The last few months have given our stu-dents great opportunities from partici-pating in theatre, sports, and arts to delving into inquiry based learning! In our school you will see students en-gaged in learning and loving it!

We are excited for the months ahead and each day brings a new way to look at learning so that all students are en-gaged!

Thank you to the staff who puts in more time and effort than anyone could possi-

St. Mary students in

grade 6 and grade 9

scored far higher than

the Provincial average

in all acceptable catego-

ries. Students also im-

proved significantly in

the excellence category.

These results were also

higher than the provin-

cial average on PAT ex-

ams last June. We are

proud of their many ac-

complishments!

Principal’s message….

Did you know?

St. Mary Catholic School P.O. Box 479 100-13th Street Ph: 354-2944 / Fax: 354-2650

Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0

Webpage: http://stmarybv.gpcsd.ca/

Email : danaslawson@gpcsd.ca

bly imagaine and to the school community who supports us in every way possible. We are blessed!

Dana Slawson

Principal

“On the 11th

Hour of the

11th Day of

the 11th

Month

We will

Remember

you”

Compare

Grade 9

St. Mary Province

English 93.3% 82.4%

Math 93.3% 66.2%

Science 93.3% 82.4%

Social 93.3% 66.3%

Compare

Grade 6

St. Mary Province

English

93..8% 82.5%

Math

75% 68.4%

Science

93.8% 76.6%

Social

81.3% 72.6%

Mrs. Alde’s class is deepening

their understanding of salt wa-

ter and freshwater habitats

What do we do on Professional Development Days?

On October 27 we again welcomed Kenzie Rushton, facilitator for the Galileo Project,

University of Calgary. We are spending our days delving into inquiry based learning!

This has been a great professional learning experience and you can see much of our

learning in our classrooms. Ask our teachers what is new in their classrooms and

they’ll be excited to share!

Students participated in a mural crea-

tion with artists from around Beaver-

lodge. Partnering with professionals

supports discipline based inquiry learn-

ing and increases student engagement.

When we increase engagement we in-

crease learning!

November 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Book Fair

Happy Halloween

1

Gr 9 Take Your Kid

to Work Day

Hot Dog/Ice Cream

Sale

K,1,2 Dental In-

spections

Book Fair

All Saints Day

2

Parent—Teacher

Interviews

Book Fair

All Souls Day

3

Zones Volleyball

Tournament host-

ed at St. Mary and

BRHS starts at

noon

4

Zones volleyball

5

Catholic Education

Sunday

Mass at St. Mary’s

Church at 11:00

Time Change—

Back One Hour

6

Staff Meeting

Dismissal 2:45

7 8

K & Gr 2 Dino Mu-

seum Field Trip

9

Remembrance Day

celebration 12:30

Junior High “Night

in the Trenches”

10

No School

Day Off in Lieu of

Parent Teacher

11

Remembrance Day

12 13 14 15

Shoebox donations

due

Hot Dog/Ice Cream

Sale

16 17

NO Kindergarten

Dismissal 1:15 for

Teacher PD

18

19 20 21

School Council

Meeting 7:30

22

Hot Lunch-TBA

23 24

Report Cards Go

Home

Family Movie Night

7:00

25

26 27 28 29

Assembly 2:30

30

School Mass

12:45

St. Mary Crusader Volleyball

Go Crusaders!!

Camp Red Willow—Learning from the Leonard Cardinal &

Amanda Ferguson

Thunderbirds

It’s time to fill some Christmas shoe boxes for children less

fortunate around the world!

Boxes will be filled and sent over the next few weeks and are due

November 15th.

Night in the Trenches

November 9th

“A Remembrance Day Experience”

Students will be marching, digging and spending the night sleeping in fox

holes to honour veterans and those currently serving. Visitors are welcome

to come and tour the trenches from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

A Night at the Oscars

Grade 9 create and showcase

“Twisted Fairy Tales”

Best Cinema—Tiana Lambert

Most Dramatic—Austin Isley

Best Soundtrack– Raquelle Quinn

Most Sad—Torran Mecham

Best Video—Tiana Lambert

Most Comedic—Kathryn Smith

Yes, that’s

right….our

cross country

running team

came in 7th

overall out of

26 schools.

Lots of top 10

results from

our runners

this year!

Music fills the halls of St. Mary School!

We are so blessed to receive a grant

from the IODE to buy musical instru-

ments such as boom whackers, uku-

leles, and drums!

Parent Teacher Interviews New Online Sign Up

Sign Up Genius Please follow the link below and sign up for 10 minute interview slots. (you may have to hold CTRL for the link to work) http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548acaa22a6fd0-ptisignup

Pre-K signup: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548acaa22a6fd0-prek We will no longer book by phone but are here to support you if you have problems.

Book Fair is coming! During PTIs Thursday, November 2nd

3:30 to 9:30

“Let’s get reading!”

Remembrance Day School

Service

Thursday, November 9th

11:00 am

Please bring a donation for a

Poppy

School Council

Community Family

Dance on

October 26th was

absolutely

“Spooktacular”

Don’t For-

get to

Check Out

Our

Facebook

Page!

St. Mary Beaverlodge

We are a Nut Aware School

For the safety of others we ask you to refrain

from sending peanut butter and nut prod-

ucts. We have a young child with a severe

nut allergy in our school.

Thank you for your support!

“The Incredibles” collected countless winter

coats donating them to the Beaverlodge

FCSS. It’s all about giving back to our com-

munity!

“The Incredibles” and our FNMI Liaison

present

Family Movie Night Friday, November 24

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free admission & concession available

What are sacraments? This is a frequently asked question. In the Catholic Church, we cele-brate seven sacraments; three sacraments of initiation, Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation; two sacraments of Healing, Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick; and two sacraments of vocation, Marriage and Holy Orders. Billions of people all over the world, and throughout time, have received one or more of these sacraments. However, knowing sacraments exist does not completely answer the question. There are still the questions of what a sacrament does, how it affects us, and why we celebrate them.

We can look to theologians for one explanation. Many have said that the sacraments are, at the same time, signs and instruments of God’s grace. That is, the seven sacraments are cere-monies that point to what is sacred, significant, and important for Christians. They are special occasions for experiencing God’s saving presence. The invisible made visible.

But more importantly the Sacraments are, in our tradition, an essential way to connect with Christ. They are how we experience His grace, His love, in a very physical way. Through ordi-nary things, like the water in baptism, the chrism oil of confirmation and the bread that be-comes the body of our Lord, we connect with the extraordinary, God’s grace, and his unfailing love for us.

So, as we explore our three year theme of Connecting with something Bigger, let us remem-ber that God’s love is bigger than anything we could ever possibly experience and God’s love is always with us. We desire a physical connectedness with our Father and we find it in the Sacraments, when God envelopes us in His arms, when we feel His unfailing love, and when He makes the ordinary extraordinary.