Wednesday, May 9, 2012
School’s
email address: immanuel@amtelecom.net
Principal’s
email address: icsprincipal@amtelecom.net
ICS
- Web: www.immanuelchristianschool.net Ph:
519-773-8476
LDCSS
- Web: www.ldcss.on.ca Ph: 519-455-4360
Christian
Education Foundation (endowment fund): www.ldcef.org
Upcoming Events
May 9
ICS Membership Meeting
14 Grandparents’ and Senior
Friends’ Day
15 School for SK students
16-18 Grade
7&8 at Fair Glen
17 no ICS
Band practice
19 12th
Annual Golf Tournament at Pine Knott
21
Victoria Day Holiday – no school
23 ICS
Track & Field Day (raindate Mon. 28th)
24 LDCSS
Membership Meeting (rescheduled)
29 New JK,
current JK Orientation 8:40 - noon
30 Hat and
Gum Day (rescheduled)
June 3 Choir/Worship Team at Grace Community
Church
6 WD Track & Field in Strathroy (7th rain/heat date)
7 AR goals
due; LDCSS Art Festival
13
Last
day of classes for LDCSS
14
ICS
P.D. Day, LDCSS Study Day – no school
15
LDCSS
Exam Day
18
LDCSS
Study Day
19
LDCSS
Exam Day
20
ICS
Graduation; LDCSS Exam Day
21
Last
day of school for ICS (half day)
22-26
Teacher Work Days; LDCSS Graduation
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From
the Principal's Desk:
As
time allows, it is often well worth it to dig back in our files and see what we
have done before for many of our well-run, established events, taking advantage
of our rich history! Last year, Mrs Nancy Robinson expressed the reasons
behind our annual Grandparents and Senior Friends Day, on Monday May 14
this year. It is well worth printing again this year:
Next Monday,
May 14, we are celebrating Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ Day!
This is a very special day here at school.
During our regular open hose, teachers try to teach typical lessons, keeping in
mind the distractions of people coming into the classroom. During
Grandparents’ Day, the lessons may be much more student self-directed
activities, because there tends to be a lot more visiting going on.
Children are excited to see their special guests, and teachers celebrate the
joy shown between the 2 generations. The unconditional love and
acceptance they bring is a treasure from our seniors.
All of the students were given invitations to pass
on to their grandparents. If your children have no grandparents coming to
visit, please encourage them invite a special neighbour or person from your
church. Having someone there to specifically visit them is really
important to the children. Even the older students keep an eye on the
door to see who is coming into the room. If there is a special
circumstance, let us know. There are usually some visitors who will spend
a bit of time with children who need a little attention. If they are
aware of a need, teachers will make every effort to have every child
included. Also, our senior friends should not wait for an invitation from
a specific child. You are welcome
to join us for the day!
Psalm 78 does such a beautiful job of expressing the role of Christian education in the lives of our families. God’s teachings are passed on from generation to generation. His praiseworthy deeds are celebrated, and children are taught so “they in turn would tell their children”. As we celebrate Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ Day, we are also celebrating what God has done in our lives as well as look forward to His work in the lives of generations to come.
//Keith
Cameron//
Praying for Our Families at
staff devotions this morning: Dave and Angie Bergen, Jake
& Lydia Bergen, Ralph & Ann Brix,
Marcel and Amy Broer.
Praying For Our Staff this week: Mrs. de Dreu
Congratulations: On
Saturday, May 5 The Royal Canadian Legion held its final Public Speaking
competition for the entire province of Ontario Niagara Falls
What a busy Book
Week we are having!!!
·
Students have been doing a number of
book related activities in the classroom and in the library.
·
Today we saw a great variety of
costumes as part of our Character Dress-up Day! What fun to enjoy all the different
characters found in books and celebrate the God-given gift of language and
imagination!
