March 9, 2015

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Millarville Community School

130 Millarville Road 403-938-7832

http://millarville.fsd38.ab.ca

Principal’s Message On February 26

th the whole school took to the air to show their support for the

Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart! Our energetic grade 8s took the lead and ran centers for the rest of the school to try out different styles of rope jumping. Thanks to our grade 8s for their hard work on this day! Most of all, thank you to our community who was able to raise almost $4000 for this charity! You blew our goal of $500 out of the park! Gifts for those students who raised the various benchmarks will be here soon from the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Last month all of our staff and students in grades 4-8 took our annual Tell Them from Me Accountability survey. These results and those from our monthly survey go a long way to helping us learn and grow as a learning community. The cupid pictured to the left is a motif of your responses to the question that asked for one word to describe your child’s experience this month at MCS. We also asked some questions regarding technology. As we look forward to the next two years, we would like to strategically plan with our families, students and teachers how we will approach technology purchases and needs in our building. If you are interested in being a part of a focus committee, please sign-up by going to the following link. http://bit.ly/mcstechgroup Enjoy the sunshine!

Glenn Gibson (gibsong@fsd38.ab.ca) Be Awesome, Be Better, Be a Team Player

Upcoming Events: March 11 – Grade 4 Simple Machines Show March 13 – Kinder Friday March 19 – Round-up/GALA night 5:30pm March 20 – System Learning Day (no school) March 26 – Farm Safety Presentation March 27 – Learner Profiles home March 27 – Grade 1 assembly April 1 – Band Clinic for grades 6-8

March 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Sunday

9 10 11 12 13 14/15 Millarville Messenger Publication

Millarville Community Foundation AGM 7:00 pm in the Learning Commons

Pre-school registration at Ranchers’ Hall 7:00-8:00 pm

Kinder Friday

16 17 18 19 20 21/22

Spring Round- up 5:30 – 9:00 pm

System Learning Day

23 24 25 26 27 28/29 Millarville Messenger Publication

Science Fair – RDL 9-12

Alberta Farm Safety Presentation Kinder Art Show at 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Kinder Friday Grade 1 Assembly at 2:00 pm Learner Profiles go home

30 31 1 2 3 4/6

Spring Break! Early Dismissal at 11:50 am

Easter Friday

Spring Break until April 13th

School News Briefs

Amazing Volunteer

Thank-yous!

Gabe Fleetcroft for being the best little Hot Lunch helper!!

Parent Council and all of the parents who provided the delicious dinner for the staff at the Student-Led Conferences and to all parents who came and took part in the evening.

Congratulations! To our grade 7/8 boys basketball team for winning the 2015 boys basketball league championship finals. The boys also took 2

nd place and the girls took 3

rd in the Oilfields tournament held

this weekend. Our boys and girls combined team won 1st

place in the skills competition. A huge thank-you to Bryan and Sarah Pederson for their time and talent in coaching our teams this year. Also to Mrs. Sillers and Mr. Beacom for their support.

UWALK has been developed by the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation and is funded by the Government of Alberta. UWALK aims to help Albertans find their stride and support them moving forward. The MCS staff would like to invite you to join our UWALK community.

Sign-up at UWALK.ca and search for Millarville Community

School. Let’s keep moving Millarville!

Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests The Government of Alberta has decided to continue with the grade 6 PATs this spring. All grade 6 students will be writing these benchmark tests this spring on the following schedule.

May 13th – Language Arts (Writing) June 17 – LA (Comprehension) June 18 – Math June 19 – Science June 22 – Social Studies For more information: http://education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/exams.aspx

Volunteers Needed!

The school is presently looking for volunteers to work a CASINO! The students directly benefit from this fundraiser with all funds going to the school for field trips, athletics, outdoor pursuits, band, etc. The CASINO will be at Century Casino on Thursday, June 18th and Friday, June 19th. Both day shifts start at 11:00 am and end at 7:00 pm. Both night shifts start at 6:30 pm and end at closing time. If you are available to work one of these shifts, please contact Ms. Karla Davis at davisk@fsd38.ab.ca Your time and volunteering is appreciated!

The Round Up is just around the corner!

On Thursday, March 19th from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., your whole family is invited

to attend a fun-filled evening which will feature a Silent Auction, Basket

Raffles, a Western Themed dinner option, a Family Dance and Games.

Please follow the link below to indicate how many in your family will be eating

dinner! http://bit.ly/mcsroundup

Thank you to members of our community who have already sent in baskets

and auction items. We would kindly ask you to have all your donated items to

the school by Monday, March 16.

The proceeds from this epic event go to support all our students and we

thank you for your kind support. Please contact Mrs. Gregson, Mrs. Lederer,

Ms. Davis, or Mr. Gibson at 403-938-7832 for more information.

