O.M. Irwin School “Achieving Excellence”

April 2018

Principal’s Message

Thank you students, parents and guardians for

attending Student Led Conferences on March 26th

and March 28th. If you were not able to attend on

either of those dates, and you would like to

schedule a SLC with your child’s homeroom

teacher, please contact the school at 306-778-

9270 to set up a date and time to meet.

Transitions for students (grade-to-grade, or school-

to-school) are a high priority for staff each and

every spring as we work with home and school to

prepare students for the next step in their school

careers. The staff at Irwin School is already working

with students and parents in preparation for the

2018/2019 school year. It is important to begin the

transition process at this time as different students

have different needs in preparation for their next

grade’s placement. If you have any questions

about your child’s transition into the 2018/2019

school year, please call (306-778-9270) or email me

(lkielo@chinooksd.ca).

Also, as part of our school’s transition plan for next

year, I am pleased to announce that Mr. Arron

Kohlman will be O.M. Irwin School’s Principal

beginning in the 2018/2019 school year. Mr.

Kohlman is currently the principal of Herbert

School, and he will be an integral part of our

transition plan as we work to support your child’s

learning plan heading into next year. Mr. Kohlman

will be at Irwin on April 13 to introduce himself to

students and staff.

~ Mr. Kielo, Principal

Save the Date: (See calendar attached for more dates/activities)

April 6th – PLC Day – No School for Students

April 9th – Classes Resume (Day 3)

April 9th – Arthur Slade / Brenda Baker Author Presentations

April 9th – SCC Meeting @ 7:00pm

April 11th – Staff Meeting @ 3:30pm

April 12th – Duck / Cover / Hold Drill

April 23rd – SLC Day in Lieu – No School for Students

April 26th – K – 4 Assembly @ 12:30pm

April 27th – Sports / Jersey Day

April 27th – Pizza Day

May 11th & 12th – Irwin School’s Garage Sale Fundraiser

May 15th – SWAC Sectional Track Meet (Grades 6 – 8)

May 18th – OSAC Spring Concert “Cinderella” @ 2pm

May 21st – Victoria Day - No School

May 25th – Pizza Day

May 28th – K – 4 Assembly @ 2:15pm

May 31st – 2018 / 2019 Kindergarten Orientation

June 12th – Middle Years Track Day (gr 6-8)

June 14th – Elementary Track Day (gr K-5)

June 19th – Alternate Track Day

June 21st – Awards Day/Night (Gr 6-8)

June 22nd – Pizza Day

June 26th – K – 4 Assembly @ 12:30pm

June 27th – Last day of Class – All report cards will be e-

mailed on June 28th

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SCC NEWS

A main area of focus at the last SCC meeting was brainstorming ideas for the development of a new outdoor area for our middle years kids! Although the grade 5, 6, 7 & 8 students can decide whether they’d like to stay in or go outside during their breaks, they have communicated that they would love to spend more time outside, but need somewhere to go. The SCC was proud to play a huge part in upgrading the playground for the younger grades when Irwin became a K-8 school, and are now extremely happy to be making a substantial financial contribution towards this amazing outdoor project for the older kids. Members of the SCC will be working alongside the staff, students and other community members to help make this happen. We are fortunate at Irwin that the SCC consists of our Principal, Vice Principal, teachers and parents of children in most grades from K-8, ensuring that all students are considered in the decisions we make. The Irwin staff has successfully worked, and continues to work very hard to develop an inclusive K-8 culture in our school, and the SCC supports that goal! The kids are proud of being Irwin students and already have that common bond. Along with many other things, activities like buddy reading and school fundraisers (dessert auction and upcoming garage sale!) are activities that will continue to strengthen the bond that already exists. Although the outdoor area for the older kids will be an ongoing project, the first phase is underway and this spring/summer we will see kids from K-8 enjoying their school… inside and outside! Have a wonderful Easter break

Thank you to the following people who support our O.M. Irwin students:

1. Our school’s Basketball Coaches

2. The community’s basketball officials that helped officiate all of our teams’ games this season.

3. The Staff @ Coles Bookstore for supporting the School’s Library through the Fundraiser Program.

4. Glenn Gawdin and Kaden Elder for their support of the Broncos I-Read Program.

5. Our SCC for its amazing support of the School’s Learning Plan.

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Math/Science Fair

The Chinook Regional Science Fair was held on March 6th and 7th at the SCCHS cafetorium. Irwin students proudly displayed their learning and all deserve congratulations. Special congratulations to Hailey Klimm and Elliot Duncalfe on earning top score and a gold medal in the Junior (Grade 7-8) category, and to Luke Regier (Honourable Mention), and Veda Gottselig (Honourable Mention).

