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MORELL CONSOLIDATED APRIL, 2017

Important Dates For AprilApril 4th Coupon Order DayApril 5th Morell Consolidated Home & School Meeting – 6:30 p.m.April 7th School Effectiveness Day – No ClassesApril 11th Novice North Zone Badminton – Souris RegionalApril 12th Bantam North Zone Badminton – Mt. Stewart Cons.April 14th Good Friday (No Classes)April 17th Easter Monday (No Classes)April 19th Novice/Bantam Zone 4 Meet – Souris RegionalApril 28th Inservice/Collaborative Team Day – No ClassesApril 28th & 29th Provincial Badminton Meet – Location TBD

COUPON SALES DAY- TUESDAY, APRIL 4 TH : THE NEXT COUPON DAY WILL BE TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH . Please use the April Coupon Order Form . PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD’S NAME & GRADE ON THE ORDER FORM AND PUT IT IN A BAGGIE OR ENVELOPE.Should your child be absent on coupon order day, please call in your order to the office first thing in the morning on that day and your order will be done up by the volunteers and can be picked up and paid for at the school office when your child returns to school.)

MORELL CONSOLIDATED HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION MEETING – APRIL 5TH:The Morell Consolidated School Home and School Association will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Morell Consolidated School.  The purpose of the meeting will to be to review fundraising and school initiatives and provide an update on the school review process.

HOT MEAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE:Mondays – Chicken BurgersWednesdays – Pizza (If it storms on any Wednesday, pizza will be served on Thursday of that week.)Fridays - Hotdogs & Cheeseburgers (Will alternate every second Friday) Please Note: If there is no school on Friday of any week (i.e PD Days, Parent Teacher Interview Days, Storm Days, etc), the meal for that Friday would be served on the next Friday that there is school.

FRIDAY MEAL SCHEDULE:April 21st – HotdogsApril 28th – Cheeseburgers

SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS DAY – FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH – NO CLASSESThere will not be any school on Friday, April 7th as staff will be participating in a School Effectiveness Day.

INSERVICE/COLLABORATIVE TEAM DAY – APRIL 28TH – NO CLASSESThere will not be any school on Friday, April 28th as staff will be attending an Inservice/Collaborative Team Day.

HOMEWORK:As we enter into the month of April we will, hopefully, see some nice spring weather. We would like to remind students to continue to work hard and to complete all homework assignments and pass them in on time.

EARLY CLOSURES – ALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CANCELLEDWe would like to remind parents and guardians, if school is closed early on any day, all after school activities scheduled for that day are also cancelled. This also means that the After School Program run by Cathy Anderson is also cancelled for that day and alternate arrangements for your chid(ren) must be sent to your child’s homeroom teacher to keep on file.

BADMINTON:Morell Consolidated Badminton team has been made, and looks to be a strong team heading into the meets.  Novice (grade.5/6) players will be going to Souris on April. 11th, Bantam (grade.7/8) players will be heading to Mt.Stewart on April.12th.  Any players who qualify in the top 4 at these tournaments in singles or doubles will move on to the Zone.4 meet on April. 19th in Souris.  Transportation will be provided for grade.5/6 students going to/from Souris on the 11th. Parents wishing to attend the meet, tournament play will begin around 9, and will start with doubles(all students play doubles).  Doubles usually finishes between eleven, and noon.  Singles will begin as soon as doubles has finished.  Check with your participant to see if they are doing singles as well.  Singles play will go from noon until around two o'clock.   

BUS NOTES:We would like to remind you that bus drivers are not allowed to drop off students at another location without a note. If a student is to get off of the bus at another stop other than their normal drop off location, they must have a note. These notes should be sent to the school with your child in the morning. If something unexpected comes up during the school day, and your child(ren) need to go somewhere else after school, you may call the school office.

Leo Hendricken, PrincipalLinda Blackett, Vice-Principal

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MUSIC AND DRAMA ENHANCEMENT CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY !

Our Music and Drama Departments are hoping to raise $8,000 for new equipment and we are seeking parent support of this project.Our school requires new choir risers that are used at concerts for the children to stand on to be seen. The current wooden risers are no longer safe and must be replaced. These risers are estimated at $4,000 to replace.We are also looking at purchasing 5 wireless microphones to enhance sound quality of our productions. The school has been renting these microphones for school plays however if owned by the school could be used for all concerts. These are valued at $3,000.Next on the list is new stage lighting costing $1,000.Each family will receive $20 worth of tickets to buy or sell to help support this project. Many thanks !Tickets and monies to be returned to the school by Friday April 28th 😊** If you do not wish to participate in this fundraiser please return the unsold tickets to the school ASAP so they can be sold.**Thanks so much.

We are very pleased to be partnering with the Morell Lions on this project. They are donating the $1,000 Prize for this Mother's Day Draw in addition to providing the tickets !! We just have to sell our share of the tickets !! Many thanks to the Morell Lions for this support !!🤗🤗

MORELL PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR KIDS! 89 Red Head Road Paws to ReadMorell, PE Paws to Read is a program that allows childrenC0A 1S0 to read aloud to a therapy dog in order902-961-3389 to improve their reading skills. Apply today byE-mail: morell@gov.pe.ca calling the library at 902-961-3389 HOURS Young Writer’s GroupTuesday: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Saturday, April 8th at 1:00 p.m.Wednesday: 10:00 pm - 2:00 pmThursday: 10:00 pm - 2:00 pm Storytime Saturday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.

Lego Club Saturdays at 1:30 p.m.