Weekly Update May 9-13, 2016

Willow Park has welcomed a few new students from Fort McMurray this week. Our students have done an excellent job of making them feel welcome in their new classrooms - good job, guys! 

Monday: The grade 5s are away all day at the Telus World of Science.

Tuesday: Talent Show auditions begin! Good luck, students! Auditions will continue until Friday.

Thursday: Hot Lunch from Boston Pizza; the grade 6 ELA Provincial Achievement Test Part A.

A huge thank you to all of our Willow Park families that made donations! The amount we collected was truly heart-warming and greatly appreciated by not only us, but by the evacuees as well. We are so proud!

 

Message from Black Gold

BLACK GOLD WELCOMES WILDFIRE EVACUEE STUDENTS

Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 (BGRD) is preparing to make room for students displaced from the Fort McMurray wildfires.

“We are here to help and support these families with students in any way possible,” stated Superintendent Dr. Yanitski.  “All evacuee students are welcome at any Black Gold Regional School. At any of our schools, these students will be welcomed, cared for, respected and have a safe place to learn”.  

Families with students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 can contact any Black Gold Regional School directly in order to register. To find more information about a local program/school, families can visit Find a School (www.blackgold.ca/schools/find-a-school). They can also contact the Division Office at 780.955.6025 to receive contact information about a desired school.

Located directly south of Edmonton, with 31 schools and over 10,500 students, Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 incorporates Beaumont, Calmar, Devon, Leduc, Leduc County, New Humble, New Sarepta, Thorsby, and Warburg.

For more information on Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 and our schools, visit: www.blackgold.ca.

Weekly Update May 2-6, 2016

It is Education Week this week and our staff have come together and planned some super fun activities for the students. Every day this week there is something going on, so be sure to keep updated with this blog or the teachers' blogs.

 

Monday: On Friday last week, the staff came together and put together the Stuntnastics equipment. Stuntnastics is a fun and exciting phys ed unit for the students.

Tuesday: We asked our students to donate any of their gently-used books for today's Book Exchange, and, boy, did we receive! They were so generous! All of the books make for quite the set up on the stage. Any students who donated will receive tokens to purchase new books for themselves. The students who did not donate will have the chance to purchase the books for the prices of $0.10 or $0.25. All proceeds will be donated to the Stollery Children's Hospital.

Wednesday:
- Hats on for Mental Health Day: Your child can wear their favorite hat all day today
- Jump Rope for Heart kick-off assembly at 12:50-1:30 pm
- Early Dismissal for Pre-k and grades 1-6
- NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES
- May Hot Lunch ordering deadline (Hot Lunch will be provided by Boston Pizza on May 12th)

Thursday:
- Grade 6 Telus World of Science field trip
- Milk & Cookie Day

Friday:
- Pajama
- Stuffie Walk
- School-wide buddy reading

Weekly Update April 25-29, 2016

It's already Wednesday today! There's not a lot going on this week except for Kinder Grad & Spring Photos on Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday: Today was a beautiful day for the school yard clean-up! The students joined their Family Groups and collected several bags of garbage. Our yard looks beautiful - thank you, everyone!

Thursday & Friday: Kinder Grad and Spring Photos today. Kindergarten students will be taking both a Kinder Grad photo and a Spring Photo.

Thursday, April 28th - AAP, T/Th Mrs. Kubik, Mrs. Haugan, Miss Richards, Mrs. Elgert,
Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Peters, Pre-K, Mr. Mackiewich, Mrs. Peterson, and Miss Titus

Friday, April 29th - M/W Mrs. Kubik, Miss Hewitt/Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Hannon, Miss Taylor,
Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Chapman, and Miss Piquette

Friday: Several special guests will be attending our school-wide assembly this morning to congratulate us on our Environmental Achievement Award. The assembly will begin at 8:45 am; parents are welcome to attend.

Pizza by the Slice!! Send your child(ren) with a toonie or two in the morning so they can have a slice of pizza for lunch. Pepperoni, Cheese, and Hawaiian pizza is available.


Education Week is the week of May 2-6 and we have a lot of fun activities planned for the students:

Tuesday, May 3 - There will be a Book Exchange set up for the students this day. We are asking students to donate their gently used books to exchange for a new, gently used books. For every 2 books your child donates they will receive one back. All remaining books will be sold for $0.10 or $0.25 and the proceeds will be donated to the Stollery Children's Hospital.

Wednesday, May 4 - Hats on for Mental Health Day; Jump Rope for Heart Kick-off assembly

Friday, May 6 - PJ DAY and the Stuffie Walk! We are also asking students to donate their gently used stuffies. The students will then have a chance to win other gently used stuffies by playing the games that will be set up in the gym. Each game is $0.25. All proceeds will be donated to the Stollery Children's Hospital.

Weekly Update April 18-21, 2016

As the end of the school year gets closer and closer, the school seems to get busier and busier! There are a lot of fun activities going on in the next two weeks, be sure to keep updated.

Wednesday: There are a few things to remember today:

• Hat Day - wear your favorite hat or a crazy hat all day today!
• Grade 1s - in-school field trip with Bricks4Kidz
• Bake Sale at noon - items will range from $0.50-$2.00
• Kite Night order deadline
• Family Night Scavenger Hunt from 6 pm to 7:30 pm this evening

Friday: NO SCHOOL - PD Day

Next Week Reminders:
- Thursday, April 28th and Friday, April 29th are Spring Photos for Pre-k, Kindergarten and grades 1-6 and Kinder Grad Photos for Kindergarten classes only. Schedules will be sent out at the beginning of next week.

Environmental Achievement Award

Willow Park School was chosen for the 2015 Environment Achievement Award. Yesterday evening 3 of our students accepted the award at the Banquet. Not only did they accept the award, they gave a speech in front of about 600 adults! Today in assembly they repeated that speech and it was AWESOME! Mrs. Heather Peterson piloted our environmental program and the staff and students have done a great job keeping it going. Congratulations, Willow Park School! And one more shout out goes to Mrs. Margaret Pearce, our custodian, who does a lot of the behind the scenes work for the environmental program. Thank you so much, Mrs. Pearce!

Weekly Update April 11-15, 2016

This week is a very active week for the students! We've got students participating in yoga, soccer, high jump, and the grade 3/4 boys floor hockey tournament this weekend. Job well done to our grade 5/6 boys floor hockey team in their tournament last weekend!

Monday: Congratulations to both Div I and II for their performances in the Leduc Music Festival today! We heard great things from the parents that watched the performances. We are so proud of you guys!

Wednesday: TWIN DAY! Today your child can dress up like their best friend so they can be "twins." We're excited to see what the staff and students come up with! Hot Lunch from Subway.

Thursday: The grade 6s have created crime scene scenarios for the other classes to solve. The classes will take turns in the afternoon solving each crime scene.

Friday: Quinn Tilling, one of our students, will be competing in the Edmonton Regional Spelling Bee today. Willow Park wishes her the best of luck - we know she'll do great!

Good luck to our grades 3/4 boy's floor hockey team as well! They have a tournament this weekend at Caledonia Park School.