Our Remembrance Day

ceremonies will take place

on Friday November 10th.

PRIMARY

9:45 a.m. (Gym)

10:25 a.m. (Gym)

Please join us for one or both.

Attn: Military Families We are looking for military

family members who are

able to join us on Friday

November 10th for the

morning and perhaps share

a bit about what you do.

If you are interested and

able to come, please

call the school office at

613-646-2271 and leave

your name.

Dear Parents & Guardians,

Our fabulous fall weather is most likely behind us now as the cooler weather was bound to appear! This point in time provides a great opportunity to meet with

to date. Upcoming Parent Teacher meetings will take place Thursday November 16th (evening) and the morning of

reports going home Tuesday

gathered from these meetings certainly assists both home and school in supporting our students in every way we can and gives students an opportunity to make adjustments to their learning and work habits prior to the first report card in February. In order to make the most of these specific meetings, here are some suggestions: Read your child’s progress report and make

that you’d like to discuss. At the interview, relax, feel confident and be

Introduce yourself and state who your child is.

Share any information that might be affecting your child’s progress or behaviour at school.

to understand him/her better.

ask to see some sample work.

Ask how your child gets along with others. Ask how you can support your child at

home.

/conversation with your child. After the interview, talk to your child. Stress

the positive things the teacher said. Talk about how you and the teacher are going to work together to help your child improve.

By working together to support your child’s learning, we can both put a plan into place that will ensure success.

Mary Ann Mullen, Principal

COBDEN DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL

NOVEMBER 2017

MILK

PROGRAMWe have changed

our milk

program

this year.

(See page 2 for

more info)

School Bus

Cancellations

and/or Delays Student safety is our utmost concern. As

such, there may be times during the school

year when it is necessary to cancel student

transportation services due to bad weather

(ie. Snow, freezing rain, floods, emergency

road closures, etc). Transportation to and

from school is provided by the Renfrew

County Joint Transportation Consortium

(RCJTC).

RCJTC will provide information on bus

cancellations and/or delays via:

Website www.onthebus.ca

Twitter @RCJTC_Trans

Facebook RCJTC iTunes with iPhone App (verify with

“RCJTC”) Google Play with Android App (verify

with “RCJTC”) Email to parents who subscribe for

notifications (confirmation email sent

within 3 minutes). See page 5 for

instructions to sign up.

In a situation where school buses

are cancelled, schools remain open

to students.

Policy

Just a reminder to parents that

emergency school bus passes will be

Emergency passes are not available for

birthday parties, sporting events or

sleepovers. Parents are

responsible for their own transportation to these functions.

FOOD ALLERGIES We have a number of students who have severe

life threatening allergies to nuts. Please refrain

from sending in nut products (or those that

may contain traces of nuts) if there are children

with allergies in your child’s classroom.

PERMISSION TO LEAVE SCHOOL Students require written permission to leave

school property throughout the day as we must

know where each child is at all times to ensure

safety.

MILK PROGRAM

Students who pre-order (online or with $5.00 cash) will need to inform us if they want chocolate or white milk. Milk will be placed in classroom buck-ets prior to the nutrition break and delivered to homerooms by students. Cash sales will still take place each day. Cost of individual milk is $.75 each.

The following items are available for purchase at Nutrition Break at 11:25 am:

White Milk & Chocolate Milk .75¢

Milk tickets: 8 milk for $5 Available on-line

2017 Terry Fox Run

@ CDPS The run/walk was held

on Friday, September 29th. A very special thank you

to everyone who gave so generously to the

Terry Fox Foundation. Cobden has heart! We raised $417.25

Thanks to all participants!

Mrs.

Wylie’s

Class

LOVES

Math!

