June 4, 2012 Newsletter - School District 47
June 4, 2012 Newsletter - School District 47
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KCCS What’s Up?<br />
<strong>June</strong> 4, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Farewell to our Grade 7’s<br />
Our year-end assembly will be held<br />
on Thursday, <strong>June</strong> 28 at 10:45 am.<br />
This will be our opportunity to<br />
honor our grade 7 students who will<br />
be going on to Brooks next year and<br />
to present awards to students in<br />
grades 4-7who have done really well<br />
this year in academics, effort and<br />
citizenship. All grade 7 parents are<br />
invited to attend and parents of<br />
those students receiving an award<br />
will be invited by phone. We look<br />
forward to seeing you then!<br />
Thank you to KCCSA<br />
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude<br />
and thanks to the Association for all<br />
they do for our school. The support of the<br />
Community Association is overwhelming and so<br />
many of the awesome things that happen at<br />
Kelly Creek Community <strong>School</strong> could not be<br />
accomplished without their dedication and<br />
support. Thanks for helping to make the<br />
2011/<strong>2012</strong> school year such a huge success!<br />
Austin Ackerman<br />
Lani Barrett<br />
Zach Boland<br />
Kris Karlsen<br />
Devin Kenmuir<br />
Emily Labree<br />
Karrah McKone<br />
Alia McPhee<br />
Aidan Reid<br />
Dom Smith<br />
Thank you to PAC<br />
Kelly Creek Community <strong>School</strong><br />
2341 Zilinsky Road<br />
Powell River, BC, V8A 0N8<br />
Main Phone: 604 487-9022<br />
Fax: 604 487-0808<br />
Inside this issue:<br />
Fun Day P 2<br />
Lettuce Growing P 2<br />
Library Books P 2<br />
Solar Cooker P 3<br />
Peace Poem P 3<br />
Bus Applications P 3<br />
Sailing P 4<br />
DC Windup P 4<br />
GrassRoutes P 4<br />
Island Cup Race P 5<br />
Forestry Tour P 5<br />
Calendar P 11<br />
Dates to<br />
Remember<br />
<strong>June</strong> 4—KD Orientation<br />
<strong>June</strong> 6—NO SCHOOL<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18—KD Prescreening<br />
<strong>June</strong> 25—Fun Day<br />
(Palm Beach)<br />
<strong>June</strong> 28-Last Day of <strong>School</strong><br />
(Awards Assembly)<br />
We have been fortunate to have such<br />
a hardworking and committed group<br />
on the PAC this school year. Their efforts<br />
in helping to make so many<br />
great things happen for our school<br />
and our students are to be commended.<br />
We look forward to another<br />
successful year!
Fun Day— Monday, <strong>June</strong> 25th<br />
Fun Day is on Monday, <strong>June</strong><br />
25th! We’re hoping for good<br />
weather and of course, lots<br />
of fun! Thanks to the<br />
KCCSA again for providing a<br />
hot dog, drink and watermelon<br />
for lunch. We’ll be<br />
starting our events in the<br />
morning at about 9:30, having<br />
lunch about 11:30, swimming<br />
from 12:00 – 2:00 and heading<br />
back on the bus or with<br />
“Kids love hands-on learning and<br />
learning to feed yourself is a life<br />
skill.”<br />
Mr. Ervington’s class has been<br />
growing lettuce in recycled gutters<br />
used as growing boxes for<br />
the past few weeks. If everything<br />
goes well, the students may get to<br />
taste their first crop of lettuce in<br />
<strong>June</strong>, in a class salad.<br />
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parents by about 2:00. Please<br />
remember that the arrival<br />
Lettuce Growing—Gr. 4 & 5<br />
Thank you to Modern Windows<br />
for donating the gutters<br />
and to our local Canadian<br />
Tire for the soil, lettuce<br />
starters and seeds.<br />
Did you know that lettuce<br />
was discovered as a weed<br />
growing around the Mediterranean?<br />
The Egyptians<br />
have been eating lettuce<br />
for over 4,500 years.<br />
Library Books - due <strong>June</strong> 8th<br />
It's hard to imagine,<br />
but we are rounding<br />
the last curve of the<br />
2011-12 school year!<br />
Please be sure to<br />
check with your child<br />
about any library<br />
books that he/she may<br />
have at school or at<br />
home. The library's final<br />
due date for students and<br />
staff is Friday – <strong>June</strong><br />
8. We will be conducting a<br />
full inventory and need all<br />
library materials returned<br />
on or before this date. Students<br />
who have overdue<br />
books will receive library<br />
time for bus students may be<br />
a little out on that afternoon<br />
– possibly 10 minutes either<br />
side of the usual time. Please<br />
send extra snacks (if necessary),<br />
bathing suits/towels,<br />
sun screen and clothing appropriate<br />
for whatever the<br />
weather brings on Monday.<br />
We hope you can join us at<br />
Palm Beach!<br />
notices from their teachers<br />
and soon after parents will<br />
receive notices via mail.<br />
Please check and return all<br />
items as soon as possible...<br />
thanks!<br />
Mrs. Agius<br />
KCCS What’s Up?
