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JANUARY 2014

General Delivery, Cremona AB. TOM ORO

Phone : 1 (403) 637-3856

Fax: 1 (403) 637-3830

E-mail: cremona@chinooksedge.ab.ca

Website: www.cremonaschool.ca

Turning Today’s Learners Into

Tomorrow’s Leaders

CREMONA SCHOOL NEWS

The staff and students at Cremona School

would like to extend a huge thank you to the

Lions Cremona Branch. They are a pillar of

support to our school and continue to enrich

our students’ experiences. Many of our

programs and organizations such as the

Breakfast Program and The Cremona School

Enhancement Society have benefitted

immensely from the Club’s generous

donations. The Cremona Lions are dedicated

to our youth, many who have had their first

volunteer experience with the club. The

relationships that the Lions are fostering with

our students are priceless. We look forward to

continuing to work with such an inspiring

group of philanthropists!

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JANUARY 2014

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

The complete High School

Exam Schedule will be posted on

the school website

http://www.cremonaschool.ca

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WINTER

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BREAK

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NO SCHOOL

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GRAD BOTTLE DRIVE

STARTING AT

10:00AM

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BACK TO SCHOOL

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BAND SOCIETY MEETING

7PM LIBRARY

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MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE

3:15-5:00pm $2 ADMISSION

AUSSIE DAY

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English 30-1/2 Di-ploma Part

A

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PIZZA DAY

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English 30-1/2 Diploma

Part B

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PYJAMA DAY

LAST DAY OF CLAS-SES FOR

HIGH SCHOOL

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Social Studies 9

PAT

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Math 30-1 /30-2 Diploma

Science 9 PAT

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GRADES 8-12 SKI TRIP TO

SUNSHINE

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ORGANIZATION-AL DAY

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Inside this Issue:

Fantastic Friday Update…..3 Division News….. 4-6

Counsellor’s Corner…...7 Bouquets & Celebrations…...8

School Program….…9-11 Community News…...12-17

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The Fantastic Friday that took place on October 18, 2013 was a huge success as our students

participated in 18 different engaging activities – the Fire Truck demonstration even made the

newspaper! The remaining dates are February 14, 2014 and May 9, 2014 and the sessions will be held

from 2:00-3:00pm. We hope to offer a variety of activities to our students this year and we are

currently recruiting presenters from our amazing community!

The potential for engaging and authentic learning in this program is immense. The philosophy is

that this program gives all Cremona School students opportunities to focus on areas of special interest

or talent that may not otherwise be offered in the regular classroom. Each age group (K-3, 4-7, 8-12)

will have multiple, age-appropriate activities from which individuals (or their parents) may choose to

participate on each ‘Fantastic Friday’. Students will benefit from the expertise and passions of people

in their community and be exposed to a wide-variety of hands-on activities. Additionally, students will

be working in multi-age groups where positive relationships will be fostered.

If you or someone you know would be interested and able to provide a unique learning experi-

ence for any of the age groups that can be completed in one hour please contact Shaleen Kellert or

Shauna Ward at the school so that we can arrange the details.

Thank you in advance for your support,

Shauna Ward Shaleen Kellert

sward@chinooksedge.ab.ca scarson@chinooksedge.ab.ca

Fantastic Fridays are

generously funded by The

Cremona School

Enhancement Society!

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Focusing on health and wellness

A message from the Superintendent

It is fitting that we start the new year with a renewed focus on efforts being made to support the health and well-being of our students, staff and families. We know that ensuring a healthy physical and social environment in our schools can positively impact student performance and academic achievement, and people in our schools work hard every day to help each of our students reach their full potential.

Ensuring the health and wellness of our students begins with their safe transportation to school each day. Through the efforts of our division and school leaders, and with the support of our Board, we have been able to begin structur-ing a new approach to how we will respond as a division to Inclement Weather. We are working on updating this pro-cedure so that our students, staff and families can begin each school day with safety foremost in mind. To review the December 17th letter which outlines the changes to our Inclement Weather response, please visit our website at www.chinooksedge.ab.ca.

