Principal: Ms. Lee Ann Stacey Vice Principal: Mr. Guy Aucoin Administrative Assistants:: Mrs. Brenda MacLean & Mrs. Vicki Choisnet

Dear Parent/Guardian(s):

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed a well-deserved break and you were able to take time for those

things you enjoy.

Although it seems early, it is this time of year we start to plan for our new Primary students who will be coming to school in Septem-ber. Students must turn five before December 31, 2020 in order to register for the upcoming school year. Also, if you know of anyone who has a child, who would not receive our newsletter, please let them know as well. An important date to remember is our Primary registration day on March 10. You will be given an appointment time for that date when you call the office. Early registration is very important because staffing for the next year’s

classes is made with these numbers in mind.

I would also like to remind parents that all students are outside at lunch time for approximately twenty minutes thus it is very im-portant that all students are properly dressed for the cold winter weather. Students should wear snowsuits or snow pants, winter boots, mitts or gloves, hats and scarves. A change of clothes that

could be left at school is also appreciated.

I wish you all a happy and healthy 2020 and, as always, please

call or visit the school should you have any concerns!

Lee Ann Stacey

Principal

IMPORTANT DATES

Dr. W.A. MacLeod Consolidated School Newsletter

January 2020 6193 Trafalgar Rd. Stellarton, NS B0K 1S0 Phone: (902) 755-8450 Fax: (902) 755-8455 Website: www.dwam.ccrce.ca

Jan. 20 SAC Meeting 4:00am

Feb. 17 Heritage Day No School

Feb. 20 Dance 6:00-8:00

Feb. 24 PD Day No School

March 10 Primary Registration

March 16-

20 March Break

We have several thank yous’ to various organizations and individuals for donations given to our school prior to the Christmas break: Thank you to East River Valley Community Development Association, United Church of Canada Hopewell, Eureka, East River Pastoral Charge, and Pictou County Facebook Group for their donations

to help some families in our area have a little more at Christmas!

We would also like to thank Golden Links UCW St. Columba United Church for their

generous donation received prior to Christmas Break

A thank you also goes to Calvin Ladies Aide for their donation towards our Christmas Brunch.

Thank you to Susan and Ian Parsons and Alicia Fraser for their donations towards our Breakfast Program. All the

donations were greatly appreciated!

Home and School

Our student Christmas Shopping Day for P-8 students was a great success. Thank you to everyone who donated items and to the many volunteers who came to help on the shopping day. Your support helped make this most worthwhile event a

wonderful day for all!

Thank you to Dr. WA MacLeod

Students for their recent donations

to the Pictou County Food Bank!

Principal: Ms. Lee Ann Stacey Vice Principal: Mr. Guy Aucoin Administrative Assistants:: Mrs. Brenda MacLean & Mrs. Vicki Choisnet

Dr. W. A. MacLeod 2019-2020 Championship Coyote's

The Dr. W. A. MacLeod Coyote's made school history this past month. For the first time ever at DWAM boys volleyball was added to athletics. Having a fantastic first season, the boys walked away with both the District & Regional Championship. Defeating New Glasgow Academy in District qualifiers, the Coyote's were ranked 1st going into Regionals. Defeating both NGA and St. Andrew's in round robin play, the Coyote's faced New Glasgow again in the final. The boys defeated NGA 25-23 & 25-20 to secure the championship in two sets.

The boys were fantastic representatives for DWAM and

played absolutely amazing.

(Back Row) Coach Harold Williams, Dakota Fitt, Keinon DeCoste, Ayden Brezinski, Cole Thompson, Nathan Grant, Braeden MacMil-

lan, Levon Walst, & Coach Andrea Williams

(Front Row) Liam Thomson, Owen McCormick, Lucus MacDonald, Aaron MacLeod, Joey Bryce, & Brett Stroud

Keinon Decoste & Liam Thomson holding the Regional banner.

Fall Sports

The Coyote’s had an amazing fall season in Athletics. DWAM was able to send both a boys & girls golf team to regionals with our boys team winning silver! DWAM was very excited to announce the addition of a boys volleyball team this 2019 season, the first boys volleyball team in school history. Boys volleyball defeat-ed the New Glasgow Academy Panthers to earn the title of 2019-2020 District Champions. In Regional Quali-fiers, the boys had an outstanding showing defeating New Glasgow and St. Andrew’s. The Coyote’s are the 2019-2020 Regional Champions! Girls volleyball dominated the volleyball league and placed 3rd out of the 7 teams in Districts. Our X-country team also had a fantastic run, pun intended, with all of our runners doing great. A big congratulations to Sidney Keay for making it to Provincials! Boys & girls soccer were great repre-

sentatives for DWAM doing very well in league play.

A big thank you to all of our coaches, parents, and volunteers, we couldn’t do it without you! DWAM is

looking forward to our 2019/2020 winter & spring sports as DWAM Athletics is already off to a stellar start.

