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Georges P Vanier School
Every September in schools across the nation, hundreds of thousands
of students run to raise funds for the fight against cancer. The
last school day of September saw hundreds of Georges P. Vanier students
run for this cause.
Georges P. Vanier has been working with the City of Calgary to develop
programs to enhance the student experience. Four programs are
now in full swing. Konnects seeks to help with the transition to grade
7 from elementary school. Act Out for our grade 8 is an innovative
school-based program for junior high age youth which uses drama as
a way to learn, grow and deal with tough situations and life choices.
The same issues are taken on in grade with the Spirit Girls program
and the Wize Guyz program. The Wize Guyz program at Georges P.
Vanier was featured in the Globe & Mail last spring.
November will be exciting at Georges P. Vanier: Volleyball playoff
and the start of Basketball. Report cards go home on November 23rd,
and the fall term assembly is taking place at 12:30 on Nov 28th in
the gymnasium.
Buchanan Elementary
AREA SCHOOL NEWS
Students had a very busy month in October. The clubs are in
full swing: YMCA Leadership Club, Computer Club and Green
Thumbs. The Green Thumbs group visited the vacant lot across from
the school to see the changes that fall brings to the plants. The Book
Fair was held and school photos taken.
The grade 5/6 class visited Fish Creek Park while grade 4/5 students
went to the Museum of the Regiments. Students in the Skill
classes began their swimming lessons at Emily Follensbee School. The
Earth Rangers, an environmental group, visited the school.
Grade 6 participated in Free the Children “We Day” rally at the
Saddledome on October 24
November 5, 6, 7, Aussie X Program teaches students how to play
cooperative, non-competitive Australian Games.
November 8, Volunteer presentation, grade 5/6
November 9, 10:45 am, Remembrance Day Assembly. Everyone
is welcome.
November 15, participation in the national Free the Children “We
Day”, a mini-version of what the grade 6’s went to on October 24.
November 23, Kindergarten and grade 4/5 to Heritage Park
November 29, Empathy Virtue Assembly, 9:15 a.m.
Buchanan Parent Council continues to collect Campbell’s Soup
labels. Drop them off at the school. Remember to buy your SUTP
coupon book from Buchanan. Call the school at 403 777-6260 and
someone will get a book to you.
We are still being beautified. Panelling is being installed
under the windows that went in last spring.
This should make the school much more attractive
and more of an aesthetic asset to the community.
Coffee! Come join other caregivers – parents,
grandparents, day home providers, anyone looking
after your child(ren) – for a cup of coffee from
9:00am – 10:30am in the staff room on the last day
of the week. Every week! We look forward to meeting
you.
James Fowler High School
The staff of James Fowler have planned an excit-
ing, productive and engaging school year and it is our
wish that all of our students will take full advantage
of all the wonderful and rich opportunities that the
school community has to offer.
Our enrollment this year is approximately fifteen
hundred students (an increase of one hundred students
from the previous year). Most of our students
travel from many northeast neighborhoods and a
few of the newly developed northwest communities
in addition to the communities surrounding James
Fowler. As a result of our increase in students, we
have been supported by Calgary Transit who has added an additional
bus and re-routed existing bus routes to better service our students.
In its fifth year, our Arts-Centered Learning alternative program
continues to offer students an opportunity to learn the core high
school curriculum through an arts-based focus. In its third year, our
Advanced Placement program continues to attract many students
who wish more academic rigor while completing the core high school
12 Highland Park Community News
November 2012