Wednesday, February 20, 2013
School’s email address: immanuel@amtelecom.net
Principal’s email address: icsprincipal@amtelecom.net
ICS Website:
www.immanuelchristianschool.net 519-773-8476
Check us out on
Facebook: facebook.com/ICSAylmer
Twitter: twitter.com/ICSAylmer
LDCSS Website:
www.ldcss.on.ca 519-455-4360
Christian Education Foundation (endowment fund): www.ldcef.org
Upcoming Events
Feb 21
Hockey Practice 7:30;
3:15 exh Hockey game STCCS
at Aylmer
Registration day JK/SK, all
grades (daytime
8-4, evening 6:30-8)
22
Electives; Friday Family Fun
Night Dinner
23
OACS Town
26 Hockey Practice 7:30
27 Chapel-Lent 3; Report cards sent home
March 1
Hat and Gum Day
4 Parent/Student/Teacher Conference
6 8:55 Chapel-Lent 4; WDCS Hockey Tourn
7 P.D. Day – no classes for students
8-15 March Break
From the
Principal's Desk::
I
trust that you have enjoyed a good (long) Family Day weekend! As a teaching staff, we have made good use of
the PA day yesterday to work on second term report cards. These reports
will include a reflective parent-student-teacher connection form. It is
my hope that you can use this for constructive conversations on strengths and
areas for growth. Reports will be sent
home next week, with parent-student-teacher conferences the following week.
Teachers
also sat down with me a part of their regular professional growth interviews.
These are routine times to reflect on areas of strength and growth for a class
as a whole, as well as personal areas of strength and growth. We often end up sharing joys and challenges of
teaching, bringing in student work samples, and exploring various resources for
the future. As we report on our
students, we also seek to grow ourselves. The Society of Christian Schools of BC in Good
Teaching Comes from the Inside expresses the importance of these type
of activities:
Our teachers are called to
renewal. Daily we need to pray with
David, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and
renew a steadfast spirit within me... Restore to me the joy
of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me” (Psalm 51: 10- 12). Renewal
is the antidote for entropy. Entropy is
the opposite of growth – everything in our schools, everything in our teaching and learning will gradually erode,
run down, even break down unless it is maintained and revitalized. Our relationships
and our teaching need ongoing change and renewal.
Lastly,
an update on Mr T. He is recovering well from a minor infection following
his last surgery, and expects to be back at physio shortly. He is also
looking forward to returning to teaching, as able. At this point, we
would see Mr T taking on 25% teaching after March Break (likely LA and Bible
between snack recess and lunch). Ms Jones will continue with the
remainder, "bookending" the day with devotions, AR and math in the
morning, and history, science, art and phys ed in the afternoons.
Yours
in Christ,
Keith
Cameron, Principal
Praying for our Families: Last week we prayed for Kelvin and Rose Saarloos
& Wilf and Joanne Saarloos.
Praying for our Staff: This week we will pray for Ms. Jones and continued
healing for Mr. TenBruggencate.
Please
pray for families who are considering Christian education.
Reminder of OACS Town hall meetings
regarding CEAF
Come and hear the latest updates on the
CEAF situation, hear a summary of our defense strategy and pose the questions
they may
have of the OACS leadership team. Saturday,
February 23 London District
Christian Secondary
School 24 Braesyde
Avenue , London , ON
N5W 1V3
A
reminder of the OACS Parent Support Memo 2 that was sent out Feb 8th
:
For those who have received a letter from CRA: You must decide very quickly if you wish OACS
to represent you to help resolve the issue.
There will be no cost to you for this service. You must however do the
following IMMEDIATELY:
1. Copy the letter you received from CRA and next to
your name, print in your email address so that OACS can copy you on
whatever
is sent to
CRA.
2. Complete the attached T1013 E (extra copy
attached to the Journal if you need it)
Deliver
the above items 1 and 2 ASAP (no later than 9:00 a.m. on February 22) to the
school that is co-ordinating this on your behalf OR mail
to the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools (OACS), 790 Shaver Road, Ancaster,
Ontario L9G 3K9 (Attention Judy Tomczak) where it must be received by February
25 for the OACS to meet the filing deadline.
