In Flanders Fields November 2019
Lieutenant‐Colonel John McCrae of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the following poem in May 1915, a er watching the death of a close friend in Belgium.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, s ll bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields! Table of Contents
Take up our quarrel with the foe School Updates 2 To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high. Blaze Athle cs 3 If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Thanksgiving Ini a ve 3
Sadly, McCrae died January 28, 1918, and did not see the end of the war. His poem was SAB Chaplain Update 3 printed on December 8, 1915, in an issue of Punch and soon became the unofficial anthem of the soldiers in the trenches, where it was memorized and passed on by work of mouth. Healthy Food Ini a ve 3
Principal’s Message Specialized Services 6 Dear Parents and Guardians, District Updates 7 Please join us for our Remembrance Day celebra on on November 8 at 1:30pm in our gym. STAY Alert 13 It’s me to “fall back” as Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 3. Please re‐ member to set your clocks back one hour. Final Exam Schedule 14
We look forward to seeing you on November 28 from 1:00pm – 7:00pm for our Demon‐ Calendar 15 stra on of Learning. As we have gone from repor ng three mes/year to twice/year, there will no be report cards issued this fall. Report cards will be available on January 31.
Denis Gauthier Alannah Muirhead Colin Fedoruk Principal Assistant Principal, Elementary Assistant Principal, Junior High
Let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 @sabecsd1
Sister Annata Brockman School Prayer God, Our Father, we thank you for your goodness to us, and to all your people. We pray that you will bless abundantly all those who enter this school. God, Our Father, we thank you for your goodness to us, and to all your people. Help us reach our fullest potential as the sons and daughters of God. God, Our Father, we thank you for your goodness to us, and to all your people. May we develop our God-given talents to become all that we can be. God, Our Father, we thank you for your goodness to us, and to all your people. Empower us to love you, and to love and care for one another as you command us. God, Our Father, we thank you for your goodness to us, and to all your people. May we contribute to the good of your people, and the good of creation. God, Our Father, we thank you for your goodness to us, and to all your people. We ask this in the name of Jesus, the Lord. Amen SCHOOL UPDATES
NO SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL FEES
There will be NO SCHOOL on the following days. School fees are available on your Parent PowerSchool. We en‐
Remembrance Day: Nov. 11 courage your to pay online. If online payment is not possible, we Christmas Vaca on: Dec. 21*‐Jan. 5 s ll accept cheque or cash in the office. Payment for school fees was due September 30. Faith Development Day: Feb. 4 Family Day: Feb. 17 MEDICAL FORMS Teachers Conven on: Feb. 27‐28 Spring Break: Mar. 21**‐29 If your child requires medica on to be taken at school, please Good Friday: Apr. 10 send in your child’s Medical Form and medica on as soon as pos‐ sible. Easter Monday: Apr. 13 Victoria Day: May 18 REGISTRATION VERIFICATION Summer Vaca on Begins: June 26*** Please log into your Parent PowerSchool account to verify your *Early Dismissal switched to Friday, December 20, 2019 child’s enrollment. If you require assistance, please call the office **Early Dismissal switched to Friday, March 20, 2019 or stop by the office. ***Early Dismissal switched to Friday, June 26, 2019 (last day of ETS BUS PASSES instruc on)
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES The last day to purchase ETS bus passes for November is Wednes‐ day, November 6, 2019. November 6—Picture Retakes November 11—Remembrance Day—No School The last day to purchase ETS bus passes for December is Tuesday, December 3, 2019. November 22—Elementary Hot Lunch November 29—Junior High Hot Lunch TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
STUDENT ABSENCES Any issues with the busses, please contact Transporta on Services
If your child is going to be absent or late for any reason, please at 780‐441‐6078. Hours: 7:15‐17:00. The sooner they are aware of an issue, the sooner it can be resolved. report it at 780‐444‐0250 and press 1. If you fail to report it, an automated phone system will call you repeatedly un l you are VOLUNTEER SIGN IN contacted. Your contact informa on is cri cal. Please keep it up‐ dated through the year. When visi ng or volunteering at the school please sign in using our digital sign in applica on located in the office. Also, don’t for‐ Students need to be at school by 8:45am or the system will start get to sign out before you leave. It is important for us to know calling you. who is in the building in case of emergency.
