Wednesday, May 1, 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
May
4 WDCS Badminton Tournament
5
Participation at Aylmer
10 Gr.
8’s at LDCSS 4-9:30
17 Science Fair at Redeemer (rescheduled)
18 Annual Golf Tournament at Pine Knot
20 Victoria Day Holiday – no school
22 Track & Field Day
24 Notes of Joy (rescheduled)
Spring
and warmer weather is here! At school, our junior maintenance team has planted
grass on the soccer field, students are playing baseball and ball hockey at
recess, short sleeves are in, gym class is directed towards track and field
practices, and yesterday the first of our chicks were hatching in the JK/SK
room! We rejoice in the changing of the seasons, and this season after Easter
does bring a promise of new life and hope! This is a great week to celebrate
Christian education here at Immanuel, whether at Grace Community
Church
As the days warm, we find that
we also need to pay new attention to our dress code. Our current
dress code, represented in the Parent Handbook, states:
Immanuel has no formal dress code. We ask
that each Christian home use good judgement in what the student wears.
Some principles for choosing student dress should be comfort,
wear-ability, neatness, and modesty. Our female students are expected to
wear tops that cover midriffs and have straps that are at least three fingers
wide. Students and teachers should try to project an image of good taste
for both themselves and the school.
Our code needs to be a guide towards good judgement
rather than a set of rigid rules, but we also need to be responsive to changing
fashions. Shorter shorts are our current challenge for girls, while visible
undergarments are sometimes an issue for boys. Along with Ms. Jones,
I will be engaging our grade 7/8 girls in a discussion on appropriate
school attire including shortness of shorts, fit and image when we sit down,
and sheer fabric tops as our current topics. We will refine our guidance in
these areas, and parental thoughts in this area are welcome. Please be in conversation with your children,
as we together seek to prompt discernment in the area of beauty and
modesty. Lastly, in the interest of keeping the school clean, and our students
safely attired, please check that your child has a set of indoor shoes
(suitable for gym class) at school to change into.
in
Christ,
//Keith
Cameron//
Praying
for our Families:
Last week we prayed for Jacklyn & Dustin Versnick, and Jason &
Carrie Vis.
Praying
for our Staff: This
week we will pray for Mrs. VanderHoek.
We extend our Christian sympathy to John and Theresa VanderDeen, and
their children Emily, Randy,
Katie and Ben (gr. 7)in the passing away of John’s brother, Richard VanderDeen from Strathroy
after dealing
with cancer for the last year.
May God provide comfort and healing to the VanderDeen family and
extended family
as they deal with the loss of a sibling at the young age of 51.
Update on CEAF:
reprint excerpts from latest parent memo...
From: Julius de Jager, OACS Executive Director
The waiting is over. After considering the matter
since March 21, the Canadian Revenue Agency has responded regarding the status
of donations made to CEAF’s School Support Program.
At 3:30 pm on Friday, April 19, the OACS received a
copy of a template response written by CRA which they sent initially to our
Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) contact. This template response letter is the
one CRA intends to send directly to all CEAF parent donors. We have been
informed that CRA will begin mailing these letters this week.
Please note that the letter that CRA will be
sending to donors is not a
Letter of Reassessment; it is
merely the CRA’s stated intention of how they plan to respond to the matter. No response to this letter is required by parent
donors. A formal Letter of
Reassessment from CRA will be coming later. When
that letter arrives, the OACS intends to have a recommended response ready for
the donors.
The template letter re-states that that CRA does
not accept that the charitable donation receipts issued by CEAF are legitimate.
It continues to contend that these donations are not charitable gifts as
defined by CRA. CRA has dropped its reference to donations made in the 2009 tax
year - something we suspected would happen as the three year window of review
is rapidly closing for CRA. However, CRA will be adding the donations made to
CEAF in tax years 2011 and 2012.
I have called for a meeting of the OACS Advisory
Committee on Tuesday to review the template letter and to craft our advice to
parent donors and their schools. We anticipate that we will be communicating
with you, parent donors and school leaders, later this week regarding our
advice in dealing with the letters.
Thank you for your support and confidence in the
OACS thus far. Please pray for us as we seek wisdom in determining our next
steps in this complex matter.
School Tips for Parents: This will be a new occasional
feature, with tips from the Principal, teachers or parents. Our first edition
will focus on social media.
Teaching
"tech" to our children has brought me an increased awareness of our
children's knowledge, habits and discernment with information technology and
social media. Wondering about internet safety, social media, good habits? A
great resource is: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/.
It is worth subscribing to! Check out this month's tips::
-
talking to your children about the news: how do we talk about the
Boston Marathon bombings, for example?
-
the release of Facebook Home for mobile phones, the "always on"
social experience "designed to put friends above everything else."
So, is this a good thing for teens who want to stay connected to their friends?
Or will it make it more difficult for teens to experience meaningful
connections with friends and family face to face?
