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September 2017 Meadows Newsletter ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page

Mission and Vision Statement: Our vision and mission at Meadows School is to create a safe environment, where children can achieve their potential, become responsible citizens and life-long learners and appreciate and adapt to the diversity of our society.

1220-22nd Street Phone: (204) 729-3988 Brandon MB R7B 1T4 Fax: (204) 729-3970 Email: http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/meadows/newsletter/page one.htm

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Sept 19 Bully prevention and youth

empowerment presentation, 2:00 pm

Sept 20 BSIMA AGM @ EO, 7:00 pm

Sept 21 Magazine Sales Assembly, 9:45 am

Sept 21 “Lunch Hour Bring a Lunch” Training

Sept 27 Professional Development Day (K-12)

Sept 27 Parent Council Meeting, 7 pm

Sept 27-29 Gr. 8 Band Camp

Sept 29 Every Child Matters

Oct 2 Picture Day (KDG Even Day-Gr. 8)

Oct 3 Picture Day (KDG Odd Day)

Oct 6 Gr. 7 Band Kick Start

Oct 9 Thanksgiving Day All Schools Closed

Oct 13 Youth Revolution “Kick Off”

Oct 20 Professional Development Day (K-12)

Oct 25 We Day

SEPTEMBER 2017

Hi, I would like to welcome everyone to the start of

the 2017-2018 school year at Meadows School. We

are off to fantastic start with an enrollment of 464

students and 8 brand new teachers to our school due

to 6 retirements and 2 maternity leaves. We are look-

ing forward to hosting 2-time Canadian Country Music

Awarded Nominated Artist, Ryan Laird’s “ I am Bigger

Than That”, a Bullying prevention and youth empower-

ment presentation on Sept 19th, at 2:00 pm for our

Gr 5-8 students. Also for the month of September,

we will be having our PC Magazine fundraiser, student

council elections and Terry Fox Run.

Let’s all work together to make it another great year

at Meadows School.

-Mr. Lim, Principal

DATES TO REMEMBER

MEADOWS SCHOOL DAY 8:50 Entry Bell 9:00 Classes Begin 10:30-10:45 Recess 11:45-12:45 Lunch 12:45 Afternoon Bell 12:50 Classes Resume 2:20-2:35 Recess 3:35 Dismissal

STUDENT ABSENCES

WHEN CALLING IN YOUR CHILD FOR AN ABSENTEE, PLEASE CALL MRS. LAVOIE AT 204-729-3946 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE. - Thank you

For Meadows School Information and Events

Please visit our webpage at www.bsd.ca/schools/meadows

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PARENT COUNCIL NEWS

UNITED WAY’S TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

REMINDER: All parents are reminded to call Trans-

portation at 204-729-3975 if their child will not be

on the bus.

BUSSED STUDENTS NUT ALLERGIES

Just a reminder that we cannot have any nuts/tree

nuts in our school. Please make sure when making

lunches or sending snacks, that there are no nuts; that

your snack is made in a nut free factory; and your

snack does not say ‘may contain traces

of nuts’. As well, please remind your

children to not share their food.

Thank you

Volunteers with the United Way Brandon and District

delivered school supplies for Tools For Schools.

Thank you to the United Way volunteers and to our

community members for donating these supplies!

Our grade 6 students are

helping out with patrolling

until our grade 5’s get

trained. We are hoping all

training will be completed

before October.

PATROLS

Hi again everyone,

We hope everyone had a great summer. It's hard to

believe it's over already, but we are all looking for-

ward to another great school year! Our first meeting

will be September 27th at 7pm in the staffroom.

There will be child care provided for those who wish

to attend meeting. Please bring a friend, as we can

always use new members and welcome anyone and eve-

ryone to come out to our meetings.

Magazine Kickoff will be September 21st this year!

We have some exciting new fundraisers, we are look-

ing at, as well. There will be a short presentation from

Bloombox at our meeting on the 27th. Hope to see you

there!!!

Victoria Findlay

PAC Chairperson

2017-2018

AM PD - PM Classes:

Your regular bus will arrive 4 hours later than there

normal morning pickup time. For example if AM pickup

time is normally 7:45 AM then pickup time will be

11:45 AM.

AM Classes - PM PD:

Your regular bus will arrive 4 hours earlier than there

normal afternoon dropoff time. For example if PM

dropoff time is normally 4:15 PM then dropoff time

will be 12:15 PM.

