The Calvary Connection
Volume 6, Issue 7 - March 2010
From Mr. Wickens’ Desk ...
LAST THREE WEEKS
Many people can hardly believe the end of our school year is already here, while students may have wished it were here sooner! May God continue to lead each one of us, delighting in our obedience to Him and in the joy of building our relationship with Him. May His love in us spill over into the lives we touch.
HIS PROVISION
We are thankful to God for His provision in bringing the staff for next year to serve in this ministry. Please see page 2 for the staffing structure for the 2010-2011 school year.
CHURCH PRESENTATIONS
We are thankful for the opportunity we have had to take our school display to a number of churches to represent the benefits and values of Christian education, as well as, increase the awareness of our school. If your church would be open to Calvary School visiting, please call Ron Wickens at the school office.
CONGRATULATIONS STUDENTS
There were many wonderful science fair projects to look at on Thursday, May 27. The students put a lot of time, effort, and creativity into their projects.
SPELLING BEE
Our second annual Spelling Bee was held on Friday, May 14.
Congratulations to the following students:
Grade 1-Wesley Hanlin
Grade 2-Cole Robichaud
Grade 3-Sean Maguire
Grade 4-Liam Smith
Grade 5-Meredith Lister
Grade 6-Evelyn Miloud & Emily Suelzle
Grade 7-Marina Citrigno
The Master Speller is Meredith Lister.
GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER
Now it's time to dust off the golf clubs for our last fundraiser of this school year. The golf tournament is Saturday, June 12. As mentioned at the membership meeting, we would appreciate our school families' efforts to obtain sponsorships. Please contact Dave Smith or Greg Hines for further information.
BIG BOUQUET TO GRADE 7 AND MISS REYES
The grade 7 class raised $1261.18 for World Vision during their Famine missions project. Thank you to those who supported the Grade 7 class in achieving this fantastic result.
STANDARDIZED TESTING APPOINTMENT
Teachers will be available for appointments on Friday, June 18 to discuss the Standardized Testing results with individual families.
CONGRATULATIONS
The Maguire family won the $50.00 gift certificate from Bombardieri Uniform at the membership meeting. Thanks to all who helped us achieve an attendance quorum early in the meeting.
Awards and Graduation Details
The end of the year marks a time when our students are given recognition for their hard work, effort, various skills learned and displayed, and for Christ-like characteristics shown in their lives. On Wednesday, June 16, at 2:00 p.m. we will have our awards ceremony and Senior Kindergarten Graduation in the church's sanctuary for grades Pre-K to 7. Pre- K students will be excused to join their families in the audience after they receive their awards. All students will be dismissed from school with their families after the completion of kindergarten graduation and the awards ceremony. This is a dress uniform event. Dress shirts and/or blouses, pants/skirts/jumpers are required (no shorts please).
School Staff Listing for 2009/2010
We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Donna Jo Hewitt has accepted the Vice Principals position. She will continue with classroom teaching in Kindergarten, as well.
Please welcome back Mrs. Diane Furtney and Mrs. Beth McLeod from their maternity leaves.
We are thankful to Mrs. Taryn Nicholson for being a wonderful addition to our staff, covering the maternity leave.
We also are thankful for Mrs. Pace's faithful service in this ministry for many years and we pray God's blessing on her retirement.
Staff Structure for 2010-2011
Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten, Vice Principal, Tutoring Team, Development and Ministry Support-Mrs. Donna Jo Hewitt
Educational Assistant -Mrs. Tracy Willms
Senior Kindergarten and Fourth Day Kindergarten-Mrs. Tina Miloud
Grade 1 / 2-Mrs. Angela Kersten
Grade 3 / 4-Mrs. Diane Furtney
Grade 5 -Mrs. Beth McLeod
Grade 6 & French-Mr. Tim Shields
Grade 7 / 8-Miss Nadia Reyes
Tutoring Learning Resource Teacher-Mrs. Melissa Lister
Secretary/Bookkeeper-Mrs. Coreen Galenkamp
Secretary-Mrs. Ann-Marie Johnson
Administrator/Principal-Mr. Ron Wickens
We are blessed to have wonderful staff involved in the ministry of Calvary Christian School
Annual School Picnic
We sent home, earlier in May, the reply form for the school family picnic at Sherkston on Friday, June 11 (raindate Monday, June 14). For the $15.00 price per person (tax included), we have access to some of the facilities at Sherkston. This includes two pools, water slides, mini putt, and lunch. A reminder that the Quarry beach and the Lake Erie beach are not to be used during the school picnic.
This will also include "old fashioned" picnic games and special events in the morning.. We will have the, always favourite, potluck dessert (please make it nut-free). We look forward to seeing as many families as possible at this year's school picnic. Please send in your replies so we can organize this event. Students and drivers will meet in the gym at 8:45 a.m. to leave at 9:00 a.m. sharp with plans to leave the park at 2:45 to arrive back at the school by dismissal. Families are welcome to stay until Sherkston closes.
Parent Association Report
Fellow families:
This year has flown by and is quickly coming to a close. We have had a wonderful year growing together and getting to know the needs of each family here.
