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We hope you have an amazing Family Day long weekend with your loved ones!

École Beau Meadow School F E B R U A R Y , 2 0 1 6

Ecole Beau Meadow School

4322-44 Street, Beaumont, Alberta. T4X 1K3

Telephone :780-929–2175 Fax:780-929-6606

Web Page http://ebms.blackgold.ca

Principal: Jennifer O”Brien

Assistant Principal: Kerri-Lynn Hickman

Counsellor: Heather Lewis

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ECS Registration is now open on

our website for the 2016/2017

School Year

Please visit our website @

http://ebms.blackgold.ca

Teachers’

Convention

On February 4th &

5th teachers from

across Black Gold

will participate in

the North Central

Teachers’

Convention at the

Shaw Conference

Centre. This year’s

theme is

DIVERSITY.

Look at Our Leaders!

On Saturday, January 20th, the Student Wellness Action Team from

Ecole Beau Meadow School were invited to participate in the University

of Alberta's Alberta Student Leadership Summit. Students practiced at

school for a month and prepared a slideshow presentation. Their discus-

sion topic was Leadership at a Young Age. At the summit, they shared

personal experiences with leadership and their opinions on how to encour-

age kids to get involved in their community, as well as insights into how to

speak to children and give them the tools needed to build successful

leaders. At the end of their presentation, students broke into small

groups and answered the questions that audience members had. The day

provided excellent public speaking practice for the students in attend-

ance. It was inspiring to see how well the students spoke to the group

and how they came together as a team to present.

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ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PROGRAM INFORMATION

First Reconciliation and First Communion

Registration is now CLOSED. If you have missed the parent information sessions please contact the parish at the

office 780-929-8541 to discuss options. http://www.saintvitalparish.com/sacraments/

First reconciliation will occur on February 2nd at 6pm - 8pm at St. Vital Parish.

Classes for First Communion: Class ONE - February 9th OR February 16th

Class TWO - April 5th OR April 12th Time: 6pm to 7pm

Classes for Confirmation (Grade 6): February 23rd , March 15 7:00-8:30 p.m. at St. Vital

The bulletin board this month was created by the Grade 3 Religion students. They made their New Year’s

Resolutions.

COMING UP

February 10th is Ash Wednesday. The students will be bused up to the church for the 1:30 service. Ecole Belle-

vue, Coloniale and Dansereau schools will also be attending.

Skating Schedule

Fri. Feb.

12th

8:35 8:45 – 9:50 am 10:00 3A/3W 1

8:45 8:50 – 10:05 am 10:15 2H/2LO 2

10:25 10:35 – 11:30am 11:40 3B/3T 1

10:35 10:45 – 11:40 am 11:50 2M/2G 2

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Accountability Pillar Survey

As an annual check-up on the education system, the Accountability Pillar provides an opportunity for

Alberta Education and school authorities to ensure that we’re equipping students for success.

The Accountability Pillar uses a set of 16 indicators consisting of surveys of students, parents and

teachers on various aspects of quality; student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion

rates; and provincial assessments of student learning.

From January to the end of February, Alberta Education will be conducting the annual Accountability

Pillar Survey. In January, parents of students in grades 4-6, will receive a survey from Alberta Edu-

cation. In February, students in grades 4-6 and all teachers will be completing their surveys online at

school.

All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with the school. In addition to Eng-

lish and French, the parent survey is available in Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic, Blackfoot, Cree, Korean,

Spanish and Tagalog.

Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your

child is receiving, so we encourage you to return your survey promptly.

Survey results will be available to school authorities in May 2016, and will be reported publicly as

part of their 3-Year Education Plans and Annual Education Results Reports.

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February 2016

March 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 Early Dismissal

@ 2:30

No Kindergarten

4

Teacher’s Convention (No School)

5

Teacher’s Convention (No School)

6

7 8

Milk Monday 9 Family Fun Night

10

1 PM Religion Ash Wednesday

11 12

Hot Lunch McDonald’s

Skating

13

14 Valentines

Day

15

Family Day (No School)

16 School Council @

8:30 AM

17 18

Gr. 4/5/6 Skiing

19

20

21 22

Milk Monday

1 The Great Balanzo

23 24 BHA Shadow Day

25 26

Hot Lunch Maina’s

27

28 29 School Council of

School Council Meeting @ 7:00 PM

(McLab)

9—3BI Library Visit

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Early Dismissal

@ 2:30

No Kindergarten

3 4

PD Day No Classes

5

6 7

Milk Monday 8

9 BHA Open House Info/Reg 5:30 –7 @ Colonial Estates

10 11

Hot Lunch Wild Wing

Grade 3/4 Girls Floor Hockey

12

13 14

15

16 17

18 19

20 21

Milk Monday Report Cards

Go Home

22

23

Hot Lunch Hot Dogs

24

PD Day

No Classes

25

Good Friday No Classes

26

27

28

Easter Monday No School

29

Spring Break No School

29

Spring Break No School

30

Spring Break No School

31

Spring Break No School

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Beau’s Book Bag

Our little library is becoming a very cozy place to hang out with more new, fun and comfy seating courtesy

of the Innovation Fund!

Parents! Check out some of the MindUP related resources now available:

10 Mindful Minutes by Goldie Hawn (shelved in the Parent Library)

Mindful monkey, happy panda by Lauren Alderfer

Awesome is everywhere by Neil Pasricha

Ongoing Clubs at the Library...

Knitting Club is still going strong and starting into another project that we hope to carry forward until the

end of this school year. This initiative by Mrs. Hendriks will have the club knitting scarves to be donated

to shelters for the homeless.

Upcoming Events this month...

Freedom to Read Week - February 21-27, 2016

Over the decades, many well-known children’s books have been challenged or banned. Did you know that Dr.

Seuss’ book, The Lorax, was banned from a public school in California because some forestry advocates felt it persuaded children against logging? And again, in 2015 yet another Captain Underpants book has been challenged (read this interview with Dav Pilkey to find out more http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/aug/31/banned-books-captain-underpants-dav-pilkey).

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees our right to read whatever we choose and this annual

event promotes and encourages us to reaffirm our right to intellectual freedom. Visit this link to know

more: http://www.freedomtoread.ca/

“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.” ― Judy Blume

School Council News

School Council has had a busy first half of the year!

Our wonderful volunteers will be holding another Movie Night on February 26th. Details will

be coming home soon.

Our next meeting will be at 8:30 AM, on Tuesday, February 16th. I hope you will consider

attending; we always love to see new people!

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