Monday!!!

There will be a School Patrol meeting this Wednesday from 11:00-11:14 in Ms. Pearson's room.  New patrollers are welcome to attend this info. session.

If you were not able to attend the Meet The Teacher night last week, here is the information that was presented that evening:

• Blog.
• No agendas this year for any grade.
• Email me.
• clwilson@cbe.ab.ca
• The Program of Studies can be found online at: https://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program.
• Gym with Mr. Mike Janzic
• Music with Ms. Kristen Smith.

Snack and Chat:

• Monthly book talks.
• A book is chosen at the beginning of the month and finished by the end of the third week.
• Fourth week of the month - partnered together with Mrs. Foret’s and Mrs. Pearson’s classes to discuss the books they have read.
• Classrooms are set up so that the students can feel like they are at Starbucks; eating a snack and talking about their book.  Students bring an appropriate snack.
• Students assess each other’s sharing and a minimal written response will be submitted for assessment by the teacher.

• Classroom Blog:
• Can be accessed on our school website. 
• See what we are learning in our classroom. 
• Homework instructions.
• Daily agenda messages.
• Important dates and reminders.
• Links to websites. 
• Field Trips:
• Are currently being organized, but the plan so far is: 
• School nurse.
• YMCA presentation. 
• ECO School (Outdoor School in Kananaskis)
• YouthLink Police Interpretive Centre (December).
• The Hangar Flight Museum (April). 
• Art School (May).
• Bowness Park (June).
• Opera
• This is a year long project with Calgary Opera where a librettist will gather ideas from our students to create our story, and a composer will work with us to create our music. We will have a director to help us make the opera a reality!
• It is a school wide community building event that will involve all students and staff.
• There will be both daytime and evening performances on May 27 and 28.
• We will need volunteers to help us! If you have a skill or interest you would like to share with us we will need help with costumes (sewing), set building (carpentry), prop making, choreography, setup and strike crew (muscles lol), make up, hospitality, merchandise, advertising, front of house, research, business manager or treasurer.