I thank everyone whose efforts are supporting these priorities, and I wish all of our Chinook’s Edge families a happy and healthy new year.

Kurt Sacher

Superintendent of Schools

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Counsellor’s Corner

The current Grade 12s are well on their way to Post-Secondary! All but four have had their interviews, the rest will be complet-

ed the first 2 weeks of January. They have made excellent and informed choices which include the University of Calgary, Uni-

versity of Alberta, University of Lethbridge, Mount Royal University, Red Deer College, Olds College, and SAIT! Parents and

students, our “local scholarships” will be arriving soon so please call if you have questions! This includes the Lion’s Volunteer-

ism one and the Mountain View Credit Union scholarships. Also remember post-secondary schools offer their own scholar-

ships so be sure to check this out on their web-sites.

I would like to thank the grade 12 students who talked to our younger students about the importance of good marks, attending

Post-Secondary Open Houses, and the Encounters Program.

I will begin the Grade 11 interviews in February, some of them already have next year planned and others are still researching.

We will also do some personality surveys for those who have no idea!

I will also be spending some “career time” with the Grade 9s and 10s in February and March and hope to take a bus to Calgary

to tour SAIT and Mount Royal University towards the end of the year with the grade 10s and 11s.

GRADE 8 PARENTS: I have worked twice with this group and cannot believe their questions and interest level! We discussed

the importance of their marks NOW for high school and looked at the differences in colleges, universities, and trades. They

then looked at brochures for post-secondary and talked about how much money it costs to attend a college or university.

Parents or students if you have any questions on Post-Secondary, High School graduation requirements, or scholarships please

call me!

Ruth Dougherty

Academic Counsellor

Spring Break of 2015 current Grade 9, 10, and 11 students (and or parents) are invited to spend 12 days in France and Italy! The tour begins in Paris, then to Nice, Cinque Terre (Italy), Siena, Rome, and finishes with the Capri. Please contact Mme. Dougherty for

details!

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Bouquets & Celebrations Thank you to all the amazing parents and grandparents who

came out to help with the elementary skating! Transporting the skates, tying the skates and helping on the ice. Your help makes the valuable activity possible.

Thank you to all that donated to the food bank, we collected over 1200 items! Congratulations to gr 4, 8 and 10 for collecting the most points.

Congratulations to the following students for their Poppy Posters and Poems that were submitted to the Royal Canadian Legion Cremona Branch in 2013:

