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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Feb.3

Support our School;

Don’t forget to

purchase your

Sobeys Gift Cards

Feb. 4

School Council Mtg.

-7pm in the LC Room

Feb. 5

Subway Lunch Book your parent

teacher-interviews

online starting today at mcs.schoolappointments.com

The website will be open

from Feb. 5th-Feb 11th

Feb.6

Pizza Day

Gr. 5 to STS pm

BBB vs. Edison

Gr. 6 BB game – PP

Girls BB @ WM

Feb. 7

MCS Family Dance

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Feb. 10

Book

Fair

Hot Lunch -website opens to

pre-order for March

Feb. 11

Book Fair Website closes to

book online parent

teacher interviews

Gr. 1 to Heritage

Park

BBB vs Blackie

Feb. 12

Book Fair Bistro Lunch

Parent-teacher

Interview Night

Feb. 13

Book Fair Pizza Day

GBB @

HH

Gr 6 BB game @ CIM

Feb. 14

Book Fair

Kinder Day

Feb. 17

Family Day (no school for students)

Feb. 18

In-lieu Day (no school for students)

Feb. 19

System Learning Day (no school for students)

Feb. 20

Teachers’ Convention (no school for students)

Feb. 21

Teachers’ Convention (no school for students)

Feb. 24

Next Blue

Newsletter

Hot Lunch -website closes at

midnight to pre-

order for March

Feb. 25

Leadership Profile

Development

4:00 – 5:30

Feb. 26

Taco & Booster

Juice Lunch

Feb. 27

Pizza Day

Feb. 28

Kinder Day

The Blue Newsletter is produced every two weeks. If you have information you would like to include in the newsletter, please e-mail

the school at gregsonw@fsd38.ab.ca The next newsletter will be available on-line Monday, February 24rd, 2014 Cut-off for submissions is 10:00 a.m.

Home of the Wildcats!

The New “Paperless” Blue Newsletter!

Millarville Community School Blue Newsletter Tel: (403) 938-7832/ http://millarville.fsd38.ab.ca

February 3, 2014

Mr. Gibson’s Desk: Principal Notes

It was a busy weekend here at MCS! Thank-you to the parents and staff who volunteered their time to make the

Wildcat Chaos basketball tournament such a huge success! All monies raised through events such as this go to

directly support our athletics programs. A very special thank you goes out to Mr. Hayden for making this

possible!

The upcoming month of February is a short one for our students. Between Family Day, Teacher’s Convention

and an additional staff organizational day, the month is sure to fly by. With all of the professional learning

taking place this month, I believe it is important for our families and community to understand how strong a

learning culture we have here at MCS; staff and students alike. I am constantly amazed when teachers come

back from learning and their first impulse is to find a way share and implement new strategies and programs

with their students and other staff.

Recently, I was supported by the Foothills School Division to attend a workshop in California for principals

new to the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. In this intensive three day seminar, I dove

deep into the philosophy of PYP and learned strategies to maintain the programme from an administrative

standpoint. Secondly, I was able to network with other principals in similar positions from Canada, USA,

Mexico, and Columbia. At our recent staff learning day, I shared some of the gems I had learned, and some of

the questions I still had and we had an opportunity to build our collective understanding of what it means to be

in a PYP programme.

This month we also have our second parent teacher interview opportunity. To streamline the process of making

appointments we have adopted a new scheduling system. As with anything new, we will ask for your feedback

on how well the system works with your family. If you have any issues please do call the office and we can

help book your appointment.

Paperless feedback:

The survey posted in the last Blue Newsletter seems to indicate a strong desire from respondents for an emailed

copy. Please remember, the paper version will still be available in the front office should you need one.

A Big Thank You! Thank you to all the parents and staff that

helped with our “Wildcats Chaos” Basketball Tournament! A special thanks

to Mr. Hayden for organizing such a

fantastic event.

Hmmmm….

Stinky Gym Strip? Students – The February

break is a great time to

bring your gym strip home

to be washed!

Online pre-ordering for March Hot

Lunches opens Monday, February 10th

and closes Monday, February 24 at

midnight.

Haven’t registered yet? Sign up is easy

and our menu items include many great

options from Booster Juice to

Quesadillas! Don’t forget, all pizza

ordering is now online too.

Full payment is due

Tuesday, February 25 at 3:00pm. https://millarville.hotlunches.net

…or just Google “Millarville hot lunches”!

LOST & FOUND

Please come and claim your lost articles.

Anything not claimed will be donated to charity.

The Priddis Community Association is having a

We would like to invite Grades 1 through 6 to join us at the

Priddis Community Association Hall March 28, 2014

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The cost is $5.00 per person and a concession will be available for treats.

We will have an EMT on site, along with some of our wonderful Volunteer Fire Fighters. Chaperones will be placed at each exit to ensure that no child may exit the building once they

have entered. Parents must come into the hall to pick up their children.

No Child will be allowed to leave without an adult, no exceptions will be made.

Part Time Help Wanted

Nola’s Granola is looking for two or three people to

work one or two days a week making the best granola in

the west! The job location is at the Red Deer Lake

church kitchen. Hours are from 8:30-3:30, but fairly

flexible to accommodate school schedules. Job may only

last until the end of June. Possible prospects of moving

the location to Calgary by summer. Please give me a call

if you have any interest or questions. Glenda Bruder

403-931-1558