november 16 newsletter

November 16, 2012 Phone: 483-‐6298 or 1-‐866-‐422-‐5118

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Operation Christmas ChildWawanesa School is again encouraging families to

support “Operation Christmas Child”. Information has been sent home through letter and the school synervoice.

Collection will be November 7th - November 17th. All support is greatly appreciated for your effort to provide a gift for a child suffering because of misfortunes such as natural disasters, war and poverty. Suggested gifts:√ Toys: small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos,

harmonicas, yo-yos, skipping ropes, small Etch-A-Sketch, Slinky, etc.

√ School supplies: pens, pencils and sharpeners, crayons or pencil crayons, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, , etc.

√ Hygiene items: toothbrushes, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, wash clothes, etc.

√ Other: candy (hard through to the centre and in manufacturer’s packaging), sunglasses, ball caps, socks, T-shirts, toy jewellery, hair-clips, watches, etc.

√ $7.00 or more to help cover the shipping and related costs. Cheques may be payable to Samaritan’s Purse. Donate online at www.samaritanspurse.ca

Do NOT include the following:X Toothpaste (due to customs regulations)X Liquids or items that leak, melt, or freeze: (these can spoil

boxes) shampoo, gels, paint, cream, lip balm, liquid glue, etc.

X Food (due to customs regulations) chewy, soft-centered, crumbly, unwrapped or pressed sugar candy (such as Rockets or Tootsie Rolls), etc.

X Used items (due to customs regulations)X Breakable items: glass, porcelain, mirrors, etc.X Items that can scare or harm a child: knives, war-related toys,

toy guns, etc.Wawanesa school would like to thank you for your

support of this project.

Wawanesa School

You are invited to

Wawanesa Band/Choral Christmas ConcertThursday, December 13

7:00 p.m. Admission:

Donation to the Music Programs

and

Wawanesa School Elementary Christmas ConcertThursday, December 20

1:00 p.m.Admission:

Donations to Elementary Programs

2012/2013 Yearbooks Yearbooks are now on sale!

Pre-order for $30.00 and get it personalized for free! Offer ends December 21.

See Mrs. Lane to order.



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Career and Technology Skills Programs: Management Skills 40S

Wawanesa School wishes to acknowledge the businesses/workplaces that have worked with the Management Skills 40S class. As part of this course, Grade 11 and 12 students spend 80 hours of volunteer work in various workplaces in order to have on the job experience in a career that they may wish to pursue after graduation. Following are the students' various workplaces and their co-operating mentors:

Liz Ball - Child Care Wawanesa Wee Care Inc. - Jennifer CullenJalynn Cullen - Hairdressing Tangle- Wendy ShearerAlex Dolomont - Firefighter/Paramedic Shilo Fire Hall - Dennis HurleyChelsea Downey - placement pending Animal grooming/Humane SocietyDonovan Hamilton - food industry Wawanesa School Canteen - Janet HamiltonRyan Harding - Autobody Turner Autobody - Dean MushieTroy MacMIllan - Autobody Meadowview Autobody & Glass - Terry ReidTanner McDonald - Business Wawanesa Heritage Co-Op - Jason CullenMatthew Lahner - placement pending Computer technologyCassie Power - Counselling MFRC- Shilo - Youth Counsellor - Elaine EllisKaylin Rice - Child Care Wawanesa Wee Care Inc. - Jennifer CullenBrody Shirtliff - Welding Ninette Welding - Craig KozakMatthew Connor - Activity Director Wawanesa P. C. H.- Joyce McGregorRichard Heath - placement pending History - Aviation Museum

Buster the Safety Cat Wawanesa School welcomed Buster, who shared an important safety message with all our students from K-6.

