COBDEN DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL

OCTOBER 2014

Dear Parents, Staff & Students,

Thank you to everyone (students, parents and staff) for all your hard work to help CDPS off to a fantastic start. A huge thank you to our dedicated custodial team (at right) who made our school “sparkle” over the summer months. We have much to be proud of at CDPS. Our Cross Country and Flag Football teams are into the season preparing to represent CDPS with pride. I am impressed with the dedication that our students have shown as they continue to train. After the first cross-country meet, we are celebrating several top ten finishes and a show of sportsmanship that makes us all so very proud. If you haven’t already heard about it...ask a member of cross country team. Our Meet The Teacher Night this year was held on September 17th. Once again, our halls and classrooms were filled with students proudly displaying their work to their parents/guardians. This is an important eve-ning...one that gives us all a chance to connect early in the school year. Thank you to those who were able to be part of it. Connected to Meet the Teacher Night was our Book Fair, organized once again by Mrs. Jennifer Bell. Students had the opportunity to tour the book fair with their classes and again with their parents. Thanks for supporting your children and our school with this worthwhile event. In September every year, the school is provided the results from the previous year’s EQAO testing. Parents and the students who participated have received their results. We are proud to report that once again, Cobden performed well. We were above the board average for Reading, Writing, and Math in both grade 3 and grade 6 testing. Finally...September 26th was our day to celebrate the efforts and journey of Terry Fox. It is inspiring to see our students continue to acknowledge Terry’s ef-forts to raise awareness for such a devastating disease. It is inspiring...but not sur-prising. CDPS is just a fantastic school community.

Peter Burnette, Principal

N E W S L E T T E R

Thanks…

For supporting the Scholastic Book Fair!

We made over $1,100 to put towards books for the library

and classroom resources.

Our Awesome

Custodians!

Junior & Senior Kindergarten students get off to a great start for the new school year.

Welcome to Chez Knox

who is a co-op student from Opeongo High

School and will be with us

until January 2015.

T E R R Y F O X R U N

Mrs. Mousseau, Mr. Reinke & Ms. Smith

MILK & JUICE

The following items are available for purchase at Nutrition Break: at 11:25 am:

Milk, Chocolate Milk .50¢ Canned Juices from machines $1.00 Milk tickets can also be purchased.

Milk tickets are available for $5.00 each

which will give the student 10 milk. They are available at the milk table at lunch time. Student’s names will be put on the milk ticket and returned to the student when the

ticket is complete. Thank you.

OCTOBER DRAW PLEASE SIGN BELOW TO INDICATE THAT YOU

HAVE RECEIVED THIS NEWSLETTER AND RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER.

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Student’s name

_________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s Signature

Student Council

Team Reps

ORANGE Ethan Prins Daniella Bell

YELLOW Carolyn Wytenburg Emily Barron

GREEN Alyssa Vandekemp Taylor Olmstead

BLUE Brynne Delaurier Noah Brownlee

Grade 5 & 6 Reps

Yellow - Liam Bennett Blue - Carolyn Bolle

Blue - Michelle Coleman Blue - Tim Petermann

Theme Days

Oct 10 - Camo Day Oct 24 - Crazy Hair Day

Oct 27-31 - Pumpkin Decorating Note: NOT carving!

All pumpkins must be taken home on Friday after school Oct 31 - Dress-Up Day

& Judging of Pumpkins

EQAO

…A Look at Results Worth Celebrating

Our Grade 3 & 6 students once

again performed well during the EQAO

tests last year. Below is a chart of the

results. The chart shows the percentage

of students who achieved at, or above,

the Provincial Standard.

It is worth noting that our Grade 3 & Grade 6 results are above the Board

average in all areas.

Grade Reading Writing Mathe-

matics

Gr. 3 76% 85% 70%

Gr. 6 85% 76% 52%

Grade 7's are sampling the naturally fermented pickles they prepared as part of their

study of the interactions between living and non-living elements in an ecosystem.

CDPS Staff got wet on

a nice warm day in

early September for a good

cause with the

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge,

helping to raise millions of

dollars around the world.

