Dear Timberwolf Families,

It was so nice to have some families join us for the Jingle Bell Walk on Friday afternoon. The school went on a community walk and then spent the remainder of the afternoon outside spending time together. We all feel so fortunate to be a part of the wonderful Truedell community!

We are looking forward to hosting families at the second annual "Welcome Winter" evening on Wednesday, December 11th from 6 pm to 8 pm. Families will have the opportunity to come and view all of the decorated classroom doors before voting on their favourites. The theme for this year's doors is "Cozy Up with a Good Book". School Council is providing a free hot chocolate and sweet treat for everyone, as well as free wagon rides around the neighbourhood. The purpose of this event is to bring the community together one last time before we ring in a new year. Please consider attending this wonderful event!

As always, please reach out to us if you have questions or need support.

Take care,

K. Esford, Principal

We are really excited about a new opportunity that we are bringing to Truedell. The students in Mr. Broome's class will be hosting a "Kids Only Shopping Room" on Tuesday, December 17th with the help of Ms. Esford, Mrs. Nolan, Ms. Anderson and Mr. Broome. Students at Truedell will have the opportunity to shop for birthday, holiday or just because gifts for their family at the sale. All items will be gently used donations. The funds raised by this event will support special activities at Truedell including our Winter Clubs.

There are a number of ways that families will be able to support this initiative:

• Donating gently used items (toys, books, household items, holiday decorations, costume jewelery etc.) between December 2nd and 13th. This is a great way to declutter at home.
• Donating extra wrapping paper (birthday, holiday, plain), gift bags, tags, bows.
• Donating your time by helping to wrap gifts with kids on Tuesday, December 17th (if you able able to help on Tuesday, December 17th please email esfordk@limestone.on.ca)
• Supporting this initiative by sending your child with a few dollars to buy gifts for family on December 17th.

In early November, students in Mrs. T Hilton, Mrs. Phippen, Mr. Keeler, Ms. Squarebriggs and Mr. Dale’s class wrote the 2024 Beaver Computing Challenge. This is a problem solving challenge that is run by the University of Waterloo. On Tuesday December 3rd, Mr. Swaine visited Truedell Public School to present Distinction certificates to students who scored in the top 15th percentile.

Around 300 Grade 5 & 6 students throughout Limestone wrote the Beaver Computing Challenge. The following Truedell students achieved distinction in the Grade 5 & 6 challenge:

Logan

Payton

Malek

Maddox

Maxwell

The following Grade 5 & 6 students were the top 5 achievers from Truedell, and placed highly amongst all Grade 5 & 6 students who wrote it in the board.

Claire - 56/300

Skye - 46/300

Jax - 46/300

Yuna - 40/300

Juliana - 36/300

There were almost 500 Grade 7 & 8 students throughout the board who also participated. The following Intermediate students achieved distinction:

Delilah

Autumn

Colin

Kellen

Alex

Rhodes

The following Grade 7 & 8 students were the top 5 achievers from Truedell, and placed highly amongst all Grade 7 & 8 students who wrote it in the board.

Madison - 83/500

Ivy - 83/500

Rachel - 83/500

Orynn - 75/500

Justin - 37/500

Jun - 30/500

Noah - 15/500

Congratulations, and well done, to all who participated. Thanks to Mr. Swaine, a Computer Science teacher from Bayridge Secondary School, for organizing this challenge.

Monday, December 9- Grade 3 Swim to Survive (Cancelled due to Bus Cancellations)

Wednesday, December 11- Grade 3 Swim to Survive, Welcome Winter at Truedell 6-8pm

Thursday, December 12- Little Caesar's Fundraiser Delivery

Friday, December 13th- Grade 3 Swim to Survive, Success Assembly at 2:00 pm

Tuesday, December 17th- TruedELF Shop Open today, Karate cancelled today

Wednesday, December 18th- Karate Moved to Today

Friday, December 20th- Wear your PJs to School Today

Monday, December 23rd- First Day of the Holiday Break

Monday, January 6th- Back to School Today