Comet Spirit, Achievement

and Involvement Soaring!

What a great month May was here

at Quaker Road School! On the

sports front, May was ―Track and

Field‖ month here at Quaker Road.

All of our students in Grades 3-8

participated very well at our

School Meet at Centennial Secon-

dary School, and we sent just shy

of 60 students to represent Quaker

Road School at the Regional Track

Meet held at Pride Field in Ridge-

way. Our athletes competed

against some formidable oppo-

nents and did an outstanding job

representing Quaker Road

School. Success is measured in

many ways, and the spirit, lead-

ership and pride that our stu-

dents showed was more inspir-

ing than any First Place Ribbon

would bring. Well done athletes

and coaches and event coordina-

tors, Miss Fulford, Mrs. De-

gasperis, and Mrs. Secord.

Quaker Road is sending 8 ath-

letes on to participate at the

DSBN Track and Field Meet on

June 16, 2014 at N.O.C. in St.

Catharines.

Mr. Leduc and Mr. Winger also

had the pleasure of taking a

group of talented ball hockey

players in Grades 5-8 to partici-

pate in the Annual DSBN Ball

Hockey Tournament held in St.

Catharines. Given this was

Quaker Road‘s first time partici-

pating in this event, our focus for

the day was to have some fun,

and compete well. Our boys and

girls had some different plans as

they put together 4 incredible

games to win their Divisional

Championship. Great job, team!

Thank you to our parents who

helped with driving, and cheer-

ing on our Comets at this event.

As we are now in to June we

have a very busy month to end

our school year as you will see in

the calendar section of the news-

letter. Our Grade 3 & 6 students

are focused on completing the

EQAO testing that will showcase

their academic strengths. We

have many end-of-year trips and

experiences planned for stu-

dents in all grades and of course

our Grade 8 Graduation is just

around the corner, marking a

turning point for some of our

students as they transition from

elementary school to secondary

school. The School Advisory

Council &Fun Fair committee

have been very busy planning

events for our Family Fun Fair

event on Thursday, June 12 from 5-

8 pm. Staff and Students are look-

ing forward to a great night of fun

and excitement with our school

community.

As we end our school year, we will

also be recognizing some staffing

changes for the upcoming year.

Due to a decline in student popu-

lation at Quaker Road, we are

having to say a very sad farewell

to two extraordinary teachers at

Quaker Road. Mrs. Weber-

Tonnos will be moving to Oak-

wood School , and Mrs. H. Haining

will be moving over to E.W. Farr

School in Fenwick. We will miss

both of these teachers very much,

as will our students, and we wish

them every success in their new

positions in their new Schools next

year. Mrs. Smalley (grade 5

teacher) will also be off on leave

for next year, spending time with

the new addition to her family, as

will Mrs. Duncan, our wonderful

Educational Assistant. We hope

they both enjoy the exciting times

with new family members!

We look forward to a great end to

another school year at Quaker

Road.

Principal’s Message

June Dates

.June 2—5 EQAO for grade 6

June 10 Art Gallery visits some

of our classes

June 12 - Fun Fair 5-8 pm &

DSBN Special Olympics

June 13—PA Day

June 16 - DSBN Track & Field

June 17 - Volunteer Tea 1:00

PM

June 18 - End of Year BBQ

June 25—Grade 8 Graduation

6:30—8:00 PM at Centennial

H.S. Report Cards Go Home

June 26— Celebration Assembly

to recognize leadership and

student achievement 10 AM

Quaker June 2014

D I S T R I C T S C H O O L B O A R D O F N I A G A R A

Volume 1, Issue 1

June 2014

Integrity Award Winners 2

A sleep routine for kids 4

Quaker students head-

ing to DSBN Track

5

Jump Rope event nets

considerable funds for

Heart & Stroke Fund

6

Classroom organization

for 2014-2015

8

Inside this issue:

The Quaker school yard was

filled with skippers on May

16th for our Jump Rope for

Heart Event.

Page 2 Quaker June 2014

Character in Action at Quaker : INTEGRITY Award Winners

Kindergarten : Landon C.,

Leah K., (Mrs Boon) Beckett

F., Riley L.,(Team Haining)

Noah W., Victoria R-S., (Mrs

Ellis), Grade 1 : Eva C., Ruby

T., Avery C., Grade 2 : Ryan

S., Grade 2 /3 : Hailey H.,

Dawson B., Grade 3 : Rachel

V., Carmeron L., Grade 3/4 :

Dylan L., Jacob M., Grade 5 :

Dalton Slack, Grade 6 : Ryan

S., Carter T., Dean G., Grade

7/8: Easton P., (Bootsma),

Curtis H., Grade 7/8 (Nevar)

William Z., (Mr. Hannahson)

The grade one class had a visit from Dr.Kim Dobson and her

team to discuss oral health. Dr. Dobson is from the 'Dentistry

in the Village' in Fonthill. The children discussed oral health

and the importance of eating the proper foods and taking good

care of their teeth. The children received a bag with a

toothbrush and some goodies to help remind them to brush

regularly and see their dentist at least twice a year!