Here at CDPS,

we raised

$252.20.

Magazine Campaign Gr. 2-8 gets off to a great start!

The CDPS Annual Magazine Campaign will be launched on October 9th,

with an Assembly in the gym. Students are aiming to reach

certain goals in the campaign. Good Luck to everyone!

October 9 - 22, 2014

Cobden

Keys

Students are given a “Cobden Key” for showing character, good citizenship and random

acts of kindness. If your child is on this list, ask her/him what special act they

did in September to get a “Cobden Key”.

Congratulations to…. Alyssa Ritchie Katie Kargus

Sadie Ferguson Grace Bennett Justin Baycroft Hailie Brenner

Winston Burgess Mirek Hoszko

Cobden Key

Glebe Run Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

A group of CDPS students travelled to Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa to

take part in the “Glebe Gryphons” Cross Country Championship. The

students ran very well throughout the day.

Ryan McIntyre showed amazing sportsmanship when he stopped running to

help a fellow runner who was injured in a fall on the course.

Jonathan Peever 7th

Ryan McIntyre - Hero!

Kevin Ready 42nd

Carter Mick 17th

Adam Wood 51st

Thomas Ciphery 21st

Brent Ready 22nd

Connor Robinson 48th

Jordan Mitchell 1st

Kaitlyn Bourgeois 9th

Mackenzie Bryanton 25th

Brynne Delaurier 33rd

Hilary Dick 17th

Sydney Broome 27th

Natasha Kargus 24th

Travis Roy 50th

Tyson Tomasini 32nd

Wesley Peever 38th

Jamie Broome 15th

Alexa Gamache 16th

Megan Hendry 34th

Emily Barron 21st

Shaylyn Bielaskie 35th

In 2010, September 25th was named Franco-Ontarian Day to officially recognize the contribution of Ontario’s Francophone community to the cultural, historical, social, economic and political life of the province. This year, the Grade 7 & 8 Immersion Classes celebrated by making flags (above), which we then paraded around town. Upon our return, we also indulged in some traditional French foods and culture.

Playground Fun!

NEWSLETTER WINNERS September

Avery Reckzin Danten Ellens

Danika Brenner Lexi Tait

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October 2014

Cobden District Public School 16 Cowley Street, P. O Box 130

Cobden, Ontario K0J 1K0 Phone: 613-646-2271

Fax: 613-646-2194 Principal: Peter Burnette

Office Manager: Philippa Bell Head Custodian: Irene Mousseau

Ministry of Education Website

www.edu.gov.on.ca

HOT DOG DAY

Thanksgiving

Day

Cross Country @ Hugli’s

Cross Country @ Logos Land

Picture Re-takes

Grade 5 Swimming

Grade 5 Swimming

Grade 5 Swimming

Guitar Lessons @ Cobden Public School

taught by Rylan Dmytryshyn. For more information

& to book lessons, call 613-646-7204 or email:

rylan.ld@gmail.com Thanks!

Flag Football @ Mateway Park,

Renfrew

Grade 5 Swimming

No Swimming

Rain Date for Flag Football

Magazine Campaign Kick-off

Assembly @ 2:15 pm

Curling Registration

Little Rock Age 7 & Up

Junior Grade 6 & Up

Registration Thursday, October 30th @ Cobden Curling Rink

7:30 pm

Any inquiries… Call Mrs. Francis @ 613-646-2354

Theme Day:

Camo

Theme Day:

Crazy Hair

Pumpkin Decorating Week: Judging on Friday, Oct 31st

Theme Day:

Halloween Costume

Grade 8 students (above & below) accomplished one of the items on their “Class Bucket List”. The making of a giant fort highlights that a list is just a list, unless you act on it. Completion of this class project taught the students that we can accomplish anything we set our minds to!

Mrs. Oakes’

Drama Class

Taste of The Valley

Saturday, October 18

8:00 am-3:00 pm Cobden Fairgrounds

An exposition of LOCAL Food,

Crafts & Products

Bring shopping bags & coolers!

PIZZA DAY

More

fun in

the

play-

ground

Picture Orders Due

today.

Magazine Campaign

Ends!