Jack Anderson—Solar Cooker—Gr. 4 & 5<br />
Jack Anderson belongs to the<br />
Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society,<br />
which combines poverty relief<br />
with carbon footprint mitigation,<br />
by supporting the spread of<br />
solar cooking in developing countries.<br />
Jack, who has years of experience<br />
with alternate fuels, has<br />
helped supply solar cookers to<br />
places, such as, Haiti. He brought<br />
3 types of solar cookers to our<br />
Grade 4/5 class, to demonstrate<br />
the principles of catcher and solar<br />
energy. We were lucky<br />
enough to have a beautiful sunny<br />
day and thus were able to cook<br />
Peace Poem<br />
Awards for the Peace Poem were<br />
given out on Thursday, May 31st<br />
at the Max Cameron Theatre.<br />
This year, we had a number of<br />
students who were recognized at<br />
the event. Many of our children<br />
have written poems that will be<br />
published in the annual anthol-<br />
ogy. Congratulations to the fol-<br />
lowing students:<br />
hotdogs and solar smores for<br />
the whole class.<br />
Andrew Durie, Amy Burge, Kyle<br />
Mitchell, Makayla Peterson,<br />
Bryce Pearson, Emily Munro,<br />
Sydra McIntee, Austin Sere-<br />
gely, Ella Conroy, Lucas Fe-<br />
doriuk, Samuel Van Es, Allison<br />
Morrisey, Summer Moore, Isa-<br />
bella Hearty, Stryder Howe,<br />
Ashlynn Smith, Clayton Almond,<br />
Jorden Johnson, Jerome Jes-<br />
sop, Brendan, Durant, Ella Reid,<br />
Morgen Richards, Kaitlyn Mills,<br />
Kya Moore, Mira Hurrie, Kai<br />
Millar.<br />
<strong>2012</strong>-13 Bussing Application and Information<br />
In order to complete<br />
their analysis of needs,<br />
the transportation de-<br />
partment requires com-<br />
pleted bus pass applica-<br />
tions as soon as possible.<br />
If your child is a bus<br />
rider and you haven’t<br />
completed the form for<br />
<strong>2012</strong>-13, please do so<br />
and bring it to the<br />
school ASAP.<br />
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Sailing—Gr. 6 & 7<br />
What an awesome opportunity<br />
for students in the Kelly Creek<br />
Outdoor Adventure Program!<br />
Sixteen students from our grade<br />
six/seven class ventured to the<br />
harbor for a day full of excitement<br />
and learning. The children<br />
were given instructions and lessons<br />
in the art of sailing and<br />
were able to put their newly acquired<br />
skills into motion on<br />
Friday, May 25th!<br />
Destination Conservation Windup<br />
Two members of our Destina-<br />
tion Conservation Team<br />
(Brendan Durant and Kya<br />
Moore) travelled to Henderson<br />
Elementary, accompanied by<br />
Kevin Austin on May 23rd, for<br />
the year end DC windup. The<br />
year end activity is an excel-<br />
lent opportunity for teams to<br />
share their success stories<br />
GrassRoutes Presentation to Gr. 6/7’s<br />
GrassRoutes is a group of students<br />
with a slightly mad plan to<br />
engage youth in protecting the<br />
environment: they are biking<br />
across Canada, presenting to<br />
youth groups from coast to coast,<br />
and raising money to support<br />
youth-led environmental initiatives!<br />
GrassRoutes’ six student cyclists<br />
begin the journey on May 31st,<br />
<strong>2012</strong> in Victoria, BC, and will bike<br />
9000km to St John’s, Newfound-<br />
with other teams from across<br />
the <strong>District</strong>. While our team<br />
was unable to complete their<br />
campaign (reusable sandwich<br />
wrappers for every student and<br />
staff member), they were able<br />
to show off what we do at KCCS<br />
with regards to waste manage-<br />
ment and environmental aware-<br />
ness. The participants returned<br />
land by early September.<br />
GrassRoutes is beginning its<br />
journey with a presentation<br />
tour for seven Powell River<br />
