Wednesday, September 11, 2013
School’s
email address: immanuel@amtelecom.net
Principal’s
email address: icsprincipal@amtelecom.net
ICS
Website: www.immanuelchristianschool.net 519-773-8476
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Website: www.ldcss.on.ca 519-455-4360
Christian
Education Foundation (endowment fund): www.ldcef.org
Upcoming
Events
Sept. 18 Chapel 8:55; Board meets
19 Science Field Trip for gr. 3/4
- Marsh Quest
5/6 to Springwater
23 Immunizations – gr. 7’s and gr. 8 girls
25 Chapel 8:55; SK, Gr. 1/2 Apple
Orchard Field Trip
28 Clovermead event 4:00 - dark
Oct. 1 Bluewater
Soccer Tournament Oct 2 raindate
Oct. 18th Friday
Family Fun Night
On Sept 28 Clovermead has opened its doors from
4 p.m. to dark to our school community and all proceeds going to the school. We
need your help to advertise and promote this to surrounding churches and
schools. We are promoting it as "Christian family fun". The entry
cost will be $10 dollars which will include park entry, hotdog and a pop. More
food can be purchased. There is fun for all ages from art gallery, jumping
pillow to buildings and displays for history buffs. It will be a good evening
of fellowship and fun.
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From the
Principal's Desk:
It
has been a great first week back, and I trust that your children are also
telling you that! Our Back to School BBQ on Friday was well-attended, and
included many parents, grandparents and high school students. It was very good
to re-connect as a community brought together by our passion for Christian
learning. Many thanks to the Ladies Auxiliary for the delicious food, to
Promotions Committee for helping out with many details, and to Education
Committee for hosting the parent briefs.
Many
of our parents and grandparents will realize that today marks the 12th
anniversary of the World Trade Centre terrorist attacks in New York City Kabul , Afghanistan
in
Christian education, Mr Keith Cameron, Principal
Welcome back to the Klassen
Family
(Darrell and Helen, Seth, gr 5; Devon, gr 3; and Jedidiah, gr 1, Liberty London
We need at least one more
adult reading buddy!
Do you have 30 min in the morning once weekly to read with a grade 1-5 student?
The gain in confidence and skills for a routine interaction like this is huge!
Plus, you get to enjoy stories! Please speak to Mr Cameron.
Delinquents in our new
playground!
Recently, our tetherball pole has twice been pulled out of its concrete base
over the course of a weekend. Our maint committee will be asked to consider
video surveillance options. Anyone near the school after hours is asked to keep
an eye on our rear playground area, and report suspicious activity.
Student service
"jobs":
All gr 5-8 students will be allowed and expected to help out in various ways in
the running of their school. These service jobs include worship team, tech
team, junior maintenance, reading buddies, recycling, flag duty and more! These
are valuable opportunities to grow in character as laid out in our Graduate
Expectations!
Personalized learning: For grades 1-8, you should
have received information about your child's Accelerated Reader and Mathletics
accounts. These help students develop at their best level in reading and math,
and both can be accessed from home (AR to see progress, math to complete assignments
or compete with other students around the world). You can help your child by
cultivating a joy of reading, and encouraging math play.
Transportation
Communication List: We
did our test run on Friday morning. We
do have some phone numbers that need correcting. Please make these changes to your bus list as
well as home phone numbers to your directory.
Cory
Hibbert - cell phone 519-671-8288 (on
Rita’s bus list)
John
VanderDeen – cell phone 519-6700543 (on Rita’s bus list)
Randy
Poortinga – home phone 519-269-9662 (on Ann’s bus list)
Jeff
and Marleen VandenBrink – MC 519-697-5475, FC 519-709-9376 (on Ann & Rita’s
bus list)
Lois
Hardman – cell phone 519-495-2149 (on Ann and Rita’s bus list)
Dave
& Angie Bergen – home phone 226-785-1171 (on directory and Case’s bus list)
John
Guenther – home phone 519-765-1205 (on Doug’s bus list)
Darrell & Helen Klassen, 49278 Conservation
Line, Ayl,, N5H 2R4, 519-765-3472, Seth (5), Devon (3), Jedidiah (1) directory &
Doug
Transportation: On Friday, Sept. 13 Mrs. Grace Schipper will be
driving Mrs. Walters route for the day.
Reminder Items: Updated Family
Picture for our school family picture display
Updated Health Forms for grades
1-8
2013/2014 tuition cheques please
Volunteer Sign-up: Still wish to sign-up and
be involved, please hand in your form
CRA and CEAF: Last week a letter was e-mailed
from the Board Chair to the ICS Community.
