Wednesday, March 6, 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
March
7 P.D.
Day – no classes for students
8-15 March
Break
18 classes resume
19
Dairy Presentations in a.m.
20 8:55 Chapel-Lent 5
Gr. 1/2
Dental Presentation
AR Goal
Sub Lunch for grades 1-8
21
Science Fair Projects due – viewing in p.m.
22 Friday Family Fun Night Dinner 5-7:30 p.m.
From the
Principal's Desk::
Monday
was a busy parent-student-teacher conference night. I was pleased to see some students attending,
and some parents using the connection form we'd enclosed with the report
card. It's all about helping our
students begin to take ownership of their own learning. I'm also studying (an online Masters level
philosophy of education course from Calvin).
As principal, I vainly thought there'd be lots of time to read and write
my weekly online post around my scheduled appointments... no chance!
I made myself visible to parents coming in and out, chatted with them,
touched bases with teachers... However, I was struck by an immediate
connection between my readings and the interviews - both were about making real
connections, whether in the classroom or in the wider school community.
Those connections are an important part of who we are at ICS! Keep
"talking up" our school, especially to those who are considering
Christian education for their children...
Please
read this Journal carefully, noting the activities which will be running right
after March Break. The book of Ecclesiastes declares that, "There is
a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."
In this case, there is a time for school and a time for vacation. Happy
March Break!
Yours in Christ,
Keith Cameron, Principal
Praying
for our Families:
Last week we prayed for Rudolf & Sharon Schipper and Eric &
Emily Schuurman.
Praying
for our Staff: This
week we will pray for Mrs. Robinson and continued healing for Mr. TenBruggencate.
Welcome to Mrs Georgie Rodenburg
as a part-time teacher gr 7/8 Language Arts and Bible while Evert continues his
convalescence. Mrs
Rodenburg will teach gr 7/8 from 10:50 to 12:35 Mon to Fri after March Break,
and initially until 12 Apr. Ms
Jones had requested the schedule adjustment, and she is looking forward to
continuing to teach the remainder of the gr 7/8
subjects and gr 5/6 phys ed.
Please pray for families who are still
struggling with the decision of Christian education.
Reminders: CEAF: March
21 is the deadline for all CEAF donors to submit response letters. See last week’s Journal.
Transportation
Notice
for all High School Students. Because I.C.S. has a PD day tomorrow,
Thursday, March 7 and we start
our March Break holiday on Friday, March 8 the bussing for L.D.C.S.S. on those
2 days will be 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.
A.R.
Goals: Wed., Mar. 20th, the students in
grades 1-8 will have their sub lunch. Please send along a drink for your child.
Telephone List Change: Andrew & Keli-Lyn Lockyer –
no longer use a land line - please use 519-617-0779 to contact them.
Job Posting - ICS Janitor
Mr
and Mrs Coto have recently announced that they will be leaving their
position as our janitors. We thank them for their years of faithful
service and their servant hearts!
We
will have an opening for a janitor as of 30 April. This is a contract,
part-time position involving about 3 hours daily after school hours,
with a more thorough cleaning once weekly, and special cleanings at Christmas,
March and Summer breaks. Position is salaried, with 4 weeks of vacation.
Applicants must demonstrate: an ability to work independently; an ability
to work in a small team; an ability to make purchases within a budget; an
ability to perform minor, unskilled maintenance; an eye for detail; and, a high
standard of cleanliness. As a member of the staff occupying a position of
respect by our students, all applicants must be able to conform to ICS' moral
code for our employees. Interested applicants should submit a
resume, 2 references and an example of similar work performed to a high
standard, to Mr Cameron by 28 March. A full job description may be
obtained at the ICS office.
Congratulations: We would like to extend
our congratulations to Megan Friesen who placed first at the Public Speaking
and Storytelling Zone Contest, March 2nd, at the St. Thomas Royal
Canadian Legion Lord Elgin Branch #41.
