Spruceland Traditional Elementary 3508 Rainbow Drive, Prince George, B.C.

www.stes.sd57.bc.ca 250-563-4208

Principal: Sid Jawanda Vice-Principal: Dan Petrisor

January 8, 2020

Happy New Year and welcome back Spruceland Families!

I hope that the time away from school has provided opportunity for making

connections and recharging of energy systems.

For all the families who were able to join us for Toy Bingo, Christmas Concerts

and our Santa Breakfast….thank you. What makes Spruceland Traditional

Elementary School so special is our community. We have a staff that go so far

beyond the bookends of the day to make such events happen…and of

course our families who come out to support the school and celebrate

together.

Formal communications of student learning (report cards) will be sent home

on January 31st. Remember that learning is an ongoing journey and this report

will be a snapshot of where your child is on that date. We have seen

incredible growth in our students since September and know that they will

continue to grow throughout the year.

We are in the midst of winter so please ensure that your children are dressed

appropriately for the weather. Students will be outside in the morning, at

break and at lunch unless the temperature drops below -20 degrees Celsius.

Also, please be careful when walking around the school as there may be icy

or slippery sections of our grounds.

Let’s make 2020 an amazing year for our students and school!

Sid Jawanda

Principal

Upcoming

Events for

January 2020

Jan 16th – Grade 7

Meeting at 6pm @

Library

PIZZA lunch days for

January:

10th, 17th, 24th & 31st

Jan. 24th – MOVIE

NIGHT!!!

Doors open at 5:30,

starts at 6pm

Jan. 27th – NID - No

School for students.

Jan. 31st – Report Cards

go home.

To ensure student safety, all visitors coming to the school between 8:45am-2:25pm

MUST: 1.) Sign in at the office and sign out when you leave. 2.) Wear a school lanyard as a guest or volunteer. This system will improve our

lists of people in the school during a lockdown or evacuation. (School special events are an exception.)

3.) It is very important that our hallways remain quiet during class time and use of inappropriate language is strictly prohibited.

4.) All parents wanting to be volunteers need to apply for a Police Record Check every 3 years. Applications can be picked up at our office, you must then fill out and drop off to the RCMP. We are happy to support all applications.

5.) All lunches for students are to be brought to the office and we will call your child down to pick up.

With the cold weather conditions, also comes the snow. Please remove your outdoor shoes when entering the school, racks are provided by the door for parent’s outdoor footwear. Students are to take their outdoor shoes to their assigned boot racks. This will keep our floors clean and also less slippery.

Students will soon need to be dressed for below zero temperatures. Student In-Days are -20C including windchill. Please ensure that your child will be dressed warmly for the weather conditions. Proper boots, hats, snow pants and jackets are required for students to play comfortably outside. Extra mitts are an excellent idea to have tucked inside of backpacks. Labelled clothing is harder to lose, so please label your child’s clothing clearly. This is especially important for t-shirts and hoodies as they are all the same.

If your child is going to be late or absent for any reason, please contact the office at 250-563-4208.

Please also note and discuss with your child(ren) that using the office phone is for emergencies and not to arrange after school plans.

Spruceland is an allergy aware school

- Be considerate of classroom allergies when sending lunches

and snacks to school.

- Use a paper towel so the food does not touch the desk or

table.

- Wash hands thoroughly after eating.

BELL SCHEDULE:

8:40 Warning Bell

8:45 Instruction Begins

12:20 Lunch

12:35 Outside Time

1:00 Warning Bell

1:05 Instruction Begins

2:37 Dismissal

Except on Early

Dismissal

Wednesdays:

11:50 Lunch Begins

12:05 Outside Time

12:30 Warning Bell

12:35 Instruction Begins

1:25 Dismissal

If your child will be

dropped off before

8:25am, or cannot be

picked up at the new

early Wednesday

dismissal time, please

contact the principal or

vice principal.

sjawanda@sd57.bc.ca

dpetrisor@sd57.bc.ca

Every Friday is Pizza Day! Pizza is now pre-ordered via a form that is sent home with students. Exact change must be returned to the

school by the due date. Pizza forms for January were sent home and were due back, December 19th. Extra

forms are also always kept outside the office in the hallway should you not receive one. The forms for

February will be going home in January. Forms are given to every student so please keep an eye out for it in

their backpacks.

