Signal Hill Circular - June 10th, 2022
June 10th, 2022
This week we celebrated meeting our first Signal Hill C.A.R.E.s goal! Students receive a ticket when they are demonstrating an example of Community, Acceptance, Respect, or Excellence which goes onto our Medicine Wheel. When the wheel is full, we celebrate our achievement with an assembly, a prize draw, and a school wide prize. Next week the whole school will have a bonus recess as their prize. We are so impressed with how caring our community has been. Our goal is to fill the wheel again by the end of the school year!
We have a few students who won, were runner up, or have honourable mention for their art at the Howe Sound Art Challenge.
For grade 6:
Arleigh Kemp for Runner Up
Julia Leigh for Honourable Mention
Marley Vertefeuille was the grade 7 winner!
Their artwork is on the website: https://myseatosky.org/competitions/howe-sound-art-challenge/2022/submissions
First it was the chickens, now it's ducks! Welcome to the ducklings in Ms. Cameron and Ms. Madsen's class! They are so cute! We are so lucky to have so many students caring for our many animal friends.
News, Updates, and Reminders:
Freezie Sales Next Week!
The grade 7 class is selling freezies as a fundraiser!
On Tuesday, June 14th the primary classes can purchase freezies for 50 cents each (small freezies) – maximum 2 per student. Bring your quarters to school to buy a freezie!
On Wednesday, June 15th the intermediate students can purchase freezies for $2 each (jumbo freezies) – maximum 2 per student. Bring your toonies to purchase a freezie!
PAC MEETING
The last Parents Advisory Council (PAC) meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, June 15th at 6:30 pm by zoom. Please join the meeting at https://sd48-ca.zoom.us/j/63225831986
Calling All Grade 7 Parents and Guardians!!!
We are looking for baby photos for the grade 7 yearbook! All photos need to be clear and a close up of the baby! Please forward your digital copies to: [email protected]
Paper copies will be accepted but must have the students’ full name and name of teacher on the back. They will be returned to the students.
Baseball After School
Baseball has started every Wednesdays from 3:15 to 4:45 pm for grade 6 and 7 and on Tuesdays for grade 4 and 5 students. There is a late bus to Mt. Currie and D’Arcy areas for those students whose parents have signed the permission forms. It leaves Signal Hill at 5:00 pm.
All students need to bring in a permission form to participate.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Tuesday, June 28th - Grade 7 Leaving Ceremony at 5:30 pm at Signal Hill
Wednesday, June 29th - Last Day of School for Students – Dismissed at 10:00 am - Report Cards Home
Truth and Reconciliation
Tanina, one of our Indigenous Support Workers, along with some students from Pemberton Secondary, have been sharing the process of creating plank drums, and wooden carved tools like combs and paddles. This week we turned the front of the school into a workshop with rocks being heated in a BBQ to hollow out the wood for the drums.
Learning Connections
Students in Ms. Montie's K/1 class are hard at work renovating their houses!
Students from Ms. Penney and Ms. Gladwin's class were learning out rhythm and percussion instruments with Ms. Madsen in TRAX class this week. Rock on!
Skícza7ul's Words of the Week
kukwsút.s - to be kind to someone.
Phonetical - Kooksootsh
Phonetical - Kooksootsh
Kukwsút.stum̓cas - he/she has been kind to me.
Phonetical - Kooksootshtoomhash
Phonetical - Kooksootshtoomhash
French Word of the Week
être gentil - to be kind
What Parents and Students Need to Know
The resources below provide tips for teachers and parents that we hope are helpful for our students and families to discuss world events.
How to Talk to Kids About Violence, Crime, and War: Common Sense Media gathers tips and conversation starters to help you talk to kids of different ages about the toughest topics.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides resources that can be filtered by topic or keyword and by audience with a focus on how adults can identify traumatic responses in young people and how to support them.
Parent Advisory Committee
PAC MEETING
The last Parents Advisory Council (PAC) meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, June 15th at 6:30 pm by zoom. Please join the meeting at https://sd48-ca.zoom.us/j/63225831986