schools, from May 23rd to<br />
25th.<br />
Founded on the idea of cycling<br />
from home on the west coast<br />
to university on the east coast,<br />
the project has grown; Grass-<br />
Routes is organizing workshops<br />
in every Canadian province to<br />
share their stories, distribute<br />
Planning Day—No<br />
<strong>School</strong>—<strong>June</strong> 6<br />
<strong>June</strong> 6th is a day when<br />
school is not in session<br />
for students. The school<br />
meets and looks at data<br />
to plan goals for children’slearning<br />
the following<br />
year.<br />
to the school with the recycled<br />
trophy pictured below!<br />
resources, and develop leadership<br />
skills amongst youth<br />
groups. These workshops aim<br />
to encourage youth to lead<br />
environmental projects in<br />
their communities.<br />
Working with passionate local<br />
changemakers, Grass-<br />
Routes hopes to organize<br />
events in many of the communities<br />
they cross. “We’re<br />
biking to unify people to a<br />
common goal.”<br />
Page KCCS What’s Up?
Island Cup Mountain Cycle Race<br />
Congratulations to the following<br />
Grade 6/7s (50% class<br />
participation ) who rode in<br />
the Island Cup Mountain Cycle<br />
Race on May 8th:<br />
Forestry Tour—Gr. 4/5’s<br />
Butterflies—Grade 2/3<br />
(Samuel watches for changes.)<br />
Boys<br />
Zachary Boland (4th)<br />
Austin Ackerman (5th)<br />
Devin Kenmuir ( 10th)<br />
Jake Richards (12th)<br />
The Grade 4 & 5 students<br />
in Mr. Ervington’s class<br />
participated in the annual<br />
Coast Forest <strong>District</strong>’s<br />
forest tour. Students<br />
spent the morning on a<br />
guided hike learning about<br />
our forest ecosystems and<br />
the forest industry. Some<br />
interesting facts the students<br />
learned are:<br />
Ms. Brander’s class is learning<br />
about the life cycle of<br />
the butterfly. Within a few<br />
weeks the caterpillars<br />
(larvae) have grown and then<br />
spun their chrysalis (pupa)<br />
and finally emerged as beautiful<br />
butterflies. The<br />
‘Painted Lady’ is shown here<br />
Girls<br />
Karrah McKone (4th)<br />
Kaitlin Jacques (5th)<br />
Lani Barrett (6th)<br />
kraft dinner does<br />
not come from<br />
western white pine<br />
bark fungus<br />
cottonwood trees<br />
make great toilet<br />
paper<br />
Douglas firs have<br />
bark that looks like<br />
bacon<br />
on Ms. Brander’s finger.<br />
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Bike to <strong>School</strong>/Work<br />
Awesome!<br />
Special thanks to Mr. Shostak and<br />
his amazing student leaders who<br />
worked diligently to provide a week<br />
full of bike activities for all students<br />
at KCCS! Each day, classes<br />
received 30 minutes of instruction/<br />
skill development and bike safety.<br />
On Tuesday, May 29th we welcomed<br />
Constable Venselaar to the school<br />
who provided some bike safety tips<br />
to all students at our assembly.<br />
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First Credit Union Road Hockey Tournament<br />
First Credit Union hosts a road hockey tournament<br />
every year on BC Day, and I was<br />
hoping to submit some information in your<br />
school newsletter to allow students and their<br />
family members to start thinking about registering.<br />
It is a free (and fun) event, and we<br />
always look forward many participants coming<br />
out to play.<br />
Thank you so much for considering posting<br />
this in your newsletter; it is greatly appreciated.<br />
“First Credit Union’s 4 th Annual BC Day<br />
Road Hockey Tournament will be happening<br />
on Monday, August 6 th! Start putting your<br />
teams of six together and get started on your<br />
team uniforms! This is a FREE event and<br />
teams in all age categories are encouraged to<br />
register. Get your friends and family to submit<br />
