Message from the Teachers Executive Updates · Св.Миколай[Svia-tiy Mih-ko-lai]-St.Nickolas Коляда\колядки [koliada/ koliadki]- carols Кутя[ kootia]- Christmas

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NOTE: PS = Playschool, KE = Kindergarten Enrichment, OSC = Out of School Care All newsletter items apply to all Programs unless specifically noted.

Newsletter December 2016

Message from the Teachers It’s hard to believe that it is December already and

we will be celebrating Christmas soon!

The teachers are enjoying every day of school and

are very pleased with the progress the children are

displaying. They continue to amaze us with their

ability to learn more and to work hard.

Last month Sonechko and Veselka students enjoyed

the wonderful dance presentation by Catherine

Bawol, Jack’s mom, in the school gym. It was age

appropriate, well performed, and fun. We encourage

all kids to attend our in-class presentations even if it

is not on their regular days.

All Kalyna Kids students, including the OSC ones,

liked the art works they did under the guidance of

pan Sergiy Andriyenko who showed them how to

paint on the foamy “paper”.

Our bussed field trip to Festival of Trees was also fun

for the kids in spite of the bus

being late and the place being

over crowded. Our students

were well organized, supervised

and behaved. A ginger bread

cookie was a tasty surprise for

children at the end of a trip.

At this time, we are actively preparing for the St.

Nicholas concert.

Looking forward to the most amazing holiday of the

year; on behalf of pani Natalya, pani Oksana, pani

Alla, pani Natalka and pani Ksenia, I would like to

wish all Kalyna Kids families a Merry Christmas and

a Happy New Year.

Sincerely, on behalf of the teachers

Pani Lesia

Executive Updates On the occasion of the glorious festival of the nativity

of our Lord, we extend our most heartfelt greetings to

all our students, their teachers, and their parents:

may our newborn Lord and Saviour grant you a joyful

celebration of His birth and His holy theophany, a

blessed new year, and success in all your god-

pleasing endeavours!

Христос рождається!

Christmas Break and class changes

Early dismissal at St. Martin School is moved from

Thursday, Dec. 22ndto Friday, Dec. 23rd. Therefore,

playschool classes will change as follows:

Thursday, Dec. 22nd: Those that normally attend on

Fridays will attend this day instead (Veselka classes

only).

Friday, December 23rd:Those who normally attend

Thursday morning will attend this morning instead

(Veselka classes only).

Kalyna Kids PS and OSC will close at 11-45h.

Kalyna Kids is closed from December 26th to

January 6th.

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January 2016

Newsletter Kalyna Kids December 2016

Dirty boots

To accommodate all of our children’s outdoor boots

and shoes, Kalyna Kids purchased some boot shelves

in the main lobby to the right of the doors when you

enter. Please leave your child’s boots there before

entering the classrooms. Thank you!

We also ask parents to please

remove your soiled boots before

entering the classrooms. Our

classroom carpets are not

designed for heavy soiling, and

any mud that is deposited is

tracked everywhere by the

children.

Christmas Concert 2016 (PS/KE)

When: Wednesday, December 21st

Time: 10 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m.

Where: St. Martin Elementary School gymnasium

If your child has a Ukrainian shirt, they are

encouraged to wear it for the concert.

Extended family members are welcome to attend.

Juice, coffee, and treats

will be served for all of

our guests after the

concert and visit from

Sviaty Mykolai.

A signup sheet is posted on the bulletin board outside

the classrooms for volunteers to bring baking, or a

small fruit tray to go with coffee; additionally, we are

asking for juices for the children. Please sign up if you

are able to bring something, and please remember

that all treats must be nut-free.

If your family duty is Event Setup/Takedown

Committee, you will be contacted by our

EventPlanner, Jacklyn Stark. Please check your e-

mail and watch for updates.