·
Living Books (Tina Vyn) and Usborne Books
(Marlene Lendvay) book displays will be open for sales this evening and
tomorrow (Thursday) morning. Stop
in to check out the selection. You can
also view the over 2500 Usborne titles at www.usbornebooksathome.ca
·
Class visits for purchasing are as
follows:
Thurs., May 10
9:00 – 9:30 – Gr. 1/2
9:30 – 10:00 – Gr. 3/4
10:00 -10:30 - Gr. 7/8
11:00 – 11:30 – Gr. 5/6
11:30 – 12:00 – SK
Since they
are not at school on Thursday, Junior Kindergarten students may visit the displays at any of the above times,
accompanied by a parent.
Parents are
welcome to come to browse and help their student(s) during their scheduled
purchased times.
Celebrate
the gift of books!
Reminders:
T.R.I.P. Orders
are due tomorrow, Thursday, by 9:00 a.m. Pickup on Thursday, May 17.
Grandparents’ & Senior
Friends’ Day: Monday, May 14th. Looking forward to having them join us.
Special Request: It is always a treat for the staff to sit
with the Grandparents over lunch. In
order to do this, we still
need 2 volunteers to sit
with the students in their classrooms while the students have lunch. Please consider this
a
wonderful opportunity to help us out and collect some volunteer hours.
Split Pea Soup WANTED! We sill need 4 pots of pea soup and helpers. If you can help us out please call
Bettina
Poortinga at (519) 269-9662 or email at rbpoortinga@start.ca.
Transportation Note: Due to the Fair Glen Trip next week (May 16-18), Mr. Vannoord's
route will be cancelled on Wednesday p.m. and Thursday a.m. and p.m.
Mrs. de Dreu's bus route will be cancelled on Friday a.m. and p.m.
Parents have two options: dropping their children off in Lyons
Yogurt
Containers:
Our year long program of collecting yogurt
containers is coming to a close by the end of May. Please send in all your yogurt containers by
the May 29 deadline. When the program is
completed we will let you know how much funds were raised for the Student Fund.
Thank you to
all those who supported this recycling program.
School Athletics
T-Shirt will be offered for sale again. Orders are due on Thursday,
May 31st to have them available before the end of schoo. Promoting team building and school pride, our
intent is to have all students from gr. 1 – 8 have these as mandatory, short
sleeve shirts for gym class in Fall 2012. If you place your order now you
still have the opportunity to have your name printed on the back. If you purchase in August before school
starts then you will not have that option.
At that time we will have a variety of sizes available and sell them to
the students as needed. An order form is
attached to the Journal. A sample of the
red t-shirt and a black hoodie are on display in the office.
Graduation: We are looking for parent volunteers to
arrange a power-point presentation for our grads, and volunteer to lead up a
dinner decorating committee. If interested
please contact the school.
Yearbook: If you still wish to place
an ad, please send it to school with the payment.
Willing to share any neat photos of your
children at school events? Contact Amanda (519-550-7312).
Last Call for Artists to Design the Yearbook Cover:
The theme, “Servants of the King” should be incorporated in the
cover. If you are interested please pick
up a template from the office. Any
questions contact Mrs. Cameron. Covers
needs to be handed in by Wednesday, May 16.
Thank you to everyone who
participated and attended our Notes of
Joy musical evening last Friday night.
Our gym was filled with praise and joy as
together we celebrated a variety of God-given gifts. It is
good to praise the Lord and make music to your name O Most High. Psalm 92:1
School
Drive Update: Thank you to all the
supporters of Christian Education! To
date, we have received $68,545 with still a few more envelopes to come in. If you have been missed please feel free to
drop off your donation envelope at the office. We at ICS continue to value
and appreciate the prayerful and financial support within our local and
extended community.
Volunteer opportunity for
next year: We are looking for someone to take over the monthly
cheese order fundraiser. It includes putting notes in the journal,
collecting the orders from the office, ordering cheese from our supplier, and
sorting once a month. (Cheese is delivered the first Wednesday of every
month) You would not have to take care of collecting money. Please
talk to Nancy Robinson or Emily Schuurman (schuur7@execulink.com) if you are
interested. We'd be happy to work along side you for a while too!