For
everyone receiving this memo:
Please complete the survey by following this link
We
have received some good news from CEAF.
The lawyer working on behalf of CEAF made an appeal
to CRA official, Gary Huenemoeder, for some consideration for donors affected
by the CRA review of the donations made through the School Support Program. CRA has responded with a decision to hold off
on proceeding to reassessment if the notices are not received in thirty days. This
gives donors more time to decide how to respond to their letters. You will be
able to go past your return date for some time without the threat of immediate
reassessment.
This decision also gives organizations such as the
OACS and CEAF more time to sort out who can and will provide the leadership of
a donor defense. For donors, this means
we all have more time to establish the name to be placed on the T1013 forms.
The OACS has also learned that many donors have
contacted the CRA Office in Kitchener
Parent/Student/Teacher
Conference Monday,
March 4. Conference request forms are due Thursday, Feb. 21. See the end of the Journal.
See
you this Friday for the Family Fun Night’s hearty Meat and Potatoes
Dinner!
Friday Family Fun Night This month’s Friday Family Fun Night is a hearty Meat and Potatoes dinner! Take a night off from cooking and bring your family and friends to enjoy a warm homemade dinner this Friday - February 22 from 5:00-7:30pm in the school gym. Cost is Adults $8 and Children (12 + under) $5 and all proceeds go directly back into the school! Delivery toHeritage Place
Friday Family Fun Night This month’s Friday Family Fun Night is a hearty Meat and Potatoes dinner! Take a night off from cooking and bring your family and friends to enjoy a warm homemade dinner this Friday - February 22 from 5:00-7:30pm in the school gym. Cost is Adults $8 and Children (12 + under) $5 and all proceeds go directly back into the school! Delivery to
JK,
SK, All Grades Registration tomorrow, all day 8-4 and evening 6:30-8.
Please
bring along a copy of our child’s certificate, health card and immunization
record. We will
photocopy the necessary documents for you.
Mrs. Groeneweg will be available to talk to you in the evening
session. Mr. Cameron will be available
to talk to you after 10:45 (when he is done is classroom duty) to do an admission
interview with you.
If you cannot make the registration please call or
e-mail the school and we can get the paperwork to you or you may drop in at any
time to the office. We would appreciate
having your completed paperwork as soon as possible as we are looking at
numbers for class sizes.
If you are undecided about your child attending
I.C.S. in the fall please feel to come that evening anyway, browse, have a tour
of the school, talk to Mrs. Groeneweg and Mr. Cameron. We would love to have you come.
T.R.I.P. The March order is attached to this Journal. It is early because of the March Break. Orders are due on Feb. 28 with pick up on Wednesday,
March 6th because of the P.D. day on the 7th.
Cheese
Order: Our March Cheese order is attached. Orders are due on Feb. 27th with
delivery on March 6th.
Meat,
Baked Good and Epicure Order for Easter is attached. Just in time for your special holiday family dinners. Orders
due: Wed. March 5 (please no late orders).
Pick up orders: Thurs. March 28 between 2:30-4. It is much appreciated that coolers are
dropped off before hand with your name on them!
Electives: Our last elective will be
this Friday to make up for the snow day we missed. Thank you so much to all our volunteer
leaders, and drivers to help make this program happened. Our school has been blessed with many folks with
different talents willing to share their time and expertise with our young
students. You are greatly appreciated!
Attention
all choir members: For
our special Grandparents’ and Senior Friends’ Day presentation, each of you
need a black long sleeved shirt and a black (or very, very, very dark pants),
even sports pants are fine and black socks.
Please gather those items an brig them to school for practice.
Help
Wanted!
Please contact the Principal if this is you...
Occasional Building Attendant. Position involves
opening and closing the gym for rentals, with janitorial services during and
after the rental, depending on the
booking. Wages paid are the janitorial fees charged with the rental.
