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Many of you have known

me for years. I grew up in

the Delisle area and went

to high school here. I come

from a large family of three

girls and three boys. I

knew early in life that I

wanted to be a teacher and

work with children. My

role as a teacher is exciting

and fulfilling. I love my job!

I believe in working

collaboratively with

parents and the students in

creating a strong, caring

community within our

classroom.

I graduated

from the U of

S in 1988 and

spent several

years

substitute

teaching

before I was

hired

permanently. I am

currently taking classes to

obtain my post graduate

degree in special

education. I find the

classes challenging but full

of useful information that I

can use in my classroom.

I have been married

to “Fire Chief Al” for

many years.

Together we have

four grown sons and

three wonderful

grandchildren. In my

free time I like to go

to movies,

scrapbook, travel, garden

and spend time with my

family and friends. Recently

I have started doing

ceramics. Yup, I’ve already

broken a piece! I look

forward to many more

years of teaching and

learning!

Have you heard? The 2011-

2012 Yearbook will be in

full color. We are still

taking orders. Find the

form on our website or see

Mrs. Schnitzler for a copy.

For the low, low price of

$25.00 for your first copy

and $10.00 for each

additional copy. They will

arrive September of 2012.

We thank you in advance

for your support in

purchasing the yearbook.

Yearbook

Staff Highlight - Donna Dreher

March 28, 2012

Delisle Elementary School News

Inside this issue:

SCC 2

Interhouse Points 3

Drummer Bill 4

French Language

Survey

5

Healthy Bodies,

Healthy Minds

6

CNIB Guest 5

Calendar 6

Jolayne Rempel—Principal

Marc Normand—Vice-Principal

Special points of

interest:

Spring Pictures

April 2

Good Friday - April 6 -

No School

Spring Break - April 9-13

- No School

SCC/AGM & Elections -

April 24 - 5:00-6:30 -

Brian Trainor 7:00

Grade 5 Trip to Regina -

April 27

Box 310, 300 4th Avenue East

Delisle, SK S0L 0P0

Phone: 493-2451

Fax: 493-8238

Website: www.spiritsd.ca/de

E-Mail: [email protected]

Safe...Caring...Learning

Celebrate and educate.

A primary link between the home, community and school

Our School Community Council (SCC) supports student learning success and well-being and encourages parent and community involvement in the school. Prairie Spirit School Division believes that involvement with SCCs is a rewarding and meaningful activity for parent and community members. If you would like to make a difference at our school, please consider running in the upcoming SCC election. Parents and members of the community are eligible to run for the local SCC. Our School Community Council has 2 positions open for members for two-year terms beginning fall, 2012. We have 2 members who will be remaining for their second year for 2012/13. Our SCC election will be held Tuesday, April 24th. Please contact the school office for more information and for nomination forms.

Successful schools don’t just happen.

They need parent and community involvement!

The Annual Meeting for the Board of Education of the Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206 will be held

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 7 p.m., at the Prairie Spirit School Division Office, 121 Klassen Street East,

Warman, Saskatchewan. The meeting will be held to receive and discuss the reports of the Division Board,

Director of Education, Auditor and any other statements and communications relating to the affairs of the

School Division for the previous school year. All Electors are invited to be present. By the date of the annual

meeting, the annual report will be posted on the Prairie Spirit website at www.spiritsd.ca.

PSSD Annual Meeting


School Community Councils

http://www.spiritsd.ca

1. Laura Multiple 4H Supper( Beef on a Bun) and Silent Auction: March 30th at the Delisle Composite School. 6:00- 9:30 There will be activities for the kids. Proceeds go to the Laura 4H Club. Come out and support your local 4H group. For tickets or more information contact Phyl 493-2601 or Barb 493-9091.


Community Notes:

Spring Pictures - Monday, April 2, 2012

Interhouse Points

On Monday, April 2nd our school is participating in the Lifetouch School Fundraising Spring Photography Program.

Our school will receive one dollar for every student photographed in this program (no purchase required).

Spring Pictures are full body shots with a different themed background each year.

Lifetouch Canada is also supplying a new child identification service called “Pictures 2 Protect”. This program uses the

student’s Lifetouch photograph as a search tool for police or media if a child is lost or missing. (Not actual size)

Once a student is photographed on the Lifetouch Canada Spring Photography Program, the company will produce two

“Pictures 2 Protect” identification cards.

These wallet-sized cards will feature a

section where a parent or guardian can fill

in basic statistical information about

their child. Picture Packages will also be

available to order.

Kindergarten students not attending that

day, may be brought in at 9:00 a.m. for a

picture if you like.

