The Journal
Upcoming Events
Sept. 19 Chapel 8:55
19 Keith & Kristen Getty Concert at
Missionary
Church-first bus leaves 12:25
Concert in
24 Immunization for gr. 7 & 8 students
25 WDCS Cross Country (Oct. 4 raindate)
26 Chapel 8:55
29 Ride for Refugee
Oct. 3 Chapel 8:55; Thanksgiving Dinner
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Keith & Kristen
Getty Concert,
Wednesday, Sept. 19 at
7:00 p.m.
please email:
gettyconcertaylmer@hotmail.com or call Sharon
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From the
Principal's Desk:
Update on Mr T: Mr TenBruggencate
was struck by a car while cycling in St
Thomas St Thomas General Hospital
RIDE for Refuge: The RIDE for Refuge
is a great cycling event that brings together Christians of many different
churches while raising funds for those in various needs (http://rideforrefuge.org/canada).
This year the RIDE is on Sat Sep 29, starting at 8 am at the Sommerfeld Mennonite
Church in Mount Salem
In
Christ,
//Keith
Cameron//
Praying
For Our Families: Every
Thursday morning at staff devotions we will be remembering in prayer 2 of our
school families, the parents and their children. Last week Thursday we prayed Mike & Wendy
Abell, Chris & Chantelle Bakker
Praying
For Our Staff: The Board
also encourages the membership to pray for one staff member a week. This week we will pray for Mrs. Groeneweg.
Reminder Items: Health Forms that may need updating, please notify
Mrs. Smit about changes
Updated Family Picture - please identify your family members
The
Meat and Baked Goods Order is due Thursday,
Sept. 20th. No Late Orders! Coolers can be dropped off.
Volunteer sign-up: Still want to sign
up? Please hand in your forms.
Band Fees are due to Mrs. Smit. $150
if you are renting $75 if you provide your own instrument. Note the price
correction. (It was wrong in the Journal last
week.) We had our first practice
yesterday (Tuesday).
We are missing Band shirt # 13. Could
I ask everyone to please do a check at home to see if it accidentally got put
away with other clothing. Just drop it
off in the office, no questions asked.
Student Activity Fee/Chocolate Bar Sales. How
is the selling going? We still have more
boxes available for eager salesmen to take home and sell. When you have a box sold please hand in the
money to your teacher. For every box
sold you can put your name in a draw for a class prize. If you
are not selling chocolate bars then your Student Activity Fee is due.
Phone number corrections/changes in
your School Directory Listing: Ann
Walters home phone is 226-785-2020 call there first, leave a message if
necessary, then try the cell phone. Cell
phone reception in Port Bruce is not great.
Ryan Dykxhoorn 519-860-6332
T.R.I.P.
Order pick
up tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, Sept. 13
FROM T.R.I.P. : It has come to our
attention that there are families not aware of the fact that PC (NO FRILLS)
gift cards can also be used to purchase gas there! You will still
receive the 'super bucks' with your purchase when you use the gift cards.
A Big Thank You for
a Great Back to School BBQ! We had great
turnout of families in the gym enjoying good food and fellowship. Thanks to the
Auxiliary and the Promotions Committee for all their work preparing and
organizing as well as the many volunteers, adults, high school and elementary
students.
Private Music Lessons: Currently we have 4 music teachers working
with our students. We have Mrs. Paula
Richardson on Tuesday mornings for piano (519-633-7986), Mrs. Amanda Cameron on
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for piano (519-550-7312), Mrs. June Elley on
Wednesday morning for violin, voice, guitar and piano (519-765-3316), and Mr.
Derrick Drover on Thursdays as well for guitar and piano (www.derrickdrover.com or 519- 765-4990). If you are
interested in pursuing lessons please talk to the music teacher directly.
It’s time to start planning our annual Thanksgiving
Dinner at I.C.S. This is a special meal we share
together in the gym as a student body on Wednesday, Oct. 3. We hope that many of you will be able to
participate in helping us to put this together.
Please fill out the order form at the end of the Journal for what you
would be willing to donate or how you would like to participate. Thank you.
Also, each teacher will be collecting $2.00 per student
to cover the cost of the turkey meat for the meal. You may send this in with your child between
now and the end of Sept.
