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December, 2017

Volume IX, Issue

Campobello

Island

Consolidated

School

Dec 6th Early dismissal (11:30)

Dec 18th Nursing home Carolling

Dec 20th Christmas play

Dec 22nd Last day for classes / Early dismissal (11:30)

Dec 25th Christmas

Jan 1st New Years day

Jan 8th First day back

Jan 17th Early dismissal for students

Jan 22nd—26th Exams for High School

Jan 29th 30th Turn around day for High School

Jan 31st Second Semester begins

A full colour edition can be found on our school

“Help Feed the

Students”

Of CFOT School in Sierra Leone

Middle School students will be sell-

ing popcorn every Tuesday at noon

with a goal to send $250/month to

help feed our friends in Sierra Leo-

ne. Also, during early dismissal

days, we will be selling popcorn and

other healthy snacks. All items will

be $1 or $2. Did you know that for

just $2/day a child can

eat 3 meals? Please

help us “Feed the Stu-

dents”

The CICS Elementary will present their Christmas play, “A Mouse’s

Tale”, on Wednesday, Dec. 20th at 12:30. If school is cancelled that

day, it will held at the same time on Thursday, Dec. 21st. Donations

will be taken at the door for the

elementary fund.

Page 2 Courage

Campobello School is committed to educate, motivate,

and empower all students to become lifelong productive

members of a global society

Grade 2

Grade Two is really moving in their reading. Every-

one is working in new guided reading levels. Please

continue to read daily with your child. In writing

we are developing our ideas by writing strong sen-

tences. We are adding details so our readers have a

much clearer picture of what we are trying to con-

vey. Please practice adding double numbers as well

as the friendly numbers to 10. We need to know

those so we can learn our new strategies of near

doubles and bridging through ten. We have been

working with near doubles and some still do not

know their doubles which prevents them from us-

ing this strategy effectively. The next few weeks we

will be busy preparing for the Christmas play and

trying to keep on track with our math outcomes

and developing our reading and writing skills.

Grade 4

Grade 4 has been working hard in literacy and

focusing on reading comprehension. They

should be continuing to read every night for

15 to 20 minutes and you can help your child

by asking them questions about what they

have read.

In math, the students are able to identify and

continue patterns. They can also build pat-

terns using blocks, tiles, etc. from a given ta-

ble or chart. They really enjoy math stations,

especially the math games!

Chessie of the Quoddy Tides came to interview us! In litera-

cy, K. and 1 are working hard on new word families: -ump, -

all, and –ing. Lots of new sight words, too. Using “and” and

“but” to join 2 shorter sentences together and using periods

are goals. In math, we are writing number sentences, count-

ing up and back to 50, skip counting by 2, 5 and 10. We are

making equal groups of objects to help us count. Sometimes

we have leftovers. And we are learning how to show this on

a number line!

Grade 5 Grade 5 students have become familiar with Canada’s

Food Guide. During this unit, we assessed a friend’s eat-

ing habits and made information pamphlets summariz-

ing their habits as well as recommendations to attain a

healthier lifestyle. We will soon be moving on to our

next unit “Mes vêtements”.

Bonne semaine!

Mme Chute

Middle School Math: Grade 6 students are busy

working on their new outcome, table of values.

They are reminded to play Dreambox at home!

The grade 7 class have started a new unit on cir-

cles and area while the grade 8 class has started

working on measuring prisms and cylinders.

Middle School Science: The grade 6 class just

started working on a new unit, “electricity”,

while the grade 7/8 Science class are currently

investigating ocean basins. Middle School

Technology: The grade 7/8 class are about to

begin ar new pilot program “Educode”. They

are the only class in the entire district who

have been provided this opportunity.

Middle School students had a great day

on Friday in Language Arts class and

Social Studies doing some cross-

curricular STEM projects. Students

spent time learning about the proper-

ties of matter (a science topic) through

watching and listening to a video, along

with reading an article (LA) about where

rare minerals are being mined (Social

Studies). This was a fun day and they

will be doing more of these activities on

Fridays throughout the year.