The ideal applicant ideally
lives locally, and is able to attend
ICS on an occasional basis depending on rentals. The
successful candidate will work with the
janitor, and for the Principal.
Please contact the Principal for more information. Applications may
be sent to the office by Feb 27.
Volunteer Handyman. This is an ideal
position for a retired gentleman who has a desire to serve with his hands on a
weekly or
bi-weekly basis in the school for a few hours
during business hours. We have many small items needing repair, which
often wait
until they become bigger before getting
done - we'd like to move to a more proactive system, taking pride in our school
building
and keeping it in a high standard of
repair.
Tech Team. Are you interested
in learning how we keep our computers running? Our tech team is seeking
one interested
applicant who is willing to learn!
Hat & Gum Day: - Fri 1 Mar.
Licences and activities will cost $1, with funds going towards
development of Christian curricular resources. Activities include face
painting, hair colouring, nails, and basketball. Students participate by class from 9 to 10:30.
Licences are good for the entire day. We will also let the grade 8s take leadership
of a winter carnival taking place over lunch recess. Students will
participate by school families in a round-robin fashion. The Ed Ctte is
seeking volunteers to help with the morning events - please contact Emily
Schuurman or Georgie Rodenburg.
ICS
is hosting a Touch A Truck event June 1st
on the school property. We are also combining this event with an open
house so that people in the community get to know us a little bit better.
We would like a few extra people on the committee to help out with planning
this community event. If interested please email dmantel@eastlink.ca. We are meeting
once a month for a few hours to plan the event and you would be asked to help
out the day of the event (10a.m-3p.m)
Hockey: Practice this week is tomorrow morning, Thursday,
Feb. 21. Exhibition game at 3:15 against
Strathroy at the EECC.
It’s
not too early to think SPRING!!! We
still have 16 trees left from our annual Sweets, Treats, and Treasurers sale
ready to be planted in someone’s backyard!
We have 5 4”-5” large soft needle blue spruce and 11 3”-4” small soft
needle blue spruce. Please contact
Christine Janssens @ 519-269-3305 or cjansssens@execulink.com
for more info.
LDCSS Annual Spring
Fundraising Dinner,
Saturday, March 2nd. This
year we are excited to be offering an Indonesian Rijsttafel. We invite you to come and join together for
an evening of warm fellowship with friends, good food, and great music at
LDCSS. Proceeds will be going toward the
budget and Tuition Assistance fund.
Punch reception at 6pm, dinner at 6:30.
Reserve now by sending an email to dinner@ldcss.ca
stating your name, phone number and number of tickets required. Tickets are $30. You may book an entire table for 8 or any
number of individual tickets. You may
also order tickets by calling the school office at 519-455-4360. See www.ldcss.ca
for more details.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Bible:
Good Shepherd, Great Banquet.
Letter
and sound: W
Math:
All About Number: 11 (eleven, tally, count, number before and after 11..)
Show
and Tell: JK - Tuesday, Feb 26. SK - Wednesday, Feb 27
GRADES 1 and
2 - Ms. Pieters
Memory
Work: for Wednesday, February 28 You are the Shepherd ccli # 1443206
(John 10:3-5, 14-15) Keith
& Kristyn Getty
You are the
shepherd; I belong to you.
When I walk on rough
ground, You can guide me through.
You know my name, You
know my voice.
Before I was born, I
was Your choice.
Show me how to
follow. Lord, keep me close to You.
You are the
Shepherd; I belong to You.
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Monday, February 25
Grade
1: ropes, bones, kites, bees, cakes, boxes, foxes, roses
Grade
2: you, your, yes, yell, drop, line, side, dress, draw, saw
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Fri. Feb. 22 – Spelling Dictation: (Review Lists) Grade 3 words are: surprise,
cried, finally, cookie, due, clue, voice, loyal, chocolate, it’s, wouldn’t,
wasn’t, follow, found, cousin, even, raise
Grade 4 words are: living, travelled, appeared, earliest,
roughest, heavier, surface, collar, worth, wolves, potatoes, libraries, bought,
almost, faucet, caution, because, cycle, dangerous, geography
Fri. Feb. 22 – Math Quiz: Grade
3: Checkup: Multiplying with 12 as a factor. Example:
(12 x 2 = 24) and (12 x 12 = 144)
Wed. Feb. 27 – Memory Work: (Psalm 135: 5 – 6) Kids’ Study Bible
I
know that the LORD is great. I know that
our LORD is greater than all gods. The
LORD does anything he wants to do in the heavens and on the earth. He does it
even in the deepest parts of the oceans.
