Stonepark Intermediate School 50 Pope Avenue

Charlottetown, PE

C1A 7P5

Phone: 902-368-6085

Fax: 902-368-6089

Website: https://edu.princeedwardisland.ca/stonepark/ Email: stonepark@edu.pe.ca

Principal: Norman Beck Vice-Principals: Jill Burry, Michael Smith

December, 2017

Kudos To You U14 ringette team won a gold at the Montague Ringette Tournament last weekend. They beat Souris in the final 6-5 in overtime. On the team from Stonepark is Dana Carmichael, Jovi Barrett, Madison McKenna, Morgan Dennis and Allison MacDonald.

Happenings at Stonepark Duke Of Edinburgh: Adventurous Journey - The journey was postponed due to poor weather on its scheduled date. The makeup day will be December 12 and 13. Yearbook: Have you purchased your yearbook yet? The yearbook committee is busy creating a great book of Stonepark memories. You can purchase your yearbook online by using the link located on our Stonepark website. Yearbooks will also be available for purchase at school on Thursday, Dec 7 and Friday Dec.8 from 12:15- 12:35 each day. Sales will take place in the lobby. There are only 150 copies left to be purchased. Don't be disappointed. Order yours today. After School Math Tutoring Program: Once again this year, Stonepark is partnering with former students who are coming back to the school to provide math tutoring to our students. This peer to peer program has proven to be very popular, and beneficial, for students who struggle with math. This support is open to students in all grade levels and happens every Thursday from 3:30 - 5:00 in the library. There is no pre-registration required. School visitors We had a couple of important visitors to the school last week. Jason MacNeil, PEI Museum and Heritage education officer spent some time in grade 8 with artifacts from the war of 1812, WWI, and WWII. It was a tremendous opportunity for our students to get up close and personal with this historic memorabilia. On December 1st members of Hockey Canada’s Sledge Hockey team visited the school and talked with our entire population. Providing insights into their own stories as well as some background on the sport. Stonepark students will be attending games at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge this week, with a chance to see the best in the world in this sport here in Charlottetown,, as they prepare for the 2018

Paralympic Games in South Korea.

SCHOOL ATHLETICS: Congratulations to the Girls Volleyball team on capturing their fourth consecutive provincial title a few weeks ago.

Basketball teams have all been selected for the coming season, which tipped off this past week. You can follow the schedules of all of our sports teams at: http://www.peisaa.pe.ca/schedule/all Student Leadership Group

Members of the Leadership team travelled to Halifax last week to participate in WE Day events. This provided them with an opportunity to hear the message about giving back and making a difference in the community and the world. The leadership students have been busy planning our first student social of the year, which will be held this Thursday, December 7th from 6:30-8:30pm! The theme is the SnowBALL with DJ services provided by the one and only Mr. Trainor and Music Express! Along with the dance, there will be other activities including a ping pong tournament, sports activities in the gym, karaoke in the music room, a photo booth and MORE! There will also be festive treats available for purchase! The cost to get into the dance is only $5 and tickets to the extra activities are 25 cents each. Some activities require two tickets. Please promote with your students! If you would like to assist with supervision for this event please sign up for either shift on the Google doc provided. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yiKwo6XyqGzcJXIu4JR90Yc4pMCt0RZ3Rb2y2Wn9K10/edit?usp=sharing School Goals Committee: Our school continues to meet and plan with Department of Education personnel and internally about the Provincial Assessment results of our students, and develop our overall plan for the improvement of student results. Homes study and reading suggestions: A frequent message at Parent-teacher conferences was “he/she doesn’t seem to have much homework.” There may not be books and assignments every night, but there can be Home study. Students should take some time in the evenings to review notes, do a few math problems on the topics that were covered in class, re-read any reading done in class, quickly review/revise any written work. A mere 15-30 minutes of Home study or “Daily review” has been proven to increase student performance and grades, up to 5% in the span of a school year (CAP Journal, Winter 2015) It is a valuable asset to Student reading improvements to listen to your child read aloud, and model reading for them. They read a paragraph to their parent, then the parent reads to them. This mere commitment, less time than a Netflix episode, can go a long way to improving results and student self-esteem and self confidence. In the area of math, our school data from the province indicates, a large number of students are struggling with basic math facts. It is worthwhile to practice the basic addition and subtraction facts along with memorizing those TIMES TABLES! Parent-teacher conferences Thanks to our parent and guardian community for coming to meet with your child’s teacher during Parent-Teacher conferences.It is great to make those connections and have a conversation about how the year is going. We had a attendance rate of 70%. Stonepark crested clothing: There are some great choices to wear your Tiger Stripes and show your school spirit available for purchase at http://stoneparkis.entripyshops.com/