Financial Audit / Charitable Tax Return

The internal audit of our 2015/2016 operations is

underway to ensure that our book keeping accurately

reflects our actual income and expenses. The audit

results will then be passed to our accountant, who is

in the process of completing our Charitable Tax

Return.

Activities PS/KE:Gingerbread Magician

Wednesday, December 7th: The morning classes

will enjoy a magic show by the Gingerbread Magician.

We encourage you to attend; she never ceases to

amaze us (even the adults!)

PS/KE: Sea Life Caverns

Wednesday January 11th, 2017: Fieldtrip forms for

a trip to the Sea Caverns at West Edmonton Mall are

going out the week of December 5th. Please return

them before the Christmas break as the trip is two

days after we return from the break.

OSC: Gingerbread Magician

Thursday, December 8th: The OSC classes will enjoy

a magic show by the gingerbread magician.

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January 2016


Fundraising (PS/KE) Thank you to all families who participated in the

Purdy’s and Taste of Ukraine fundraisers! We made

$830 profit with Taste of Ukraine and $1000 profit

with Purdy’s. Good job everyone!New fundraisers

will be announced in the new year.

Questions? Please e-mail Jenna at

[email protected]

Toy Wash (PS/KE) November’s toy wash was a big success, thank you to

everyone. If you cannot attend on the day you have

been assigned, or if you have any questions or

concerns, please contact Bonni Wengreniuk at

[email protected]. Tetyana

Tormantovskais our toy wash coordinator, she will

contact you prior to each date.

Wed, Feb 22 Tue, Apr 18 (Gym) Mon, May 29

Bilovodskyy Chypurko Ciulei Driga Kreptul Kujawa Kuznietsov Lewita Olsen Rohak Zakal

Baynham Brown Holinski Levinzon Morris Nelson-Widuk Owchar Pepper Turczyk Wengreniuk (FULL)

Andrushko Bilash-Prystasz Colodiojnii Gowda Hundt Paik Sachok Sousa Stark Zuk

Scholastic Books (PS) Thank you for your support of our Scholastic Book

orders – the teachers have already received credits to

buy new items and books for the classrooms.

Our Scholastic Books coordinator is Amy Driga.

Flyers will be sent home with the Playschool students

monthly. Although this is not a direct fundraiser for

our program, our program earns credits for all

purchases which the teachers to purchase new books

and classroom supplies. If you have any questions

about Scholastic Books or your orders, email Amy at

[email protected].

Other News

Dress for the Weather Please ensure your children wear hats, mittens, coats,

and snow pants (labeled please) for playing outside

in colder temperatures. We

will be going outside daily

except in very cold weather.

For children in Lunch

Supervision, please work

with them to dress

themselves.

Thank you!

Thanks to the Ruban family for

the generous donation of

kitchen supplies for our OSC.

Thanks to Pan Sergiy Andriyenko

for conducting art workshops for both PS and OSC.

The students produced some unique pieces!

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January 2016


Requests

Our families have often been our greatest resource

for items that we need and for information. So we

humbly ask if you could assist us with either of the

following:

Contacts for our Christmas letter donation

campaign. We send out letters annually to

request donations to our program. We typically

send these to Ukrainian organizations but would

like to expand our request to other Ukrainians in

our community, such as business owners,

prominent community members, or anyone who

has an interest in maintaining our language and

culture.

Our teachers have requested some supplies for

crafts. They would like the left-over rolls from

paper towels, wrapping paper, toilet paper, and

wine corks, bottle caps, and new socks for sock

puppets.

Our OSC students have really enjoyed are the

Cooking Classes that the teachers have started.

However, we do not have a lot of kitchen supplies

and are still searching for donations of lightly

used kitchen ware (e.g. whisk, tongs, spatula,

spoons, bowls, frying pans, griddle, measuring

cups and spoons, colanders, etc.). The more items

we have, the more creative the cooking classes

can be!

St. Martin School News Although we operate independently

from St. Martin School, we enjoy very

good relationships with the

Administration, teachers, and

students. We are given storage space,

access to the gym and playground, use of the school

lobby, use of the Dance Academy, and much more.