Hot Lunch Program Many thanks to Janet Hamilton and Natalie Degerness for providing our lunch program this fall. It is a treat to have such a program. Unfortunately, they are no longer able to provide this service. We have booked Mr. Al Gibbs of “Real Meals” for Friday, November 30. Real Meals have many options and for this trial run we have selected

Chicken Fettucini and Bun $5.00 (small bowl) $6.00 (large bowl)This dinner includes the cutlery. Wawanesa School will make $1.00/meal. Lunch slips will be sent home. Please complete and return with the money by Thursday, November 22nd. If things go well on Friday, we will continue with Mr. Gibbs and will provide menus and order forms. Watch the school web site for more information.





Vehicle/Pedestrian Traffic Snow has fallen and has made our traffic problem at the school more congested than before. We do not have a designated sidewalk down Commercial Street so we have two way traffic plus foot traffic that all have to use the roadway. I am asking drivers to slow down. Roads are icy and narrower than before. As a school, we keep town students back until the busses leave to minimize the congestion on Commercial Street. We ask that parents respect this policy when they are picking up their children. When the busses are loading and unloading, the last bus will have a stop sign out and lights flashing. This means traffic from either direction must STOP and wait until the lights are off and the stop sign comes in. A fence has been put up to prevent traffic from flowing around the school to help ensure the safety of students on the playground. For parking during school functions such as Christmas Concerts, we are encouraging parents to park at the rink as there is limited parking on the school grounds. We have had meetings with the town and Department Of Education Transportation Division regarding traffic flow around Wawanesa School and we are awaiting recommendations at this time. Thank you for your understanding and our students safety is our first priority.

Thank youMr. B. Hauser

Varsity Boys’ Volleyball This year’s zone 9 regular season play is now complete. Our varsity boys finished with a very respectable 5 and 3 record, their only losses coming at the hands of Souris and Boissevain. Since these are both ‘AA’ schools, that left our boys in first place in zone 9 east among ‘A’ schools earning them a spot in the zone ‘A’ provincial berth playdowns. They traveled to Reston last week for the playdowns and started off the mini tournament with a tough match against Melita. Melita was ranked 9th in the province among ‘A’ schools, so when our boys prevailed with a 15-13 win in the deciding set of the best of 3, it could only be considered an upset! They then advanced to the final against Reston to determine our zone’s rep at this year’s provincial championship. The match against Reston did not, unfortunately, go as well. Our boys lost in straight sets. All is not lost, however. The provincial organizing committee looked at our season record and decided that it was good enough to give our guys a chance to earn a wildcard spot in provincials this year. The boys will be traveling to Treherne on Monday to play against Westpark (Portage la Prairie) with the winner advancing to provincials in Elm Creek November 22-24. Game time is at 2:30 pm. If you find yourself in the Treherne area and would like to cheer the boys on, your support would be greatly appreciated!

P. Friesen

Food Bank The Grades 10 - 12 students of Wawanesa School would like to thank the community for their support during the Halloween for Hunger food drive. We collected over 300 pounds of canned goods! Because of your generosity and with collaboration from local community members, we are in the process of creating a food bank right here in Wawanesa! Thanks again for your support!





Varsity Girls’ Volleyball The high school girls’ volleyball season is officially over and there is much to be proud of. The girls had a challenging season plagued with injuries and absences, and were thrown into many different positions and rotations. Through it all, they persevered and never gave up. The girls ended the season with great matches against Virden and Souris in the Virden Tournament on November 2nd & 3rd. On November 6th, the girls travelled to Deloraine for provincial playoffs, where they lost to Elkhorn in the semi-finals. The girls didn’t go down without a fight and battled hard, losing 25-17 and 25-21. This year’s Grade 12 players are Alexandra Dolomont and Sydney Hore. Returning players next year are: Jalynn Cullen, Kirstin Greer, Dynika Choptiuk, Keirra Myron-Sikora, Tylyn Riddle, Reese Rutherford, Jacquie Burgess, Chantal Bartel, and Sam Sullivan. There were great improvements throughout the year, and I am already looking forward to seeing what’s in store next year. I would like to thank all the parents for their support, especially our volunteer drivers, without whom the season would not be possible. Also, a special thanks to Kelsey Miller and Jenny Hamill for volunteering their time at practices and games - it was greatly appreciated!

