Forest Green April Newsletter (2011)

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Principals Message

With only two months left of school, we know that this is a very busy time of year for

students and schools as we have many wonderful events planned at our school, while

also having Provincial Achievement Exams coming up in the next two months. Stu-

dents and staff are working diligently to ensure that we have a successful transition

into the next school year.

On May 2, 3rd Street Beat will be joining us again to work with the students and do

some hip hop dancing. The kids will have the opportunity to showcase their moves

on Friday, May 6 at 1pm, followed by a performance from the group. We are really

looking forward to hosting this event again and hope you can join us. Please know

that we have busses coming into the school during this time, so all parking regula-

tions still apply. Please ensure that no cars are parked in the middle of the street or in

the bus lanes. We appreciate your cooperation to ensure that our students that do

leave at different times can still get out safely.

Continuing on with parking, please ensure that unless you have a permit or have spo-

ken directly with school administration, that we leave the designated parking areas

open. I know that the parking lot is a really busy place in the morning, which is all

the more reason that we need to proceed with extra caution. The parking lot area has

been a lot safer thanks to the work of the entire Forest Green community. Thanks for

that!

I would like to personally invite all parent volunteers to join us on May 31st, at 10am

at Forest Green School for our annual Volunteer Tea. We really appreciate all of the

wonderful things that our volunteers do and this is just one of the ways we can show

our appreciation. We looking forward to seeing you on this day. To help with our

planning please let Mrs. Buchaski know if you are able to attend.

I wish all of you a fantastic May and hope to see more sunshine coming our way!

Sincerely,

George Couros

Principal, Forest Green School/Connections for Learning

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If you have questions about

weather cancellations or routedelays, schedules or any other

bussing concern, check outthe Parkland Transportation

web site @

www.parklandtransport.ca/

Forest Green School

5210 - 45 Street

Stony Plain, AB

T7Z 1R5

Phone: 780-963-7366

Fax: 780-963-0341


What HAPPENED at Forest Green!

April 7Thanks to all of those that joined us

at the Kindergarten Open House.

April 21Thanks to all of the parents that

joined us to help create the future and vision of

Forest Green through the Education Planning

process!

April 29Forest Green students had

Pajama Day and Grade 4 students led the as-

sembly!

KEY DATES FOR MAY

May 2-53rd Street Beat will be working with students on their Hip Hop

Dance routines for the week!

May 6Students will showcase their dance skills followed by a performance by

3rd Street Beat. (1pm) Please park in designated areas.

May 20Staff Professional Development Day. No school for students.

Invitations will be going home on May 9th, so please watch

for them and RSVP to Donna at 780-963-7366 by May 19 th.

If you have volunteered and your invitation does not make it

home please let us know if you will be able to attend.

Attention Forest Green VolunteersPlans are underway for this years volunteer tea. Please keep

the morning of Tuesday, May 31st open and plan to join us for

coffee, treats and entertainment as we thank you for all of

your time and effort.
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Farwell Mrs. Mills

Forest Green School will be honouring our former music teacher Mrs.

Mills for her many years of dedication and valuable service to our students.

As part of our May Assembly, to be held on May 17th (2-3pm), the studentswill be celebrating the wonderful contributions she has made to our school.

Please feel free to join us as we honour a teacher that has made a signifi-cant difference in the lives of many current and former students of ForestGreen!

May 4, 2011

On May 4, 2011, Albertans are invited to wear a hat to raise awareness of the

importance of good mental health. Forest Green School will relax their hat rules

and encourage students and teachers to build understanding by wearing hats to

school.

Identity Day (2011)Staff and students are looking forward to another powerful Identity Day to be held near the endof June. As there are many activities happening in June, we have not confirmed

the day yet, but wanted students to start thinking about what their passion is

that they would like to share on this day. If you are not sure what Identity Day is

about, there will be more details in the next newsletter.

We are really looking forward to another fantastic Identity Day at Forest Green!


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What our staff is learning Mrs. Morrison attended an inservice on working with challenging stu-dents in Edmonton. Mrs. Wandio attended the Action on Curriculum roundtable discuss-

ing the future of education, which included students, staff, and parents. Mrs. Cameron continued her work in Balanced Literacy. Mr. Couros attended a workshop on utilizing data to help build effec-tive schools, while also working with educators at a Digital LearningConference. Mrs. Mckenzie and Mr. Irvine attended a workshop on independentreading and writing centers in Early Years classes. Mr. Irvine and Mrs. Cameron went to an Apple Education seminar fo-

cusing on utilizing personal devices for the inclusive classroom.

SNAP Update

This is the second year of our three year pilot program called SNAP. SNAP standsfor STOP NOW AND PLAN and is a strategy that helps students regulate angry feel-ings by getting them to stop, think, and plan positive alternatives before they act impul-sively. SNAP teaches impulse control skills that students can use in various challeng-ing situations that they may encounter. The primary goal is to keep students in school

and out of trouble. Some secondary goals include: to teach effective anger manage-ment skills by using SNAP, facilitate school success, increase social competence byconnecting boys to positive structured community activities and to teach students posi-tive peer socialization skills.

The SNAP goals are aligned with Parkland School Divisions standards for Student Citi-zenship and Social Responsibility in many ways. The division promotes the fosteringof positive character development in students and endorses a set of desirable personaland interpersonal character traits including respect, responsibility, honesty, empathy,fairness, initiative, perseverance, courage and integrity. Also part of preparing students

to be productive and contributing citizens is ensuring that all students have an opportu-nity to learn, practice and develop such personal and interpersonal character traits.SNAP is all about helping students develop and practice these traits. Role play is akey activity in the SNAP sessions and students are coached in applying these behav-iours on a regular basis. As we continue next year, this program will be implementedon a broader scale, including a SNAP for Girls group.


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Notes from the Office

Please do your best to ensure that you

do any communication you need to

with your child before the school

day. As the school phone is a busi-

ness phone, we encourage our stu-

dents to only use it in the case of an

emergency. We appreciate your help

with this.

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Classes for Next Year

At the end of each school year, teachers devote a considerable amount of time and

effort towards the composition of class lists. Many factors are considered in this

process including:

Creating classes of even size

Boy Girl balance

Even distribution of students with special academic, social and behavioral

needs

Siblings/family groups

The ultimate goal in all cases is to provide the best possible learning environment

for all of our students.

Should you wish to contribute input regarding the placement of your child, a form is

available for pickup in the Forest Green School office. Please return completed

forms to the office for review by administration. They will then be shared with the

teachers and your input will be taken into account as teachers consider all of the

factors to create the best classroom environment for all of our students. Due to the

complexity of factors involved, we are not always able to fulfill specific re-

quests. Should this happen, we ask for your cooperation in making the assignedplacement work for your child. Please have your form returned to the front office no

later than May 16, 2011.


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