BLAZE ATHLETICS THANKSGIVING INITIATIVE
Our Senior Soccer team had Many thanks for your generosity again a great finish to their season this year in providing Macaroni and and won the silver medal in Cheese for the Good Shepherd St. Vin‐ the Division 4 City Fi‐ cent De Paul Conference. We collected nal. Thanks to Mr. Arnieri, 1,353 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese! Ms. Naccarato, and the play‐ This will take care of twenty seven ers for a great season! weeks of the Weekender Program, which means takes them to April, 2020. Our Curling Club has ex‐ Your generosity is greatly appreciated. panded to 2 teams this year and will be playing on Fri‐ day's at the Derrick Club from November un l Febru‐ ary! Thank you to Mrs. Com‐ SAB CHAPLAIN UPDATE ba for coaching the club this season. Hello everyone! We are excited to have shared with you all of the celebra ons held during October! Our Thanksgiving celebra on was a wonderful opportunity to show Elementary and Junior High how much we have to be thankful for. Thank you so much for your amazing generosity Cheer are underway. The with the collec on of macaroni and cheese boxes for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. teams are working hard on For the second year in a row, our collec on helped support students in our district by Monday and Friday's a er ensuring they have enough food for the weekends. We also came together to celebrate school in prepara on for Sister’s memory on October 25th, at the Memorial Mass that commemorated the 3‐ their compe ons in 2020. year anniversary of her passing. Thank you to all of you who were able to join us for Good luck in your journey! such a beau ful celebra on. Thank you to Mrs. Papaian‐ ni, Mrs. Hildebrandt, Ms. On Sunday, November 3rd at the 9 AM Mass, we have been invited to Good Shepherd Pedersen, and Miss. Parish in honour of Catholic Educa on. We encourage our students and family mem‐ Odyjewski for being our bers to a end as well. Please consider wearing blue, as this colour is in support of Cath‐ teacher sponsors this year. olic Educa on. Senior and Junior Volleyball teams have been made! The Finally, on November 8th at 1:30 PM, we will hold a Remembrance teams have been working Day service in honour of all soldiers and those who work for peace. hard at their prac ces to prepare for their respec ve God Bless! seasons. Senior teams have just started their regular Miss El Cid season, and Junior teams Chaplain have been prac cing in [email protected] prepara on for their tourna‐ ment later this month. Fol‐ low our weekly updates or HEALTHY FOODS INITIATIVE click the link below for more informa on on games! Many thanks to the parents/guardians who Thank you to Mrs. Yu, Mr. so generously contributed to the snacks for Podlowski, Mr. Buena, Mrs. our Halloween class par es. Special thank Corbo, Mrs. Heck, Mrs. you for paying a en on to our healthy Huculak and Mrs. Langlois foods ini a ve. To the right is a picture of for their dedica on to our the snack table in Mrs. Heck’s 4A class‐ teams this season! room. h ps://www.ecsd.net/ schools/jrha/Pages/ Default.aspx
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
Teaching Digital Ci zenship: Se ng up parental controls and privacy se ngs
Thank you to all of parents who par cipated in the technology survey and a ended the Screenagers parent evening. The response to this event was overwhelmingly posi ve. Over the course of this year, I will con nue to provide resources around this topic. This month, I want to focus on how to set parental controls and create privacy se ng on devices. If you have any ques ons about this informa on please feel free to contact me at [email protected]
Computer Privacy Take a look at the privacy se ngs offered in your browser (usually found in the Tools menu) to see whether you can fine‐tune them to keep the good and block the bad.
