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School Contact Information:

Principal: Michael Murphy Superintendent: Bruce MacPherson School Council Co-Chairpersons: to be

determined at our first meeting in Octo-

ber. Secretary: Norma Jeanne King Trustee: William Goetz

Our next newsletter will be sent home the week of September 18, 2006

Immaculate Conception School

FAMILY UPDATE

Formosa, Ontario N0G 1W0

Phone: (519)367-2900 Fax / Voice Mail : (519)367-5283

Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Vol. MMVII, Issue 1

Immaculate Conception School

FAMILY UPDATE

Safe Arrival Voice Mail / Ligne d’assiduité: (519)367-5283

School Council—Conseil de l’école

Co-Chairpersons/Co-Présidents:

Amber Metcalfe and Susan Dietz

Board Administration—Administration du conseil

Director of Education/Directeur d’éducation:

Catherine Montreuil

Superintendent/Surintendante: Francine Pilon

Trustee/Commissionaire: Bev Eckensweiler

Principal/Directrice: Christine Pfeffer

Secretary/Sécrétaire: Lynn Hahn

Our next newsletter will be sent home

the first week of June.

Notre prochain bulletin sera

la premiere semaine de juin.

Bulletin de l’École

Immaculate Conception

School Newsletter

Formosa, Ontario N0G 1W0

Phone/Téléphone:(519)367-2900

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

jeudi la premier mai, 2014

~ Prayer to Mary ~

Gracious and Loving God, as Mary said “YES” to

Your will, may we too be open to Your plan for our lives. We

thank you for the gifts of compassion, service and enthusiasm

shared by our school community. Trusting in Your goodness and

with forgiving hearts, may we respond, like Mary, to Your call to

holiness through mutual respect, humility and patience with one

another. Bless us Lord with a spirit of co-operation as we move

through our days, always being mindful of Your great love for us.

Amen.

BRUCE GREY CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD – VISION STATEMENT

Committed to a vibrant Catholic education, we ensure quality learning experiences through community partnerships that nurture each student in mind, body and spirit and

embrace the teachings of Christ, giving witness to Gospel values.

MIDWESTERN ONTARIO ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS

PIANO SOLO

First Second Third Fourth Xavier Legace Teo Remers Baxter Legace

Michael Keyzer

Keifer Teeple

Matthew Donnelly x2

PIANO DUET

First Second Third

Baxter Legace

Spencer Teeple

Keifer Teeple

VIOLIN SOLO VOCAL DUET FESTIVAL BAND First Second School Band placed 3rd

Katie Myatt

FESTIVAL CHOIR School Choirs received 2 firsts

VOCAL SOLO

First Second Fourth Meredith Legace

Saskia Remers

TAP DANCING IRISH DANCING

First Second First Tori Saunders Teo Remers Elena Dobson

Sara Fortney Saskia Remers Madalynn McGregor

Jayda Widmeyer Sophia Herchmer Avery McGregor

Kali Fischer

BALLET

First Second Karina Hahn Evalynn Seely

Saskia Remers

HIP HOP

JAZZ MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE MODERN DANCE

First First First

Brooklyn Patton Karina Hahn Hannah Metcalfe Hannah Metcalfe

Cara Zettler Gracie Metcalfe Brooklyn Patton

Saskia Remers Brooklyn Patton

Teo Remers

Gracie Metcalfe

Kali Fischer

Ellie Biesenthal

Sara Fortney

Jayda Widmeyer

“Let the same

character

be in you that was

in

Christ Jesus”

Philippians 2.5

May Virtue

Integrity Integrity is following the example of Jesus, by stand-ing firm for what we believe, even when it is hard. A person of integrity follows his/her conscience, making choices which are loving and life giving.

“If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for

anything.”

You can reinforce the virtue of Integrity by using your Catholic Culture of Deep Caring calendar

at home.

Our Catholic Culture of Deep Caring Calendar

Week One •I follow the teachings of Jesus in my

daily life.

Week Two •I stand up for what I believe and what

my conscience tells me to do.

