not canteen items.

FOOD & SCENT CONSIDERATION

ABSENCES/LATES

School Picture Day

Grades K -12 Tuesday October 3

Retakes & Pre –K

October 23

LEARNING IMPROVEMENT & GOALS

The teaching staff of École Gravelbourg School are driven to continue working with our students to improve reading, and have set the following goals for this academic year:

-80% of all students in grades 1 to 3 at EGS will comprehend at grade level what they read in English as measured by Fountas and Pinnell (grades 1-4). -80% of French Immersion students in grades 1 to 3 at EGS will comprehend at grade level what they read in French as measured by GB+.

- -75% of all students in grades 4 to 12 at EGS will be able to score Level 3 or higher on the Holistic Writing Rubric.

Students are encouraged to make reading a part of their daily home routine.

PARKING

Play & Learn Daycare kindly reminds EGS families that Daycare parking is for picking up and dropping off children from daycare only. Please help us keep our parking lot safe for our small children! ~Executive Director, Darla Hobday

RECESS FARMERS!

Grade 6B/7B News – Welcome back!

This year I have 11 students back for another year with me, and 11 students who are new to me and to our classroom routines. Welcome to my new students and their families. Students were quick to learn their new schedule. Mme Fournier is teaching Career studies, Mme Perrault is the grade 7 ELA teacher, Mlle Dubeau is teaching Science and I am teaching the remaining grade 6/7B subjects, including grade 6 ELA. We started off the year with some team building activities and challenges. Students used their reasoning and communication skills to solve a variety of problems. In math grade 6 students are reviewing place value while the grade 7s are working on divisibility rules. We are working on geography and reviewing past concepts in Social studies in addition to learning about current events. This year’s middle year’s goals are focused on improving the quality of student’s written work. We spent some class time completing a creative writing piece that will be used to determine areas that we need to focus on. It has been a great start to the year and I am looking forward to helping students grow in confidence, organizational skills, relationship building skills and knowledge. Have a great year!

En plus de mes onze élèves qui sont de retour cette année, j’ai onze nouveaux élèves. Bienvenue à eux et à leur famille. Mes élèves ont vite appris leur nouvel horaire. Cette année ils ont plusieurs enseignantes; Mme Fournier enseigne la sensibilisation aux carrières, Mlle Dubeau enseigne les sciences naturelles et Mme Perrault enseigne les arts langagiers en anglais aux élèves de la 7e année. Afin de développer la communication et la collaboration dans mon nouveau groupe d’élèves, nous avons débuté l’année en faisant des « défis » qui exigeaient la coopération et le raisonnement critique. En mathématiques, les 7e étudient les règles de divisibilité et les 6e apprennent les très grands et les très petits nombres. En sciences humaines, nous sommes en train de réviser les notions de géographie et d’étudier l’actualité. Chaque année, nous établissons un but pour nos élèves. Cette année, le but est d’améliorer leurs compétences en écriture. Les élèves ont écrit un passage que je vais examiner pour déterminer les meilleures stratégies à utiliser afin de combler les lacunes. C’était un bon début d’année. J’espère que nous allons passer une année pendant laquelle les élèves apprendront, deviendront plus confiants, mieux organisés et développeront leur esprit d’équipe.

Bonne année scolaire!

Mme Gingell

SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The École Gravelbourg School Community Council would like to welcome all new and former students to the 2017-18 school year. This year will be another busy year for the SCC supporting students learning and fostering community within our school. We provided muffins, fruit and juice the

first day of school with our Smart Start

Breakfast.

We will continue with Hot Lunches, the Christmas Lunch, a reading event, Fundraising events as well as continue to lobby the school division for different issues that arise in our school. We have also looked at the data from the “Tell Them From Me” Survey that students and parents filled out in the spring. Look for more information about the TTFM in the near future. We are also looking forward to our

Christmas Lunch in December. We will

graciously accept any food or monetary

donations to help provide this fantastic

meal for our students.

Please feel free to contact Kristine Goepen-Bourgeois if you have any questions or would like to be involved with the School Community Council in some way.

CROSS COUNTRY

While Cross Country is an individual sport

requiring dedication outside of school

hours, our club also meets twice a week.

During that time, we work on dynamics,

proper breathing, running and stretching.

Team members include: Camille, Zander,

Mikaya, Vaughn, Samuel, Jolie and Julien.

Vaughn, Julien and Samuel will be

representing our school at the invitational

meet in Moose Jaw on Tuesday, September

26. Best of luck!

Mme Gingell

4 O’Clock Rock

Mr. Simonsen, Mrs. Jobi Nichol and Mr.

