Walter Aseltine School

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Newsletter #05 January 13, 2012

Just a friendly reminder…W.A.S. is a Nut Aware School.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

January 10 – Lions Soccer starts

January 11 – School Spelling Bee

January 25 – Room Parent Meeting @ 12:00

January 30 – No School – School Level Professional Development

February 2 – Talent Night @ 7:00 (doors open @ 6:30)

GRAFITTI

Our school was vandalized during the break. Cleanup and repainting was completed quickly and the police are investigating. If you hear anything that may be helpful please advise the office, or contact the RCMP.

ABSENT/LATE REMINDER

Please phone or email the school before 9:30 am if your child is going to be absent from school for illness or other reasons. This also applies if your child is going to be late.

EARLY DISMISSALS

A reminder that there are NO early dismissals this school year.

Staff will be having full Professional Development (PD) Days instead.

The next PD day is January 30^th and therefore NO CLASSES on that day.

BUS CANCELLATION

With the arrival of snow it is time to remind parents of procedures in the event of bus cancellations.

If buses are cancelled in the morning they will NOT run in the afternoon, as it is assumed students will be at home.

If buses are cancelled in the afternoons, they will NOT run the next morning as it is assumed students have been billeted out in town. In this case, buses will run in the afternoon.

When busses are not running in the afternoon ALL students will be dismissed at 3:25.

LUNCHES BROUGHT TO SCHOOL

Please remember to provide your child with the necessary cutlery for his/her lunch.

W.A.S. IS A ‘NUT AWARE’ SCHOOL

Just a friendly reminder…W.A.S. is a Nut Aware School. We have some students and staff members who are allergic to nuts and/or peanuts. We encourage parents not to send these products to school, but if you forget, a room will be provided where students can eat their nut products, wash their hands, and then return to their regular classroom. Thanks for your assistance in making W.A.S. a safe place for all of us.

BUS RAMP REMINDER

Typically more town students get rides to and from school throughout the winter months. Now that winter has arrived, the school reminds parents that at no time between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. and between 3:00 and 3:45 p.m. are cars to be on the bus ramp. This time on the ramp is for the exclusive use of busses only.

Crossing the bus ramp as a pedestrian is not permitted at any time throughout the school day which is designated from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We encourage parents to use the crosswalks if they park along the street as they are not to be crossing the boulevard. The preferred choice of parking would be to park at the East or West end of the school and use the sidewalks to the entrance of their choice.

Walter Aseltine School thanks you for your continuing cooperation in this matter.

ROOM PARENT ASSOCIATION

The Room Parent Association gave the school a treat! On Wednesday, January 11 at 2:15 p.m. the room parents supplied a granola bar (nut free) and cup of hot chocolate to every student and staff member in the school.

Thank you!

MILK JUG RECYCLING

Once again we will be collecting milk jugs for recycling during the month of January. Wheatland Regional Centre will collect our milk jugs from the school for recycling. The school will receive a donation towards Telemiracle for their efforts. Please drop off your clean and rinsed milk jugs at the west side parking lot in the wire cage.

BRAIN WALK

Our school has booked Brain Walk to come to our school on April 20th. This is a hands-on interactive walk through the brain for all our grades to find out about the different functions of the brain and how to keep our brains safe and healthy!

We need a minimum of 10 volunteers for the day (depending on how long everyone can stay). If you can help for 1/2 a day or the whole day we would really appreciate it. The staff from the Acquired Brain Injury Project will give you simple instructions on what you would need to do. Morning times are from 8:45 - 11:30; afternoon session is from 12:30 - 3:15.

If you could let the office know as soon as possible that would be great.

SCC REPORT

The SCC would like to thank all the students that entered the winter themed writing contest! The stories were fantastic. Every student that entered was given a Kids Meal from

A & W.

Watch for more contests to come in the near future!

SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING

The SCC will be meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 31^st at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

S.R.C TALENT NIGHT

The Annual S.R.C. Talent Night will be on Thursday, February 2nd. Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:00. The Talent Show is for all students from Grades K-6 and will host a variety of performances from music, magic to different kinds of talent.

Forms are available at the office. Deadline for entries will be on Friday, January 20. Come and enjoy a night of talent!

FREE HOT DOG LUNCH

On Thursday, February 9th the Room Parents are providing all students with a FREE Hotdog(s) for lunch. Classroom teachers will be asking each student how many they will eat, but parents will need to send additional lunch items (i.e. Snacks, fruit,).

If your child does not eat hotdogs then you will need to provide the regular lunch.

WAS has begun a new year of in motion. Every day all staff and students walk at 12:50 until 1:05. This break has proven to be very beneficial in getting everyone ready for the afternoon's work. The community is invited to come and walk with us at any time. A student leadership team consisting of 4 grade 5 students and 4 grade 6 students will lead the school doing movement activities on days when we cannot get outside. We look forward to a new year of fitness in our school.

Mrs. Susan Wiebe

UpcComing Events: Rosetown Art Classes – Winter Session 2012. Instructor: Josie Duffus. 10 Wednesdays beginning January 25^th. Youth 4:00 – 5:30 pm, Adults 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Location: Library Basement. Bring fees to first class: Adults $65.00, Youth $40.00. For more information call: Jeannette 882-4414 or Anna 882-2386