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December 2014

Remembrance Day

EE Oliver remembered those that sacrificed their lives for our freedom at our

Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 7. Students and staff listened to

Fairview Legion representative Mr. Ken Coghill give a very moving speech about

why it is so important that we never forget and that we recognize the

importance and significance of Remembrance Day.

“Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.” { William Shakespeare }

White to Red in Support of Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta

We invite you to help our school turn from white to red in support of sick kids &

their families. Ronald McDonald House provides a temporary home away from

home for families with seriously ill or injured children seeking treatment in

Northern Alberta. In 2012, an office in Grande Prairie was opened to better

serve the families in the Peace Region due to the majority of the families com-

ing from our area. Many families from our community & our school have used

the resources available through Ronald McDonald House.

We will be selling tags to put up in our school to turn it

from White to Red. The tags will be sold for $2 each

with all proceeds going towards the Ronald McDonald

House. Tags will be on sale starting November 28 until

December 12. Our goal for the campaign is to sell 1000

tags to support the families from our community that

access these facilities. Please help us to meet our goal!

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Principal’s Message

As we head into the holiday season, the EE Oliver community has many

events upcoming. On Friday, December 5, we will have another after-

noon options day. Students will get to try out an activity from a large

selection of events including kids’ yoga, cross-country skiing, cookie

decorating, carolling, Lego building and manicures.

We will also have our annual Christmas concert on December 18. There

are two shows to accommodate our large population. The 10am concert

is for families of students with last names A-L, the 1pm concert is for

families of students with last names M-Z.

While December promises to be a fun and festive month, I would like

to remind everyone of our cold weather policy. Our temperature cut-

off is –25 degrees Celsius. This temperature includes wind chill. If

the temperature is above –25, the students will be outside for recess-

es so it is very important that they dress for the weather and for play

in the snow. Ski pants, a winter jacket, hat and mitts, and winter boots

are essential. Having the right gear makes recess time a lot more com-

fortable and fun!

As this is the last newsletter before the New Year, I would like to

take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and re-

laxing holiday season. Take care and all the best in

2015!

Mrs. McGovern

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EE Oliver Eagles Monthly Award Winners

Congratulations to our monthly EAGLES award winners for grades one to three. Pictured: Ky-

lie Bak, Emily Kerschbaumer, Chloe Hobbs, Kestyn Bak, Tatum Elliott, Bailey Rampton, Evan

Lee, Kyle Thompson, Mia Currie, Deion Budd, Sean Winter, Travis Beaucage, & Ben Coghill

Missing from photo: Gavin Thompson

Congratulations to our monthly EAGLES award winners for grades four to six. Pictured: Jack-

ie Cox, Rorey Sellers, Jaidah Mollard, Alexa Lee, Hope Nilsson, Dallas Kehler, Daelyn Palmer,

Calissa Craig, Cohan James, Zachary Wilson, Aden Stucklschwaiger, Patricia Patton, Ryanda

Guy, Norah Ponto, Taeja Hamilton, Quanalee Brown, Jessica Weber, Talease Kehler & Navada

Gerk Missing from photo: Logan Banner

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Each month, students at EE Oliver have focused on a different virtue. Novem-

ber’s virtue was Honesty. Students who display the monthly virtues have their

names submitted for a draw at the assembly each

month. Congratulations to our draw winners,

Ceraphina Bedford and Brooklyn Green.

Library Award

November’s Library

Award goes to 2S for

being super awesome

and respecting all the

library rules. Way to go 2S!

PE Award

Mrs. Coghill & Mrs. Gordon would

like to recognize the following clas-

ses for displaying the EE Oliver

EAGLES attributes during gym

class: 1G, 1R, 4E & 4W. Way to go!

Monthly Virtue Draw Winners

Health Hero Awards

Each month, names of students & staff who

display attributes of living a healthy lifestyle

are given draw tickets. Congratulations to

November’s Health Heroes: Mrs. McGovern,

Kali Rushton and Zachary Wilson.

AMA Patrollers Award

Congratulations to Hope Nilsson & Taeja Hamilton.

You ensured our primary students were able to

cross the street safely to school.

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Moustache Day!!