Page 4 Quaker June 2014

Bedtime can be a very difficult time for anx-

ious children. Anxious children do feel

calmer when things are predictable with

regular routines. However, it takes some

practice to be firm and consistent and to set

limits because anxious children can be de-

manding, difficult to please, and can have

emotional outbursts. Be prepared to spend

several weeks to establish a good routine.

1. Start Early—1 Hour Before Planned Bed-

time

2. Have Your Child Put Their Pajamas On

3. Have a Quiet Activity—Story, Chat Time,

Snack

4. Help Your Child Identify and Feel Their

Body Becoming Relaxed

5. Ensure Your Child Gets Into Their Own

Bed!

6. Help Your Child by Using Relaxation

and Imagery to calm them down

7. Put On Quiet Music or A Tape

8. It‘s OK to Check On Your Child At Regu-

lar Intervals (10-15 minutes), But Only

Check In and Leave (Don‘t get pulled in

by the worry dragons)

From : Tools for Taming and Trapping the

Worry Dragons : Children‘s Workbook—

BCCH 2008 (Thanks Mrs Toews-Peplinski)

A sleep routine parents

can use

Don’t put your brain on

pause for the summer!!

With easy access to Dreambox (every

student has an account they can access

through Quaker‘s Destiny) every stu-

dent at Quaker can keep their math

skills sharp through the summer. If stu-

dents use Dreambox for as little as 15-20

minutes a day through the summer they

can actually retain and even progress in

their math abilities before they begin

their next grade in September.

Don‟t underestimate the importance of

a good night‟s sleep for teens as well.

Nicole McCance, a Toronto-based mental health

expert, says that sleep is crucial to the healthy de-

velopment of teen‘s brains. In the last two years,

she says she‘s seen an increase in teens struggling

with lack of sleep, and blames social media—with

kids online until the wee hours of the night– for the

increase.

―Sleep deprivation causes negative thinking, and

its hard for teens to get out of it, because their body

is so tired. It also causes irritability, which parents

often attribute to just being a teen and hormonal.

Lack of sleep wears the body down, contributing to

depression, sadness, and a general lack of interest

in life,‖ she says.

- The Globe and Mail, May 11, 2014.

Page 5

The Quaker Track Meet at Centennial H.S. a Huge Success

The weather cooperated on Tuesday, May 6th and staff, students and

parents were thrilled to see some awesome performances from our

grades 3 to 8 students. Quaker sent 56 students to the area 2 meet at

Pride Field in Ridgeway on Monday, May 12th and again the weather pro-

vided us with a great day of athleticism and teamwork. Congratulations

to the following students who qualified to move on to the DSBN wide

meet on June 16th.

GRADE 4

Jacob Millar—800 m 1st, 400 m. 1st

Ryan Gomm—200 m. 3rd

GRADE 6

Carter Teal—100 m. 1st, 200 m. 1st

Grace Teal—100 m. 1st, 200 m. 1st

David Greczkowski—1500 m. 1st

GRADE 7

Jenn Van Schyndel—1500 m. 1st, 200 m. 2nd

GRADE 8

Alex Barnes—1500 m. 1st, 800 m. 2nd

Important Dates in the

Elementary School

Calendar 2014-2015

Sept.– January

September 2 : First Day of School

September 12 : Early Release Day

October 10 : Professional Activity

Day

October 13 : Thanksgiving Day

November 5 : PIC Conference

November 14 : Professional Activ-

ity Day

December 22 : Winter Break Be-

gins

January 5 : First Day of Class af-

ter Holiday

January 16 : Professional Activity

Day

Research by Carol Dweck has iden-

tified two sets of beliefs that people

can have about students‘ intelli-

gence (and that students can have

about their own intelligence). They

may have a fixed mind-set, in which

they believe that intelligence is a

static trait: some students are smart

and some are not, and that‘s that.

Or they may have a growth mind-

set, in which they believe that intel-

ligence can be developed by vari-

ous means—for example, through

effort and instruction. A growth

mind-set doesn't imply that every-

one is the same or that anyone

could be Einstein, but it does imply

that everyone‘s intellectual ability

can grow—even Einstein wasn‘t

Einstein before he put in years of

passionate, relentless effort.

BOTTOM LINE : Students‟ mind-

sets have a direct influence on

their grades and teaching stu-

dents to have a growth mind-set

raises their grades and achieve-

ment test scores significantly.

Page 6 Quaker June 2014

Quaker Road you are amazing!! The Community Spirit our staff and students rou-

tinely exhibit is heartening. We even had Intermediate students with casts on

their legs trying to participate in our Jump Rope for Heart activity. Our students

and the Quaker community raised $4 634.75 for the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Quaker staff get involved in the

Rankin Run to raised money for

Cancer Research on Saturday, May

24th. The staff who were in atten-

dance were Ms. Haining, Mrs.

