LaSalle Public School April 2016 1600 Mayfair Ave., LaSalle ON 519-978-1823

Dear LaSalle Families,

It is incredibly difficult to believe that April is upon us and we are into

our final three months of this school year.

I want to thank the staff, students, families and the entire school

community for welcoming me to LaSalle Public School one year ago.

It has been a wonderful year in my new role as Principal, and I look

forward to many more years at LaSalle Public. The students are

amazing, and I look forward to coming to work each day to learn with

them. Thank you for your ongoing support and for being partners in

your child's education.

This month, we are pleased to welcome new students and families into

our school for a visit to our Early Years classrooms during "A Day in the

Life" and our "Welcome to Kindergarten" morning. We are so thrilled to

have 50 new registrations for JK/SK and look forward to hosting the

morning of April 5th.

If your family is moving over the summer and your child(ren) will not be

returning to LPS, please let the secretaries or your child's teacher know

so we can keep that in our files when preparing for next year.

We have many activities that will be taking place over the next three

months. We will keep you posted through our school calendar and

your child's agenda. Our grade 3-8 school track and field day will

take place at Sandwich Secondary on May 6th with a rain date of May

9th, grade 8 trip is June 1-3, and our grade 8 graduation is Friday, June

24th. If these events involve you, do not forget to mark them on your

calendar!

As always, please remember that students are not to arrive prior to

9:00am, as there is no supervision until that time. We do appreciate

your help with this, as our number one concern is to keep all students

safe at all times.

Have a great April!

Andrea Fischer Gene Petrusenko

Upcoming Events

School-wide Kindness Week

April 4-8

Author, Marina Cohen Visit

Grades 4-8

Mon Apr 4

Welcome to Kindergarten and a

Day in the Life for Early Years

9:30 am-12:30 pm Tues Apr 5

“Just Say Mo” play 4M & 4D

Junior Girls’ B-ball game @

Glenwood

Tues Apr 5

Junior Girls’ B-ball @ home

Thurs Apr 7

Junior Girls’ B-ball @ David Suzuki

Tues Apr 12

Spirit Day – Wear Pink Day

Wed April 13

Vaccination Clinic visit

Thurs Apr 14

Dress as your favourite character

Wed Apr 15 Dental Screening

Apr 20-21

Food Day – Parent Council

Wed Apr 20

Book Fair

Thurs Apr 21 (9-4) Fri Apr 22 (9-6:30)

Mon Apr 25 (9-4) Tues Apr 26 (9-11)

Parent Tool Kit (Teen Edition) The Council of Ontario Directors of Education has developed a Parent Tool Kit: Teen Edition to help parents support and encourage teens.

Topic: How to communicate with your teen without a lot of stress

Tip #1 Make the most of conversations that you do have

Listening is a very important part of communication. Being a good listener when your teen is talking

will improve the conversation. Make time for communicating with your teen. With busy lives and hectic schedules, families often do not get a chance to talk or do things together. Consider setting

one night a week as family time. Watch online videos, a movie, play board games, take part in a sport activity together. Do chores

together. Make the most of the conversations that you do have. Let them start the conversation and ask the questions.

The talks you have may not start to be about school, but when your teens relax and realize that they can talk about anything without judgment they will open up. Teens spend a great deal of time

at school and it is sure to become a topic. They may have setbacks or make mistakes. Consider this a time to talk about how to overcome obstacles.

Most teens are using instant messaging, texting and phone calls to communicate with each other. Set yourself up as a contact to send messages.

Encourage safe and respectful communications with everyone. They will more likely answer a text message than a phone call. Texting is a great way for your teens to communicate with you and not

feel embarrassed about talking with their parents.

More tips to follow next month.

The Zones of Regulation Why not practise some deep breathing techniques with your child at home. It can be done

anytime and is a great strategy to get into the “Green Zone”.

Hawaiian Day - Aloha from LaSalle Public!

Chess Club - Check out our chess team arriving back from their chess tournament. Way to go

team! Mr. Warnock – Chess Coach

Colouring Club - Thank you Mrs. Wismer and Mrs. Ignjatovic for sponsoring our school’s colouring

club!

Kind Kids Club Corner – Kindness Week April 4-8

Monday April 4th: Be kind to the less fortunate. We are asking every student to bring in a non-perishable food item to be donated to the LaSalle food bank.

Tuesday April 5th: Be kind to your school. We are asking that each class go outside and do a little

clean up around the school. The older grades may even venture out into the neighbourhood.

Wednesday April 6th: Be kind to animals. We are asking that each student bring in food for animals.

cats/dogs/birds/squirrels etc... The donations will be divided and donated to the proper organizations.

Thursday April 7 and Friday April 8: These two days are dedicated to being kind to each other. All

homeroom teachers will receive "YOU DA BOMB" o'grams. Students will be encouraged to put one

VERY POSITIVE word or a short sentence to describe the person named on "DA BOMB."

Friday April 8: The “Bombs” will be posted within the school. - Colouring contest winner announced (PRIZES HANDED OUT)

Thank you for your support and we are hoping to get 100% participation! Please encourage your children to participate as much as possible!

