13479 – 77th Avenue Surrey, BC V3W 6Y1

Phone: 604-595-0888 Fax: 604-595-0889 www.gadschool.com info@gadschool.com

Principal: M. S. Aulakh Vice-Principal: K.K. Virk

Tuesday February 6th, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians, We are already in the second month of the new year and of Term 2! February is already proving to be very exciting with many upcoming events and with a new member joining our teaching team. We would like to welcome to Mr. Chet Galpin, who will be taking over 6A from Ms. Tina Huang this second term.

In February our virtue of the month will be “Being Passionate.” Being Passionate means to have a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something.

“People with great passion can make the impossible happen” During this term, students will start work for the upcoming Science Fair, and hopefully this will help ignite the passion of some future scientists!

Registration for New Families: If you have family or friends thinking to register their

child in G.A.D. Elementary for the 2018-2019 school year, please encourage them to come to the school

office at the earliest as spots fill up quickly. Registration for Kindergarten is also filling up quickly. There will only be 4 sections next year. Please apply as soon as possible. Children born in 2013 are eligible for admission to Kindergarten.

We are very excited and proud to be in the process of preparing for expanding our school into grade 9 for the 2018-2019 school year! Contact us if you have any questions about this expansion.

Re-Enrollment for Grades 1 to 9: It is recommended that students who are planning to return for the next school year re-enroll as soon as possible. Re-enrollment can be secured by submitting the required fees for the month of September 2018 by March 30th. Please be advised that all fees will be non-refundable. IMPORTANT: The monthly fees for May and June are to be paid

together in the month of May.

Traffic Safety - Traffic congestion, reckless driving and careless habits during daily drop off and pick up create dangerous conditions. Arrivals and departures cause increased pedestrian and vehicular congestion. If we all

cooperate and work together to improve the traffic safety we can certainly make a difference and bring about effective change in our attitude and behavior.

From here onwards, traffic violators will be given a ‘Warning Ticket’ with a message to ‘choose safety over convenience’ in and around the school for everyone’s safety.

Arrival and Pick-Up – Students should arrive at school between 8:00am – 8:05am. Do not drop off your child before 8am as there is no supervision at that time. We do not want any child left unattended as it is a safety concern. At the end of the day,

students should be picked up promptly by 2:40pm or, if they are in an afterschool club, by 3:30pm. Please note there is no supervision after 3:30pm.

G.A.D. will be hosting a Ready, Set, Learn session on Monday, February 26th, 2018. Families with children who are 3 or 4 years old can participate in a variety of early

learning activities with their child. All attendees will receive information, helpful tips and an at home activity packet to help them support their child's learning and development and begin preparing them for Kindergarten.

*Please note the change in the Pro-D Day. February 16th will now be a regular school day.

February 9th - Pro-D Day – School will be closed for students

February 12th - Family Day – School will be closed

February 13th - 100th Day of School!

February 16th - Chinese New Year Assembly – You are invited

February 16th - Pizza & Movie Night – Fundraiser by PSG

February 20th - In-class Contests!

February 21st - Mother Language Day – You are invited

February 22nd - PSG Meeting – You are invited

February 23rd - Jump Rope for Heart Event

February 28th - Pink Shirt Day – Students may wear Pink

February 12th is Family Day so let’s take the time on this holiday to celebrate families and celebrate with our families and appreciate the little joys of life.

G.A.D.’s Parent Support Group is putting together another Pizza & Movie Night on Friday February 16th from 5pm to 7pm. To help make this event a success your support is needed. To volunteer please get in touch with the PSG at psg@gadscool.com. The tickets are $5 which includes 1 slice of pizza, a bag of popcorn and one juice. Additional items can be bought for $1 each and it is cash only. Deadline to buy tickets is February 13th. The next PSG meeting will be on Thursday February 22nd @ 4pm. Join us to stay involved! You can also email the PSG with your questions and concerns. Upcoming Contests! This month, on Tuesday February 20th, we will be having the following in class contests: Printing Contest for Kindergarten to Grade 3 Speech Contest for Grades 4-6 Debate Contest for Grades 7-8

Jump Rope for Heart – is an annual event put on by the Heart

and Stroke Foundation, who believes that every child has the right to grow up healthy. This event promotes a healthy lifestyle in children and helps to raise funds. They also

believe that you can help make this vision a reality by making a donation! Students are to bring in their pledge forms by February 22nd. Pink Shirt Day is on February 28th so students may wear Pink showing their solidarity against Bullying. Are your child’s immunizations up to date? Vaccines are a healthy choice for your child. They provide immunity and prevent disease. Two vaccines are provided free for Kindergarten age children starting at age 4:

DTaP – IPV (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio)

MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella and varicella [chickenpox] )

If Public Health does not have up to date information regarding the immunizations your child has received, you will be receiving a letter from your local Public Health Unit. If your child is not up to date for immunizations please call your local Health Unit or Family Physician and arrange an appointment. Spelling Bee! This year we will be having an in school Spelling Bee contest! Students will be provided with a list of spelling words. The inclass written and oral competition will be held on Tuesday March 13th. Once winners have been selected they will go on to the school wide competition on Thursday April 12th. More details to follow soon.

Congratulations to all of our students of the month for the month of January! Keep up the great work!

January’s Student of the Month!

KGA Arandeep Singh Grewal

KGB Ameera Kaur Malhi

KGC Armaan Bassi

KGD Nimrat Uppal

KGE Seerit Mander

1A Nimrit K. Chahal

1B Ekamjot Thind

1C Sukhmani K. Sivia

1D Shanvir Tejay

2A Seerat Batth

2B Satkar Bath

2C Harsidak Sandhu

2D Mehraab Singh Sedha

3A Arvin Gakhal

3B Gurmannat K. Bhangu

3C Harsimran K. Rakhra

4A Afsana Dosanjh

4B Lorena Mann

4C Simone Samra

5A Ekam Bhathal

5B Udham Singh Menra

5C Sukhseerit Marwah

6A Gurman Dosanjh

6B Gurleen Deol

7A Ekansh Billing

7B Guritman Dhillon

8 Ikbir Batth

PUNJABI Gurleen Kaur 2D

Nihal S. Sekhon 4A

Kritmei Parti 5A

KIRTAN Tanvir Benipal 2A

Reet Saran 4A

TABLA Adarsh Singh Aujla 3B

Randeep Batth 7A

PHE Prabnoor Dhillon 5C

FRENCH Gurleen Kaur Bahia 8

COMPUTERS Hrideep Trehan 4B

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Pro-D Day

(School is

closed for

students)

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Family Day

(School Closed)

100th Day

of School!

Valentine’s Day

Chinese New

Year Assembly

Pizza & Movie

Night

(by PSG)

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In-Cass

Contests:

Printing

Speech

Debate

Jump Rope

for Heart

Pledges

due

Jump Rope for

Heart Event

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February 2018