Megan’s story was called, The Wolf
at the Door, by Nick Ward. Megan
received her award from Mr. Paul Rochon of the Korean Vets Association. Megan’s next level of competition is at the Public
Speaking and Storytelling District Contest on April 6, hosted by Branch # 261
of the Royal Canadian Legion in Tecumseh. Congratulations, Megan!
Kid's Night!
This month’s Friday Family Fun Night is
all about the kids: pizza for dinner and ice cream sundaes for dessert!
And an evening of family friendly games and fun! Treat your family on
Friday, March 22 from 5pm-7:30pm in the school gym. Cost is Adults $8 and
Children (12 + under) $5 and all proceeds go directly back into the school!
Delivery to Heritage Place
If you haven't been to a
Friday Family Fun Night yet, this is one you won't want to miss (or won't want
to hear your kids complaining that they missed)!
To All Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’: You are invited to attend our ICS
Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ day to be held on Thursday, March 28th. The day will start at 11:00 with refreshments
and fellowship, and visiting the classrooms, lunch and an assembly. Each class as well as our band and “winter
praises” choral group will have an arts-themed presentation. End time is approximately 2:30. We look forward to sharing a time of
fellowship and a time to celebrate both the special people in our lives, and to
celebrate the Easter season.
Tina Vyn will have her books and cards set
up on that day. “Purchase an adult fiction book for
$5.00 and donate it back to your church library. I will keep the books
and pass them on to your church libraries at the end of the book sale.
What a great way to get more reading material into our church libraries.
Libraries can exchange books if there are duplicates. 20% of total sales
will go for Nancy Robinson, our school librarian, to choose books for Immanuel Christian School
Each
family was given two invitations this past Monday to
send to their Grandparents and/or Senior Friends. If you need more please have your child stop
by the office. They will be on the
counter, students can help themselves. And
so, it is time again to update our
school data base with our Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ list. Please let me know if there was an address
change in the last year or two. All our
new families from September, please take a minute to fill out the form at the
end of the Journal and return it with your child to their teacher. I would like to add the Grandparents’ and
Senior Friends’ to our data base. Thank
you. Mrs. Smit
2012 Graduate Survey: thanks to the
parents and gr 9 students who completed our graduate survey! Your input
is valuable in helping keep our educational program focussed on our graduate
expectations. Congratulations to Mrs Rose Saarloos (our parent draw
winner, with a $20 Timmies card) and Janae Saarloos (our student draw winner
with a $10 Timmies card). We'll repeat the survey at the end of second
semester too - if the students don't make Mr Cameron chase them, the cards will
be of equal value!
Hat and Gum Day 2013. Thank-you to the ed
committee (Emily Schuurman, Georgie Rodenberg, Ray Kaastra and Randy
Poortinga), our adult volunteers and our grade 8 class for their efforts to
make Hat and Gum Day a fun success! We raised over $350 for Christian
curriculum development, and had a lot of fun. The gr 8s also organized a
winter carnival at lunch, while the gr 7s led their school families through the
events, building inter-age camaraderie - well done!
Graduation
is fast approaching, it will be here before you know it. Irene Versteegen-Buis has volunteered to
do the slide presentation for the graduates.
Graduates or parents could you please e-mail 4-5 pictures:
example, baby, kindergarten then a few fun life pictures to hank44@eastlink.ca or drop them off
at the school where she will scan them and return them to you. She would love
to get an early start on this project.
Help
Wanted! 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 Dean
Mantel, 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)
It’s not too early to think SPRING!!! We still have 16 trees left from our annual
Sweets, Treats, and Treasurers sale ready to be planted in someone’s
backyard! We have 5 4”-5” large soft
needle blue spruce and 11 3”-4” small soft needle blue spruce. Please contact Christine Janssens @
519-269-3305 or cjansssens@execulink.com
for more info.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Bible: Through the Roof, New
Kingdom
Letter and sound: Y
JK: Tracing numbers 1-10, SK: Printing 1-20
March 4 - New Unit : Shoe Store. The shoe store provides opportunities for
exploring math concepts and practicing social skills. Activities and discussions about measuring,
matching, sizes, left/right, shoes in different seasons, different
occupations, tying shoes, pairs. Students
can bring a pair of shoes for the shoe store.
