600 Vine Street, St. Catharines, Ontario Fax (905) 934-9971 Telephone: (905) 934-2525

Prince Philip Public School works in partnership with parents and the community, to provide differentiated in-struction within a safe environment and with an empha-sis on language literacy, numeracy, and character de-velopment to foster educated, well-rounded and re-

spectful students who strive for success.

From the Prince Philip Staff:

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Mission, Vision

Of PP

1

Merry Christmas from

the staff

1

Prince Philip JK-8 2

Kindergarten Count-

down

2

Boys volleyball 2

Inclement Weather 3

PALS 4

Yearbook 4

December awards 4

Niagara Health Tips 5

This month at Prince Philip

5

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

D I S T R I C T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T S C H O O L

B O A R D O F N I A G A R AB O A R D O F N I A G A R AB O A R D O F N I A G A R AB O A R D O F N I A G A R A

Prince Philip Bulletin D E C . 2 1 S T , 2 0 1 2

S P E C I A L

PO IN T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

• Check out

our school

website:

Prin-

cePhilipN.dsb

n.org

• Just a re-

minder that

we have stu-

dents who are

allergic to

nuts. Please

check packag-

ing carefully

when sending

food with

your child.

Thank you!

P A G E 2

Next School

Council Meeting

is Wed. Jan. 16th

at 6:30 in the

library.

Everyone is

always welcome

to attend.

Prince Philip Moving Towards JK-8 As some of you may have already heard, Prince Philip along with Parnall, EI McCulley, Lincoln Centennial, and Pine Grove will be moving towards a JK-Gr8 model beginning in September, 2013. The school will be JK-Gr 7 for the 2013/2014 school year and then JK-Gr8 the following

year. Dalewood Public School will be come a French Immersion School only for stu-dents in grades 1-8. We are excited at the prospect of having in-termediates in our building and look for-ward to this change. As further details are worked out, we will be

sure to keep you noti-fied.

Please do not

bring your

dogs onto

school prop-

erty!! Thank

you for your

support!

P R I N C E P H I L I P B U L L E T I N

Kindergarten Countdown

Do you know a child who’s turning 4 or 5 in 2013? Help them get

ready for their first day of school with the DSBN’s Kindergarten

Countdown. Five easy steps will help parents and new students

get ready to blast off to their first day of school. The countdown

begins in January with a visit to the District School Board of Niag-

ara’s website at www.dsbn.edu.on.ca.

Starting in January, the DSBN website will provide helpful informa-

tion on how to register for Kindergarten, learn more about your local Public School and get

ready for that first big day. Our Open House will be Thursday, February 7th, 2011from 4-

6pm. Please plan on attending!

This year's junior boy's volleyball season was a time of rebuilding. The team was built with only two returning players from last year's squad. As a result, the team had eleven rook-ies, including four students from Grade 4! As the season progressed, the boys showed high levels of grit and tenacity. Although the wins were not coming as frequently as last year, the boys determination made their opponents earn every point they scored. With the possibility of having seven returnees for next year, our chances look rather promising already. Congrats to team members: Jared "fish", Nick "spamalot", Connor "thing 1", Denis "shiner", Ethan "hawk", Dylan "shortstop", Callen "bazinga", Robbie "the kid", Sam "samurai", Chris "lefty", Lucas "smiley", Dalton "mcguinty", and Connor "thing 2" for the great efforts over the course of the season.

Junior Boys Volleyball

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

There may be times during the school year where inclement weather or other situations could cause transporta-tion cancellations or school closures. At times when student transportation has been cancelled and schools remain open, the decision of whether or not to have children in school on that day rests with the parent or guardian. Should you decide not to send your child to school in the event that transportation is cancelled but schools remain open, or if your child is ill or lat e, please ensure that you call your child’s school to in-form them of your child’s absence. A key resource in any emergency is the DSBN Emergency Information form that you filled out at the beginning of the school year. Please let the school know of any changes in contact information or procedures you wish to be followed throughout the school year. For secondary schools it may become necessary to cancel late buses. Notice will be provided via school an-nouncements and on the websites and subscription features by 11:30 a.m. Information about transportation cancellations and school closures will be available as soon as it is available through the following channels: Websites: www.dsbn.org www.nsts.ca Subscription Features: DSBN Facebook or Twitter NSTS Transportation Delay or Cancellation Alerts Phone: Niagara Student Transportation Services 905-346-0290 Voice Auto Attendant Television Stations: CH—Hamilton City TV Breakfast Television CTV Toronto Cogeco Channel 10 Radio Stations