A few pictures from

the Grade 6-9 field

trip to Fredericton in

November.

They visited the

Legislature build-

ing and NB Sports

Hall of Fame.

Theme of the month: Respect

High School English

In Grades 10, 11 and 12 English, students are work-

ing on completing a final essay on their respective

novels, and will be having a final test this week. We

will be starting a Shakespeare unit before exams.

In Grades 10 and 11, students are working on their

grammar skills through use of quill.org. They can ac-

cess this site at home to practice skills.

Ms. Lee’s bit:

Woot Woot! Let’s go December!!

The semester is zooming by! Now is a good chance to take stock of your work in all of your courses! Before the craziness of December starts, check and complete al missing assignments! Seek extra help if you are struggling with a concept or missed class. If you miss class (appointments / basketball / other), remember that you have an hour of work / class to catch up on … get the notes and assign-ments missed. Try to figure it out yourself, ask your friends and extra help of-fered by your teachers. Eve-ryone get your snow dance on! Outdoor Pursuits class needs some snow!!!

From the World of Mathematics

Math 9 students are just finishing up the unit on Ex-

ponents and the various laws. Next up…..linear rela-

tions.

NFR 10 students are working on slope. Slope is just a

math term for rate of change, grade, and steepness.

Students are going to be writing equations using

slope and y-intercept this week.

Those in Foundations 11 took turns being the teacher

for Law of Sines. They recently had to spend time re-

searching then presenting a lesson to their class-

mates. We will be moving on to Law of Cosines and

other trigonometry areas.

Pre Calc 12A students finished up logarithm and ex-

ponential functions and have moved on to the unit

circle. Students should be checking the website

http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/depts/math/

placement/sample.html to ensure they are prepared

for their entrance exams for university.

Students should be checking Powerschool regularly

to ensure they are completing all assignments.

Mrs. Searles

ONLINE COURSES

High School parents!!! If your son or

daughter is taking an online course

this semester, please ask him or her to

log on to nbvhs.nbed.nb.ca so that you

can view their grades. Students tak-

ing online courses should be working

on the course for one hour each day in

school, and one hour each day at

home.

Residential Finish

Science 10

Basketball season has tipped off with some impressive games

from the Senior Girls and Senior Boys. December is filled with

chances to get out and support our teams! We are getting close

to our break and if you need to get any of that extra excitement

out remember to come to the gym whenever it is open to shoot

baskets, play some badminton, or whatever your interests are.

See you at the next game! Go Vikes!

Mr Halford

The 2018 Yearbook is coming to-

gether nicely!

Thank you to the 2018 Grads, Ad-

vertizers and photographers :) !!

The 2018 Yearbook is on sale

now!!

Same low price! $40 (with a depos-

it of at least $20 required to hold a

book in your name) for 80 pages of

full colour memories of this school

year!

Please see a Graduate or me

to reserve your copy ASAP!

Make sure to keep your receipt!

Thank you for your continued

support!!

Basketball season

has started once again! A big thank

you to our volunteer coaches,, staff

members and parents who give tire-

lessly to our sports programs!

Go Vikings Go!

A Big thank you to our High

School Students who travelled to

Vimy Ridge last year and were

our guest speakers at this year’s

Remembrance Day ceremony!

Thanks for sharing your experi-

ences

Chess Club

There continues to be a great turnout for

chess club at lunch. Club members com-

peted in the annual St. Stephen Education

Center Tournament in St George. Congrat-

ulations to Chloe, Violet, Addyson, Avery,

Clay, Reece, Liam and Shamus and thank

you for representing CICS!

I can’t believe it,

I made it

through the en-

tire School. I

couldn’t have

done it without

you all. I want to

thank my teach-

ers so much for

all the things they have taught me,

even when I thought I didn’t need

them.

