Please note on your calendar that we will be having class photos on Thursday, May 3rd. It will be full dress uniform for all students. Please check the childrens’ cardigans and mend the holes, if any, and replace missing buttons.
On Tuesday, May 8th, the Horticulture Club will be having a plant sale. There are usually many great buys! So come out and check out the plants.
April showers do bring May flowers! Well, May is here and we only have 2 months of school left. It is hard to believe.
On Thursday, May 10th, the Salvation Army will be at our school providing our students and staff with a hot dog lunch. The cost will be $2 a hot dog and the proceeds will go to the “Give It Up For Hunger” Fundraiser. There will be no preordering for this. The students may purchase a maximum of 2 hot dogs. Chips and a drink will also be available for $1 each.
Be sure to highlight May 15th on your calendar. Our annual Spring Spectrum Concert featuring the Grades 4 through 12 will start at 7pm. You won’t want to miss this wonderful concert.
We had a wonderful time at Thompson Park this morning. The Grade 3/4 students and the Grade 4 students were there to pick up garbage throughout the park and along the main roadway. We had a chance to trek through the park’s wooded area and we saw two beaver dams, a beaver’s food cache, beaver chews and chips, ferns’ fiddle heads, skunk cabbage and a real live salamander. Be sure to look for our Service Day photos at the up coming Spring Concert.
Last Friday, I had the privledge to chaperone the Gr.1 to Gr.6 contestants to the ACSI Speech Meet in Abbotsford. It was hosted by Cornerstone Christian School. There was a lot of participants and the competition was stiff. In first place was Mikhayla Rosenow Gr.1, Macy Hayes Gr.2 and Kaetlynn Wheaton Gr.3.
Amber Geortzen Gr.5 placed 2nd;
Cadence Harder Gr.1 placed 3rd;
Anna Stewart Gr.2 placed 3rd; and
Olivia Maarhuis Gr.3 placed 3rd.
Everyone did a fabulous job. Congratulations to all our Speech Meet contestants.
Please remember that Friday, April 20th will be a Pro-D Day for K to 12 students. There will be no school for the students.
Please note on your calendar the time change for the Highroad Easter Service. It will be this week on Thursday, April 5th at 11am not at 11:30am. The children will be dismissed close to noon, so school will be a half day for them.
The results are in. Nathan and Olivia will be representing the Grade Threes and Jeremy and Kylie will be representing the Grade Fours in our class at the annual Speech Meet in Abbotsford. This will take place on April 13th at the Abbotsford Christian Academy. It is going to be exciting. Please come out to this wonderful event.
Our Easter Service will be on Thursday, April 5th. The Grade 3/4 students have been practicing Luke chapter 24, verses 1 through 12. They will be presenting this passage for this special service. Please encourage and help your child to memorize this passage throughout this week and next.
We had a wonderful time at the annual Elementary Spelling Bee. Our class was represented by Joshua, Lincoln and Meghan for Grade 3 and Stephanie, Jaylynn and Jeremy for Grade 4. They did a wonderful job. Way to go!
March is here, and that means Report Cards will be going home on Friday, March 9th. Spring Break is coming up. It will be from March 10th to March 25th. We are back at school on Monday, March 26th.
Don’t forget, March is also the month for a time change. Daylight Savings Time occurs March 11th, Sunday morning. So Saturday night, March 10th, set your clocks 1 hour ahead before going to bed.
Looking ahead ——- our annual Elementary Speech Meet will be on April 13th. This takes place in Abbotsford. Cornerstone Christian School usually hosts this event. Your child will be bringing home a copy of poems and scripture selections. They may choose a poem or a scipture passage. If they choose a scripture passage, they will need to also include 1 or 2 sentences explaining the meaning of it. They will need your help with this. Please encourage your child to practice. Everyone in my class is expected to try out for this event. We will have our In House Play Offs on Tuesday, March 27th.
**Please check the side bar and calendar for the various important dates.
Please note: Monday, March 5th is a half day of school for Grades K to 6. Dismissal will be at 12 o’clock (noon). There will be no Honour Choir practice that day.
Please note February 19th on your calendar. Feb.19th will be Highroad Sunday featuring our students. There will be two services: 9am and 11am. You may choose to attend both or only one service. The Grade 3/4 students will be singing and need to be 30 minutes early for sound checks. I hope you will be able to join us on that day. It will be spectacular!
