WINTER 2015 NEWSLETTER School Hours

8:30 Entry Bell 10:00 to 10:15 Recess 11:30 to 12:30 Lunch 1:45 to 2:00 Recess 3:15 Dismissal

Office Hours

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Student Absences

If your child will be absent from school, or if you expect them to be late for attendance, please call the school office at 204-958-6840. You may leave a message at this number 24 hours a day.

School Address 605 Wayoata Street Winnipeg, MB R2C 1J8 Tel: 204-958-6840 Fax: 204-222-5053

way@retsd.mb.ca

School Website Check out our newly designed school website at: www.way.retsd.mb.ca

Principal’s Message Wow, it is so hard to believe that we have finished our first term of school! We are very proud of everything that the students have accomplished since the beginning of the year. We look forward to seeing everyone on December 3

rd and 4

th at the learning conferences as

students celebrate their learning with their families. You will find information about your interview time in the report card envelope that will come home on November 30

th.

In addition to the academic growth, we are proud of our students for the work they do to be positive members of our school community. On November 9

th there were two fine

examples of our students demonstrating the respectful behaviour we often speak about with them. The first example was during our Remembrance Day assembly. Several visitors at the assembly commented on the respect our students displayed during the assembly. The students entered the gym silently, listened respectfully throughout the assembly and left in silence at the end. It is often difficult for our children to understand the messages of Remembrance Day as they are so far removed from the wars of the past but they certainly demonstrated respectful behaviour throughout the assembly. Later that day, we had a fire drill. Throughout the year, we have been reminding students that during a fire drill it is essential that they remain quiet in case there is a real emergency and instructions need to be given. This has been a difficult task for our students as they know we are just practicing. However, on November 9th the students left the building quickly and waited quietly in the field while we accounted for everyone. All of the classrooms were rewarded for these demonstrations of respect with pom poms for their classroom buckets. Our students have had and will have a number of other opportunities in November and December to demonstrate their commitment to being positive citizens of our school community. Our student voice committee created an opportunity for our children to support children around the world with their Change for Change project for UNICEF. One of our youngest students, Charley, in kindergarten carried her change for change message to her parents, grandparents and even to a local store. She gave her lost tooth money to the cause. So many of our students and families took this project to heart and brought change to help others. You can read about the success of this project inside this newsletter. Some of our grade 5 students attended WE Day on November 16

th. After hearing the

messages of the Free the Children organization, they will be working on projects that create a better life for others. The first project started before they attended WE Day. The students spent their recesses counting soup labels to help feed children overseas. Read further in the newsletter to see how you can support their work. As a school community we will also support families in our local community as we once again create Christmas hampers. We will also add to the stores of our local Transcona food bank at the same time. Many of our families have already contributed to the food bank recently through the Peak of the Market fundraiser. Many bags of vegetables were paid for by families not for themselves, but as a donation to the food bank. We are very grateful that we have such a giving community that supports our work to create a better future for others in our community and around the world. We thank you for helping us teach our students that we all need to contribute to creating a better world. As we move into December and then the Christmas Break shortly after that, we wish everyone a peaceful break with time to spend visiting with family and friends. Kerry Cressall

Wayoata Elementary School River East Transcona School Division

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Our Classrooms

Ms. Luchka's Morning Kindergarten Classroom

The morning kindergarten students have been very busy this past month and are adjusting well to the routines and procedures of being in Kindergarten at Wayoata Elementary School. Each and every day is a new adventure full of learning and fun! Our class has been working hard to learn about letters and the sounds they make, as well as working with numbers and dot patterns in math. We have been writing up a storm together and have created three class books! We can't wait to share them with you at our conferences in December. We also have been busy creating beautiful art this fall. For Thanksgiving our class worked with Mrs. Gibson to create handprint turkeys based on the book "Setting the Turkeys Free." Our class also created pumpkin art with oil pastels, chalk pastels and paint. We are learning about colours in science and how to mix primary colours to make secondary colours. When we created our pumpkins we did not use orange for the pumpkin and green for the leaves, but rather we mixed red with yellow to make orange and blue with yellow to make green to get the exact colours we wanted. Our class has been having a wonderful time learning, working and playing together!

