Grade 8

Grad Photos March 4th, 2014

@ 9:25 am

COBDEN DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL

MARCH 2015

Dear Parents, Staff & Students,

I’d like to start by wishing one of Special Education Teacher Assistants, Ms. Burchat, well as she leaves us in preparation for her new child. Replacing her is Miss O’Nanski-Huot. We are pleased to have Miss O’Nanski-Huot join us for the remainder of this school year. Our annual Winter Away Day was once again a huge success. On January 29th, students from Grades 4 - 8 travelled to Calabogie Ski Hill for skiing, Pembroke and Petawawa for swimming and activities at Dundonald Hall, and Arnprior for a movie and bowling. It was a fantastic day. Students had fun on their respective trips, and all made it home safely despite the heavy snow that developed in the afternoon. I would like to thank all parents/guardians for supporting this day, Mr. Covell and Mme. Sara for their organizational role, all staff for supervising the activities and all students for once again representing Cobden District Public School so well. Speaking of good character, I’d like to thank the students as well for their behaviour while kept inside during the many, many indoor recesses that we have had this past month. As per policy, we keep students in when the temperature dips below minus 22… and there have been many of those days. Please continue ensuring that our students are dressed appropriately for the weather. I’d also like to thank our Parent Council for their hard work over the years raising money for the purchase of new playground equipment. I’m happy to report that a new play structure for our Kindergarten Yard has been ordered and should be installed in time for our spring outdoor play season. As a group, Parent Council has met three times already this year and will meet again in May, after our Fun Fair. That said, should you wish to be part of this fantastic group of dedicated volunteers prior to the May meeting, there will be committee meetings to assist in the planning of Fun Fair. Feel free to contact to the school to express an interest in participating.

Peter Burnette, Principal

N E W S L E T T E R

Pay for Student Fees Online with….

School Cash

Online Benefits: √ Convenient: Make payments anytime… Online! √ Easy to Use: Fill a shopping cart and check out √ Safe: No more need to send cash to school √ Secure: Our website is pro-tected and PCI compliant √ Save Time: It takes less than 5 minutes to register Check our website & click on

the Cash Online Banner! Thanks to all parents for your

patience in this transition phase of implementing the

School Cash On-Line in our school.

Attention Parents

The Joint Transportation Consortium has given clear guidelines to all schools in Renfrew County that bus passes are only to be issued when there is an emer-gency situation. Bus passes for social reasons are not permitted.

Please send a note or put information in your child’s agenda if there is any change to their usual plans at the end of the day… ie. pick-up by parent or someone other than parent, child not going on the bus, child not going to Super Kids, curling, etc.

CDPS Music Program Mrs. Jenny Bell and her school band are producing some awesome sounds in the music room these days, not the least of which is Jordan Oattes on his drum kit (below)! We are fortunate to have this enriching program in our school.

Kindergarten

Skating fun!

MILK, JUICE & WATER

The following items are available for purchase at Nutrition Break: at 11:25 am:

Milk, Chocolate Milk .50¢ Water bottles $1

Canned Juices from machines $1 Milk tickets can also be purchased.

Milk tickets are available for $5.00 each

which will give the student 10 milk. They are available at the milk table at lunch time. Student’s names will be put on the milk ticket and returned to the student when the

ticket is complete. Thank you.

MARCH DRAW

PLEASE SIGN BELOW TO INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED

THIS NEWSLETTER AND RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER.

______________________________ Student’s name

______________________________ Parent/Guardian’s Signature

Theme Days March 13 - St. Patrick’s Day

March 27 - Socks & Sandals

April 2nd - Easter Day

Grade 8 Boys’ Basketball CDPS PUBLIC SPEAKING Winners

Primary Winners

Georgia Wylie

Ali Hyatt

Jaime Stewart

Austen Covell

Junior Winners

Megan Covell

Michelle Coleman

Penny Gordon

Tim Petermann

Intermediate

Winners

Patrick Holmes

Natasha Kargus

Daniella Bell

Jorah Stuart-Paull

LEGION PUBLIC SPEAKING WINNERS Sunday, February 23rd, 2015

Primary Winners

1st - Georgia Wylie

2nd - Austen Covell

3rd - Ali Hyatt Honourable Mention

Jaime Stewart

Junior Winners

1st - Megan Covell

2nd - Michelle Coleman

3rd - Tim Petermann Honourable Mention

Penny Gordon

Intermediate Winners

1st - Daniella Bell

2nd - Jorah Stuart-Paull

3rd - Patrick Holmes Honourable Mention

Natasha Kargus

K I N D E R G A R T E N Skittle Factories

Learning fractions in Mrs. Hamilton’s class

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The Grade 8 Boys’ Basketball Team travelled to