HALF DAY PD BUSSING

LICE

We would like to make our families aware that head

lice maybe a problem during the school year. We en-

courage you to check you children weekly. We will be

checking children at school as back up. If you do find

lice please contact the school at 204-729-3946.


September 2017

“Welcome Back to School” from Mrs. Lee the Teacher Librarian in Meadows School Library! It promises to be another

exciting year here at Meadows with some Book/Author events already in the works.

The library has had a transformation this summer! There are new tables to brighten up our space and about 100 new

books that were donated through our application to the Indigo Love of Reading grant. The first “read aloud” has been

“I Am A Story” by Dan Yaccarino. It was dedicated to Mrs. Wright on her retirement, so we enjoyed imagining what

Mrs. Wright would be doing instead of teaching at Meadows!

Students will start borrowing books on Day 6, September 13th. Kdg to Grade 4 students can expect to borrow 1 book

at a time and Grade 5 to 8 students can borrow 2 books. We track books carefully each 6 day cycle, so please support

your child by helping them to return or renew books once you have enjoyed them at home. Books are usually due after

a week. An “overdue” book means that a child cannot borrow another book until the “overdue” is returned.

Thanks to Library Volunteers; Kathy Oman, Sharon Spak, Maureen Stitt and Lu-Anne Kruk for helping to scan and

count over 8000 books on Monday, September 11th. If anyone reading this is interested in being a volunteer in the

library, contact Mrs. Lee! There are many fun jobs to be completed.

Grade 7/8 Library Volunteers:

These students volunteer during morning recess and help out with re-shelving, tidying, preparing new books, helping

out with Book Fair and numerous other small jobs!

There will be a sign up sheet on the Library Circulation desk and students are only required to attend one noon hour

training session. They need to bring a lunch and plan to stay for the entire lunch hour.

“Lunch Hour Bring a Lunch” Training is Thursday, September 21, Day 6. Mrs. Lee will set another lunch training af-

ter this one if needed.

BRUCE AUSTIN LIBRARY

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GRADE 7/8 SHOP-HOME ECONOMICS

TERRY FOX WALK

Join us for our annual fundraiser for the

Terry Fox Foundation on Thursday Sept

28 at 2:35 pm. We will walk the perimeter

of the playground, weather permitting, in

honor of Terry’s Marathon of Hope. This

year, Meadows School is setting a goal of

raising $500. That is $1 per person, which

is something Terry had asked of Canadi-

ans. If you wish to donate to his cause of

finding a cure for cancer, please send your donation

with your child to school. We have a “Change for

Change” jug for students who wish to donate to can-

cer research.

Thanks very

much!

Options (Shop/Home Economics)

Starting September 8th, DAY 3, A.M.

Grade 7- Home Economics at Earl Oxford or River-

heights

Grade 8- Industrial Arts at Harrison, Riverheights or

Earl Oxford

Students arrange own transportation. Free City Bus

Transit Passes provided by Brandon Transit. BSD bus

students are dropped off at Riverheights and must

arrange their own transportation back to Meadows.

LUNCH INFORMATION

We are asking parents/guardians

to remove any nut products from

your child’s lunches and snacks. If

you send sandwiches with Wow

butter could you please mark the

sandwich, so we know it does not contain peanut but-

ter. We have students with serious nut/peanut aller-

gies. The best way to ensure a safe environment for

these students is for all parents to be dutiful and

carefully pack their children’s lunches and snacks

free of peanut products.

Here are some healthy alternatives that are nut

free:

Breadsticks, crackers, pita bread, muffins

Raw vegetables and dip

Yogurt, pudding

Chicken pieces, cold meats

Cheese and crackers

Please do not send items that require heating as stu-

dents do not have access to microwaves.

Students that go home for lunch should not be

returning until 12:40.

Your cooperation is appreciated!

2017 FALL MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN

Parent Council major fundraiser starts: September 2017. Welcome back students & parents! The kickoff date for our Annual Magazine Fundraiser with QSP is Sept 21st. This is our major fundraiser for the school. The mon-ies raised go to classroom funding, field trips, awards day, artist in the school and so much more! Our campaign will run from Sept 21st—October 10th. Lots of great new prizes and parties for the top 2 classrooms! We sold over 430 subscriptions in 2016 and would love to surpass this number for 2017! If each stu-dent brings in 1 magazine order we would reach our goal! Magazine booklets and information will be sent home with the students after the kickoff date. Mrs. Williamson & Mrs. Thompson


COATS FOR KIDS

Coats For Kids will be in operation again this fall.

