Principal’s Message The numbers are in and our West Haven Wolverine family has grown. In fact, we’ve grown about 20% from this time last year. We are quite a big family! Family is the word I use most often when I discuss our school and how I expect peo-ple to treat each other. Families come in many shapes and sizes, but one thing is ex-pected no matter what: We care about each other, no matter the inevitable squabble, and we stand up for each other. This year, I’ve challenged the students to be ‘Wolverine’ fierce about looking after our family. Being fierce is not about being aggressive. Rather, it means doing the right thing when it is most challenging. It means sticking with it, never giving up. It means using your voice to support and empower others to help our family. At the beginning of the year, I ran our staff through an exercise asking them to de-scribe our school. They needed to keep their answers to one word but could supply several answers. We got a variety of answers, but some of the most consistent words used included: caring, big, fun, welcoming, active, team, inspiring, and clean. Follow-ing the activity, I shared that family is about staff working together, looking after the kids like they are their own, and working closely with parents. We discussed and are working on this philosophy with our students. This messaging will also come out throughout the year in our general conversations and assemblies. I would love to hear from you too; in one or two words, how would you describe our school? If you get a chance to share, please follow this link to https://goo.gl/forms/twgOTYqGiWOZG93l2 and share your thoughts.

This Friday, September 28th, we recognized Orange Shirt Day and went on the Terry Fox Run. Our family believes in looking after our families in the school and our global family. Many of our staff and students have joined in wearing orange shirts to show that we all care about every child and recognize the pain that residential schools caused to so many families. Thank you to all families that sent in donations to support cancer research, a disease that has impacted so many of our families. The Wolverine family was able to raise over $500 in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it is a great time to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for!

West Haven Public School 325 West Haven Drive, Leduc, Alberta T9E 1B6 Phone (780) 986—5991 Fax (780) 986—5661

Principal: Mr. Raymond Cable

Assistant Principals: Mrs. Denise Harrison & Mr. Justin Klaassen

whps.blackgold.ca

Newsletter - October 2018 Newsletter - October 2018

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Reminders:

Grade 1 - 9 School Hours: 8:35 - 3:15

Entry Bell: 8:30am

Classes Start: 8:40am

Recess (Gr. 1 to 6): 10:15 am - 10:30 am

Jr. High: 10:15 am - 10:25

Lunch Dismissal: 12:00 pm

Classes Resume: 12:45 pm

Recess (Gr. 1 to 6): 2:00 pm - 2:15

Jr. High: 2:00 pm - 2:10

Dismissal: 3:15 pm

*Supervisors are outside at 8:15 am ECS School Hours:

AM Class - 8:35am - 11:23am (doors open 8:30am)

PM Class - 12:27 pm - 3:15 pm (doors open 12:17pm) Student Absences

For the safety of our students, it is extremely im-portant to notify the school if your child will be late or absent. If the school is not notified, we are obli-gated to phone your home or office, or, if needed, your emergency contacts to confirm the absence. For your convenience, you may leave a message con-cerning absences outside of school hours on the voicemail system from 4:00 pm to 8:00 am, or you can send an e-mail to shelley.hawkins@blackgold.ca and/or sandy.musteca@blackgold.ca Visitors to our School

All parents and visitors must check in at the office when visiting our school. A visitor pass is required if you are going any further than the office. Early Dismissal (1st Wednesday of each month)

October 3, 2018 @ 2:30 pm

November 7, 2018 @ 2:30 pm

***No kindergarten on Early Dismissal days*** Hot Lunch

October 5th — Boston Pizza

October 12 —Subway

October 18 — Hot Dog Day

October 26th — Chopped Leaf

November 2nd — Panago

November 9th—Press’d/Booster Juice

November 16th—Extreme Pita

November 23rd—Mucho Burrito

November 30th—Waldorf Milk Program Milk cards are $18.00 for 20 milk and can be purchased online or at the office.

Student Picture Retakes Picture retakes are October 24th

starting in the morning. Please note that afternoon kindergarten students who wish to have retakes should come at this time also. Please let the school office know if you plan on having retakes done for your child.

School Fees

There are no instructional school fees for the 2018-2019 school year.

There is a Program Enhancement Fee associated with both the kindergarten and junior high programs.

Payments can be made online through your PowerSchool Parent Portal, or by cash or cheque at the office. Please make cheques payable to West Haven Public School. The enhancement fee schedule is as follows:

ECS $80.00 Junior High Fees Vary—please check

the website for details.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Cable, Mrs. Harrison or Mr. Klaassen in confidence.

