This is Ms. Kuhl's last week with us. She graduates with her Bachelor of Education in May from the University of Winnipeg. She has done a fabulous job and the students and I will truly miss her. We thank her for being with our class this year. We wish her good luck in her job ventures and her upcoming wedding.
Grade 7/8 Camp--Luther Village--Information has been sent in a separate email. A deposit of $150.00 is required by April 27.
Spring Tea--Students have been asked to volunteer to serve at the Tea on Sat., April 28. If they are able to volunteer please fill out the permission form and check off the time they will be available. Please remember that the Tea has a Mad Hatter theme so be sure to wear your weird and wacky hats. Bake Sale Table Donations for the Gr. 7/8 class is bars/dainties. Please have donations at the school on Fri., April 27.
Field Trip Forms--Two forms were sent out last week. One was for our Earth Day activity happening around the school tomorrow, April 23 and the other is for Wed., April 25 for our trip to Winnipeg Harvest. Please make sure they are signed and returned to the school by tomorrow a.m.
ELA-- Students have continued their action project to help the homeless in Winnipeg: they are fund raising money by selling ice cream on Wednesday and Friday and will be volunteering time to help at Winnipeg Harvest on Wednesday afternoon. Some students will be doing short presentations for the other classes to raise awareness. We will have a guest speaker from Siloam Mission come on Thursday morning. This week students will be working on a report or letter explaining the importance and their contributions to the action project. It is due on Friday, April 30. Three Reader Responses are due on April 30.
Religion-- Students will be working on short stories/dialogues on Jesus' response to the poor. They will present these at chapel on Wednesday.
Math-- Gr. 7s wrote a test on integers last week and it will be sent home Monday for signing. Gr. 7s have just started the next unit on patterns and expressions. Gr. 8s will be completing Ch. 9 on Linear Expressions this week with a test on Tues. or Wed. They will start Ch. 10 on Linear Relations later this week.
Social Studies-- Students will continue discussing daily life in Ancient Rome and begin looking at government.
Science-- Students completed a quiz on light and the colour theories. This week we will look at laws of reflection and refraction.
Important Dates
Apr. 23--Earth Day Activities
Apr. 24--Shops p.m.
Apr. 25--Field Trip to Winnipeg Harvest p.m.
Apr. 28--Spring Tea 11:00-3:00
Apr. 30--Three Reader Responses Due
May 2--Volunteer Appreciation Reception--8:45 a.m., Shops p.m.
May 10--Shops p.m.
May 14--Lunch Lady
May 18--Shops p.m.
May 21--No School
May 29--Shops p.m.
May 30--Evening of the Arts
June 6--Shops p.m.
June 14--Shops p.m.
June 17--Graduates @ BSL Church @ 10:00
June 18--Lunch Lady
June 19--21--Gr. 7/8 Camp, Luther Village
June 22--Shops p.m.
June 25--No School
June 27--Grade 8 Graduation 1:00 p.m.
June 29--Last Day of School--9:00 a.m. Kindergarten Grad, Sports Day 10:30 a.m., Awards 1:00-2:00 p.m.
