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LES NOUVELLES DE BEAIRSTO
SEPTEMBER EDITION – NEWSLETTER
Principal’s Message
Bienvenue to our new school year! Welcome to new students and staff. We are settling
into routines. Ecole Beairsto has had some renovations and changes over the holidays but
the spirit of collaboration and team work is even stronger amongst our staff and our
community. We will continue to create unique and creative ways to learn, teach and
communicate in our building. Kindness continues to be a theme that is interwoven through
all that we do. Building relationships and working on our mind sets are some of the other
main topics of this month. And of course always encouraging this to all happen in another
language ,la belle langue française Beairsto is more than a school building where teachers
work and children attend classes; it is a community that comes alive when our students,
staff and parents come together united by a spirit of caring and togetherness. Together
we create the activities and experiences which become the memories that live within each
of us…and make our school such a special place!
M. Mulvaney has gone to teach in Dubai and our new vice-principal will be arriving on the
25th of September. Her name is Maxine Champion and she comes with lots of experience in
French Immersion and administration. Bienvenue Mme Champion
We look forward to many great memories being made this year and great learning for all in
the school!
Happy New School Year! Bonne Nouvelle Année Scolaire
Moïra Manthorne
Principal of Ecole Beairsto
Beairsto staff list 2017-2018
Division Grade Room Teacher/s Day
1 7 206 Erik Nielsen
2 7 212 Alyson Lypchuk
3 6/7 203 Cynthia Raymond-Glasser Mon - Wed
Maxine Champion Thurs - Fri
4 6 207 Ian Cox
5 6 205 Melanie Doucet
6 5/6 201 Paul Richard
7 5 301 Annie Lavigne
8 5 304 Maude Gendron Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
Taylor Dansereau Wed
9 4/5 300 Veronique Lavoie
Shaun Mitchell Tues&Wed 8:45-10:45
10 4 216 Kristen Cartwright Mon-Wed
Taylor Dansereau Thurs, Fri
11 4 15 Billie-Jo Beaudoin
12 4 14 Amanda Argan
13 3 104 Anita Baturin
14 3 105 Lynn Adams Wed - Fri
Candice Desnoyer Mon - Tues
15 3 209 Martina Allen
16 3 204 Chloe Mongerson
17 2/3 12 Fiona Brown Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri
Moira Manthorne Wed
18 2 202 Jane Jamieson
19 2 211 Jane Wright Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri
Candice Desnoyer Wed
20 2 200 Joelle Wilkins Mon-Wed, Fri
Candice Desnoyer Thurs
21 2 214 Andrea Dove
22 1 107 Chantal Cloutier
23 1 106 Katie McIntyre
24 1 109 Sara McLean
25 1 108 Christine Buhler Mon - Thurs
Candice Desnoyer Fri
26 K 17 Thea Sievert
Learning Assistance in Room 208: Kim Nenzen Mon, Tues(PM), Wed, Fri
Josee-Anne Desmarais Tues, Wed, Thurs
Taylor Dansereau Mon,Tues
Fiona Brown Wed
Counselling in Room 111: Joy Johnson Mon & Wed PM
Librarian in Rooms 302/303: Christine Labrie PE Prep in Room 10: David Helm Mon - Thurs
Cultural/Music Room 11: Chris Corbett CEAs:
Judy Burns Lindsie Pereboom Stephanie Serwa
Aboriginal Support Worker: Keith McLean Head Secretary: Michelle Lepine Office Secretary: Patricia Racco Library Assistant: Line Boisvert Principal:
Moira Manthorne
Vice Principal: Maxine Champion Mon - Prep AM, Admin PM,
Tues Admin all day, Wed Admin All Day, Thurs 6/7, Fri 6/7
Head Custodian: Terry Black
Custodians:
Dan Schillington Bob Armhurst
Noon Hour Supervisors: Deb Benson, Lee Burlingham, Lee-Ann Breitkrutz,
Marie-Anick Duchesne, Rory White
Bus Supervisors: Nancy Orchard, Kim Sveinsen, Kathy Morgan
Volunteers and Criminal Record Checks:
We encourage and welcome parent volunteers in our school. Parents who wish to help must have a
completed CRS (Criminal Record Search). This is at no cost to you through the Ministry of Justice.
Your completed CRC will be sent directly to the District Office via email to be forwarded to our
school. If fingerprinting is required by the ministry of Justice, the cost is the responsibility of the
volunteer. This process is all online and should not take more than 5 minutes. Online link:
https://justice.gov.bc.ca/eCRC/ Access code: RRNXWDR8WH. Please indicate on the application
that you are a Volunteer for Beairsto School. .