Chad Tremblett are working with ten

high school students under the

umbrella of the Gravelbourg

Community Music Centre “Four O’Clock

Rock” program. Students will rehearse

for eight months, then perform a set of

songs for the school and for the

community in the month of May.

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball remains a very popular sport at GHS and is up and running. GHS is in need of volleyball officials. If you are interested in becoming a referee and earning a few dollars, please contact Mr. Lehmann.

Parents, please note that each team will soon (if not already) have a parent meeting where parents will receive information about the season schedule, expectations, volunteering opportunities, etc. Parents will be asked to lend a hand at the canteen during their son or daughter’s tournament. Parents will be asked to help out with transportation for tournaments. In order to drive students to and from school events, you must submit the following to the office:

- PSSD Driver Authorization Form

- Copy of driver’s license

- Copy of registration of vehicle

- Copy of insurance policy of vehicle (minimum $1 million liability, $2 million recommended). - Criminal record check. (If you have provided one to ÉGS in the past, please call Mr. Lehmann at 648-2480 to see if another one should be submitted.)

Thank you in advance for your help. All these events would not run smoothly without you.

Chers élèves, parents et membres de la communauté, venez encourager nos jeunes athlètes!

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

The Sr girls volleyball team has had a great

start to the season! The weekend of Sept 9-

10, the girls travelled to Swift Current and

came home with the Silver medal! Thank

you to Mrs. Neubeker for driving! Players on

the team are: Chloé, Kasey, Isabelle, Tarah,

Tyrese, Lianne, Mackenzie and Ashley.

Assistant coach is Mrs. Louise Boire Teixeira.

Good luck with the rest of your season!

Mme Pouteaux

GOLF

Coach: Mr. Blair Thank you to the members of the golf team

for coming out to practices and competing

in the Southwest Regional tournament on

September 9th at Thomson Lake Golf

Course.

A special congratulations to Rylan who

placed second in the senior boys category

and moved on

to Districts in

Coronach the

following

weekend. The

golf team will

resume their

practices and

play in the spring to prepare for invitational

tournaments to come. Information will be

announced in the spring. New members

are welcome.

Team Members: Rylan, Ethan, Ian, Derek,

Jonathan, and Matteo.

BANTAM BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Players: Éric, Zander, Kadin, Samuel, Matthew, Jonathan, Baden, Campbell, Tristen, Nolan, Julien and Aiden.

Coach: Mme Gauthier Assistant Coach: Mr. Richard Gosselin

The boys played in their home tournament Sept. 23rd where they improved

tremendously throughout the day and placed 3rd overall. Thank you to all our parents for their delicious contributions in the canteen and for all their great help. Thank you to many of our students who were also instrumental in making the canteen run so smoothly at our tournament. Best of luck to the boys in their upcoming league games and tournaments!

STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

The SRC sent 4 delegates to The Student Leadership Conference last week in Tisdale. They listened to motivational speakers and took in different sessions throughout the 3 day conference.

NOUVELLES de 3/4B

Nous avons commencé l’année en faisant de la

révision. On a découvert qu’on a oublié quelques

petites choses. On regarde la vie des pionniers et

on fabrique des cabanes a rondins. Les parents

pourront les voir à la première rencontre. On

pratique aussi comment faire des gestes sur la

scène pour être vu de loin.

We discovered that we forgot one or two things over the summer, so we are reviewing some concepts. The log cabins that we are building

should be available for viewing at the first student led conference.

IN & AROUND ÉGS

OPERATION CHRISTMAS

CHILD A Project of Samaritans Purse

Let us take the true meaning of Christmas to

children around the world.

This project involves filling shoeboxes with

gifts for impoverished children. The boxes

will be sent to a collection center in Calgary

and from there they are shipped around the

world to be distributed by International

Partners. The boxes are to arrive at their

destination before Christmas to bring love,

joy, hope and the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Members of the Church of Christ welcome

participation from the community of

Gravelbourg and surrounding area. Shoe

boxes and brochures with suggested items to

purchase are available for anyone who may

be interested.

This project can be done as a group, family or

as an individual. Single items will be

gratefully accepted as a donation towards a

box.

Gravelbourg collection week will be

November 6th to 15th. National Collection

week is November 13th to 19th.

Filled shoe boxes can be returned to École Gravelbourg School or directly to me, Gillian Third @ 306-648-3683.

Protect Yourself Against Influenza - Be

Immunized!

FREE FLU VACCINE FOR EVERYONE

Gravelbourg Parish Hall

Wednesday October 25, 2017 Thursday Nov 9,

2017 Drop In

12 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

If you have questions phone 648-1400