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HOLIDAY CONCERT

This year the intermediate students will be participating in the Central School Holiday concert. The concert will be held on Monday, December 19th at 7:00 pm. The afternoon

performance (1:45 pm) will be for Central students and anyone who is unable to attend in the evening.

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2011

HOME OF THE C-HAWKS

HAWK’S EYE VIEW

Central Public School

Celebrating 105 Years of Excellence

DECEMBER

KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE

An Open House and registration for our future Central C-Hawks will be held on Thursday, February 2nd from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Children who will be 4 years of age before December 31, 2012 are eligible to register for Junior Kindergarten for September 2012. We will also register any student(s) for Senior Kindergarten if they have not attended Junior Kindergarten. Students currently in Junior Kindergarten at Central do not need to register for Senior Kindergarten. In order to register for school, please bring the following information:

● birth certificate ● proof of immunization ● health card number

Please inform your friends and neighbours of the Kindergarten registration/open house date. We would like to register as many students as possible on this night. REMINDER WE ARE MOVING

TO FULL DAY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM

Happy Holidays to all families. I wish you a safe and restful holiday season. It is wonderful to see the support families have given to each other at this time of year. Our students have huge hearts and compassion. Thank you to the Me To We group for organizing our canned food drive and for raising funds through the VOW of SILENCE day. Thank you to our Student Leadership Team for coordinating baskets for families and to our Staff for donating items for the local Woman’s shelter. We hope you will be able to donate a hat and some mittens if you attend the Intermediate’s “Where has Santa Gone?” Concert. It will be great fun to participate in the Santa Claus parade and kick off the December season. Congratulations to our Intermedi-ate Volleyball teams who had a most successful season. Thank you to our dedicated coaches. Thank you to our Parent Council for organizing a successful AVON fundraising event and hopefully you were able to purchase some gift cards through our FUNDSCRIP campaign.

Mrs. S. Niznik, Principal - - Mr. M. Herfst, Vice-Principal

Mr. John Dickson, Superintendent - john.dickson@dsbn.edu.on.ca

Mrs. Cheryl Keddy-Scott, DSBN Trustee - cheryl@communitycarewn.ca

LATE ARRIVALS

Students arriving late to school is an ongoing concern of the Central staff. Late arrivals impact a great deal on academic success. Students disrupt the class when they arrive late. Morning announcements and instructions for the school day are missed by these students.

It is important that our students arrive on time and are prepared to start their day with their class. Your co-operation in helping your child arrive at school on time is greatly appreciated. A reminder that morning supervision on the playground begins at 8:20 am. Students who walk to school can arrive any time after this, unless they are involved in an early activity in the school.

Students who walk home should leave the school yard at dismissal time. Bus students should report promptly to their bus line. Your co-operation is appreciated.

OFFICE UPDATE

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SKATING Beginning in January

Students must wear a helmet, gloves or mit-tens when they go skating. For the safety of our students, we ask that anyone who is on the ice at the arena must wear skates. Please no boots and no strollers on the ice. Your co-operation is greatly appreciated.

LOST AND FOUND

Our lost and found is overflowing. Please stop by or have your child check for any items that may be miss-ing. These items will be on display in the hall by the library. Items that remain in the lost and found will be donated to charity after December 16th.

CHRISTMAS BREAK

The last day of school before Christmas break is Friday, De-

cember 23rd, 2011. Dismissal is at the regular time of 3:20 pm.

School will re-open on Monday, January 9th, 2012

We hope everyone enjoys a peace-ful and relaxing holiday.

COLD WEATHER DRESS

Please be sure your child is dressed ap-propriately for the winter weather. Stu-dents are expected to be outside for twenty-five minutes at each fitness break. It is important that students are dressed warmly to enjoy our Canadian winter weather.

THROW NO SNOW

Winter Playground Safety

In order to ensure the safety of all students on the playground, we do not permit the throwing of snow or ice. School consequences for throwing snow or ice will follow progressive steps ranging from de-tentions to suspensions from school. Parents will be notified by letter of the disciplinary steps.

