I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

A Word from

our President

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New Teacher

Feature

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Inside Our

School

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Yodeller Contest 4

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Greetings!

The Annual General Meeting for Evergreen Local No 11 was held on Thursday, February 7 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. This was our first year holding it at Teacher's Convention and I look forward to hearing your comments and thoughts about continuing this same format next year. I am pleased to report that we have filled all executive positions and almost all other positions available! If you are interested in becoming a more active member in your local, contact your school rep for more information. We are always looking for more people! It was a great pleasure to see so many of you take time out of your schedule to attend the AGM during NCTCA Convention 2014! I hope you all had a wonderful Convention, it was extremely well thought out and put together. A huge thank you to Fiona, Mike and Jodi for all of your hard work as our convention reps. Thank you to everyone who graciously agreed to chair and/or present sessions! It is wonderful to see Evergreen teachers so involved in their own PD. Please take a few moments to make your staff aware of the election results: President - Kelly Smith Vice President - Elana Fedorak Secretary - Angela Riggan Treasurer - Fred Kreiner TBAC - Stuart Nish LCO - Jessica Westergard Past President - Sharon Armstrong ARA Reps - Brett Watt, Elana Fedorak, Rhonda Smith Professional Development Chair - Amelia Bird Political Engagement Officer - Stuart Nish Principal Rep - To be filled at DLT in the fall Substitute Teacher Rep - Not filled DEHR Chair - Not filled yet Economic Policy Committee - Kathryn Howe (Jasper), Russ Keating (Edson), Janet Wilkinson(Edson) , Elana Fedorak (Hinton), Angela Riggan (Hinton). We still require a rep form the Lobstick area, as well as Grande Cache. The EPC Chair and Negotiating Sub Committee will be formed at the next EPC meeting. Convention Reps - Fiona Fowler, Mike Belecky, Shawn Arsenault All School Rep positions will be filled by individual schools in the fall. Please note that new positions do not take effect until July 1, 2014.

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CSR Meeting Dates:

*PLEASE NOTE:

Mar. 3rd Meeting

will be held in

Evansburg with VC

points in GC, Jasper,

Edson, Hinton

Apr. 14th - Hinton

May 5th - Hinton

June 2nd (Executive Only)

Hi, my name is Bernice Rutley and I am originally from Nova Scotia where I taught for 34 years. I wanted a new adventure and so my daughter, her husband and myself left the Maritimes with 2 cats, 2 cars and our life!

I have taught in 6 different schools since coming to Alberta, from a school for homeschooling to a Jewish Academy and a Dutch Christian School. I must say that I love the mountains the best and after two years in Drayton Valley, I was very glad to come to Grande Cache.

My husband is home in Ontario with our cat, my daugh-ter is in Calgary and my son is in Japan so life is good! Sheldon Coates is a great school and I am very happy here!

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Inside Our Schools

You may wonder what teachers do on a brisk winter morning during the Jas-

per in January Festival. Well here is the answer: you get half dressed up in old

hockey sweaters, bike up to Pyramid Lake, Ski 5 km around the lake, run 2.5

km around the lake in snowshoes, skate 6 km on a crack laden ice surface and

finally run 6 slippery km through the bush as part of the Jasper Winter Pen-

tathlon Hivernal. Though it was cold (real cold!) in the morning, the sunshine

and exercise had this group of

“Halfwits” smiling at the Pyra-

mid Lake site. Pictured in the

usual order are Lauren

“Sprinter” Kennedy, Fred

“Sk8ter Boy” Kreiner, Geoff

“The Mad Biker” Fraser, Jona-

than “Snowplow” Thornton

and Amelia “The Slider” Bird.

Team number 1 managed a

respectable 9th place finish

among the 16 participating

teams. Also witnessed at the

event was our faithful Tech-

nology coordinator, Kurt

“Barbie” Scobie who entered a

team. The Halfwits are issu-

ing a 2015 challenge to other

schools to put in a team and

have some fun at this annual

event!

Check out our Website! www.local11.teachers.ab.ca

Yodeller Contest !! Do you know what these Acronyms

stand for??

1. HSE - _____________________

2. IPP - _____________________

3. FCSS - __________________

4. ASBA - ____________________

5. PUF- _____________________

Please submit all answers to

jessicawestergard@hotmail.com

(The acronym quiz prizes are open to all

non-CSR members)

The Evergreen #11

2013/2014 Local Includes...

President - Kelly Smith

Vice President - Elana Fedorak

Treasurer - Fred Kreiner

Secretary - Barb Mazur

Past President - Sharon Armstrong

LCO - Jessica Westergard

District Rep - Paul McCann

ARA - Brett Watt

TBAC/PEO - Stuart Nish

EPC - Russ Keating

PD - Janet Wilkinson

DEHR - Jennifer Dodsworth

Convention Reps - Fiona Fowler, Mike

Belecky, Jody Campbell

Principal Rep - Robin Hengel

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