The Grade 3 Health classes at E.E. Oliver Elementary have

been learning about empathy with picture books and videos

supplied by the Alberta SPCA. We made Kindness Checklists

and have created a Kindness Tree in our ancillary area to

share our Kindness Acts with our school and our community!

Visit us "On The Map" of Kindness Acts done at elementary

schools throughout Alberta! http://everylivingthing.ca/

kindness-in-action/

Performing Arts Fundraiser

Thank you to Mrs. Elspeth Biegel who helped us raise $250 to go towards our Performing Arts

fund which allows us to bring arts & culture groups into the school. Elspeth sold cookie mixes

and soup mixes at our Parent-Teacher Interview nights held on November 18 and 20 and gave

the school a portion of the sales.

Notes from the Office & Library

The school lost and found has been steadily growing since school started. Par-

ents please have a look through the lost and found located by the school of-

fice.

If your child is late getting to school, please ensure that they check in at the

office before going to class. Also, please ensure any messages for students

are called in to the school before 3pm.

Thank you to Mrs. Sauder for her donation of a microwave & of books for the

library!

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“The Peace River School Division board of trustees

wishes students, parents, staff, community members

and partnering businesses and organizations a very

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you

for your support, involvement and dedication to edu-

cation. You are all an important part of the Peace Riv-

er School Division family. Thank you for making our

schools the great places they are to learn, grow, work

and be.”

Welcome to our student teachers!

A warm welcome to Mr. Dallas Bjornson and

Miss Kaydee Wyness. Mr. Bjornson and

Miss Wyness have joined us as student

teachers for the months of November and

December in Mrs. Rochon’s grade 1 class

and Mr. Canning’s grade 3 class. We are

very fortunate to have Mr. Bjornson and

Miss Wyness at our school!

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Book Fair News!

EE Oliver kids ROCK!!! We set a goal of $5000 for this

year’s Scholastic Book Fair!! You guys all came together

and completely smashed that number!! Our total sales were……. $7000.00!!!! This

means we will now have over $4000 to spend on books for the school!!! So a mas-

sive THANK YOU to every single one of you! And many thanks to my Crew for all

the work you did to help me get things set up and ready to roll!!! I am so proud

and thankful to be a part of such a great school!!! -Ms. Billi

Congratulations to the book fair draw

winners: Maddie Avignon, Emily Rich-

ards, Daelyn Palmer, Reegan McDonald,

Taylor Fraser, Haidyn Wright and

Audrey Nicholson. Missing from pic-

ture: Treyton McDonald & Rebecca

Ramsey. Rebecca was our family draw

winner!

EE Oliver Breakfast Program

EE Oliver’s Breakfast Program is always looking for volunteers.

If you are able to help out please contact the school at (780)

835-2225. Donations are always welcome as we are always in

need of grocery items and smart shopper coupons as well.

A big thank you to the Burt family and the Alzoor fam-

ily for their generous donations of food items for the

Breakfast Program! Also thank you to the United

Church Women for their recent monetary donation!

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The WITS Primary Program teaches children in

Kindergarten to Grade 3 to make safe and posi-

tive choices when faced with peer conflict. The

WITS acronym - Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out,

and Seek help - provides a common language that

children and the adults in their environments can

use to talk about and respond to peer victimiza-

tion.

The WITS LEADS Program provides strategies

and resources that are developmentally appro-

priate for older elementary aged students so

that they can become WITS LEADerS. Like the

WITS Program, WITS LEADS is a literature

based program with over 30 dynamic activities

that may be integrated throughout a variety of

subject areas. The WITS LEADS Program

teaches five problem-solving strategies to help

children deal with conflict and keep

safe:

Look and listen,

Explore points of view, Act, Did it work?

and Seek help.

EE Oliver WITS Program

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TWIN DAY

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Concert Dress

Rehearsal

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Christmas

Concert 10am

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December 2014

Monthly Virtue: Friendliness

NO SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK

FIRST DAY BACK JANUARY 5, 2015

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PAJAMA

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ASSEMBLY

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NO SCHOOL

SITE BASED

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JANUARY 2015

Monthly Virtue: Self-Discipline

NO SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK

1ST DAY BACK JANUARY 5TH