PARENT COUNCIL

Our Parent Council holds 4 events throughout the school year. To ensure the success of these events, we need the help of parents/guardians.  All we are asking is for an hour of your time to volunteer at one of these events. Please fill out the form you received from your child's teacher and return to the school as soon as possible. Thank you for your time.  If you have any questions/concerns please leave a message for a Parent Council member at the school.

Remember: Our AGM is coming up on Sept. 23 at 6:30pm in the Library

Sincerely,
Stevenson Parent Council

Free Compost

At Stevenson, we have a very active composting program, thanks to Mr. Doty and his helpers.

We turn this:

Into this:

We have lots of good compost ready for your gardens. Bring your own pails. Stop in at the office. We want to share with you. 

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 staff:
Mrs. Beazley returns this year as a permanent teacher. She is teaching Grade 4/5;
Miss Long returns this year to teach an additional Grade 4/5 class;
Mrs. Omand is our new Grade 1 - 3 French Teacher;
Miss Kumar is a Grade 1 Teacher (for Mrs. Hardy while she is on mat leave);
Miss Moniz returns as our Grade 1/2 Teacher (for Mrs. Buchanan while she is on mat leave);
Mr. Wesselius returns as our Librarian (for Mrs. Wood while she is on mat leave);
Miss Hagel, an Educational Assistant, was married over the summer and has changed her name to Mrs. Anderson!

We welcome our families back to the first days of Opening Conferences on Wednesday, September 3 from 1:30 PM to 7:00 PM & Thursday, September 4 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! 

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

This was such a great year of learning for everyone, particularly, in using technology safely and productively, as well as in working to our strengths at Stevenson. On behalf of all the staff at Stevenson, I wish you a restful and relaxing summer.

We will have a few staff changes at the school for 2014-2015:
Mrs. MacKay is moving to Voyageur School. Mrs. Beazley will continue at our school, and teach Grade 4/5 again. Also, Miss Long will join our staff again to teach Grade 4/5. Mrs. Buchanan will be on maternity leave. Miss Moniz will continue at our school, and teach Grade 1/2 in her classroom for the year. Mrs. Hardy will continue to be on maternity leave. Miss Kumar will join our staff and teach Grade 1 in her classroom for the year. Mrs. Wood will continue to be on maternity leave and Mr. Wesselius will stay on as our Librarian for next year.

Also for next year, we will no longer use AGENDA books. We will use Blogs, Remind!, Twitter, Instagram, and email to communicate any written messages to you.

Dates to remember:
August 20: Office opens - Call 832-1359 to make a Conference appointment with your child's teacher
September 2: Inservice Day - NO SCHOOL
September 3/4: Conferences
September 5: First Day of Classes

Be well,
Jane Couch

SUMMER READING

SUMMER READING GIFT FOR YOU

Dear Parents:

Stevenson-Britannia School is starting a summer reading project.  We have partnered with “First Book Canada” to purchase books for you. Research shows that students who do not read daily over the summer, can lose skills they have learned during the past year at school. It is referred to as the “summer slide”. We want to help you to “battle” against the “summer slide” this year.

Every student from Kindergarten to Grade 5 has chosen stories to take home to read with you. These are your books to keep! There is no expectation for you to return these books in the fall. Feel free to give the books to others when you are finished with them. If at the end of the summer you would like to return/exchange these, or other books you have at home, bring them to the Reading Corner in front of the office at the school. We currently have a Parent Book Exchange there. Now, we will start a Student BOGO (Bring One, Get One) Book Exchange.

Here's a brief video with some helpful tips for summer reading:

Wishing you the best for a fun and safe summer holiday. Happy Reading!

THANK YOU

The Parent Council at Stevenson Britannia would like to thank the parents & family members who volunteered at the school BBQ.  Without them it would not have been a great success.  We would also like to thank the staff and students who assisted us with setting up.  The Parent Council would also like to extend a thank you to Ryan Price (balloon artist) and Paula's Face painting for entertaining the kids. It was a great evening and nice to see everyone!

NICE TO SEE EVERYONE

Thanks to our Parent Council for organizing such a great Family BBQ and to all the parent volunteers for helping throughout the evening! Thank you to all the families who could join us on such a lovely spring evening!