A. Morrison

Grades 7/8 Girls’ Volleyball The Grades 7/8 Girls’ Volleyball season is quickly coming to an end. The girls have worked hard this year developing their skills and learning the aspects of the game. They have all made great improvements!! The girls wrapped up their season traveling to Virden for Zones on November 13th. They did a great job and ended up splitting the games they played. The Grades 7/8 Boys and Girls traveled this week to Shilo to play as a mix co-ed team against La Source School. It was a lot of fun for the players both on and off the court. Our final games will be next week where we are planning to play La Source School team here in Wawanesa and have a fun game between our own boys’ and girls’ teams. Thank you to Miss Hintz and Mrs. Elder for coaching and managing the team this year.

Grades 7/8 Boys’ Volleyball The Grades 7/8 Boys’ volleyball team completed their season on November 5th when they travelled to Reston for the Zone tournament. The team consisted of seven boys. They had a good season and showed a lot of improvement throughout the month and a half of volleyball that was played. The boys developed a good relationship with one another throughout the season, which helped them grow together as a team. The season consisted of four league games and a Zone tournament. At the Zone tournament, the boys proved themselves by succeeding in a must-win game to advance to the playoffs. Unfortunately they lost in the first round of playoffs to the Killarney Grade 8's. They had a great season and the school should look forward to watching these students develop their skills throughout their volleyball careers.

M. Reykdal/R. Zelmer

Student Teacher, Miss McBain

We were very fortunate to have Megan McBain join the Grades 5-7 classes as a student teacher. For the last six weeks, Miss McBain has been a tremendous help within the classroom and to our students. She is in her first year of education and already has shown great promise in her chosen profession. Miss McBain leaves us on Friday, November 16, and we wish her luck in her future placements.





Cultural Awareness Day On October 17, Deloraine School hosted a Cultural Awareness Day for the divisions Grade Nine students. The purpose of the day was to learn about other cultures. Speakers presented information about Ecuador, Colombia, Hutterite Colonies, and North End Winnipeg. Presenters included Jaycee Crowe, a Grade 12 Deloraine student who visited Ecuador as part of the "Me To We" program; Maria Vargas, a Grade 12 Souris student who moved from Colombia at age seven; Marvin Waldner from Maple Grove Colony; and award winning singer Don Amero from North End Winnipeg. We learned a lot about these cultures: Hutterites make their own soap and many other things; Ecuador is one of the world's major exporters of roses; Colombia produces cocoa; there's more to North End Winnipeg than the bad things you hear on the news. We rounded out the day with a performance by Don Amero. The grade nines were pleasantly surprised by Don's performance . . . they'd never heard of them before but thought he was "really amazing"! (including his rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Cassidy Lynk!) ! !In$class!survey!opinion!of!the!day!on!a!ten$point!scale:!!#!Of!Students! 1$2! 5$6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!7$8! 9$10!20! ! ! 1! ! !!!1!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!16!! !!!!!!2!!! !!! Written by: Wawanesa Grade Nines

Keyed by: Cassidy Lynk

P.S. Thanks to the Division provided this opportunity for the students, and to the Grade Nines who were such wonderful, representatives of our school.

Looking for Treasures Cleaning out your house before Christmas? We are looking for gently used hunting, fishing or travel magazines and/or any picture books that would be suitable for Grades 1-4. Old playing cards or collections of things suitable for counting for primary grades and a CD player would also be very handy! Our primary teachers would be happy to be the recipient of your collections.

Holiday Themed Photo Session Student Council will be selecting a date for the next photo session. Please check the website for information. Proceeds will go to the yearbook.

Homestay Coordinator for SHSD Study Manitoba is pleased to introduce Bob Young as Homestay Coordinator for Southwest Horizon School Division. You may know Mr. Young as the former Principal of Souris School. He and wife, Rhonda, have four children: Travis, Jolene, Becky and Brett. Over his teaching career, Mr. Young taught at Juniper and Deerwood Schools before moving to Souris in 1988. He was a school administrator for 23 years before taking on the role of Coordinator of Career Technology in the 2011-2012 school year. In addition to that role, he is looking forward to working with Study Manitoba to recruit homestay families for international students who wish to study in Southwestern Manitoba. To find out more about hosting a student for one of the upcoming programs, please contact Mr. Young at [email protected].

