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Sherry Elwood - Superintendent Wendy Lim - Area Superintendent
Catherine Ludwig - Principal Andrei Sala - Vice Principal Monica
Glaboff - Admin. Assist Carrie McCarthy - Admin Assist
Important Dates
MAY April 30 - Track Attack begins (gr. 3 - 7) May 3 - TCO2 @
10:50 - gr. 6/7 May 11 - PAC Hot Food Day May 17 - Welcome to
Kindergarten @ 1:30 May 17 - PAC Meeting @ 6:30 pm May 18 - Pro-D
Day - No School (Blair teachers @ Musqueam Centre) May 21 -
Victoria Day - No School May 22 - 2:00 Early Dismissal (RTA AGM)
May 25 - Burnett Gr.7 Day May 25 - PAC Spring Carnival May 29 -
Track Meet (gr. 3-7) May 30 to June1 - iRide @ Blair
JUNE June 8 - Sports Day, 1:30 pm Early Dismissal June 14 - Year
End Band Concert @ 6:30 pm June 15 - PAC Meeting @ 9:00 am June 15
- Track Ribbon Assembly @ 2:00 pm June 21 - National Aboriginal Day
Assembly June 22 - Grade 7 Farewell Assembly @ 9:15 am June 26 -
Recognition Assembly @ 1:30 June 26 - Reports Home June 27 - Last
Day of School (Full Day)
We Envision A Joyful Community That: Celebrates Learning
Treasures Each Child Values Diversity Teaches the Ethic Of
Caring
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Dear Parents,
Important Information about Class Placements
Many families wish to provide information to assist our staff in
Class Placements. June is fast approaching and once again, the
staff at Blair Elementary School will be gathering and sharing
information in preparation for student placement in September. As
professionals, the staff devotes much time, care and effort in
determining September placement for each child. Sometimes, parents
are able to provide the school with new information about their
child.
This input should not include a request for placement with a
specific teacher but rather some important personal or educational
data that will assist us with our decision. This could include: •
your child’s learning strengths, interests and needs and/or
their learning style. • strategies and approaches that are
effective in engaging
and motivating your child, and • peers that you believe
might help your child to feel
connected, to work productively and to be a successful
learner.
Please note, while we take your information into account as part
of our discussions, we are not able to guarantee requests.
Should
you wish to provide the school with this information, please send a
letter to Mrs. Ludwig by Friday, June 1, 2018.
Sincerely, Mrs. Ludwig and Mr. Sala
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
May 18 - Pro-D Day (No School)
May 21 - Victoria Day (No School)
May 22 - Early Dismissal @ 2:00 pm (RTA AGM)
June 8 - Early Dismissal @ 1:30 pm (Sports Day)
June 27- Last Day Of School (Full Day)
TRACK MEET
Our District Zone Track Meet for all grade 3-7 students is
on
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
“Track Attack”, to practice all the events, will
begin on April 30 and will run for two weeks.
Please send your child to school ready to be active in gym
attire and proper running shoes.
April has been an exciting month for Divisions 5 and 6 and for
our Grandpals at Rosewood Manor!
The students have made two separate visits with guitars in hand.
Retired Richmond teacher, Barb Newton, joined us for these
performances and led both divisions through many songs. It
was wonderful to see how Rosewood residents knew many of the songs
and sang along to tunes such as 'It's a Small World' and ‘This
Little Light'. The big hit was the ROCK! Musical Elvis
Presley showstopper: 'Blue Suede Shoes'! It was fun
to watch some of the Grandpals really rocking to the music!
Our Blair School Community was also very excited to welcome ten
Rosewood residents and three of their care givers to our April 18th
afternoon performance of ROCK! The residents were given front
row seats and all were raving about the show afterwards.
LIBRARY
Stay tuned for the winning title of our Reader’s Choice Award!
The voting deadline is Friday, May 11th.
~ Mrs. Bingham
Rosewood Manor Grandpals
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On Apr. 27 (this Friday), the leadership team will be hosting an
event called “We Walk For Water”, which focuses on providing people
with clean and sanitary water in poor countries. On Friday,
participating classes will be walking to the dyke and the leaders
in charge will be teaching your child(ren) information about the
water crisis around the world. Before, during and after the walk
you will be able to donate money to the cause and help families
without access to clean water. For every $25, you can give one
person clean water for life. Our goal for this event is to raise
$500, which in turn will give 20 people clean water for life! You
can donate any amount in the jar in front of the office. So join us
in our movement to give clean and sanitized water to people all
around the world!
Student Leadership
PAC Information
May 3 - Fruit & Milk DayMay 11 - PAC Hot Food DayMay 17 -
6:30 pm PAC Meeting
Mark your Calendars May 25 is our annual Spring Carnival!
Join us for games, prizes, bouncy castles, food and much, much
more!
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ROCK! A huge thank you to all the parents, friends and family
members that came out to support our ROCK! Musical last week. We
are also grateful for your support in purchasing the t-shirt to
make the event even that much more special. A big congratulations
to all the students for a job well done!
Thank you to Cindy Guo
for creating this artwork of the cast as a keepsake!
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Stay tuned for more information!
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SOGI Policy FeedbackYou are invited to provide written feedback
and respectful comments to the Richmond School District's draft
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
Policy. Public information sessions will also take place
on April 24 and May 5th at Palmer Secondary. Details are
available: https://t.co/VCQfUviIGNSOGIimage.jpg
iRide iRide returns to Blair for its third and final year. The
majority of intermediate students will have the opportunity to
practice their bike skills on May 30, 31 and June 1.
Look for instructions on how to complete the waiver package
coming home soon!
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LEARNING TODAY FOR TOMORROWS WORLD WITH YONG ZHAO
PRESENTS
SCHEDULE
May 1, 2018 | 7 – 8:30 pm
English Session
Richmond Secondary Multi-Purpose Room
May 2, 2018 | 7 – 8:30 pm
Mandarin Session
(Cantonese translators available)
MacNeill SecondaryFoyer
Richmond parents and our community are invited
to a free discussion and presentation with
internationally recognized professor and author,
Yong Zhao.
About Yong Zhao:Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished
Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas.
He is also a professorial fellow at the Mitchell Institute for
Health and Education Policy, Victoria University in Australia as
well as a Global Chair at the University of Bath, UK. Yong Zhao has
received numerous awards including the Early Career Award from the
American Educational Research Association, Outstanding Public
Educator from Horace Mann League of USA, and Distinguished
Achievement Award in Professional Development from the Association
of Education Publishers. He is an elected fellow of the
International Academy for Education and is recognized as one of the
most influential education scholars. His work focuses on the
implications of globalization and technology on education. He has
published over 100 articles and 30 books, including Counting What
Counts: Reframing Education Outcomes (2016) and World Class
Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students
(2012).
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