HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-11-02, Page 15Blyth PS news
Students get spooky
HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES
The students from Grades 4-8
enjoyed a Halloween dance
Thursday, Oct. 27 from 12-1 p.m.
Students in the primary grades
participated in a costume parade
and related activities on Oct. 31 as
the curriculum takes on a spooky
theme.
MILK PROGRAM
The Ontario Milk Marketing
Board is once again sponsoring a
special program at the school. They
sent a large box of items to be
given away to children who buy .
milk at school, bring it in their
lunch or drink milk at home as part
of their lunch. Tickets are available
for teachers to enter the weekly
draw or from the students who sell
milk.
The school also receives one cent
per carton purchased at the school.
The money will be placed in the
student account.
PARENT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
The Parent Advisory Committee
has met twice this fall and held an
information meeting on Parenting
Courses. They are actively seeking
more parents to get involved with
the group.
The meetings will be held once a
month and they are an opportunity
to talk about and discuss topics/
programs related to the education
of a child. Throughout the year,
special presentations and guests
will be invited to the school to
address topics of interest. These
meetings are not a forum to discuss
concerns relating to individual
students or staff. Parents are
encouraged to talk openly with
teachers and Mr. Harrison at any
time to help clarify questions or
seek special information concern
ing your children.
As a result of the recent survey, a
special meeting has been scheduled
to address the school code of
behaviour as well as the Transition
Years and Destreaming.
The, meeting will take place on
Monday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Babysitting and refreshments will
be provided. Personnel and former
students attending both CHSS and
F. E. Madill S.S. will be in
attendance to explain the Grades 7 -
9 program.
PARENTING PROGRAM
A group of 10 families and three
staff members met with Beth
Fulton of Women Today and
Marguerite Thomas, the health
nurse, to review two very worth
while parenting programs.
Beth Fulton hopes to offer a
nine-week course on Parenting
Strategies for families of children
aged six - 12 next March and April.
Several parents indicated an
interest in the program. A few
spaces are left. If interested please
call the school to indicate your
interest.
Ms Fulton indicated that a large
part of the program involves
watching short videos then talking
and sharing experiences in small
groups. The sessions are proactive
and positive and intended for all
parents.
Mrs. Thomas is also willing to
offer a free program called, Ready
or Not about teenagers, during the
day time at the school. If interested
call her in Brussels or call the
school. Six - 8 parents are needed
to run the program. The days and
time arc negotiable.
A program has been scheduled to
run on Mondays from 9:30 - 11:30
at the office of the Huron County
Health Unit. The dales are Nov. 7,
21, Dec. 5, 12 plus two sessions in
January. If interested call Mrs.
Thomas at 887-9331.
GRADE 8
By Robert John Popp
In Art, the Grade 8 students have
been exploring various painting
techniques. Some of their best fall
and sunflower paintings are now on
display at the Education Centre.
For Halloween the Grade 8s used
acrylics to paint pumpkins. In this
way the colourful pumpkins and
squash can still be cut up and
cooked later. Their products were
on display for the Halloween dance
and will decorate their front
porches on Halloween night!
GRADE 5/6
Thursday was the Halloween
Dance for Grade 4 - 8. It was a fun
dance. We are busy doing our
doors for the decorating contest. It
is hard to get ideas for the door.
The doors are to be judged on
Monday. Hopefully, we will win.
Have a safe Halloween.
GRADE 1
We wrote and illustrated
Halloween books called "Jack-o-
lantern, Jack-o-lantem, What do
you see?"
On Wednesday we went to see
Peter and the Wolf. We really
enjoyed it.
On Thursday we put on a play
called Where the Wild Things are.
PETER AND THE WOLF
By Karin Schroecker and
Ryan Montgomery
On Monday, Oct. 24 Jolene,
Karin, Ryan and Dean went to
usher at the theatre. The show that
was being played was called Peter
and the Wolf. Our job was to take
each class to their seats. We also
got to watch the show.
KINDERGARTEN A
HAD A BUSY WEEK
Mr. Poore, a firefighter, came on
Tuesday to show a video,
demonstrate his uniform and
equipment and let the children see
how the fire hoses work. Everyone
agreed that it was fun to have him
come to our school.
On Friday, we carved two
pumpkins. We felt the hard orange
skin. We saw where the blossom
had been. We sniffed the inside of
the pumpkin and also tasted the
flesh. It was yummy!
One of our Jack-O-Lantems has a
face with eyebrows and one has a
face with ears. The inside of the
pumpkin was fun to squish between
our fingers-just like playdough.
M KlllOP
TOWNSHIP
NOTICE OF POLL
Notice is hereby given to the
municipal electors of the
TOWNSHIP OF McKILLOP
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More candidates have been nominated to each of the following
offices than the number required to fill such offices;
REEVE one to be elected
COUNCILLOR three to be elected
ADVANCE POLLS:
Advance polls will be held for the purpose of receiving votes of
electors who expect to be unable to vote on polling day.
Saturday, Nov. 5,1994 and Wednesday, Nov. 9,1994 at McKillop
Township Garage, Winthrop. Poll to be open from 10:00 a.m. to
8:00 p.m.
REGULAR POLLS:
Monday, Nov. 14, 1994, at McKillop Township Garage, Winthrop.
Poll to be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
PROXY VOTING:
A person who has been appointed a voting proxy may apply to
the clerk not later than 5 o’clock In the afternoon of
Novembers, 1994, to receive a certificate to vote by proxy for
the polling subdivision In which the person appointing the
voting proxy Is entitled to vote. The Clerk’s office will be open
from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on November 5, 1994 for the purpose of
Issuing certificates to vote by proxy.
Marion McClure
Returning Officer
519-527-1916
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1994. PAGE 15.
Winning form
The Blyth PS senior girls soccer team took top honours at a recent tournament. Members or
the team are, from back left: Tammy Walker, Angie Walden, Karin Schroecker, Jolene
Coburn, Joy Cullen and Elisha Courtney. Middle row, from left: Mary Beth Brigham, Sarah
McNichol, Leanne Haggitt, Julie Ritchie and Ashley Howson. Front, from left: Shanda Loder,
Kristy Blair and Ashley Taylor.
Separate students test well
The Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
welcomed the release of the results
of the Grade 9 Provincial Tests in
Reading and Writing on Oct. 24.
The board results closely parallel
the provincial results which are
very favourable, and which
demonstrate the degree of success
being experienced by Ontario
students in the areas of reading and
writing. In fact, the board's students
did even better, as 90 per cent of
the. board's students met or exceed
ed expected provincial standards in
reading and 98 per cent in writing.
As part of the board's commitment
to continuous quality improvement,
each of the schools in the system
has identified, in consultation with
its local community, an area on
which to focus its improvement
efforts. The board's statement of
Direction for Catholic Educational
Programs indicates that graduates
of the system will be Competent
Communicators. In order to
achieve this outcome, the system's
schools are currently implementing
the Board's newly revised English
language curriculum called Compe
tent Communicators Through
Language Arts/English Outcomes,
Grades 1 to 12/0 AC.
Each of the system's.schools is in
the process of developing a school
action plan to address the
achievement of the outcomes
indicated in the Statement of
Direction through continuous
quality improvement. The goal this
year is to collect data, in order to
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