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Headmaster Message
Christmas Charity Drive
Spelling Bee of Canada
Volunteers Needed
Parking at Tempo
Tempo School Newsletter December 2016
TEMPO TIMES Headmaster’s Message Mr. Ray Battochio, Headmaster
While it has been a busy fall at Tempo, it seems there is no time to rest before the
holidays. We are diligently working on two January events that we would like to bring to
your attention.
On January 11, 2017 we will be hosting an evening at the University of Alberta Faculty
Club for Grade 9 students and their parents. We have dubbed the evening: ‘Why You
Should Choose Tempo for High School’. We will be providing students, parents, and
Tempo staff with a buffet dinner that will include soft drinks, coffee, and tea. Following
dinner a variety of speakers will present compelling reasons why grade 9 students
should choose Tempo for their high school. Speakers will include Tempo staff, former
students, and other guests. Parents and students have already been invited to the event.
Tempo will require an RSVP from parents by December 21, 2016 in order to make final
meal arrangements with the Faculty Club. Parents may RSVP Ms. Mykytiuk at
[email protected] to confirm attendance.
On January 19, 2017 our Parent Advisory Council (PAC) will be hosting a Town Hall
Meeting for parents to meet with school administration. If you have issues that you
would like to have discussed in the forum, please email them to PAC members. The
email address is [email protected]. The principal focus of the meeting will be to
consider how the digital world is affecting Tempo students. Whether it is increasing screen
time, cyber bullying, or the impact of social media, there is little doubt that students today
are very connected to digital devices. We will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a light dinner and a
viewing of the documentary movie ‘Screenagers’ to help us focus on the topic. At 7:00
p.m. we will convene the Town Hall Meeting. We will discuss the main theme indicated
above as well as other issues Tempo parents have passed along to members of our
school’s Parent Advisory Council.
Parent Advisory Council
presents...
Town Hall
Meeting
(Childcare Provided)
Thursday,
January 19, 2017
6:00 p.m.
Dinner and Movie
‘Screenagers’ http://www.screenagersmovie.com/
RSVP
7:00 p.m.
Main Theme:
Challenges of Growing
Up in the Screen Time
Era
End time 8:30 p.m. Christmas Charity Drive
December 1– 8
Please donate:
Non-perishable food items
Gently used winter clothing
Unwrapped toys
Alberta Regional
Tournament
at
Tempo School
Saturday,
April 8, 2017
Spelling Bee of Canada Coming to Tempo Tempo School has been invited to host the Spelling Bee of Canada Regional Spelling Bee Competition on April 8, 2017. Since all age
eligible students are invited to participate in the tournament, Tempo will be starting spelling bee clubs for students ages 6 to 8, 9
to 11, and 12 to 14 at the beginning of February. Students may choose to compete in either French or English.
There will be no charge for students interested in participating in the spelling bee clubs or in the Spelling Bee of Canada Regional
Competition on April 8, 2017.
As you well know, spelling is an important English language skill and one on which Tempo places a high degree of emphasis.
Whether your son or daughter is an excellent speller, participation in the Spelling Bee program could prove to be both engaging and
supportive in your child’s learning.
If your child is interested in registering for a Spelling Bee of Canada after-school club, please complete a registration form as soon as
possible. Registration forms are available from Ms. Mykytiuk at the office. Since registration for the Spelling Bee of Canada Regional
Competition must be completed by December 31, 2016, we ask that students complete their registration with Tempo by December 16,
2016.
Lunch and Learn Career Exploration Volunteers Needed
Lunch and Learn is a parent volunteer program that supports students with career exploration and development.
Here is how Lunch and Learn works. You volunteer your time to talk about your career for 20 minutes between
11:50 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. on any day of the week between mid January and the end of May. Your conversation
with students can be ‘live’ in our library, or virtually through Skype. We provide you with these questions to guide
your conversation: Could you tell us a little about professional life? Why did you choose your field of study/career
pathway and how is this connected to your passion or purpose in life? Could you describe your typical work day?