Kindergarten Colour

1.Tyler Lema

2. Kaylee Cunningham

3. Teaghan Bates

Grade 1 Colour

1. Rowen Hurt

2. Charlotte Reid

3. Madyson Martin

Grade 2 Colour

1. Keegan Collins

2. Jayce McKean

3. Rilyne Tetz

Grade 3 Colour

1. Carmen Reid

2. Sebastian Lorenc

3. Rhyatta McConnell

Grade 4—Colour

1. Zoe Montgomery

2. Hunter James Cameron

3. Jeanavieve Bird

Grade 5 Colour

1. Kaidence Lashmore

2. Chase Hunt

3. Kenneth Friesen

Grade 6 Colour

1. Jodie Minton-Dyke

2. Paige Lambert

Primary Colour—Passed to Legion Zone

1. Sebastian Lorenc

2. Charlotte Reid

Junior Colour

1. Chase Hunt

2. Jodie Minton-Dyke

Grade 4 Black & White

1. Brooke Reid

2. Maxwell Olson

3. Quintin James Bosch

Grade 5 Black & White

1.Chase Hunt

2. Paige Fenton

Grade 6 Black & White

1. Calla Myram

2.Xian Rong Xi Kerfoot

3. Gracie Pawson-Smith

Junior Black & White

1. Calla Myram

2. Chase Hunt

Grade 5 Essay—Chase Hunt

Grade 6 Essay

1.Jodie Minton-Dyke,

2. Xian Rong Xi Kerfoot

3. Gracie Pawson-Smith

Junior Essay

1. Xian Rong Xi Kerfoot 2.Jodie Minton-Dyke

Grade 6 Poem

1.Xian Rong Xi Kerfoot 2.Calla Myram

3. Gracie Pawson-Smith

Junior Poem

1. Xian Rong Xi Kerfoot 2.Calla Myram

Grade 7 Colour

1. Connor Hunt

2. Kacey Sewepegahan

Intermediate Colour

1. Connor Hunt

2. Kacey Sewepegahan

Grade 7 Black & White

1. Connor Hunt

Grade 9 Black & White

1. Roxanne Hahn

Intermediate Black & Whit 1.Roxanne Hahn

2. Connor Hunt

Grade 7 Poem

1. Connor Hunt

2. Ryatt Elizabeth Nugent

3. Logan Bender

Intermediate Poem

1. Connor Hunt

2. Ryatt Elizabeth Nugent

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Leadership News

Welcome 2014! Hopefully the weather will be more cooperative this year and we will be able

to get all of our events completed. Due to the loss of class time in December a lot of our

events had to be cancelled such as our Movember campaign ( which we hope to do this

month), middle school Christmas dance, door decorating and much more. We appreciate

your patience and understanding.

Thanks to all that brought in food for the food drive, even with our shortened collection time

we still collected over 1200 food items! Congratulations to grade 4, grade 8 and grade 10 for

earning the most points. On Friday January 10, we will be having our first middle school

dance, a New Years dance, entrance is purchase of $2 party favor, at the door. In honor of

our exchange teacher Mr. Fuller, January 10 will also be Aussie Day. Dress up in the coun-

tries colours, wear your UGGs, use your imagination. January 22 will be Pajama Day, in hon-

or of the last day before exams for high school. A big thank you to all that purchased Rafikki

bracelets, we raised $560 for the people in Africa. If demand remains we will be selling them

again for Valentine’s Day.

BAND NEWS

Band Society meeting January 8 at 7:00 in the library. Thanks to everyone for supporting the band concert in December. Mr. Jacobson will miss you all!

Darren Jacobson

The grade 3 class will be skating on Thursday, January

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from 2:20 to 3:00. Any parents that would be able to

help with tying skates or skating with us, would be very

much appreciated

Save your bottles! Grads will be coming

around January 4, starting at 10:00am

or simply drop them off at Neilon’s

parking lot.

There are 2012/2013

yearbooks

left. Please bring $25

to Mrs. Paige Murphy

if you’re interested in

buying one before

they’re all gone.

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Skating

Schedule January 2014 Tue Wed Thu

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Grade 1 –11:15 - 12:15

Kinder - 2:00 - 3:00

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Grade 5 -10:00 -11:00

Grade 2 - 11:15 -12:15

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Grade 3 - 2:20 - 3:10

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Grade 7 -10:00 -11:00

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Grade 8 - 9:00 - 10:00

Grade 5 -10:00 - 11:00

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Grade 7 -10:00 -11:00

Grade 3 - 2:20 - 3:10

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Grade 7 -10:00 -11:00

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Grade 8 - 9:00 - 10:00

Grade 5 -10:00 -11:00

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Grade 7 -10:00 -11:00

Grade 3 - 2:20 - 3:10

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Grade 7 -10:00 -11:00

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Grade 8 - 9:00 - 10:00

Grade 5 -10:00 -11:00

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JANUARY 2014 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tuesday, January 6— Senior Home Game vs. DHS 5:00pm

Wednesday, January 8—Senior @ Olds Koinia 5:00pm

Thursday, January 9—MS Boys @ Hugh Sutherland, Carstairs 4:00pm

January 10-11—Senior Boys Tournament in Drumhellar

Monday, January 13—MS Girls @ River Valley, Sundre 4:00pm

Senior Game @ WG Murdoch School, Crossfield vs. Hugh Sutherland 5:00pm

Wednesday, January 15—Senior Game @ Hugh Sutherland High School, Carstairs 5:00pm

Thursday, January 16— MS Boys Game Home Game vs. Deer Meadows 4:00pm

Senior Game @ Olds High School @ 5:30pm

Monday January 20—MS Girls Home Game vs. Westglen 4:00pm

Thursday, January 23—MS Boys Home Game vs. OKCS 4:00pm

Thursday, January 30—MS Boys @ River Valley, Sundre 4:00pm

The Jr. A Girls basketball team has a home game on February 6th at 7:00pm. Come out and cheer on our girls!

