February 5 - Spring Park Elementary

Spring Park School
February 5, 2014
Mr. Terry MacIsaac, Principal
Ms. Terri Bontempo, Vice Principal
Safe Arrival Line 569-7785
At Spring Park School we have a Safe Arrival Line which parents/guardians can
call before 9:00 am. Calling this line will enable us to ensure the safety of your
child.
Dates to Remember
Feb. 03
Feb. 10-14
Feb. 17
Feb. 17
Feb. 19
Feb. 26
Feb. 28
On-Line Food Order Due
Staff Appreciation Week
On-line Food Order Due for the Next 2 Weeks!
Islander Day (No School)
Free Milk Day
Pink Shirt Day
Instructional Dev. Day (No Classes)
Staff Changes
The following staff changes have occurred.
Terri Bontempo – has returned from leave
Soo Lee leaving has returned to Australia and Janel Dunning has returned to KE
Leona Arsenault is on leave for the remainder of the year and Natasha Proctor will be teaching
1D
Sarah Hall has left on maternity leave and Kelly Joudrey is teaching 2A
Jessica Parent has left on maternity leave and Stefanie McGrath Paradowski is teaching 2D
Kathleen Angelini has returned to class 3C from leave and Emma Boswell has completed her
contract with us
Head Lice
Please continue to check your child’s head for head lice and please contact us if you find anything
suspicious.
On-Line Food Ordering
We have moved to online food ordering for our lunch program. As of now we can NO LONGER accept
paper orders as we cannot guarantee they will be entered in the system. We have also moved to ordering
for a 2 week period at a time. As of now all orders we have been given have been placed on line, so we
are asking all parents to check their orders and contact us with any problems. If you have not ordered for
next week, please send your order to the school as soon as possible so we can get these orders in the
system, as it is very time consuming. Please email Debbie Miles ([email protected]) or Chris Mears
([email protected]) with this information. Please log on and check your account and confirm
that your account balance is correct. The next deadline for online food orders for the 2 week period is
February 17th. Thank you for your support and positive comments as we move to this new system.
Ordering information and steps can be found on our home page at www.edu.pe.ca/springpark
Pink Shirt Day / Stop Bulling
Please mark February 26 on your calendar for Pink Shirt Day. This day is recognized as Anti-Bullying
day across the Island.
Raising awareness about the issue of bullying in schools, communities and workplaces has become a
serious and important social issue over the last number of years. Pink Shirt Day was born in 2007 when a
grade 9 boy from Nova Scotia was bullied on the first day of high school because he was wearing a pink
shirt. Two fellow students Travis Price and David Shepherd, decided to take action and bought fifty pink
shirts and handed them out the next day to their fellow students. As word spread about what they were
doing and why, half the school wore pink shirts in support the next day.
Pink T-shirts for available for purchase at Source for Sports locations on the Island. Proceeds from shirt
sales will benefit anti-bullying programs at Boys and Girls Clubs in Charlottetown, Summerside, and
Wellington. If your child has a pink shirt already, feel free to have them wear the one they have.
Wear Pink and Stand Up to Stop Bullying!!
Home & School News
The Spring Park Home and School Association will host a luncheon for school staff to mark Staff
Appreciation Week. This event is slated to take place on Wednesday, February 12th. We are in need of
some parent volunteers to assist with classroom and playground duty on this day. Volunteers are required
from about 11am to 12pm. If you are able to assist, please send your name to Hayley Myers at
[email protected] or Jennifer MacLeod at [email protected]. Staff Appreciation Week
is about showing our school staff how much we appreciate everything they do for our students throughout
the year. If you can, please consider volunteering some time to help us out! To Spring Park School staff
we say, “Thank you, and we appreciate you!"
Dictee PGL
Dictée PGL
The Grade 5 and 6 French Immersion students are busy preparing for our Spring Park Dictée. It will be
held on February 11th. This dictée will determine the winner of our school. That student will then write
another Dictée which will determine the French Immersion Provincial Winner.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.
Coaches Corner
Gymnastics Club :
The gymnastics club has been going now for nearly 1 month !! We have over 100 students participating
in our after school program !! Thanks to all the parents for their encouragement and efforts in making
arrangements so the children can participate. On Tuesday January 28th, we will have IGA judges come
to our school to help identify those students who are ready to participate in the following meets. If your
child is ready, a note will go home with him/her detailing the event they have qualified for. Parents are
allowed to attend the following events :
Zone Meet Friendship Meet Provincial Meet -
February 4th @ West Royalty Elem.