Additionally, Kalyna Kids students are included in

most school special events. We also coordinate with

St. Martin to transition children between the school

and our Program, to enhance our Program, and to

avoid duplicating of fundraising efforts.

Therefore, we ask you to extend your courtesy to St.

Martin school by helping keep the lobby clean, and by

supporting their events and fundraisers.

Greeting Card Fundraiser

Our students created beautiful pieces of artwork that

were auctioned off in November, but we wanted

more family members and friends to be able to see

and have. We are selling packages of 10 greetings

cards. They include all of the grade's artwork as well

as a Christmas and Mother's day card in

Ukrainian. This package of 10 cards is being sold for

a low price of $20. The proceeds of these cards will

be used for our Bandura program. If you are

interested, please email

[email protected]. These cards can be used

as greetings cards, framed pictures, or gifts for family

members!

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January 2016


Where to Find Information

1. Emails from Kalyna Kids (this is our primary

means of communication; please check your

email frequently).

2. Newsletters with a calendar of events will be

posted on our website each month, at

www.kalynakids.com.

3. Updates and reminders will be posted on

our Facebook

Pageatwww.facebook.com/KalynaKids.

4. Calendar items and notices will be on our bulletin

board outside the classrooms, so please check

this frequently.

5. Ask the teachers, an Executive member, the

Operations Manager, or send us an email if you

have questions.

Contact Us Phone: 780-919-8244 (Teachers)

Email

Executive/General:

[email protected]

Teachers: [email protected]

Registrar: [email protected]

Fundraising: [email protected]

Scholastic Books: [email protected]

Operations Manager: [email protected]

Whom to contact

Absences, late notification, child

concerns

Teachers

Registrations, fees, schedule change

questions

Registrar

(Trevor)

Family Duty Operations

Manager

Everything else Executive

Activities, Events,and Closures See the Year Event Calendar and

Program Closure Dates and

Attendance Exceptions information

attached to this newsletter. The Year

Event Calendar will be updated

monthly as new activities are booked.

Forms Our Forms are now all online and can be found on

our website at:

http://stmartinsadochok.webnode.com/forms/

Forms available:

Registration Form

Parent Handbook

Drop-in Request

Pick-up Authorization

Pre-Authorized Debit

(PAD) Agreement

Schedule Change Request

Expense Form

Photos and Updates See photos and updates on our Facebook Page (no

Facebook account needed):

www.facebook.com/KalynaKids

www.kalynakids.com

11310 – 51 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta T6H 0L7

Phone: 780-919-8244

Fax: 780-434-8230

[email protected]

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January 2016


Themes December 1 - 9 December 12-16 December 19-23

Theme Winter clothes Winter fun

Getting ready for Christmas

Christmas traditions in Canada and Ukraine

Language development

Зима [zimah]- winter Сніг[snih]-snow Сніжинка[snee-zhin-kah]-snowflake Сніговик[snee-hoh-vik]-snowman Санчата[san-cha-ta]-sled Ковзани [kov-za-ni]-skates Шапка[shapka] – hat, toque Рукавички [rooka-vichki]- mittens Шалик [shahlik]-scarf Чоботи [choboti]- boots

Різдво[reezdvo]-Christmas Ялинка[yah-lin-kah]-Christmas tree Прикраси[prih-krah-sih]-Christmas decorations

Зірка[zeerkah]-star Ангел[anhel]-angel Св.Миколай[Svia-tiy Mih-ko-lai]-St.Nickolas Коляда\колядки [koliada/ koliadki]- carols Кутя[ kootia]- Christmas porridge

December 26- January 6 - Christmas holidays - no classes January 9 - classes resume

Songs,poems, stories

“Jingle bells” “Теплу шапку одягай...”

