Wednesday, February 13, 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 15
Electives; 2nd term ends; AR goals due:
LDCSS PD day
18 Family Day Holiday
– school closed
19 P.A. Day – report card writing – no school
20 Chapel-Lent 2; Board meets
21 Hockey Practice; Registration evening
JK/SK,
all grades (daytime 8-4,
evening 6:30-8)
22
Electives; Friday Family Fun
Night Dinner
23 OACS
Town
26 Hockey Practice 7:30
27
Chapel-Lent 3; Report cards sent home
March 1
Hat and Gum Day
From the
Principal's Desk::
We've
certainly had a funny weather week! On behalf of the staff and transport
committee, we appreciate your patience and help with our snow day cancellation
on Friday, and the snow/rain bus cancellation on Monday morning. We will
aim to extend electives by one more week to make up for the missed day on Friday.
Our bus cancellation calls are generally made just after 6 am (we rely on
the public system's weather decisions on www.busmonitor.ca),
in consultation with me, and we aim to get the phone chain going very shortly
thereafter. We will also post weather cancellations on our Twitter feed,
located on our homepage. As a school, we are indeed a small community,
and everyone plays a part in our transportation system - thank-you!
Yours
in Christ,
Keith
Cameron, Principal
Praying for our Families: Last week we prayed for Alec and Elaine
Saarloos & Graham and Janet Saarloos.
Praying for our Staff: This week we will pray for Mrs. Drop and continued
healing for Mr. TenBruggencate.
Please
remember in prayer the Coto family.
Nain’s mother in Honduras Honduras
Reminders: T.R.I.P.
Orders will be available for pick up Thursday, Feb. 21 in the p.m.
Transportation: Friday, Feb. 15 LDCSS
has a PD day. Mrs. Tesselaar’s bus will
leave 20 minutes later in the a.m. Transportation for all High School Students: Because I.C.S.
has a PD Report Card Preparation day on Tuesday, Feb. 19th, the
school will be closed to students so the bussing for L.D.C.S.S. is as
follows: Mrs. Rita Tesselaar’s bus
will leave her home at 7:45 a.m. (Students catching the bus at her house
should be there by 7:40.) She will stop
at Carter Road Lyons Wilson Rd.
Electives: Since last Friday was a
snow day we will extend our program for an additional week. Feb. 22 will be the final elective.
A
repeat of the e-mail sent out Tuesday: MEMO 12-B-07 Date: Monday, February 11, 2013
To: School Boards, Principals, Donors
to CEAF
From: Julius de Jager, OACS Executive
Director
Re: OACS Town hall
The OACS has arranged with four member
schools to host a series of town hall sessions so that people in your school
community can hear the latest updates on the CEAF situation, hear a summary of
our defense strategy and pose the questions they may
have of the OACS leadership team. The
meeting information is as follows:
Saturday, February 16 Toronto District
Christian High
School 377 Woodbridge Ave ,
Vaughan , ON L4L 2V7
Saturday, February 16 Smithville Christian
High School (SCHS), 6488 Smithville
Townline Road, PO Box 40, Smithville ON
L0R
2A0, 3 – 5 PM
Saturday, February 23 Woodland Christian
High School 1058 Spitzig Road , Breslau ,
ON N0B 1M0
Saturday, February 23 London District
Christian Secondary
School 24 Braesyde
Avenue , London , ON
N5W 1V3
2–
4 PM
Please note that the meetings will need
to start and end on time as the OACS presenters will need to travel between
locations.
Refreshments will be available prior to
the meeting. We thank you for your support and patience as the OACS works on
your behalf.
Our
next Parent-Teacher Conference is scheduled for Monday, March 4. This conference is intended for everyone who
wishes to have an update on their child’s progress, be informed about their
CTBS score, or has a special concern to discuss. New this year, if you wish, students from
grades 3-8 may also attend the conference with you. You will notice a self reflection form
included with this term’s report cards which may be used during these
conferences.
Teachers
will request a conference for anyone achieving below the ‘C’ level, so everyone
is asked to check the schedule when it is sent home with the February 27th
Journal. Conference request forms are
due Thursday, February 21 at the latest. A sign up form is printed at the end
of the Journal.
Attention
all choir members: For
our special Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ Day presentation, each of you
need a black long sleeved shirt and a black (or very, very, very dark pants),
even sports pants are fine and black socks.
Please gather those items an brig them to school for practice.
Help
Wanted!
Please contact the Principal if this is you...
Occasional Building Attendant. Position involves
opening and closing the gym for rentals, with janitorial services during and
after the rental, depending on the
booking. Wages paid are the janitorial fees charged with the rental.
