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Important Dates

• Nov 3 Early Dismissal

11:45

• Nov 3 Picture Retake Day

• Nov 10 Remembrance Day

Assembly

1:15 p.n.

• Nov 11 No School

Remembrance Day

• Nov 16 Home & School

Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Everyone Welcome

• Nov 19 Report Cards Go

Home

• Nov 23 Blue and White Day

Monthly Assembly

1:30 p.m.

• Nov 26 Early Dismissal 11:45

Parent Teacher

• Nov 27 No School

In-Service Day

Happy November,

It’s hard to believe but the fall is quickly passing and the cold days of winter are

just around the corner. A reminder to families to make sure your children are

dressed warmly and that they are wearing the appropriate footwear. This year’s

Remembrance Service will take place on November 10th at 1:15 in the gym,

families are welcome to a(end. Report cards go home on November 19th

and

Parent Teacher Interviews are November 26th

.

There are some report card changes coming to the Grade Primary to Three

Report cards. They are as follows:

· In the Learner Profile (instead of consistently, usually, prompts, rarely) well

developed, developed, or needs development will be used to indicate pro-

gress, with developed being the target for most students.

· Well developed, developed or needs development will also be used to indicate

achievement in Physical Educa4on and Music, replacing le(er grades.

(Phys Ed and Music teachers will only be commen4ng on primary stu-

dents’ progress during second and third term.)

· There will be no separate marks and/or comments for science, social studies,

health and art as these are now integrated in the Language Arts and

Math subjects. For more informa4on on how your child is doing in these

areas, teachers will be more than happy to let you know at Parent Teach-

er Interviews.

· In Grades 1—3, one le(er grade will now represent all Math strands covered,

with the mark represen4ng the majority of the work. Please pay special

a(en4on to the comments that will reflect the work within the strands.

· There will be more summary-style comments as the character count for teach-

er repor4ng has been reduced by 38%. Comments will focus on

strengths, challenges, and next steps.

I would encourage all of you to a(end Parent-Teacher visita4on to discuss your

child’s progress with his/her teacher. See you on Nov.26th!

If you have any ques4ons or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact the

school at 902-847-4400.

Mike Pinard

New Primaries: At SMES we are star4ng to collect

names of our primaries that will be a(ending school in

September 2016. If you have someone at home or know

of someone in the neighbourhood please send a note to

the school or give our office a call at 902-847-4400.

Shopping Party:

We are now accep4ng do-

na4ons of small giEs and

wrapping paper/giE bags for

our annual Shopping Party.

The shopping party will take

place on December 10th.

Book Fair: The Scholas4c Book Fair will that place on

the following dates:

Tues. Nov 24th Students browse the Fair

Wed. Nov 25th Students have the opportunity to

purchase from the Fair.

Thurs. Nov 26th Last minute purchases.

Thurs. Nov 26th Parents have opportuni-

ty to purchase during Parent/Teacher

Interviews.

More informa4on will be sent home on

November 16th.

Picture Retake Day:

November 3rd

OPEN HOUSE Thank You:

Thank you to everyone that helped and

par4cipated in our 50th Anniversary Open

House. It was a wonderful aEernoon with lots of stories

and reuni4ng with friends.

Pictured Le�: Mike Pinard (present principal)

past principals: Sarah Tessier, Andre Tessier and Kim Hume.

Remembrance Day Assembly: will take place

on Tuesday, November 10th at 1:15 p.m..

Please take note of some of our student’s Remembrance

Day artwork feature in this newsle(er and some of our

students’ art will be on display at the Berwick Legion on

Remembrance Day.

Halloween Treats: When packing

snacks please keep in mind that we are a Nut

Aware school and please do not send any nut

products to school. We do have members of

our school family that have nut allergies.