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Our Classrooms

Mrs. Waschuk, Mrs. Copeland and Ms. Johnson’s Grade 1/2 Classes

It is hard to believe that we are into the third month of the new school year and the closing of our first term. Having said that the time has passed quickly because we have been very busy upstairs in our little corner of the Wayoata School world! We are now more settled in and are more comfortable with our full day of school routines and expectations! Our classes have met expectations on many occasions and have filled many buckets, which have resulted in some fun classroom rewards! The grade one/two students have been working on an in depth study of bats in IBL class with Mrs. Gibson. We have learned so many interesting facts and skills. In the next few weeks we will be having a bat scientist/expert visit from the University of Winnipeg, to teach us some new facts about bats and to answer anything we continue to wonder about. We have just finished our design process where we all designed, labeled and then built a bat following some very important criteria. We learned that sometimes plans do not work out as expected and that we need to use our problem solving skills to make changes in order to make things “work”. It was a busy atmosphere upstairs as 60 grade one and two students followed their plan to “shop” for their supplies and then begin creating and altering their model where needed. The students also learned a great deal about independence and organization as we, the teachers, only “stepped” in to help if hot glue was required. We all learned a lot and had a lot of fun doing so! As part of Social Studies we have been learning about peace, poppies, and Remembrance Day. In doing so, we hosted the Remembrance Day assembly on November 9th, 2015. We have read many books about peace, brainstormed for ideas and have written down some of our ideas as well. At our assembly, we shared a poem and song about peace. We have also worked very hard every day to be peaceful, and responsible Wayoata citizens.

We are looking forward to starting the second term of school. The second term will bring forth new learning, and a lot of fun too! See you all soon for Learning Conferences and the Wayoata School Christmas Concert!

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Our Classrooms

Mr. Kowal’s Grade 4 Class

It is now early November and the students have become quite confident with the French they have been working on. The students started off by brainstorming popular phrases that were consistently said in the classroom. These phrases were then translated into French. Through practice, the students are asking to do things like sharpen their pencil or get a drink of water amongst others in French. I would like to encourage anyone who runs into one of the students from my class to ask that student to demonstrate how well they can say these phrases. In English Language Arts, we have been working on writing pieces of advice to younger children. Some of the students focused on giving advice to younger children about what to expect while going out for their first Halloween. Others wrote advice on what younger children can expect on their first day of school. The students have shared some very insightful advice. The class is almost done working through our sound unit in science. Coming our way is a unit on light with the help of Mrs. Gibson, an inquiry based learning specialist. This unit will have some exciting hands on learning activities and projects.

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Our Classrooms

Mrs. Grabau and Mrs. Morin’s Grade 5 Class

Our Grade 5 Students Share Their Thoughts with Deer Lodge Veterans

This month, for Remembrance Day, we wanted to explore the lives of soldiers. We did some reading about animals in the war, some discussion about what soldiers sacrifice to protect our country, or peace keep in other countries. Finally we wrote about what soldiers sacrifice, and then wrote a short thank-you note on a postcard for local veterans.

Included here are some examples of our students' postcards.

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Our Specialists

Library Corner Search for age appropriate websites from anywhere using “WebPath Express” (from Wayoata School’s homepage click on “Our Library” then “Search Our Library” then “WebPath Express”). Select one of the saved themes or type in a search and browse away! Our Multi-Purpose Room will be turned into a Book Fair (book store) during the upcoming conferences featuring books and items for kids of all ages. A flyer will be sent home soon showing some of the titles as well as an entry form for your child and your child’s teacher to win $25 worth of books (no purchase necessary). Students are invited to design a silly paper tube monster to help decorate the MPR – entrants will receive a

small prize and their names will be entered for random draws for larger prizes. All purchases result in additions to our school library.

We hope to see you there!

Thursday, Dec. 3rd - 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 4th - 8:00 to 11:15 a.m.

(Payment may be made with cash, a cheque payable to Wayoata School or major credit card)

(printed with permission from Scholastic Canada)

Inquiring Minds The three Gr. 1-2 classes will wrap up their study of bats with a visit from Dr. Willis of the University of Winnipeg. He’ll help us answer our tricky wonders and will tell us about “White Nose Syndrome” and how it affects bats.