Mom's Pantry

Wawanesa School Choral/Band classes are selling Mom's Pantry products. Order forms are available from any choral/band member or at the Wawanesa School office. The deadline for ordering is Monday, November 19th. Orders may be handed into the school's office or to Gullett's Pro Hardware. Funds raised will support the choral and band programs at our school. Thank you for your support.



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Skills Manitoba Competition On October 17, Grade 10 drafting class members Graeme Hore, Murray McBain, Flynn McFall and Reese Rutherford participated in the Winnipeg cardboard boat races. In the morning when they arrived, the judges and other officials briefed them on the schedule for the event. The first two hours they worked on creating a sturdy and buoyant boat. They were given two 237mL containers of contact cement, 25 feet of string, two pairs of gloves, one roll of duct-tape, and two sheets of 4’ by 8’ cardboard. After the lunch break they were given 25 minutes to touch up the boat. Once they were finished it was time for participants to race their boats. The Wawanesa team’s boat was approximately the 2nd or 3rd fastest boat in overall times but when it came to the weight challenge they were in the middle of the pack. Overall the students had an educational and fun day at the event.

Successful Halloween Parade Wawanesa School was treated to many, many creative costumes on our annual Halloween Parade. Student Council had a very tough job of selecting and awarding prizes for different categories. Winners are as follows:Early Years category - Kyle Bessant-CairnsMiddle Years category - Jacob DolomontSenior Years category - Liz Ball and Leonard, her dogStaff category - Miss MorrisonGroup (Classroom/TAG) - Miss Abbott’s “Foodies”





The following report is prepared in order to inform our school community about the Wawanesa School. If more specific information about any of the different sections is needed, please don’t hesitate to contact the principal. The school can be reached by calling 483-6298 or 1-866-422-5118. Wawanesa School is an integrated Kindergarten to Grade 12 school that enrolls approximately 258 students. We employ a secretary, librarian, custodian, cleaner, eight educational assistants, 17 teachers, two resource teachers, a 0.25 vice principal and a 0.85 principal. There are seven bus routes which cover the communities of Treesbank, Nesbitt, Shilo, Stockton, Ninette and farm pick ups within approximately 30 km radius of Wawanesa School. Wawanesa School also provides space to the Wee Care Daycare. The daycare operates independent of the school. Please contact the director, Jennifer Cullen, at 824-2933 for information about the Wee Care Daycare. Shared services are used to provide students with speech pathology. We also maintain regular contact with various support services from Shilo as well as liaison with the Blue Hills RCMP detachment and the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority. Personal and career

counseling are both available from on site teachers. This is available to all students in Grades K-12. Kindergarten is funded by the Manitoba Education as a half time program. At Wawanesa School, we use this funding to provide a program that runs every day in the mornings only. We have found that this provides the best learning experience for our young students. Several families have their kindergarten age children go directly to the daycare for the afternoon. If a Kindergarten student is a bus student in the morning, s/he is allowed to take the school bus home at the end of the school day from the daycare program. Kindergarten students have gym time with a Phys. Ed. specialist every second day as well as a Music class twice per six day cycle. There are currently twenty-two students in our kindergarten program. Reading Recovery is a diagnostic and remedial reading program that ensures that all children are reading by the end of Grade One. This is a daily program that involves individual students over a 15-week period for 30 minutes each day. Reading skills continue to be a focus through Grade Five with the Guided Reading program. This program is used as part of the English Language Arts (ELA) program to provide high interest reading materials at carefully