Dress for the weather: With the weather changing, please help ensure your child dresses appropriately for the weather.
We expect all of our students to go outside for exercise, play, and fresh air in all weather
conditions, except during times of extreme weather (below -10C).
Classes, single or combined grade, are organized by balancing achievement levels, abilities, skill levels, emotional
maturity, special needs and social dynamics. The goal is to ensure that all students are placed in an appropriate
learning environment. We make decisions based on our best professional judgment and that we believe are in the
best interest of each student
Terry Fox Run on September 21st
The Run for Terry Fox will be on September 22st. There will be details to follow.
Indoor Shoes:
At Beairsto we focus on respecting our school. Please send your child to school with an inside pair
of non-marking running shoes. This will help keep our floors clean and protect our amazing gym floor.
Class composition and placements:
Teachers and staff spent many hours trying to make the best possible learning situations for each
child in our school. They met in June a few times and again this September. They put a lot of
thought and time into student and class placements. We thank you for encouraging and helping
your children adjust to this new school year. Class Placements: Class placement is probably one of the most challenging tasks for any school. Parents, students and staff have different perspectives of the needs of children and a different level of understanding of the constraints within which the school must operate. Our program is based on the following principles: - Students need to participate actively in their own learning - They learn at their own rate and in a variety of ways - They learn individually and in groups.
Important Dates:
Wednesday, September 13th …………………………………Bonjour Beairsto parents – 8:45-9:15
Monday September 18th ………………………………….…..No School (Non-instruction Day)
School class pictures and individual pictures by Fiona Hook :
Tuesday Sept 19th …………………………………….……..Grade k and 1 pics
Wednesday Sept 20th ………………………………………grades 2 and 3
Thursday Sept 21st ………………………………………….…grades 4 and 5
Friday Sept 22nd ………………………………………………….grades 6 and 7 ( and M Richard`s class)
September 21st…………………………………………………Terry Fox Run and donations
Monday, September 25th …………………….……………PAC meeting at 6:30pm
September 29th …………………………………….………… Orange shirt day
Garden Work Party at Beairsto!
You are invited to a Garden Work Party!
On Saturday September 30 9:00 – 11:00 please join us in the Beairsto garden to help clean up
after the summer. The kids have already been enjoying the garden. There is lots growing and we
would like to get the weeds out and a few other things back in order. Feel free to bring a snack to
share.
Bonjour parents, students, & friends!
We want to start by welcoming you to school year 2017/2018! Are you new to French immersion? By enrolling your
child in FI, your family has started on an incredibly rewarding journey. If you have questions, please contact us, we
are here to help. Some of you already know us, but we still wanted to say bonjour, bonne rentrée!
WHO IS CPF VERNON? We are people just like you who want to enrich our children’s FI education by creating French
language and cultural learning opportunities in our community.
WHAT WE DO! Check out a visual sampling of just some of the things we do!
HOW TO SUPPORT US!
Engage! Contact us to be placed on our CPF Vernon email list - we can let you know what is
happening and how you can help. Your time is invaluable and appreciated!
Buy a CPF Vernon membership - 80% of membership dollars supports programs in
Vernon: cpf.ca/en/membership. The number of memberships we have in Vernon is directly
related to how much funding we can apply for and receive.
Shop at Nature's Fare! Deposit your receipts in our Receipt Dropboxes: Seaton, Beairsto,
Harwood & Alexis Park. We receive 3% back from all receipts donated!
Shop at CO-OP for fuel and goods and use our membership number: 81907. A percentage of
purchases come back to CPF Vernon in a yearly cheque! Pick up our handy CO-OP Shop &
Support card at Seaton, Beairsto and Harwood Bulletin Boards.
Used Book Sale, Children’s French & English. At Beairsto’s year-end event, we set up a
tent and sell fabulous books! Want to donate your French books? Contact us!
Merci, we look forward to thriving with you!
Canadian Parents for French – Vernon Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: https://bc-yk.cpf.ca/chapter/vernon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CPFVernon
French public speaking contest, French reading clubs, student tutors, academic awards, CPF Vernon’s
Bonhomme de neige mascot, French Workshops, contests and more! To learn more, visit our website!
joyeux anniversaire
Septembre 2017!!
Ella. M Elia C.
Xander K. Hadley K. Ella K.
Brendan C.
Devon B. Leah R. Isabelle G.
Daisy J. Hayley V. Evan F. Carson S. Ashton G. Sasha H. Dayton M. Cheyanne D. Brodie B. Logan S. Ella O.
Will P. Aliya H. Nai'a F. Jake L. Lucas H. Teegan R. Luke W. Sam D. Alexis Y. Lillian T. Devin P. Kai L.