It is a program sponsored by a number of Brandon or-

ganizations, whereby winter coats are collected,

cleaned, and distributed to those in need of warm win-

ter outerwear. Coats for Kids will be open on

Friday, Oct 27 from 3-6 PM

Saturday, Oct 28 from 10AM-2PM at the Town

Centre

For more information or to get a certificate for your

family to obtain warm outerwear, please contact Mrs.

Lavoie at 204-729-3946. Please remember to take

your certificate to this program .

CANTEEN

Open

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

CHOCOLATE MILK $1.00 APPLE JUICE/5ALIVE $1.00 KRAFT DINNER $1.50 MINI CHEESE PIZZA $1.50 HOT DOG $1.50 CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP $1.50 GOLDFISH $1.00 CHEESE & CRACKERS $0.75 YOGURT TUBE $1.00 APPLE/BANANA $0.50 BEAR PAWS $1.00 CARROTS $0.50 ORIGINAL CHIPS $1.25 PIZZA POPS $1.50

SCHOOL ZONE REMINDER

WHEN DRIVING IN OUR SCHOOL

ZONES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO REDUCE

YOUR SPEED TO 30 KPH AS OF SEPTEM-

BER 1ST! PHOTO DAY

Photo day at our school will be Monday,

October 2, Day 6 for even day KDG-

Grade 8 and Tuesday, October 3, Day 1

for odd day KDG. Lifetouch Photography will be tak-

ing pictures of all students and classroom groupings.

Students who are absent will be able to have their

pictures taken during retakes later in the fall, but

will not be included in the class photo.

SCENT-FREE POLICY

Brandon School Division has a scent free policy. Stu-

dent, parent and visitors are asked to refrain from

wearing perfumes, colognes, hairsprays and deter-

gents to school.

STUDENT DROP OFF AND PICK UP

Students should be dropped off and picked up in the

designated areas in front of the school on 22nd

Street or the north parking lot. Please do not use the

bus loading lot, south staff parking lot or the back

alley. (It has come to our attention that some of our

Meadows students are being dropped off in the back

alley way south of the school. This is not only unsafe

for our students but an interruption to our neighbors.

The staff at Meadows School want our students to be

safe as well as be good community members.)


MEADOWS SCHOOL STAFF 2017-2018

STAFF NAME POSITION

Airey, Shawna EA/LRA

Campbell, Teresa EA/LRA

Cross, Jay Admin. As-sist.

Darvill, Judy EA

Hildebrand, Candace EA/LP Co.

Hurley, Cathy ECE KDG

Keber, Shelley EA/LRA

Lacey, Colleen EA/Canteen

Lavoie, Lorrie HSL/BSSAP

McLure, Jennifer E.A.

Medwid, Tyler E.A.

Patel, Gayatri EA

Penner, Glenda EA/LRA

Rodriguez, Viviana EA/LRA

Stapleton, Scott Custodian

Gravel, Denise Custodial Aide

Hulsman, Tammy Custodial Aide

Randy Berg Custodial Aide

Uwimana, Nicelata Breakfast Prog

STAFF NAME GRADE

Hoffmann, Katrina K 1,3,5

McCausland, Jana K 2,4,6

Arthur, Val 1/2

Brennand, Brenda 1/2

Burton, Brenna 1/2

Innes, Stephanie 1/2

Smendziuk, Chan-ning

1/2

Woods, Tyler 3/4

Oliver, Ashley 3/4 & RR

Janzen, Tana 3/4 & P.E. 2,4,6 a.m.

White, Courtney 3/4

Pike, Tammy 3/4 & RR

Sobkow, Cindy ¾ & RR

Butler Cory, Kristen 3/4

Spicer, Lindsay 5/6

Pieroni, Norah 5/6

Chranowski, Ryan 5/6

Werbowski, Marta 5/6

Banks, Kathy 7/8

Stutsky, Lorie 7/8

McDonald, Amy 7/8

Seekings, Karen 7/8

Banks, Jenn EAL

Dixon, Kara Music

Bell, Bruce P.E.