stepped levels of difficulty. Many of these books are part of a home reading program set up by the teachers. Early Numeracy is a complement to the various reading supports in place for students. Wawanesa School also participates in the First Steps and Mathletics Numeracy project. This project involves inservicing teachers and development methods to ensure all students achieve a basic numeracy level. Music Education for Kindergarten to Six is provided by a music specialist every second day (except K). Singing, dance, percussion and simple instruments are introduced. The Orff music system and Kodaly are both used as resources in these classes. In Grades Seven and Eight, band is compulsory for all students. A band specialist conducts band at these grade levels and in the optional Grade Nine to Twelve program. Many students choose to continue in band. In addition to the instrumental band program, we also offer guitar to Grades Seven and Eight. Choral Music is also taught from Grades Seven to Twelve as an option for students. This is thelargest class in our school at nearly forty students! As an extension of the choral music program we also present a dinner theatre to the community every second year.

Wawanesa SchoolSouthwest Horizon School Division

A Report to the Community 2012-2013





Physical Education is taught from Grades One to Grade Twelve. Five 30 minute periods are held every six days. In addition to scheduled gym times, students can elect to participate in extra-curricular sports teams held before and after school. These sports include volleyball, basketball, hockey, curling, badminton, track and cross-country. There are no cuts from extracurricular programs, students who are willing to commit to these programs are all able to play.

High School Students in Grades Nine to Twelve are assigned to a TAG (Teacher Advisory Group) made up of two or three students from each of the four high school grades and a teacher advisor. Students stay with the same TAG advisor for the duration of their high school years. The TAG advisor is the primary contact and advocate for a student at the high school level. Students in Kindergarten to Grade Eight are still in a homeroom setting. High school includes Grades Nine to Twelve. Each of five periods per day are about 65 minutes in length. All students in Grades Nine to Eleven are in class at all times. Grade Twelve students may elect to take a spare in the second semester only. Our school community cooperates with other high schools across Manitoba to provide students with many course options using both video conference (VC) and on line courses (WebCT and Moodle). Students graduating from Wawanesa School are able

to meet entry requirements for all post-secondary programs in Manitoba and the rest of Canada. Most of our students graduate with at least one course taught by distance education. Communication with parents at the high school level continues to be an emphasis. Many of our parents hold tight to the view that no news is good news when it comes to their child’s school program. This view is often fostered as a result of limitations to time and the school system’s perceptions of what parents want to know about their children. TAG advisors maintain ongoing contact with families throughout the year. This includes telephone calls, emails, and the twice yearly conferences In Kindergarten to Grade seven, an agenda book is used extensively to maintain good lines of communication between staff and parents. In Grades Eight to Twelve, more teachers are involved with each student which makes an agenda difficult to maintain on a daily basis. In order to keep communication open and effective at the Grades One to Twelve levels, teachers use the portal to share student progress.• Any significant assignment

that is late triggers an automatic call to parents.

• There is no such thing as a student choosing to take a zero on assignments not handed in.

• All assignments given by a teacher must be submitted. Late assignments will result in time at noon or before/after school to assist him/her in meeting deadlines.

• The November and March meetings with parents should not be the first time a parent finds out how successful or how challenged their child is in a course. This is a time for summary and for planning for the months ahead. TAG advisors will be actively involved in the November and March reports for Grades Nine to Twelve.

• Dates for tests and deadlines for significant assignments are posted on the teachers’ homepages.

Overall, the message to our students is that we care about how they are doing in school, their parents care about how they are doing in school, and we communicate on a regular basis with each other. We will celebrate their successes and support them in their challenges. At the Grade Seven and Eight level, we hold a 40 minute seminar time once every three days. We use this time to provide students with exposure to short term activities and programs. Choral music, art, guitar and outdoor education are examples of some of the programs offered. Teachers, support staff and parents are involved in providing a very comprehensive extra curricular program for students. Sports, music and the arts provide a balance for healthy development of students. New to Wawanesa School this year we will be offering three new High School Courses that include Introduction to Photography, Introduction to Spanish and Agriculture. Mrs.