Week Three •I say what I mean and mean what I

say.

Week Four •I work for justice in all circumstances.

Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”

“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”

Thank you to Julia and Steve Ernewein and family and Robin and Jennifer Oberle and family for donating trees to make our future school yard more beautiful! Merci! Thank you to the Dirven family for tending to our school flower beds.

Support Staff We would like to thank Mrs. Hahn, Mrs.

Schefter, Mrs. Fischer, Zach Harper,

Keaton Rich and Mrs. Batte for their

endless support and dedication to our

school. We are truly blessed to have them

as part of our school community.

THANK YOU —- MERCI!

Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for their effort in demonstrating the following virtues: Forgiveness Logan Chamberlain Aidan Monk

Xavier Legace Lachlan Alexander

Jace Fischer Jacob Girdler

Will Kueneman Nick Holman

Saskia Remers Cameron Ernewein

Zach Girdler Tyler Nichols

Kindness

Caleb Chamberlain Meredith Legace

Brody Grubb Gil Schumacher

Gracie Metcalfe Katelyn Schnurr

Ethan Fischer Samantha Henhoeffer

Alexa Schlosser Reagan Bujold

Compassion

Marlee Strauss

Catholic Education Week: Serving in the Love of Christ Catholic schools are Catholic communities. Catholic schools are faith communities. We – parents, students,

teachers, administrative and support staff – walk and grow together in the faith which we received at our Bap-

tism. And it is ‘together’ that we grow. Our growth is primarily a relationship with God, who at our Baptism,

called us by name. But the response of each of us to that growth is both personal and communal. We grow in

our faith in the nurturing atmosphere of our Catholic community be that of our local parish, our home, or our

Catholic school community.

Our school community will celebrate Catholic Education Week 2014 in ways that are appropriate to our stu-

dents’ age. We invite you to participate in these activities as your personal time and work schedule may

permit.

There are five sub-themes for each day of Catholic Education Week:

Monday – Serve with faithfulness

Tuesday – Serve with humility

Wednesday – Serve with compassion

Thursday – Serve with justice

Friday – Serve with joy

Every year, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) provides our Catholic schools with a

resource kit to help schools prepare for Catholic Education Week. Using these resources as well as our own

developed activities we have prepared a series of activities which will highlight how our school is ‘Serving in

the Love of Christ’.

We hope to see many of you during our school celebrations.



CONGRATULATIONS! ICS competed at the Rotary Music Festival On April 25th. Mme Barnard’s grade 5 class and Mrs. Meyer’s and Mme Barnard’s Choir,

brought home 2 Golds.

Mme Bushey’s Band also competed at Festival and brought home a bronze

medal.

Our students

represented ICS very well. We are extrememly proud of them!

Early Dismissal Day Wednesday, May, 7th 2014

Dismissal is at 1:20PM

Happy Birthday to the following

students who are celebrating their birthday in MAY:

Kathleen Myatt

Abby Mitchell

Delaney Mitchell Madisson Valad

Austin Rich Darren Rich

Denise Fischer-Edney Keegan Fischer

Anika Weppler Matthew Bruder

Katelyn Schnurr Ellie Grubb

Emma Culbert Jayda Widmeyer

Paige Haight Skylyn Cassidy

Madison Field Baxter Legace

Tanner Grubb Avery McGregor

Madalynn McGregor Gladys Dietrich

Ethan Fischer Madelyn Mulvey

Nevin Schumacher Grayden Hahn

Rain Bester Liam Newton

Immaculate Conception School— Formosa

Mission Bazaar Friday May 9th

1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Proceeds to local missions

School Track and Field Meet

in Mildmay May 21st

Board Track and Field Meet

Tuesday, June 17th in

Kincardine at the Davidson

Centre

May 5 – May 11, 2014 For 7 days in 2014, students and their families are challenged to Turn Off The Screens (TVs, computers and video games) except for homework. See how much fun your family has without TV.

