La Gazette d'EMBM
November 2023
Dear Parents/Guardians,
November invites us to pause, reflect, and give thanks. At EMBM School, we remember All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, honouring the saints and keeping in our prayers those who have gone before us. This month also brings Remembrance Day, a time for our students to reflect on the sacrifices made by those who served, and to appreciate the importance of peace, freedom, and respect.
We are grateful to partner with you in nurturing both the faith and learning of our students. May we continue to support one another, keeping God’s love at the heart of everything we do.
Mme Weber & Mme Poitras
Our school Remembrance Day Ceremony will be led by the grade 7 students from Mme Page`s classroom. It will take place on Wednesday, November 10th at 10:50 a.m. in our school gym. All students who are involved in Brownies, Guides, Air Cadets, Cubs and Scouts are welcome to wear their uniforms on this day. Parents are also welcome to join us! We are inviting our students and staff to wear red, white and black this day as well.
We will have poppies available at the school for a $1.00 minimum donation. All $ collected will be donated to the Legion. If you would like to purchase a poppy, please send your donation to school in a labelled envelope/bag with your child’s name and homeroom. Poppies will be distributed the morning of Tuesday, November 10th.
We are happy to have our students also take part in the Remembrance Day poster competition by the Legion.
Scholastic Book Fair
Our Scholastic Festival du Livre is fast approaching!! This will be our French book fair and the at our March Student Leds will be our English book fair. Students will be able to visit and shop the book fair during their library time starting the week of November 23rd. Parents have the option to shop during the hours of our student-led conferences on November 25th & 26th. All proceeds from the book fair go back into buying new resources for the library.
We look forward to seeing you soon at our Scholastic Festival du Livre!!
Student-Led Conferences provide an important opportunity for you to discuss your child's learning progress. Students will spend time preparing in class so they can showcase their accomplishments and future goals with you. Since it is important to celebrate each student's academic growth, students and parents are expected to be in attendance for these conferences. Please note the following:
1. FORMAT: Conferences will be in-person. Students will have a scheduled time with you and their teacher in the classroom. If you require more time with the teacher or wish to discuss more private matters, please make arrangements with the classroom teacher to meet on a follow-up date.
2. INTERVIEW SCHEDULING: The schedule will open to parents on Tuesday, November 10th at noon. You will receive a message in your Edsby messages (the envelope icon in the left-hand corner) that you can use to reserve your conference time. The schedule will be finalized on Monday, November 23th, after which time you will have to make arrangements through your child’s classroom teacher if you have not already booked a time by then.
3. EDSBY GRADES: You have access to your child's grades through Edsby at any time (for students in Grades 1-7). We encourage you to check Edsby on a regular basis, especially prior to student-led conferences so that you are aware of your child's grades prior to coming into the conference. Progress reports are also posted in Edsby for grade K.
If you are having any difficulty logging into your Edsby account, please be sure to contact the office, and Mme Menssa will be happy to help you. If you are having difficulty scheduling interviews or need to make a change to your scheduled time, please contact your child’s teacher.
We are currently in the liturgical (church) season of Ordinary Time. During the month of November, the liturgical year draws to a close with the last Sundays of Ordinary (counted) Time. The following liturgical feast days occur during this time:
Sunday, November 1st- La Toussaint (All Saints Day)
Monday, November 2nd- La Fête des Morts (All Souls Day)
Sunday, November 22nd- Christ le Roi (Christ the King)
Messe d'école; Our next school Mass is on Thursday, November 19th at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Parish. It will be led by Mme Kirby`s grade 5 class.
November: Cram the Ambulance
We are proud to be partnering with WPD Ambulance to participate in the 22nd annual Cram the Ambulance Campaign. Throughout the month of November, we will be collecting new toys to see if we can help fill the ambulance. The class that collects the most toys will receive a pizza party, courtesy of WPD Ambulance.
December: Empty Stocking Fund
For the month of Christmas, we will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the Battlefords Food bank. Each class will be assigned an item, which will be communicated closer to December. Our grade 7s and Mme Page will then go to the food bank and help pack hampers for those in need during the holidays.
Please label all of your child`s items.
Our lost and found is already growing to an overwhelming amount. Any time you are at school, please have a look through the lost and found. To help out school staff to find the owner of belongings, we ask that you please mark your students items: coats, sweaters, tuques, mitts, neck warmers, hats, boots.
As winter comes, it is especially important to mark a name in your child`s boots since there are often many duplicates. Every year, we have more than one case of the missing boots because someone put on the wrong pair by accident.
Art Club 🎨
Mme Alexander, Mme Degenstein, Mme Hamilton & Mme Langridge along with a talented group of students, recently wrapped up a creative fall-themed art project in Art Club! 🍁
We loved seeing their teamwork and imagination in action, and the students are excited to regroup soon to start their next artistic adventure.
Esports Team 🎮
Our EMBM Esports Team is back in action — and this year, they’re competing in Rocket League! The team has been hard at work sharpening their skills and building strong communication and strategy as they take on other schools in the U15 Sask Esports League.
We’re so proud of our players for their dedication, teamwork, and sportsmanship as they represent EMBM in this exciting new season.
A huge thank you to our coaches, M. Poitras and M. Spanier, for leading and supporting our players as they continue to grow and compete. Go Bisons! 🚀
Recycling Club 🧃
Our recycling club has been hard at work cleaning juice boxes and drink containers from lunches to take in for recycling. Their care for the environment and efforts to help our earth are greatly appreciated. We are proud of the efforts and commitment.
We’re proud of the enthusiasm in all these clubs and can’t wait to see our students use their strengths to grow and succeed. Go EMBM!
Grade 6 & 7 - Tues. Jan.19th - Games night
K & grade 4 - Mon. Feb. 8th - Bingo
Grade 2 & 5 - Thur. April 8th - Bingo
Grade 1 & 3 - Wed. April 28th - Bingo
Thank you for your continued support! Got questions or want to get involved? Email us at embm.scc@gmail.com
EMBM SCC
A tradition for more than a decade
A loving tradition at EMBM is our Children's Only Christmas Store. For those who are new to this tradition, Children are able to purchase Christmas gifts for their family members for very little cost, and then grade 7 students help wrap and tag the gifts so they are ready to take home and place under the tree. The students love picking out something special for their loved ones. We are asking for any donations of the following items:
- new and used items such as kitchen items, men gifts, home decor, holiday decor, jewelry, games, wrapping paper, gift bags, gift tags, etc.
- we welcome new and used items. We just ask that items are not broken and arrive clean.
Half the proceeds made from the store are donated to a local charity. The other half goes to our Student Council to put on fun activities and purchase prizes or gifts for our students.
Thank you for all your support in keeping this tradition that the students love!!
Incredible costumes!
Fizzy experiments!
Creepy Sensory Experience!
Building Wonders!
Crawly Crafts!
Speedy Robot Mice!
School fees are now due. School fees are the fees associated with the student supplies that are pre-purchased by the school and parents responsible for.
If you have not yet paid your child's fees, kindly do so as soon as possible. Our preferred method of payment is payment online. If you are unable to pay online, you may send the fees to school with your child. Methods of payment accepted are cash or cheque. Please send exact change as change will not be given. Please make all cheques payable to EMBM. If necessary, please contact the school to make alternate arrangements.
