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Walter Whyte Times;, Volume 4 ; Issue 2

November 2015

Walter Whyte Times

Mrs. Juvonen’s Message

The month of October brought us many beautiful warm fall days that allowed us to enjoy all our out-

door learning experiences. A BIG thank you to Mr. Simpson for volunteering his time to coach a very energetic

group of Gr. 4-6 students on the flag football team. Thank you to Mr. Juvonen for coaching the X-C runners

and this year we were very excited to have all the Gr. 3-6 students participate in the Divisional meet. We great-

ly appreciate the many parents who drove their children to these events, helped with providing rides for others

and came to cheer them on and support the team. These events are a great opportunity for your children to con-

nect with other students outside our school and to gain many valuable experiences in confidence, leadership,

and social skills that will help them to be successful in many other areas. We strongly encourage you to get

your children involved in as many activities as are available to them. Moving from October into November brings us to our Remembrance Day Ceremony on

Nov. 10th at 10:30. Everyone is welcome!

Our first FAMIY FUN NIGHT is on Tuesday November 17th from

6:00-7:30! Information will be going home this week. Bring your entire family!!

We also look forward to visiting with you during our parent teacher

conferences on Thursday Nov. 26th from 4:30-7:30 as well as Friday

Nov. 27th from 9:00-11:45. Please look for the forms in your

child’s report card which will come home on Monday Nov. 23rd.

During the week of Nov. 23-27 we will be holding our annual Book

Fair. A great time to start some early Christmas shopping! BOOKS

make great gifts!!

Please also mark your calendars for Wednesday December 2, 2015 for our second Family

Merchandise BINGO! We greatly appreciate your support if you would like to make a donation to our Bingo

and please come and join us that evening!

Proud Principal of WWS

Highlights of October!

Learning to take

selfies with Jessie! Color Days! Made choos-

ing what to wear in the

morning very easy!

TLC Time with Mrs.

Savoie and the Kin-

dergarten Class!

A Field Study with

our K-2 Scientists in

our School Back-

yard Trail!

PD day with the BEST staff ever!!!...who else could move

an entire couch totally undetected!

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Ms. Tully’s Message… This month Ms. Tully’s class is going to learn about Remembrance Day. The day where we remember our soldiers who went and fought for our country. Ms. Tully’s class with be singing “Little Poppy”. She’s also planning on teaching her student’s about community helpers. She is planning on taking the Kinder-garten students on a field trip around the community to show them the jobs people do around the local community.

In the Grade three/four class for social studies they are doing an “I am Canadian” collage – project. They are also starting a “Canadian of the week” where a student researches and presents a “Canadian” Person. They are also starting to study Canadian rules, rights and responsibilities as Canadian citizens.

For science they have started to plant bean seeds and will be charting their growth. For ELA they will be presenting their first monthly home reading pro-jects. In math they are starting to study patterns, number concepts and mental mat strategies. And for art they are doing Halloween crafts.

Inside Mrs. Laberge’s Classroom Ms. Laberge and her Grade 1/2 class have been having a wonderful time during this super exciting month of October, the month of ghosts, pumpkins, and Candy! The kids have been enjoying their classes, their teacher, and all the time they spend together learning their letters, colors, and numbers.

Last month the Grade 1/2 class did experiments with pumpkins, which involved weighing them, measuring them, and seeing if they could float. The class has been learning a lot about math and practicing their numbers and showing them in many different ways, such as words, objects, drawings, and signs. For November Ms. Laberge and her class will be learning about the 5 senses, sight, hearing, touch, smell, and

taste.

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This game will take place Saturday, January 23, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. at the Selkirk Rec-reation Complex, so if you would like tickets fill out the form that is in this newsletter.

Did you know that this is a fundraiser for the Parent Advisory Council (PAC)? 50% of the money goes to our school, and each ticket can be purchased for $6.00.

Excited about hockey? Well, Walter Whyte School is proud to announce that we will be selling tickets to an intense hockey game!

SWAN VALLEY STAMPEDERS

VS

SELKIRK STEELERS

Selkirk Steelers Ticket Drive Information

October Hot Lunch Volunteers

Steve Young

Rachel Duruisseau

Patricia Duruisseau

Angel Recksiedler

Tiffany Henderson

Bev Mackelson

We would like to thank our regular and NEW Hot Lunch volunteers for helping with our Hot Lunch Pro-gram for the month of October! Thank you so much for your gift of time and energy!