Newsletter on the Web Our newsletters and school webpage are two of the best ways of communicating all pertinent information about the school. In an effort to be GREEN, the newsletter will be emailed home along with a link to view it on the webpage. Generally, this will occur on the last day of the month. We will only be making a few hard copies to have at the school if you wish to pick one up.

The school webpage is whps.blackgold.ca

Parent Teacher Conferences This year we will be having our Parent Teacher Conferences on October 23rd from 3:30 to 8:00 pm and October 24th from 3:30 to 6:30 pm. Report cards will be emailed home on November 30th. Booking for these conferences will be done online and will open approximately two weeks before at https://whps.schoolappointments.com. Instructions for booking are included in this newsletter.

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West Haven Public School Fundraising Society and School Council Updates

We would like to give a HUGE thank you to Craig’s No Frill’s, Leduc Safeway, and the Leduc Coop for their donations for the Terry Fox Run.

Family Halloween Dance

The WHPSFS will be hosting a family Halloween Dance. Come dressed up!!

Friday, October 26th from 6 PM to 9 PM

Operation Education Fundraiser Operation Education is a co-operative fundraising initi-ative that partners local schools with Boston Pizza restaurants in your community to earn cash back. Staff, students and families can dine at Leduc Boston Pizza and help their school earn 5% cash back on the pre-tax total of submitted receipts.

Admazing Coupon Book

Order forms for the Admazing Coupon book were sent home with students. The coupon books will be available until October 31. New this year: for every 5 books sold, the child receives 1 free!

WHPS School Council & Fundraising Society Meetings

The next meetings for both School Council and the Fundraising Society will be held on Thursday, October 4th in the Learning Commons starting at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome.

Co-op Number

Our school has been given a Leduc Coop number. When getting liquor, gas or groceries at Leduc Coop, use the number 34666 to help support our school. It is the easiest fundraiser ever! Just using the school number every 5th or 6th time when getting gas or groceries will benefit our school tremendously.

Hot Lunch

The November menu will be open on October 1st, and will remain open until October 15, 2018. Remember to have your orders in by midnight on October 15, 2018.

If you’ve got questions, suggestions or comments, please contact us at whpsfs@gmail.com

Erin Fuson , Secretary, WHPSFS & WHPSSC

Halloween Activities Individual classroom Halloween parties will be held on Wednesday, October 31st, following the cos-tume parade at 1:00 p.m. Infor-mation will be sent home by individ-ual classroom teachers and/or via the room representative. Parents are welcome to attend the parade!

Halloween Dress Code When selecting a costume for your child, please remember that we do not want to promote violence. Please, keep the costume tasteful and the school’s dress code remains in effect. Any props that resemble weapons should be left at home.

Reminder

We are unable to release students to an-yone besides their parents or legal guard-ians. If someone other than yourselves will be picking up a student, we need notifi-cation from you by either a phone call or a note to the classroom teacher or the office. Thank you for your help in this matter.

**If there is a legal custody order that pertains to your child, please be advised that in order to enforce this, we must have a copy at the school.

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Hot Lunch Our hot lunch ordering program can be found online at westhaven.hotlunches.net. The program is open for orders from the 1st of the month to the 15th, at which time the system shuts down and removes any partial or unpaid orders. Please ensure that your order is complete by midnight of the 15th of every month.

Cutlery

Please remember to send any utensils required by your child to eat their lunch or snack to school with them.

NUT AWARE SCHOOL & CLASSROOMS: WHPS has “Nut Aware” classrooms. If no one in a classroom has a peanut allergy, peanut products are allowed. However, if a student has a peanut allergy, his/her classroom is designated as a “Nut Aware” classroom. In “Nut Aware” classrooms, families are discouraged from bringing peanut products to school, a “Nut Aware Classroom” sign is posted on the door; teachers, parents, & stu-dents work together to develop a reasonable & appropriate plan. “Nut Free” classrooms cannot be guaranteed be-cause schools cannot ensure that the classroom is completely free of nuts, and they also cannot guarantee other parents will not send peanuts/nuts to school. We believe it’s best to educate students and not give them a false sense of secu-rity - we may put them at a bigger risk because they may be complacent. Food allergies need to be respected. It’s a manageable condition - not something of which we need to be afraid.

Emergency Lunches: We are accepting donations for our emergen-cy lunch program. Some very helpful items are; bread, jam, peanut butter, granola bars, plastic spoons & forks. This program will also be subsidized by both our hot lunch program and our School Nutrition Program. Any dona-tions would be greatly accepted.

Early Dismissal

Just a reminder that early dismissal is the first Wednesday of each month (except September). Classes dismiss at 2:30 PM.

There are no ECS classes on

early dismissal days.