Fascinating Facts About Bats! Vampire Bats drink about 30mL (2 Tbs) of blood a night. Their teeth are so sharp the animal being bitten (horse, cow, chicken, turkey) doesn’t feel it. These bats have the fewest teeth of all bats. Ghost Bats get their name from their pale colour. A Banana Bat has a long snout and a tongue that’s two-thirds the length of its body - helpful when feeding from long-tubed flowers. If you’ve seen a bat in Winnipeg it’s probably a Brown Bat. Bats can be helpful to farmers by eating insects that damage crops (e.g. grasshoppers) and by helping to pollinate plants. Check out our bat wonders and links on the IBL – Bats page of the wiki: https://ibl-mrsgibson-wayoata.wikispaces.com/ Next up: Mr. Kowal’s class will be studying light, Ms. Descoteau’s class will be studying forces and Mr. LePage’s class will writing a variety of poems about winter…”Snow-etry!”.

Kids Helping Kids Students in the KHK Club have been busy planning and crafting for our annual Craft Sale to be held at the Christmas concerts on Wednesday, Dec. 16th. Drop by the front lobby during the afternoon and evening performances. Items will be priced from 25 cents to $5. Students will be invited to make purchases during the day. All proceeds will go to charities. We hope to see you there!

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Our Specialists

Wayoata Students and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

On November 4th three students from Wayoata School were a part of a division wide concert that performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. They joined together with students from all of the early years schools in our division to form a 200 student choir. Congratulations to Alyssa, Nieve, and Sincerity for all their hard work! They attended many rehearsals at school with Mr. McPherson to prepare them, giving up recesses and lunch times. Starting on October 27th the students had 3 daytime rehearsals out of the school at Eastview Community Church, and a very exciting dress rehearsal at the concert hall. The evening of the concert, our choir performed three pieces. Siyahamba was sung in Swahili and English. Going Home was a beautiful slow song, and A Splash of Blue was the first time our divisional choir has done a totally percussion song with the WSO. We played the boomwhackers (the colourful tubes you see in the picture) in 8 different parts!

Congratulations again for a wonderful concert.

Kindergarten to Grade 3 Christmas Concert Preparations

Kindergarten to Grade 3 students, your Christmas concert practice tracks are now available on my website. I encourage you to stop by and check it out! Practice makes perfect! Mr. McPherson

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At Our School

Positive Behaviour Committee

This past month, we have been practicing meeting the school expectations by entering in the mornings and after each recess in a calm and quiet manner. Blue tickets have been handed out to students meeting expectations as they enter the building. We have been tallying blue tickets together as a school. To date we have collected over 1000 tickets from students who are entering the building following the entry matrix. The school wide reward is now within reach and students will be finding out what our exciting reward will be soon. We are excited to see the wonderful work students have been doing on the entry matrix! The playground matrix is our focus for the coming month. Please take some time to have your child(ren) explain the expectations represented in the playground matrix shown below.

Mrs. Treacy has been filling in for Mrs. Weiss in the office for several weeks. She has been busy helping everyone out, which is not an easy task when you are new to a school. Mrs. Weiss will be returning on December 7th and we thank Mrs. Treacy for all of her work while at Wayoata.

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At Our School

Greening Committee Christmas Bake Sale

The Greening Committee will be holding a bake sale during both the afternoon and evening Christmas Concerts on December 16th. We are inviting Wayoata families to participate in one of two ways – either as a supplier of baked goods for the sale, or as a buyer of these baked goods. If you are able to help with baking, please send these items packaged and ready to sell (labelled with the name of the item) to school on December 15th. (We will look after the pricing of the items).

Please keep the following information in mind regarding this bake sale:

In keeping with our divisional policy regarding allergies, we would ask that all donations for the bake sale are nut

free.

Our school is concerned about the health and welfare of all our students. Although we have requested nut free

products, we cannot guarantee that all donations of baked goods will be safe for children with allergies. If your

child has an allergy we encourage you to use this information to make the most appropriate decision for your

child. Additionally, please note that RETSD policy states that it is the responsibility of students with life

threatening allergies to only eat food provided from home and not purchase food products from school.

If there are any leftover items, they will be available for students to purchase the next school day. Thank you for your support!

A Christmas Family Fun Night! Brought To You by the Wayoata School Community Council All Wayoata families are invited to join us in the school library for an evening of festive crafts. Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Other Info: All children must be accompanied by an adult Siblings are welcome

To ensure that we have enough supplies and snacks, please remember to RSVP for this event prior to December 3rd by returning the note that was previously sent home.

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At Our School

At this time of year, our thoughts often turn to those who are less fortunate……..

