March 2015

Be The Best You Can Be!

Cecil Rhodes School

1570 Elgin Avenue West

Principal: Ms. M. Dveris

Vice Principal: Dr. K. Reimer

Phone: 204-783-9012

Fax: 204-775-5438

Although it is the shortest month of the year, February was filled with many exciting

activities. The month included basketball games and tournaments, “I Love to Read”

week, crafts and homework clubs, cross-country skiing, gymnastics, board games,

artists, dancers, and many more extra curricular activities for our students.

In February we celebrated the 100th day of school. We had a great celebration, counting

all the way to 100, and gathering things in 10 groups of 10!

Students have been working hard this term and their efforts will be shared with you later

this month. Reports for K-9 students will go home on Monday, March 9, 2015. Please take

the time to review these report cards with your children.

Tri conferences for N-9 students are just around the corner on Thursday, March 12 and

Friday, March 13, 2015. Conferences can take many forms, but most importantly, they

encourage students to take ownership for their learning. Research tells us that reflecting

upon one’s learning is effective in improving academic performance.

As we progress into Term 3 we encourage our students to “Be The Best They Can Be” so

they complete the school year on a positive note. The partnership between the child, the

parent(s) and the school is very important. The stronger the partnership, the more

learning and achievement can be expected.

We are beginning to plan for the 2015-2016 school year. Spring Break is just around the

corner. The Spring Break dates are March 30 - April 3, 2015. We trust that you will all

enjoy a safe and relaxing time with your children.

Regards,

M. Dveris, Principal

K. Reimer, Vice-Principal

Room 117 Grade 1

Did March come in like a lion or a

lamb? The children in Room 117

will have the answer. The students

are looking forward to sharing

their growth portfolios during Tri-

Conferences on March 12 and 13,

2015. I am impressed with their

accomplishments!

Mr. F.J. Oakes

Arts Smarts Project-Grades 1-6

The Grades 1-6 classes will be participating in an “Arts Smarts Project” during

the weeks of February 17-March 19, 2015. This year, we are pleased to welcome

back Leigh-Anne Kehler to Cecil Rhodes School. Leigh-Anne is a professional

storyteller who worked with the Grades 1-3 students last year on a project about

building “Community Spirit.” Assisting Leigh-Anne will be Daina Leitold, a

professional actress who has worked in films and television shows throughout

Manitoba and Canada. The theme for this year’s project is “Multiculturalism

within our Community.” All classes will be participating in an in-depth study

about their families and the topic of multiculturalism. Students will be using folk

tales, drama, dance, music and writing activities to express their knowledge of

this important topic. The children and Staff are looking forward to this project

over the next few weeks. We welcome Parents/Guardians to assist classes in

this project. Please contact Mr. Oakes at (204) 783-9012 (Room 117) if you are

interested in helping out.

Mr. F.J. Oakes

Cecil Rhodes Classroom News 2 CECIL RHODES NEWSLET-

Congratulations to all of our students who were “caught”

reading this month. In total, more than 60 books were given

as prizes to Cecil Rhodes students!

Kylee - Rm 213 Davina - Rm 209 Marquez- Rm 110 Jayden - Rm 113

Jaze - Rm 210 Kelvin - Rm 209 Jada - Rm 209 Kylee - Rm 114

Tyson - Rm 110 Bella - Rm 114 Alexis - Rm 209 Nathan - Rm 117

Melissa - Rm 130 Calib - Rm 117 Aliyah - Rm 129 Francis - Rm 114

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Parent’s Corner

Washington Human Rights Students invite you to:

Cecil Presents

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Dinner at 5:30 pm in the MPR.

Show at 6:30 pm in the Big Gym.

A night of excellent entertainment, fantastic food and prize raffles.

Featuring talent from Tec Voc, DMCI and Cecil Rhodes.

Tickets for dinner and the show:

$10.00 for adults and students

$5.00 for children 12 and under

Price includes a sit-down dinner,

show admission, dessert and a beverage.

Tickets for the show only:

$5.00 for adults and students

$3.00 for children 12 and under

Price includes show admission,

dessert and a beverage.

Tickets are available at the school office

or from the CRS Washington Human Rights students.