There are many different style and colour choices of

Stonepark crested clothing, bags

and accessories. You pick your style and customize your logo an order. They make great Christmas gifts! Home and School News December 2017 2018 Recognition Awards Nominate a deserving individual such as school staff, Home and School volunteer, school bus driver or school crossing guard for provincial recognition in 2018. Four award nomination deadlines are: Extra Mile Award of the Year January 12, 2018 Volunteer of the Year March 9, 2018 Life Membership March 9, 2018 School Crossing Guard of the Year April 27, 2018 School Bus Driver of the Year May 11, 2018 School Staff Appreciation Week 2018 School staff will be celebrated across Canada February 12 - 16, 2018 during Staff Appreciation Week. Home and School groups are encouraged to show appreciation to school staff for the contributions they make to our children and their education. Resolutions Deadline to submit a resolution for consideration at the 2018 AGM is January 31, 2018. Consider issues needing change in PEI’s education system and write a resolution on that issue by referring to our guide to writing and presenting resolutions and to the slides from the Leadership Training Workshop session on resolutions Review previous resolutions and responses from government departments at: http://peihsf.ca/agm Contact us for assistance: 902-620-3186 / 1-800-916-0664 orpeihsf@edu.pe.ca Membership Fees Send your Home and School’s membership fee to the Federation office by November 30th. Click here Membership Fee Form to download the form. 65th Annual Meeting & Convention Mark your 2018 calendars….PEI Home and School Federation’s 65th Annual Meeting & Conference, Saturday, April 14, 2018, Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI. Food Education Grants Congratulations to schools and community groups who received Community Food Security and Food Education projects including East Wiltshire, Charlottetown Rural, Morell High, Morell Consolidated, Westisle, and Tignish. Report on State of Public Health in Canada Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer Public Health Agency of Canada released her Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2017: Designing Healthy Living on Oct. 26, 2017. The Global Alliance for the Future of Food Webinar: Unravelling the Food-Health Nexus: Building

a Healthier Food System. Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-unravelling-the-food-health-nexus-building-a-healthier-food-system-tickets-39999601886? invite=&err=29&referrer=&discount=&affiliate=&eventpassword= Band News:Congratulations to all of the band students from Stonepark and Charlottetown Rural on their fantastic performances at the fall band concert on November 9th. It was an amazing night of music, and the students should all be very proud of their efforts!

A special thank you is also extended to the grade 9 band students for their participation in the Remembrance Day assembly on November 10th. Music is an important part of services such as this, and the Grade 9 Band’s contribution to the assembly was appreciated by all in attendance. Congratulations to Callie Trainor and Grace Arbing on their excellent performance of the Last Post, and thank you to Allison Bourque for performing her original song so beautifully during the assembly. Congratulations to all band students on a very successful fall fundraising campaign! The participation rate was very high, and students (and parents!) were able to raise funds which will allow us to participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities throughout the year. A special thank you to the parents and grade 9 students who volunteered to take orders and help with the cookie dough distribution! Please note that our annual Holiday Concert will be held on Thursday, December 14, at 7:00 p.m. in the Stonepark gym. Grade 7, 8, and 9 Concert Bands and the Jazz Band will perform. All proceeds from this concert will be donated to assist families in need during the holiday season. Grade 9 French Trip will happen the February 5-9th. It will see the grade French Immersion classes travel to Quebec City and Ottawa, to experience french culture, language, as well as tour many of the national landmarks and historic sites, while continuing to develop their level of french language. This is an expensive trip and students have been doing many fundraisers, such as: fry-days, bake sales, cake auction, and selling Christmas Trees. The final cost will be released soon. Students will be needing lots of winter gear for their travels, skates for the canal, bike or hockey helmet for skating and tubing hills, winter jackets, headgear, mitts, boots for walking tours. Maybe some gift cards for shopping excursions. If you are thinking on some Christmas gifts for that grade 9 traveller.

Happy Holiday Season to each of you! Whether it be Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or another holiday

that you and your family celebrate. Please enjoy that time with family and friends.

Stonepark will have a number of different events on during the month, Classroom door decorating, the Student Social/Dance (7th), Red & Green Day (8th)Band Concert (14th), Ugly Sweater Day (15th), Skating and fun activities on the morning of the 22nd along with Stonepark’s Got Talent in the afternoon. During the month, staff and students will be raising funds to support needy families in our own Stonepark community.

Keep in the Loop You can keep up to date with all of the happenings at Stonepark by subscribing to the school blog/webpage https://edu.princeedwardisland.ca/stonepark/or follow us on Twitter @stoneparkschool

Upcoming Dates to Remember: Dec. 4- Jill Burry acting Principal until February Dec. 5- First set of report cards issued Dec. 7- School social/Dance Dec. 14- School Band(s) Christmas Concert Dec. 22- Last day of classes 2017