WOLFVILLE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Principal—Debbie Graves

Vice Principal—Craig Barbour

Phone: 902-542-6050

Email: wolf@avrsb.ca

Website: http://wolfville.ednet.ns.ca

Principal’s Message

It is hard to believe December is here! I would like to

take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful

Holiday Season.

Please take time to relax and spend valuable time

with family and friends. Make it a personal goal to

help create a special memory for someone else acts of

kindness are unforgettable!

In January we will be making an effort to reduce the

weight of backpacks. Did you know that it is

recommended that a backpack weigh no more than

10%-15% of the student’s weight? Many of the

students grade P-8 are carrying backpacks which

exceed this safe weight. Over the break it is a great

time to talk about cleaning out the backpacks and

encourages students to only carry what they need.

Remember students have storage (either lockers or

shelves) here at school.

We would like to welcome Jennifer LeBlanc who is

working as a playground supervisor at noon time. On

Dec 21st Tina Dale will be retiring from her position

as our Learning Center/Resource teacher. Tina has

been a positive hard working member of our school

staff for many years. Tina’s commitment to student

success is amazing and we will miss her smile,

encouragements and insight. Christy Wilson will be

assuming Tina’s role from January – June. We

welcome Christy to our school team.

Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season and a

wish for good health and happiness in the New Year.

School News

Lost and Found: Please visit our Lost and Found

during Parent Teacher Dec. 5th

and 6th

and claim any

property which belongs to your child(ren). On Dec.

7th

remaining items will be free for anyone and then

bagged and given to good will.

Lunch Order Forms: If your student has ordered

lunch on a day that the school has to close

unexpectedly before lunch, please fill out an order

form for the next week and mark on it the dates you

have paid for but have missed.

Parent Teacher will be held on the evening of

December 5th

6:30pm to 8:30pm and the afternoon of

December 6th

1:00pm to 3:00pm. Jeff Moore, (Phys.

Ed, 4-8, Tech Ed 7-8, and Health 6) will be hosting an

open house both days. Kerri Leier and Heather Fulton

grade 5/6 split classes will have an open house

December 5th

6:30pm to7:00pm. Holly Asprey grade

P/1 split will host an open house December 5th

6:00pm

to 6:30pm. Vanessa Moncrieffe (P-5 Misic and 6-8

Instrumental) will be hosting an open house December

6th

1:00pm to 3:00pm.

Regular meeting times can be booked for December 5th

between 6:30pm and 8:30pm and December 6th

1:00pm

to 3:00pm by calling the main office at 902 542-6050

or emailing ws@avrce.ca. If you need a meeting time

outside of these times please contact the school to make

arrangements. Free child-minding services will be

provided during your appointment time. Be sure to

notify the office if you need this service to ensure we

have adequate coverage; we also suggest your bring

along a toy or book for your child.

Holiday Bazaar!

Holiday Shopping

party items are

still being collected for the Holiday

Bazaar. We are looking for donations of new and used

items in good condition. Items can be toys, book,

household items, giftware, mugs, ties, jewelry, and

decorations. Plastic bags and wrapping materials will

also be appreciated as donations. This is a fun event

which gives students an opportunity to purchase gifts

for their family members at a very reasonable cost. The

Bazaar Shopping party will be held on December 12th

.

If you have a few hours to volunteer please contact the

school 902 542-6050.

Middle Level Dance and Games night for grades 6 to 8!

A Middle Level Dance and Games night will be held

on Wednesday, December 12th. We will have

dancing and an open area for board games of your

choice. Please bring one of your favorite games to

share and play with others (no electronic games). A

canteen will be open for kids to purchase snacks. We

will also have a CUPCAKE WALK where you can

take a turn for $0.25 to win a decorated cupcake. All

proceeds from this event will support the band

trip. Holiday sweaters or T-shirts are encouraged.

Time: 7:00-8:30 pm Cost: $5.00 entrance fee

December 2018

The Nutcracker: Grades 5 to 8 will be travelling by

bus to the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in

Halifax on December 13th

. This will be a fun

and education events for students. Buses

will be leaving the school at 8:45am sharp,

if your student is late they run the risk of

missing out on this opportunity. Information

went home in report cards along with a permission

form. To facilitate this event we are asking students

to contribute $20.00 each, this covers the cost of the

performance and bussing. We want every student to

have this opportunity and will work with families

who need a bit of financial support. Consent forms

and money must be passed in by Wednesday,

December 5th

.