Canadian Scholastic Achievement League – Scholastic Challenge 2018

Grade 8 students completed the Canadian Scholastic Achievement League Challenge on

March 15th. Results will be returned to the school in late April or early May. Thank you to all of

the students who decided to take advantage of this opportunity!

Young Writers - Creative Writing Contest

A group of talented writers proudly and courageously entered their work in the Young Writers

Creative Writing Contest. The following students will wait in excited anticipation to see if any of

their works are selected for publication.

Eli Barbier Eric Hattum Ava Wotypka McKenna Moen Sydney Grainger

Charlie Weinbender Lauren Hanson Ezra William Alexandria Giverhaug Emma Weppler

Kendra Blatz Mackenize McIntyre Carlos Marquez Autumn Olfert Zoe Gottselig

The winners of the Irwin book draw were: McKenna Moen, Lauren Hanson, and Zoe Gottselig.

These young writers each received a $10 credit to use at the book fair.

The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing Contest

Grade 7 and 8 students from across Canada and around the world compete in this annual contest put on by the University of Waterloo. This contest will be held in May and is open to all Grade 7 and 8 students. If you are interested in doing some practice questions in preparation for this contest please see Mr. Biem.

March ICE Awards of Excellence (Gr. K-4):

KD: James Brethauer, Scarlett Henderson, Lily Neustaeter, Violet Schafer and Roman Woelk 1B: Cole Allin, Gracelyn Jesney 1M: Zacchaeus Dela Cruz, Jessa Peesker 2R: Rowan Robinson, Carter Kuhlmann-Doell 2RO: Khloei Larson, Izaac McPherson 3H: Mackenzie Smith, Dany Gonzalez 3N: Austin Allin, Kai Foster, Sophia Alano 4S: Koby Cascagnette, Kasen Reid 4SCH: Dolan Mueller-Wolfe, Arika Lockman

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Band News

As always, the Grade 6 – 8 band students participated in the Swift Current Music Festival and there was some outstanding performances. Mr. Lett, our adjudicator, was very impressed with our preparation and

presentation and had many positive comments to share. All 3 ensembles received a mark of an “A”. Congratulations to all of our band students for achieving excellence in the festival this year!

If you participated in the Band Fundraiser, the meat products will arrive on Friday, April 27th at the old

Full Line Ag location (625 North Railway Street). Parents are responsible for picking up their orders. A pick-up time will be confirmed and communicated through the school.

Important Band Dates:

May 24 – 25 – Grade 6 Westbank Band Camp (cost approx. $105)

June 5 – Grade 6 – 8 Year-End Band Concert – 7pm @ Irwin School June 7 – 9 – Grade 7/8 Year End Band Trip to Calgary (cost approx. $280)

Note to Grade 5 Parents:

Grade 5 students will get to test out band instruments at the end of April. More information will be sent

home in the next few weeks. If you have any questions about band in Grade 6, please contact Miss Jersak (mjersak@chinooksd.ca).

PARENT/GUARDIAN REMINDER:

Please use our front doors if you are dropping off your

child or coming into the school after 9 am. This will

help to stream all late students, parents and visitors

through the front doors. Please be sure to check into

the office when you arrive.

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O.M. Irwin School Dessert Night Auction Fundraiser

Middle School Playground Project Update

On March 8th

, the O.M. Irwin Auction Night made a profit of $7,529.95 due to the generosity of our school

community and supporting businesses! Thank-you! This money will be used to purchase some equipment for

the school’s middle years’ playground area. On top of that amount, the O.M. Irwin SCC has decided to

contribute an additional $10,000.00 to the project!

This week, we have initiated discussions with our Grade 4 – 7 students to gather feedback from them about their

vision of what this area will look like. Then, students will be part of the decision-making process of what items

will be purchased this spring. Thank you again to all of the people that made the auction so successful!

A Special Thank You to Regier Honda for matching the highest bid of $650.

The staff and students of O.M. Irwin School would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to the

following who donated items for the auction:

Linn’s Hair Shop

Pattison Agriculture

Stark and Marsh

Patti Hildebrandt – Tupperware

Original Joe’s

Glass Slipper Spa

Robertson Motor Sports

Standard Motors

The Training Zone

STRIDE

Home Inn and Suites

Armstrong Implements

Cypress Ford

Bre’s Boutique

Jeanne Myers

Gorrill’s Grain Cleaning

Stealth Talon Aerial Photography

Voth’s Brandsource

Innovation Credit Union

Nu-West Flooring

Studio 8 on 2

Safeway

BBee’s Honey

Alorah Kropf / Colene Stennick

Redhead Equipment

Shamrock Farms

Zack and Brittany Smith

Hank’s Junk Removal

Anna and John Rogers

The Tsougrianis Family

The Salter Family

Knight Nissan

Sports Trader (Ivan Dugan)

