2014 NOV Newsletter

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Greetings Students, Parents and Guardians!

We have been enjoying a great fall season, and are excited to move into November with an air of optimism forwhat will be a wonderful winter season.This month, I would like to focus on discussing School Safety through effective discipline and judicialpartnership. There are a number of laws, policies and procedures that are in place to help keep our studentssafe and learning in schools, and some of these may indeed appear new and/or different from the experienceswe, the adults, had in school. It is important to help everyone understand what laws, policies and protocolsinform how schools conduct our work in supporting the safety for all in our school community.Here are a few facts about School Safety that may be new information to you: this information is taken fromthe text Step By Step to a Safer School, 2 nd Ed, authored by Michael G. Hill.

Students who engage in activity that is injurious to the school climate outside of school hours and offschool property can be held accountable for school discipline consequences. Under amendments to theEducation Act, R.S.O 1990, c E.2, s.306 (1) and s. 310(1), the principal has the authority to imposeschool discipline consequences for incidents that occur off school property.

Under the Provincial Model for a Local Police/School Board Protocol, 2011, the police must be notifiedof the following incidents, should they come to the school’s attention:

o All deaths;o Physical assault causing bodily harm

requiring medical attention;o Sexual assault;o

Robbery;o Criminal harassment;o Relationship-based violence;o Possessing a weapon, including

possessing a firearm;

o Using a weapon to cause or tothreaten bodily harm to anotherperson;

o Trafficking in weapons or illegal

drugs;o Possessing an illegal drug;o Hate and/or bias-motivated

occurrences;o Gang related occurrences, and;o Extortion

A school based investigation for disciplinary purposes occurs following a police investigation.Administrators must carry out a separate, distinct and parallel investigation of an incident fromthe police.

The Safe Schools Act, 2000 identified mandatory consequences for students engaged in specificprescribed activities. This changed under Bill 12, An Act to amend the Education Act in respect of

behaviour, discipline and safety, 2007. Under Bill 12, school administration has greater discretionarypowers when determining consequences. This allows Principals to work with their staff to build a moreprogressive model of discipline in schools. Instead of being forced to issue a prescribed consequencefor misbehaviour, staff and administration can work together with families to try and look at ways toaddress the problem well before it becomes a serious incident.

While many things about school remain the same- we care deeply about your children, their safety and theirlearning- how we handle discipline has changed. We are thankful for our partners- community agencies and thepolice- who work alongside us to ensure our children make responsible choices as well as learn and grow frommistakes. It is everyone’s responsibility as adults to guide and support all children as they grow their moralcompass. It is encouraging to know that, as a society, our laws, policies and protocols help us all with this verycritical task: the nurturing of our kids.

Yours in Education,Ewen McIntosh

Principal

November 2014



School ounicl News

School Council had their first meeting in October and it was a huge success. I look forward to working with ournew principal Mr. McIntosh and our members on Council. We have many projects on the go.One in particular may interest you. We are working with Mr. McIntosh to make it safer for our children towalk on the path in front of the school. More information will follow soon.Fundraising is well underway! Mom and I are so excited about our show this year. The Ingleside Craft andTrade Show has become a community event which is exactly what we wanted. So come on out and shop and visit

with friends and family. It will be held on Friday November 28th from 4-8pm and Saturday November 29thfrom 10am-4pm.We have many new vendors joining us this year. Please check out our Facebook page under its own name formore details.The Samko & Miko Toy sale will be held on Wednesday November 5th to Sunday November 9th in Ottawa.Mark your calendars! Information has been sent home with your children.Our next Council meeting will be held on Tuesday November 4th at 6pm in the R-O library. Come on out and seewhat we are up to. We would love to have you visit!

Edie McWhirter

School Council Chair/Fundraiser

CHALLENGE!!

The Ingleside Fire Department would like to invite the Elementary students to participate in a Food Drive tobenefit the Osnabruck Food Drive. The collection of goods will be given to the organizers of the Food Driveat the annual tree lighting event in Ingleside. Students in each class are invited to collect and bring in non-perishable food items from November 17th-Nov.28th. The class that brings in the most goods will receive apizza party with the firefighters

Community Remembrance Day CeremonyLong Sault Legion Branch 569 will be holding their annual Remembrance Day Ceremony on Sunday, November9, 2014 at 9:45 am from the Ingleside Fire Department parking lot and will march to the cenotaph tocommence the service. All residents are invited to attend.

Kindergarten NewsThank you to our community partners for enriching our Kindergarten experience last month! We enjoyed visitsto Foodland and the Ingleside Library and we were visited by the Ingleside Firefighters. In the classroom wehave been having lots of fun with dramatic play at our Veterinary Clinic and our Camping centre. This monthKindergarten will be focusing on nutrition as we learn about the four food groups and how to recognize ahealthy food choice. In language, we will continue to emphasize patterns, rhymes, and predictions. In math we

are working on using, reading, and representing numbers to ten. It is so exciting to see the learning that hasgone on so far! We look forward to the new discoveries yet to be made....Mrs. Erin Carter & Mrs. Amanda Pilon

8th Annual Ingleside Craft & Trade ShowFriday, Nov. 28, 4-8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 29, 10-4 p.m.

Lots of vendors - many of them new to the show.

Admission is free

Please check out our Facebook page under its own name for more details.



