“Family and School - Learning and Growing Together” The mission of Betty Gibson School is to provide, in partnership with family and community, a safe learning environment that nurtures individuality, cultural diversity, physical wellness, independence, social emotional and academic growth.

IMPORTANT DATES

Oct. 3 Parent Council Mtg. 7:15 p.m.- all parents invited / childcare provided Oct. 3 Gr. 7 D’s class Geocaching fieldtrip - 12:45 - 2:15 Oct. 4 Gr. 7/8 Golf Tournament 12:30 - 3:30 Oct. 7 School Bus Evacuation practice Oct. 7 Gr. 7 Band student - Kickstart Oct. 7 Newsletter Pizza Draw Oct. 7 Soccer Jamboree - 1:00 - 3:00 Gr. 4 Oct. 10 Thanksgiving Day - NO CLASSES Oct. 12 Magazine orders due in today Oct. 14 Family Movie Night - Movie starts @ 7:00 p.m. (doors open @ 6:30) Oct. 18 Gr. 1/2 M’s class field trip to Landfill - Recycling Challenge Oct. 20 Free Cycle - 3:30 - 4:15 (all families invited to come ‘shop’) Oct. 21 PD Day - NO CLASSES Oct. 28 - 29 Gr. 7/8 Early Bird Volleyball Jamboree

Oct. 31 Halloween Celebrations

Betty Gibson School is always very happy to have parents and guardians volunteering in our school. Volun-teers are often needed for fieldtrips, class-room activities, library

and many more areas of the school. We would love to have more volun-teers signed up to help in our school even if it’s for once or twice a year. Please call or stop into the office (with two pieces of identification) if you’re interested in volunteering and we will start the process of having you become a volunteer. Thank you

OCTOBER 2016

COATS FOR KIDS PROGRAM

Need a warm coat for your child? These coats are free of charge but you will need a Voucher.

To register see our Home School Liaison this month.

This referral is done in strict confidence.

FREE CYCLE

Oct. 20th 3:30 - 4:15

Betty Gibson School will be hosting another amazing Free cycle event for our

families.

Please come with some bags and fill them up with gently used clothing and household

items for your family.

All items are free!

Hope to see you there

Important Notice

The Betty Gibson School office will be

closed daily at lunch from

12:10 - 12:40

It is very important that parents/guardians take time to read the school newsletter each month.

If you are NOT interested in receiving a paper copy of the Betty Gibson newsletter as you are viewing it on our webpage, please let the office know.

Also, as an incentive for the students to take home their newsletters, you may enter your family for a free pizza voucher donated by Little Caesars Pizza. Newsletters are sent home on the 1st school day of the month with the

oldest/only child in the family. The draw will be made 1st thing, the morning of the 5th school day of the month. Entries can be brought to the office. One entry per family.

Family name: _________________________ Parent’s signature: _______________________

Phone number: _______________ Children’s names: _______________________________

School Supply Donation

Betty Gibson School has once again had a wonderful donation of Tools for School - school supplies to be able to assist in supplies for students that are needing some assistance with their supplies. We have also been very lucky to have received many school supplies do-nations from the following people:

Gate Community Church

Alana Cole

Barb Olmstead Thank you to everyone involved in supplying all these wonderful school supplies.

A note from Parent Council

We've had a busy start to our 2016/2017 School year. Our first meeting was held September 12th. Parent Council is happy to have returning members, and welcome some new faces. We have lots planned for the upcoming school year and as always could use your help. Please consider attending our next meeting on October 3rd at 7:15 p.m. If attending the meeting is hard for you but you'd still like to help out please contact Annie by email : annie.jf81@gmail.com. We welcome any contribution you are able to make. Looking forward to a great year! Annie Jago-Fordyce ~ Chair Betty Gibson Parent Council

Roots of Empathy comes to Grade 8 class: October’s theme is “Crying”. Mrs. Anderson’s Gr. 8 students will be discussing how crying is a way babies communicate. Babies cry for many reasons; sometimes it is a physical reason. They might be hungry, in pain, tired or are feeling discomfort. At other times, it is for psycho-social reason. The Grade 8’s will be learning that a crying baby is not a bad baby. They will be discussing SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. We will be learning how a babies temperament trait connects to crying.