Danica F. Daniel H. Tristan P.
Kameron B. Claire R. Ava M.
Ella G.
James R. Linnaea H.
Hazel P. Benjamin C. Gia M.
Amelia N. Makena B. Zoey-Lynn B. Jude C.
Alexandra S. Leo M
Samara K. Rylee M. Darius S
Bailey M-B. Reid N. Veronika Y
Aboriginal News September 13, 2017
Wayʼ, bonjour, welcome, tawnshi, tansi, láw:
Welcome back! We are glad you have arrived!!
We’ve got a new room, #11, in the
basement, which we share with M. Corbett –
the IT/ music teacher. Things will get sorted
out more as the year develops but it looks
like we will have the room during the lunch
breaks and M. Corbett will have it mornings
and afternoons. There are about 85 self-
declared Aboriginal students at Beairsto this
year.
Continuing with the rhythm from last year we will be trying to include more Aboriginal culture, history
and traditions in the curriculum. Pictured are some puppets available for classroom presentations and I am
attempting to provide new Aboriginal lesson plans for the teachers to consider each month. Several have
already signed up for these.
One of our French-Canadian moms, Mel Fortune, has volunteered to do some reading on a weekly basis
with some of our Aboriginal students and we thank her for her willingness to do this. If anyone else is
interested in assisting in similar fashion please feel free to contact me. Also teachers may contact you for
assistance with some of the hands on projects we do during the year: corn husk dolls and mini-tipis are
coming up soon.
If you have any questions, comments (positive or otherwise), or concerns please feel free to contact me at
the school via phone or email.
Keith Mclean Sr
Beairsto Aboriginal Support Worker
Ph: 250-542-1388
Email: [email protected]
PAC
Parent Advisory Council
Newsletter
PAC EXECUTIVES: 2016/17
President: Natalia Bossini-Smith
Vice President: Michelle Sorensen
Secretary: Sarah Penner
Treasurer: Sonya Forsyth
Events Coordinator: Lisa Fogel and Janice Lockyer
DPAC Representative: Christie Tujik
Member At Large: Tanya Meyer, Carla Fabris and Anna Donnelly
PAC Hot Lunch Coordinator: Michelle Sorensen
We hold our General meetings on the last Monday of the month at 6:30pm in the library. You
are all invited to join and don’t forget as parents/guardians with a child enrolled at Beairsto
Elementary, you are automatically a member of BPAC.
Stay connected, get involved and be proactive!
Welcome Back Welcome back!!! We hope you all had an exciting summer with lots of active play and family time.
We are anticipating for another successful and fun-filled year with all of you at Beairsto. We are looking
forward to all this year has to offer and hope you can help us make it a success!
Upcoming event!
We are happy to announce that we will be doing a fundraiser with Davison Orchard!!! As a
family farm they pride themselves on growing delicious apples in an environmentally sustainable way.
All of Davison apples are hand picked and hand packed with care.
We have sent home apple forms with your child. Please fill out and return on Monday the 25th of
September. Please bring apple form with cash or check attached to form. Pick up will be October 18th
from 8-9am and 11-12:30 behind the gym/parking lot. If you need additional times to pick up your
apples please send us an email to help make adjustments. [email protected]
September AGM September 25th at 6:30pm
In the school library
Our annual general meeting is our most important meeting of the year. We will be going
over the past year achievements, financials of PAC accounts, voting on updates to our
constitution and election of new executive members.
Here are the new positions that we will be voting to add to our constitution. If you are
wanting more info on the available executive PAC roles, we will have info at the office and
at the PAC information board Or we can email you the positions. We will also be adding
this list to the PAC fb page.
We understand that some of our families do not have email, phones, or access to internet. If
you know anyone who may not have these options of communication we ask that you help
us spread the word. Merci
F. Fundraising Coordinator will (two members) (New position)
(a) Prepare and submit an annual fundraising event proposal to members
(b) Coordinate fundraising activity events
(c) Keep a record of expenditures and income
(d) Submit an annual Fundraising Coordinator report at the general meeting
G. Social Media/Communications Representative will
(max two people) (New position)
(a) Shall prepare and distribute news and updates to the BPAC newsletters, bulletins, and
approved social media platforms for information purposes.
(b) shall arrange guest speakers and workshops that are of interest to parents.
(c) Shall distribute DPAC news and updates to all informational platforms for parents
knowledge.
(d) Shall design and print flyers, posters and marketing for BPAC events.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU!
Thank you all for your support last year. We are looking forward to more fun and exciting events. Without your support we would not be able to fund so many of the wonderful clubs, gym equipment, class field trips and more. We are so lucky to have such wonderful families and the support they bring to our school.
