December Newsletter

On Friday, November 7 we held our Remembrance Day Ceremony to show our respect and to honor those who ensure our freedoms and safety. We would like to thank those who made this event memorable, the members of the Royal Canadian Legion, Sea Cadets, Canadian Rangers, RCMP, our school choir and of course all of students, staff and families.

Students from Mrs. Drake's and Mr. Mullett's 4/5 classes enjoying some of the newly purchased books from the Indigo Love of Reading project.

World Of Choices aims to provide students with a broader understanding of the diverse career options that are available to them and to help them consider what aligns with their own interests, skills, post-secondary plans, and overall goals.

World of Choices key learning objectives are for students to:

• appreciate challenges and successes experienced during career journeys.
• be inspired, empowered, and develop a “can-do” mindset.
• gain a better understanding of traditional and emerging career opportunities from a variety of industry sectors.
• deepen their awareness of current, sector-specific labor market information.
• enhance their ability to make informed decisions regarding career planning.

Progress reports will be distributed to students on Thursday, December 4th, Family-Teacher Interviews will be held on December 11th from 12:30-3:30pm and 4:30-6:30pm.

Students will be dismissed at 11:30 am.

Interviews will be booked online, through the School Interviews system.

Progress reports that are not picked up are mailed or emailed to families.

If an additional copy is required, please contact the Office.

Lets have some fun and enjoy the build up to Christmas with 12 days of events for students and staff.

Food Drive 🥫

SPCA Fundraiser 🐈🐈

A big thank you to our school community for donating $1157.00 to the Janeway Children's Hospital during our Jamarama event.

Also, for $390 raised towards our Soothing Sammy project.

We understand that a family may wish to bring all family members to the concert, it is intended only for adults and students 13+.

There will be a matinee at 9 am for adults who cannot attend the evening concert. Parents / guardians can enter through the gym entrance on the back of the school, the door will open at 8:45 am. Seating will be available at the rear of the gymnasium.

• Wednesday, December 3 at 6 PM is the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting – Santa will be coming and bringing a new elf (Mayor Elf has retired) – Miss Mary Mistletoe will be taking his place. Hot chocolate and Timbits will be served.
• Saturday, December 6th will be the annual Christmas parade at 11 AM
• Keep an eye out for Miss Mary Mistletoe – she will be popping up around town during the Elf Contest beginning December 8th week. Prizes to be won!

Kinderstart sessions for students starting Kindergarten in September 2026 will held on the following dates:

• January 23
• February 20
• March 13
• May 8

Specific details will be sent to families before the Christmas break.

If you have a student starting Kindergarten and did not yet register, please contact the school.

At the end of each month, one student per homeroom will receive a shoutout from Sammy. Students will be named during the announcements, they will come to the main entrance to see Sammy, receive a certificate and pick a prize. When they return to class, teachers are asked to have them share why they received a shoutout and hype it up a bit.

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What is Young Folk at the Hall?

Since 2002, Fergus O’Byrne and the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society have been working to encourage a love of traditional music in young people through the Young Folk at the Hall. Young Folk is a workshop-based program offering guidance and education, as well as a performance opportunity for youth between the ages of 7 and 18.

Each year we register about 30 young artists who are are grouped into bands, and each band is mentored by older musicians and veterans of the program. Our young bands get about six hours of mentoring over two days to establish a common repertoire, arrange tunes, decide on a band name and have photos taken. After all that, we gather for the big show and the new bands perform the material for a live audience.

Many of the performers you now know as touring and recording artists got started in this program and many now take the time each year to mentor the younger musicians and pass on the traditions and the fun of learning to play music together.

• Dismissal for Christmas break will be on December 19. School will reopen on January 5 (Day 4).
• During the week of December 1-5, Phys. Ed classes will be outside when the weather permits. As well, students will continue to go outside during recess and lunch.
• Picture Retakes will during the morning of December 5.

If your child has come home with less clothes than you sent them to school with, please drop by the school and check our lost and found.