Grade 4 BOYS Ryan 4th Mirek 30th Kyler 69th Winston 64th Carter 44th Colten 35th Kael W. 68th Kael D. 32nd Carson 19th Gavin 55th Dallas 67th Rogan 43rd Logan 58th Carter 52nd

Grade 4 GIRLS Alaina 3rd Hailie 4th Abigail 16th

Grade 5 BOYS Jason 3rd Cooper 30th Liam 64th Skylar 25th

Grade 5 GIRLS Quinn 1st Sadie 5th Holly 31st Chyenne 35th Adrianna 38th Grace 41st Marlo 15th Rory 39th Anabelle 42nd Grade 6 BOYS Aaron 1st Braden 4th Jack 33rd Emerson 31st Austen 24th Oliver 67th

Grade 6 GIRLS Jamie 6th Madison 9th Rachel 25th Jasmine 12th Keirstan 17th Charlee 24th Ali 18th Brooklyn 35th Lili 34th

Grade 7 BOYS Dalton 1st Wyatt 3rd Liam 24th Cordel 22nd Jake 14th Jacob 17th

Grade 7 GIRLS Samantha 11th

Grade 8 BOYS Jake 25th

CDPS Students attended Cross Country Meets at Hugli’s in Pembroke (October 12th) and at Logos Land, Cobden (October 11th).

Grade 5 BOYS Jason 9th Skylar 33rd Ryan 52nd Carson 53rd Cooper 64th Mirek 68th Carter 107th

Grade 5 GIRLS Quinn 1st Sadie 6th Alaina 15th Marlo 23rd Holly 33rd

Grade 6 BOYS Aaron 3rd Braden 8th Emerson 32nd Jack 40th Austen 47th

Grade 6 GIRLS Jamie 10thJ asmine 17th Ali 33rd Charlee 37th Rachel 38th

Grade 7 BOYS Dalton 3rd Wyatt 6th Jake 27th Jacob 31st Liam 43rd Cordel 44th

Grade 7 GIRLS Samantha 16th Madison 17th Keirstan 23rd Lily 48th Brooklyn 50th

Grade 8 BOYS Jacob 33rd

Thank You to Mr. Covell, Mrs. Wylie, Ms. Dombroskie, Mrs. Broome & Mrs Barr for awesome coaches and organizing

The Milk Run @ Logos Land!

ATTENTION PARENTS & GUARDIANS

Requests for Verification of Student Addresses and/or custody Arrangements

for Revenue Canada and/or Court Proceedings

Student demographic information is provided to schools by a custodial parent/guardian (or student if the pupil is 18+). ‘It is the practice of the Renfrew County District School Board to collect, use, retain and disclose personal information in the course of meeting its statutory duties and responsi-bilities. The school board is committed to the protection of privacy and complies with all applicable provisions of the Education Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Personal Health Information Protection Act, and any other applicable legislation.’ As a general rule, requests for letters to verify this information should not be granted. Requests for letters verifying student addresses and/or 'living with' arrangements would only be considered by the pupil's home school, the school holding the OSR, if all of the following criteria are met:

a request for information letter is received from a lawyer representing the parent/guardian of a pupil or representing a pupil who is 16+

the letter is accompanied by an appropriate consent form signed by the parent/guardian of the pupil or by a pupil who is 16+

the letter is to be addressed to the school's Superintendent of Education and will then be forwarded to the appropriate school to complete the request

It is recommended that the response letter includes a disclaimer that states the information con-tained in the letter has been provided to the school by the parent/guardian, or pupil, is not neces-sarily verified by the school and, as such, the school or Board cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The parent/guardian of a pupil may be asked to provide proof that they are the primary caregiver and that the pupil lived with them during the period under review. Documents signed and certified by the child's school are only one of several documents that may be asked for by the Canada Reve-nue Agency. As there are other potential means for the parent/guardian to provide this proof, re-quests would only be considered by the pupil's home school, the school holding the OSR, if the same criteria are met as noted above for court proceedings. If you have any questions or concerns, please send a reply email. Thank you.