Board Update: The board met Wednesday April 17 with our newly-elected board members. Our new board executive was elected. Serving us are Chris Hiemstra as Chair, Eric Hartemink as Vice Chair, Jane Weverink as Secretary and Dave VanGurp as Treasurer. Our board meets on the third Wednesday of each month, and board minutes are published on our website at: http://www.immanuelchristianschool.net/boardminutes.htm.
Education Committee Update: Education Committee
reports to our Principal, and is the opportunity for parents to be directly
involved in the educational discussions and decisions in our school. Priorities
for next year include: focusing on innovation in arts, sports, music, and
drama; enhancing school spirit; and policy review. Following 3 years of
faithful service, we bid good-bye to Emily Schuurman and Georgie Rodenburg. Ed committee is seeking 2 replacements - we
have some people in mind, but if interested, please speak to Emily Schuurman.
Welcome to Mrs. Lydia Bergen as
she starts her new Janitor position today.
Notes of Joy: Save the date! Our annual
music recital for our students is Friday, May 24th. Sign up sheets are now
posted on the Student Centre board.
Spring
Drive: If you have not been
called on by a canvasser yet please
drop off or mail in your donation to the school. We thank you for being part of
our school community and for your continued support of Christian Education.
Reminders: GIFTS Program: How are your GIFTS hours coming along? June 30 is the deadline. If you have completed
your
hours feel free to send
your form to the school office.
Sandwich Bag Recycling
AGAIN: The program is started up again so we will
resume collecting all types of plastic food bags and food storage containers to
be recycled until Dec. 31st, 2013.
Please send all your plastic bags and containers to school again.
Note: We do not collect the Keurig k cups only the
Tassimo T Dics.
Meat and Baked Goods Order
Form for
June delivery is attached: Orders are due: Thurs. May 16 (please no
late orders) with pickup on Thurs. June 6 between 2:30-4. Stock up for the
summer bbq season! Our next order will
go out in Sept for Thanksgiving delivery.
It is much appreciated that coolers are dropped off before hand with your
name on them!
T.R.I.P. order for May is
attached. Orders are due on Thursday,
May 9 with pickup on Thursday, May 16th.
Turn-off-the-Screens Week
Wrap-up
from Penny Hilliker, Coordinator of the program: Congratulations to all who
participated in Turn Off the Screens Week events from April 21 - 27,
2013. We had a very successful week, with events attracting from a
handful to a big crowd of active participants, and many more found their own
creative ways to be active and reduce screen time. Many families
commented on how seriously their children took the "no screens"
part. Schools are collecting returned log sheets this week, with some
prize draws being held at the school level.
Thanks to all our community partners for hosting events, including the East Elgin Community Complex, the EECC Youth Horseshoes Club,Assumption
Catholic School ,
the Aylmer Library, Immanuel
Christian School
REMINDER: Turn-off-the-Screens Week Log sheets were due yesterday. If you didn’t hand yours in yet, please do so tomorrow.
Thanks to all our community partners for hosting events, including the East Elgin Community Complex, the EECC Youth Horseshoes Club,
REMINDER: Turn-off-the-Screens Week Log sheets were due yesterday. If you didn’t hand yours in yet, please do so tomorrow.
WDCS Badminton Tournament - Sat May 4th. Warm-ups begin at 8 am, games start at 8:30. There are three pools of 4 teams. All teams will pay a round robin with the
teams in their pool. The top two teams
in each pool move on into the playoffs.
Anticipated finish time is around 4:30 (give or take an hour)
Yearbook:
- Business
Card $40, ¼ page $60, ½ page $100, Full page $160, Inside Cover $300
- if you have
photos of school events and kids, please send to school
-
if you would like to help please contact
Amanda Cameron 519-550-7312 or e-mail keith.amanda.cameron@gmail.com
“ICS
is hosting a Touch A Truck June 1st
from 10a.m – 3p.m. What is a Touch A Truck? It’s an opportunity for
young and old to come up close and personal with these big trucks we see on the
roads every day. They will have the opportunity to sit in or look at
these large vehicles such as transport trucks, farm equipment, emergency vehicles
and hopefully even a helicopter! We are making this a community event so
spread the word. ICS will also have an open house on this date and give
our community families a chance to see what our school has to offer.
There will be BBQ food for purchase along with cotton candy and the
ICS chip wagon with its famous fries! Cost is only $5 per child and 18+
FREE. We are need of many volunteers to help run this event, from parking
attendants, cleanup crews etc…. Please contact Dean Mantel by email dmantel@eastlink.ca or by phone
519-282-3115.”
2013 ICS GOLF
TOURNAMENT
Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at Pine Knot Golf and Country Club. There will be a Shotgun Start at 1:00
p.m. The price per golfer will be
$110.00 – which includes lunch, green fees, cart and steak dinner. Enter your team today! Questions – call Lisa Vankemenade at
519-775-2622 or Tammie Vannoord at 519-773-5593.
