June 2015

Making a difference for children!

École John Wilson Elementary Enrichir la vie des enfants!

A Fabulous ÉJWES 2014-2015 School Year

Comes to a Close

I would like to take this time to send a huge thank you to all parents, community members, students and staff for a

fantastic year that has been filled with so many wonderful moments made possible because of your commitment

to the children of Innisfail. I continue to be greatly impressed with the quality of teaching and learning, the level

of art and music programming, the many school-wide events/field trips that enhance student programming at

ÉJWES. I am also so impressed by the amount of volunteer hours that are present at École John Wilson Elemen-

tary School. Each of these things takes a great deal of time and commitment by many adults who gladly give their

best to our students each and every day. The children at our school are truly blessed because of all that you do,

and I have been blessed as a principal to be part of such a great school community focused on the best for chil-

dren's learning and growth.

It does take a village to raise a child and the Innisfail community is a shining example of how to come together

for the health, happiness and education of our children.

Have a safe, fun-filled summer.

Respectfully,

Jason Drent - Principal

To see pictures of our school events and to stay

connected with

current information please visit our website:

www.johnwilsonschool.ca

Grade 4 Families - Mark Your Calendars

Friday, June 5th Innisfail Middle School

Welcome New Grade 5’s To IMS Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:45 a.m. Parent Information Session with Mr. Steeves

Reflections on a year of meaningful learning

A Message from the Superintendent

With the end of this school year approaching, we can look back with pride on a highly successful

year of learning and growing in Chinook’s Edge!

Thank you to our students, our teachers, and our entire Chinook’s Edge staff for your hard work

throughout the year. Our students have earned praise and appreciation from many groups for

their efforts, as they take leading roles in artistic, academic, athletic, humanitarian and

environmental projects. We continue to see positive improvements on both locally-administered

and provincially-administered assessments of student learning. We are particularly proud that,

for the second year in a row, we are seeing 81 percent of our students completing high school –

which remains substantially higher than the provincial average of 75-77 percent. From the

moment they enter Kindergarten to the time they graduate from high school, Chinook’s Edge

students are surrounded by people who care about them and about their success. From this strong

foundation, they are in a greater position to continue achieving throughout their lives.

Along with our trustees, parents, families and community partners, we have shared an

outstanding year together. Thank you for challenging, encouraging and believing in each of our

students, and in one another. Enjoy your summer!

Kurt Sacher

Superintendent of Schools

Innisfail Historical Village

Children’s Programming –

Bubbles & Giggles

Running from July 8 until August

26, 2015- 10am to Noon on

Wednesdays.

This program will allow your

children ages 6-11 to learn about

the past, through games, gardening

and related activities.

The cost will be $8 per day per

child and you can register at the

village for any session by email at

idhsjane@gmail.comor

phone 403-227-2906.

Village Drama Class - spend a

fun week in a “learning to act”

workshop with instructor Norma

Hoppins, Drama Coach

extraordinaire.

This class will run from July 20 to

July 23, 10 am to 3 pm, and July

24, Noon to 5, with a performance

the last day.

The cost for this workshop will be

$95 for the week. Participants

should be between 7 and 12 years.

To register call 403-227-2906 or

email idhsjane@gmail.com.

Registration is limited to 10

children so pre-registration is a

must.

Celebrate Canada Day at the

Innisfail Historical Village on July

1, 2015 between noon & 5:30.

Enjoy fun, food and festivities,

with live music by Devin Cooper,

a bounce house, birthday cake and

much more. This is the 50th Anni-

versary of the Canadian Flag and

we will be having a special tribute.

Admission by donation.

Fête du Canada au Village his-

torique Innisfail sur 1er juillet

2015 entre midi & 05:30.

Profitez de plaisir, de nourriture et

de festivités, avec musique en

direct par Devin Cooper, une mai-

son de bounce, gâteau d'anniver-

saire et bien plus encore. C'est le

50e anniversaire du drapeau cana-

dien et nous allons avoir un hom-

mage spécial. Admission par Don.

BIG 5 AWARD

Michael Sims, Coral Tuck, Riley Bergquist, Ashlyn Blair, PJ Bouteiller, Jaxin Humphrey, Addley Bouvier, Gradie Bouvier, Colby Hollman, Blake Dyck, Dezlyn Anderson, Olivia Stoutenberg, Kasey Gagen, Colton Phelan, Emily Byman, Autym Wood, Aiden Tamme, Caitlen Murray, Ryleigh Skogen, Wacey Holman, Conner Savard, Morgyn Watts, Taen Blake, Jaden Schneider, Bailey Dykstra, Alysa Millar, Kaylin Knock and Aaron Yoffonoff.

