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Oakwood Public School 255 Omer Avenue, Port Colborne, L3C 3Z1 October 2017 Newsletter Mr. P. Hawkey – Principal Mr. J. Dickson - Superintendent Mrs. S. Quesnel - Secretary Mr. D. Schaubel – School Board Trustee School Phone: 905-834-9732, Email: http://oakwood.dsbn.org What’s Up… October 2017 5– Cross Country meet @ Chippawa Conservation, Wainfleet 5– Pizza Day 6– PA Day—No Classes for students 9—Thanksgiving Day—Schools are Closed 12—Pizza Day 16—Immunization– All Gr 7’s for Hepatitis B & Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 19—Pizza Day 24– Parent Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. 26– Harvey’s Hamburger Day 31—Kinder trip to Pumpkin Patch Nov 1—Parent Involvement Conference From the Eagles Nest… Our first School Council meeting was on September 26. At this meeting we start- ed planning our fundraisers and activities for the coming year. Thank you to all who came out to the meeting! Our first fundraiser is coming home on October 4. Please look for your Santa's Little Helpers catalogue and Food for Thought brochure. Please return all parts of the order form by October 18, along with cash or cheques made payable to Oakwood Public School. Our next Parent Council meeting is Tuesday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcomed to attend! The Terry Fox Update On Friday, September 22nd, Oakwood students participated in a walk to honor Terry Fox, and to raise money for this very worthwhile cause. Through your gener- osity, we are pleased to announce we raised $600 to support Cancer Re- search. Great Job! Message from the Principal Well, the first month is already done. The weather was warmer than our summer. It has been a very busy and successful first month of school. I am impressed by the way the staff at Oakwood work hard to meet the needs of our students and how Literacy and Numeracy is stressed in their instrucon. The students are seling into the rounes and are learning lots of new things. This is espe- cially noceable in the kindergarten and grade one classrooms. Even our youngest students are enthusiasc about what they are learning. Starng school is a big step and we are very proud of how well the students are doing. Thank you to parents for supporng your children during this back to school me. Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! Mr. P. Hawkey School Cash Online Again this year, we are ask- ing parents to consider regis- tering with School Cash Online, a portal that gives you the ability to pay for things like class trips, milk, and even hot lunches. We know it can sometimes be a challenge to find exact change to pay for items for your child, but through School Cash online you’ll be able to choose debit, credit card or e-cheque to make easy convenient payments. To gain access simply visit our school website [email protected], click on the School Cash button, and follow the simple instructions to register. This registration should take less than 5 minutes. Once you use School Cash Online you will wonder why you didn’t get started sooner. Aendance Calls If your child is going to be absent, please nofy the school before 8:30 a.m. If you know ahead of me, please put a note in his agenda. Our office can receive phone mes- sages 24/7. Late arrivals must report to the office for an admit slip. Thank you for your cooperaon! Parent Involvement Conference November 1st Hey parents - we're already looking ahead to our annual Parent Involve- ment Conference being held November 1st! To learn about the free sessions being offered this year and for registra- on informaon, go to: hps:// www.dsbn.org/pic/

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Oakwood Public School 255 Omer Avenue, Port Colborne, L3C 3Z1

October 2017 Newsletter

Mr. P. Hawkey – Principal Mr. J. Dickson - Superintendent

Mrs. S. Quesnel - Secretary Mr. D. Schaubel – School Board Trustee

School Phone: 905-834-9732, Email: http://oakwood.dsbn.org

What’s Up… October 2017

5– Cross Country meet @ Chippawa

Conservation, Wainfleet

5– Pizza Day

6– PA Day—No Classes for students

9—Thanksgiving Day—Schools are Closed

12—Pizza Day

16—Immunization– All Gr 7’s for

Hepatitis B & Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

19—Pizza Day

24– Parent Council Meeting 6:30 p.m.

26– Harvey’s Hamburger Day

31—Kinder trip to Pumpkin Patch

Nov 1—Parent Involvement Conference

From the Eagles Nest…

Our first School Council meeting was on September 26. At this meeting we start-ed planning our fundraisers and activities for the coming year. Thank you to all who came out to the meeting! Our first fundraiser is coming home on October 4. Please look for your Santa's Little Helpers catalogue and Food for Thought brochure. Please return all parts of the order form by October 18, along with cash or cheques made payable to Oakwood Public School.

Our next Parent Council meeting is

Tuesday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcomed to attend!

The Terry Fox Update

On Friday, September

22nd, Oakwood students

participated in a walk to honor Terry

Fox, and to raise money for this very

worthwhile cause. Through your gener-

osity, we are pleased to announce we

raised $600 to support Cancer Re-

search.