What are the best parts of your work? What challenges have you found in your work that you weren’t sure of, or
necessarily prepared for, when you started?
Our Parent Advisory Council (PAC) sponsors the event by providing students with a pizza and a drink for lunch, so
it makes it very easy for students to attend. All we need is you.
If you would like to volunteer please contact Mr. Battochio via email at [email protected].
Tempo Fall Dances had some ‘spooktacular’ costumes.
Are these really students in Lower School?
Princesses and super heroes enjoyed the dance and game rooms. Middle School Mysee Masche Masqquerading.
These Tempo students and friends got caught in the volunteer web.
These students were all dressed up for the Family Dance.
Upper School students looked great at their Halloween dance.
Tempo students, parents and staff enjoy a spectacular performance of the Strathcona Mounted Troop Musical Ride.
Students were thrilled to meet members of the Strathcona Mounted Troop and their horses following the musical ride.
Upper School News We are very pleased to report that Tempo
School has hosted several universities
this fall including the University of
Alberta, University of British Columbia,
and McGill University. We are very proud
to announce that 100% of our grade 12
students have applied to one or more
institutions for post-secondary education.
The examination schedule for our
Upper School students has been
prepared and is available to our students.
We would like to remind parents that
regular classes will be held when stu-
dents are not writing exams this January.
Our Student Council has been busy this
fall organizing bi-weekly events including
a very successful Halloween Dance. They
also volunteered on Friday, December 2
to decorate the school for the holiday
season. This event included decorating
the school and enjoying a pizza dinner.
The event ended with a mug of hot
chocolate and a movie.
Tempo School will be hosting grade nine
students and their parents to an even-
ing at the University of Alberta Faculty
Club. We shall outline ten reasons why
Tempo is their best choice for continuing
their high school education. All grade nine
students and their parents are encour-
aged to attend. We ask that you RSVP
before Christmas break to Ms. Mykytiuk.
She can be reached at
Finally, Tempo School will once again
purchase, prepare, and serve a meal for
the Mustard Seed located in Edmonton's
city center. The cost to the school is
$1000 and it is our intention to have a
TOONIE TUESDAY in the New Year to
fund this meal. We will also be looking for
12 volunteers from our upper school to
prepare and serve the meal. An update
will be provided in the New Year.
Tempo grade 2 students learned about the Lord Strathcona Mounted Troop.
Student Drop off and Pick up Routines at Tempo On most days when you drive your child to Tempo, you probably notice
a parent volunteer and Mr. Battochio out in the parking lot. We are very
fortunate to have wonderful parking patrol volunteers who are able to
help out for about 20 minutes between 8:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. These
people do an amazing job keeping our students safe and facilitating
the flow of traffic through the passenger drop-off lanes. Since we need
volunteers for each day of the school year, it is quite helpful to be able
to draw from a large pool of people. Greg Berghuys is our parking
patrol volunteer coordinator, and he is looking for people to volunteer a
few days per week or even a week sometime during the year. As with
any volunteer activity, many hands make light work. We ask that you
e-mail Greg at [email protected], if you are
able to help out.
Our drop-off area has painted arrows, stop lines, a safety zone, and
signs to remind drivers to pull forward and to stop where required.
While the focus of these features is student safety, we are trying to
help facilitate the flow of traffic by having vehicles move all the way
forward to the front of the passenger drop-off zone. Each drop-lane is
designed to hold three vehicles. We would like to encourage
people to move forward in order to make the drop-off and pick-up
more efficient.
Being out in the parking lot allows us to observe the morning traffic
patterns. It is no surprise that the line of vehicles outside becomes
longer as we get closer to the time that school starts. Another
observation is that the line-up is longer and occurs later when there
has been snowy, cloudy, or foggy weather.