Microwave Day Microwave day will be starting on October 1st for the grades 1 to 6 students. Parents will be here to heat up student lunches on Mon-days. If there is no school on a Monday for whatever reason, then there will be no micro-wave day that week.

Food must be sent to the school in microwave safe containers. Food that is sent in plastic wrap or original plastic packaging (ie: pizza pops, etc.) or any other non-microwave safe wrap will not be microwaved.

Please label food containers with your child's name and grade, and send any utensils with them that they may need to eat it.

Monthly Assembly

October’s General Assembly will be held on October 26, 2018 at 9:00am.

Parents are welcome to attend.

Bake Sale

At WHPS, each class in grades K-6 has an opportunity to host a bake sale once during the year. This year, bake sales will be starting on October 24th. You will be contacted by your homeroom teacher or class room rep when it is your class’ turn to host a bake sale. All items sell for 50 cents and students are limited to purchasing 1 item each in the morning. If there are leftover items, students may be given the opportunity to pur-chase additional items at lunchtime.

Please note that our bake sale offers “NUT FREE BAKING” only. If you are bringing store bought baking, be sure that it is “nut free” and deliver it in it’s original packaging.

This years bake sale dates and classes are:

October 24 - 6L November 7 - 1Y November 14 - 3A November 21 - KBAM November 28 - KBPM (afternoon sale) December 5 - 5S December 19 - 4L January 16 - 1F January 30 - 2J February 13 - 6S February 20 - 5E February 27 - 2P March 6 - 3L March 20 - 4M April 10 - KSAM April 24 - KSPM (afternoon sale) May 8 - 1A May 22 - 3P June 5 - 2F June 12 - 4H

Class Room Reps 2018—2019

KBAM — Judy Donnelly 4L — Kendra McLean KBPM — 4M — Chantelle Ritchie KSAM — 5E — Penny Gollop/Pamela Rowe KSPM — Mary-Kate Boychuk 5S — Mary-Kate Boychuk/Koren Lightning-Earle 1A — Chantelle Ritchie 6L — Brenda Farry/Debbie Weir 1F — 6S — Dawn Aschenbrenner 1Y — 7H — Melissa Amon 2F — 7J — Cara-Lee Skinner 2J — Erin Fuson 7S — Koren Lightning-Earle 2P — 8B — Brenda Farry/Debbie Weir 3A — Kendra McLean 8F — Debbie Weir 3L — Brenda Farry/Rhonda Fancey 8H — Brenda Farry 3P —Jackie Butler 9F — Melissa Amon 4H — Laura Vermeulen 9J — Melissa Amon

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Christmas is…… Pirates?! The early snow has put us in the mood for Christmas concert preparations! Please mark your calendars for this year’s concerts.

Kindergarten-Grade 2 : Tuesday, December 11th, 1pm and 6pm Christmas Is….

What does Christmas and the season mean to you and your family? Come join the kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 classes in our multimedia musical production. Enjoy old favorites and some new songs as we share what makes the season special in our hearts.

Grades 3-6, & Jr. High Band: Thursday, December 13th, 1pm and 6pm A Pirates’ Christmas

Musically yours, Mrs. Greene and Mrs. Morris

LIBRARY/LEARNING COMMONS NEWS

BOOK FAIR

The Scholastic Book Fair will be visiting our school in October. Students will be able to visit the Book Fair during their scheduled library times as well as morning recess and lunchtime. They will be able to purchase books/posters and all kinds of learning tools (pens, pencils, erasers, bookmarks, etc.) if they wish. We will also be open during parent/teacher interview evenings. The Book Fair will be open on the following days and times: Monday, Oct. 22/18 Recess (10:15 a.m.) Lunch Recess (12:00 p.m.)

Tuesday, Oct. 23/18 Recess (10:15 a.m.) Lunch Recess (12:00 p.m.) After School (3:15 – 8:00 p.m.) Wednesday, Oct. 24/18 Recess (10:15 a.m.) Lunch Recess (12:00 p.m.) After School (3:15 – 6:00 p.m.)

Thursday, Oct. 25/18 Recess (10:15 a.m.)

Lunch Recess (12:00 p.m.) Friday, Oct. 26/18 Recess (10:15 a.m.) Lunch Recess (12:00 p.m.)

Don’t forget to enter our Family Event Draw by having your child return the entry ballot to the Learning Commons. The

entry will be attached to the Book Fair Flyers which will go home later this month. Your child could win $25 in books, as well as $25 in books for your child’s classroom.

Hope to see you at the Book Fair!