Terryl Stone, who has an in-home photography business and Spanish teaching experience, will be teaching the photography and Spanish courses. Mr. Reykdal will be teaching Agriculture, giving students a look into the Agriculture Industry in Manitoba and other regions. We feel these courses off increased variety to our students.

The High School Apprenticeship Option is in its second year at Wawanesa School. Students who have finished all requirements for Grade Ten are eligible to apply to this program. Students work for a journeyperson at any recognized trade. In return, students are paid by the employer and receive school credits at the same time. These credits also count towards community college credits if the student continues to pursue this trade. Please call Mrs. Borton for more information. Career Technology Studies (CTS) is integrated into many course areas at the high school level. This program offers students the opportunity to integrate their academic work with career exploration. Please contact our local CTS coordinator, Mrs. Borton, for additional information.

A positive school climate is essential to the success of students. We are currently using Restitution as a guideline in building healthy, positive relationships between all members of the school community.

School governance includes both the Southwest Horizon School Division trustee and the Southwest Horizon School Division. A parent advisory council operates on an ad hoc basis. Technology Wawanesa School is entirely networked at the local level and is also connected to six other Division high schools as part of a greater wide area network. Every classroom has a multimedia work-station to complement our 24 station computer lab, eight stations in the library and ten stations in the VC studio. Students are able to participate in distance learning opportunities at the senior level and our teachers are able to offer programs to many other schools. At this time, we are programming with Hartney School, Waskada School, Deloraine School, Souris School, and Pierson School. Equipment is serviced twice a week by IT staff.

We publish a monthly newsletter that is sent home with the youngest child in each family and sent home via Synervoice to each household and subscribers. Copies are also available at the post office and at the school office. School information can also be accessed at our website, which can be found at http://wawanesaschoolshmb.wordpress.com/. School plans are prepared as required by Manitoba Education.

Fire Safety Thank you to Dennis Gullett, Mike S impson and S teve Trowbridge for coming to school with the fire training bus. Our students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 discussed fire safety. They talked about “two ways out” and the importance of having a “meeting place” in case of an emergency. This is very important information for us all. Thanks also to Flynn McFall for helping out with Sparky in the afternoon!



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Battle of the Books This fall our school has once again joined several other schools in Southwest Horizon School Division in a voluntary reading enrichment program entitled “Battle of the Books”. Students in Grades 3-6 are encouraged to read from a recommended list of books in preparation for a school wide competition on their knowledge of the books. The library has multiple copies of the books on the list. Our librarian, Mrs. West-Burnham, is keeping a record of the books each student has read on a chart in the hallway. Later in the spring, teams will be formed of the students who have read six or more of the books. These teams will go to Melita for the Battle at the beginning of April. Dates have yet to be set. This an excellent opportunity for the students to enjoy good books, discover new authors, share books with friends, improve reading skills, and have fun competing as a team. Here is a list of the titles for this years Battle.

Grade 3/41: That's Hockey - David Bouchard2: Junie B. is a Party Animal - Barbara Park3: Ghost Voyages #1 - Cora Taylor4: Poppy - Avi5: Boxcar Children - Gertrude Warner6: Charlotte’s Web - E. B. White7: Butterfly Lion - Michael Morpurgo8: The Summer According to Humphrey - Betty Birney9: Super Fudge - Judy Blume10: Field Day from the Black Lagoon - Mike Thaler

Grade 5/61: Catching Waves - Matt Christopher2: Holes - Louis Sacher3: Ruby Holler - Sharon Creech4: The Summer of Riley - Eve Bunting6: How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell7: Catching Spring - Sylvia Olsen8: Lawn Boy - Gary Paulsen9: Sports Camp - Rich Wallace10: Take Me to the River - Will Hobbs

Mrs. West-Burnham

Cap and Gown Photos

Cap and gown photos of potential graduates will be taken on Friday, November 30. Appointments will be available from 9:00 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.. All potential graduates must have this photo taken in order to have a photo available for the hallway display picture and the yearbook. There is a $5.00 sitting fee for this photo. If students wish to purchase photo packages, there are several options available with varying sitting fees, depending on the package selected.