Christmas Hamper/Food Drive At Wayoata School this year we are once again organizing a food drive that will serve two purposes - creating Christmas hampers for needy families in our community and supplying food for the Transcona food bank. We are inviting our students and their families to bring contributions of food, toiletries, laundry detergent and new unwrapped toys to put under our Christmas tree in the front foyer of the school. The food and other items will be used to create three hampers for needy families in our community to support the work of the Christmas Cheer Board. Further information regarding items required for the hampers (i.e. specific age of children in the families to determine the gifts needed) will be sent home with students as soon as we get the details from the Christmas Cheer Board.. After we have met all of the requirements for the hampers, any other donations of food or other items will be sent to the local food bank. Please send any items for the hampers to the school by December 14th as we need time to organize and deliver the hampers to the families. We will continue to collect donations until December 18th for the food bank.

Student Voice News

Student Voice participated in National UNICEF Day 2015. Student Voice representatives challenged their classmates to raise money for children around the world by donating change to our “Change for Change” campaign. As a school we raised $447.02 that will be deposited into UNICEF Canada’s account. Congratulations to the top two classes who raised the most money. Mrs. Morin & Mrs. Grabau’s grade 5 class raised $95.99. Miss. Luchka’s morning kindergarten class raised $82.51.

Thank you to all families who participated. Stay tuned for information on our next project.

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At Our School

Recycling and Reusing A big "THANK YOU" to our Wayoata community for their help in our 2R (recycling and reusing) drives so far this year! Here are the totals from our collections:

2,759 plastic bags for recycling Take Pride Winnipeg's Plastic Bag Roundup)

1 30 lb box of batteries for recycling (Call2Recycle

2 jugs of canned drink tabs for recycling (Tabs for Wheelchairs)

Stay tuned for the final count for the outerwear collected for the Koats for Kids program as well as the collections for toiletries, eyeglasses and printer/toner cartridges. All collections continue through the year except for the Koats for Kids and plastic bags. Please remember when recycling batteries that they are taped on both ends and show no sign of leakage. We also collect eyeglasses and drink tabs throughout the year and that we'll gladly accept used books in March for our annual used book sale (watch the newsletter for more details closer to the sale). Should you wish to start collecting batteries at your workplace, contact the Call2Recycle program. They provide collection boxes and arrange free shipping. Check out their website http://www.call2recycle.ca/.

Let’s All Enjoy the Winter We are planning a skating event for our students but we have a shortage of skates. We are asking parents to donate any gently used skates their children no longer need. We will gladly accept all sizes but are especially in need of size six and larger. You may drop off any donations for this program at the school office. Thank you. Mrs. MacKinnon

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At Our School

Kindergarten to Grade 3 Christmas Concert December 16, 2015

The Kindergarten to Grade 3 students at Wayoata School will be presenting our annual Christmas Concert which will take place on December 16th at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Please note the following important details about this event:

Afternoon Performance

The afternoon performance begins at 1:00 p.m. (The gym doors will open at 12:45 p.m.)

As there will be a greater chance for available seating in the afternoon, we encourage as many family members and friends as possible to attend the afternoon performance.

The program for the afternoon performance will be the same as the evening performance.

Tickets are NOT required for the afternoon performance.

Important message for MORNING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS We are asking that the morning kindergarten students attend school in the afternoon on December

16th so they can participate in the afternoon concert. They will attend school from 12:30 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. on December 16th.

ALL kindergarten children will attend in the afternoon on that day.

Evening Performance

The evening performance begins at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are required for the evening performance.

In order to adhere to fire regulations and to allow for the equitable distribution of seats for the evening performance, each family with a student in Kindergarten to Grade 3 will receive two tickets which will be sent home with their first term report card on November 30th.

A third ticket will be included for families with a student in Grade 4 or Grade 5 who has a sibling performing in the Christmas Concert.

All audience members, INCLUDING PARENTS/GUARDIANS, will require a ticket for admittance into the evening concert. Please note that there is no cost for the tickets.

Please keep your tickets in a safe place so they do not get lost.

If you are not going to use your tickets, please return them to the school office for redistribution.

If you require more tickets, please call the school office and your name will be added to the waiting list. If any tickets are returned to the school, they will be distributed by December 15th to families on the waiting list. Requests will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Students who are performing in the concert do NOT require a ticket.

Please Note That for the 7:00 Performance: Students are asked to report to their classrooms for concert preparation at 6:30 p.m.; and

The gym doors will be open at 6:30 p.m.