UNICEF

Thank you to everyone in our community who supported our Halloween activities. Through the nickel game activities and our Grade 7/8 dance, we were able to raise $588.16 for UNICEF. We appreciate your support of our activities.

C-HAWK THANK YOU !!

The grade 7 students in Mrs. Fraser's science classes would like to thank Ruffins Pet Centre in Grimsby for donating guppies, snails and water

plants for our bottle ecosystems. We are currently investing interactions

between biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems. Thankyou Ruffins, for

your generosity!

TUCK SHOP NEWS

As of January 9, 2012 large white and large chocolate milk will NO LONGER be available for purchase.

Small white and small chocolate milk will continue to be available for sale during 1st Nutrition Break for $.75 each.

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GRIMSBY BENEVOLENT FUND - FOOD & GIFT DRIVE 2011

NEW TOYS / GIFTS FOR TEENS & ADULTS

Food Drive begins Monday, December 5th until Friday, December 9th.

Cereal, including Oatmeal Crackers Apple Juice Canned Vegetables

Canned Fruit Toiletries Canned Meat Juice Boxes

Lunch Items Large Diapers Packaged Potatoes Granola Bars

Stew Spaghetti Sauce Canned Potatoes Hamburger Helper

Pancake Mix Canned Tomatoes Salad Dressings Canned Pasta with meat

Snack items Condiments: Baking Supplies Peanut Butter

Mayo, Mustard, Relish (no ketchup) Paper Products

Monetary donations can be sent to: GBF, P.O. Box 231, Grimsby Ontario, L3M 4G3 Please make cheques payable to: Grimsby Benevolent Fund

CHRISTMAS GIFT BASKETS

Again this year “Heatherbel’s” is donating a gift baskets to help raise money for Central School.

Tickets will be sold at each nutrition break at the office $.50 cents each or 3 for $1.00.

This basket has been donated by Heather Thibeault who owns Heatherbel’s. Heather is a part-time caretaker here at Central School and we appreciate her donation.

Please take the time to visit her website and see all the lovely gift baskets and home décor items that Heather creates.

Heather’s business is here in Grimsby between Fifty Rd. and Casablanca Rd. Visit her showroom to see many of the gift items you can choose from.

Heather Thibeault - - Heatherbel’s - - 905-643-9896 - - heatherbels.ca

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SPECIAL REQUEST One of the “Christmas Traditions” that has been long established is students giving gifts to their teachers or other staff members. While this is a very thoughtful gesture, and has been much appreciated by the staff we are suggesting alter-nate ways of giving gifts.

Food donations and unwrapped gifts will be collected at the school to be donated to the Grimsby Benevolent Fund (see list below)

Teachers always appreciate books for their classrooms. Consider selecting a special book to donate to the class.

DID YOU MISS THE DEADLINE?

It’s not too late to order gift cards from the school!

You know you will be giving gift cards to at least a few people on your list. Why not get them from Fundscrip, so our school can benefit too? Order online!

Orders placed between now and December 1st will be ready for pick-up at the school on December 7th.

Orders placed between December 1st and December 15, will be ready for pick-up at the school on December 21st.

To order, go to www.fundscrip.com, and enter our invitation code: 7VFBV2 when you register.

While you’re there, why not get a few for yourself? Gift cards don’t have to be just for gifts. Many of our supporters use them to buy their groceries and gas. They are earning money for our school without even trying!

Questions? Contact Sarah Rangaratnam at (289) 235 - 9543 or sarah@rangaratnam.com

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VOW OF SILENCE — OUR ME TO WE CLUB AND OTHER STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE VOW OF SILENCE ON NOVEMBER 30th. This was an event to highlight the plight that some children have no voice and little control over their circumstances. Monies that were raised will be used for World Causes . Congratulations to those students who committed to this worthy awareness campaign.

Wanted: In School Mentor volunteers.