Lunch Box Tab

Available for purchase at the office if you

would like to pay for your child’s Hot Lunches

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A BIG thank you to our 6 leadership students who volunteered their

time at the Grand Marais Rec. Center Fall Supper on Saturday October

3, 2015. The girls received a $125.00 donation towards a leadership

project. We have now purchased a bin and outdoor equipment for the

Junior High students to use during the lunch hour. Thank you Rebecca

(who stayed until 9:00 J ), Julia, Emma, Jacqueline, Venessa and Ka-

ri!!!!....and Mrs. Savoie and I enjoyed the evening too!!!

Mrs. Juvonen

Wednesday evening Oct. 21, found 16 Gr. 4-6 boys enjoying a fabulous fun filled “Boys Night Out” along with eight staff members who orga-nized and ran the event. They started with a delicious spaghetti “Dinner on Mustafar” followed by “Dodge the Asteroids”, “Star Fighter Construc-tion”, “Clone Hunt”, “Ice Planet Hoth” and “Jedi Training”! Each of the boys received a Halloween bag at the end of the evening filled with goodies and treats donated by the Grand Beach Central Station. Many thanks to our amazing dedicated staff Ms. Yarema, Mrs. Savoie, Mrs. Recksiedler, Mrs. Sinclair, Mr. Juvonen, Mr. Murray and Mr. Collins who volunteered their time once again this year!

Mrs. Juvonen

Walter Whyte School second annual Boys Night Out

Theme: Star Wars: “May the Force be With You!

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Preparations are well under way for this years ski/snowboard trip. We will be going Febru-

ary 10th and will be returning February 12

th. We will be going to Asessippi/Russel MB. Fund rais-

ing for the trip will continue through the winter months, details about hot lunch and hot chocolate

sales will go home soon.

There were four people running in the Divisional cross country event from Walter Whyte School. It was very windy, cold, and rainy at this year’s meet, and the students that weren’t run-ning helped marshal and keep the competitors safe.

Mr. Ryz

Mr. J

Junior High

This past month, the Grade 4/5 class attended Orff Day (named after a musician…ask Mr. Col-lins) at Happy Thought School. They had lots of fun, playing different instruments, including recorders, boom whackers, African drums, and singing, their favourite station was Recess/play time on Happy Thought School’s cool play structure.

They performed drumming for the presentation at the end. They also made a ‘thunderstorm’ with their drums! Thank you to Mr. Collins for taking the class along for the day.

Last week our class visited the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). We got to see the building, we learned about people and history, and played an interactive video game using our shadows! Once again this trip was very fun.

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What are your hobbies/what do you do in your free time? Mrs. Polischcuk said she really enjoys kickboxing and horseback riding and her

favorite sport to play is soccer, She enjoys playing left field and forward.

What made you think to become a secretary in our school? Recently Mrs. Polischuck had been working as a receptionist. She also worked as

an E.A and she is just combining the two and decided to become a secretary at our welcoming school.

How do you like working at this school and does it bring back memories?

Mrs. Polischuck loves working at our school because each day is very differ-ent and it brings back so many memories. One of her memories is when she used to be a student here at Walter Whyte School, and every morning when she comes to work she remembers getting off the bus and heading to her locker.

Feature Interview with Mrs. Polischuck

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Congratulations to Ms. Tully and Ms. Laberge on representing Walter Whyte School as Expert Math presenters at the Manitoba Teachers Society PD Day on Friday Oct. 23, 2015!

Congratulations to Ms. Yarema on receiv-ing the William E. Schulz Scholarship at the Manitoba Teachers Society PD Day on Friday Oct. 23, 2015! This scholarship was

I would like to extend this BIG thank you to Janet Joyce at the Grand Beach Central Station for her generous donation of boxes and boxes of Halloween decorations and costumes etc. We are look-ing forward to an awesome Haunted House!!!!!

Mrs. Juvonen

As part of our school Emergency Preparedness Plan, we are required to ask all visitors to report to the office when they visit our school. If you are bringing lunches or gym clothing etc. to a child please come to the office and we will be happy to bring it to them or have your child come to the office to see you. This will also help us with fewer interruptions to the classroom learning.