We have had an amazing start to the school year! The students are settled, rou-

tines are being learned and lots of learning and fun are evident in the class-

rooms. THANK you to all the students and staff for a wonderful opening Mass

that we celebrated a few weeks ago. Thank you to the Grade Five students and

teachers and for everyone who helped out. Thank you to all the parents and

grandparents for joining us for our celebrations, your presence is greatly appre-

ciated. We are preparing for our THANKSGIVING Celebration which will be

on Friday Oct 10 at 9:30 am, led by our Grade 6A and 8A students. We are

asking families to donate Food Bank items for our local Food Bank. Thank

you in advance for your donations, it will be put to good use by needy families

in our community.

This time of year is a great time to give thanks to God for everything he has

given to us. I am thankful for my family, friends, my job, the students, staff

and parents at our great school. Take a few moments each day to reflect and

be thankful, it is a heart warming activity, share with your family what you are

thankful for.

In Christ,

Caroline Richards

October….a time to give Thanks

Coats for Kids 2

PARENT FORUMS and Faith Formation info 3

School Council News 4

Oct Calendar 5

Health 6

Workshops 8

Hands Up Awards 9

Inside this issue:

2014/2015 CURRICULUM HANDBOOKS FOR PARENTS

The Curriculum Handbooks for Parents offer in depth information about what

students are expected to learn at each grade level of the curriculum; the Curricu-

lum summaries provide concise, grade at a glance information; and the Curricu-

lum Express for Parents gives a short explanation of the curriculum. These three

documents can be downloaded at www.education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/

handbook.aspx. They may be downloaded for viewing and printed as required.

Catholic versions are the ones you will want to view.

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THANK YOU GOD

October 2014

How can you help your child with school ?

-Ask your child/children what they learned in

school, be subject specific

-Review agenda every evening

-Make sure they get to school before the

8:32 am start bell

-Read with them daily, ask them who,

what, where, when, why questions about

what they are reading

–100 % attendance -Homework time

-Help your child/children set goals for

themselves

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PARENTS please ensure that the

School Office has the current

address, phone number and email

addresses for each parent.

THANK YOU !!

DID YOU KNOW?

We conduct 6 Fire Drills and 2 Lock-

down Drills through the year. We

conduct the drills so that

students are safe in the event of a real

emergency.

NE WS LE TT ER TI T LE

Students are encouraged to ride their

bikes, scooters or skateboards to school.

WE ALSO encourage them to AL-

WAYS wear a helmet for their safety.

Once they arrive at school they are ex-

pected to stay OFF their skateboard, bike

or scooter until the end of the day when

they return home.

FREE GLASSES for

Kindergarten Students!!

Parents below is the link to access a

free pair of glasses for your child

http://www.optometrists.ab.ca/eye-

see-eye-learn

CROSSWALK: Remind your

children to ALWAYS use the

crosswalk in front of the

School. Please also DO NOT

stop in the middle of the road

and have your child/children

get out of the vehicle. This is a

safety issue and we want all of

our students to be safe.

T HA NK Y OU GOD

Thursday October 23, 7-9 PM

Monday November 24, 7-9 PM

Saturday, January 17, 9-11 AM

REGISTRATION FORUM FOR

PARENTS : If your child is in Grade

2,3,6 this year and will be receiving a

Sacrament they MUST be registered

during one of the following forums. All FORUMS take place at

Tranquille Hall, St. Joseph Catholic Church

Newsletter Insert 2014-2015

Article #2 October 2014

The Potential within Us

We are made no less than in the

image and likeness of God! Genesis

1:26-27. Within us is the potential

for us to achieve, with God’s grace,

all that God has dreamed for us.

Our God is a God of hope and pos-

sibilities.

The key element for us in discover-

ing what this potential might be is

to take this time to actually sit and

be with God and to listen to what

God has to say. We call this time

‘prayer’ and in this time of ‘ prayer’

we listen and offer up our thoughts

and ideas of what would be both

exciting and challenging for us to

pursue in life, both for ourselves

and for others. What are you pas-

sionate about? What kinds of things

bring you joy and happiness? What

do you hear God offering and an-

swering for you?

As we celebrate Thanksgiving this

month, may we be very thankful

that our gracious and loving creator

gave us the freedom to choose and

follow whatever dream we decide.

Let us pray that we not settle for

just any old, minimum sized dream

but rather let us shoot for a God

sized dream. And may our dream,

as the motto of St. Ignatius of Loy-

ola, founder of the Jesuit religious

order states, be one that allows us to

“go forth and set the world on fire!”

By Russ Snoble

Religious Education

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SACRAMENTAL Preparation Parent Forums Reconciliation (Gr2), 1st Communion (Gr.3) and Confirmation (Gr.6)

FAITH FORMATION

TERRY FOX National Walk Day:

Congratulations to our students and parents for

collecting and donating $6,084.80 towards

the Terry Fox Foundation. You are all so

amazing!! We are VERY PROUD of our ef-

forts!!

S C H O O L C O U N C I L N E W S The new year is upon us and your school council is in full swing. We had our annual AGM with the fol-

lowing results, Stacey Twerdochlib and Carrie Pangracs will continue to co-chair, Erin O’Connell was

elected to Vice-president, Pam Foley was elected as treasurer, Danielle Schmidt stayed on as secretary

and lastly Erin O'Connell stayed on as our Fundraiser coordinator.

Our fundraiser went home last week and there are some good treats in there.

With our fundraiser efforts this year we are looking into a few new things to help improve our school.

One of these would be updating our playgrounds. If you have any ideas and would like to share them we

welcome the input.

Thank you to all our new faces and welcome many more to our meetings; they are held the third Tuesday

of every month with the next one October 21 @6:45 PM. CHILDCARE will be provided.

ALL PARENTS are welcome to attend.

Sincerely,

Stacey and Carrie

Co-chair Holy Cross School Council

SCHOOL COMMUNITY TEAM

We are pleased to have the services of the School

Community Team. What is team? The team is

an inter-agency group that meets in each school

about once a month to help parents and students

who are in need of support from child centered

helping agencies. What services does

team offer? The team offers an opportunity for

parents to come into the school and be a part of a

case conference for parents and school staff.

Why attend team? If you or someone you know

is having a hard time with family relationships,

school problems like attendance or motivation, or

parenting problems then the Team is willing to

help. They can offer advice, suggestions, good

listening and referral information on a wide vari-

ety of topics.

How do I get the help? Phone the school and

ask the Principal or the Classroom Support

Teacher to book a time.

The service is free and confidential.

October 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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PD –pm only

No School in Afternoon

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Thanksgiving Celebration at

9:30 am

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Thanksgiving Day School

Closed

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Fundraiser ORDERS

Due No late orders please

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WACKY HAIR DAY

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Oct 19-25 Waste

Reduction Week in

Canada

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School Coun-cil Meeting at

6:45 pm

Childcare pro-vided

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Sacramental-Parent Regis-

tration Night @ St. Joe’s

Church 7 pm

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PD Day

School Closed

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St. Joe’s Church hosts a

Family

Halloween

Party 2-5 pm

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Nov 2 is

Catholic

Education Sun-day