Please take note of the following information:
Re-Enrollment Reminder:
We are now at the mid-point of April – this is a reminder that April is re-enrollment month. If you have not already re-enrolled for next year, please be sure to submit payment to school office ($200) by April 30 to ensure your child(ren)’s place in their class for the 2017-18 school year. Re-enrollment increases to $250 after April 30 and we cannot guarantee availability in classes after that point.
Please Welcome Ms. Jenkins & Mrs. Wilting:
As we say goodbye to one of our staff, we are excited to announce two new staff members that will be joining the GCS team – Ms. Chloe Jenkins and Mrs. Julie Wilting.
Ms. Jenkins will be taking over for Mrs. Barton in the role of Lead Teacher in Grade 1/2, while Mrs. Wilting will be assuming the responsibility of all elementary music in the next week. Please take the time to welcome these two new team members to the GCS community!
Family Fitness Week & Family Fun Run:
Family Fit Week starts on Monday with events happening daily leading up to Saturday’s Family Fun Run. Here is a heads up about the events happening next week.
Stop-Drop-and-Exercise will happen twice daily at 10:10 and 1:30. Grade 10 students have been assigned to lead at each of the classes happening at those times. They will arrive in your classrooms and lead the exercise for one minute. Please encourage your class to participate in these activities. Also, if you have a Grade 10 class during those times, please allow them to leave in order to complete these duties.
Healthy Tip of the Day – Our Family Fit Week coordinators will be announcing a healthy tip of the day at 9:00 every morning. Please encourage your class to listen to those. Gr. 10 students will circulate at lunch and reward a few students with snacks for remembering the healthy tip.
Teacher Pedometer Guess Challenge-
Every day, one teacher has been asked to wear a pedometer to see how many steps they get in the day. Every morning, our fundraising coordinators will be at the entrance way to take students’ guesses about how many steps that teacher will walk. Guesses cost 10 cents a piece. This is open to the entire school. A prize will be given to the winner.
Hoops Competition – On Monday at 12:30, the Gr. 10 class will be leading a knockout competition in the gym. It is 10 cents to enter a game. This is open to the entire school. Everyone is encouraged to come out and participate or cheer on the competitors.
Elementary Station Day and Game Day: The Gr. 10 class will also be leading an educational station day for the elementary students on Tuesday from 2-3 p.m. and a game day on Wednesday from 2-3 p.m.This shouldn’t affect high school classes, but hope for good weather on Wednesday as most stations will be outside.
Elementary Pedometer Challenge – The elementary will again be competing across classes for the greatest average steps per student. A schedule for which day each class will be wearing pedometers as already gone out. Gr. 10 students will arrive in your classroom in the morning to drop off pedometers and remind students of the rules. Please no shaking the pedometers with your hands!
Thank you all for your participation and flexibility. We are looking forward to a great week of fitness fun, and the Gr. 10 class hopes to see you all on Saturday for the Fitness Fun Run! Registration begins at 10:00 am, warm-ups at 10:45, and the race at 11:00 am.
Weekly Assignments:
Thursday: Spelling List 23
Thursday: Book Report for Mrs. Biech
Friday: Parts of Speech Writing Assignment
Friday: Language Test
Important Dates:
April 29- Family Fun Run
May 5 – Professional Development Day (No Class)
May 22 – Victoria Day (No Class)
June 3 – GCS Golf Challenge
Jun 14 – Grade 6 Graduation (9:15 am)
Have a fantastic weekend,
Mrs. M
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