Smartphone Privacy Se ngs on smartphones vary, but you can ghten up privacy with these precau ons: Turn off loca on services. That prevents apps from tracking your loca on. Don’t let apps share data. Some apps want to use informa on stored on your phone (your contact list, for example). Say no. Enable privacy se ngs on apps you download. Make sure your teens are using strict privacy se ngs on services such as In‐ stagram and Facebook.
Block Websites If you just want to limit what your kids can search for, your best op on is to enable Google SafeSearch in whichever browser or browsers you use. First, you need to make sure your browsers use Google as their default search engine, and then you need to turn on SafeSearch. This is a good precau on to take as soon as your kids start going online and you want to make sure they don't accidentally stumble across something yucky.
Allow me to see what my kid is doing: A full‐featured, third‐party parental control service such as Qustodio or NetNanny will give you a lot of control over all of your kid's devices (the ones they use at home as well as their phones). These can be pricey (especially if you have several kids to monitor), but the cost includes constant device monitoring, offering you visibility into how kids are using their devices. These parental con‐ trols can only keep track of accounts that they know your kid is using.
Monitor my kid's phone. To keep tabs on your tween or teen's phone, your best bet is to download an app such as Bark, KidBridge (formerly TeenSafe), or WebWatcher, which monitor text messages, social networks, emails, and other mobile func ons. To monitor social media, you'll need your kid's account informa on, including passwords.
Turn off Wi‐Fi. There are both hardware and so ware solu ons to control your home network and your home Wi‐Fi. To name a few popular ones: OpenDNS is a download that works with your exis ng router (the device that brings the internet into your home) to filter internet content. Circle Home Plus is a device and subscrip on service that pairs with your exis ng router and lets you pause access to the internet, create me limits, and add content filters to all devices on your home network (including Wi‐Fi devices), plus manage phones and tablets outside the home.
Can I set parental controls in specific apps, such as Snapchat? To find out if your kids' favorite apps offer any types of restric ons, go to the app's se ngs sec on (usually represented by the gear icon). Some apps go a step further by le ng users control their own use of the app. TikTok's Digital Wellbeing features help curb me spent on the app and limit inappropriate videos. YouTube lets you set a reminder to take a break.
Helpful websites:
h ps://www.screenagersmovie.com/resources‐2 h ps://www.commonsensemedia.org/ h ps://www.mancavemaster.net/3‐clever‐ways‐to‐control‐your‐kids‐internet‐usage/ h ps://www.digitalcare.org/turn‐off‐wi‐fi‐home/ h ps://www.cps.ca/en/documents/posi on/digital‐media DISTRICT UPDATES
Edmonton Transit has updated the School Special numbering system. The majority of School Specials will now be an ex‐ tension of the regular ETS route in neighborhoods. Students need to plan their trip to and from school using Google maps, Transit app or H p://etstripplanner.edmonton.ca/SchoolService.aspx or h ps://www.edmonton.ca/ets/ets‐fall‐service‐ changes.aspx. This is an Edmonton Transit ini a ve. If you have issues, concerns or are having trouble finding service please reach out to 311. STAY ALERT MAY/JUNE 2020 PAT/FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
Monday, May 4 Gr. 9 ELA Part A Gr. 8 ELA Part A Gr. 7 ELA Part A
Wednesday, May 6 Gr. 6 ELA Part A
