Principal’s MessageHappy Holidays!

It is a wonderful time of year. The weather is cooling off, but the children are still enjoying their time spent outside. Please be sure to dress them properly for the weather. It is important they are getting fresh air every day.

We are preparing for our much anticipated Christmas Concert. In an effort to make things more enjoyable we are hosting TWO concerts this year on December 15th. We will be having an afternoon concert and then an evening concert too. Our goal is to provide more seating for all the guests without breaching fire codes.

I want to thank our PAC for all the work they have been doing so far this year. We have continued success with more and more parents attending. Come get involved. With the rush of Christmas, we are having our next meeting on January 26th so be sure to come!

We allocate 100 minutes of non-interrupted instructional time for our grade 1-3 students. It begins at 8:40 am and goes until 10:20 am. This means we don’t have bells, parents disrupting, phone calls, or staff coming/exiting classrooms during this time. We are part of the Paul Martin Literacy Initiative and are one of six schools selected in all of Canada. Part of the commitment is to ensure all students are here for the 100 minutes. This means your child must be attending school every day, but also must arrive to school on time. We are going to really be pushing forward and need your help with this. Please make those 100 minutes a priority for your child.

Thank you to everyone who made it out for Celebration of Learning. It was amazing to see how well the children presented and shared with you all their successes. I am sure you were proud. I know we all were! We have amazing children at EES. We see how they are setting goals, taking learning seriously and putting first things first. Well done awasisak!

We are wishing you all a wonderful holiday season. Our hope is for you to have a relaxing, enjoyable time with family. Blessings to all of you and Merry Christmas!

Debbie Michael, Principal

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Principal: Debbie Michael Email: debbie_michael@miyo.ca Vice Principal: Doris Auger Vice Principal: Sheila Dumonceaux Admin Assistant: Jackie Littlechild Box 420, Maskwacis, AB T0C 1N0 Phone: 585-3760 Fax: 585-2001

Tanisi families,November has been a busy month in our school. One highlight was all the Niska feathers that students earned and entered into the draw at our assembly. The following students were chosen for a prize:

Niska winners for October:Lihanna Omeasoo 1S: being proactiveClifton Everet 2L: Synergizing by helping othersNoah Smallboy 3C: being proactive and sweeping up the classroom everydayWesley Roasting 4N: cleaning the classroomNazerin Minde 5O: habit 2, bringing agenda to school everydayJace Littlechild-Wolfe 6 (E2): win-win: sharing food at lunch time

In other news, there has been a launch of the First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line. This is a crisis line to provide immediate culturally competent telephone-based counselling to First Nations and Inuit young people and adults experiencing distress. Callers can access the Help Line 24/7 effective immediately. The toll-free phone number for the line is 1-855-242-3310.As the year continues, we often notice at school the ill effects of gaming as it affects the sleep patterns of students. Many studies have shown than playing video games at length before bed time can effect the amount and quality of sleep for people of all ages. It has been suggested that not having screen time for a minimum of 1 hour before bed can allow better and longer sleeper for children--something that helps them learn. Please feel free to call us at the school if you have any questions about this or anything else.

Ekosi,Frans Erickson & Trent YoungCounselling Team

November has been a great month of learning in the library. The grade 2 and Eagle 1 classes came in to an activity with “bats”.

In AR the whole school the students have read 2,073 books and 6,123,008 words. We have read 838 books this month and almost to our goal of reading 1000 books in a month.

25 AR Points Marissa Buffalo 5W Alyssa Mackinaw 5W Teanna Littlechild 5W Patrick Morin 6W Katie Omeasoo 6W Lazarus Roasting 5C Nazerin Minde 5O Morningstarwalker Minde 6K Annalise Whiebear 6M

50 AR Points Teanna Littlechild 5W Patrick Morin 6W

Way to go Ermineskin Elementary! Keep up the great reading!!!

COUNSELOR’S COMMENTS

By Frans Ericsson

LearningCommons

by Katherine Krogsgaard

ParentAdvisory Committee

We are happy to be contributing to the school newsletter. We are now in full swing and recently we did a 50/50 fundraiser at the Celebration of Learning. Thank you Michael Bellrose, Joanne Potts, Lorelee Wolfe, and Jeremy Shirt for selling tickets. We made $106.50 in total and the lucky winner was one of our teachers, Erin Joseph. Congratulations!

We are having our next meeting on January 26th at 4:30 pm and at we are tentatively booked to hear more about the Paul Martin Literacy Initiative. See you then!

Parent Advisory Committee:Elder: Ursula CutarmChairperson:  Joanne PottsVice Chairperson: Jeremy ShirtSecretary: Marly LittlechildBINGO Executive:  Kim BullTreasurer: Darla Moonias

Dogs!

We are having some difficulty with the number of dogs that are on the school grounds. They are starting to be aggressive and one student from the other school was bit.

Please remind your children not to touch the dogs or to have open food on the playground. We are doing the same.

Animal rescue are being called and will be collecting stray dogs in the near future. Please ensure that your personal pets are restrained and not wandering around the school or townsite or they may be picked up.

Thanks for helping ensure the safety of our children.

You are invited to ourChristmas Concerts!

The Grade 1-6 Concerts are on Thursday, December 15th

at 1:00 & 6:00.

We have added an afternoon concert to better accommodate our families! Please choose whichever

one works better for you.