I would also like to thank all of my

friends that were there to socialize

with me, be great friends, and be

there when I need them most.

And most importantly, I would like to

thank my family members for believ-

ing in me, and helping me all the

way to help grow my future career…

I cannot thank you all enough for all

the great

times you

have given

me, here’s to

the future of

my life. Thank

you all so

much…

Brandon

Mitchell

Thank you to everyone that has

helped me get this far. Thank you

to all the coaches and teammates,

teachers, and friends and family

that have been there throughout

the past 13 years.

To my coaches and teammates,

thank you for teaching me pa-

tience. Not just patience with oth-

ers but patience with myself. You

have all helped me realize that it

takes a lot of practice to get the hang of something new. You

guys helped me deal with things like rough game, hard prac-

tices, and teamwork makes the dream work.

To my teachers, thank you for teaching me not to give up

just because somethings hard. I’ve been known to leave

questions blank when I’m unsure of how to do them, but

thanks to mainly Mrs. Searles and Ms. Lee for always call-

ing me out on it and making me go back and do them. You

have all shown me that trying and failing is still better than

not trying at all.

To my friends, new and old, thank you. From the friends

that were there to help me up when I fell on the playground

to the friends that helped me out during my grade 11 slump.

You all showed me loyalty and compassion.

And to my family thank you for being there for me and be-

lieving in me no matter what I set my mind to. Thank you

for teaching me that no matter what I always have someone

there supporting me. And finally, thank you to my left knee

for being there to support me even when my right knee

couldn’t.

Thank you to everyone that has

helped me since day one. You

will never know how truly I ap-

preciate everything you have

done for me these past years.

Krysten Wilcox

I AM Poem by Emma

I am different

I wonder why water is wet

I hear my classmates being fool-

ish

I see lots of books

I want to go home

I am different,

I pretend to do my work

I feel tired

I touch my soft desk

I worry that the rain won’t ever

stop

I Am Poem by Harper

I am brave and courageous

I wonder why things are the way they are

I hear people talking behind each other’s

backs

I see people roaming down the halls

I am brave and courageous

I pretend to be what I want to be

I feel excited when I win a game

I touch cold ice in the winter

I worry that I will get lost

I am brave and courageous

I AM Poem by Jaxon

I am funny and athletic I pretend to be an NBA player I understand

that I’m 11

I wonder why KFC tastes so good I feel a Sharpie years old

I hear a Lamborghini I touch a banana I say

“KFC, KFC, KFC!”

I see the Canadian Flag I worry about snakes I dream to be better

Rubric – Academic Achievement

Student-Friendly

Description Scale Key Words to Clarify

I did every-

thing you

asked, and

more! That

is why I got

a….

4

~Excelling~ Demonstrates required knowledge

and skills and is excelling with learn-

ing goals.

Consistent Minimal or no prompting Fully demonstrates Independently Comprehensive understanding Easily Often uses Skillfully uses Confidently (4+ surpasses grade level expectations)

I did every-

thing you

asked of

me! That is

why I got

a…

3

~Meeting~ Demonstrates required knowledge

and skills and is meeting learning

goals.

Solid Proficient Most of the time Is able to Usually Demonstrates Requires some support with

I did some

work, but

there is

more to do!

That is why

I got a…

2

~Approaching~ Demonstrates some of the required

knowledge and skills and is ap-

proaching learning goals.

Sometimes With support With prompting Occasionally Is beginning to Has some difficulty with Is developing Is aware of… but is not applying inde-

pendently Has a basic or partial understanding of

I did not do

what should

be done!

That is why

I got a…

1

~Working Below~ Demonstrates limited understanding

of the required knowledge and skills

and is working below learning goals.

Is not able to Does not yet Is unable to Needs a great deal of assistance With repeated assistance Has difficulty with Struggles to Has limited understanding of