Tuesday, June 16 Gr. 6 ELA Part B Gr. 9 ELA Part B Gr. 8 ELA Part B Gr. 7 ELA Part B
Thursday, June 18 Gr. 6 Mathema cs Part A Gr. 9 Mathema cs Part A Gr. 8 Mathema cs Part A Gr. 7 Mathema cs Part A
Friday, June 19 Gr. 6 Mathema cs Part B Gr. 9 Mathema cs Part B Gr. 8 Mathema cs Part B Gr. 7 Mathema cs Part B
Monday, June 22 Gr. 6 Social Studies Gr. 9 Social Studies Gr. 8 Social Studies Gr. 7 Social Studies
Wednesday, June 24 Gr. 6 Science Gr. 9 Science Gr. 8 Science Gr. 7 Science NOVEMBER 2019 SUN MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT 1 DAY 2 2
Break A Rule Day Sr. Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Girls & JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Boys Sr. Girls & Boys Volleyball Volley‐ Tournament @ St. Oscar ball Romero Tourna‐ ment @ St. Oscar Romero 3 4 DAY 3 5 DAY 4 6 DAY 5 7 FLEX 8 DAY 6 9 JH FIRST Lego League Club Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce PICTURE RETAKE DAY Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce 2:35pm 6:55am 7:00am 6:55am JH FIRST Lego League Club Thurs Ac ve All Stars‐Net Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Kinder AB Ska ng 9:30am Remembrance Day Service 2:35pm and Wall Games 11:45am 2:45pm Gr 2BC Ska ng 10:15am 1:30pm Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Elem Choir Prac ce 2:45pm Gr 2A Ska ng 11:30am Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce 2:45pm Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Kinder CD Ska ng 12:30pm 2:45pm Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Curling Clinical Prac ce @ Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm 2:45pm Derrick Country Club 4:15pm 2:45pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Rhythmic Gymnas c Prac‐ JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce ce 2:45pm Sr. Boys Volleyball Game @ 2:45pm Numero Club 2:55pm St. Thomas Aquinas 4:00pm Gr 6 Math Club 2:45pm Sr. Girls Volleyball Game @ Sr. Boys Volleyball Game @ St. Thomas Aquinas 4:00pm SAB vs St. Clement 4:00pm Curling Clinical Prac ce @ Derrick Country Club 4:15pm 10 11 12 DAY 1 13 DAY 2 14 DAY 3B 15 DAY 4 16 Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Gr 9s go to PARTY Program Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Sr. REMEMBRANCE DAY 6:55am Kinder AB Ska ng 9:30am 7:00am 6:55am Girls JH FIRST Lego League Club Gr 2BC Ska ng 10:15am Thurs Ac ve All Stars‐ Gr 4 Field Trip to Expo Cen‐ Volley‐ 2:35pm Gr 2A Ska ng 11:30am Individual Pursuits 11:45am tre ball NO SCHOOL Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Kinder CD Ska ng 12:30pm Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Tourna‐ 2:45pm Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce 2:45pm ment @ Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce 2:45pm Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Mother 2:45pm Gr 6 Math Club 2:45pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Marga‐ Rhythmic Gymnas c Prac‐ Jr Volleyball Exhibi on Game Curling Game @ Derrick ret ce 2:45pm @ BDM 4:00pm Country Club 4:15pm Mary Numero Club 2:55pm Sr. Boys Volleyball Game @ Sr. Girls Volleyball Tourna‐ Sr. Girls Volleyball Game @ Father Michael Mireau ment @ Mother Margaret SAB vs St. Clement 4:00pm 4:00pm Mary 17 18 DAY 5 19 DAY 6 20 DAY 1 21 FLEX 22 DAY 2 23 JH FIRST Lego League Club Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Kinder AB Ska ng 9:30am Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Elementary Hot Lunch / Jr. Girls 2:35pm 6:55am Gr 2BC Ska ng 10:15am 7:00am Crazy Hat Day & Boys Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Kinder Movement Day Gr 2A Ska ng 11:30am Thurs Ac ve All Stars‐ Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Volley‐ 2:45pm JH FIRST Lego League Club Kinder CD Ska