Keep up the great work Coyotes!

Boys Golf :Dominic MacKenzie, Ethan Barker, Cole Thompson, & Keinon De-Coste Coaches: Andrea Williams,

John-Kay Martin

Girls Golf : Grace Strachan, Cierra Hawboldt, & Ashley Cameron Coaches: Andrea Williams, John-Kay Martin

Girls Volleyball: Reese Muray, Kaitlyn MacKinnon ,Hailey Taylor, Lola Dean Alex Dooley, Grace MacIntosh, Mya Cook, Ashley Odo, Elara Ehler, Kelsey Norris, Tabitha Simpson, Hayden Rogers, & Anna Green

Coaches: Neal Reddy & Tabitha Dean

X-Country: Megan Henshaw, Ashley Odo, Benz Ibon, Sidney Keay, Maya MacGillivray, &Lacey MacKay

Coaches: Sarah Galvin & Katelyn Gaetz

Girls Soccer : Lacey MacKay , Abby McDougall, Hailey Taylor, Reese Murray, Alexandra Dooley, Brooke MacIntosh, Kaitlyn MacKinnon, Hayden Rogers, Gina Ingram, Josie Ingram, Riley Murphy, Rhianna Bell, Miranda

MacKay, Hailey Taylor, Clara Pountney, & Ava MacLaughlin Coach: Laura Breen

Boys Soccer: Cole Thompson, Ryan Galway, Kaleb MacEachern, Omar Alsaidan, Jayden Poulain, Riley Caven,

Ashton Weir, Lucas MacDonald, & Caden Hawes Coach: Andrew Hillaby

Principal: Ms. Lee Ann Stacey Vice Principal: Mr. Guy Aucoin Administrative Assistants:: Mrs. Brenda MacLean & Mrs. Vicki Choisnet

Christmas Concert

Our grades primary to six students had their Christmas concert on Tues., Dec. 17th. The concert was one

of the highlights for our last week prior to Christmas Break! Thank you to Miss MacDonald for all her hard

work in preparing the students for the concert!

Principal: Ms. Lee Ann Stacey Vice Principal: Mr. Guy Aucoin Administrative Assistants:: Mrs. Brenda MacLean & Mrs. Vicki Choisnet

Cafeteria Menu - Meals $5.25

Items Available Every Day

Community Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 1 Soup and

Sandwich

Hamburger & Sm

Tossed Salad

Stir Fry & Rice Hot Turkey

Burger and

Deli-Roasters

Sheppard’s

Pie

Week 2 Chicken Fingers

& Rice

1/2 Garlic

Fingers & Side

Goulash &

Biscuit

Chili & Nachos 7” Quesadilla

& Sour Cream

Miscellaneous

Soup(Homemade)…..$3.00 Cold Veggie Sub 9”…..$5.00 Sm Toss/Caesar Salads…..$4.75 Rice…..$3.00 Chicken Quesadillas…..$5.25 Pizza Slice…..$4.50 Deli Roasters sm…..$3.65 Ham & Cheese Sub sm…..$3.90 Large Nachos…..$3.90 Small Nachos…..$3.70 Chicken Fingers ….$1.10 each Hamburger…..$3.90 Cheeseburger…..$4.45

Beverages

Milk…..$.40 Chocolate Milk sm…..$1.60 Chocolate Milk lg…..$2.50 Orange & Apple Juice lg…..$1.35 Water…..$1.35 Breakfast Juice -

Sandwiches

Egg…..$3.75 Tuna…..$3.75 Lean Ham…..$3.75 Lean Ham and Cheese…..$4.50 Grilled Cheese…..$3.70 (whole wheat only)

Snacks

Yogurt…..$1.20 Crackers pkg(2)…..$.25 Nutrigrain Bars…..$1.10 Oranges…..1.10 Cheese & Crack-ers…..$1.10 Cheese Strings…..$.1.10 Apple sm…..$1.00 Veggies sm…..$1.85 Muffins lg…$1.25

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER & WEBSITE

Dr. W. A. MacLeod School’s newsletter will be posted on the school’s website www.dwam@ccrsb.ca each month. Remember to check out our website to keep up to date on events happening at Dr. W.A. MacLeod

Consolidated School! There are a limited amount of newsletters available in the office.

LEGO CLUB

The Lego Builders Club at the Museum of Industry will resume for the winter on Tuesday,

January 14, 2020. This free, drop-in program for children aged 5 and older will take place on

Tuesday afternoons, 3:00 – 4:00, from January 14 to March 3, 2020. No registration required.

Christmas Brunch

Thank you to all the volunteers who served and helped out with our Christmas Brunch. It was delicious and

enjoyed by all! Thank you to everyone who helped prepare and serve the meal.