Roseland Public

School www.gecdsb.on.ca

620 Cabana Road E., Windsor, ON, N9G 1A4 Tel: 519-969-3250 Fax: 519-969-3871

Principal: Mrs. L. Bates Vice-Principal: Mr. B. Pallotto Secretary: Mrs. L. Girardin

February 2012

This year we will once again be holding a Kindergarten

Open House at Roseland

Public School on

Wednesday, February 15th

at 5:30 p.m. Future Roseland students will get a “Roseland Passport” and travel the school to discover a number of exciting activities. Staff will be available to answer any questions and to

assist with the registration process. Representatives from our School Council and Sundowners will also be in attendance. We hope you can attend this very important night. We want to get the word out to everyone that Roseland Public School is the place to be! Included in our newsletter is a Kindergarten flyer. We ask that you use this flyer to extend an invitation to neighbours and friends who may be interested in being a part of the Roseland family. If you are able to post the flyer in a neighbourhood store or business we would greatly appreciate it.

If you are unable to attend our Open House, Kindergarten Registration for September 2011 will be held from February 13

th to the 24

th. Please call for an appointment to arrange a time between 9:00 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Junior Kindergarten students must be born in 2008 (4 years of age by December 31, 2012). Senior Kindergarten students must be born in 2007 (5 years of age by December 31, 2012). Roseland is a closed district school, so you must live within the school boundaries to attend. If you are interested in registering your child, please bring to the school:

• Proof of Age (such as Birth Certificate or Birth Registration, Immigration Documents)

• Health Card

• Immunization Record

• Proof of Address Please bring the following for our records:

• Doctor’s Name and Phone Number

• Emergency Contact Information If your child presently attends Junior Kindergarten at Roseland, you do not have to register for Senior Kindergarten. Registration is for those children who have never attended Roseland.

More information is also available at: www.publicboard.ca or Roseland’s website

Your partners in education, Mrs. L. Bates Mr. B. Pallotto Principal Vice Principal

Inside This

Issue: 1. Kindergarten

Registration 2. Report Cards 3. Parent Teacher

Conferences 4. Roseland Book Fair 5. Pink Shirt Day 6. Café Francais 7. The RAMS take the U

of D by storm! 8. What Is Happening at

Roseland?

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Come out and see out Talented Roseland RAMS during our TALENT SHOW on Friday,

March 9….See you at 10:40

Congratulations to all of our Roseland RAMS

who demonstrated their FAIRNESS towards

each other during the month of January.

February’s Character Focus is:

DILIGENCE

Reports Cards are coming….Report Cards are coming….

On Monday, February 6 you received your child’s

Report Card for Term 1. JK/SK T/Th students will their

Report Card on Tuesday, February 7.

As you read through your child’s report card with them please keep in mind a couple of things…

• The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning.

• Report cards provide feedback to students and parents about a student’s demonstrated knowledge and understanding, thinking application and communication of the concepts studied during the first term of school.

• The development of learning skills and work habits are an integral part of a student’s learning.

• The Elementary Report Card provides a record of the learning skills and work habits in the following six categories: Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative and Self-Regulation

FEEDBACK PLEASE

Please note that on the “new” report card you have the opportunity to sit down with your child and have them assess in what area they feel they performed best this past term and what their goal for improvement is. You will also have the opportunity to make a commitment to your child by filling out the Parent/Guardian comment box and sharing with your child where you feel they have improved most and how you can continue to support them at home.

Please sign this portion of the report card and return it

to the school as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE:

Parent/Staff Conferences will be held on Thursday, February 9 from 4:00-7:00 pm.

This year our report card conference time is scheduled for the evening of February 9th only.

Please call the office at 519-969-3250 to schedule an interview

with your child’s teacher. If you are unable to schedule an interview at this time and would

like to speak to your child’s teacher please feel free to send a note in the agenda or call the school to speak to them.

Friday, February 10

th is a PA Day for all students.

There will be no school on that day.

THE BOOK FAIR IS COMING

TO ROSELAND!

Where: Roseland School Library

When: Wednesday, February 8

Thursday, February 9

Monday, February 13

Tuesday, February 14 (a.m. only)

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! We invite you to share in this celebration of books and reading with us. Students will visit the Book Fair during class time and can purchase books during that visit. Join us for a special Family Event on Thursday, February 9

th

from 4 – 7:00 pm where you’ll find books for every person in your family. Don’t forget to enter our Family Event Draw. You could win $50 in books - $25 for your family and $25 for your child’s classroom! Look for the Classroom Wish List display for parents interested in helping build classroom libraries. By purchasing requested books and donating them to your child’s teacher, you give students even greater access to books. P.S. Did you know that for every $10 you spend at the Book Fair, up to $6 goes back to our school? This allows us to purchase needed books and educational resources.