ng 12:30pm Individual Pursuits 11:45am 2:45pm ball Elem Choir Prac ce 2:45pm 2:35pm Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Tourna‐ Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce 2:45pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm ment @ Sr. Boys Volleyball Game @ 2:45pm Gr 6 Math Club 2:45pm Curling Game @ Derrick Father SAB vs Corpus Chris 4:00pm Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Country Club 4:15pm Michael JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm 2:45pm 2:45pm Jr. Girls & Boys Volleyball Troy Rhythmic Gymnas c Prac‐ Sr. Boys Volleyball Crossover Tournament @ Father Mi‐ ce 2:45pm Game @ TBA 4:00pm chael Troy Numero Club 2:55pm Sr. Girls Volleyball Game @ Father Michael Mireau 4:00pm 24 25 DAY 3 26 DAY 4 27 DAY 5 28 DAY 6A 29 DAY 1 30 JH FIRST Lego League Club Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Immuniza on Day Immuniza on Day JH Hot Lunch 2:35pm 6:55am Kinder AB Ska ng 9:30am Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Jr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce JH FIRST Lego League Club Gr 2BC Ska ng 10:15am 7:00am 6:55am 2:45pm 2:35pm Gr 2A Ska ng 11:30am Demo of Learning Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Elem Choir Prac ce 2:45pm Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce Kinder CD Ska ng 12:30pm Sr. Girls Volleyball Crossover 2:45pm Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm 2:45pm Sr Girls Volleyball Prac ce Game @ TBA 4:00pm Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Sr. Boys Volleyball Crossover Sr Boys Volleyball Prac ce 2:45pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Game @ TBA 4:00pm 2:45pm Jr Boys Volleyball Prac ce JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Rhythmic Gymnas cs Prac‐ 2:45pm ce 2:45pm Sr. Boys Volleyball Quarter Numero Club 2:55pm Finals @ TBA 4:00pm Sr. Girls Volleyball Game @ SAB vs Corpus Chris 4:00pm DECEMBER 2019 SUN MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT 1 2 DAY 2 3 DAY 3 4 DAY 4 5 DAY 5B 6 DAY 6 7
JH FIRST Lego League Club Advent Celebra on 10:00am Kinder AB Ska ng 9:30am Sr. Girls Volleyball Semi Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm 2:35pm JH FIRST Lego League Club Gr 2BC Ska ng 10:15am Finals @ TBA 4:00pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Elem Choir Prac ce 2:45pm 2:35pm Gr 2A Ska ng 11:30am Curling Game @ Derrick Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Rhythmic Gymnas c Prac‐ Kinder CD Ska ng 12:30pm Country Club 4:15pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm ce 2:45pm Sr Boys Volleyball Semi School Council Mee ng Numero Club 2:55pm Finals @ TBA 4:00pm 6:30pm Sr. Girls Volleyball Quarter Finals @ TBA 4:00pm
8 9 DAY 1 10 DAY 2 11 DAY 3 12 FLEX 13 DAY 4 14 JH FIRST Lego League Club Kinder In School Field Trip— Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm 2:35pm They Clay Guys JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Elem Choir Prac ce 2:45pm JH FIRST Lego League Club Curling Game @ Derrick Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm 2:35pm Country Club 4:15pm Sr Girls Volleyball Champion‐ Rhythmic Gymnas c Prac‐ ship @ St. Oscar Romero ce 2:45pm 4:00pm Numero Club 2:55pm JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm Sr Boys Volleyball Champi‐ onship @ St. Oscar Romero 5:30pm
15 16 DAY 5 17 DAY 6 18 DAY 1 19 DAY 2 20 DAY 3 21 JH FIRST Lego League Club JH FIRST Lego League Club 2:35pm 2:35pm Elem Choir Prac ce 2:45pm Numero Club 2:55pm Elem Cheer Prac ce 3pm Kinder Christmas Concert @ FULL DAY OF EARLY JH Cheer Prac ce 4:15pm SAB 6:00pm Grades 1‐6 Christmas Con‐ SCHOOL DISMISSAL cert @ WECA 6:00pm
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