September 2017

Le respect, la responsabilité et la fierté

Principal’s message

Welcome back to École Harrison! This is our eighth year as Brandon’s Single Track French Immersion school. What an amazing time of year…seeing all of our students and how they have grown over the summer is a real treat. We are looking forward to an amazing year! Welcome to our new Kindergarten families!

We are blessed with a very talented teaching and support staff. We welcome Tracy Gamache as our new Home School Liaison (phone number 204-729-3206), Moustapha Sidina as a French language monitor, and Hannah Price as our Kindergarten EA. We are busy filling additional EA positions and looking for a guidance counselor after Mme McCannell retired.

This is an exciting year for us as we undertake a new Continuous Improvement Plan in Brandon School Di-vision. Come and see what our ultimate outcomes are for BSD and what our BSD students told us about how they want to learn. This information is at www.bsd.ca or you can also see the new bulletin board in our front foyer. Our primary goal area is about Responding to Diversity and it is impressive that all adults in BSD are focusing on having a collective sense of responsibility for the learning of ALL students.

Thank you so much to the members of our Parent Council and family members/volunteers for the installa-tion of new playground equipment and outdoor classroom materials. We thank Jody Carkener as our teacher leader of this project and we think the new additions look great!

As you know, we are committed to providing the most authentic French Immersion experience possible for our students. We have high expectations for our students when it comes to their behaviour and use of the French language. We hope that you will continue to provide your support of these high expectations to help our students show respect, responsibility and pride (Le respect, la responsabilité et la fierté) in their strengths as French Immersion learners.

We are still seeking help through Lunchroom Assistant positions at our school. If this is something that interests you, could you please come and see me. The supervision of our children is of great importance and these are paid positions through the Brandon School Division. If you are interested in volunteering some time in this way, we would love that too! Your help at noon hour would be greatly appreciated!!!

I really look forward to seeing our parents at our Parent Council which is focused on learning and having fun. It is a very welcoming group of parents who are committed to making our school the best it can be for our children. Our first meet and greet is from 6:00 to 6:30 on Monday September 25th and our first regular meeting is in October. Please come and join us to meet one another...Childcare is provided!!!

A reminder that we will try to be sending all school-based communication home on Thursdays. There are times when urgent information must be sent home at the end of a different day, but we will try to communicate on Thursdays as much as possible.

Also, I have made it a personal priority to keep fees and fundraising to a minimum this year. We have many wonderful learning activities that we can certainly afford within our budget and I strongly believe that this can be done reasonably for our families who are involved in so much after school hours.

Have a great year everyone! Craig Laluk, Principal

As your new home school liaison please assist me by:

Letting me know when your child is ill or will be away. I can be reached at 204-729-3206. If you are calling after school hours, please leave a message with the reason for the absence. Informing the office if you are taking your child out of the school during the

lunch hour. This will alleviate any worries for the lunch monitors. As in the past, students in Grades 7 & 8 require prior written permission to

leave the school during lunch. Mme Gamache

September 2017

a message from….

la bibliothèque

Last week a parent generously donated books written by a Manitoban author. Stay tuned as we hope to have a Skype session with the author over the noon hour in the next few weeks. As October quickly approaches, we will be looking for donations of pumpkins to do some exciting re-search with some of the early years classes.

Mme Watkins la salle de musique et les beaux-arts Welcome to a new year of music making! Please note the following dates and other information. I look forward to a fun and inspiring year of creating music together at École Harrison!

CHOIR: All students have the option to join one of Harrison’s choirs, which meet during lunch recess. There is a short “trial” period at the beginning of the year and all are welcome. Forms will be sent out once our member-ship has been confirmed.

Nouvelles Voix Grades 1-2 (day 3 lunch) This choir runs from November to March. More information will be sent home in Oct. Chorale Grades 3 -4 (day 1) Grades 5-6 (day 4) This choir also meets together for 30 minutes during the school day. ÉCHO Grades 7-8 (days 2 and 5)

RECORDERS: Students in grades 4-6 will be playing the soprano recorder. Those in grades 5 and 6 will also be studying the alto recorder and will have the option to purchase an instrument through the school. Recorder Club will start in October for students in grades five and six. More information will be available soon!

