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Columbia Connection October 2016

C O L U M B I A

S C H O O L

Students of the Month September

Rory Strongquill 1H Haley Davidson 5W

Raylene Thompson 6R

Important Dates

October 18th: Last call Mom’s Pantry orders October 18th: Picture Retakes (a.m. only)

October 18th-24th: Education Week October 31st: Columbia Halloween Parade 1:00 p.m.

Columbia School Yearbooks

Yearbooks for the 2015-2016 school year have been sent out with those students who ordered last year. We do have a few extra yearbooks available at the office. The cost

is $22.00.

Education Week October 16th to 22nd Theme: Celebrating Today. Preparing for Tomorrow

Principal’s Award of Excellence

KA - Ethan Kaminski, Jaysa Keyowski & Kash Cole for excellent work on their Chester Racoons. 1E – Harlow Potter a great job on her letter “C” crayon art. Kloey Sutherland for a great job on her

journal writing & picture. 1H – Zoe Becker & Bella MacKay-Wonchulanko for a wonderful job on their letter tree. 2K – Amirah Osena & Jacob Shepherd a good job on their Columbia Code in Action project.

2C – Cashel McDowell & Danica Keyowski who consistently try their best during Writer's Workshop and demonstrate respect by complimenting their classmates' writing pieces.

3P – Draedyn Pelletier hard work & great learning habits on his Pattern Math. Iain Cursons extending his learning at home & passing on knowledge to his brother. 3S – Christian Fleury & Tasia Langan for always staying on task and working so hard to get their

work done in class!! 4H – Olivia Keys & Tayvin Standingready-Lenfesty for always leading their peers in following the

school and classroom expectations. 4K – Diamond Delorme, Sarah James & Dexter Candillo, all for being excellent role models and ambassadors of Columbia School by following school and classroom expectations. 5H – Parker McDowell, Rea Medina & Simone Velasco are recognised for following the classroom

expectations of listening to learn and following directions quickly. 5W – Dayton Braun & Kayley Gabriel for excellent and accurate work in completing their representations of whole numbers to one million. 6R – Shaelyn Crook, Macy Washenfelder & Deborah Allary for an excellent use of value and creative

lettering on their art portfolios. Adam Mason for a thoughtful response on his writing strategies assessment.

6W - Wyatt Bradtka and Von Goebel for a good job on our math assessment on place value. 7B – Jakob Surjik & Joshua Beekmans for achieving a 100% on their divisibility rules quiz and have

completed all the extra enrichment in math so far. They are always willing to lend a helping hand and ask tons of interesting questions. Great job boys!

7T – Annabel McDowell, Julia Beltran, Samantha Schneider & Julia Fleger for having a good start to the school year and working hard in class.

8D - Jaycee Brownlee for achieving 100% on her first two math quizzes. Shay-Lynn Pelletier for achieving 96% or higher on her first three math quizzes.

8G – Matthew Larson & Kaylee Stein for demonstrating a thorough & complete understanding of

square roots.

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School Fees If you have not already paid

your child’s school fees, they are as follows:

Kindergarten– $10.00 Grade 1-8: $25.00

Band Fees

First Year Band Students or Grade 5 $37.00

Grade 6, 7, 8 Band Students- $75.00

Instrument Rental—$100.00

Columbia Sports Cross-Country

Congratulations on another successful cross country season. We sent 21 athletes to districts and had many personal bests. The coaches would like to thank the athletes and parents for their hard work and support. Keep running!!

Mr. Walker Mrs. Beres Mrs. Schmalz Volleyball

The Volleyball season is off to a great start. The coaches for the girls’ team are Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Walker. The coach for the boys’ team is Mr. Sweeney. The Columbia Cougars Volleyball Team schedule of games is as follows. Game times are from 4:00-5:00 unless otherwise stated. COLUMBIA COUGAR GIRLS: COLUMBIA COUGAR BOYS:

SCC NEWS The Mom’s Pantry fundraiser will begin in October and SCC thanks you in advance for your support! The SCC would also like to thank all of the parents for submitting their volunteer forms, we appreciate your help. Come out for coffee and snacks at the next SCC annual general meeting. It will be Nov. 15 at 7:00 pm in the music room. All parents are welcome to attend. If you have any ques-tions, please contact us at: columbia.scc@gssd.ca

SLC News The Columbia SLC have already been busy organizing and promoting school spirit. All students participated in a spirit week to celebrate Fall. As well, during the week prior to Thanksgiving we collected non-perishable food items for the Farm Credit Corporation's Drive Away Hunger Campaign. Congratulations Columbia, we collected over 500 pounds of food!