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES

CKTB (610 AM) St. Catharines CHRE (105.7 FM) St. Catharines

WAVE (94.7 FM) Hamilton CHTZ-FM (97.7 FM) St. Catharines

CKOC (1150 AM) Hamilton CKEY (105.1 FM) Niagara Falls/Fort Erie

CHML (900 AM) Hamilton K-LITE-FM (102.9 FM) Hamilton

CHAM (820 AM) Hamilton GIANT FM (91.7 FM) Welland

Y-108(107.9) Hamilton

P A G E 4

Please ensure

your child/ren

have indoor

shoes. With

this weather, it

is imperative to

have a second

set of shoes!!

School’s website is:

Princephilipn.dsbn.org

Yearbook

Award Winners for the month of December

PALS Program

There is always room for 1 more”. This is the motto for the P.A.L.S. program that is starting up at Prince Philip school. P.A.L.S. stands for Playground Activity Leaders in Schools and is offered in con-nection with the Niag-ara Region Public Health Department. The program encour-ages children to partici-

pate in physical activi-ties, it helps to de-crease conflict on the playground and it pro-vides leadership op-portunities for junior students. Approximately 32 stu-dents from grades 4, 5 and 6 have been se-lected as leaders for the program and are presently receiving

training to learn how to implement the program. Leaders will organize and run games during the fitness portion of our breaks several times each week. We antici-pate the program will start in the new year.

2R— Emma G, Emma K

2W— Nathan F, Kate T

2/3— Connor C, Chelsea E

3R— Colin D, Beckham H

3/4—Caroline G, Veronika O

4B—Therese R, Liam M

4/5– Kaitlyn B, Antigone D

5/6—Faith F, Dalton H

JK/SKF— Aidan P, Olivia M,

Braeden B, Cameron H

JK/SKT—Cooper C, Rpbbie H,

Rian C, Taylor F

JK/SKM— Graham R, Anna M

1K—Trent H, Ellie H

1C—Zoey G, Shenae M

1/2— Abby S, Lily D

6G– Ethan R, Sam J

SSP— Gaige D, Carter S

Fr—Isabelle N

ad (1/8) page - $50.00 ¼ page ad - $100.00 ½ page ad -$200.00 The ads will provide businesses with expo-sure within our com-munity, at a reasonable price, while supporting the cost of producing

our yearbook.

If you are interested in placing an advertise-ment in our 2012/2013 yearbook, please con-tact Shelly Tenbroeck at sten-broeck@cogeco.ca or at (905)938-0216 Cost : Business card

Thank you to all of the

families who donated

items for the Adopt a

Family program. There

are a number of fami-

lies in the Connaught

community who will

have nicer Christmas

because of your kind-

ness.

P R I N C E P H I L I P B U L L E T I N

FR0M THE NIAGARA REGION PUBLIC HEALTH

DEPARTMENT

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Did you know that Canadian

children/youth ages six to

19 spend an average of 8.6

hours per day, or 62 per

cent of their waking hours,

being sedentary? Here are

some ways to help your chil-

dren meet the recom-

mended 60 minutes of mod-

erate-to-vigorous physical

activity each day:

�Limit recreational screen

time to no more than two

hours per day

�Encourage children to play

outdoors

�Play outside with your

children:

�Go for walks, hikes, build

snowmen, go tobogganing

�Introduce your child to

skates or skis so they can

learn to slide

�Play catching games using

a wide range of soft ob-

jects

For more information go to

www.activehealthykids.ca or

www.participaction.com

This Month at Prince Philip

A big thank

you to Mrs

Czeban

who

graciously

donated

$500 to our

snack

program

that was

provided by

the Royal

Bank for

her

community

service