Dechka, Dan P.E. Day 2,4,6

Durston, Stuart P.E. Day 1,3,5 p.m. & M.Y. Lit

Lander, Melissa CIC, Numeracy Coach

Flannery, Teresa Lit Coach, Lit & Em-powered Rdg

Lee, Jill Library a.m.

Jones, Janelle Resource K- Gr. 8

DeDecker, Alicia Counsellor

Jordan, Marty V.P.

Lim, Dave Principal

We come from Meadows School and we’re proud to

say we do.

We work for Meadows, sing for Meadows, play for

Meadows too.

We’re all for one and one for all

Whether we’re big or whether we’re small

We’re from Meadows School…..hurrah!

M-e-a-d-o-w-s M-e-a-d-o-w-s M-e-a-d-o-w-s

Oh we’re from Meadows School hurrah!

WE COME FROM MEADOWS SCHOOL

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HALEP @ Meadows

21st Century SECRET Skills

Meadows will be focussing on continuing to teach our students

21st Century Skills using the SECRET Skills

21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the

information age. They include knowledge (things you know), skills (things you can do), work hab-

its (how you work), and character traits (who you are). These skills are super important for EVERY-

ONE to be a success in today’s world.

At Meadows, we will use the SECRET Skills to teach our students these important 21st Century

Skills. SECRET is an acronym and includes the following skills - Self-management; Effective

Participation; Creativity; Reflective Leaner; Enquiry and Team Work. When you put the letters

together they spell the word SECRET!

Each skill also has a mascot or symbol to go along with it to help us remember them.

Here is more information about each skill.


The Brandon School Division invites parent representatives to the Parent/Guardian/Division Advisory Committee for the 2017-2018 school year. Meetings will occur as

advertised.

Detailed information regarding the committee can be found in Policy 1020 “Parent/Guardian/Division Advisory Committee”.

If you wish to participate in this committee, please contact our office by Friday,

September 29, 2017.

Terri Curtis, Communications Coordinator Office of the Superintendent/CEO, Brandon School Division

1031 - 6th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 4K5 Direct Phone: 204-729-0388 Email: [email protected]

Parent/Guardian/Division Advisory Committee

WANT TO VOLUNTEER

Meadows School, students and staff welcome your

help at spirit days, field trips, library and in the class-

room. If you are interested in volunteering at Mead-

ows School, you will need to complete a Child Abuse

Registry Check and a Criminal Record Check.

Program starts September 18, 2017

From 8:15 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

Please register for the program if you intend on uti-

lizing it. It is mandatory for all participants to regis-

ter. Registrations will be available at the school.

BREAKFAST PROGRAM

Brandon’s Breakfast & Snack Program for Kids Inc

Food For Thought

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL

All visitors to the school must report to

the office before proceeding into any

area of the building.


Wear ORANGE Sept. 29th

Because

EVERY CHILD MATTERS!

On Friday September 29th, Meadows School will be honoring Residential School

Survivors by wearing orange and paying tribute to Indigenous culture.

The color orange was inspired by Phyllis, whom in 1973 was told she could not

wear her new orange shirt at school and was made to change into a plain shirt.

We wear orange for Phyllis and for all Residential School Survivors because

EVERY CHILD MATTERS!

What does the Guidance Counsellor do?

I work for the students! Teachers and the Guidance Counsellor work as a team with the goal of promoting a sense of belonging for all.

Guidance Counsellors provide leadership opportunities for youth, including facilitation of Youth Revolution.

When students visit the Counsellor, we communicate with on another, draw pictures, listen to music, complete hands-on activities, and learn new strategies to practice at home

and school. The Counsellor works with students individually, in small

groups, or in classes. I am here to work with EVERYONE, not

just some students.

Students are welcome at any time! Parents can contact Mrs. DeDecker at 1.204.729-3971

[email protected]

GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR


YOUTH REVOLUTION


We Day

Youth Revolution “Kick Off”

Gr. 7 Band Kick Start Picture Day (KDG Odd Day)

Picture Day (KDG Even Day-Gr. 8)

Every Child Matters

Gr. 8 Band Camp, Sept. 27-29

Parent Council Meeting, 7 pm

“Lunch Hour Bring a Lunch” Training

Magazine Sales Kick off

BSIMA AGM @ EO, 7:00 pm

Bully prevention and youth empowerment presentation

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