Cross Country: Permission forms and
running logs were handed out at practice yesterday, and need to be returned by
Fri Sep 21. With parental accompaniment, students have the option of running in
a friendly competition in St Thomas at 9:30 a.m. on Sat Sep 15 at Waterworks
Park - see the card your runner has brought home. Our meet is Tue Sep 25
in Stratford
Boy's Soccer: Practice days are Monday in
the gym, Wednesday and Friday soccer field outside. Tuesday and Friday mornings
at 8:30 run with the cross-country group. Come prepared. There are two
exhibition games scheduled on Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 with St. Thomas Community Christian
School Aylmer St. Thomas
Things to
Save for Immanuel
We want to thank you for everything that you saved for our school. In total we raised almost $4000 for the
school. We want to encourage you
continue saving this year. A list of
things to save is attached to this Journal.
Please put it on your fridge.
Printer Cartridges, old and newer Cell Phones, Digital Cameras, i
pods, mp3 players, Laptops and Tablets, working or broken: Last school year we made approx $440 for
the student fund. We have sent in 852
lbs of waste that was avoided going into the landfill and had 12 trees planted
in our school name.
Cell phones that are in good working condition, look great and
come complete with the battery and charger are worth up to $150/ cell phone. If you are upgrading, making a change,
(especially businesses), please send us your good working cell phones. Bring them to the office instead of putting
them in the recycling box so they can packaged up as “Best in Class” to be
eligible for our refund.
Campbell’s Soup Labels:
V8 Beverages or Vegetable Cocktail, Campbell’s Beef Broth, Condensed
Soup, Ready to Serve, Chunky Soup or Chilli, Pace Salsa, Habitant, Gardennay,
Prego, Ramen (Hearty Noodles, Gatsusso), Chunky to Go Bowls, as well as all
sizes of Goldfish Crackers. The labels
are worth points which we can redeem for school supplies.
Newspaper: Bundle your newsprint and drop them off at our
newspaper shed at Martin’s Lift Truck, old location, 48180 Talbot Line, west on Hwy 3, north side of the road just
outside of Aylmer 52442
Lyons Road
Pop Cans: Bag them up
and drop off in the red bin on the north side of our newspaper shed at Martin’s
Lift Truck. Thank you to the Noorland
family who collects, stores and delivers them to Zubick’s. The Auxiliary made over $1,000 last school
year.
Pop Can Tabs: We are saving
for a 17 yr. old Chatham
Used Stamps: For the
Canadian Bible Society. One pound of stamps equals one Bible for a third world
country.
Milk Bags: We take them as well. These are used to make sleeping mats for
third world countries.
Grocery Receipts: Only Zehrs and Valu-mart are still
running the program. Don’t send us any
other store tapes please. Last school
year we collected $487 for the computer fund.
Thank you to Mrs. Katherine DeKraker for looking after this fundraiser
for many years. Mrs. Jodi Hibbert will
be taking over this project for us.
Kool Aid Jammers, Del Monte Juice Pouches, Mr. Christie Snack
Pack: The money collected goes to the student fund. They reuse them to make tote bags, etc. Last
school year we made $55.
Personal Care & Beauty Products: lipstick
cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo & conditioner bottles,
foundation packaging, body wash containers, soap dispensers, saving foam tubes,
power cases, lotion bottles, chapstick tubes, face soap tubes, face lotion
bottles or jars, nail polish bottles, nail polish remover bottles, eyeliner
cases, eyeliner pencils, eyeshadow tubes, concealer tubes lipliner pencils,
hand lotion tubes, hair paste jars. For
the student fund we collected $56 for the school year
Tassimo T Discs – for coffee, tea, espresso, milk and hot chocolate. For the student fund we collected $62 for the
school year.
Any brand of Ziplock sandwich baggies or
disposable containers. For the student fund we collected $34 for the
school year.
FROM THE
CLASSROOMS:
School-wide memory
work:
We were excited to begin the Protectors Freedom from Bullying program in
our chapel this morning. This involves a chapel session focussed on the week's
lesson, including Scripture and a skit presented by a class. You can
follow along at: https://immanuelchristianschool.wikispaces.com/.
Class teachers will then emphasize the same theme during the following
week, and the entire school will do the same memory work. This week we
will look at Jesus' words regarding the treatment of others. Memory work for Wed 18 Sep is from Micah 6:8:
He has showed you, O man,
what is good.
And what does the Lord
require of you?
To act justly and to love
mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
JUNIOR / SENIOR
KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some
of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Bible: Creation,
Adam and Eve
Letter and sound this
week: a
Math: sorting and
simple patterns, graphing: how many letters are in your name?
Practicing how to print
their own names
Practicing scissors
skills and pencil grip
Show
and Tell: Monday, September 17th for SK students and
Tuesday, September 18th for JK.
Birthdays:
All the students' birthdays are celebrated as a class. Treats may be sent
along with your child on their special day, if desired.
On Monday, Sept. 17th, the SK class will visit our
library for the first time. Mark on your calendars: Monday is library
day.