Kellie Tinant

Grade 5 F/A Families

Christine Thompson

Leah and Own Thompson

Linetraxx

Anchor Marine

Jim Dekowney

Swift Current Broncos

Falcon Energy Services Ltd. – Greg Morrice

Silver Icing – Shantel Blanke

Rexall Drugs

Cassidy and Austen Thick

Symtech

Jeff Chambers

Heba Etmeh

Charlotte Thingvold

Thirty-One – Patty Nykolaishen

The Hanson Family

Bart and Carla Bollinger

Buttons N Such

Surround Sound

Andy Schneider

Debbi Bleackley

Potter Family

Varjassy Family

Budget Blinds

Titans Wrestling Club

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HOO HAA IRWIN ROCKS!!

SHOP CLUB

Shop Club is an after school club offered to Grade 8 students. Shop Club dates for April will be as follows:

Tuesday, April 10th

Monday, April 16th

Kids in the Kitchen

The Spring Session of Kids in the Kitchen will

begin on Tuesday, April 10th and will run until

May 29th. Sessions are Tuesdays from 3:15 –

4:45pm in the Foods Room.

Spirit Day

Friday, April 27th is Sport / Jersey Day!

Dress in your favorite sport team attire.

2016-2017 Year Books

The 2016-2017 year books have arrived!!!!

To those families that have purchased a yearbook,

they should be sent home with your child on or

before Thursday, March 29th

.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

PATIENCE!

Babysitter Training and Home Alone Course

Cypress Advanced First Aid Services – Babysitter Training Course for boys and girls ages 10 and older, will be held on Saturday, April 14th from 9:00 to 4:00 pm at Bright Beginnings, 885 6th Ave NE. Cost $55. Registration forms available at the school or call Jan Loeppky-Mackay at 306-774-4885 or e-mail: cypressafas@gmail.com

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NEXT K-8 Meal Day is on

Friday, April 27th! Watch for pizza order forms going home soon!

O.M. Irwin Annual Playoff Hockey Draft

Please sign up for the annual O.M. Irwin playoff

hockey draft. There is no cost to join and it is open

to all staff and students. Please note that all entries

MUST be completed prior to the first game of the

playoffs. The last day of the regular season is April

5th. The deadline to enter the draft will be 5:00pm

on April 11th. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd

place. To sign up, please visit www.bit.do/irwindraft.

All instructions pertaining to the draft are on the

website.

Our next K – 4 Assembly will take place on Thursday, April 26th at 12:30pm. All parents, grandparents and

guardians are welcome to attend!

Student Contact Information If you have recently moved, changed phone numbers, have a new job, please update the school

with new contact information. It is crucial the school has current and up-to-date numbers in case of an emergency or student illness.

Please update the school at 306-778-9270 or email your child’s homeroom teacher to be

forwarded to the school office.

SLC Day-in-Lieu Monday, April 23rd

NO SCHOOL FOR

STUDENTS

Kindergarten Registration for the 2018 – 2019

For the 2018-2019 school year Kindergarten registration is ongoing.

To register for Kindergarten, your child must be 5 years old before December 31st, 2018. Please call Irwin School at 306-778-9270 for information.

Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Thursday, May 31st.

In Motion Commotion News By: Val Choo-Foo, City of Swift Current In Motion Coordinator

Spring is here!! Now it’s time to get outside and be physically active by going

for walks, biking, rollerblading, playing soccer, ball, basketball or football.

Whether children and adults are registered in structured activities or not, there

are many opportunities to be In Motion. Did you know that 65% of

Saskatchewan parents with 5-17 year olds report that parks and playgrounds

are within half a kilometre of their home? And this is definitely true for Swift

Current! We have 20 parks and playgrounds as well as tennis courts, a

skateboard park, horseshoe pits, soccer fields, and basketball courts. We are

also so fortunate to have over 20 kilometres of Chinook Parkway alongside the

Swift Current Creek. There are so many fun spring activities to participate in, so stay active and have fun!

“Achieving Excellence”

April 2018 Achieving Excellence

PARENTING STUDY GROUP Laure Gaunt 306-626-3317 (not long distance)

Dorene Bymoen 306-773-0301

For the month of April 2018

o Parenting Study Groups – promoting healthy parent/child relationships with

respectful communication, co-operation, responsibility and encouragement.

o Based on the teachings of Alfred Adler and Rudolph Dreikurs. Tuesday, April 10 – Parent Study Group

Tuesday, April 24 – ADD/ADHD Information & Support

Time: 7:00 – 9:00

Place: O.M. Irwin School (Library)

Phone: 306-626-3317 (not long distance)