2012 ICS Golf Tournament May 19th, 2012 at Pine
Knot in Dorchester . To enter your team,
or just come out for the dinner, or if you have any questions, call Tammie
Vannoord at 519-773-5593 or e-mail her at jtvannoord@amtelecom.net.
Track and
Field Wednesday, May 23rd. We are still looking for many
helpers! A sign up form is at the end of the
Journal. As soon as
we have our volunteer list finalized it will be sent home with your child.
Thank
you, Ms. Pieters, Ms. Buma
Hot Dog
Lunch: All
students will be given a free lunch: 1 hot dog, 1 drink and 1 freezie. There is an order form at the
end of the Journal if you wish to purchase any additional items only. Please send in payment with the order.
The
Auxiliary is looking for volunteers for lunch crew. Call Bettina
Poortinga at (519) 269-9662 or email at rbpoortinga@start.ca.
QUICK CASH FUNDRAISER for the Auxiliary: If your going to be at the June 6th District
Track and Field Day in Strathroy, the ICS Auxillary can use your help.
We need individuals like YOU to set up the food cart, serve food items,
and BBQ throughout the day. If you want to join in all the fun call me
at (519) 269 - 9662 or send me a quick e-mail at rbpoortinga@start.ca. Thank
you!
Hat and Gum Day Wednesday May 30th.
If you are interested in helping please call Joanne Saarloos
(519-773-8827) or Emily Schuurman (519-877-2320 or schuur7@execulink.com).
The
Aylmer Christian Community is hosting Keith
and Kristyn Getty on September 19, 2012 for a concert to be held at the
Aylmer Christian Reformed Church. Check
out their website www.gettymusic.com. The e-mail address for tickets and
information is gettyconcertaylmer@hotmail.com.
Tickets are also available at the Aylmer CRC, Monday – Thursday, 9-12 noon and
also from committee members, Harry Broer, Trudy Wiebenga, Kees de Dreu and
Sharon Schipper.
Bill 13
We
at the OACS office have been following the development and progress of Bill 13
which was introduced by the Liberal government to address the issue of bullying
in Ontario
At
present, the bill has passed second reading with relatively little debate in
the legislature. You will likely have noted the growing debate in the media
where there is concern about the bill’s perhaps unintended consequences. We encourage
you to monitor media coverage of this bill.
There
are a number of aspects of the bill that are noteworthy and might possibly
impact OACS schools. Some examples:
- Boards will be
required to allow students to establish groups to promote gender equity,
anti-racism, respect for persons with disabilities, and respect for
persons of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
- If a Board wants to
rent its facilities to groups outside the school, it must ensure that such
groups have policies that are in compliance with the intent of Bill 13.
- Schools are expected
to conduct surveys of students every two years to gather information about
student attitudes and orientations, and then use the information in those
surveys to shape policies and programs.
There
is, of course, some question about whether this legislation will be passed in
its current form, and whether it will apply to our schools if it does pass.
There can be little doubt, however, that this debate will impact the public
perception of what schools ought to do about bullying and how schools ought to
respond to student concerns about the issues raised in the bill. For that
reason it is important that we pay attention to this issue and perhaps begin
conversations in our communities about the growing public awareness about
bullying and its impact on students. Source: OACA InSight (http://www.ecurriculum.ca/2012/03/bill-13/)
[Principal's comment]:
Rather than focusing on our common value as people made in God's image, this
Bill focuses on promoting all lifestyle choices as equally valid.
Private Christian school
parents need to be concerned about Bill 13. In response to this problem, please
consider 4 things.
1. PRAY for
wisdom and God’s hand to work in the hearts and minds of our politicians
2. Contact
your MPP and request they amend or vote NO to Bill 13.
3. Sign a
petition either online or by mail in (http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/vote-no-to-bill-13.html).
4. Learn
about this issue and educate those around you. Don’t let bill 13 slide by!
