Inside this issue:

What to do when the

Weather’s Bad

2

DSBN Academy

Information

2

French Immersion

Information

2

Attendance and

Dreambox Awards

3

Sports News

Guitar Club

3

December Events

Holiday Concert

4

Kdgn Registration

Family Movie Night

5

December 2018 Volume 3, Issue 4

Website:

connaught.dsbn.org

Twitter:

@ConnaughtDSBN

T H E C O N N A U G H T

C H R O N I C L E

T H E C O N N A U G H T

C H R O N I C L E

December Message

From the entire staff at Connaught, we’d like to wish you the very best during this upcoming holiday season, whether your celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or another very special time for your family. This month, there are many plans for our students as we lead up to the two week break. We hope you will be able to join in our celebrating and visit us at our annual holiday concert!

Congratulations to November’s Cougar’s Paw winners for the

character traits of courage/doing the right thing.

They are: Wena, Silas, Aubriee, Shelby, Austin, Brooklyn, Skyler,

Maddi, Dallas, Max, Ayden, Brandon, Will, Addison, Megan, Emma,

Lauren, Emma, Yoonseo and Mobin

COUGAR’S PAW AWARD WINNERS FOR NOVEMBER

28 Prince St.

St. Catharines ON

L2R 3X7

905.682.6609

Principal: Mrs. K. Diiorio

Vice-Principal: Mrs. L. Lehne

Administrative Assistant: Mrs. P. Nardangeli

HAPPY HOLIDAY BAGS

Each year, staff past and present, community

partners and many generous donors help make

the season bright through donations to our Holi-

day Bag program. We will be putting together a

special treat bag for every Cougar, as well as

care packages for the residents at Queenchester

Terrace retirement home. If you are interested

in donating to our program, please call the of-

fice, or look for the 'Support Your School' link on

the Connaught website. Specify 'Holiday Bags'

when donating online so your donation will

make it directly to the program. Thanks for your

support, and Happy Holidays!

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KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAP-

From time to time, bad weather can cause bus cancellations or school closures.

When buses have been cancelled and schools remain open, the decision to send your child(ren)

to school on that day rests with you as the parent or guardian.

Should you decide not to send your child to school when buses are cancelled but schools

remain open, please call or enter online through Safe Arrival to inform us of your child’s

absence. The phone number is 1-866-606-5567.

During times like this, the DSBN Emergency Information form that you filled out at the beginning of the school

year is what we rely upon! Please ALWAYS let the school know of all changes in contact

information throughout the school year.

Oh The Weather Outside Is Frightful!

DSBN Academy is a Grade 6 to Grade 12 public school designed to support and

empower students to be the first in their family to graduate from college or

university. Come learn more about the opportunities offered at DSBN Academy.

All families are welcome! Please see below for the dates, times and locations.

St. Catharines Parent Information Sessions

December 6, 2018 Harriet Tubman, St. Catharines 6:00 pm

January 15, 2018 Open House at DSBN Academy 6:00 pm

IS the DSBN Academy Right for Your Child?

The French Immersion program offered at Jeanne Sauvé is open to all students in Year 2 (Senior) Kindergarten.

French Immersion has a great deal to offer:

Development of French language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing from Grades 1-12

Designed to be a second-language program for children whose first language is NOT French

Certificate of French Immersion Studies awarded upon successful completion of the program in gr. 12

Opportunity to take the Diplôme d’études de langue française (DELF) exam in Grade 12

Promotes understanding of different cultures

Provides additional opportunities for employment using French as the working language

Increased ability to communicate and interact with confidence in French

Registration will open January 7th, 2019

A Parent Information evening will be held on Wednesday, January 9th at Jeanne Sauvé at 6:00 pm.

For more information about French Immersion in the District School Board of Niagara visit www.dsbn.org/fi or

speak to your school principal.

THINKING ABOUT FRENCH IMMERSION FOR YOUR CHILD?

Connaught

Public School

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Guitar Club!

Mr. Zaporzan, our junior/

intermediate ESL teacher, is

starting an intermediate

beginner’s guitar club. This is

a great opportunity for students to learn

some guitar basics and holiday songs

during lunchtime nutrition breaks in a

group setting with their friends.

Congratulations to Bai Cheng, Noah, Connor,

Juanito, Lilly-Anne, Malachi, Kadian, Yumna,

Alaa. All of these students worked very hard

at improving their math skills by using

Dreambox Math on their own time!

