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Mission Statement Valleyview Centennial School strives to provide lifelong quality learning experiences within a safe, supportive, and respectful school community. Students, staff, parents, and community collaborate as a team in an effort to meet the academic, emotional, physical, and social well being of students and staff.

DATES TO REMEMBER

DECEMBER

2018

Main Office Phone: 204-729-3950 E-mail: valleyview@bsd.ca Call Back Phone: 204-729-3951

Web: https://www.bsd.ca/schools/valleyview Fax: 204-729-3953

3 - 3:30 - 5:30 PM – Lighthouse - Westaway Bay

7 - 3:30 - 5:30 PM - Lighthouse - Valleyview

10 - Kindergarten to Grade 2/3 Christmas Concert 1:00 PM - Grandparents & other family 6:30 PM Parents/Guardians

3:30 - 5:30 PM - Lighthouse - Westaway Bay

7:00 PM - Winter Concert @ WMCA All Grade 8 Band Students

11 - Grades 3/4 to 7/8 Christmas Concert 1:00 PM - Grandparents & other family 6:30 PM - Parents/Guardians

13 - 3:30 - 5:30 PM - Lighthouse - Valleyview

17 - 3:30 - 5:30 PM - Lighthouse - Westaway Bay

21 - Ugly Sweater Day

Last Day of Classes Prior to Christmas Break

2:30 PM - Christmas Sing-a-long assembly

3:30 PM - Lighthouse - Valleyview

Christmas Break

December 24, 2018 till January 4, 2019

Classes Resume

January 7, 2019

Valleyview Staff wishes everyone a fun and

safe holiday season.

We look forward to seeing you all in the

New Year.

Valleyview’s Christmas Concerts are coming….

Kindergarten - Grade 2/3: Monday, December 10th at 1:00 & 6:30 pm

Grade 3/4 – 7/8: Tuesday, December 11th at 1:00 & 6:30 pm

Doors Open @ 6:00 pm

There is no admission, but please feel free to bring a non-perishable food item to donate!

We are expecting our gym to be very full for our upcoming Christmas Concerts so we are asking that families honor our request that parents and guardians attend the evening performance

and grandparents and extended family attend the afternoon performance. There are many great advantages to being a small school and

unfortunately limited space is one disadvantage. The children and staff are excited to host our

concert in our very own school! Looking forward to seeing you all.

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Please be reminded that students will be outside be-fore school starts and dur-ing breaks. Ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the cold weather.

Winter coat, snow pants, toques, mitts, scarves, and snow boots make recess much more comfortable and enjoyable for students. Unless the temperature is -27 (or colder) with the wind-chill, recess will be outdoors and we’ll maintain the usual entry times of 8:45 am and 12:45 pm. Please make sure your child (ern) do not arrive at school early before school in the morning and at lunch, just at bell time would be ideal.

Bag Up Challenge

The results are in! Mrs. Donnelly’s class counted all the bags brought in from Valleyview’s

students, teachers and families. We collected 5032 bags for the Bag Up Challenge! A big

thank you to all who brought bags to school and kept them from finding a home in our landfill. The bags go to a factory in Winnipeg and from there, they are recycled into usable items such as bird

feeders, planters and park benches.

So You Think You Have it Tough?

School was tough, especially in the olden days. If students needed the washroom, they had to go outside to the smelly, disgusting, bug-filled, awful outhouse. In the winter, the out-house was freezing cold! In the school there were very few windows to let in light, so it was hard to study or read. The only heat was provid-ed by a wood stove. Students had to bring the wood from the freezing cold wood shed to keep them toasty. But if your parents were rich enough, teachers would come right to your house to teach you. Imagine your teacher living with you! So, what makes school so tough for you?

Written by: Jaylin, Andrew, Darius, Jacob and Ryder

Grade 7/8's Beading started on Tuesday, November 20th and will run every

Tuesday & Thursday

12:15 - 12:45 pm

in the Literacy Room

Valleyview Wear Coming Soon…….

Valleyview clothing , sizes and prices will be available on the

school website: valleyview@bsd.ca

Order forms will be available in the office

Join us for our Christmas Sing-a-long Assembly Friday, December 21St @ 2:30 pm

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FROM THE LIBRARY

Check out some of the new books!!!

Sending out a huge thank you to my helpers extra-ordinarie Aryanna, Saphiya & Brad

Mrs. Swallow

Literacy Coach, Continuous Improvement Coach, and Teacher Librarian

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A huge thank you to our Youth Revolution students who came out to

the Santa Parade!

Grade 7/8 Volleyball Teams

Thanks for a great season!

BOYS

GIRLS

Thank you to Mrs. Pomeroy for making the frontage of Valleyview School look so festive!

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