Guidance News

During the month of November we will continue to proceed with the College and University application process.Grade 12 students have had the opportunity to attend numerous college and university presentations at R-O.See the November calendar for dates of upcoming college and university presentations. We will also beattending the Algonquin College Open House on Thursday, November 6th. As always…all students applying to

university and/or college will be scheduled an appointment for one-on-one support with the on-line application.Wednesday, November 5th is National Take Our Kids to Work Day for all grade 9 students. Wishing you all a

great day in the workforce!

Judy Lamarche

Intermediate Cross Country

The 7/8 Cross Country team had a fantastic month! All nine members qualified for the UC Cup which was heldin Brockville last Wednesday. Everyone ran a total of 3 km and came across the finish line with amazingresults despite the cold weather. The Grade 7 girls, Britney Barkley and Lindsay Winters, finished 57th and59th respectively out of 95 runners. The Grade 7 boys, Aiden Hollister finished 76th out of 95 runners whileJacob Morgan and Andrew MacLaurin finished 91st and 92nd. The Grade 8 boys race consisted of 100 runners.Carlos Moreno placed 31st, Liam Blais – 51st, Ethan MacIsaac – 56th, and Alex Dingwall – 88th. Congratulations to

all of you!

Sommer Fontaine

On the tennis front...Nathan Whalley won the SD & G Senior Boys’ Tennis Championship and Kristy Pidgeon and Brandon Watkins willbe competing in the semi-finals in the spring to try and join Nathan at the EOSSAA championships.

Sue St. Marseille

rts

The Remembrance Day ceremony is on Tuesday, November 11th, 2014 in the Lancer Gym at 10:30am. Thedrama club and glee club are looking forward to performing and paying tribute to Canada's Armed Forces. Wewill honour two minutes of silence on November 11th at 11:00 am as well.

November 6th 6:00-8:00 pm is RO’s 1st Open Mic Night in Osnabruck Hall. $2.00 admission to attend – bakedgoods and coffee will be sold to support the Arts at RO. Sign ups for 7-12 students will take place duringrepeat period by visits from Arts Leadership committee – Alex MacIsaac, Brady Crocker, Logan Sleeman, &Ceilie Servais.

Dungeons & Dragons is up and running for students in grades 9-12. Interested campaigners are asked to seeMr. Hunter to join up. Beginners and experienced players are welcome.

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). RO students will be doing their best to up theirword-count and produce works of long fiction. Interested students are asked to see Mr. Hunter for rules.Prizes will be awarded at the end of November!



OFSAA is coming

Our Senior Girls Basketball team will be taking on the province as they host the Girls A Basketball provincial

championships on November 20th to the 22nd. Our team consists of Carly McPhail, Kebbie Brown,Kenzie Bergeron, Emilie Lamarche, Hannah Brown, Kaelyn Eby, Sarah Brown, ShaylaKroeze, Carley Hutchinson, Calla Legue, & Kassie Karelse. Games will be played in our Lancer

Centre and at TR Leger, Cornwall (General Vanier site). Spectator tickets will be available at the door: daypasses for students for $2, day passes for adults for $5, and a weekend pass for adults (Thursday to Sunday)

will cost $10. Check our website http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/girls-basketball for updated schedules and

information as the tournament approaches, and follow us on Twitter @OFSAABasketball #GirlsA.

Learning ommons

The Scholastic Book Fair was held this week. Thanks to the support shown by staff, students and parents weare pleased to report that around $2400 has been raised. This means that our school will be able to purchasevaluable resources for use in the library and classrooms of RO. A special thank you is extended to the schooloffice staff, the grade six student volunteers and the parent volunteers who were an important part of thismost successful book fair. Isaak Bertrand was the winner of the $25 prize.

Carolyn Goddard

Learning Commons Informationist

Monday and Tuesday at RO School

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The Intermediate staff and students would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to the following businesses/organizations for their support and generous donations towardsmaking our 2nd Annual Silent Auction so successful. We raised just over $1400!!

We would also like to thank the following parents/students/family members for theircontributions: Jessica Barkley, Britney Barkley, Brad and Sandy Shaver, Wendy

MacPherson, Kylie Zummach, Jennifer MacIsaac, Rebecca Perras, Karen Andrew, Amanda

Barclay, Mr. Ewen McIntosh. A final thanks to everyone who took part in the bidding,without all of you, none of this would have been possible.

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Inclement Weather phone line 1-866-629-0629

COMING SOON!

Dec. 2 – School Council Meeting 6:00 p.m. in the Learning CommonsDec. 2 - 7/8 Boys Volleyball UC Cup Qualifier at RODec. 10 – Festival of the Arts 6:00 p.m.Dec. 12 – Gr. 8 Females HPV VaccinesDec.20, 2014 to Jan. 2, 2015 – Christmas Holidays

November 2 14

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

3Junior girls soccertournament at BensonCentre

4 -2:20 pm OSAID

presentation-6:00 pm SchoolCouncil Meeting inLibrary

Pizza Day K-6

5- Elementary ProgressReport Cards go home- NAC Field Trip-Take a Student toWork Day, Grade 9

Grilled Cheese K-6

6Algonquin CollegeOpen House

Subs K-6

7Dairy Presentations

10

- Link Crew Conference-1:20 pm LoyalistCollege Presentation

11– 10:30am

Remembrance Day

Assembly

Pizza Day K-6

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Grilled Cheese K-6

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Subs K-6

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Hot Dogs K-6

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Pizza Day K-6

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Grilled Cheese K-6

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Subs K-6

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- 2:00 pm Mrs.

Carter’s Kindergarten

to library

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Pizza Day K-6

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Grilled Cheese K-6

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Subs K-6

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OFSAA Girls’ A Basketball at RO

Christmas Craft Show

School council

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