Laird

School

Dates of Interest

Note from the Principal

Hello Community Members,

The beginning of the school year is always exciting. We have had a

great start to the year. Classrooms have been busy getting settled

with expectations and opening units. A character theme this year

will be Empathy. We want our students to be empathetic and will

have class and assembly activities to focus on developing more

empathy.

Other activities that will start soon are volleyball and cross-country

running for older students. Watch for notes/messages about

practices/meets.

Communication is important between home and school. Each

student has a day planner (thanks to the SCC) that will be used for

notes home. Please feel free to send notes (absences, appointments,

etc.) back. Please take some time and read through the first section

of the day planners as it has some important school information.

Email, newsletters, and the school sign will be used to

communicate activities.

I look forward to a great year!

Mr. Dean Hignett

September 2016

Sept 13 - First full day of

Kindergarten for all K

students

Sept 16 - Prep/PD Day - no

classes for students

Sept 23 - Terry Fox Day

Sept 30 - Orange Shirt Day

Oct 7 - Prep Day - No classes

Oct 10 - Thanksgiving - No

school

Oct 26 - Picture Day

Nov 1-3 - Book Fair

Nov 2 & 3 - PTS Conferences

Nov 10 - Day in Lieu - No

classes

Nov 11 - Remembrance Day -

No school

Nov 14 - Prep Day - No

classes

Nov 18 - Progress Reports

Nov 22 - Picture Retakes

Dec 16 - Christmas Concert

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Laird School Staff 2016/2017:

Mrs. Lori Jalbert - Admin Assist M/T/W Mr. Dean Hignett - Principal and 3/4/5 Teacher Ms. Laura Dahl - Admin Assist Th/F Ms. Susan Jeske - SERT and 3/4/5 Teacher Mrs. Shirley Regier - Educational Associate Mrs. Michelle Fong - Grade 3/4/5 Teacher Mrs. Shannon Begrand - Grade K/1/2 Teacher Mrs. Kathy Guenter - Educational Associate Mrs. Lorena Friesen - Educational Associate Mr. Chris Harris - Grade 6/7/8 Teacher Patsy Yamchuk - Caretaker Randy Friesen - Bus Driver Jenna Pokol - Counsellor Connie Crowe - Bus Driver

Parents: Please remember to

time your student’s arrival at

the school according to our

bell times.

8:45 am - First Bell

8:50 am - Classes Begin

10:40 am - Recess Break

11:45 am - Lunch Break

12:30 pm - Bell

12:35 pm - Classes Resume

2:15 pm - Recess Break

3:19 pm - Dismissal

There will be times throughout the week when our Administrative Assistants, Mrs. Jalbert and Ms. Dahl, are assisting students. If you phone the school and receive the answering service, please leave a message as we are happy to return your call as soon as soon as possible.

PICTURE DAY: Oct 26th/2016

PICTURE RETAKES: NOV 22/2016

Students and guests are asked to not

use strong scents (perfumes, colognes,

sprays) to ensure the health of those

who are bothered by these scents.

Scent Aware Policy

thank you

A special thank you to our SCC for the beaut iful day-planners. We are excited to use these in our communicat ion between home and school. Please take some time to read through the beginning pages of the day-planners as we have included Student Guidelines, Policies and other informat ion that will be helpful to students and guardians throughout the school year.

Laird School is a nut aware school

so we ask that nuts and nut prod-

ucts not be sent to school.

We are also asking parents or

guardians to refrain from sending

any classroom treats to school

(including birthday treats, holi-

days, etc.). Many of our students

have food allergies and/or alter-

nate dietary requirements, there-

fore our policy is not to accept

any.

2016/17 Sem 1 Teacher Schedules: Mrs. Begrand K/1/2 (all subjects) Mr. Hignett 1-8 PE Mr. Hignett 3/4/5 Sci, Health, Math Mrs. Jeske 3/4/5 ELA, Art, Math (support) Spec. Ed Mrs. Fong 3/4/5 ELA, Social, Art, Math (support) Mr. Harris 6/7/8 (all subjects)

If you are new to Laird School,

we want to welcome you and let you know about Pizza Fridays! Every

Friday that students attend we order pizza from our local store (thank

you, BK Foods!) at a cost of $3.00 per slice. Students are welcome to

order pepperoni, cheese or ham & pineapple pizza, but MUST complete

the pizza order slip produced by the school (we will send some home

and blank forms are available online at our school website,

www.spiritsd.ca/lairdschool). Payment may be made the day of the pizza

orders (prior to 9:30 am) or families may purchase a “punch card” in

advance (contact the school for more information). Please remember

that even if a punch card is purchased, each individual student must still

complete a pizza order slip (one slip per student) so that we know the

type and number of slices to order for each student.

Kindergarten students attend on EVEN days this year. Grades 7 and 8 go to

Waldheim on EVEN days in the afternoon until the end of January.

Terry Fox Day will be on September 23rd. Please mark this date on your

calendar and watch for ways to support this event.

Following a wonderful year of

focusing on kindness, this year

we are making “empathy” an

additional priority in our school.

Please watch for ways to discuss

this important topic with students

this year.

S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 - Day 1/A

First day of

school

2 - Day 2/B

3

4 5

Labour Day

No School

6 - Day 3/C 7 - Day 4/D 8 - Day 5/E 9 - Day 6/F 10

11 12 - Day 1/A 13 - Day 2/B

FIRST FULL DAY

OF KINDERGTN

14 - Day 3/C 15 - Day 4/D 16

PD

No classes

17

18 19 - Day 5/E 20 - Day 6/F 21 - Day 1/A 22 - Day 2/B 23 - Day 3/C 24

25 26 - Day 4/D 27 - Day 5/E 28 - Day 6/F 29 - Day 1/A 30 - Day 2/B

O c t o b e r 2 0 1 6

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 - Day 3/C 4 - Day 4/D 5 - Day 5/E 6 - Day 6/F 7 No classes

(Prep Day)

8

9 10 No School

Thanksgiving

11 - Day 1/A 12 - Day 2/B 13 - Day 3/C 14 - Day 4/D 15

16 17 - Day 5/E 18 - Day 6/F 19 - Day 1/A 20 - Day 2/B 21 - Day 3/C 22

23 24 - Day 4/D 25 - Day 5/E 26 - Day 6/F

PICTURE DAY

27 - Day 1/A 28 - Day 2/B 29

30 31 - Day 3/C