their teams in the age categories of 11<br />
and under, 12-15, and 16 and up. Keep an<br />
eye out on www.firstcu.ca and<br />
www.facebook.com/firstcugroup for more<br />
information, or email roadhockey@firstcu.ca.<br />
Register early to reserve your team’s spot!<br />
Registration forms will be available at First<br />
Credit Union, TAWS Cycle and Sports, PR<br />
Recreation Complex, or online at<br />
www.firstcu.ca.”<br />
Are you Moving?<br />
It is ‘Configuration Time’ for the <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>District</strong> and we would really appreciate<br />
your help. If you are planning to move<br />
prior to the start of the next school<br />
year and your children will be changing<br />
schools, please let the principal or secretary<br />
know as<br />
soon as possible<br />
. (604)<br />
487-9022 or<br />
cell (604)<br />
483-1837.<br />
The <strong>2012</strong> Fair at the PNE<br />
Aug 18- Sept 3, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Hastings Park, Vancouver<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Fair at the PNE to Continue<br />
Free Admission for Children 13 & Under<br />
Due to the overwhelming success of the inaugural<br />
year of the expanded program, The Fair<br />
at the PNE is thrilled to once again offer FREE<br />
gate admission for all children 13 and under*<br />
during the Fair’s run from Saturday, August<br />
18 to Monday, September 3, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
For the second year since the 1940’s the PNE<br />
won’t be sending a free entrance ticket home in<br />
elementary school report cards across the<br />
province. Instead, children 13 and under will<br />
be admitted free with an adult throughout<br />
each day of the Fair at the PNE.<br />
”The expansion of this historic program was an<br />
incredible success, allowing families with elementary<br />
school aged children to visit the Fair<br />
on multiple days and take advantage of the<br />
many programs we offer for our youngest Fair<br />
fans,” says Michael McDaniel, President &<br />
CEO.<br />
The annual Fair at the PNE is BC’s premier<br />
summer time event offering a wide range of<br />
new and classic family entertainment.<br />
More information: Visit www.pne.ca in early<br />
July to find out all about the <strong>2012</strong> Fair entertainment<br />
program featuring hundreds of free<br />
with admission shows, exhibits and attractions<br />
for guests of all ages.<br />
*A maximum of five (5) children aged 13 and<br />
under will be admitted free per one paying<br />
adult.<br />
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Track & Field<br />
51 Grades 3—7 students from Kelly Creek<br />
braved the weather for the annual Track and<br />
Field meet held at Timberlane Park. As the<br />
day progressed the weather improved and our<br />
Kelly Creek team spirit continued to shine.<br />
Congratulations to all participants and thanks<br />
to the teachers, helpers and to all the volunteers<br />
who helped at the concession.<br />
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KCCS What’s
More Track & Field
Peace Poems<br />
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<strong>June</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
2<br />
1<br />
Track & Field<br />
9<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
Therapeutic<br />
Riding Party<br />
12:30—1:30<br />
<strong>District</strong> Planning<br />
Day<br />
NO SCHOOL<br />
Brander Firehall<br />
9:00<br />
OV Band Concert<br />
11:00<br />
KD Orientation<br />
16<br />
15<br />
14<br />
13<br />
12<br />
11<br />
10<br />
Ervington<br />
Terracentre<br />
Adventure (am)<br />
Div 1 Eco<br />
Adventure<br />
Camp<br />
23<br />
22<br />
20 21<br />
19<br />
17 18<br />
KD Prescreening<br />
29 30<br />
28<br />
26 27<br />
24 25<br />
Year End<br />
Assembly<br />
FUN DAY