Congratulations to you as we surpassed our goal for the Spring Fling! Thanks to the Spring Fling Committee for your hard work and commitment toward this event. We look forward to next year with excitement as we know that the Lord will continue to bless your efforts.
The Golf Tournament is coming and promises to be a great day filled with fun on the course and great food and entertainment at night. If you require further information about this event, please contact Dave Smith; he would be pleased to help you obtain information regarding the event, tickets, or sponsorship of a hole at the tournament itself. We also require prizes. Let's all get together and support this one last event for this year.
We look forward to next year with great anticipation as we know the Lord will continue to bless us as we work for Him and our children.
If you have any further questions regarding Parent Association events or fundraisers, please call Ann-Marie Johnson at 984-3111.
Blessings,
Calvary Parent Association Team
Uniform Sales and Fitting Days
Please be aware of the two uniform sales days. Today, we have sent home the June Activity Calendar. You will note that on Thursday, June 17 from 11:30-1:00 in the kindergarten room, there will be an opportunity for you to sell and/or buy gently used uniform pieces. Mrs. Angi-Dobos has offered to co-ordinate this sale. If you have items to be sold, please bring the items in the morning, and each item needs to have a pinned-on label listing the family's last name, the size of the clothing, and the price. Mrs. Angi-Dobos will collect the money and let you know about the items that have or have not been sold. See enclosed flyer for details.
Bombardieri, our supplier of uniforms, will conduct their sale on Friday, June 18 from 1:00-6:00 p.m. This will only be new items. For this sale, they offer a 10% discount for 1-9 items and a 20% discount for 10 or more items. They will take your order on that day and will deliver to the school the uniforms which will be ready for pick up when we have our open house on September 1st and 2nd.
MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS
We will continue to be providing the opportunity to renew and/or purchase new magazine subscriptions in the fall. Please ignore any notices from the publishers asking you to renew now and instead, support our school's fundraising efforts in the fall.
Sun Safety
The Public Health Department wants us to remember to be safe under the sun. With the arrival of warmer weather, children will be spending more time playing outside. These activities can improve their overall health but it is also important to protect their skin. Remember that too much sunshine during childhood can lead to serious problems later in life. Most of the skin damage due to the sun's UV rays occurs before age 18, so it is particularly important to protect children. With the warmer weather arriving, we encourage students to drink adequate water. Students are allowed to have water bottles at their desks.
Public Health also advises the following Sunscreen tips:
* Choose a broad spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 that gives protection from both UVA & UVB rays.
* Read and follow the manufacturer's recommendations on the bottle or tube.
* Always test for allergic reaction when first using a sunscreen.
* Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before going out.
* Apply sunscreen, generously, to dry, clean skin.
* Reapply every 2-3 hours and after perspiring.
* Use sunscreen even on cloudy, hazy or foggy days.
Enclosed you will find the spring/summer issue of 'The Daily Apple' newsletter. The Daily Apple is a publication of Niagara Region Public Health with information targeting parents about relevant public health issues.
Pause to Play
Victoria Jenkins in Senior Kindergarten, David Franke in Grade 7, and Mrs. Kersten were the winners of the $25.00 gift certificate from Canadian Tire in the Pause to Play Television/Computer Turn Off Contest.
T.R.I.P Update
Wednesday, June 9 is your last chance to order . We will still have some stock available in the school office until June 17 on a first-come first-served basis.
All summer orders are due on Wednesday, June 2 along with three postdated cheques for June 2, July 1, and August 1.
Track And Field Thank-You
This is a personal note to each person who gave of his/her time to help make this day wonderful. We were blessed with great weather and safety for all participants. Our sincerest thanks to each one of you.
Mrs. Pace & Mr. Shields
COMMUNITY EVENT-Calvary Church continue to offer camps for children for the summer. We have included a brochure that describes all the camps and how to register.
SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMPS-Mrs. McLeod and her family are offering summer camps with weekly themes at their farm/ranch in Welland. They are having a camp carnival on Saturday, June 19 which has excitement and fun for the whole family. Information and brochures have been included in today's mailing.
WHO WANTS TO HELP BREAK A WORLD RECORD? On July 1, you are invited to join the community of Thorold to break a Guinness World Record. All you have to do is walk for 2 km in Rubber Boots. Just come out to Club Capri at 9:00 am with a pair of rubber boots and join the fun!
Blessings List
The Blessing list indicates the things that are on the school's "wish list". This may be an opportunity for families to donate an item to the school, if it is feasible for them. Another option is a money donation towards a particular item or items on the list. All money donations and product donations, with a receipt, are 100% receiptable for income tax purposes.P.S. Another possible way you could help is by connecting us to companies or individuals for discount prices.
- Family DVD’s for our school library
- Dear Canada & Guinness World Record (any year) books for Grade 7
- Racing tracks for Grade 6
- Lego, construx, & K’Nex building toys for Grade 7
Collecting at the Office
Please remember to save all of your Campbell's, Fish Crackers and V-8 UPC's. Campbell's allows us to save these UPC's to accumulate "points" so that we can purchase items for our school.
We also collect all empty printer ink cartridges. Staples reuses the cartridges and in return our school receives a credit for supplies from their store.
Both of these items are being collected by the school office.