Thank you everyone for your donations to FARM CREDIT CANADA and The Cobden Food Bank. We raised 1,205 lbs/meals for needy families in our local area Mrs. Oakes’ class collects 5x per year. This one was a little different than the usual collections The class will resume collections mid-December. Here is a pic of our bulletin board in the school. We are being entered in a draw for $1,000.

School Cash

On-line

For safety and efficiency rea-

sons, The Renfrew Country

District School Board would

like to reduce the amount of

Cash & Cheques being

brought to our schools by

students, and the amount of

classroom time being spent

collecting fees. Items available

to purchase online are milk,

class trips, special lunches,

and more. Click on the

online payments tab on the

left side of our website to

see more information and

step by step instructions. It’s

easy, convenient,

safe and secure.

Remembrance Day Service

9:45 am Primary 10:25am Jr/Int

Opeongo Band visits CDPS

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NOVEMBER 2017

Cobden District Public School 16 Cowley Street, P. O Box 130

Cobden, Ontario K0J 1K0 Phone: 613-646-2271

Fax: 613-646-2194 Principal: Mary Ann Mullen

Office Manager: Philippa Bell Head Custodian: Irene Mousseau

Ministry of Education Website

www.edu.gov.on.ca

Dates To Remember

DECEMBER Dec 25-Jan 5 Christmas Holidays

Jan 8 First day at school after

the holidays

CURLING SEASON starts...

@ Cobden Curling

Rink Tuesday November 21st

Ages 12 & up

4:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 23rd

Up to Age 11

Helmet or Ice Halo required

4:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. start

$40 for the season

Contact H. Francis 613-646-2354

Come and join us! Learn the game!

Grade 5 Swimming

5 1 2

3 4 5 1 2

PA Day

3 4 5 1

2 3 4 5 1

2 3 4 5 1

Theme Day: Camo Day

Theme Day: Future Career

Day

STOPPING THE SPREAD STARTS

WITH YOU! Stay home if you are sick and until you are feel-ing better. Wash your hands – it takes just 15 seconds to do the single most effective thing to prevent the spread of germs Cover your cough! When you cough or sneeze, use a tissue or the inside of your sleeve to keep from spreading germs to those around you.

Let’s all do our part to stop the spread

of infectious diseases!

RENFREW COUNTY JOINT TRANSPORTATION CONSORTIUM

www.onthebus.ca

As winter approaches with possible

SNOW DAYS, parents & guardians

are encouraged to sign up for

e-notifications from RCJTC and to

access the parent portal at

www.onthebus.ca

If you have any changes to address ,

telephone numbers, contact information

or bussing arrangements, please

call the school office. Please call

as soon as possible for any changes.

It takes 4 working days for a

change to be effective.

Piano Lessons Call Julie Resmer

613-432-7045 All ages welcome!

TEACHER LOOK-ALIKE DAY

Ethan & Dakota show off the Food Bank

Items they purchased with funds from their weekly muffin sales.

School Council Meeting 6:00 p.m.

Grade 5 Swimming

Grade 5 Swimming

Hep.B & HPV Grade 7

HOT DOG DAY

Gr 7 Girls’ Volleyball Tourna-

“Cinderella’s Frog Prince”

BIG KID

PIZZA DAY

Kraft Dinner Lunch

Gr 7 Boys’

Volleyball

Tournament

@ Opeongo

Gr 8 Girls’ Volleyball Tournament

Gr 8 Boys’ Volleyball Tournament

Kraft Dinner order forms DUE

on Nov 16th Kraft Dinner order forms go home.

Grade 5 Swimming

4-H Members “Wear your

4-H Colours” Day

COBDEN CHRISTMAS FARMERS’ MARKET

Gr. 7/8 Wild Cubs Day @ Opeongo HS

Progress Reports

sent home

4-8 pm Parent/Teacher Interviews

8:30am-12pm Parent/Teacher

Interviews

Gr.7/8 MADD Assembly