ÉCOLE WHITEHORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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Journal News Principal: Sharon MacCoubrey

Vice-Principal: Céline Roy

4181 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT. Y1A 1J7 EWES Phone: 667-8083 Fax: 393-6211

Website: Under Construction

Dates to Remember---

Friday, September 27th Terry Fox Run - afternoon

Superhero Theme DayPizza Lunch

Monday, September 30th Orange T-shirt Day

Tuesday, October 1stFrom the Ground Up

Orders are due in the office!!!

Thursday, October 10thFrom the Ground Up

Orders are ready for pick up3pm -6pm

Friday, October 11thProfessional Learning Day

No School

Thursday, October 17thEvening Goal Setting Conferences

Friday, October 18thGoal Setting Conferences

No classes

Thursday, October 31stHallowe’en Costumes

Pizza Day

Our School Website is now updated. https://

www.whitehorseelementary.com/

Terry Fox Run, Pizza Day and Super Hero Day are all on this Friday, September 27th

We are hosting the annual Terry Fox Fundraiser with our school run this Friday. This is a very fun and worthwhile event.

All grade 1-7 classes will leave at 1:30 from our soccer field, crossing Second Avenue on Black Street at the lights, running towards the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre then following the Millennium Trail to Rotary Park before returning to the school. The kindergarten students run around the school with their classes.

Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated. If you would like to make a donation for Terry’s fund, you are welcome to send a Toonie with your child or log on to the donation page at www.terryfox.org. If you would to come out for this fun event, please do! Don’t feel like running? Why not help out with Pizza lunch. We receive over a hundred pizzas that have to be prepared for individual classes. Come to the Activity Room in the basement at 11:45am to help out.

Orange Shirt Day - Monday, September 30th

On Monday, we will wear an orange shirt to remember the legacy of residential schools and to show our support for a reconciled future.

Every Child Matters

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Communicating Student Learning

Our school is moving into its third year with changes to teaching, learning, assessment and reporting with a re-designed curriculum and a different way of communicating student learning. These changes are easy to access and are available on the school website https://www.whitehorseelementary.com/communicating-student-learning. We invite parents to stay informed and to connect with us with questions, comments and feedback at any time throughout the year. There will also be more formal ways to provide feedback during this year.

The first communication of student learning for 2019-2020 is the Goal Setting Conference. During the goal setting conference, joint goals are determined for the student. Parents have an opportunity to ask questions and to determine how they can support their child’s learning. Parents receive a copy of their child’s goals, which will be sent home in early November. For Kindergarten and Grade 1, the conference is a parent-teacher dialogue. No children attend; For grades 2 to 7, the conference is a three-way dialogue with student, parents, and teacher on the evening of Thursday, October 17th or during the day on October 18th.

Lost and Found is Growing! This is from this year alone! Please put your child’s name on every piece of clothing. Come by and take a look - frequently. We would like to see all these items find their rightful home.

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School Council NewsJeff Wolosewich, Laura Lang, Kelly Milner, Stephanie Mostyn, Carly Carruthers,

Thane Philips, Brenda Jenner

Our Annual General Meeting will be October 8, 2019 at 6:30-7pm in the ÉWES staff room. Regular School Council meeting will follow.  School Council meets the second Tuesday of the month, September through June at 7pm in the ÉWES staff room. All are welcome! Please contact School Council at ewesschoolcouncil@gmail.com.

�From the Ground Up - From Yukon Farms to Your Table Support out Biggest Fundraising Campaign of the Year!

“From the Ground Up” is a healthy eating program where our students sell boxes of freshly grown Yukon vegetables and schools earn 40% of the profit. École Whitehorse Elementary School has participated for the past 6 years.

The oldest student in every family will come home with a fundraising envelope.

The Student Order Form will be filled out with their name, teacher’s name, school and pick up dates. Customer information sheet (green) will have pick up information along with the student’s name and class. This is given to the customer.

Envelopes will go home on September 4th. Orders /funds are due October 1st (no exceptions). Veggies will be picked up on October 10th between 3-6 pm.

If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Mme Jamie or Mme Sharon.

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School Life:

Art is filling the halls ….

Below, visual reminders of what students need to support their learning before enter ingthe class.

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Our primary yard can you use your help. If you have some pine cones, small twigs, anything biodegradable that would make playing in the dirt that much more fun, please drop it off at the office. Our students say Merci!

Game de jour on our playground right now is Bayblades (tops). Our primary students have struggled to successfully play this in the sand. They are creative… they have tried plastic Tupperware lids (they break), the end of the slide (causes traffic congestion) and even buckets (not fun). I have an idea that an old satellite dish would work. If you have one about and care to share, please let me know. Might do the trick. We are also open to ideas. Let’s get creative; one of our core competencies!

Grade 3s at Long Lake enjoying learning in the great outdoors.

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Mme Julie’s students harvested the veggies from the garden boxes and the greenhouse. The veggies are the result of committed watering all summer long and lots of love. Mme Julie’s students from last year brought home the potatoes and the pumpkins will be used for cooking with this year’s class. Bon appetit!

École Whitehorse Elementary is celebrating Family Week with a school dance!

What? A chance to dance and have fun as a family. Where? ÉWES School GymWhen? Friday, October 4th from 6-8pm Why? Why not?Who? DJ Mme Marie and ÉWES families

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Soccer Fest 2019 Grade 4/5 Congratulations! The teams were excellent ambassadors for our school.

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