37 kids are waiting to spend time with a volunteer one hour a week during school hours. The pro-gram is about motivating kids through playing board games, reading, making crafts and shooting

hoops. 1 hour a week, 1 child, 1 big reason to go back to school!

Please contact Brenda @ 905-945-9353 or brendabbbs@aol.com

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

At this time of year, it is always a good idea to replenish school supplies. Students often need new pencils, erasers, pencil crayons and paper. Check your child’s school supplies and consider some practical gift ideas to go under the Christmas tree.

School reopens on January 9th, 2012

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday

At Central school we BELIEVE, we can ACHIEVE, and will SUCCEED!

SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS

Santa Claus Parade - On December 3rd, several Central students will participate in the Grimsby Santa Claus Parade and will carry our Central C-Hawk banner alongside the Grimsby Secondary School Float.

Evening of Fitness and Fundraising - Save February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012 for some fitness and fundraising. Classes will be held at 7:00 pm in the Central school gym. Just $25 for all four sessions. Come out and have fun with Latin Funk and Interval Cardio classes. More information will follow in January, 2012.

Avon Fundraising - Avon will be available for pick up on December 9th, 2011. Please come to the stage to retrieve your purchases.

Book Drive - Clean out your shelves of gently used books and consider donating them to Central’s library and classroom libraries. Donations can be sent to the school between January 20-23, 2012.

Fundscrip Orders - Another chance to order Fundscrip before Christmas. All orders received by December 5, 2012 will arrive prior to the Christmas break. Don’t miss out, get them in now!

KARATE - Last class is December 5th, we start again on January 9th, 2012

Amazing Fall session of the Central Karate Club. Karate Monday is a great way to enjoy your snack and develop some great skills! Plus, the skills developed help the students become better at every sport, and the Black Belt leadership train-ing helps develop life skills. Winter session starts January 9th, 2012 and includes Nunchaku (foam ones) and great fun trying to eat with chopsticks! Have a fantastic Christmas and look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year!

Keep kicking, Mr. Paterson

Ricky Durst

Nolan Procyshyn

Summer Halladay

Madison Blaschuk

Bradlee Bomberry

Daniel Panteleev

Noah Badgerow

Simon Middleton

Tyzel Miller-Johnson

Bethany Pinkerton

Lamees Shawaf

Mitchell Wilson

Alyssa Peaire

Emerson Epifano

Joseph Marucci

Gavin Derksen

Geoff Stone

Cory Kimmell

Ryan Clark

Cole Charron

Callie Gibson

Jacob Baker

Jakob Bomberry

Olivia Ingram

Hayden Miller

Nick Clark

Lucas Lamb

Jewelia Byker

Yiotta Philippeos

Ben Catapano

Chris MacCarl

Chloe Aitchison

Hope Gulmac

Caidyn Mann

Ethan Kennedy

Kya Lautenbach

Mia Gibson

Alex McNiven

Amy Lawson

Hadi Ammar

Noah Muir-Ames

Natalie Hogan

SPORTS EVENTS

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JUNIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Our junior girls team has also completed their schedule and the girls have moved on to the play off round on Monday, December 5th @ Central. Good Luck!

Thank you to Ms. Wainwright, Ms. Kurzawa, Mrs. Meecham and Mr. Herfst for their work with our teams.

INTERMEDIATE BOYS VOLLEYBALL

The intermediate boys volleyball team had an outstanding season! They went undefeated in the regular season and the playoffs making them the Champions of Region 3! On November 21st, they competed in the District School Board of Niagara tournament. They placed second in their pool, advancing to the semi finals. After winning their quarter final match, they moved forward to the semi finals. An unfortunate loss in the semi finals, after a very close game against tough competitor Dalewood school brought the day to an end. Coaches Mrs.Clutterbuck and Mrs.Meecham were extremely proud of the boys success this year. They played well as a team and showed great sportsmanship throughout the season. Team members included: Cory Kimmell, Brandon Saigeon, Noah Badgerow, Eric Spiece, Rowan Martin, Jake Lamb, Jake Brannen, Sean Principi, Nolan Procyshyn and Lucas Penny.

JUNIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL

We want to congratulate the boys on a successful season. The team developed their skills throughout the sea-son and we had some winning games. However, we did not make the playoffs this year. Thanks to all the boys who dedicated their time and energy this season. We hope for better results from this young team as they con-tinue to grow and develop as young volleyball players.

We want to extend a big THANK YOU to all the parents who drove for our away games as we could not have

had a season without your support. Lastly, a tremendous THANK YOU to the head coach, Mrs. Meecham for

organizing and coaching this year.

SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES

In preparation for High School, grade eight students and their parents are encouraged to attend the pertinent upcoming Open House sessions:

Grimsby S.S. 7:00-9:00 pm (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)

Beamsville District S.S. 7:00-9:00 pm (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)

South Lincoln S.S. 7:00-9:00 pm (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)

Come and find out about:

Academics, Athletics, Clubs and Activities, Leadership Opportunities and much more!!

COMMUNITY NEWS

PLEASE JOIN US FOR

Grimsby Secondary School’s Open House

Everyone welcome! Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Presentation starts at 7:00 p.m.

Come and find out about:

☞ Academics

☞ Athletics

☞ Clubs and Activities

☞ Leadership Opportunities and much more!

Our Tradition of Excellence Continues...

www.grimsbyeagles.com

CHRISTMAS BREAK CAMP - TOWN OF GRIMSBY

Monday, January 2 - Friday, January 6, 2012 - - 9 am - 3:30 pm (extended care available)

$136.00 (Mon-Fri), $93.00 (Weds-Fri) (extended care - add $34.00/$21.00)

Daily themes, outings, skating, tons of fun!

HAWK’S EYE VIEW

BUS CANCELLATION & SCHOOL CLOSURE PROCEDURES

RELATED TO WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS

Once again, it is time to review winter weather issues as it pertains to school closures and bus transportation procedures.

As in the past, parents are reminded to tune in to your local radio station to hear current reports on weather and any announcements from the District School Board of Niagara. Local radio stations will be contacted regarding any cancellations or school closings.

News stations contacted are:

CKTB 610, CHTZ 97.7 FM, CHRE 105.7 FM, CKEY (River) 105.1 FM, GIANT 91.7 FM, CHSC 1220, CKOC 1150, K-LITE 102.9 FM, CHML 900, Y95.3, 107.9 FM, WAVE 94.7 and CHAM 820, CHCH TV and CHUM TV.

Please keep in mind when listening for reports that Central School is located in the Town of Grimsby and is serviced by First Student buses.

You may hear any one of the following announcements:

Due to the existing weather conditions, the District School Board of Niagara has implemented the following:

(1) In the Town of Grimsby, First Student buses will not be operating. All public and secondary schools in the Town will be closed.

(2) In the Town of Grimsby, First Student buses will not be operating. Public elementary and secondary schools in the Town will remain open.

(3) In the Town of Grimsby, First Student buses will not be operating above the escarpment. However, all public elementary and secondary schools in the Town of Grimsby will remain open.

Or you may hear the following:

*This morning First Student School buses serving the following areas will be delayed by one/two/three hours because of fog………. Stay tuned for further information.

In addition, for those who use Central School for extra curricular use you may hear:

*Due to inclement weather conditions, all night school, community use, and programs operated by permit holders are cancelled.

Keep in mind that an announcement of this kind could also pertain to the YMCA Daycare Program here at Central School.

In the event of winter weather conditions, we cannot stress enough that all parents should listen to a local radio station.

PLEASE DO NOT call the school to ask for the above information,

This ties up our lines and does not allow for emergency use.

As always, sending your child to school on a questionable weather day is at the discretion of each parent.

However, should you decide to keep your child at home when the above statements are not implemented (buses are running school is open)

YOU MUST CALL THE SCHOOL 905-945-5459

Our answering machine is available at all times to report your child’s absence and their whereabouts.