Reminders✦ Please ensure you are coming

to the office rather than interrupting classes. If you are picking up your child, we can have them brought to the office or if you are dropping off lunches, they can pick them up at lunch time in the office. Thank you for not disturbing our learning time as well as ensuring the safety of your children.

✦ We will not take messages for your child to take a different bus. Teachers have been instructed to always put their students on the assigned bus for safety. We will take a message if you are picking up your child.

✦ If your child has misplaced or even wrecked their agenda, please come and buy a new one in the office for $5. It is a great communication tool between the home and the school.

School Concessionwill be open on Fridays at lunch for students to purchase snacks

like popcorn, beef jerky, and chips!

All proceeds will go to the PAC Fundraising!

The canteen is operated by our own student fundraising team!

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Thank you to the following Leadership Team for their

contribution to our Remembrance Day Ceremony!

Cadet Leaders

led by Trent Young

Joshua  Buffalo          Tylee Littlechild          Shayla Thom            

Hunter Mackinaw      Precious Young        Sheldon Evert          

Ianna Ermineskin      Drayton Crane          

Naslund Rattlesnake Curtis Nicotine          Malika Starlight         

Angel Young              Beautiful Roan

Shada SaddlebackJaylynn Littlechild   

Aiden Wolfe      Trent Saddleback

Cecilia Saddleback

Coping with Grief and Loss

2 Day Parent Workshop Ermineskin Elder’s Center

by Leo McGilvery

Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

& Friday, December 2, 2016

9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Join us in learning more about the grieving process and ways to cope with the pain. Leo will share his knowledge, experience and use drumming, singing and traditional teachings as a base for

healing.

Please join us if you can.

Lunch is provided.

November Perfect Attenders!Grade 5/6

November Perfect Attenders!Grade 3/4

November Perfect Attenders!Grade 1/2

Crier, Isabella Giroux, Neyo Gregory Littlechild-Soosay, Markell Minde, Kash (Wildcat, PheonixMoonias, Eliza Saulteaux-Swampy, ShawnteWolfe, CacheusCrier-Ermineskin, AmaraLittlechild, LilySaddleback, DerriusShirt, CasonWhitebear, DerwinGiroux, JohntayLittlechild-Soosay, MatteoMorin, RiverThreefingers, SimonWhitebear, KenyonCrane-Saddleback, DezeraeCutarm, KennethDennehy, SheylynEagle, RaidenEvert, CliftonLittlechild, LelandRattlesnake, NaidynCutknife-Ellen, GillianLittlechild, TarynMackinaw, JaydenMinde, MarkusOmeasoo, JordanStoney, Darius

Buffalo, CraigCutarm, CreedenLittlechild, MiaMcCarthy-Littlechild, ArunaRaine-Young, PreciousSaddleback-Garcia, MariahSoosay, MarzenaBull-Buffalo, Leighlah)Minde, Natallia)Raine, SamanthaWhitebear, JayceCutarm, DaejaJohnson, KaylissaLightning, CayleeLittlechild-SittingEagle, TaneeshaMontour, MorningstarOmeasoo, Kendall Jr.Whitebear, JaydenCutarm, ZachoaGiroux, Curtez Littlepoplar, Ellayah Roan, ShaylaStoney, JuliaCutarm, Andrew)Larocque-Yellowbird, JaydaLittlechild, Richlyn Mosquito-Whitebear, KingsleyOmeasoo, SunshineRoasting-Wolfe, WesleyMoonias, DwayneSimon-Crane, Deandre

Cutarm, KennedyOmeasoo, ArlinRoan, PaselyRoan, LeonSaddleback-Garcia, RayaWolfe, JamesJerry, JaylinLittlechild, AnakinLittlechild, AthenLittlechild, CalieRaine, Jerae Littlechild-Bear, SirezBruno, DesmondBull-Rabbit, DayzelRoasting, KaellynSoosay, ChrishawnWolfe, SophieLittlechild, AmurezMoonias, AndreaOmeasoo, KatieOskatamin-Rain, TimothySaddleback-Garcia, CemWhitebear-Green, RockyYellowbird, KamronGiroux, LazighaLittlechild, TeannaStarlight, MalikaYoung, AngelWard, Ciara

Leadership Day!JANUARY 27

We are pleased to be holding our 2nd Leadership Day on January 27th. Parents and the Community are invited to come in and watch our students lead a day of learning and sharing. We hope to see you there!

We have a message from Hobbema Transportation. Please remember to dress your children for the weather or they will not be picked up. Also buses will not go down driveways that are not plowed. Hobbema Transport continues to not accept transfers, so please do not ask for your children to go on different buses. Have a safe and happy Christmas! Ay Hay!

NOT TOO LATE TO ORDER SCHOOL PHOTOS FOR CHRISTMAS!

Dear Parents,

As Christmas quickly approaches, many of you may have forgotten to order your child’s school portraits. It’s not too late to order for Christmas delivery!

If you have your proof sheets just go to mylifetouch.ca to order your portraits and take advantage of our wide variety of backgrounds and product offerings.

If you lost your proof sheet, please call 1-800-473-5090 and one of our customer service professionals will help you with the ordering process. All orders received by December 7th will be delivered in time for Christmas.

Thank you and Merry Christmas from Lifetouch!

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