PICK UP AN ENTRY FORM AT THE ICS OFFICE OR FROM ONE
OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS – Harry Knibbe, Dean Mantel, Tracy Mantel, Ken
Vandendool, Lisa Vankemenade, Jeff Vannoord, Tammie Vannoord, Jim Vording,
Harley Zylstra or Jeff Zylstra
Track and Field: Wed May 22. We need many helpers to make this a successful day. Parents, Grandparents, Senior Friends, ICS
Alumni, anyone who is willing to assist us at the various events, please sign
up using the form at the end of this Journal. We will try to accommodate your help at one or
more of the events where your child(ren) are scheduled to participate.
Note: All our volunteers will get free lunch
tickets (1 pizza, 1 drink, and 1 freezie). Volunteers may purchase extra items also. As
soon as we have our volunteer list finalized it will be sent home with your
child. Thank you, Ms. Pieters, Ms. Buma
Pizza Lunch: The Auxiliary will also be looking for volunteers for their track and
field lunch crew. It’s a wonderful way to increase
your volunteer
hours.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Egg-citing News!!!!
Our
chicks began to hatch on Monday afternoon. We could see one egg with a
tiny hole....GREAT EXCITEMENT!!
On
Tuesday we watched the miracle of baby chicks being hatched.
And ........the peeping
begins!!!
Field Trip on Thursday, May
16th. This
becomes an extra day for the SK students. We will be visiting the Children's Museum in London
Bible: Solomon Asks for Wisdom, Solomon Builds Temple
Math: SK- All About Number: 19.
JK- All About Numbers 6 - 12
Nutritious
Foods
Track
and Field Skills.
GRADES 1 and
2 - Ms. Pieters
Memory Work: for Wednesday, May 8 is
verse one of See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph
See, the Conqueror mounts
in triumph; see the King in royal state,
riding on the clouds, his
chariot, to his heavenly palace gate.
Hark! the choirs of angel
voices joyful alleluias sing,
and the gates on high are
opened to receive their heavenly King.
Spelling: Spelling Dictation for
Friday, May 3 review list
Grade 1: review lists 22 to 28
Grade 2: review lists 22 to 28
Grand-Pals: We received a big package
of letters from some of the people living in Chateau Gardens Chateau
Gardens
Scholastic Book Club: The May book club order
flyers went home today. If you would
like to place an order for May please have your child bring the order form with
the payment (cash or cheque) to school by Thursday, May 9, 2013. Thank-you.
GRADES 3 and 4 – Ms. Buma
Fri. May 3 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: ghost, neighbour, high,
knew, knot, unknown, rewrap, wrong, written, wrapper, unwrap, climb, limb,
gnaw, gnat, rewrite, uncertain
Grade 4 words are: herd, heard, clothes, close, hour, our, two,
too, their, there, ceiling, sealing, shoot, chute, strait, straight, medal,
meddle, knight, night
Memory Work: Wed. May 1 – Song:
We Are the Church (Refrain and
Verses 1 and 2)
Refrain:
I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus, all
around the world, yes, we’re the church together!
1. The church is not a building the church is
not a steeple,
The church is not a resting
place; the church is a people!
2. We’re many kinds of people with many kinds of
faces,
all colours and all ages
too, from all times and places.
Words and
Music: Richard Avery and Donald
Marsh
© 1972 Hope Publishing Co.
Fri. Math Quiz: Grade 3 – 2-digit division with remainders. Example:
(34 ÷8 = 4R2) and (17÷4=4R1)
Grade 4: Test on Measurement (measuring length, capacity,
weight, and telling time)
Accelerated Reader: AR Reports will be sent home with your child on
Friday, May 3.
Scholastic Book
Orders: May Book Orders were sent
home with your child today. Please
return any completed Book Orders to school by Friday, May 10. Thank you.
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Holly
Cameron. Next week: Randall Drop.
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Social Studies: Students have been
conducting group presentations on various aspects of Ancient Greek daily life
(the market, the home, art, women, slaves, children). Following each
presentation, I conference with the group on areas done well, and areas to
improve. Following the presentations, we will take an additional
class period to "step up" the projects before final marking. The
enduring understanding for this project is to analyse how the Greeks were (and
were not) seeking and reaching for truth in these
various
areas. Ask your child for their explanation!
Memory
Work: 1 Corinthians 2: 9 & 10
Please review the words for the spelling dictation
on Fri., May 3.
Continue to read for your Accelerated Reader goals!
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones
Science Fair: Our 4 students will be
able to participate in the rescheduled Redeemer University
M.W. Colossians 3:12-13 for Wednesday, May 8th
Grammar: Adjectives review due tomorrow.
Spelling: "Focus on Vowel Pairs" lesson & dictation this Friday
M.W. Colossians 3:12-13 for Wednesday, May 8th
Grammar: Adjectives review due tomorrow.
Spelling: "Focus on Vowel Pairs" lesson & dictation this Friday
Track and
Field Volunteer
Name: __________________________________________________
(Please
print name)
Please check the day and times that you would be
able to help:
Wednesday,
May 22 Raindate: Monday, May 27 (if
necessary)
Anytime
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A.M. _______
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P.M. _______
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