You were asked to fill out a survey monkey questionnaire. If you not done so it yet please take a minute
to do so. The link to the survey is:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XYW2ZL2
Student Activity Fee/Chocolate Bar Sales: All
our boxes are in the hands of our students.
Please send the money in as you have them sold. For those not selling a box, please bring the
$20 student fee to your teacher who will then check of your name.
The Meat and Baked Goods Fundraiser Thanksgiving
Order was sent home last week. Stock up, next order is the Christmas
one. Please have your order in
by Thursday, Sept. 19. (fax #
519-773-8315). The pick up date has been changed to Tuesday, October 8 from 2:30-4
p.m. NO LATE ORDERS! If you wish to drop of your coolers ahead of
time please put your name on them.
Note: We are still looking for a replacement person
for the meat and baked goods group. It consists of 4 days a year,
and will get your service hrs in.
Contact the school or Irene Versteegen-Buis 519-765-4766 hank44@eastlink.ca
Band: We are still looking for more students to be
involved. If you are interested in
joining band this year please pick up a sign-up form at the office and return
it as soon as possible. Our first
practice will be on Monday, Sept. 16, 3:30-4:30. Band fees can be paid to Mrs Smit. $150 if you are renting, $75 if you are
providing your own instrument.
We are looking for someone
to take care of our pop cans: We thank the Noorland family
for their many years of service. This involves picking up the bags of pop cans
from the red bin beside our Newspaper shed at Martin’s Lift Truck Service (old
location) and eventually bringing them to the re-cycling depot. The bin should
be emptied out at least every 2 weeks, cans are stored at your place, or a
storage location and when it’s worth your while take them in to Zubicks in
London or at Force in St. Thomas. (This
project with get you all your 25 volunteers hours at once.) If you are interested please let the office
know. The money raised goes to the
Auxiliary. We could collect about $800
to $1000 per year depending on the price of aluminium. If we can’t find someone to take over this
project we may have to drop it totally.
Things to Save
for Immanuel: Thank you to
everyone who has been collecting recyclables.
We raised about $2500 for the past school year.
We want to encourage you continue saving, below is a list of items we
collect, please post it on your fridge.
Note: Sandwich
bags and containers will end Dec. 31st this year
No more ink
cartridges. The company is getting
very particular on what they accept. We
are charged if it does not meet their standard. This is now more work for the little returns.
Old and newer Cell Phones, Digital Cameras, i pods, mp3 players,
Laptops and Tablets, working or broken:
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. The Auxiliary made about $800.
Pop Can Tabs: for specialized
wheel chairs.
Used Stamps: For the
Canadian Bible Society. One pound of stamps equals one Bible for a third world
country.
Milk Bags: These are used to make sleeping mats for third world
countries.
Grocery Receipts: Only Zehrs and Valu-mart, no others
please. Last school year we collected $310 for the computer fund. Thank you to Mrs. Krystal Schipper for
looking after this fundraiser for many years.
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 $84.
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 $114 for the school year
Tassimo T Discs – for coffee, tea, espresso, milk and hot
chocolate. For the student fund we
collected $205 for the school year.
Any brand of Ziplock sandwich baggies or
disposable containers – good till Dec. 31, 2013 when the program stops. For the
student fund we collected $88 for the school year. In July we were congratulated on being the
Golden Collections for the 2nd
top collector for the month.
Intramural
Soccer: Interested students in grades 3, 4, and 5 are
invited to sign up this week for intramural soccer. Games will be played during
the noon hour recess.
Soccer: The 2013 co-ed soccer team
tryouts and practices will be held at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays and after
school on Thursdays (3:30 -5:00 p.m.). Players will need to arrange their own
rides home on Thursday afternoons. Please send a note if your child is unable
to attend the after school tryout/practice. The co-ed team will be coached by
Mrs. H. Friesen and Mrs. S. Weesjes. The Bluewater District Christian School
Soccer Tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1 at the Warwick Soccer
Complex, Warwick , ON
Cross Country: Normally, we will run on
Mondays (gr 2-8) and Fridays (gr 5-8). Due to school photos last Monday, this
Friday, all grades will train. Come to school prepared to run, with school
clothes to change into afterwards. All runners are invited to run in the
"Stinger Classic" 2 km fun race in St Thomas Waterworks Park at 9:30
am on Sat 21 Sep. Parents are requested to arrange their own transportation. Mr
Cameron, coach
Library News:
Welcome back to school! We have had our first Library class
and students were able to check out materials.