Boon, Mrs. Smalley, Mrs. Toews-

Peplinski, and Mrs. Haining.

When the Comet had a chance to

speak to Mrs Haining she noted

that, “I love that day, it is amazing

to see 1 300 people come together

to raise awareness for cancer as

well as money being raised to help

Niagara based cancer research

and survivors”. Next year we are

hoping to have more Quaker par-

ticipants.

Page 7

Grade 6 , 7 & 8 students participated in the

Annual Silver Birch student conference.

These students were members of the Quaker

Road Forest of Reading book clubs. Ms Sims

ran this club in our school library during nu-

trition breaks from January to April. Thank

you to the parent council for purchasing the

books for students to read.

Fun Fair Announcement by Seth Johnson

One of our Junior students has really shown marked improve-

ment in literacy this year. Check out his announcement about

Fun Fair

Good Morning Quaker Road, today I‘m here to tell

you about our annual upcoming FUN FAIR!!!! It will

take place on June 12th at the school, and it will

open up at 5:00 pm—8:00 pm. It is a great night to

just hang out with friends but mostly have FUN with

friends and family. We will be offering FUN stuff like

Bouncy castles, face painting, lots of games, BBQ,

cotton candy and much more. A special thanks to all

of the grade 8‘s and staff for helping us with the

games and food. We really hope to see all of the

kids and parents at the fun fair and thanks for read-

ing this and have a great day Comets!!

- By SETH JOHNSON

Book Fair „Knocks it out of the

Park” with Fund-raising achieve-

ment.

Quaker‟s Spring Book Fair raised over

$1900, of which 50% will be directed to

support our library. This is the second

book fair of the year and would not have

been possible without the efforts of Mrs.

Shannon and Ms. Fulford who put in

many hours organizing the event. Many

parents also volunteered time to help

run the book fair. Thanks goes out to

our Quaker community for again sup-

porting this event and student literacy.

Madame Sims our French

teacher/school librarian will be using

these funds to purchase more text re-

sources for our library.

Classroom Organization for

Quaker School for 2014-2015

Kindergarten 1 : Mrs. Boon

Kindergarten 2 : Mrs. Ellis

Grade 1 : Mrs. Bernard

Grade 1/2 : Mrs. Shannon

Grade 2/3 : Mrs. Longo

Grade 3 : Mrs. Toews-Peplinski

Grade 4 : Mrs. Secord

Grade 5/6 : TBA

Grade 6 : Mrs. Fulford

Grade 7/8 : Ms. Haining

Grade 7/8 : Mr. Bootsma

FSP—1 : Mr. King

FSP—2 : Mr. Hannahson

FSL : Ms. Sims

LRT : Mrs. Degasperis

Prep : Mr. Secord

Prep (.25) : Mrs. Dickson

Student shows that reading is a key to

building knowledge.

Reading response based on;

Space Robots ‗Self-Repair‘ means fewer space walks

From : CBC News

(http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/)

Its important to read because when you read you

learn a lot, in fact I learned about robots that re-

paired the ISS today by reading. When you read

you want to learn more and when I kept reading I

got to watch robots doing work in space live! Read-

ing can lead to tons of surprises and because I read

and I got to watch a once in a lifetime experience.

- Ryan S. (gr. 6)

Was Riel a Freedom Fighter or a Terrorist, continued.

killed a single man in battle, instead he

viewed the battlefield from his horse, with a

cross held above his head. The reason Louis

Riel was fighting was that he was trying to

free the Metis from being under the govern-

ments strict rule over them. He was striving

for a country were the Metis had a represen-

tative spot on the government, had posses-

sion of their own land and

I think that Louis Riel wasn‘t a terrorist be-

cause he never did anything wrong in my

opinion. His mother was a Metis, so he felt

obligated to lead his own people. He didn‘t

want to fight and was forced into it because

the government refused his request and after

he wrote a letter on what the Metis wanted.

He was actually a very peaceful man. He

gave himself up to the government in the end

without complaint. Louis Riel was truly a

freedom fighter.

- Research and writing by Aiza M. (gr.7)

Was Louis Riel a Freedom Fighter or a Ter-

rorist? (State your opinion and back it up

with historical facts).

Louis Riel was a Metis leader that fought for their

rights. But in the process of defending them, many

battles and fights were started. Because of that,

everyone started looking at Riel with a different

opinion in mind. After his people killed the gov-

ernment official Scott, everyone started hating him.

Louis Riel became a wanted man, on the run from

the government.

I think that Louis Riel was a freedom fighter, even

though he killed Scott, because he didn‘t do this

out of hatred, but because he needed to prove his

point of freedom for the Metis. Riel also never had