Please note that there will be no refunds for absent students – you may arrange to come to the school to pick

up or have a sibling pick up their pizza, otherwise it will be donated.

Pizza Days in January are the 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st.

The cost is $2.00 per slice.

We have 3 options: Pepperoni, Cheese or Ham and Pineapple.

Chocolate milk can be purchased for $1.50 or apple juice for $1.00. We are also

now offering chocolate covered pretzels for $2.00.

Strong Start is a free drop in for ages 0-5 from 8:45 – 11:45am., Mon. to Fri. There is no Strong Start the first Monday of each month nor on Non-Instructional Days.

Parent Advisory Council

Thank you to everyone that came out and supported our Toy Bingo on December 5th!!

The next PAC meeting is February 11th at 6pm.

PAC will be hosting a Movie Night on January 24th in the gym. Doors open at 5:30pm, movie starts at 6pm. More info to follow in January regarding which movie and what will be available at concession.

To reach the PAC, you can email them at sprucelandpac@gmail.com or through their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sprucelandtraditionalelementarypac/

School Newsletters:

School newsletters are sent out in digital form. They are emailed out the last Friday of each month giving you

the info for the following month’s news and activities. They are also posted to our website

https://www.sd57.bc.ca/school/stes and the PAC Facebook page. There will be printed copies available for

those families that cannot access a digital copy. Please ensure the office has your current email address.

After school programs will resume in January! If you missed out this term, please ensure to get your forms in to Mrs.

Adams – forms were sent home this week. These clubs are all 8 week programs and will end in March. New clubs will

start in March.

Monday: Cooking Club Gr. 4 & 5 2:45 - 4:00pm Staff Room

Art with Jassy Gr. 3 - 6 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 130

Rainbow Loom Club Gr. 4 - 7 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 157

Kickboxing Gr. 5 - 7 2:45 - 3:45pm Music Room

Monday clubs end March 9th

Tuesday: Lego Club Gr. 2 - 5 2:40 - 3:40pm Library

Snowshoeing Club Gr. 5 - 7 2:45 - 4:00pm Rm. 135

Book Adventure Club Gr. 6 - 7 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 157

Architecture Models Gr. 4 - 7 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 154

Soccer Club Gr. 1 - 3 2:45 - 3:45pm Gym

Tuesday clubs end March 3rd

Thursday: Dance Hip Hop Gr. 5 -7 2:45 - 3:45pm Gym

Crochet Gr. 4 - 7 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 155

Fibre Art Gr. 4 - 7 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 152 Learning Centre

Chess Club 2:45 - 3:45pm Rm. 110

Singing Sharks Gr. 1 - 3 2:45 - 3:45pm Music Rm

Thursday clubs end March 5th except Chess Club

Fridays: There are no clubs on Fridays.

Carrying over from December, will be Homework Club and ASAP. (These are not new and students are already enrolled in these clubs) Homework Club is Monday, Tuesday & Thursday from 2:40pm – 3:15pm ASAP is Tuesday to Thursday from 2:40 – 4:30pm (Wednesday times are 1:25 – 3:30pm)

Wednesday Early Dismissal Clubs: The clubs being offered in January are:

Reading Club, Math Club, Homework Club, Coding Club, Gym Club and Sign Language. Confirmations went home before the Christmas break so please check your child’s backpack to confirm that your

child is in any of these clubs.

Wednesday Early Dismissal Clubs will start January 15th and will finish on March 11th, 2020. New Clubs will be offered again in March.