Homeroom attendance begins at 8:10 a.m. and ends at 8:20 a.m. You
should plan to arrive so that your children are not late. As a school, we
believe that punctuality and attendance are essential life skills for stu-
dents. Students who are late three times in a two- week period are
considered to be persistently late. May we suggest that when weather
and driving conditions change, you leave a little earlier so that your
children are not late for school. Thank you for your support.
Parking Patrol
Volunteers Needed
Please Contact
Greg Berghuys
Drivers should pull forward all the way in the passenger drop-off lanes. Please do not stop your vehicle until you have reached the STOP sign. As you can see in this picture, ideally, we would like to fit three vehicles in each drop-off lane to ensure the flow of traffic.
Stopping at the large yellow line creates enough room so that three vehicles can stop in the drop-off lane. As you can see, there is likely a long line of cars behind you. If your children need parental assistance to get out of the vehicle, you should park in the parking lot instead of spending a couple of minutes in the drop-off lanes.
Grade 9 Students and Parents
‘Why You Should Choose Tempo for High School’
University of Alberta Faculty Club
Cocktails (ho-host bar) at 5:00 p.m.
January 11, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
Program to Follow
RSVP to [email protected] by December 21, 2016
Contact Tempo
We would appreciate hearing from you!
Tempo School 5603 148 St. Edmonton, AB T6H 4T7 (780) 434-1190 [email protected]
Parent Advisory Council
(PAC) The Tempo School Parent Advisory Council would like to wel-come you to another school year. PAC is a liaison among the parents, the school administration and the Board of Governors, and it provides support to parents who need information about our school. PAC always welcomes your thoughts, ideas and questions.
Special thanks to people who have already signed up to volunteer for parking patrol and photo day.
Below is a list of the events PAC supports and coordinates: Parking Patrol every school morning (8:00a.m. - 8:20a.m.)
Christmas Charity Drive – December 1– December 8
January Town Hall
Ski Club - select Fridays in December, January, February, and March
Doughnut Day – 4 times throughout the year
Lower School (Grades K-6) Sports Day – May 19
Upper School (Grades 7-12) Sports Day – June 9
In order for these events to run, volunteers are needed. We en-courage you to become involved and to participate. Please contact us for more information.
Parent Advisory Council (P.A.C.)
Email: [email protected]
Radhika Bhargava (President) Csilla Fee Lise Warmington
Speech and Debate News Tempo students are off to a great start in Speech and
Debate this season. Under the coaching of Sirisha
Valupadas, our students have done extremely well in two
early season tournaments.
During the last weekend of October more than 60 teams
competed at the Westminster Junior High School Tourna-
ment. Tempo School students achieved these results in the
Open category:
Adnan Black and Saima Sami First Place
Irshad Sayed and Hannah Dean Second Place
Adnan Black First Place Individual
Speaker
Hannah Dean Second Place
Individual Speaker
During the last weekend of November teams competed at the
Sir Winston Churchill High School Debate and Speech
Competition.
Tempo achieved these results:
Garrett Hildebrandt earned First Place in the Speech catego-
ry and advanced to the final round at McKay Avenue School
where he took Second Place on December 2. Garrett
received a $200 cash prize from the Churchill Society of
Edmonton for his performance in the finals. Harveen Brar
received the overall award for the Best Novice Speaker in the
Speech category. Simran Grewal and Gurbir Sandha
received the award for Best Tempo Team in the Debate
category.
Finally, on Wednesday, November 30 at the Speech
Tournament at Old Scona, Tempo achieved these results:
Simranjit Grewal First Place in the Original Oratory category
Rafay Osmani Third Place in the Prose category
Important Ski Club Reminder to Parents
You, or your approved guardian
over the age of 18, must sign out
and pick up your child at Snow
Valley following your child’s
release from the ski club lesson at
4:30 p.m.
A Tempo Ski Club Official will be in
the chalet for this purpose.