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The Lewis Link

David Lewis Public School Trustee: Manna Wong

Area Superintendent: Louie Papathanasakis

Vice-Principal: Sam Niarchos

MAY 2018

We are delighted to share this newsletter with you showcasing all the recent activities at our fine

school. Everything is moving forward at a frantic pace and we are looking forward to the last 4

weeks of school and more fun activities as we end yet another wonderful year at David Lewis.

PRINCIPAL’S

MESSAGE

By Karen Peach

Music / Art Night in May On Tuesday, May 8

th, we had our Music/Art Night from 6:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. Under the

direction of Mr. Henderson and Mrs. Preston, students have been working for weeks to prepare for

this exciting night. Here is some of their artwork that was displayed in front of the office and along

the hallway. Music Night included selections from our junior band, senior band, and woodwinds

under the direction of Mr. Henderson; primary choir under the direction of Mrs. Griffin and Ms. Ip

and Intermediate Choir under the direction of Mrs. Wall. As always, we played to a full house.

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Examples of STEM activities from our

Intermediates were also on display.

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Our Kindergarten students studied

how to save our sea creatures from eating garbage Rooms 119 and 120 have been working on and learning about our oceans. We have learned that

thousands of interesting animals live in our vast oceans. We have also learned that their home is

becoming overrun with garbage and plastic, leaving our ocean and fish sick and dying. These are the

very fish that we eat, and as such, the food that we ingest could also be contaminated. We are

becoming more aware of this problem and are trying to come up with more ways to reduce, reuse,

recycle, AND REFUSE! Say no to plastic when possible!

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These are the creations the Kindies made as a

culminating task for our STEM unit on ocean

pollution. They designed prototypes for ocean

cleaning machines that would rid our oceans of

plastic like straws and plastic bags.

Dandelion fields Our students took an unexpected walk to the

dandelion fields where we enjoyed making

bouquets as well as picking up garbage. We also

thought it was a good idea to kick-start our non-

standard measurement unit by measuring each

other's height using dandelions! What fun!

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Teachers met on May 23, 2018 with Junior Kindergarten Students &

Parents who are looking forward to starting school in September!

Welcome to David Lewis!

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Ultimate Frisbee Tournament at David Lewis Teams from Silver Springs, Milliken and Terry Fox competed in an amazing tournament.

Thank you to Mr. Longaphie!

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Math Club Math club students with their new purple bags.

Once again our team was very successful.

Congratulation to Kevin for placing first!

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** Important Dates to Remember for June ***

Date Event

June 4th

Track & Field Final at Esther Shiner

June 8th

PA Day. No School for students. 学生没有课

June 11th

to 15th

Grade 7/8s to Ganaraska Outdoor Centre

June 12th

Manna Wong’s Art Day. Come and visit from 9:15 – 10:00 a.m.

June 15th

Grade 4/5s to Toronto Zoo

June 18th

Play Day Grade 1-6 (Grade 7/8’s to plan and lead)

June 19th

Kindergarten Folk Dancing 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at Timberbank

(alternate date for rain June 22nd

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June 20th

Kindergarten Play Day (Rain or Shine)

June 21st Primary Zoo trip (Room 102, 103, 104 and 105)

June 25th

Grade 8 Graduation at 7:00 p.m.

June 26th

Kindergarten Graduation at 9:30 a.m.

June 28th

Last day of School 学校的 最后一天

June 29th

PA Day