Each student will receive a log-sheet to be signed by a parent for turning off the screens and getting active

The 3 Grey Bruce schools with the greatest percentage of log sheets returned will receive a mounted

plaque for display in their school Turn Off The Screens! Get Up and Get Moving!

Go to www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca and click on the Turn Off the Screens logo for further informa-tion or to download your log sheet Call Jason Weppler, Grey Bruce Health Unit, for more information at 519-376-9420 ext. 1408

http://www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca

CONGRATULATIONS !

Sage Martin and Matthew Bruder The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board will honour students at an “Applause Breakfast” in Chesley on May 5th. Two students from each school in our Board were selected. Sage and Matthew demonstrate the virtues of our Catholic Faith on a regular basis, and are a true blessing to our school community. They were chosen based on their ability to act as role models, their respect for our Faith, our school and our community and their many ongoing small acts of kindness.


Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love” -

Let us remember

in prayer June McDonald

Grandmother to Nickolas and Victoria Holman

“Gracious God, loving Creator,

welcome June into

paradise.

In your love, lead her into the

unending joys of your presence

where every tear will be wiped away,

and there will be no more sorrow.

Amen.”

The school office

is a very busy

place in the

mornings. We love

to hear from all of our families,

however, if the reason you are

calling is to report a student

absence please use the safe

arrival line.

519 367 5283.

Thank you!



Sunday First Communion

Immaculate Conception

Church 11:00AM

All are Welcome!

Monday

“Serve with Faithfulness”

-Applause Breakfast

-Prayer Service

-students will participate in

an art activity “Colour your

Dove”

-Random Acts of Kindness

Tuesday

“Serve with Humility” -Whole school lunch sponsored by

Parent Council

-Trinity Group guests

-Teacher swap in the PM

Wednesday

“Serve with

Compassion” -Early Years Orientation

for our new JK’s

-Class reading buddies

-Early Dismissal

-Students dismissed at

1:20PM

-CEW dinner at 6:30

Thursday

“Serve with Justice” -students will participate in

an activity “I Nuture my

Faith”

Friday

“Serve with Joy” -3 school Mass at Immaculate

Conception Church

-Mission Bazaar in the afternoon

from 1:00-3:00 PM

Catholic Education Week Activities at ICS

“Serving in the Love of Christ” May 4th - May 9th

EQAO Grade 3 and Grade 6 students are preparing for the EQAO assessment. This is not an activity that should cause anxiety for the students. Students are encouraged to do their best and to enjoy the opportunity to show off their academic skills. Parents are strongly encouraged to avoid booking appointments during this time period. When students miss a portion of the testing they are required to complete the missed portion first, before he/she can move on to the next phase. More information will be coming home closer to the date.

The EQAO assessment will occur Monday, May 26th to Thursday, June 5th

Please contact the classroom teacher if you have any questions

about the process, areas of focus or how to specifically assist

your child.

New Orleans Fundraising

Nights New Orleans is once again supporting

our schools by donating 50% of what you

spend on May 5th, 6th and 7th from 4PM

until close. Please consider taking your family out for

dinner on May 5th, 6th or 7th.

A coupon is needed. Coupons have been sent home

with your children. They are also posted on

www.neworleanspizza.ca or you can go to

www.bgcdsb.org select Immaculate Conception

School and click the parent tab then forms to print a

copy. This is an easy way to support our wonderful

school. Thank you for your support! Merci!

Bluewater Regional Science Fair: On April 2nd and April 9th

Katie and Colin Myatt went to Owen Sound to compete at the Bluewater

Regional Science Fair. Katie’s project was called I-Scan. She used an I-Phone to

scan for fingerprints on low contrast surfaces. Katie received 1st place for her

project and will be participating in the Canada Wide Science Fair Competition to

be held the week of May 10th to the 17th. She also received the Engineering

Award. Good Luck Katie!

Colin’s project was called O2 How About You? Colin tested the level of oxygen

in water after items like plants and oil were added to it. Colin received third place

for his

project. He also received the Marine Award. Well done!