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CREMONA SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 The Science Fair is open to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Agenda:

Location: School Library. Set-up time: Before 8:30 am Judging: 8:45 am—1:00 pm Public Viewing: 1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Presentations: 2:30 pm in the Cremona School Gym

Guidelines:

Handbooks are available from, the office, or Mrs. Ortman.

Students participating in an experiment/study/innovation project are encouraged to review the handbook for any restrictions.

Reminder that students may do an educational display, however it will not qualify for awards or to advance further.

The school library is open on school days from 8:00 am—4:00 pm for research and computer use.

Trifold display boards are available at the School office - $10.

School participants in Grades K—12 can advance to the County Science Fair in Olds – Date to be announced.

Grades 5—12 can advance to the Central Regional Science Fair held in Red Deer on April 11th to April 12th.

Judging Procedures:

Each project will be seen by at least 2 judges. Please help your child prepare for the oral presentation part of the judging. (See

handout on how they will be judged).

If 2 students are working on a project together, they will need to decide who is talking about which part. This will help with the flow of

their presentation.

Every student is required to keep a logbook of their activities throughout the project.

Students will get a copy of the judges’ comments and may make changes to their project before competing at the next level of com-

petition.

Grades 5—12 need a project summary (See handbook). **** Please pick up a handbook—there are changes that you need to be

aware of. ***At the Central Regional Science Fair there a number of prizes that can be won. Reminder: One Grade Twelve student

will be awarded free tuition to the Red Deer College.

If you would like to be a judge or you are interested in helping with set-up or clean-up, please contact Mrs. Ortman at 637-

3856.

Cremona School Science Fair Entry Form—Wednesday, Feb. 12th, 2014

Student:______________________________________________________Gr.______________

Student:______________________________________________________Gr.______________

Phone:_____________________________ Phone:___________________________

Project Title:_____________________________________________________

Do you need an electrical outlet? Yes/No

Reminder: Your project should not be more than 1.2 m wide or 3.5 m high

*Please circle the description of your project below:*

1. Circle if your project is an Experiment / Study / Innovation (These projects will be judged - scientific procedure is required)

2. Educational Display

I have read the above information and give consent for my child to participate in the Cremona Science Fair.

Parent’s signature:_______________________________________________________

Parent’s signature:_______________________________________________________

Please return this entry form to Mrs. Ortman by Wednesday, February 5th, 2014.

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Test Stress: What to do for your wellbeing!

It’s that time of year. Does the word “test” make your stomach drop? Test stress is very common, but there are ways to

beat so can arrive at test day feeling prepared, relaxed and calm.

How it feels:

Test stress usually starts off as a nagging worry. You might want to put off studying because you don’t want to face it, or

you might think negative thoughts, like: “I am going to fail this test”, or “If I fail the test, then I am a failure”. On test day

or during the best you might experience the following:

Pounding, racing heart

Difficulty breathing

Sweating

Upset stomach and diarrhea

Dizziness

Mind going blank

Put it into perspective:

Studying and preparing for the test are the best ways to decrease test stress.

Study as best you can and try to relax, deep breathing helps if you are feeling tense, and you can do this at

any time.

Try to remember that tests are only one part of how you will be graded; teachers also have other

means including presentations, essays and group projects in which to determine a grade.

If you find yourself thinking negative thoughts like “I will never do well on tests” or “I am going to fail” try

to replace them with more realistic thoughts, like “I just need to try my best” or “I know I can do

this”.

If you put pressure on yourself to get perfect on your tests, it’s important to know that this just isn’t possible.

Remember that everyone makes mistakes, and that’s okay.

Here are some helpful test taking tips.