Миколаю пресвятий… “О хто, хто Миколая любить…”

Миколаю пресвятий… “О хто, хто Миколая любить…”

Songs Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh Over the fields we go Laughing all the way. Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright O what it is fun to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight. O, jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way O what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh! } Twice

Миколаю пресвятий,

Любиш ти усіх дітей, А найбільше нас, малят, Що чемненько тут стоять!

О хто-хто, Миколая любить!

О хто-хто, Миколаю служить!

Тому Святий Миколай

На всякий час помагай ) 2 рази

Ми-ко-ла-ю!

Oh khto-khto Mikolaya liubit’ Oh khto-khto Mikolayu sloozhit’ Tomoo sviatiy Mikolai Na vsiakiy chahs pomahai Mi-koh-lah-you! ( Twice)

2016-2017 Year Event Calendar

Date: 05 December, 2016 Changes highlighted in turquoise

PLAYSCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN ENRICHMENT (PS / KE) DATE ACTIVITY NOTES

SEPTEMBER

27 Parent Meeting at school 7:00 p.m.

OCTOBER

14 Fundraiser: Safeway/Sobey’s gift cards Orders due

19 Activity: Sunflower Melody (music) Sonechko, Veselka a.m. & p.m.

20 Activity: EPL Librarian presentation Sonechko & Veselka a.m.

25 Activity: EPL Librarian presentation Veselka p.m.

26 Activity: Halloween Party Sonechko (see Newsletter)

28 Activity: Halloween Party Veselka a.m. class (see Newsletter)

31 Activity: Halloween Party Veselka p.m. class (see Newsletter)

NOVEMBER

10 Fundraiser: Kalyna Kids sweaters Orders due

Early Nov Fundraiser: Safeway/Sobey’s gift cards Orders delivered

14 Fundraiser: SPUD Orders due

17 Toy Wash 6:00 p.m.

16 Activity: Dance Workshop by Catherine Bawol (Jack’s mom) Sonechko & Veselka a.m.

22 Activity: Art Workshops a.m. and p.m. playschool classes

24 Field Trip: Festival of Trees Sonechko & Veselka a.m.

25 Fundraiser: Taste of Ukraine and Purdy’s Chocolates Orders due

28 Activity: Sportball a.m. and p.m. playschool classes

DECEMBER

03 Fundraiser: Taste of Ukraine and Purdy’s Chocolates Order pick up at school

07 In-class presentations: Gingerbread Magician 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Kindergarten classroom

21 Christmas Concert 10:00 a.m. school gym

JANUARY

TBD Fundraiser: grocery store gift cards

11 Field Trip: Sea Life Caverns at West Edmonton Mall Sonechko & Veselka a.m.

FEBRUARY

TBD Activity: Valentine’s Day Party Sonechko

TBD Activity: Valentine’s Day Party Veselka a.m. class

TBD Activity: Valentine’s Day Party Veselka p.m. class


Date: 05 December, 2016 Changes highlighted in turquoise

PLAYSCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN ENRICHMENT (PS / KE) DATE ACTIVITY NOTES

TBD Open House (please advertise) 5:00-6:30 p.m.


MARCH

TBD Fundraiser: Taste of Ukraine and Purdy’s Chocolates Orders Due

APRIL

TBD Fundraiser: Taste of Ukraine and Purdy’s Chocolates Order pick up at school

TBD Activity: Paska making Sonechko

TBD Activity: Paska making Veselka

TBD Activity: Pysanky making Sonechko

TBD Activity: Pysanky making Veselka

18 Toy Wash – gym equipment 6:00 p.m.

TBD Annual General Meeting (AGM) 6:30 p.m. school

MAY

10 Mother’s Day Concert 10 a.m. school gym

TBD Activity: Ukrainian Dance Academy


JUNE

TBD Field Trip: Valley Zoo a.m. classes 28 Year End Family Picnic 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

DROP-INS for EVENTS (Playschool and KE)

This applies to field trips, activities, photo day, concerts, and any other special event.