Dreambox Math Award Winners

SPORTS NEWS!

SUPER ATTENDANCE AWARDS

Junior Tripleball

Mrs. Ravazzolo and Ms.

Caesar would like to con-

gratulate the Junior Girls’

Triple Ball team on a great

start to their season! The girls are

working hard to improve their serving, bump-

ing, and setting skills. The team would like to

send a special thank you to Lylah, Marissa, and

Nirmeen for being supportive grade 7 volun-

teers. Our team members are: Amari,

Cait, Chrissy, Emma, Lia, Madelyn, Megan,

Rebecca, Rubi, and Yumna

Congratulations to Noah, Declan, Owen,

Mariam, Albert, Grace, Madison, Melanie,

Lauren for winning attendance awards for

the month of November. We are pleased

with their efforts to be at school on time and

to have improved attendance overall.

Makerspace Message

Connaught is excited to be participating in the

Hour of Code on December 4th. We will be

welcoming Code Mobile into our school to work

with our students.

Students will be given the opportunity to develop

and expand their coding skills.

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Crafter’s Workshop for December

Our Happy Holiday Planters workshop will be held Dec. 3-5. Space is very

limited, so please register quickly through School Cash Online or return

your form and payment to your homeroom teacher.

DECEMBER Events

to Remember

The staff and students at Connaught would like to invite you to attend our

annual holiday concert on Tuesday, December 18th. The afternoon

performance will take place at 2 pm. while the evening performance will take

place at 6:30 pm. Bring your coins for our annual Christmas Penny Raffle! All

proceeds to support Connaught student activities. Hope to see you there!

The Whoville Feast!

On Friday, December 22nd, we plan on sending off the

students to their two week holiday with a grand feast! All

students from JK to grade 8, as well as our school staff, will

be sharing in a turkey dinner together thanks to the

generous people at Westview Christian Fellowship Church.

C o n n a u g h t H o l i d a y C o n c e r t P l a n s

Our monthly character assembly will take

place on Friday, December 14 at 10:00 am

in the gymnasium. Please note the day and

time change as it’s out of the ordinary!

D E C E M B E R ’ S C H A R A C T E R A S S E M B L Y December Spirit Days!

Students are invited to join the holiday

spirit in December!

Fri. Dec. 14th- wear your craziest,

coziest, silliest sweater for Joy Day. In the afternoon we'll be decorating the

school for the holidays and we want to

see your sweater spirit!

Tues. Dec. 18th- For our Holiday

Concert, make sure you wear your finest, dressiest outfit to show your

sparkle!

Wed. Dec. 19th- show off your holiday

colours by dressing in Red and Green!

Fri. Dec. 21st- it's the greatest day of

the year: Whoville lunch day! Dress as your favourite Who, or as the Grinch!

We have a special treat for each and

every one of you; don't miss it!

Connaught Goes to the Movies!

On Thurs. Dec. 20th, all Connaught students are invited to join us on a

trip to the movies at Pen Centre Landmark theatres. Students in

kindergarten to gr. 3 will be enjoying a viewing of The Grinch (rated

PG), and students in gr. 4 to 8 will be watching Fantastic Beasts:

The Crimes of Grindelwald (rated PG13).

Junior and intermediate students have the option of purchasing food

combos at a reduced price in advance, or visiting the concession

stand on the day of the movie. Younger students will be provided with

a small nut-free, gelatin-free treat. Please return forms and payment

by Dec.17th to reserve your ticket, also available on School Cash

Online.

Me to We Fundraiser

Rafiki Bracelets & Necklaces

The Me to We club will be selling

rafiki bracelets to raise money for

charity this holiday, look for forms

coming home soon. Help our

students support children in

developing countries by

purchasing one of these beautiful

beaded necklaces/bracelets, a

perfect holiday gift! We will have

a limited quantity, so orders will

be filled on a first come, first

served basis. Order early for the

widest choice of

colours!

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Stack Up Guinness

World Record!

On Nov. 8th, 157 students

participated in the largest

ever international stacking

day, joining over 622,000

(and counting!) stackers

from all over the world!

Congratulations Cougars,

you helped set a

new Guinness world record!

We hope to see you all in

January when the

competitive team begins

practicing for the DSBN

tournament.