Turkey Dinner for Students: Wolfville School will

be providing a free turkey

dinner for all students. For

grades primary to 4 the dinner

will be December 13th

and

grades 5 to 8 the dinner will be December 14th

. For

both days we will be looking for volunteers to help it

run as smoothly as possible. If you can volunteer

please contact the office 902 542-6050.

Grade P-4 Winter Concert: Will take place Dec.

14th

at 1:30pm in the school gym. Family and

community members welcome. As a fund raiser for

the Play Ground, the committee with be taking photos

at a fun photo booth following the concert.

Kitchen Volunteers Wanted: If you have a few

hours each week to volunteer in the kitchen we want

to hear from you! Our kitchen program must be

financially viable in order to continue offering the

service to our families (at a reasonable cost) and a

few volunteers will go a long way towards

maintaining our program. For more information

phone the school at 902 542-6050.

Our school sold 52 Nourish

Your Roots boxes and raised

$418.00 from the boxes and

$90.00 from donations to

support Wolfville School Hot Lunch

and Healthy Snack Program. Thank you

to all that supported this great cause.

Gravy Train

It is that time of year again when we team up with the

local Food Bank to help provide Christmas Hampers

so that families in need can have a Christmas dinner.

The We Are Empowered Group has taken on the

challenge to help collect 320 cans or packages of

TURKEY gravy. Any contributions are greatly

appreciated. All gravy can be sent into your child’s

class. We will need all donations in by December

11th

.

Thank you again for your continued support,

Angie Rushton, Tina Dale & Kathy Boutilier

(Teacher Advisors)

How does AVRCE share “snow day” school

cancellation information?

Winter weather is here, so it’s important to be ready for

possible school cancellations due to weather or road

conditions. You can prepare by having a back-up plan

in place for these events, and making sure your contact

information is up-to-date with your child’s school in

order to receive automatic text/email cancellation

notices through the PowerSchool Alert system.

AVRCE also runs a system called NotifyMe, so

grandparents, childcare providers and other school

community members can sign up to receive school

cancellation texts/emails. Parents/guardians do not need

to sign up for NotifyMe.

*Please note, AVRCE will be refreshing the NotifyMe

subscription list to reduce duplicate messages and to

make sure parents/guardians are receiving important

notices only through PowerSchool Alerts. Other school

community members who have signed up to NotifyMe

will continue to receive notices and will not be affected

by this refresh.

School cancellations are also announced via:

- www.avrce.ca

- Twitter @AVRCE_NS

- AVRCE phone line, 902.538.4600 or

1.800.850.3887

- Local media: AVR network, Magic 94.9, CBC

Radio 1 Halifax, CTV Morning Live Atlantic)

What does “bus driver discretion” mean?

When AVRCE announces “bus driver discretion,” this

means that road conditions are generally good, but

some roads may be unplowed or slippery. A school bus

driver may choose not to travel these roads if they think

it isn’t safe to do so. When this happens, the school is

notified and will try to contact families on the affected

road(s). If a bus doesn’t travel a particular road before

school, it will not travel that road after school.

To learn more about how school cancellation

decisions are made, visit

https://www.avrce.ca/storm-daysschool-

cancellations

DECEMBER 11TH

THE LEARNING CENTRE

WILL BE OFFERING CHOCOLATE MILK AND

2 COOKIES FOR SALE AT RECESS FOR $2.00

Wolfville School Band Trip Fundraiser

We are asking each Grade 7 and 8 Band student to

contribute a gift basket item valued at $5.00 (or more,

if you like). Items could include tasty holiday treats,

gift cards, ornaments, personal luxury items, scratch

tickets, holiday baking ingredients, fancy napkins,

etc. No used items, please! A box will be put in Mrs.

Kennie’s room to collect basket items. Please make

sure you check in to have your name/item checked off

and credit given for your contribution.

We would like to have all items in to the school by

Monday, December 3rd

.

Tickets will be sold during Parent-Teacher evening

and afternoon, and Band students will also be selling

tickets in the community. Cost is $2.00 per ticket, or

3 for $5.00. The draw date is December 19th

. All

tickets (sold and unsold) and money must be in by

December 18th.

Thank you for your support with this initial

fundraiser.

Vanessa Moncrieffe and Kathy Kennie

PLAYGROUND UPDATE

Wolfville School Playground wins $10,000 Aviva

Community Fund Award!

A huge thank you to everyone in the community and

beyond who cast their votes to help us win $10,000

for playground renovations through the Aviva

Community Fund! This was a very successful part of

our fundraising efforts this year, and will go towards

the major improvements to the playground planned

for this summer. See all the award winners at

AvivaCommunityFund.org.