For Playschool/KE, your child may attend for the entire class with no drop-in fee - this is preferred, as it is less disruptive to all the students. You also are not required to fill out the Drop-in Form (we anticipate extra students on these days). However, please let the teachers know that your child is attending.

If you want to attend on an activity day for the activity only, wait in the lobby until the teachers open the doors to let you in (please don't knock on the doors).

If your child normally attends in the afternoon and comes to a morning activity or field trip, they cannot stay for the entire day, as our license does not permit this (unless they are in OSC).


Date: 25 November, 2016 Changes highlighted in turquoise

OUT OF SCHOOL CARE (OSC) DATE ACTIVITY NOTES

NOVEMBER

10 Activity: Yoga class

24 Activity: Art Workshops 1 p.m.

DECEMBER

1 In-class presentation: Zoo to You 2 p.m.

8 In-class presentation: Gingerbread Magician 1 p.m.

APRIL

TBD Annual General Meeting (AGM) at school 6:30 p.m.

JUNE

28 Year End Family Picnic 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.


This list is for the parents and the teachers to assist with understanding when our Program has changes to operational days or times.

2016-2017 Program Closure Dates and Attendance Exceptions Dates PS / KE only KE only OSC / KE+OSC Note

SEP 23 School PD Closed Closed Open

OCT 06 School PD Closed Closed Open

10 Thanksgiving Day Closed Closed Closed

NOV 04 Kindergarten PD Open Open Open 1

09 Kindergarten EL Day Open Open Open 1

10 School PD Closed Closed Open 11 Remembrance Day Closed Closed Closed

24 School Demo of Learning Open Open Open 2

DEC 22 Early Dismissal Reversal Open Open Open 5

23 Early Dismissal Closed at 11:45 Closed at 11:45 Closed at 11:45 5

26-06 Jan Christmas Break Closed Closed Closed

JAN 13 Kindergarten full day Open Open Open 4 25 Kindergarten EL Day Open Open Open 1

FEB 06 School PD Closed Closed Open

07 District Faith PD Closed Closed Open

20 Family Day Closed Closed Closed

MAR 02-03 School Teachers Convention Closed Closed Open

16 School Demo of Learning Open Open Open 2 23 Early Dismissal Reversal Open Open Open 5

24 Early Dismissal Closed at 11:45 Closed at 11:45 Closed at 11:45 5

27-31 Spring Break Closed Closed Closed

APR 05 Kindergarten EL Day Open Open Open 1

14 Good Friday Closed Closed Closed 17 Easter Monday Closed Closed Closed

MAY 05 Kindergarten full day Open Open Open 4

11 Kindergarten Mother’s Day Open Open Open 3

19 Kindergarten full day Open Open Open 4

22 Victoria Day Closed Closed Closed

26 Kindergarten full day Open Open Open 4 JUN 02 Kindergarten full day Open Open Open 4


15 Kindergarten Father’s Day Open Open Open 3


22 Kindergarten year end celebration Open Open Open 3

23 Kindergarten full day Open Open Open 4 23 29 Early Dismissal Closed at 11:45 Closed at 11:45 Closed at 11:45

Notes 1. Kindergarten students who are registered in our full-time OSC program (KE+OSC) may attend all day. KE only

students may only attend their registered playschool class (a.m. or p.m.) – this is a Licence restriction.

2. KE+OSC & OSC parents, let teachers know if you will be taking your child out of OSC for an appointment.

3. KE & KE+OSC parents, let teachers know if you will be taking your child out of class.

4. No afternoon playschool class.

5. Veselka classes only: Those that normally attend on Fridays will attend on Thursday. Those who normally attend Thursday morning will attend Friday morning instead.

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Message from the Teachers Executive Updates · Св.Миколай[Svia-tiy Mih-ko-lai]-St.Nickolas Коляда\колядки [koliada/ koliadki]- carols Кутя[ kootia]- Christmas