Oct 12: Columbia @ Yorkdale

Oct 17: Columbia @ St Marys

Oct 20: Columbia @ MC Knoll

Oct 26: Columbia @ St Pauls

Nov 1: St Mikes @ Columbia

Nov 8: St Als @ Columbia

Oct 12: Yorkdale @ Columbia

Oct 17 : Columbia @ St Mary’s

Oct 20: Columbia @ MC Knoll

Oct 26: St Pauls @ Columbia

Nov 1: Columbia @ St Mike’s

Nov 8: Columbia @ St Al’s

Columbia School is on Facebook Columbia School has a Facebook account. This allows us

to send out reminders to students and parents regarding upcoming events.

If you use Facebook you need to “Like” our page to receive

the reminders.

SWISH Program The Swish Program will be held weekly at Columbia School. Please send consent form to their teacher, if

haven’t done so as well please advise if you’d like your children (s) name removed from the weekly Program.

The program will start October 19th

NOTE TO PARENTS: This is a friendly reminder for parents to please remove footwear when entering Columbia School. We would also ask that you check into the main office upon entering. If you are needing to get a hold of your child during school hours, the office will take a message and pass that on to the student. Please call during recess breaks as we are trying to protect the instructional hours of the day.

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Columbia News

Welcome back to a new school year! Canteen services will once again be offered to students at Columbia School. In an effort to be more health conscious, our menu

selections has changed. Listed below are items we are offering. Please note that our menu items may change depending on interest and demand.

Chocolate Milk $1.00

Water/Flavoured Water $1.00

Cereal Packs (spoon provided only with purchase) $1.00

Ritz Cheese Sandwich Bits $1.00

Bread Sticks/Crackers and Cheese $1.00

Chocolate Pretzels $1.00

Goldfish Snacks $1.00

Noodle Soups (fork provided only with purchase) $1.00

Rice Krispy Squares $1.00

Cookie Snacks $1.00

Fruit Snacks or Fruit Roll Up $0.50

Frozen Yogurt Tubes $0.50

Hot Rods $0.50

Cheese Sticks $0.50

Granola Bars $0.50

Sun Chips/Cheetos $0.50

Yogurt Berries $0.50

Squeezable Fruit Rockets $0.50

Milk tickets are available at the office…6 tickets for $5.00!!!

NUT/PEANUT ALERT!

We have some students at Columbia School that are

allergic to nuts/peanuts. We are asking for your assistance in not sending items with nuts

in them.

School Attendance

Please make the school aware if your child will not be attending school for any reason. If your child is absent without notification, a call will be

made to ensure that you are aware that your child is not at school.

School begins at 8:55 AM.

Court Orders Please inform the school of any custody issues you may have, and bring a copy of the

court order to the office.

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“Columbia School is committed to supporting lifelong learning and developing productive and caring citizens.”

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Phone: (306)786-5510

Twitter: Columbiareads

Routine, Routine, Routine! The start of the school year is a great time to set up new routines at home. Routines help keep consistency in your home environment and are helpful when transiting from often unscheduled summer holidays. Here are some suggestions for setting up a routine in your home:

Try to keep morning time, meal times, bed time routines consistent and be mindful of the developmental age of your child – keep steps simple and easy to follow.

Be specific. For example, instruct your child to “brush your teeth, put on your pajamas, and find a book to read” is more clear than, “get ready for bed”.

Visuals help a child complete a routine independently. Visuals can be pictures, drawings, or even words for older children.

Build choice into schedules. This builds in motivation and makes following a routine fun! Alternating between indoor play and outdoor can keep things moving smoothly and provides ample movement

opportunities. Routines at home provide predictability and comfort for your child.

Health Concerns Please contact your child’s teacher

if there are any serious health concerns we should be aware of.

The entire staff needs to be notified and prepared for any potential

emergency.

Soup Haven Lunches

The Soup Haven is a wonderful program that provides bagged lunches to children who cannot

receive this at home. Anyone involved is asked to contribute either time (at the Soup Haven ) or pay a

small fee of $20.00 for the year to ensure the program’s survival.

Dear parents/guardians, It is influenza season once again! Did you know that children are one of the most at risk groups for picking up the influenza virus? Influ-enza is easily spread by coughing, sneezing or direct contact with nasal and throat secretions. You need to protect your child from the in-fluenza virus every year! This vaccine is free and recommended for all ages. The influenza vaccine is the most effective in healthy children and young persons. By immunizing as many children as possible, not only do we protect children themselves, we also create a protective cocoon around our elderly and those with chronic diseases who are equally or more at risk but in whom the vaccine is less effective than in children. Please consult your local paper for dates and locations of various flu clinics or visit our website (www.sunrisehealthregion.sk.ca). Help us keep you, your children, and our community healthy. Thank you. Your local Public Health Office

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Columbia School Halloween Parade

Date: Monday October 31, 2016

Time:1:00 PM Location: Columbia School Gym

Come out and see all the little ghosts and goblins!!

Everybody Welcome!