GRADES 1 and
2 - Ms. Pieters
Happy Birthday
to
Claire Vording
Thursday, March 7, 2013
“May you be blessed by the
Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Memory Work: for Wednesday, March 20
Still other seed fell on
good soil, where it produced a crop...
But what was sown on good
soil is the man who hears the word and understands it.
He produces a crop,
yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Matthew 13:8, 23
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Monday, March 18
Grade
1: went, sent, ant, bend, find, mind, kind, want
Grade
2: boy, toy, oil, soil, other, mother, sister, boil, brother, father
GRADES 3 and 4 – Ms. Buma
Happy
Birthday: We
would like to wish Randall Drop a very Happy Birthday. Randall will be turning 9 years old on
Friday, March 8. Happy Birthday,
Randall! May God richly bless you in
your new year of life!
Wed.
March 6 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: city, cereal, face,
could, guess, huge, age, danger, goose, gone, coast, clean, guard, giant,
carton, column, granite
Grade
4 words are:
voice, oyster, voyage, annoy, choice, avoid, appoint, enjoy, moisture,
noise, drown, amount, fountain, crowded, southwest, thousand, flour, pronounce,
employ, decoy
Student
of the Week: This
week’s Student of the Week is Micah Schuurman.
After the March Break (March 18 – 22) Jocelyn Shelton.
Swim
to Survive Program: While
students in Grades 4 – 8 were participating in our I.C.S. Electives Program,
Grade 3 students attended swimming classes at the Family YMCA of St. Thomas – Elgin Immanuel Christian
School
The students were able to complete a 5 week program
that covered the 3 main elements from the Lifesaving Society’s Canadian Swim –
to – Survive Program Standard: treading
over time to an accumulated hour, 50m swim and rolls into the pool.
Students could be tested in PFD’s (personal
flotation devices) or with no help.
In addition to the required skills, other areas of
instruction included: boating safety, boating experiences using a foam canoe
and boat, retrieving sinking items from the bottom of the pool at different
depths, stroke development and correction, ice safety, pool rules and water
safety, and different pool entries.
The students enjoyed ten minutes of free time at
the end of each session, and were able to use the jump in rope, diving board
and canoes. The final session was a free swim.
Congratulations, Grade 3, with the completion of
the Swim – to – Survive Program and the achievement of your certificates!
A big thank you goes out to our instructor, Mr.
Richard Broer, and to our willing volunteer drivers, Mrs. Ann and Mr. Doug
Walters, Mrs. Tammie and Mr. Jeff Vannoord and Mrs. Helen Friesen! We have been able to develop new skills, and
have benefited from our involvement in this program!
Enjoy your holidays, everyone! Ms. Buma
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Spelling Dictation will be on Fri., March 22
Memory
Work: 1 John 5:5
Enjoy the March Break!
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones
Own topic essays due
Tuesday March 18
Art: Fraction Drawing art assignment due Wed.,
March 6th
Math: 6 instructions due Wednesday March 6th
Health: The Skeletal System: http://www.neok12.com/Skeletal-System.htm
Health: The Skeletal System: http://www.neok12.com/Skeletal-System.htm
Science Fair 2013. Projects are due in
school on Thursday March 21. We will have 2 judges from our community to
conduct interviews, and we look forward to high-quality investigations
displaying Christian insight! We will host a gallery walk for the
students, and parents are invited to check out the projects from 2:45 - 3:30
(with students present) and 3:30 - 5 (just projects).
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Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ Feb. 2013
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Student(s) last
name – all children’s first names
The address of
my Grandparents’ and/or Senior Friends’ are:
Grandparent ___ Senior Friend ___ (please check off) Grandparent ___ Senior Friend ___ (please check off)
Name:
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Name: _____________________________
Address:
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Grandparent ___ Senior Friend ___ (please check off) Grandparent ____ Senior Friend ___ (please check off)
Name:
_______________________________ Name: _____________________________
Address:
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