Ms. Paulishyn, Guidance Counsellor

Youth Revolution Youth Revolution is underway. It is open to all Grade 5-8 students at Betty Gibson. Our purpose is to make our community a better place by modeling healthy lifestyle choices. We volunteer in the BG community and focus on supporting our fellow students through creating healthy, fun events in our school. We usually meet once a month at lunch to plan and connect. Last years YR students will be visiting classrooms to recruit new members. Hope to see you! Meeting dates and times are announced over the intercom.

October YR Plans: October 7: YR lunch meeting October 14th: YR Kick off with all kids in BSD Beyond the Hurt Training (select Gr. 7 & 8’s will be trained to deliver the program to Gr. 6 students at BG) October 24-28th: We Scare Hunger (Local Action): Gr . 5/6 project:

Samaritan House all food collected goes to Samaritan House

Ms. Paulishyn, Mr. Melnyk & Miss Lee

Kidsport is available to help children participate in sporting activities when financial assistance is needed.

Based on demonstrated need, assistance of up to $300.00 per individual is available to children ages 18 and under to help offset the cost of registration fees. Provincial Sport Organizations must recognize planned activities. Take application directly to the sports organization. The funding, if approved, will go directly to the organization.

Deadline date: October 15th Application forms are available from our HSL @ 204-729-3967.

Food for Thought Breakfast Program

Breakfast is available for children who need it starting at 8:20 a.m.

Parent must first register their students.

PATROL INFORMATION

Our patrols cover two intersections; 12th & Van Horne and 11th & Van Horne Ave. Please have a conversation with your child about respecting our patrols and the very important job they do. They are there to help our very youngest students to our oldest students cross the street safely. We would also like to thank you in advance for any encouraging words you offer our patrols as they are a dedicated bunch of kids who do a great job for our school. The Po-lice Constable who has been assigned to our school requires that all parents also use the Patrols to cross the street.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

White / Chocolate Milk.....$1.00

Juice Box ……………..…..$0.50

Muffin Loaf …...….….…..$0.75

Yogurt Tube ..…..………..$0.75

Applesauce ……...…...…..$0.50

Fruit Cup ………...….…..$1.00

Bear Paws….….………...$0.75

Cheese String ……….…..$0.50

Goldfish Crackers…..…..$1.00

Sesame Snaps ……....…..$0.75

Fruit To Go …………..…..$0.75

Granola Bar ……….….....$0.50

Veggie Chips …...…...…..$1.25

Peasies ………………..…..$1.00

Fruit Juice Freezie….…..$0.50

White & chocolate milk is available for purchase daily for $1.00 a carton. Milk cards are available for purchase for $20.00 for 21 milk. Forms are available in front of main office.

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Terry Fox Spirit Week

Some of Mrs.McDermid's students showing off their inside out and backwards clothing.

We love showing our school spirit!

Some of the crazy hair styles in Mrs. Waldon’s and

Mr. Strachans classroom!

Our Annual Terry Fox Pancake Breakfast was a huge hit!

A special thank you to Smitty’s Pancake House who donated all the pancake batter and sausages.

Gr. 7/8 Early Bird Volleyball

Jamboree

Free Cycle 3:30

Gr. 7 Band Kick start /

Gr. 4 Soccer

Jamboree

Halloween Celebrations

A grade 4 student in our school did a very

generous act this summer. She had

heard about donating hair to help cancer patients by using it for making wigs for them. In July she

went to the hair salon and had her beautiful long hair cut short to help make someone's

life a little better.

Thank you Kalli!

Bus Evacuation

Practice

PD DAY No classes

Beautiful!

What a kind act

Fruit and Vegetable Grant

We are fortunate that we will be receiving a grant from the Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba, so

that we can provide fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to our students.

We do not have all of the details yet, but hopefully it will be similar

to last year. If so, each classroom will be given fruit and/or vegeta-bles for snacks each week. All

students are welcome to enjoy these snacks while they last (for at

least two days out of each week). Depending on the item, the price,

and the popularity, the snacks may be available for more days during the week. Volunteers would be

greatly appreciated. Most of the time, help is needed Monday morn-

ings from 9:30-10:30 to prepare and distribute the snacks to each

classroom. Please call the school (204) 729-3965 if you are able to

help with this program. Parents, please let your child’s teacher know if your child can not have

certain fruits or vege-tables (due to aller-

gies, etc.). Stay tuned, as there will be

more information to come about this won-derful opportunity.

Parent Council

Mtg. 7:00

Family Fun Night

7:00