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PINK SHIRT DAY - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Since last February our RAMS UP-Standing Committee has strived to promote the value and

necessity of standing up for the rights of themselves and others.

The date for 2012 PINK SHIRT DAY is

Wednesday, February 27, 2012. We would like to encourage each student to wear a PINK SHIRT for PINK SHIRT DAY. Our Goal is

to have 100% participation. RAMS are encouraged to make a loud, bold statement that we will not tolerate bullying or discrimination of any kind in our school and in our community. Parents

are encouraged to share the messages as well. Make PINK SHIRT DAY a family event!

Chers amis, February 2012 You are cordially invited to attend our 7th Annual “Café Français” chez(at) Roseland on Friday, February 24, 2012. Our “Café” will be located in the gym and welcomes parents, relatives and friends. You and your child are welcome to partake in our cultural French event. Come enjoy crepes, pain grillé au fromage, croissants and other delicious desserts. This “magnifique” event includes, student artwork and performances, music and our very own “Mona Lisa”. Face painting and caricature art will also be available. Throughout the day, Kindergarten through 8 classes will be visiting the “Café”. The prices on our “Menu” will range from .50 cents - $2.50. All proceeds will help enrich programs at Roseland School for our students. We hope that you are able to join us and look forward to seeing everyone at the “Café Français”! À bientot les amis(See you soon friends)!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR…..

LA SEMAINE FRANÇAIS / FRENCH WEEK

You are cordially invited to attend

Le Café Français chez

Roseland Public School

Friday‚ February 24th‚ 2012

All are welcome to come and enjoy our ambiance “français”.

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RAMS Raise Money For Hospice

by Max Copeland and Meghan Dunn-Sibbett Last spring we (Max and Meghan) were chosen by our Grade 6 teachers to go to a fall leadership camp in Essex. In October we went to Gestwood Camp with approximately 40 other Grade 7 students from across Essex County. While we were there we were placed into “Tribes” and we learned about team work skills and how to participate and work with partners. Tournament Night was the BEST! While we were at leadership camp, we met the man that started Hospice. Hospice is an organization that helps and supports people and their families that are going through cancer and cancer treatment. One of the responsibilities we were assigned was to return to our school and do a fundraiser for Hospice. We decided Candy Grams would help raise money for Hospice. During the weeks leading up to our fundraiser we had announcements to tell people about our fundraiser. We had friends help us with our fundraiser. We sold the Candy Grams for a week and a half and in the end we raised over $200.00! Thank you to all the families and students who supported Hospice by buying our Candy Grams. This February we plan on selling Candy Grams again! This time our fundraiser is called Hearts 4 Hospice. We will be selling Hearts For Hospice candy grams from February 7-9, 13th with a delivery date of Valentines Day – February 14th. Our goal is to be able to present Hospice with a check for $450.00. Advance thanks to all of our families and students for their support of our fundraiser and of Hospice.

Our RAM Basketball Teams take U of D

By Storm!

Congratulations to our RAMS for their

outstanding display of Respect, Acceptance,

Morale and Spirit during their visit to the

University of Detroit!

Chapters Donation to Roseland School

Earlier this year, Chapters Book Store adopted Roseland School though their annual Adopt-a-School Foundation. The Chapters staff at Devonshire Mall eagerly fundraised for approximately two weeks promoting our RAMS community holding Bake Sales on certain dates. We are very excited and overwhelmed to communicate that Chapters recently donated just under $2000 worth of gift certificates to our Roseland School Library! On January 31st, eighteen students accompanied by eight parents traveled to Chapters to select and purchase many brand new books for our library! The selected students were from grades 1 to 8 and were prepared with lists of books they wanted to purchase on behalf of their classmates and friends. It was tremendously exciting to watch our RAMS browse, search and select their favourite books, authors and series to add to our library! On behalf of the Roseland students, staff, and all our parents we would like to send the entire Chapter's organization as well as the Adopt-A-School foundation a very heartfelt gratitude! Thank you for all your efforts and willingness to spread the joy and love of reading!

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