Package Sitting Fee Poses

Gold $20.00 8 traditional; 6 casual

Silver $10.00 6 traditional; 2 casual

Display Picture $15.00 (payment required at time of sitting)

Please see Mrs. Lane to book your appointment.





Kandace Waldner Wins Lions International Peace Poster Contest

Congratulations to Kandace Waldner, an 11 year old Grade Six student at Green Acres Colony School, winner of the local competition of the 2012-2013 Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Students aged 11 – 13 from Wawanesa, Green Acres Colony and Nature Valley Colony Schools participated in the contest, using art as a form of expression to promote the theme “Imagine Peace”. The posters were judged on the basis of originality, artistic merit and expression of the theme. Thanks to the judges, Marquetta Murray, Diane Melnychuk and Sonia Derkach, for giving their time and expertise to the difficult task of selecting winners. A total of 43 posters were entered in the contest. All posters were of excellent quality, making a colourful display at the school and at the Centennial Hall for the Remembrance Day Service. Monetary prizes will be awarded by the Wawanesa Lions Club to Kandace, to Lindsay Hofer (Nature Valley) in second place and to Jolene Waldner (Green Acres) as third place winner. All participants, including 9 students “in training”, not eligible because of age requirements, will receive participation awards. Kandace’s poster advances to Lions District 5M13 competition.

Souris Arts CouncilThe Souris District Arts Council invites you to celebrate "BELIEVE" with these choirs from Oak Lake area. This concert will be on Sunday, November 25th at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Church. Karyn Morrow-Penner is the conductor and founder of the groups and Shelby Rampton is the accompanist. “The Noteable Women” is a group of 45 women who love music and love to sing. They have sung at various functions, local and provincial festivals, as well as festivals in Halifax and Edmonton. They have received many, many awards. “The Heard” is a group of 19 men who began to sing together in January of 2009. They too have performed at local functions and festivals in Manitoba. Come out and enjoy the Christmas Music that these two choirs will be sharing with our community. Tickets are available by calling Sharon Dunn at 483-2001.

Tunes for Tots Tunes for Tots is being offered as a 5-week music program for kids 18 months - 2 1/2 years of age. Children sign, move and play in a group atmosphere shared with their parents. A great way to introduce the world of music to your child .. and it’s FREE! The program starts Saturday, January 12 from 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. If you are interested in enrolling your child or would like more information, please contact Paula at 720-2048 or email [email protected] Deadline - December 21st (space may be limited)

Parent Bullying Survey

Wawanesa School recently conducted a survey for parents regarding bullying. The results show that we are doing some things well and we need to improve in other areas. We, as a school, are discussing what we can do to improve these areas of concern. We are also sending two staff members to a seminar called Beyond The Hurt, put on by the Canadian Red Cross RespectED. The focus of the training is creating safe environments for children and youth, and we hope to bring back some valuable tools to our school and community to help in the prevention of bullying. Thank you for your input.

Mr. Hauser







Calendar of Events:

November 19 Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00 - 7:00 p.m.)November 21 Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00 - 7:00 p.m.)November 21 Pizza DayNovember 22 Immunizations (letters will be sent home by Public Health)November 23 Admin. Day; No SchoolNovember 30 Grad Cap and Gown PhotosNovember 30 ‘Real Meal’ LunchDecember 13 Band and Choral Christmas Concert - 7:00 p.m.December 18 High School Christmas LunchDecember 20 Elementary Christmas Concert - 1:00 p.m.December 21 Last day of classes for 2012

January 7 First day of classes for 2013January 8 Provincial ELA exam (Sr. 4)January 23 Essential Math Prov. Exam (Sr. 4)January 24 PreCalc Math Prov. Exam (Sr. 4)January 24 Immunization BoostersJanuary 26 High School Hockey game in Wawanesa - 6:00 p.m. vs NeepawaJan. 28 - Feb. 1 Exam Week (Schedule to be confirmed)



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