May 2011 Newsletter (Forest Green)

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Principals Message

The school year is winding down and we are loving the beautiful weather that is

making recess much more enjoyable! It is a fantastic time of year.

Although the school year is coming to a close, Forest Green staff still have many fan-

tastic opportunities planned for the students. With Identity Day, Fun Day, our yearlytalent show, Grade 6 Farewell, along with many other activities, students will be very

busy sharing their talents and passions. These school wide opportunities are not only

great for student learning, but they are an awesome opportunity to build community.

I am hoping that many of you will be able to join us on these activity days as it is al-

ways wonderful when parents have the opportunity to join their children in their

learning.

As most of you are aware, I will be joining Parkland School Division central officestaff next year to take on the role of Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and

Learning. My time at Forest Green has been absolutely amazing and I have enjoyed

all of the connections I have made with the school community and especially the

kids. I appreciate the kindness that has been shown to me. I am however very

pleased to announce that Mike Hubick, current principal of Ecole Broxton Park, will

be taking the position of principal at the school. I have known Mike personally for

years and Forest Green is very fortunate to have such an innovative leader joining the

school. Welcome to Mr. Hubick!

I am looking forward to a great final month of the school year and hope that we all

have continued fantastic weather and great learning opportunities together.

Take care and have a great month!

Sincerely,

George Couros

Principal, Forest Green School/Connections for Learning

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Email: [email protected]

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KEY DATES FOR MAYJune 14-17Provincial ExamsGrades 3 & Grade 6

June 23Identity Day at Forest Green School!

June 24K-3 Fun Day in the morningGrade 6 farewell at 1pm

June 27Talent show happening at Forest Green at 1pm!

June 29Swimming

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If you have questions about

weather cancellations or routedelays, schedules or any otherbussing concern, check outthe Parkland Transportation

web site @

www.parklandtransport.ca/

Forest Green School

5210 - 45 Street

Stony Plain, AB

T7Z 1R5

Phone: 780-963-7366

Fax: 780-963-0341


What HAPPENED at

Forest Green!

May 53 rd Street Beat joined us at Forest

Green and put on a fantastic show with the

students. Great job Forest Green on show-

ing those cool dance moves!

May 16Grade 4-6 Track and Field Meet

to prepare for students moving on to the Di-

vision Wide Competitive Track Meet on

May 31.

Celebrating Our Cultures: Aboriginal Day Celebration

Come join the free event June 17th, at Glenn Hall Arena from 9:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.

This includes!

B.B.Q.

Games, Crafts

Traditional Drumming

Cultural Teaching

Traditions, and Metis Dancing

Giveaways

Lots of fun for all ages! Please consider joining us!
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WOW!! The Forest Green Family has done it again!!

In just a few short days our families have come together and gathered anincredible donation for the victims of the Slave Lake Fire. Thank you eve-ryone for making us so proud once again.

We would also like to extend a big thank you to the McLeod Home Build-

ing Center for arranging transportation of our donation to a donation site.

Thank you,

Forest Green Staff
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Another CRITICAL THINKING CHALLENGE !

Identity Day is coming once again!

For those of you who are new to Forest Green, Identity Day is a very special day where the

whole staff and student body come together to share a passion, an interest or their heritage

with the rest of the school. We will all prepare a display forJune 23. We complete one sen-

tence (I chose to share ______________ because ______________) to be displayed on

the desk with the objects. Then we will have a chance to tour through the school to see every-

one elses. The display can be nice and simple, or as complicated as you would like to make

it.

So get planning! This is a chance to share a little something about yourself. We have

been working with the kids in their classrooms to begin thinking, planning, and writing

their reflections. We ask that you, as families, support your child in gathering objects,

photos, etc. to prepare your childs display. Think of it as being like a Science Fair, but

instead have them focus on a topic of their own choice, a PASSION for them.

Watch for a specific letter about IDENTITY DAY coming in June, with a schedule and de-

tails of the day.

Example of a simpler display:

I chose to share my love of baseball because I am a player and Im also a huge fan of the

Toronto Blue Jays. I will bring in my baseball glove, photos of me playing, a poster of the

Blue Jays, and my baseball cap.

Example of a more complex display:

I chose to share my familys Ukrainian heritage because I love my Baba and all the cultural

things she does with me. We make perogies, we do needlework, we paint eggs, and I am

now taking Ukrainian dancing lessons. I will bring some Ukrainian Easter eggs, family pho-

tos, a map of the Ukraine, a display board with interesting facts about the Ukraine, some

pioneer photos of Ukrainian immigrants to Alberta, the history of my family name, and my

dancing clothes.
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Forest Green Main Blog http://forestgreenschool.ca

Connections for Learninghttp://cfl.forestgreenschool.ca

Forest Green Kindergarten Newshttp://kindergarten.forestgreenschool.ca/

Frenchhttp://french.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 1 Newshttp://grade1.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 2 Miss Hewardhttp://grade2a.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 2 Ms. Hobbins - http://grade2b.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 3 News!- http://grade3.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 3/4 Newshttp://grade34.forestgreenschool.ca




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