House Name Previous

Total

Recycling Christmas Handball Basketball Total Dress-up

Days

Prof. Moo

Crusaders 8220 1140 450 6100 2100 19190 680 500

Spartans 8782 1204 420 4400 2800 19316 630 1000

Trojans 7694 1905 440 6800 3500 21819 730 750

Vikings 7708 1947 370 5400 3200 19555 780 250

On Monday, March 26th, Mr. Reis’s class and Mr. Nor-

mand’s class attended a curling tournament. The

tournament was 2 hours long and was lots of fun. Thank-

you to all of the volunteers that showed us all of the rules

of curling from previous sessions. You were a lot of help!

Each team had the name of a Canadian Province and

dressed up in unique costumes, colours or sports clothing.

There were some pretty awesome costumes! Curling was

fun and we hope to do it again soon!!

Maddy

shared his books Drummer Bill and

Kookum’s Red Shoes. He taught us

about the process of writing a book.

We had a great time with Bill and Pe-

ter!

“I especially liked the drumming!”

Tom.

“My favourite part was when Drum-

mer Bill said I Don’t Care!” Tanner “

My favourite part was when Peter

Written by Mr. Sauer’s Grade 2

class

On March 15th Drummer Bill and Pe-

ter visited our school. They came to

share about Drummer Bill’s life.

Drummer Bill is from Haiti and he

learned to drum on a pail. He is now a

famous drummer! They also shared

about an earthquake that happened

in Haiti. Peter is an author. He

read Kookum’s Red Shoes” Clay.

“I like when he got eaten by the

lion” Tyler

“I loved when we stood up and

danced” Maddy

“ Drummer Bill is cool!” Olivia

Drummer Bill & Peter Eyvindson


Curling

Delisle Elementary School is surveying parents and community members about French Language Instruction. If you

are interested in completing a survey. Surveys are available on line through our school website. Paper copies will be

attached to this newsletter for families that receive the newsletter. Others can be picked up at the Wheatland

Library. Surveys will be collected until April 20th. Your voice & opinion is important to us so please

take the time to fill a survey in. Thank-you.

French Language Instruction

We were thrilled to have

Alexi Orchard present her research

and enthusiasm for the work of Craig

Kielburger “Free the Children” organi-

zation on Thurs. March 22nd at 10:45

in the library. She presented to gr.

5, 5/6 and 6 students about her in-

terest in volunteerism. She attended

Craig way back in gr. 4 and I’m happy

to hear her share about her reflec-

tions on his work. Her work was part

of Mrs. Landry’s class theme on social

justice. Their work included the

fundraising and gather of “Uno”.

How great to be helping students of

all ages develop global citizenship.

Further to this, several students,

staff and parents attended CRAIG

KIELBURGER’s presentation at TCU

on Sunday, March 25th. He shared his

passion for compassion, courage and

community with the audience. Parents

can check out the links to his work on

our school website. As well, he has

two new books for parents worth con-

sidering. Together, we can make a

difference. Our students are our

greatest hope for the future and we

strongly believe in their abilities to

make our world a better place.

Thanks to parents for supporting this

opportunity by bringing their children

to TCU to meet us.

J. Rempel

To learn and practice ways to assist others who

are bullied. ( How to move from being a bystander to an

UPSTANDER).

As well, students in gr. 5 and 6 will be attending

sessions with Brian Trainor on April 24th. He is a guest

speaker who will also be presenting that evening in a

joint opportunity sponsored by DC and DES School

Community Councils. His topic is Cyber bullying and you

don’t want to miss it!! Join us at the DC high school that

night at 7:00 pm to hear more. Watch for posters

throughout the community.

Our gr. 5 students will be starting a five session unit with

Mr. Ken Dueck on Bullying Protection. This instruction is part

of the PSSD plan to address bullying. The objectives of the

program are:

To be able to define bullying behavior

To be able to identify incidents of bullying and to

distinguish between friendly teasing and bullying behavior.

To understand the types of bullying.

To learn reasons why people use bullying behavior.

To learn and practice ways to stand up to bullying.

English class attend to learn about

communication skills such as those

demonstrated by these fine students.

A big thank you also to our gr. 6 class

and Mrs. Garner for sharing their

continued drumming skills after

sharing time with Drummer Bill last

We were pleased to have 4 H stu-

dents share their amazing speeches

with our school audience on Thurs.

March 22nd. Proud to share their

amazing talents were: Rochelle,

Mason, Trinity, Chayla, Meagan, Josie,

Eryn and Myles. We even had a gr. 8

week during his visit. He is an

amazing drummer who travels

internationally and he expressed to

the students how impressed he was

with their talents.