The ideal applicant ideally
lives locally, and is able to attend
ICS on an occasional basis depending on rentals. The
successful candidate will work with the
janitor, and for the Principal.
Please contact the Principal for more information. Applications may
be sent to the office by Feb 27.
Volunteer Handyman. This is an ideal
position for a retired gentleman who has a desire to serve with his hands on a
weekly or
bi-weekly basis in the school for a few
hours during business hours. We have many small items needing repair,
which often wait
until they become bigger before getting
done - we'd like to move to a more proactive system, taking pride in our school
building
and keeping it in a high standard of
repair.
Tech Team. Are you interested
in learning how we keep our computers running? Our tech team is seeking
one interested
applicant who is willing to learn!
Junior
and Senior Kindergarten, All Grades Registration all day 8-4 and evening 6:30-8
at ICS, next Thursday, February 21.
Please
bring along a copy of our child’s certificate, health card and immunization
record. We will
photocopy the necessary documents for you.
Mrs. Groeneweg will be available to talk to you in the evening
session. Mr. Cameron will be available
to talk to you after 10:45 (when he is done is classroom duty) to do an
admission interview with you.
If you cannot make the registration evening please
call or e-mail the school and we can get the paperwork to you or you may drop
in at any time to the office. We would
appreciate having your completed paperwork as soon as possible as we are
looking at numbers for class sizes.
If you are undecided about your child attending
I.C.S. in the fall please feel to come that evening anyway, browse, have a tour
of the school, talk to Mrs. Groeneweg and Mr. Cameron. We would love to have you come.
Hat
and Gum
day is being held Fri Mar 1 (a bit earlier than other years) in the
morning. This is both a fun activity for our students, as well as a
fundraiser for the Canadian Christian Education Foundation's (http://www.canadianchristianeducation.org/)
"Give a Little, get a Lot " campaign.
The Canadian Christian Education Foundation is a national foundation
working to meet the needs of our Christian School Teachers and students as they
enter the 21st century. Students will be able to purchase hat and gum
licences, as well as buy tickets for face and hair painting as well as a hoops
competition. Our grade 8s will sell tickets and help with event running.
We need some parents to come out and help with face painting, nail
painting, hair painting, basketball toss...and other things. If you
could volunteer please email Emily Schuurman (schuur7@execulink.com) or
Georgie Rodenburg
(rburg@eastlink.ca).
ICS
is hosting a Touch A Truck event June 1st
on the school property. We are also combining this event with an open
house so that people in the community get to know us a little bit better.
We would like a few extra people on the committee to help out with planning this
community event. If interested please email dmantel@eastlink.ca. We are meeting
once a month for a few hours to plan the event and you would be asked to help
out the day of the event (10a.m-3p.m)
The Dinner Extravaganza evening numbers are in! (Drum roll please)
$16,946.44 was earned through all your generosity! Thank you for making
this event a success and helping to make our $80,000 annual school fundraising
goal more attainable! What a blessing!
2 Corinthians 9:11 - "God will make you rich
enough so that you can always be generous. Your generosity will produce
thanksgiving to God..."
Thank you to the dedicated Dinner Extravaganza
Committee members: Keith Sinke, Cliff + Christine Janssens, Jacklyn Versnick,
Tammie Vannoord, Grace Miedema, Grant + Lois Hardman, Bettina Vandersleen,
Carrie Vis, Jodie Hibbert and Carrie Rempel.
And a big thanks to Marie Smit for her organization
in the office; and to Arthur + Ethel (Larry + Irene Buis), Jesse Vannoord,
Jason Vis, Cory Hibbert, Jim Vording, Sjon
Hulst , Jordan
Hockey: Practice is on Thursday, Feb. 21.
LDCSS Annual Spring
Fundraising Dinner,
Saturday, March 2nd. This
year we are excited to be offering an Indonesian Rijsttafel. We invite you to come and join together for
an evening of warm fellowship with friends, good food, and great music at
LDCSS. Proceeds will be going toward the
budget and Tuition Assistance fund.
Punch reception at 6pm, dinner at 6:30.
Reserve now by sending an email to dinner@ldcss.ca
stating your name, phone number and number of tickets required. Tickets are $30. You may book an entire table for 8 or any
number of individual tickets. You may
also order tickets by calling the shool office at 519-455-4360. See www.ldcss.ca
for more details.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten
Bible: Curing a Leper, Healing a Man
Born Blind
Letter and sound: Z
Math:
All About Number: 10 (ten, tally, count, number before and after 10...)