Source:
concerned ICS parent
MPP
Contact Information
Hon. Dalton McGuinty , Premier of Ontario
dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
613-736-9573, 1795 Kilborn Av, Ottawa ,
ON , K1H 6N1
Hon. Laurel Broten, Education Minister Liberal
Lbroten.mpp@liberal.ola.org
Suite 100701 Evans Avenue , Etobicoke , ON , M9C 1A3
Jeff Yurek, MPP Elgin ,
Middlesex, London
Jeff.yurek@pc.ola.org
750 Talbot St., St. Thomas ,
ON , N5P 1E2 ,
1-800-265-7638
Ernie Hardeman, MPP Oxford
Ernie.hardemanco@pc.ola.org
12 Perry Street Woodstock , ON , N4S 3C2 ,
1-800-265-4046
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR and SENIOR KINDERGARTEN
Reminders: "Make-Up" SK Kindergarten Day on
Tue May 15th - SK only
New JK for September and current
JK students orientation on Tuesday, May 29th from 8:40 – 12
noon.
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Bible: Elisha
Math: Numeral
Recognition, Sets to 10, More/Less/Same, Seriation
Phonemic Awareness:
Beginning Sounds, Rhyming Words, Ending Sounds
Year
End Class Trip: JK to
Grade 2 will be going to Greenview Aviaries on Monday, June 4th. More details to follow.
GRADES 1 and
2 – Ms. Pieters
Happy 8th Birthday
to
Jocelyn Shelton
Sunday, May 13, 2012
“May you be blessed by the
Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Memory Work: for Wed. May 16
Seek the Lord while he may
be found ; call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Spelling: Spelling
Dictation for Friday, May 11
Grade
1: saw, paw, law, lawn, fawn, then, this, what
Grade
2: they, their, many, any, anything, than, because, know, water, very
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Fri. May 11 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: useful, quietly,
slowly, careful, careless, quickly, useless, worthless, fearful, fearless,
joyful, smarter, fastest, funniest, happiest, priceless, watchful
Grade 4 words are: quiet, quite, angel, angle, already, all
ready, desert, dessert, weather, whether, pitcher, picture, loose, lose, aisle,
isle, dairy, diary, surrounded, practice
Memory Work: Continue practicing at school for Grandparents and
Senior Friends Day presentation.
Thurs. May 12 – Math Test – Gr. 4 – Geometry – line segments,
parallel and intersecting lines, right angles, congruent and similar shapes,
radius, diameter, finding perimeter, area and volume
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Holly Cameron
and Michael Drop. Next week: Victoria Krahn and Dylan Kroondyk.
Book Week: We are participating in the activities of Book
Week, getting dressed up as book characters, sharing a favourite book with our
school families, playing Library Tic-Tac-Toe, completing Favourite Author
ballots (polls close tomorrow at noon!) and making book marks. Our guest reader was Mrs. Groeneweg. We all
enjoyed the story she read to us by Max Lacado,The Oak Inside the Acorn. Thank you, Mrs. Groeneweg, for coming to
our class! We made our “wish lists” today at the Successful Living and Usborne
Books display tables. Our book purchase
time tomorrow is between 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. We are having an exciting week
at school!
GRADE 5 and 6
– Mrs Drop
Social Studies: Continue working on the U.S.
Spelling: Dictation will be on Fri., May 11.
Please hand in spelling exercises on that date as well.
Math: the Fibonacci project will
be due on Mon, May 28. This is an intriguing mathematical pattern found
all over in nature! Ask your child why we might expect creation to have
patterns, and why these patterns might be quite complex...
Memory work: “Praise be to the
name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes
times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to
the wise and knowledge to the discerning.” Daniel 2:20, 21.
GRADE 7 and 8
– Mr. TenBruggencate
Bible: Key Assignment #1 for the unit Upon This
ROCK is due Tuesday, May 15.
Spelling: Dictation will be on Fri., May 11.
Please hand in spelling exercises on that date as well.
Also check wikispaces for daily homework
assignments and tests.
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Track and Field Volunteer
Name: __________________________________________________
(Please print name)
Please
check the day and times that you would be able to help:
Wednesday,
May 23
Raindate: Monday, May 28 (if
necessary)
Anytime
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8:30
– 12 (approx.)
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12:00
– 3 p.m.
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