Ava Lien, Carter Rutherford, Hannah Rice, Jeremy Pelech, Kadryn Hartman, Katie Martin, Ethan Byman, Niklas Thornton, Evan Giesbrecht, Trevin Murdoch, Damian Baron, Abby Stenhouse, Emma Lien, Cody Brown, Anna Nelson, Evan Russell, Kylie Krenn, Cale Redmond, Zander Wiltsey-Thomas, Kaelyn Howard, Leland Subject, Ella Parks, Ben Akit, Faith Butcher, Natalia Gala, Carson Kowaski, Brody Anderson and Alex Giesbrecht.

SEAL OF APPROVAL

READER OF THE MONTH

Sofia Wozny, Hale Ramsay, Taela Sprague, Ella Williams, Zacharia Richard-Jacobson, Deaken Branson, Carly Mix, Dayna Schock, Kaitlyn Jones, Caleb Dawdry, Jacob Perkins, Gracie Kirchner, Mico Rivera, Masan Reynolds, Taylor Peitzsche, Owen Mercer, Meesha Sahlen, Brianna Gruntman, Sawyer Layden, Jaidin Wiebe, Colton Greenough, Caylem Hendrickson, Chad McGinnis, Nick Nugent, Dylan Schneider and Swaleh Zaidi.

May Caught

Speaking

French

Award Scottie Peirson

Great Field Trips for June

*Details for these field trips will follow from each grade level...and more field trips will be

added to this list as they are planned by the grade team. Here is what we have planned to

date…

June 4 Grade 1 Carr-Freschette at Safety City & Sunnybrook Farm

June 4 Grade 2 Sampson-Vogel Kerrywood/Mackenzie Ponds

June 5 Grade 1 Sparrow-Sampson Safety City & Sunnybrook Farm

June 5 Grade 2 Ure-Goldstrom Kerrywood/Mackenzie Ponds

June 9 Grade 2 Goldstrom-Ure classes at Markerville

June 10 Grade 3 O’Neill-MacArthur Ellis Bird Farm

June 11 Grade 3 Layden-Newsham Ellis Bird Farm

June 12 Grade 2 Sampson-Vogel classes at Markerville

June 17 Grade 4 trip to Heritage Park

June 17 Kindergarten Mon/Wed at Discovery Wildlife Zoo

June 18 Kindergarten Tues/Thurs at Discovery Wildlife Zoo

June 19 Grade 3 classes go to the Calgary Zoo

*Please note that this is not the complete list of field trips being planned.

We want to send a huge thank you to our Parent Council and team of

volunteers who work many hours on the Fall Fundraiser and Hot Lunch

Program in order to provide a great deal of money to support the

majority of costs for these great field trip opportunities.

Great field trips that have already occurred in 2014-15...Grade 3 trip to Theatre Calgary,

Grade 4 trips to Waste Management Facility and Collicutt Leadership Day.

Many Thanks from our Staff and Students to

École John Wilson Elementary Parent Council and Families

Thank you for all of your help to fundraise in this school year through our Fall fundraiser,

Read-a-thon and hot lunches. Parent Council, and numerous volunteers, have spent endless

hours to fundraise funds that have allowed them to allocate approximately $3500.00 to each

grade level to use in significantly off-setting the costs of field trips and class activities. As

well, these fundraising efforts allowed Parent Council to bring to our students performances

such as the Alberta Opera performance. These efforts make it possible to provide all students

with fantastic learning opportunities at the school, within the community, and on excursions

that greatly expand our students’ learning opportunities.

THANK YOU!

SAVE RECEIPTS AGAIN

John Wilson Elementary School Parent Council has joined Operation Education in partnership with Boston Pizza

It’s as simple as eat, save and submit your Boston Pizza receipts!

We will be collecting receipts until June 2015

Boston Pizza will donate 5% of the pre-tax total of submitted receipts back to our school.

BP Receipts can be dropped at the school office.

All funds are used to support student initiatives and activities.

Mark your Calendars for 201-2016…

Friday, August 28th Open House Grade 1-4 from 11:00 to

1:00. Drop into the school with your child during this time to

meet your child’s teacher and bring their school supplies to

their class. Supply lists will be sent home in report cards and

will be available on the school website.

Kindergarten supplies can be brought in during your child’s

staggered entry time.

Monday, August 31st First Day of School for 2015-16

Please Note!

Last day of school

is Friday, June 26th

Early Dismissal

1:00 pm

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Welcome Grade

5’s @ 8:00am

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Artists Day

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