The Kinders are inquiring into how people communicate their feelings. They’ve

been looking at different artists and will share their own artwork on Thursday,

March 26.

The Grade 1s are looking at communities and how buildings are constructed to

provide for needs and wants. They will be celebrating their learning at an

upcoming assembly on Friday, March 27.

The Grade 2s are investigating how our personal habits affect our health. They

have been learning about the brain, blood, and other body systems with their

special classroom guest, Frank.

The Grade 3s unit under Who We Are has them researching how humans have

rights & responsibilities to maintain communities. Each student investigated a service

organization that brought special attention to the global needs of children.

The Grade 4s have been busy investigating simple machines and their very own

machines came to school last week. There were some amazing and creative

inventions in the classroom!

The Grade 5s are working under the theme How We Express Ourselves by looking

at how the Arts illuminate the complexity and diversity of a culture.

The Grade 6s wrapped up their unit on Evidence and Investigation and are now

starting to work in their Sky Science unit.

The Grade 7s built and are testing the differences between passive and solar

heating with model “cube” houses.

The Grade 8s are finding out lots of fascinating information about the Aztecs and

are also reading novels recommended by their teacher, Mr. Hanson.

Awesome Students! Addie – Gr. 2 for respect & independence Shona – Gr. 3 for enthusiasm Reese – Gr. 3 for curiosity Maya – Gr. 2 for creativity Anya – Gr. 2 for independence Kate – Gr. 2 for respect

Briella – Gr. 4 for empathy Chara – Gr. 6 for commitment Austin – Gr. 6 for appreciation Naomi – Gr. 6 for respect Kate – Gr. 2 for independence Reagan – Gr. 2 for respect

Community News

MILLARVILLE AND DISTRICT

RECREATION BOARD

The Millarville and District Recreation Board is accepting applications for funding for non-profit organizations for the coming year. Each year the board receives a grant from the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 and disperses the funds to deserving groups. If you would like to apply for a grant, please send a letter stating your request along with a budget for 2015 and a financial statement for 2014, to Box 59, Millarville, Alberta T0L 1K0. In previous years funding has been provided to the Millarville Sports Association, Millarville Community Library, Millarville Community School, Oilfields High School, West End Band Program, various 4-H groups and individuals in sports and dance who have competed at a national or international level.

The deadline for applications is March 15th

. For further information please contact Norma Dawson at 403-931-3580. We

are always looking for new community members to sit on our board, so if you are interested please give Norma a call.

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Millarville Community Foundation AGM

March 10th

at 7:00 pm Learning Commons

For more information contact Shanna sbdunne@xplornet.com

LAST CHANCE TILE PAINTING DATES FOR

FOOTHILLS LIONS SPRAY PARK:

FRIDAY APRIL 17 4:00PM-9:00PM

SATURDAY APRIL 18 11:00AM-5:00PM

SHEEP CREEK ARTS COUNCIL

133 SUNSET BLVD, TURNER VALLEY

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SUPPORT

THE FOOTHILLS LIONS SPRAY PARK

WITH A COMMEMORATIVE CERAMIC TILE! TILE DONATION IS $50

CASH OR CHEQUE ACCEPTED AT TILE PAINTING SESSION

NO NEED TO PRE-REGISTER, WALK-INS ARE OK

Questions? CONTACT KARLA @ 403-933-2473

kmpowell18@gmail.com

Little Bandits Basketball 2015 After much success in 2014 we are excited to announce that we will be running our Little Bandits Basketball program for its 2nd year beginning April 14th. This year we will be running a 4 week program in Black Diamond for youth Grades 1 through 6. Our goal is to develop important motor skills through the basic fundamentals of basketball including ball handling, footwork, shooting, passing and catching the ball. For Grades 4-6 we look to prepare the elementary school player whose interest is to play at the junior high level.

For registration information, please email: banditsclubbasketball@gmail.com. The registration deadline is Wednesday, April 1

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Millarville Preschool Registration Night

Thursday, March 12, 2015

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Rancher’s Hall

Come out and register for the 2015 / 2016 4-year old

Millarville Preschool Program!!!

Children must be 4 years old by December 31, 2015.

Program runs Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8:30 – 11:00 am, September through

June at Rancher’s Hall, Millarville.

Possibility of a 3 year old program

Children must be 3 years old by December 31, 2015. Please email me at

ericacrowe12@gmail.com if you are interested and we will see if there is

enough kids to make it work!

Millarville Early Learning Society (MELS) is a parent-run organization; the

programs purpose is to strengthen our children’s self-esteem, foster the

importance of family and community and develop a positive attitude

towards learning and school.

For more info or any questions, please contact:

Erica Crowe, 403-836-9950 or

Linda Bunn (teacher), 403-931-1091

$100 non-refundable deposit is due upon registration.