February 11th @ St. Jean Elem.
February 15th @ Kensington Inter.
** Please note - After school "Gymnastics club" will end Feb. 7th
Counselor Chair
February is considered as Black History month. Black history is about stories, experiences and
accomplishments of people of African origin. Black History actually began in ancient times in Africa; not
with slavery as many people may tend to think, but with African Kings and Queens from ancient African
kingdoms and civilizations. Eventually these people moved around the Globe and some came to Canada.
There are countless men and women of African ancestry who have contributed to making Canada the
country it is today but they often go unrecognized. Ms Fanning has offered to go around to classes that
she is invited to tell about some of these stories and contributions. Many of the stories are about Nelson
Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges and Viola Desmond. The responses from the
classes I have been in have been quite remarkable.
Family Violence Prevention week is from February 9 to February 15
Everyone has a role to play in ending violence in our communities. There are a number of events
happening in our community. Please check www.stopfamily violence.pe.ca
Please continue to check this as new listings continue to be added. There are age appropriate ideas for
everyone, from toddlers through high school students and older!
As a school we have decide to honor this week by wearing Purple on February 12th to support family
Violence Prevention in PEI.
February, 13th – February, 19th is known ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK. The aim being to inspire
others and pass it on through helping to bring more love, peace compassion into the world. Each year"
Random ACTS of KINDNESS ' is the second full week of February.
PEI FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEEK IS February 9-15
A few suggestions are: Read books to young children that illustrate how love and affection are shown.
Talk about healthy relationships with older children and teens. Let’s also remember that "PEACE
BEGINS AT HOME"
Family Story Time 10:30 am Confed Centre Library. Storm date FEb 14th
Join librarian Roseanne Gauthier for a special storytime SNOWFLAKES FALL by Patricia MacLachlan
and illustrated by Steven Kellog. Snowflake activities and crafts, too. This event marks the donation of 25
books about families and peace by the Premier's Action Committee of Family Violence Prevention.
Chess Club News
CHESS CLUB NEWS
The Chess Club has been a very busy place to be lately. It is wonderful to see so many Grade 1 students
coming out to play Chess! Congratulations to all the SPS Chess players who participated in the recent
Scholastic Chess Tournament held at Colonel Gray High School. The next monthly tournament will be
held on Sunday February 9th at Colonel Gray High. If your child is planning on participating in the
PROVINCIAL CHESS CHALLENGE to be held March 2nd, he or she must have played in at least one
weekend tournament this year. I will be sending home the flyer for the Feb. 9th tournament as well as a
registration form for the upcoming PROVINCIAL CHESS CHALLENGE. This registration form must be
sent in by Feb. 26th as no late entries will be accepted.
Here is information regarding the PROVINCIAL CHESS CHALLENGE:
The tournament takes place on SUNDAY, March 2nd at Colonel Gray High School.
Open to Grades 1 to 12 (Players compete only against others in the same grade)
TO QUALIFY FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, STUDENTS IN GRADES 1 to 4 MUST HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN ONE PEI YCA EVENT DURING THE LAST YEAR (since Jan. 2013)
TROPHIES FOR TOP 3 IN EACH GRADE
THE WINNER IN EACH GRADE QUALIFIES FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
(as a member of the 12 player PEI team at the Canadian Chess Challenge in Winnipeg May 18-19)
ENTRY FEE $20
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTRATION must be received by mail by Wednesday
February 26th
Send registration form and cheque (payable to PEI Youth Chess Association) to:
Stacey Kerr, 48 Queen Elizabeth Dr., Charlottetown, C1A 3A9
Registered players must CHECK-IN at tournament BEFORE 12:45. Games begin 1 pm.
NO LATE ENTRIES ON DAY OF TOURNAMENT
SPS Chess Ladders
Grades 1,2 and 3
1. Karla Lynn McCallum
2. Alex Rogers
3. Gabriel Ing
4. James Ronahan
5. Finn Morris
6. Saul Grant
7. Nathan Whitnall
8. Kip Morris
9. Anderson Arsenault
10. Seth Gauthier
Grades 4, 5 and 6
1. Seamus Mac Eachern
2. Hunter Blaisdale
3. Cameron MacDonald
4. Cezar Campeanû
5. Isaac Hendrickson
6. Charlie Morse
7. Seamus MacEachern
8. Simon Hale
9. Aidan Harrison
10. Nate Jay

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