DATES:

Tuesday, Oct. 17 (afternoon) Chorale & ÉCHO to attend Westman Youth Choir Concert Friday, November 3 – 7:30 p.m. Chorale to sing O Canada at Wheat Kings game March 5 and 6 – TBA Brandon Festival of the Arts (all choirs & Recorder Club) Tuesday, March 20 – 6:30 p.m. Harrison Spring Concert March 15, 16, or 17 Brandon Jazz Festival (ÉCHO) Monday, May 17 (afternoon) Music Monday (Chorale) Thursday, May 31 Harrison Choir Concert (all choirs)

BEAUX ARTS:

Throughout the year, classes will be exploring French language and culture through visual arts, drama, dance, and music. If you have a special interest area to share with our students, please contact Mme. Fontaine at fon-taine.marla@bsd.ca.

Mme Fontaine

Little Free Library A place for École Harrison students to share their personal books!

The L.F.L. is located in between the gym doors near the black couch. Help yourself to ONE book that you would like to read.

Then you may keep the book, give it to someone else, or return it to the Little Free Library for someone else to read.

If you have any questions, please see Mme Watkins in the library. Happy reading!

September 2017

éducation physique September 29 City Soccer Jamboree Gr 5-6 (rain date of Oct. 5th)

October 4 City Golf Jamboree Gr. 7 & 8 (rain date October 5)

October 6 City Soccer Jamboree (rain date October 11)

Volleyball Season October—November

Early Bird Jamboree—October 27 & 28

Year End Jamboree—December 1 & 2

Basketball Season January—February

Mid Season Jamboree February 9 & 10

Year End Jamboree March 9 & 10 M. Perreaux

La cantine The canteen is up and running! The Cantine will be open from 11:45-12:00 each day. The menu can be found on the back page. Thank you to the grade 6 student volunteers who diligently work the canteen each day and to our returning grade 8 students, helping out with pizza day! Your leadership is greatly appreciated. Once again we have partnered up with Sobeys South to provide us with our canteen staples. Thank you Sobeys for your continued support. Our new menu options include grilled cheese sandwiches, Crocus Plains lunch options and Komfort Kitchen sandwich wraps. We encourage any and all feedback on the current offerings and/or suggestions for future lunch ideas Please call the office or stop in at any time to share your thoughts. Milk Cards continue to be available. With the generous support from Sobeys we are able to keep the milk cards at the old price of $20 (each card provides you with 21-250 ml of milk)! If you are interested in pre-ordering canteen lunches, please call the office for more information. Last but not least….fresh fruits—$1 for a delicious apple or banana!

Transportation:

Half Day PD Bussing:

AM PD - PM Classes:

Your regular bus will arrive 4 hours later than there normal morning pickup time. For example if AM pickup time is normally 7:45 AM then pickup time will be 11:45 AM.

AM Classes - PM PD:

Your regular bus will arrive 4 hours earlier than there normal afternoon dropoff time. For example if PM dropoff time is normally 4:15 PM then dropoff time will be 12:15 PM.

Farm to School fundraiser reminder:

a message from….

September 21 deadline to return orders to the school

October 12 orders ready for pick-up at the school (3:15 pm)

Please make cheques payable to:

École Harrison Parent Council

September 2017

You're Invited!

September 25th

6:00-6:30pm Parent Council invites you to a tea and coffee

information night in the Library. Please stop by

for some treats, and learn about what Parent

Council does for our school and our children

throughout the year. This is a casual event with

child care provided in the gym.

See you there!

École Harrison Parent Council

Like our FB Page for information and updates!

September 2017

September 2017

INDUSTRIAL ARTS/HOME EC

INDUSTRIAL ARTS/HOME EC

Soccer Jamboree Grs 5-6

City Golf Grs 7-8

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PC INFO NIGHT 6:00—6:30 pm