Laird School

Newsletter

Note from the Principal

Hello Parents and Community Members,

This past month has been a busy one. We have had

badminton playoffs, our annual school goals presentation

to division office, and three track and field meets. June

looks like another busy month.

Swimming lessons are scheduled for June 6-10 and 13-17 in

the mornings and a grade 4-6 district track and field meet

will be on June 10. Classes and units will be coming to an

end, however, and we want to encourage all to read over

the summer months. Watch for some year-end

communication around how to keep reading over the

summer.

I would like to congratulate the grade 8s who will soon be

leaving our school and heading to Waldheim full-time.

The grade 8s are leaders in the school and will be missed.

We are always teaching and practicing safety. We will be

doing three fire drills prior to the end of June. Other things

to consider are bike safety, swim safety, being sun safe,

and protecting our selves from pests (ex: mosquitoes, ticks,

etc.).

Be safe this month and keep learning.

Mr. Dean Hignett

June 2016

At a Glance: Special

Dates of Interest

June 10 - Grade 4/5/6

District Track Meet in

Rosthern for those

qualifying (June 14th is

alternate date)

June 6 - 10 & 13 - 17

mornings Swimming

Lessons in Rosthern

June 17- Grade 8 Grad

June 20 - Kindergarten

Orientation 6:30 - 7:30

for fall Kindergarten

students and families

June 21 - K/1/2 Field Trip

June 27- Progress

Reports go home for

Kindergarten students

June 28- Progress Reports

go home for Grades 1-8

June 28 - Last day of

classes for students

June 30 in the afternoon

the school office will close

for the summer

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News from the SCC Another great year is drawing to a close at the Laird School and the SCC was delighted to see all of the support for our kids at the local track and field meet in May. The BBQ was a success and we enjoyed another year of fine weather and happy people for the event. A big thank you to all of the SCC members for their help throughout the year. Pam Smith, Lindsay Speiser, Susanah Hamm, Trevor Janzen, Jen Janzen, Michelle Dueck, and Michelle Funk were great to work with over the 2015/2016 school year and I look forward to working with most of you again next year. The staff members: Dean Hignett, Susan Jeske and Chris Harris were also a big help with our events for this year. Have a great summer and we look forward to doing it again next fall. Katrina Regier School Community Council

Swimming classes will run

mornings from June 6 - 10 and

13 -17. Please send all the

proper attire and equipment on

these days, including bags for

wet items.

FOUND! A ring that looks like a wedding band was found in our library a few weeks ago. If you are missing yours, please come talk to us in the office.

The Grade 8’s are now busy preparing for grad. Grad will be on

Friday June 17th. The grade 7’s and 8’s have been busy writing

speeches and preparing murals for painting. The students in this

year’s graduating class are: Benjamin Bowes, Brooke Janzen,

Janelle Peters, Connor Riegert, and Aurora Therrien. We wish

them all the best as they continue their education at Waldheim

next year.

Track and Field

On Wednesday, May 18th, many of our Grade 7 and 8 students

participated in Track and Field at Griffith’s Stadium in Saskatoon.

It was a great day and also a great learning experience for the

Grade 7’s who were participating there for the first time. Five

students managed to advance to District Finals which were held

on Friday, May 27th. Congratulations to all of the participants!

We had our Laird School Track and Field day on Thursday, May

19th. Thanks to the SCC for the wonderful lunch. It was a great

day. Thanks to everyone who came out and enjoyed the day with

us.

The junior badminton team wrapped up the season. We

had 16 athletes travel to the first round of playoffs in

early May. From those, four athletes advanced to the

next round. Ayden Dufour and Andrew Dennis

competed in boys doubles, while Austin Schwaerzle and

Connor Riegert competed in boys singles.

Congratulations to the entire team who played very

well and improved their skills.

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Parents and 2016 fall Kindergarten students are invited to Laird School

Kindergarten Orientation Evening on June 20, 2016 from 6:30-7:30pm.

The evening will include a “taste” of Kindergarten life for the children, a

parent/teacher information session and a tour of the building. This evening

may also provide time to fill out the final stages of registration and have all

documents in place. The fun and relaxing evening will end with

coffee, juice and cookies! See you June 20th!

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

PD

No School

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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

J u n e 2 0 1 6 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 - Day 4/D

K

2 - Day 5/E 3 - Day 6/F

K

4

5 6 - Day 1/A 7 - Day 2/B

K

8 - Day 3/C 9 - Day 4/D

K

10 - Day 5/E 11

12 13 - Day 6/F

K

14 - Day 1/A 15 - Day 2/B

K

16 - Day 3/C 17 - Day 4/D

K

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19 20 - Day 5/E 21 - Day 6/F

K

22 - Day 1/A 23 - Day 2/B

K

24 - Day 3/C 25

26 27 - Day 4/D

K Last Day for K

28 - Day 5/E

Last day of

classes for

students

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Teacher Prep

Day - No classes

30

Teacher Prep

Day - No

Classes