Some reminders:
- all materials are on a 2 week loan;
renewals are allowed if there is not a waiting list
- students are encouraged to put books
in a bag when they leave the library. It's a good idea to also return
them in a bag - just an
extra bit of protection from dirt and drink spills
- find a place at home to store library
books so they are safe from younger siblings and pets, and easy to find on
library day
Remember that you can search
www.arbookfind.com to find out if there are AR quizzes available for books your
child is reading from home or another library.
Ride for Refuge: Ride with us October 5th
in the Ride for Refuge, a fantastically fun, family-friendly bike-a-thon that
supports 175+ charities who serve the displaced, vulnerable, and exploited
across Canada and select USA
The
Ride is in north London this year, starting at North Park Baptist Church Immanuel
Christian School
The Aylmer Old Town Hall
Library
invites all girls (and mom’s) in grades 6-9 for the Mother/Daughter Book Club.
The first meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 1st from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Please pre-register at the circulation desk
or pick up a copy of One Crazy Summer.
Great discussion with great people and fun food.
35th
Annual Tornado Fun Run will be on Wed. Oct. 2 at the Ontario Police
College
E-mail contact information
for staff:
s.drop@immanuelchristianschool.net
t.buma@immanuelchristianschool.net
m.pieters@immanuelchristianschool.net
i.groeneweg@immanuelchristianschool.net
n.robinson@immanuelchristianschool.net
m.smit@immanuelchristianschool.net
t.janssen@immanuelchristianschool.net
h.friesen@immanuelchristianschool.net
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some
of the things we have done in Kindergarten.....
Bible: Creation
Letter and sound: s and a
Numbers: 1 and 2
JK: Show and Tell: Thursday, September 12.
SK: Reading to and with children is the best way to develop reading skills and a positive attitude toward print. I am asking each child to bring something that you have recently read with him/her. This may include a book, a poem, a magazine, newspaper clipping, a rhyme, a cereal box, or a story written at home. Each student will be asked to share the print with the class on Friday, September 13.
Bible: Creation
Letter and sound: s and a
Numbers: 1 and 2
JK: Show and Tell: Thursday, September 12.
SK: Reading to and with children is the best way to develop reading skills and a positive attitude toward print. I am asking each child to bring something that you have recently read with him/her. This may include a book, a poem, a magazine, newspaper clipping, a rhyme, a cereal box, or a story written at home. Each student will be asked to share the print with the class on Friday, September 13.
SK/ Gr. 1 and 2 Field Trip: We are looking forward to
visiting the Hordyk's Apple Orchard on Wednesday, September 25 from 10:00 to
12:00. SK as well as Grades 1 and 2 will be happy to have one volunteer each.
Please let us know by Monday Sept. 16 if you are able to help out. Thank you.
GRADES 1 and
2 - Ms. Pieters
Memory Work: for Wed. Sept. 18 we will
learn:
How great is the love the
Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
And that is what we
are! 1John 3:1
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Friday, September 13. Grade 1: in,
is, it, big, did
Grade
2: as, has, fox, box, mix, egg, jam, pet, nap, big
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 12. Thank you.
Highlights Magazine: Please take a moment to
sign both the white and the yellow order form, mark either “Yes” or “No” and
send it back to school by Friday, Sept. 20. Thank you.
Tissue Box: Thank-you to all those who
have added a tissue box to our classroom supply.
Accelerated Reader Program: Grades 1/2 students have
been given what level books he/she may read from our school library. Please
encourage your child to read their A.R. books each week and do the quizzes on
the computer. It is good to have your child practice reading out loud at home
to help them with their fluency and comprehension. The goal for students in
Grades 1/2 is to read and do A.R. quizzes weekly. All the grade one students
took home books for the A.R. program marked with a pink happy face sticker on
the spine of the books. Here is how you can help your child begin this program:
first look at the pictures and ask your child what the book may be about, next
read the book to your child, then read the book aloud pointing to the words and
having your child read along with you and finally have your child try to read
it to you. This process should be done over several days so your child will
start to recognize the words in the book. Check to see if your child has
comprehended what was read by asking them some questions about the story. Have
your child take the book to school with a note indicating that he/she is ready
to do an A.R. quiz on the book. The computer program will ask your child five
or ten comprehension questions about the book that was read. Parents please
call if you have any questions or come in after school some time to see how the
program works.
Creation Studies: In class the students have
been watching the monarch caterpillar eat and eat and grow bigger every day
until it was fully grown and time for it to hang like a “J” from the top of our
container. Next we witnessed a miracle happen in our classroom on Tuesday
during math class. We watched the monarch caterpillar wriggle out of it's skin
and turn into a beautiful chrysalis. We are now looking forward to witnessing
the birth of the monarch butterfly.
