Box 129, Clinton, B.C. V0K 1K0 Phone: 250-459-2219 Fax: 250-459-7949

Principal’s Message

Dear David Stoddart Community:

Happy New Year! 2018 has rung in as a busy year in the three

days of school so far…. We finished the year with some extraordinary

events, our Christmas luncheon for grandparents was well attended, the

Christmas drive another success, and our “Jingle Shop” ran for a second

year in a row! A very special thanks to you, our community for supporting

the students in these worthy activities. A peek into activities to come

include excellent a repeat of the program in ROCKS AND RINGS teaching

K-7 how to curl, Science Fair projects, and First Aid made available to

our high school students. Stay tuned for more great things to come.

Our school action plan for learning sets our direction to achieve

student success. Copies are available at the school, as well as on our

school website. The focus is based on “Appreciative Inquiry” which lines

up with our re-designed curriculum in place. There is a lot of information

available to parents/caregivers regarding the change in direction around

the curriculum online. The most significant change with the previous

curriculum is that now the attention is on the process of learning, versus

the quantity of learning. Do connect with your child’s teacher if you have

any questions.

We encourage parents and caregivers to work with the school

through the PAC, during our Open House and Learning conversation

opportunities, share skills with the school through volunteering, following

the newsletter and website update, celebrate student successes with us,

and other related opportunities as they arise. School communications

can be found through school newsletters, community newspapers,

project fairs to highlight the work of the students, presentations, bulletin

board displays in the school, our website, Facebook site, and of course

word of mouth.

As the month of January brings winter to our corner of the world,

let’s remember to provide fresh air activities and healthy meals!

Sincerely,

Carol Pickering

Christmas Activities

Our staff and students would like to thank

our community for their support in the

many different fundraisers and activities

we had leading up to the Christmas Break.

Spaghetti/Movie Night

Food Drive

Poinsettia Fundraiser

Jingle Shop

Christmas Concert 2017

Upcoming Events

January 25th— High School Provincial Exams

January 26th—End of Term 2

January 29th—Non-Instructional Day

Now that winter has arrived, some reminders:

pants,

winter boots, gloves, toques. High School students need to have winter footwear and a winter jacket. Principal will assess temperatures ,

wind chills, sunshine and determine if it will be an inside day or outside day. Fresh air and sunshine keeps our staff and students healthy.

r our

staff and students with mobility issues. Thanks for your cooperation.

e outside.

BUS STUDENTS -30) in Clinton, phone calls will be made to parents in the morning. If there is no bus in the morning, there will

be no bus run in the afternoon. Bus students are reminded that they need to be dressed in winter attire in case of a bus breakdown, and

may be denied transportation if they are not.

IN CASE OF EVACUATION

If safe to do so students will be able to gather their winter clothing before evacuating outside. The situation will be assessed and a deci-

sion will be made to move to our designated site, if needed.

Stress reducing activities

Pound & painting

December 19th, 2017

Kindergarten/Grade 1/2

K-2 class is continuing to learn about making healthy food choices for breakfast & lunch. We have prepared breakfast foods & enjoyed sampling them!

Grade 4/5/6

This month the Grade 4/5/6 class is continuing learning about fractions. Their favorite part of learning about fractions has been through the use of cheerios to create equivalent fractions as well how to add and subtract fractions. We are also beginning a new project this month. Over the course of the next few months, the students will be learning about how children all over the world, both past and present, live and the students will choose one of these children to embody and delve deeper into learning more about their life. Keep an eye out for our presentation date!

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