The
Elgin St. Thomas Public Health Unit
would like to know when your child received their 4-6 year booster so they can
update their records. You may call in
this information at 519-631-9900 Ext. 1407 or 1-800-922-0096 Ext. 1407: Fax:
519-633-0468
On-Line: www.elginhealth.on.ca/vaccinations.
Mail: 99 Edward Street , St. Thomas ,
Ontario N5P 1Y8
Clinics are held at:
St. Thomas Immunization Clinic, 99
Edward Street
Malahide Immunization Clinic, 12105 Whittaker Road , Springfield
GRADES 1 and 2 - Ms. Pieters
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Friday, September 14.
Grade
1: in, is, it, big, did
Grade
2: as, has, fox, box, mix, egg, jam, pet, nap, big
Field Trip: We are looking forward to
visiting the YMCA Children's Safety Village in London
Scholastic Book Club: If you would like to place
an order for September, please have you child bring the order form with the
payment (cash or check) to school by Thursday, September 13, 2012. Thank you.
Highlights Magazine: Please take a moment to
sign the order form, mark either “Yes” or “No” and send it back to school by
this Friday, Sept. 14. Thank you.
Tissue Box: Thank-you to all those who
have added a tissue box to our classroom supply.
Bible: Thank you for helping your
child(ren) with the first three activity sheets they have taken home. The
students have enjoyed sharing their work in class. Please look for three more
pages to follow in this next week.
The
Elgin St. Thomas Public Health Unit note: See JK/SK.
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Fri. Sept. 14 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: next, left, help,
please, believe, many, very, been, seen, she, between, three, easy, sea, leave,
blessed, receive
Grade 4 words are: attach, where, sandwich, change, watch,
singer, slippery, spring, gather, these, thread, athlete, worth, thirsty,
whisper, whistle, awhile, nowhere, search, thoughtful
Wed. Sept. 19 – Memory Work: (See above)
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Daniel
Abell. Next week: Cody Bergen
Library Class: Remember to bring books back to school for
tomorrow’s Library class.
Accelerated Reader: Your child’s AR goal for Term 1 will be included in
a note that will be sent home this Friday, Sept. 14.
Scholastic Book
Orders: September book orders for
Lucky and Arrow Book Clubs are due this Friday, Sept. 14. Thank you.
Highlights and Chickadee
Magazines: Parents, please complete
the Highlights and Chickadee forms that were sent home with your child
today. Regardless of how you respond,
each yes or no parent-signed completed form, enables your child’s classroom to
benefit through a free subscription, or through helpful classroom
resources. Thank you! Please return forms to school by next Friday,
Sept. 21.
Chocolate Bar Sales: Many students are working hard to sell their boxes
of bars. A few students have already
sold an entire box! Well done, girls and
boys! Keep up the effort! Thank you also, to those who have contributed
to upcoming special events and field trips through their Student Fee
contributions!
Kleenex Boxes: Thank you for helping us to stock up on our supply
of boxes. Our supply needs to be
replenished. Your continuing donations
are most welcome!
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Happy birthday to Grace Vording and Kira Saarloos
who celebrated their birthdays this week!
Memory Work for Wed., Sept
19 is Micah 6:8 – see above
Math: Continue to
review math facts (multiplication). We have started a unit about number
patterns.
Spelling exercises
(Lesson 1) are due on Fri., Sept. 14. Dictation will be on that date as
well
Social Studies: Students will need
to select their country of study and their task card(s) for our Global
Neighbours unit. Portfolio projects are due on Weds Sep 26, your son /
daughter received project details yesterday.
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate
Memory Work for Wed., Sept
19 is Micah 6:8 – see above
Immunization consent forms are due this Friday
September 14th.
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Thanksgiving
Dinner
1. I will donate:
_______10
lbs of potatoes (peeled) (need 5 people)
_______ 1 large (1 kg) bag of frozen beans (need 4
people)
_______ 1 large (1kg) bag of frozen corn
(need 4 people)
_______ 3 jars of apple sauce (need 4 people)
_______ 2 pkgs Buttered dinner rolls
(need 9 people)
_______ 3 boxes of stove top stuffing
(need 6 people)
_______ milk, butter for mashed potatoes
and Veloutine for gravy (need 1 person)
2. I can help by:
_______
cooking and carving a turkey (need 4 people)
_______
working in the kitchen 9:30 – 11:30 (need 4 people)
_______
working in the kitchen 11:15 – 1:30 (need 9 people)
_______
anyone interested to come in and wash dishes at 12:45
to speed the clean up for
the second crew?
_______________________________________________ Your Name