Immaculate Conception School— Formosa

COMMUNITY / PARISH NEWS COME HIKE WITH US! The 2nd Annual “Hike for Hospice” will take

place on Sunday, May 4th at 1:00PM in the Village of Formosa. The Hike is

5KM or one town block. For more info or to get a pledge sheet, please contact

the hike coordinator, Joan Borho at 519 367 5894.

The Hike for Hospice is taking place in 6 communities around the area,

Formosa, Hanover, Markdale, Kincardine, Port Elgin and Owen Sound.

Cystic Fibrosis Kite Day and BBQ: Saturday, May 3rd at

the Centennial Park in Walkerton from 10:00 AM until Noon. No cost.

Decorate a Kite and fly it around the park. It’s yours to take home.

Sponsored by Kin Canada, Kinette Club of Walkerton.

LOST! One of our students has lost a ring that means a lot to her.

It was given to her for Confirmation. The ring was lost at school. The ring is gold with a pink

Birthstone Heart. It also has a second smaller heart with the letter S inside. If you have seen this

ring or know where it might be, please let the school office know. Thank you!

11th Annual Family Fun Festival Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services is celebrating its 11th Annual Family Fun Festival on Saturday

June 14th at Kelso Beach Park in Owen Sound from 11:00am to 3:00pm, rain or shine. This FREE event is

open to all families.

This year we have a fantastic lineup of fun events for all ages. Some favourite activities that will

be back include the bouncy castles, face painting, hockey shoot, puppets, dance workshops, and crafts for

kids of all ages. The Rocking Horse will be joining us again with lots of fun and exciting activities in their

interactive tent. As well as the R&R Pet Paradise Dog Sport Team will be back to show off their skills.

New this year the Calico Critter Mrs. Fisher will be attending. We are pleased to be able to offer all activi-

ties, frozen treats and water free of charge. Pizza will be available to purchase at a low cost.

Please come and join us on Saturday June 14th!

6th Annual Village Wide Yard Sales in Formosa: Saturday, May, 10th 8:00 AM-2:00PM Rain

or Shine. Lots of Vendors: Something for everyone. For more info please call Marlene @ 519 367 3301

More fun than you can stab a stick at! Hanover Minor Ringette’s 11th Annual

Ringette Camp is being held August 11–15, 2014, at the Ayton Arena, daily between 8:30 a.m. –

5:00 p.m. Have fun, stay fit, learn a lot! No ringette experience required. This camp is for girls

and boys, ages 5 to 11 years, and offers one hour of on-ice ringette skills, one hour of power

skating and one hour of dryland training per day, as well as many fun activities including arts

and crafts, outdoor sports activities and themed days. The cost for this five-day camp is $200.00

per child and includes a daily snack. Registration and medical information forms are available

at www.hanoverringette.ca (under “Information”), by emailing [email protected] or by

contacting Lisa Lina at (519)-364-0774. Forms are due by May 31, 2014. Cheques may be post-

dated for July 15, 2014.

INTEGRITY is following the example of Jesus, by standing firm for

what we believe, even when it is hard. A person of Integrity follows his/her conscience, making choices which are loving and life giving.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Kdgn B

3

4 First Holy Communion

5 Applause Breakfast

6 Whole School Mac and Cheese

7 Early Dismissal New JK Kdgn program CEW Dinner

8 Elmira Poultry, Green’s meat and Produce Pick up

9 Kdgn A

Tri School Mass Mission Bazaar 1-3

10

11 Integrity

12 Healthy Heart Presentations

13 Sub Day JK/SK Gr 2 Dental Screening Parent Council

7:00PM

14 New JK Kdgn program Bus Evacuation

15 16 Kdgn B

17

18 19 Victoria Day

20 Grilled Cheese Les Miser-ables at SHHS

21 Track and Field in Mildmay New JK Kdgn program

22 Virtue Assembly

23 Kdgn A

24

25 Idealism

26 EQAO testing begins

27 Spaghetti

28 29 30 Kdgn A

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