4H Speeches and Drumming Assembly

Making a Difference

Bullying Protection

Perpetual Donations

Donations

Volunteers

Delisle Co-Op – monthly quota of milk

Delisle Credit Union – case of fruit monthly

Delisle Royal Bank – case of juice monthly

Breakfast for Learning – Canadian Living Foundation

Department of Community Resources

RM Review—Shelley Sowter

Delisle Senior Centre

Phipps & Rempel Denture Clinic – cheese for the month

Colborn Farms- monthly quota of eggs

Vetter Enterprises—cereal for the month

Pink Chair –yogurt for the month

Agrium—Breakfast Meat for the month

Schumacher Farms - angus beef

Agrium Community Investment Program

Delisle Co-Op Carnell Family Straker Family

Bakers:

Dorothy Carnell

Alison Price

Shauna Adams

Carrol King

Volunteers:

Abbey Mahoney

Alma Bartsch

Kim Durham

Shauna Adams

Crista Gillis

Theresa Orchard

Teresa Shirley

Carrol King

Servers

Lilly

Chayla

Magnus

Ashton

Rylin

Real

Austin

Taylor

Caroline

Meagan

Maddy

Cody

Logan

Brady

Ethan

Brooklyn

Sydney

Brendan


The Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan presents

An Evening with Michael Karras Living successfully with a Learning Disability and Attention Deficit

Hyperactivity Disorder

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Lakeview Free Methodist Church

Hwy 16 & Boychuck (East of Saskatoon Christian School and by

Green Brier Golf Course)

Followed by: Jennifer Amy “Creating Mindful Resilience in Students”

LDAS staff will be on hand to provide information on other programs and

services that they provide in Saskatoon.

Please call 652-4114 ext. 4 to register : www.ldas.org

Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted

Special Guest from the CNIB

Today Jerry and his seeing-

eye dog came to our classroom. He taught us about being

blind. We learned that the seeing-eye dog has to be the

right size to do the job. Also they start training at six

weeks old and Bonnie is taught to be friendly. They are

smart and intelligent. I even learned that blind people can

play golf like Jerry can. I think that blind people are not

as different than people that can see. Fun fact, Bonnie the

seeing-eye dog is a Labradoodle and she is part Lab, part

Poodle. Jerry and his see-eye dog are the best! I enjoyed

Jerry and Bonnie because they are the coolest. Thank you

guys so much for coming! Avery

Jerry and his seeing-eye dog came to see (hear) us.

Jerry is so special because Jerry is blind. Jerry likes

many things. For example, Jerry likes warm coffee, golf

and his seeing-eye dog Bonnie. Bonnie is a Labradoodle.

I learned that Jerry became blind from diabetes.

Another thing I learned is that Jerry can only see black.

That is sad. I learned that he had three dogs. Ozzey a

yellow lab, Faith a black lab and Bonnie, a yellow

Labradoodle. Jerry can listen to movies. There are some

special movies that describe the pictures. I really

enjoyed Jerry and his see-eye dog. Life must be hard

being a blind person. Thank you. Eryn

On March 13, 2012, Gerry came from the CNIB to talk to us about his life as a blind

person. He talked to the classes about his guide dog named Bonnie. Bonnie is very

friendly and soft. Gerry was born in North Battleford and now he lives in Saskatoon.

He plays golf all over the world. Gerry had two guide dogs before. Their names were

Ozzie and Faith but now he has Bonnie. Gerry takes Bonnie for a walk in the morning,

at lunch, at supper and before bed. At 6 weeks the dogs have to start training to be a

guide dog. The dogs must learn to not be distracted by other people when they are on

duty. Plus they have to learn to walk in a straight line until they get to a curve or

street. They also learn to disobey their leader if they have to. Gerry was fun to listen

to and answer our questions. By Hannah & Taija

Jerry and His Seeing-Eye Dog - Student Paragraphs


Calendar


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Spring Pictures

Day D

3

Breakfast

Day E

4

Day F

5

Breakfast

Report Cards

Care Partners

Day A

6

Good Friday

No School

7

8

Easter Sunday

9 10 11 12 13 14

15

Grade 5

Writing

Assessments

Begin

16

Day B

17

Breakfast

Day C

18

Day D

19

Breakfast

Hot Meal Forms due

Day E

20

Day F

21

22 23

Day A

24

Breakfast

Baking Day

SCC/AGM &

Elections

5:00 - 6:30

Brian Trainor

7:00

Day B

25

Hot Meal

Cave Man/

Flintstone Day

Day C

26

Breakfast

Care Partners

Day D

27

Grade 5

Trip to

Regina

Day E

28

29 30

Day F

Upcoming

May assembly

Gr. 3 & 4

Spring Break No School

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