Wednesday, January 30, 2013
School’s email address: immanuel@amtelecom.net
Principal’s email address: icsprincipal@amtelecom.net
ICS Website:
www.immanuelchristianschool.net 519-773-8476
Check us out on
Facebook: facebook.com/ICSAylmer
Twitter: twitter.com/ICSAylmer
LDCSS Website:
www.ldcss.on.ca 519-455-4360
Christian Education Foundation (endowment fund): www.ldcef.org
Upcoming Events
Feb 1
Electives
4 Chapel
5 Hockey Practice
6 LDCSS New Parent Night
8 Electives
12 Hockey Practice
13 Chapel – Lent 1; Pancake Lunch; Skating
15 Electives; 2nd term ends; AR
goals due:
LDCSS PD day
22 Friday Family Fun Night Dinner -date changed
From the
Principal's Desk::
It's
great to be back (even if temperatures are now similiar)! The Principal's
Development Institute was an excellent professional development event.
Despite the Miami venue, we worked from 8
am to 9 pm, and saw little of the outside (though I did get a chance to see South Beach North America . Topics
included instructional leadership, governance, strategic planning, key issues
and Christian leadership. The discussions were very helpful in confirming
our board governance model, and affirming for our draft assessment policy as
well as the ongoing board and staff discussion about what makes the ICS
educational program 'exceptional.' As leaders, it is very encouraging to
be able to sharpen each other. I appreciate the support from the board,
teachers and parents to allow me to take the time for an event such as this -
thank-you.
It
was exciting to hear our students using their voices this morning during our Speakfest!
Public speaking remains a very valuable skill, whether speaking with a
group of peers, to a whole class or a whole school - well done to our
finalists! Those nominated for the Legion public speaking contest will be
notified individually, with the contest taking place this Saturday at the
Aylmer Legion.
in
Christ,
Keith
Cameron
Praying for our Families: Last week we prayed for Randy and Bettina
Poortinga & Fred and Carrie Rempel.
Praying for our Staff: This week we will pray for Ms. Pieters and continued
healing for Mr. TenBruggencate.
Please
uphold in pray Darryl and Tracy Mantel and family. Tracy ’s dad
suffered a stroke while holidaying in Florida Florida Tracy
Reminders: Tonight is our Parent Education Night: Please join
us from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Choose a workshop on Accelerating Parents (use of the Accelerated Reader
program) or An Evening at the Docs (use of Google Docs).
Are you missing a crockpot insert and a CD that was left in the
school kitchen? Contact the office.
Congratulations to the following students
who went to the gym this morning for our Speak-off!
Storytelling: Grade 1: Sarah Janssens,
Naomi Poortinga
Grade
2: Gracie Bergen, Lily Sinke
Grade
3: Megan Friesen, Jocelyn Shelton
Poetry Presentations: Grade 4: Cody Bergen, Holly Cameron, Kaylynn Mantel,
Micah Schuurman
Speeches: Grade 5: Victoria Krahn,
Matthew Ypma
Grade
6: Jessica Friesen, Luke Schuurman
Grade
7: Kiley DeKraker, Nicole Friesen, Megan
Ypma
Personal Choice: Grade 8: we
have all poems: Lance Buis, Charlotte
Rollins, Kassidy Saarloos
Pancake
Lunch Wednesday, Feb. 13. Order
form is found at the end of the Journal.
$2 per student includes pancakes, juice and 1 ice cream. Deadline to order and have payment is
Thursday, February 7.
Our
final School Skate is on Wednesday, February 13 from 2-3 p.m. All students grade 2 and under and all beginner
skaters are asked to wear helmets, and all students are encouraged to wear
mitts to protect their fingers. Parents
are invited to come and help out.
Knights of Columbus
Free Throw Competition: The following students
from grades 4-8 will be participating in today’s after school free throw competition at Assumption Catholic
School
13 yr. age category at 4pm Ryan
Kroondyk, Kristy Korevaar
9 yr. age category at 4:30 Braden Vandersleen, Holly Cameron
10 yr. age category at 5:00
Dylan Kroondyk, Grace Vording
11 yr. age category at 5:30
Dylan Vandersleen, Lindsay VandenBrink
12 yr. age category at 6:00 Dean
Rollins, Nicole Friesen
We
wish our students well. Feel free to
come out and watch!
Thank you for all the support
with the Dinner Extravaganza evening! Whether it was through donating, attending,
praying for success, volunteering or cheerfully giving – your support made the
night a great success! God has blessed us with a community of generosity
and many talents, and the Dinner Extravaganza is evidence of that!
