THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who was able to come out to our Parent Council AGM on Tuesday!

We officially have a Parent Council. Here is the Executive for this school year:

Co-Chairs: Annissa McLean and Heather Wells
Secretary: Ashley Myers
Treasurer: Rebecca McDermott

Remember: Every parent is welcome to attend Parent Council meetings to have a voice.
The next meeting is Oct. 27 at 6:30pm

PARENT COUNCIL AGM

If we don't have enough parents to make a Parent Council, then we lose out on special events at our school, as well as working toward improving our playground. 

There are Executive positions available as well as general member positions. Everyone has a voice. 

Last Week to Order Stevenson Team Wear

We will take orders until the end of this week!
Don't miss out.
Order forms were sent home a few weeks ago. Let us know if you need another one.
T-shirts and hoodies are available in children's and adult's sizes.
Samples are available to try on at the school for sizing.
This is a fundraiser for your school.

PRACTICING FOR EMERGENCIES

During the course of a school year, we are mandated to practice 10 fire drills, 2 lockdown drills and 1 tornado drill to prepare our students in the event there is an emergency. Staff will have reviewed procedures with children before emergency measures practices take place. We will only notify home in the event of a real crisis. We held our first 2 fire drills of the year last Friday. Please do not hesitate to call the school if you need any clarification.

Thank You

Thanks to everyone for bringing in a "Toonie for Terry" last Friday for our Terry Fox Run.
We raised over $300 for Cancer Care Manitoba!

TERRY FOX RUN

We will do our "Toonies for Terry" Run this Friday, Sept. 25 at 11:00am in the school playground.
Families are welcome to join us! Bring a toonie to donate to CancerCare MB.

VISIT US

We always welcome family members who can come to school during the day, to arrange to visit and volunteer in your child(ren)'s classrooms. Please call the school or email your teacher to make arrangements.

For those of you who cannot visit us during the day, you can stay in touch by visiting our classroom blogs, Twitter and Instagram feeds. These social media platforms are your windows into our classrooms. They are also useful when trying to talk about your child(ren)'s day at school. When you ask them, "How was your day?" or "What did you do at school today?", you usually get the answers: "Fine." or "Nothing." Instead, try visiting the school blogsite with your child(ren). From here, you can see all of our classroom blogs, Twitter and Instagram feeds. When looking at the posts together, you can ask your child much more open-ended questions, like: "Tell me about this.", "Why did you make dots?", "What is everyone doing in this picture?", "How did you make this?". You can get into a much more positive conversation with your child(ren) this way.

Always remember to tell your child(ren) how proud you are of them for going to school and trying their best. Openly talk about how everyone has challenges and everyone has strengths. We work to our students' strengths first, so that when they meet challenges, they will feel more confident and resilient to tackle them. This works for adults too!

WJHA

Today was a special day at Stevenson, where our new Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy Gr. 2/3 students and returning Gr. 4/5 students went to the IcePlex to try on their new hockey equipment! Our students represented our school very well with the WJHA staff.

Each year, we form a staff committee to select students suitable for the program. If you have any questions about the criteria or the process, please call the school. If you feel you would like your child(ren) considered for the program in the future, please let us know.

Hockey will start on Oct. 29. Our time slot is in the morning at the IcePlex. A school bus transports our hockey students to the rink. Families are always welcome to come to the rink to watch. Students go through hockey drills to learn the skills to eventually play games. It is quite a magical process to watch!

The staff at Stevenson believe in providing innovative and creative opportunities for all of our students. So, starting on Oct. 29, the students who are not in the hockey program participate in "Project Thursdays". Every Thursday morning, students do project-based learning where they participate in creative experiences inspired by students and teachers. You might see students participating in drama activities, yoga, singing, dancing, building and playing with manipulatives, or creating their own inventions! The ideas are endless for these days! If you feel you can contribute to teaching something special to our students, please feel free to contact your child's teacher. We greatly value learning from each other and using the strengths of all of us to teach our children.

Important Dates for September

Monday, Sept. 14 - Stevenson Team Wear order forms go home
Tuesday, Sept. 22 - Early Dismissal at 3:10pm (for Staff Meeting)
Tuesday, Sept. 29 - Parent Council AGM at 6:30pm

New Stevenson School Team Wear Now Available

All items are available in children's & adult's sizes.

Items will be available to order in front of the office during Conferences and throughout September.

Order forms will be sent home soon.

Samples are available at the school for sizing.

This is a fundraiser for your school.

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back Stevenson staff and families!

We start our school year with a big thank you to Mr. Johnston (Caretaker), and to Mr. Bangit and Mr. Lywak (Evening Cleaners), for making our school look so clean, tidy, and polished.
Also, thank you to our teachers for getting the classrooms ready.
Everything looks fabulous. Now, we just need our students to make the school complete!
We are ready for you, students.

Every September we say hello to new members of the team at Stevenson School.

Welcome to the following new or returning staff:
Ms Amaral joins our team as our new Vice Principal;
Miss Long returns this year as a permanent teacher. She is teaching Grade 2/3;

Mrs. Hardy returns from maternity leave to teach Grade 1;
Mrs. Buchanan returns from maternity leave to teach Grade 2/3;
Mrs. Wood returns from maternity leave as our Librarian;
Miss Griffiths is our new Grade 1 - 3 French Teacher;
Ms Marlatt is our new Reading Recovery Teacher;
Ms Janick and Ms Remple join our team of Educational Assistants.

We welcome our families back to the first days of Opening Conferences on Wednesday, September 9 from 1:30 PM to 7:00 PM & Thursday, September 10 from 9:00 AM to 3:45PM.  Please phone the school at 204-832-1359 to make an appointment with your classroom teacher.  While you're in the school stop in at the office, and catch up!