Sheila Ankerstein – Library/Learning Commons

Christmas is approaching, and the elves are exhausted and tired of the cold! A few days of R and R in the warm island sun is just what they need ... snorkeling, collecting seashells, building sand castles, catching a wave behind that huge pirate ship . . . What? Pirates?!! ARRRR!! Ahoy, mates! Get ready for one mighty adventure when the legendary White Beard (aka Santa) and the elves teach a salty crew of colorful scallywags all about true treasure.

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We would like to send out a HUGE Congratulations to our own Deb Schmidt, who recently won the 2018 Inspiring Success Award of Distinction. This award recognizes an individual or group who has made a nota-ble, significant and positive con-tribution to Black Gold Regional Schools, who has demonstrated recognized leadership that has had an identifiable impact and has made a significant difference to public education in the Black Gold community, and who has inspired success in students and/or staff through Student-Focused Learning Relationships, a Supportive Environment, Pas-sion and Managing Resources Responsibly. Congratulations Mrs. Schmidt, on this very well deserved award. We are so proud of you!

Counsellor’s Corner

Welcome back to the new school year. I have recently had the privilege to sit in on a num-ber of different professional gatherings that focused on resources that are available to be accessed by families within our community. Upon reflection of these sessions I have come to two realizations. First, there are a great deal of resources directly in our community or easily accessed in surrounding communities. These include the Leduc Food Bank, the HOPE center, AHS (Alberta Health Services) parenting sessions, FCSS (Family and Com-munity Support Services), and many others. Secondly, knowing what is available and how to access these resources can be challenging, especially during a time of need. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you need assistance navigating available supports. I have attached a link to a number of FREE parenting sessions being hosted by Alberta Health Services, simply click on the link for additional information or to register. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/caregiversessions

Have a wonderful October! - Mr. Froland

Speech and Language Support:

Please check out this amazing resource for speech and language support from Alberta Health Services! "The Talk Box website was put together by speech-language pathologists to share ideas about creating language-rich environ-ments for preschool and school-age children. Children learn language everyday and parents play an important role in their child’s speech and language development. The Talk Box shares ideas and activities for creating language-rich environments. It has everyday tips, information about what to expect in speech and language development, when to get help, and where to get help." - Alberta Health Services

http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/family-community/talk-box.html

Danielle Kirton, Learning Support Teacher

Congratulations

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Wolverines Volleyball The volleyball season is upon us! The team is made and the games are a go. Come down and cheer on the 7/8 boys team this year as they will be playing on Tuesday nights. Mr. Porter and Mr. Berg

Wolverines Soccer

Our junior high soccer team has been persevering through a very unforgiving fall. A huge thank you to all parents and guardians who have been braving the weather to get students to games and cheering us on! Mr. Hendrickson

2018 Cross Country Team at the LDAA X-Country Meet, Peace Hills—Wetaskiwin. September 26, 2018

Congratulations to all our cross country athletes! Despite a chilly day, everybody ran really well and even helped out other athletes during their races. A big shout out to Patricija Hirssone and Brayden McCormick who both came in 5th in their races. Great job everyone!

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School Health Champion News The month of September signaled the official kick off of our new Student Wellness Action Team, the

CREW. The excitement surrounding our CREW definitely brought out the student leaders, as our

group is now comprised of over 45 students in grades 4-9! This wealth of student leaders will be work-

ing with the ME to WE program to allow us to integrate even more elements of community service

learning into our daily school activities.

In relation to CREW activities, October is a busy month for our student leaders. CREW will be attend-

ing the Alberta WE Day Conference on October 12th at Rogers Place—should be an amazing experi-

ence for our students! We will also once again continue with our activity wristband challenge through-

out the entire school year commencing in October, so bring in your wristbands from your activities and

enter them into the monthly draw for LRC prizes.

As well, in October with the inevitable change in weather (perhaps we’ll get fall?), the CREW team will

be organizing a couple of community service events to assist those who may be in need:

We Scare Hunger Running October 1st through the 5th, our CREW students will be teaming up with our grade nine lead-

ership option students to organize a week long food drive in support of the Leduc Food Bank entitled,

“We Scare Hunger”! During this week students are encouraged to bring in a nonperishable food item

to their classroom in support of the Leduc Food Bank.

Sock-tober Following last year’s highly successful event in which 1003 pairs of socks were collected by the stu-

dents to donate to homeless shelters in and around the Edmonton and Leduc area, our CREW team will

be out to prove once again that even a small act of love, such as donating a pair of socks, can make a

big difference in the lives of our neighbors who are homeless. Running October 8th through to Octo-

ber 25th, students are encouraged to donate a pair (or more) of new, unworn socks. Watch for further

event information to come home with your child closer to the event date.

The event will wrap up with our first school spirit day, Crazy Sock Day, on Friday, October 26th!

CRAZY SOCK DAY

CREW CREW CREW

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