Pictures are posted online at facebook.com/ICSAylmer
and complete financial results will be tallied this
week.
- Fundraising Committee and
the Dinner Extravaganza Committee
WDCS Basketball Tournament:
Congratulations to our Girls team for
coming in 1st place and our boys for coming in 4th place. Thank you to all the coaches involved: Mrs. Helen Friesen and Mrs. Christy Hiemstra Ms.
Katrina Jones and Mr. Keith Cameron.
Hockey: The next practice will be Tuesday, Feb. 5 at
7:30 a.m.
Grocery Receipts:
We
are looking for someone to take over this fundraising project. This is an ideal project for a family needing
volunteer hours that you can do from the comfort and convenience of your own
home. It involves tallying Valu Mart and
Zehrs grocery tapes into lots of $10,000.
Every now and then you take them to the store to hand in and the head
office will send the school a cheque for the % of the $ sent in. Please speak to Mrs. Smit if you are
interested.
Still looking for IT Tech
help: Our IT team would love an additional volunteer
who would be very interested in learning how our network works. Commitment is a couple of hours per
month. The rewards are knowing the art
of educational technical support. Please
contact Keith Cameron.
Handyman Help Needed to complete small repairs
on a weekly basis. If interested and able, please contact the Principal.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten
Bible:
Turning Water into Wine, Calming a Storm
Letter
and sound: B
Math:
All About Number: 8 (eight, tally, count, number before and after 8...)
Please
review the words with your child (Word Book)
Nursery
Rhyme: The Three Little Kittens (number 3, pair, rhyming words, left-right)
Shapes
Show and Tell:
SK - Friday, Feb. 1
JK – Tuesday, Feb. 5
GRADES 1 and
2 - Ms. Pieters
Spelling
Dictation words for Friday, February 1
Grade
1: we, me, he, be, see, need, tree, sheep
Grade
2: her, girl, turn, hurt, first, were, card, part, start, are
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Fri. Feb. 1 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: don’t, didn’t, I’ll, I’m, it’s, let’s,
you’re, we’re, doesn’t, o’clock, won’t, wouldn’t, its, can’t that’s, wasn’t,
haven’t
Grade 4 words are: leaf, leaves, wolf, wolves, potato, potatoes,
roof, roofs, family, families, library, libraries, journey, journeys, hero,
heroes, ditch, ditches, volcano and volcanoes
Fri. Jan. 25 – Math Quiz: Grade 3:
Checkup: Multiplying with 8
as a factor. Example: (8 x 4 = 32) and
(8 x 7 = 56)
Wed.
Feb. 6 -
Memory Work: Song: You
and I (Verses 1 and 2)
1) Who's goin' to tell the story? You and I!
Tell of the Lord's great glory?
You and I!
Who's goin' to let the
whole world know? Help his disciples
grow and multiply? You and I!
2) Who's goin' to bring the kingdom? You and I!
Who's goin' to spread the gospel?
You and I!
Who's goin' to do the kindly
deed? Comfort the one in need and help
supply? You and I!
Words and Music: Natalie Sleeth, adapted from the anthem "You
and I"
Copyright: 1976, Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Songs for Life: #246
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Randall
Drop. Next week: Megan Friesen.
Swim to Survive: Grade 3 students will be participating in their
third lesson at the St. Thomas YMCA, this Friday, Feb. 1. Thank you, Mrs. Ann Walters, for taking us to
the YMCA! We will be leaving ICS at 1:00
PM and plan to return to school by 3:15 – 3:20 PM. Please remember to pack your bathing suit and
towel, girls and boys!
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Happy Birthday to Jordyn Vandendool (Jan.
30) and Dylan Vandersleen (Feb 1st)
Memory Work: 1 John 2:7-8
Science: we are completing our
electrical station work, and will be choosing a final project this Thu.
The majority of the work will be done in class. Each group will
need a 1L milk or cream carton to build their device in.
Tech: online research slideshow
due Thu Jan 31. See wikispaces.
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones
Geography: Poem is due Tuesday, February 5th.
Test de français: jeudi le février
Tech: online footprint poster
due Thu 31 Jan. See wikispaces.
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Deadline
to order and have payment is Friday, February 7.
Pancake
Lunch – Wednesday, Feb. 13th.
_____________ would like to order a pancake lunch
with juice and 1 ice-cream for only $2.00 per student.
Money included _________
Money sent with
___________________ in gr. _____
Parent Signature