Arrive on time – at least 5 minutes before so you are settled and don’t feel rushed.

Come prepared – Bring any materials that you need.

Take a deep breath – try to stay calm, you have studied and you are there to do your best.

Put your first and last name on the test … you would be surprised how students forget this.

Read it over – after you receive the test, read through the questions, this will help you manage you time.

Read the instructions carefully – try to do what the question is asking and you don’t have to write any

more than you are asked.

Move on: If you don’t the answer to a question, circle it so you can come back to I later and move on to

the next question.

Manage your time – spend you time on questions that are worth more marks.

Multiple choice – with multiple choice questions, try to think of the answer before looking at the choices.

When you are done the test, read it over before you hand it in. When the test is over remind yourself that

you did try your best. Don’t fret about what you got wrong, the test is done and you can’t change the

outcome. Reward yourself by hanging out with friends or participating in your favorite activity.

Taken From: Alberta Health Services, Exam Stress Information Brochure.

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EVENT DATE: Thursday, April 10/14, Robb Nash LOCATION: Cremona School (206 –3rd St E. , 403-637-3856)

SHOW TIME: 9:15-10:15am (setup begins at 7:45am)

ROBB NASH – CONCERT AND PRESENTATION

Robb is becoming nationally known for leaving a successful music career in order to share his dra-matic story and inspire young people from coast to coast.

Robb was the victim of a serious car accident, a head on coll ision with a semi - truck. He was found with a fractured skull and pronounced dead. Before the ambulance arrived at the hospital, Robb’s pulse had miraculously returned. After a diff icult recovery, and despite signif icant physical and emotional scars, Robb was left with a new outlook on life.

He started his band to share his philosophy through the medium of music, and soon had songs in the Canadian Top 10. Robb saw musical success as a platform from which to inf luence and moti-vate young people. Robb put aside the stadium touring circuit, to speak to youth in their schools across the country, playing his songs and sharing their meaning.

Robb and his band bring their presentation to more than 200 schools through 150 shows each year. He speaks to over 50,000 students directly, and touches another 500,000 through other mediums like Facebook and YouTube.

Robb exudes posit ive energy in story and song, and sensit ively deals with many serious issues that he’s experienced f irsthand. He relates directly to the youth of today and inspires them to make changes in themselves and the world around them.

“I ’ve spoken to thousands of young people across Canada. So many are missing out on their desti-nies. The issues they’re dealing with are consistent, and I knew that i could use my inf luence and my music to help. I went through a severely traumatic experience before I realized how important each day and each decision is. I don’t want them to have to f ind out the same way.”

Sourced From: The Robb Nash Project, 2013.

Cremona Fun Team Hockey League will be hosting a tournament on the weekend of

January 18th & 19th ,2014.

Please come out and cheer on our teams! Great draw prizes and 50/50 raffles!

If your company would like to donate please call Stacey at 403-932-4188 for further information on how your business

can be recognized.

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AMA Driver Training

Is coming to CREMONA School and the classroom portion dates are

confirmed as:

Thursday, January 30th à 4-8 pm

Friday, January 31st à 9 am - 4.30 pm ( No school)

Saturday, February 1st à 9 am – 4.30 pm

Please remember:

All participants MUST have a Learner’s License or a Class Five

Operator’s License.

AMA fees for this course are $829 for AMA Members and $879 for

Non-Members (plus GST)

There are still a few seats available. To pre-register or more

information, contact Laura Allen at 403-637-3788.

Fencing is an exciting sport and is a great activity for the entire family. Our club offers foil

lessons for ages 8+.

Beginning Students –

Registration and the First Class:

Tuesday, Feb. 4th 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.

Cost:

$100 – Club Fee for one Semester

$30 – Alberta Fencing Fee

$25 – Fencing Glove

$25 – Body Wire

Returning Students –

Registration and the First Class:

Tuesday, January 7th 7:00-8:30

Contact: Lorraine Ortman 403-337-3503

Location:

Upper level of the Carstairs Arena

Web Site: www.fencing.ab.ca

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