For more information on the playground

improvements, or to make a donation, please visit

WolfvilleSchoolActivityPark.ca, or email

WolfvilleSchoolActivityPark@gmail.com.

Thank you!

Dates to Remember - December

5 Parent Teacher 6:30pm to 8:30pm

6 No school for students and parent

teacher 1:00pm to 3:00pm

11 Early Dismissal

11 Gravy Train donations due

12 Holiday Shopping Party and Middle

Level Dance

13 Turkey Dinner for all primary to 4

students

13 Nutcracker trip grades 5 to 8 students

14

Turkey Dinner for all grades 5 to 8

students

14 Elementary Winter Concert 1:30pm

18 Band Trip Fundraiser Tickets due back

21 Early Dismissal and last day before

winter break

Sports News

Congratulations to the boys’ volleyball team who won

bronze at the regionals in Liverpool.

Congratulations to the girls’ volleyball team who won

the regional championships here in front of a packed

house. Big thank you to the coaching staff

Stay informed and up-to-date by visiting our

website. Newsletters, Menus, Community Calendar,

Athletics Calendar, Contact Information and much

more! wolfville.ednet.ns.ca

January 3, first day back

after winter break

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Community News

Child and Youth Mental Health

Program

Helping Anxious Children Course

Weekly on Tuesdays, 6:00pm -8:00pm

January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5

There is no fee to participate and registration is not

required. For more information, call 1-855-273-7110.

How to Up Positive Behavioral

Supports to Change Behaviour

This is an informative session

designed for parents and caregivers who have a child

with an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis and will

be offered in two locations, the Chipman Building

Kentville 9:30 to 11:30 and the Autism Centre

Kingston 6:00 to 8:00. Register for the Kingston

workshop locations by contacting Sandy 902 242-

2019 or annapolisvalley@autismns.ca and for the

Chipman Building workshops by contacting Keyy

902 825-9226 or Kelly.Tidman@nshelth.ca.

Pre-Registration is required for all groups. Childcare

can be available for the Kingston Group only.

Cadance Academy will be presenting The Nutcracker,

the much-loved ballet classic and traditional

Christmas favourite, on Saturday, December 8 at

7:00pm and Sunday, December 9 at 2:00pm at

Festival Theatre, Wolfville. Tickets are $20 for

adults: $15 for students, seniors and children and are

available from Cadance Academy –

info@cadanceacademy.ca or 902-679-3616 and Wild

Lily in Wolfville.

December Specials – Includes milk

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3 4 5 6 7

Picasso’s Pizza 3.50

Mashed Potato and

Corn with:

Fish or Chicken

3.50

Hamburger 3.00

or

Cheeseburger 3.50

No School Grilled Cheese

Sandwich 3.50

10 11 12 13 14

Picasso’s Pizza 3.50

Half Day

Chocolate Milk and

Cookies $2.00 ONLY

Hamburger 3.00

or

Cheeseburger 3.50

Free Turkey Dinner for

grades Primary to 4

Free Turkey Dinner for

grades 5 to 8

(elementary students

can order pizza for this

day)

17 18 19 20 21

Picasso’s Pizza 3.50

Mashed Potato and

Corn with:

Fish or Chicken

3.50

Hamburger 3.00

or

Cheeseburger 3.50

Macaroni & Cheese

or

Poutine

3.50

Half Day

Last Day Before

Winter Break

24 25 26 27 28

31 1 2 3 4

First Day Back!

Picasso’s Pizza 3.50

Grilled Cheese

Sandwich 3.50

Daily snacks (available at recess and lunch)

Muffin $1 Veg & dip (when available) $1.25 Fruit cup (when available) $1.25 Cheese & crackers $1.00 Apples, oranges, bananas $1.00 Frozen juice cup $1.00

Yogurt tubes $1.00 Pretzels $1.50 Crispy Minis $1.50 Baked Cheetos $1.50 Cereal Bars $.75 Fruit & yogurt parfait $1.50 Goldfish $.75

Smartfood popcorn $1.50 2% white milk $.40 Chocolate milk $1.50 Juice (apple or orange) $1

Cookies $.50

Cinnamon buns (Mondays only) $1

***On December 14th

for grades primary to 4 pizza will be the only lunch item available to order.

***December 11th

is a half day chocolate milk and cookie for $2.00 available at recess***

***On January 3rd

the first day back pizza will be the only lunch item available to order.