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At Our School Campbell’s Labels for Education In the past, as a school we have been involved in collecting labels from Campbell products. We have learned that for every 45 labels we collect, we can provide one healthy midday meal for one child overseas through the Campbell’s company and the Free the Children organization. Our grade 5 students who attended WE Day this month have been busy counting boxes of labels that had previously been collected. We would like to continue collecting labels to feed children in need. Please help us by collecting UPC labels from the

following products: Campbell’s Condensed Soup, Campbell’s Chunky Soup or Chili, Habitant Soup, Campbell’s Ready to Serve Soup, Campbell’s Easy Cooking Sauce, Campbell’s Ready to Use Broth, V8 Soup, Goldfish Crackers, V8 Vegetable Cocktail, V8 V-Fusions and V-8 Splash Beverage

Or lids from the following products: Prego Pasta Sauce, Pace Salsa, Campbell’s Soup at Hand, Healthy Request Bowls, Campbell’s Chunky Bowls, Campbell’s Hearty Noodles

You can send the labels and lids to the school at any time throughout the year.

Wayoata School Greening Committee Update This committee has been busy! Along with the grant they received this summer from Canada 150, they also received grants from The Federated Co-operatives Limited and Toyota Evergreen. The $5000.00 from the Co-op Grocery stores and the $2000.00 from Evergreen will allow the committee to have a topographical survey done of the playground, to buy supplies needed for a fence art project planned for the spring, to buy some trees and to start creating a butterfly garden. We appreciate the support of these two organizations in our community. The proceeds from the Bake Sale being held at the school on December 16, during the Christmas Concerts, will go towards the Wayoata School Greening Project. Please bake and buy goodies. The committee will continue asking for support through the various grant opportunities. As a school community, we need to say a huge THANK YOU to Mrs. Frank for the countless hours she has spent talking and meeting with representatives of funding organizations and filling out grant applications for this project. We are very fortunate to have such a dedicated and passionate volunteer. If any parents are interested in joining this committee to assist with the planning and implementation of the playground greening project, please contact the school and leave a message for Christine Frank or Cat Pearson.

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At Our School

When The Cold Weather Comes………… Weather information is available on radio and TV, at Environment Canada’s site on the Internet at www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca or by calling Environment Canada at 204-983-2050. School divisions in metro Winnipeg will be using the temperature at The Forks as the indicator of severe weather.

Dressing for the Weather Parents please help us ensure your child is warm when he/she goes out for recess and lunch breaks. The fresh air and time to exercise are important even during winter months. All children are required to go outside for all recesses including lunch recess unless the temperature reaches -27ºC or the wind chill reaches –27. On cold days, before each recess, we will check with Environment Canada for accurate information about the temperature and the wind chill factor. Please do not ask us to keep your child in at recess or lunch since all supervision is assigned to the playground. A child who is too ill to go outside for recess should not be at school.

IMPORTANT BENCHMARKS -27 or colder: Students will stay inside for recess. -27 C to -34 C: Student patrols will only be on post for ten minutes. -35 C to -40 C: Student patrols will only be on post for five minutes.

Posts located more than a five minute walk from the school will not be patrolled.

Below -40 C: No student patrols on post.

During the winter months, whether walking to school or ‘on post’, warm clothing is essential and facial protection is recommended.

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Our School Division

Boundary Review The Board of the River East Transcona School Division recently shared their priorities for this school year. One

of the Board’s priorities is to review the boundaries for the schools East of Lagimodiere Blvd.

As the Board begins the review of the boundaries, the trustees for our ward, Trustee Carswell and Trustee

Sodomlak, have been invited to share information about the process and the possible implications for our

school community. Trustee Carswell and Trustee Sodomlak will be attending the Wayoata School Community

Council meeting on November 24, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. to share this information with our school community.

Please note that this meeting has been rescheduled from November 17, 2015.

As with all Wayoata School Community Council meetings, all parents/guardians are welcome to attend.

We hope to see you on November 24, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the school library.