RCI on February 24th to take part in their annual

tournament. After going winless during round-

robin play, the boys picked a good time to start

winning and they tyied the consolation final making

them co-consolation champs. As always, it was a

pleasure to spend the day with hard working,

positive athletes, Congratulations to team

members: Bryson Duncan, Curtis Hendry, Jonathan

Peever, Ryan McIntyre, Carter Mick, Kevin Ready,

Jordan Ritchie, Alex Stoppa and Adam Wood.

CANDY-GRAMS 2015

The Junior students of CDPS were kept very busy selling candygrams this

Valentine’s season. Students throughout the school got in the Valentine spirit by ordering over 1,100 candy grams which

were delivered to their friends. The money raised during this event will be

used to support the Junior Basketball Tournament in June.

Thanks to everyone for helping to make our fundraiser a giant success!

Food Drive in Mrs. Oakes’ Grade 3 Class (below)

Petawawa

Arnprior Bowling & Theatre

Calabogie

Skiing

Grade 8 Graduation Monday, June 22nd, 2015

@ 7:00 p.m.

Grad Photos Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

@ 9:25 a.m.

Grad Re-takes Wednesday, April 8th @ 12:05

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March 2015

Cobden District Public School 16 Cowley Street, P. O Box 130

Cobden, Ontario K0J 1K0 Phone: 613-646-2271

Fax: 613-646-2194 Principal: Peter Burnette

Office Manager: Philippa Bell Head Custodian: Irene Mousseau

Ministry of Education Website

www.edu.gov.on.ca

MARCH BREAK March 16-20

Good Friday

M A R C H B R E A K

Champlain Trail Museum presents... MARCH BREAK KID’S PROGRAM

Monday March 16th 1-3:30 pm

Shoebox Archaeology

Wednesday March 18th 1-3:30 pm

Prehistoric Pottery

Friday March 19th 1 - 3:30 pm

Discovering Artifacts!

$10 per program Ages 5-12 Pre-registration in advance is required.

Call 613-735-0517 or email pembrokemuseum@nrtco.net

Opeongo Minor Soccer

Registration

Monday, March 16, 2015

6:30pm - 8:00pm

@ Eganville Legion

Thursday, March 26, 2015

6:30pm - 8:00pm

@ Cobden Public School

Final Registration:

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

6:30pm to 8:00pm

@ Opeongo High School

For more info, call

Laurie Jeffrey @

613-646-2694 or 613-432-9187

Registration for All-Day

Junior & Senior Kindergarten

for September 2015 at Cobden District

Public School

Junior Kindergarten Children 4 years of age by

Dec 31, 2015 Senior Kindergarten Children 5 years of age by

Dec 31, 2015

Please provide: Proof of Age,

Ontario Health Card, Immunization Record,

Lot & Concession Numbers, New Road Name & Civic Number.

Students already attending Junior Kindergarten are not

required to register. Please call the school for an appointment

at 613-646-2271.

Leprechaun Trivia Night

Saturday, March 7th 8:00 p.m. @ Cobden Ag Hall

Fun for all ages Teams of 4-6 people,

$60 per team Prizes for best

theme dressed team!

Fundraiser for Cobden Fair & Ag Society Canteen Available

To enter your team name, contact Lorraine @ 646-2941 or

Email blhamilton@hotmail.ca

4 Hand Euchre Tournament & Crokinole Tournament!

Saturday, March 7th 2:00 pm @ Cobden Ag Hall

$10 per person for each tournament Cash prizes - Register with Lorraine (above)

Theme Day: St. Pat’s Day

Theme Day: Socks

& Sandals

Theme Day: Easter

Grad Photos

9:25 am

PIZZA DAY

French Immersion Day 12:05-12:55

HOT DOG DAY

PIZZA DAY

CDPS FUN FAIR - Help Wanted!

After March Break holidays, planning will begin for the CDPS 2015 Fun Fair. Due to the growing number of school activities and educational commitments we have this year, parent support and involvement is crucial for the Fun Fair to be successful. Parents who are interested in becoming actively involved in the Fun Fair Committee,

should contact Mrs. Benson at school.

NEWSLETTER WINNERS March

Brody Mayhew Max Harris Elliott Wylie Emy Hyatt