Mrs. Roma Williamson and the Kind Kids

Kids Club Corner – “Were Goin’ Live” Ms. Hailey Trealout, Editor of the LaSalle Post has started an organization called True Reflections-

Celebration of Differences. Its primary focus is to raise funds to help anyone in need. The Kind Kids are interested in purchasing items to create homemade

"Chemo Care Kits" for the Pediatric Cancer Ward at Windsor Regional Hospital.

These kits will be lovingly created by the Kind Kids Club at LaSalle Public and will include items to offer relief of symptoms accompanied by chemotherapy.

Ms. Trealout and her group have offered to hold a

fundraiser for our Kind Kids Club to offset the costs of purchasing these items. The fundraiser will be broadcasted live on TVCOGECO!

Your support would be much appreciated at this

event. Please consider attending or providing a donation by going to the link gofundme.com

The GoFundMe account can be found under the

name True reflections going live

Sincerely, Mrs. Roma Williamson and the Kind Kids Club

When: April 19, 2016

Time: 5PM

Where: The MediaPlex 275 Victoria Ave

Parent Corner: Math News

POSE QUESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY NEED TO BE ANSWERED

Rhetorical questions such as “Doesn’t a square have four sides?” provide your children with an answer without allowing them to engage in their own reasoning.

INCORPORATE VERBS THAT ELICT HIGHER LEVELS OF BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

Verbs such as connect, elaborate, evaluate and justify prompt students to communicate their thinking and understanding, to deepen their understanding and to extend their learning. Here is a list of verbs that elicit specific cognitive processes to engage thinking:

observe evaluate decide conclude notice summarize identify infer remember visualize compare relate contrast differ predict consider interpret distinguish explain describe

Stimulate thinking by asking open-ended questions ...

• How do you know? • How did you know where…?

• How did you know when…? • Could you use some other materials to…? • How could you record your discovery?

• How did you estimate what the answer could be? • How did you prove your estimate?

• How could you share your discovery? • How could you record your work? • How did you know which…?

• What does (this) ____________ represent?

Open-ended question: What fractions do you see?

Attached is a picture for our math problem of the week. Students are to examine the picture and develop an open-ended math question, and answer it.

Spring Recycling Initiative

We are pleased to be part of a recycling initiative for the month of April sponsored through Eco kids,

Earth Day Canada, and Call 2 Recycle. Students are encouraged to bring in any batteries they have at home, AAA, AA, C, D, and 9V alkaline and rechargeable nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH),

nickel cadium (Ni-Cd), and nickel zinc (Ni-Zn) batteries. Cell phones, lithium, and small sealed lead acid batteries (SSLA/Pb) are to be placed in the bags that are attached to the box.

Prizes: a $2,500 prize will be awarded to the school that collects the most used batteries (total weight divided by school population), and a $1,500 prize will be awarded to the school with the

most creative battery collection display and campaign. Important information:

• Only single-use household batteries will be accepted. • Please note that not all batteries have to be bagged and/or terminals taped. The only chemistries that have to be bagged or taped are Lithium, Lithium-Ion and Small Sealed Lead Acid (SSLA/Pb).

You do not have to bag single-use alkaline, meaning AA, AAA, D, C batteries. • Dented or powdery batteries should not be brought to school.

• Please note that only batteries in Call2Recycle collection boxes will be accepted and eligible for the contest. • Each battery must weigh less than 5 kg!

• Visit their website at call2recycle.ca

LaSalle Public School ECO Team

Junior Boys’ & Girls’ Basketball Both teams are developing their basketball skills and are working very hard at every practice and game. Players are focusing on supporting each other as a “team” while improving on their

shooting, passing, ball handling and offensive/defensive skills. We have made a conscious effort for our players to focus on soft skill development, specifically understanding the game and learning the

nuances to react. Mme. Brown, Mr. Patillo

Fischer Bowl Floor Hockey We were extremely pleased to extend house-league floor hockey to our grade 4s this year. Their excitement was evident from the moment it was proposed, with over 80% of the students participating. Thanks to the help from the grade 7 students, we had four teams compete for the

inaugural 2016 Fischer Bowl, the championship trophy of the Grade 4 League.

Each team (Canucks, Kings, Avalanche and Penguins) played seven games before the top two

teams squared off in the championship. In the end, the Canucks claimed the crown with an 8-3

victory over the Kings and kept their undefeated record intact (7-0-1).

Congratulations to the members of the Canucks (Connor, Cole, Alexiah, Tanner, Morgan, Lily, Josh,

Brayden, Bobby, Xander and Rayne) for a great season. We hope to see them out next year for the

Campbell Cup.

Mr. Seagris

Campbell Cup Floor Hockey

For the very first time in Campbell Cup history, the top team in the regular season went on to claim the championship, however, it came down to a last minute goal by Easton Bomhof for the

Canadiens to eke out a 5-4 victory over the Jets. For those in attendance, they were treated to a memorable game as the Canadiens jumped out to a 4-0 lead only to see the Jets claw back with four unanswered goals before Bomhof finally sealed the championship.

A huge thank you to our grade eights who helped coach, officiate and played net.

Congratulations to the members of the Canadiens (Colin, Tyler, Beckham, Easton, Jessica, Gabriel,

GianCarlo, Mohammed, Ryan and Eric) on such a fine season.

Mr. Seagris