Great Job!

Message from the Principal

Well, the first month is already done. The weather was warmer than our summer. It has been a very busy and successful first month of school. I am impressed by the way the staff at Oakwood work hard to meet the needs of our students and how Literacy and Numeracy is stressed in their instruction. The students are settling into the routines and are learning lots of new things. This is espe-cially noticeable in the kindergarten and grade one classrooms. Even our youngest students are enthusiastic about what they are learning. Starting school is a big step and we are very proud of how well the students are doing. Thank you to parents for supporting your children during this back to school time. Wishing you and your family a

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mr. P. Hawkey

School Cash Online

Again this year, we are ask-

ing parents to consider regis-

tering with School Cash

Online, a portal that gives

you the ability to pay for things like class trips,

milk, and even hot lunches. We know it can

sometimes be a challenge to find exact

change to pay for items for your child, but

through School Cash online you’ll be able to

choose debit, credit card or e-cheque to make

easy convenient payments.

To gain access simply visit our school website

[email protected], click on the School Cash

button, and follow the simple instructions to

register. This registration should take less

than 5 minutes. Once you use School Cash

Online you will wonder why you didn’t get

started sooner.

Attendance Calls If your child is going to be absent, please notify the school before 8:30 a.m. If you know ahead of time, please put a note in his agenda. Our office can receive phone mes-sages 24/7. Late arrivals must report to the office for an admit slip.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Parent Involvement Conference

November 1st

Hey parents - we're already looking

ahead to our annual Parent Involve-

ment Conference being held November

1st! To learn about the free sessions

being offered this year and for registra-

tion information, go to: https://

www.dsbn.org/pic/

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Picture Re-takes will be

on November 15th.

Milk Sales This year chocolate and white milk will be available for pur-chase daily for 75¢, at both breaks. Pre-orders for the month are now available on-line as well.

Hot Lunches Our first hot lunch orders are available online and paper copies have been sent home. All cash orders need to arrive at the office Monday morning for Thursday’s lunch, but online orders will be accepted until Tuesday. Due to the amount of time that it takes to process the cash orders this change is necessary. Please consider registering for online purchasing. Our lunch schedule for the month of October is as follows: October 5th—Pizza October 12th—Pizza October 19th—Pizza October 26th—Harvey’s Hamburgers

Progress Reports Progress reports will be sent home on Thursday November 9th.

Cross Country Team 2017

Our Cross Country team are off to a good start and have had much success in our first meet. Our next meet is on October 5th and our list of qualifiers are: Jonas K, Ashton M, Aura W, Maria G, Hannah S, Lucas D, Jaden D, Kylan S, Emma C, Pamela L, Jasmine M, Danielle A, Zachary S and Owen L. The top 20 racers will advance to finals. Good Luck to our athletes!

Emma Croteau Ethan denHollander Lucas denHollander Jaden Dunlop Maria Gonzales Hailie Kiers Jonas Kpanabom Owen La Marsh Pamela Lindsay

Ashton Mater Jasmine Moore Madilyn Puchalski Zachary Seebach Karianne Shea Hannah Sunday Kylan Szabo Ally Vello Aura Woodyatt Ray yipp

Co-ed Soccer Team

This intermediate co-ed soccer team participat-

ed in the Area tournament last week. It was a

beautiful day for soccer and our players had a

blast. Our team advanced to the consolation

final after losing the semi-finals 3-2 on a last

minute goal. The final game was very exciting

and resulted in an overtime shoot-out versus

Plymouth School where we lost 3-2. Our play-

ers should be very proud of their hardwork and

team play on this day.

Great day Eagles !

Danielle Adam Jordan Denobriga Reileigh Doweck Kumar Joshi Jasmine Moore Zach Seebach Emma Croteau Mya Hallihan Jordan Mater

Braydon Camilleri Kathleen Doweck Leah Hotte Owen La Marsh Caleb Nault Justin Coleman Jaden Dunlop Chyiene Knight Kylan Szabo

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School Council Parent Self-Nomination Form

I wish to declare my candidacy for an elected position as a parent / guardian representative on the school council.

Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Home Phone: ____________________________ Business Phone: ______________________________

I am the parent / guardian of _________________________________________________, who is currently

register at the school. (name of student)

I am an employee of the school board

Yes No

___________________________________________________ ______________________

Candidate’s Signature Date

Please include a brief autobiography on the back of this form.

You will be notified when your nomination has been received.

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