New Unit: Transportation (air, land,
water)
GRADES 1 and
2 - Ms. Pieters
Memory Work: for Wednesday, February 21
Jesus went throughout Galilee , teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good
news of the kingdom,
and healing every disease
and sickness among the people. Matthew 4:23
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Friday, February 15.
Grade
1: late, feet, cone, line, snake, gave, jeep, use
Grade
2: have, give, love, from, live, friend, much, such, old. told
Scholastic Book Club: If you would like to
place an order for February please have your child bring the order form with
the payment (cash or cheque) to school by Thursday, February 14, 2013.
Thank-you.
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Fri. Feb. 15 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: April, babies, over,
hello, even, we, silent, tiny, menu, future, dear, raise, white, use, those,
tomorrow, praise
Grade 4 words are: cinder, circle, cardinal, cereal, cycle,
concert, dancer, celebrate, twice, dangerous, strange, ledge, damage,
geography, gentle, signal, regular, sugar, general, convince
Fri. Feb. 15 – Math Quiz: Grade
3: Checkup: Multiplying with 10 and 11 as factors. Example:
(10 x 7 = 70) and (11 x 9 = 99)
Grade 4: Test on Fractions.
Wed. Feb. 20 – Memory Work: (Psalm 135: 3 – 4) Kids’ Study Bible
Praise
the LORD, because he is good. Sing
praise to his name, because that is pleasant.
The LORD has chosen the people of Jacob to be his own. He has chosen Israel
Accelerated Reader: AR goals are due this Friday, Feb. 15. Keep reading
if you are still working towards your 2nd Term goal. You can do
it! Most students have achieved their
goals.
Scholastic
Book Orders: February
Book Orders are due this Friday, Feb. 15. Thank you.
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Hayden
Guenther. Next week: Lucas Krahn.
Swim to Survive: Grade 3 students will be participating in their
next lesson at the St. Thomas YMCA, this Friday, Feb. 15. Thank you, Mrs. Walters, for bringing 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
Congratulations
to Josiah VanGurp who is celebrating his birthday!
Memory
Work: 1
Corinthians 13:6-7
Spelling:
Be
ready for dictation on Fri., Feb. 15.
Reading
Goals
are due on Fri., Feb. 15.
Reading Reports (Updates) were sent home
yesterday.
Science: Electricity projects were
displayed (with sound and lights!) yesterday, with the exhibit gallery opened
to the school for recess. We'll conclude with an electricity test on Thu
- study well!
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones
Memory Work: John 14: 19-20 for Friday Feb. 15
“Before long, the world will not
see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On
that day you will realize
that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”
Bonus: John 14: 15-20
Bonus: John 14: 15-20
Spelling: Friday, Feb. 15
History: Middle Ages Research Project Due: Thursday, Feb. 14 (we are presenting
Thursday and Friday)
7/8 Science: test moved to Wednesday, Feb 13
BitStrips for schools! Students will be using an online classroom activity centre called
BitStrips for schools. This will encourage media awareness and responsibility
as well as another option for assignments and presentation. Students will need
to know the classroom code necessary to enter online classroom.
See student work at bs4s.me/g/JM2W
See student work at bs4s.me/g/JM2W
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Parent/Teacher Conferences
– Monday, March 4, 2012
This conference is intended
for everyone who wishes to have an update on their child’s progress, be
informed about their CTBS score, or has a special concern to discuss. New this year, if you wish, students from
grades 3-8 may also attend the conference with you. You will notice a self reflection form
included with this term’s report cards which may be used during these
conferences.
A teacher may make a request to have parents come
in for an interview as well.
Please indicate on this form the approximate time
and which teachers you would like to see for your scheduled conference. We ask that you only book a conference with
your child’s classroom teacher. He or
she will have marks and or comments from the rotary teachers. If your child has Resource support, please book
a conference also with the Resource teacher.
If after these conferences, you wish to speak to one of the other
teachers, please call him/her to schedule an appointment.
Showing
a (1) for first choice and a (2) for second choice will help us in our time
scheduling. A “Parent/Teacher Conference
Schedule” sheet serving as your confirmation will be attached to the Journal
the week before the conferences.
I prefer the following time: 4:00 - 5:00 _____ 6:00 - 7:30
_____ 7:30 - 9:00 _____
I
wish to see the following teacher(s):
child’s teacher
child
____________________________
concerning ________________
____________________________
concerning ________________
____________________________
concerning ________________
____________________________
concerning ________________
_____________________________
Parent’s name (please
print)
Please return this form by Thursday, February 21 at
the latest.