This is the major fundraising event for the Cecil Rhodes Washington Human Rights Students.

Call the school for more info. Phone: (204) 783-9012

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Parent’s Corner

Kimochis

Jennifer Curtis, School Social Worker

This year, Cecil Rhodes is excited to offer the Kimochis Program to grade two stu-

dents in Ms. Gilmore’s classroom. The program is facilitated by Ms. Gilmore and

Jennifer Curtis, school Social Worker.

Kimochis are a fun and easy way to introduce social-emotional learning and char-

acter education to children. The program helps to create an optimistic, caring

classroom environment where children feel understood, included and valued.

Kimochis teaches children to communicate with respect and kindness, even when

others do not.

The students are having weekly visits with the Kimochis characters. During each

visit, they learn about how their tone of voice, body language and choice of words

can make things better or worse. The Kimochis characters help the children to

communicate their feelings, understand differences, build relationships and see

the positive in one another.

If you have a child in Ms. Gilmore’s room, ask them to tell you about their favourite

Kimochi. Each Kimochi character has unique characteristics that the students can

relate to. Cloud is moody; Cat is curious; Bug is shy and Huggtopus is silly. Lovey

Dove is the calm and wise Kimochi. She helps the other Kimochi characters solve

problems and believes in them.

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Parent’s Corner

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Parent’s Corner

STOP! DROP! GO! ZONE

The area in front of Cecil Rhodes School is now considered our

student drop off zone before and after school.

We ask that all parents/guardians who are dropping off

students at the school please respect this zone.

If you are dropping off your child, please approach the zone from

the Worth and Elgin intersection. Students are to be let out of the

right-side curb door of the vehicle.

Please only enter the drop off zone from Worth and exit via Cecil

Street. Please do not park illegally along Elgin to wait for your

children.

Elgin has become very unsafe with children being dropped off from

both directions. School busses and emergency vehicles would not

get through making it an unsafe situation.

We appreciate your cooperation with this system as we work to

keep everyone safe on the street in front of our school.

SAFETY BEFORE CONVENIENCE!!!

Elgin

Cecil Rhodes

Wort

h

Cecil

Stop, Drop, GO!

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Parent’s Corner

Indoor Recess

Students stay indoors for recess when the wind chill reaches -28 degrees Celsius.

Bus cancellation

During the school year there may be times when school bus transportation is can-

celled due to inclement weather or poor driving conditions, but schools will re-

main open.

School bus transportation for all school divisions in the City of Winnipeg is cancelled when the wind chill

reaches -45° C by 6:15 a.m. based on the Environment Canada readings at the Winnipeg Airport. The

temperature readings can be found at the Environment Canada website (http://

www.weatheroffice.gc.ca). When bus transportation is cancelled in the morning, it will not resume later

in the day even if weather conditions improve.

The following media outlets are contacted in the early morning to ask that they broadcast and/or post

bus cancellation information:

89.3 CBC FM 990 CBC AM CKSB 89.9 FM (French) CJOB-680 AM

Power 97-FM 1290 CFRW 99.9 BOB-FM FAB 94.3 FM

92 CITI FM 102.3 CLEAR FM Virgin Radio 103 QX 104 FM

CTV News City TV Winnipeg Free Press website

March 2015 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

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Gr. 2 Board Games Club

Noon - Library

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2:30 Early

Dismissal

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5 Grades 3-6 Choir at

Winnipeg Music

Festival

9:30-11:50 am

Grade 9 Photos

Library 9:00 AM

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HOME

Gr. 1 - Board Games Club

Noon - Library

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Grade 3 and 4

Spelling Club at

noon

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P/T STUDENT

TRI-

CONFERENCES

EVENING

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P/T Student

Tri-

Conferences

No classes N-9

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Gr. 1 - Board Games Club

Noon - Library

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Cecil Presents! Dinner: 5:30 pm

Show: 6:30 pm

St. Patrick’s Day

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Grade 3 and 4

Spelling Club at

noon

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20 Grade 9 students

field trip to CMHR

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Grade 3 and 4

Spelling Club at

noon

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Day 3

S p r i n g B r e a k CLASSES RESUME MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015

Last day of

classes before

Spring Break

Day 5 Day 4 Day 6 Day 1

Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Day 6 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4