Accelerated Reader: A note including your child’s 3rd Term
AR goal will be sent home this Friday, Feb. 22.
Scholastic Book
Orders: March flyers were sent home
today. Please return any completed Book
Orders to school by Friday, March 1.
Thank you.
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Lucas
Krahn. Next week: Kaylynn Mantel.
Swim to Survive: Grade 3 students will attend their last session at
the St. Thomas YMCA this Friday, Feb. 22.
We will be leaving ICS at 1:00 PM and plan to return to school by 3:15 –
3:20 PM. Please remember to pack your
bathing suit and towel, girls and boys!
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Memory Work: 1 John 5:1 & 2
Spelling:
Review
the words carefully for Friday's dictation
Science: the class should be very
pleased with their marks on the electricity projects and the test last week.
I am impressed with the understanding and creativity displayed!
Well done!
Health: this morning, we started
on a unit on Connecting and Growing. Connecting
deals with healthy expressions of our emotions, while Growing deals with
the physical changes of adolescence. Please contact Mr Cameron should you
have any questions.
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones
Friday,
22nd at 9 a.m. Mr. Buma from LDCSS will be speaking to the Grade 8’s
concerning September enrolment and course selection.
Memory Work: "But you know him, for he lives with you and
will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14: 17b-18
"Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you." John 14:19-20
Bonus John 14: 17-20
Science: Improve test mark Wednesday at Lunch recess
Science Fair is on March 21st
Math: continuing work next class
"Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you." John 14:19-20
Bonus John 14: 17-20
Science: Improve test mark Wednesday at Lunch recess
Science Fair is on March 21st
Math: continuing work next class
Geography: Climate Graph due Wednesday, Feb.20
Spelling: Friday Feb. 22
Art: Fraction Drawing art assignment due March 8th
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Parent/Teacher Conferences
– Monday, March 4, 2012
This conference is intended
for everyone who wishes to have an update on their child’s progress, be
informed about their CTBS score, or has a special concern to discuss. New this year, if you wish, students from
grades 3-8 may also attend the conference with you. You will notice a self reflection form
included with this term’s report cards which may be used during these
conferences.
A teacher may make a request to have parents come
in for an interview as well.
Please indicate on this form the approximate time
and which teachers you would like to see for your scheduled conference. We ask that you only book a conference with
your child’s classroom teacher. He or
she will have marks and or comments from the rotary teachers. If your child has Resource support, please
book a conference also with the Resource teacher. If after these conferences, you wish to speak
to one of the other teachers, please call him/her to schedule an appointment.
Showing
a (1) for first choice and a (2) for second choice will help us in our time
scheduling. A “Parent/Teacher Conference
Schedule” sheet serving as your confirmation will be attached to the Journal
the week before the conferences.
I prefer the following time: 4:00 - 5:00 _____ 6:00 - 7:30
_____ 7:30 - 9:00 _____
I
wish to see the following teacher(s):
child’s teacher
child
____________________________
concerning ________________
____________________________
concerning ________________
____________________________
concerning ________________
____________________________
concerning ________________
_____________________________
Parent’s name (please
print)
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Friday
Family Fun Night
Hearty
homemade
Meat and
Potatoes Dinner
Friday,
February 22
5:00-7:30pm
Adults
$8.00 Children 12 + under $5.00
A part
of Immanuel Christian School
Friday
Family Fun Night!
There’s one each month – a fun way to
get together and proceeds go directly back into the school. Hope to see you
there!
Delivery to Heritage Place