River East Transcona School Division Contact Information RETSD Administration Offices

589 Roch Street Winnipeg, MB R2K 2P7

Tel: 204-667-7130 Fax: 204-661-5618

River East Transcona School Division Board of Trustees 2015-2016

Trustee Name Ward Email Address Phone Jerry Sodomlak 1 jsodomlak@retsd.mb.ca 204-999-1409 Colleen Carswell (Chair) 1 ccarswell@retsd.mb.ca 204-222-1486 John Toews 2 jtoews@retsd.mb.ca 204-663-0475 Rod Giesbrecht 2 rgiesbrecht@retsd.mb.ca 204-661-5984 Eva Prysizney 3 eprysizney@retsd.mb.ca 204-668-3501 Peter Kotyk 4 pkotyk@retsd.mb.ca 204-668-4181 Brian Olynik (Vice-Chair) 4 bolynik@retsd.mb.ca 204-661-6440 Michael West 5 mwest@retsd.mb.ca 204-990-3228

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Wayoata School Calendar 2015- 2016

Please note that items/dates that appear in bold have changed or been added since the last version

of this calendar was distributed.

Nov 3 Pizza Lunch (Greening Committee) Mar 1 Pizza Lunch (Greening Committee)

9 Remembrance Day Assembly 10:30 a.m. 14 Report Cards Go Home

10 Coordinated Day-No Classes All Day 15 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m.

11 Remembrance Day- No Classes All Day 15 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parents Welcome

17 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m. 17 Hot Lunch (WSCC)

17 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. (Parents Welcome) 17 Learning Conferences (Evening)

18 Early Dismissal 2:30 p.m. 17 Used Book Fair (Evening)

20 24 24

Hot Lunch (WSCC) Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m. WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. (Parents Welcome)

18 No Classes All Day

30 Popcorn Sale 18 Learning Conferences a.m. 30 Report Cards Go Home 18 Used Book Sale (a.m.)

Dec. 1 Pizza Lunch (Greening Committee) 21 Milk Spirit Week Begins 3 Learning Conferences (Evening) 21 Popcorn Sale 3 Scholastic Book Fair (Evening) 24 Last Day of Classes Before Spring Break 4 No Classes All Day (regular dismissal) 4 Learning Conferences (a.m.) 25 Good Friday – No Classes All Day

4 Scholastic Book Fair (a.m.)

10 Christmas Craft Night 6:00 p.m. SPRING BREAK March 28 - April 1

14 Popcorn Sale

16 K-3 Christmas Concert 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Apr 4 Classes Resume-Day 5

16 Bake Sale (Greening Committee) 6 Early Dismissal 2:30 p.m.

18 Last Day of Classes Before Christmas Break 19 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m. 18 Hot Lunch (WSCC) 19 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parents Welcome 18 Early Dismissal 2:15 p.m. 21 Hot Lunch (WSCC) CHRISTMAS BREAK December 19 – Jan 3 22 Coordinated Day-No Classes All Day Jan. 4 Classes Resume-Day 1 25 Popcorn Sale 13 Early Dismissal-2:30 p.m. 27 Grade 4 and 5 Musical 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

19 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m. May 3 Pizza Lunch (Greening Committee) 19 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parents Welcome 11 Early Dismissal 2:30 p.m. 22 Hot Lunch (WSCC) 11 ‘16-‘17 Day in Life of Kindergarten 6:00 p.m.

25 Spirit Week Begins 17 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m.

25 Popcorn Sale 17 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parents Welcome

Feb. 2 Pizza Lunch (Greening Committee) 20 Hot Lunch 4 Lockdown Practice 23 Victoria Day-No Classes All Day 4 WSCC Movie Night 30 Popcorn Sale 5 Coordinated Day-No Classes All Day June 1 Volunteer Celebration 9:00 a.m. 12 Valentine Events p.m. 7 Pizza Lunch (Greening Committee)

15 Louis Riel Day-No Classes All Day 8 Wayoata School Field Day 16 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m. 10 Field Day Rain Date 16 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parents Welcome 15 Grade 5 at Camp Arnes 19 Hot Lunch (WSCC) 16 Grade 5 at Camp Arnes 22 Popcorn Sale 17 Grade 5 at Camp Arnes 24 Early Dismissal 2:30 p.m. 20 Popcorn Sale 29 Report Card Prep-No Classes All Day 21 Lunch Program Meeting 5:15 p.m. 21 WSCC Meeting 6:00 p.m. Parents Welcome 24 Hot Lunch 27 Grade 5 Farewell 9:00 a.m. 27 K-4 Celebration 1:00 p.m. 30 Last Day of Classes, Early Dismissal - 2:15 p.m. 30 Reports Cards Go Home