Chickadee Magazine: You may place your Chickadee
Magazine order online. Please note: I set up an account for our classroom
however I could only select one grade so if you are signing up online please
mark your child as being in grade 2 even if your child is in grade 1. November
9, 2013 is the due date to place an order. Thank you.
GRADES 3 and
4 – Mrs. Drop
Friday, Sept. 13: Spelling Dictation
–
Grade 3 words are: said, ask, stand,
catch, eight, afraid, away, always, playing, waved, takes, than, great, they,
prey, super, stay
Grade 4 words are: bridge, gravity,
hungry, eclipse, secret, applaud, laundry, trouble, attract, twilight, between,
describe,
snowflake, freedom, slimy, glance, burglar,
switch, symbol, Olympics
Memory Work: (for Wed., Sept. 18)
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in
him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught
and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2: 6-7
Student of the Week: We will begin our Student of the Week program
starting next week. We will proceed alphabetically through the class list. Next
week, Sept. 16-20, the Student of the Week is Gracie
Bergen. Randall Drop follows, and is scheduled for the week of
Sept. 23-27. Those students will be taking home an envelope with the
necessary information inside.
Accelerated Reader: Your child’s AR goal
for Term 1 will be sent home this Friday, Sept. 13.
Creation Studies: Behold the
Works of God: The Trees of the Field, (OACS) is our first Science
unit this year. In this unit, the
students are examining the details of plant life through trees. They are being challenged to understand how
our Creator God designed trees for life, how they are grand garden gifts, and
how they reach out in praise. They will especially focus on how trees
demonstrate that they, too, with all creation, exist for the glory of God.
During the course of this unit, we hope to
explore a forest habitat and a wetland habitat.
Habitats provide living things, plants and animals and even us, with
what is needed to live: food, water,
air, space and light.
Field Trip: On Thursday,
Sept. 19, we will be participating in MarshQuest, an East Elgin Secondary
School Environmental Leadership Program. MarshQuest is held at Yarmouth Natural
Heritage area – Herb Kebbel Wetland. We
plan to leave school by 9:00 a.m. and return by 2:30 p.m. Transportation is through Badder bus
lines.
We are in need of 2 or 3 adult supervisors to
accompany us on this day. Please contact
Ms. Buma at school or at home, by Monday, Sept. 16, if you are able to assist
us on this outing. A letter, including an itinerary of the day will be sent
home with your child this Friday. Thank
you. Ms. Buma
GRADE 5 and 6 – Ms Buma
Fri. Sept. 13 – Spelling Dictation: Unit 2.
Accelerated Reader Reading: Students should have a chapter book in their
desk to read during our 8:35 – 8:55 silent reading time. AR Student Goals will be sent home with your
son/daughter on Fri. Sept. 13.
Agendas: Remember to bring Agendas to school for daily
entries, everyone! Thank you.
Scholastics: September Book Orders, for the Arrow Book
Club, are due on Fri. Sept. 13.
Wed. Sept. 18 – Memory Work: (Song) Dare
to Be a Daniel!
1. Dare to be a Moses! Dare to stand alone!
Dare to have a purpose
firm! Dare to make it known.
2. Dare to be an Esther! …
3. Dare to be a Daniel! …
(Words: stanzas 1-2 traditional; stanza 3, Philip P. Bliss,
1873 Music: Philip P. Bliss, 1873)
Highlights and Owl
Magazines: Parents, please complete the Highlights and
Owl 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. 20.
Chocolate Bars: Keep up the good sales work, Grades 5 and 6!
Kleenex Boxes: Thank you for the Kleenex boxes that have
come in so far. We are building up our
supply for Term 1.
gr 5/6 Social Studies: Expect a permission slip
home about our "day in the life of a voyageur" field trip to
Springwater Conservation Area on Thu Sep 19. We'll take a bus out there, learn
some basic canoe paddling, learn how to portage, eat our lunches, and hike back
the 5 km to the school! The early voyageurs travelled rain or shine, and so
will we. Pack a lunch, extra water and sunscreen and dress for the weather. I
will instruct the canoeing (I hold Ontario Recreational Canoe Association level
1A qualification), and I'll need 2 parent volunteers to assist, please! Mr
Cameron
GRADE 7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate /
Ms. Jones
Immunization consent forms are due Friday, Sept. 13 whether
you are receiving the immunization or not.
Geography: Quiz on the Canadian provinces, territories
and their capital cities – Wed., Sept. 18.
Language Arts: Learning components of a
short story
History: Canadian History,
Pre-Confederation
Art: First project will be
based on emphasis and texture
Grade
7/8 was glad to join residents and staff at Chateau Gardens Aylmer
For
homework and all projects please check the ICS wikispaces.
