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Ridgewood Public School P.O. Box 89, Coboconk ON K0M1K0 June, 2014 Phone (705)454-3351 **Follow us on twitter @Ridgewood PS. You can also follow us on our Facebook page as well. www.TLDSB.on.ca/schools/RidgewoodPS Trustee – John Byrne “Come Learn With Us” “Come Achieve With Us” Self control –means self discipline and taking charge of yourself. You act instead of react. Principal’s Corner As another year is about to finish up, we wonder where the year has gone. It seems like yesterday that we were still shoveling snow! Our JK’s have a full year under their belts and are ready to become SK’s! We are busily planning year end trips for classes, teachers are getting ready to prepare report cards for their students and we are planning graduation for our grade 8 students. Graduation is an exciting time for the graduates and their families as our grads are moving on to High School. For the staff here at RPS, it is with mixed emotions that we move into June. We are proud to see our graduates preparing for high school and the next step in their future but it is always sad that this means them leaving Ridgewood. We have created some lasting memories with the graduates and now we reflect on the great times that we have had with these young adults. I wish you all the best as you prepare for the last month of your elementary school career! It is with sadness that we announce that we are losing two of our teachers at the end of June. Amanda Newton and Kady Liscombe were both declared surplus to our school and have secured or will be securing positions at other schools. Ms. Newton will be at Dunsford District Elementary School next year and Mrs. Liscombe will be on maternity leave for a year before returning to a new school . We wish you both all of the best! With the warm weather here, we ask that students do respect our dress code. Students need to remember that this is a professional building and that they need to dress accordingly. Under garments should not be visible to be seen. Our Character Trait for the month of June is Self-Control. Self-Control is the ability to exercise restraint or control over one's feelings, emotions, reactions, etc. Remember the Golden Rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated. Ridgewood Motto: Come Learn With Us Come Achieve With Us Greg Arkwright, Principal Ridgewood Public School CONGRATULATIONS 2014 GRADE 8 GRADUATES Austin Aitchison Emma Bartley Katie Bowins Destiny Chin-A-Loy Austin Chupa Julien Cloutier Austin Alayha Crego Brayden Danilko Dylan Francisco Brook Greenlaw Patrick Hannivan Jake Hardman Mackenzie Hopkins Gauge Kellar Jasmine Kerr Will McKenney Lisa McMillan Dawson Moore Aaron O’Dell Alexander Retes Ashlee Robinson Courtney Roskammer Cameryn Shaw Katelynn Smallwood Taylor Smith Chloe South Brooke Trevena Lexi Vahey Michael Whalen CJ Wideman GRADUATION Graduation Ceremonies will take place on Tuesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM in the Ridgewood gymnasium. Graduates should arrive between 6:30 and 6:45 in preparation for the ceremony. The ceremony lasts approximately 1 hour. Immediately following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served in the school library. An intermediate dance will then begin at 9:00 PM lasting until 11:00 PM. Parents are asked to be at the school by 10:50 in order to pick up their children by the end of the dance. Further information will go home with the graduates in the near future. END OF YEAR CLAP OUT We invite everyone to join us for our annual clap out where we say goodbye to the graduates and staff who are heading out on new adventures. This special event will be taking place on the last day of school. Thursday, June 26th at 3:15. YEARS OF SERVICE PINS Congratulations to the following staff members who have been with Trillium Lakelands District School Board for 15 years: Alison Bowins, Jennifer Eason, Bill Foster, Shelly Hopkins and Beth Massey. Here’s to many more wonderful years here at Ridgewood. RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT – Mrs. Deb Fogwell Did you know that our own Mrs. Fogwell is retiring from teaching public school this year? She has been so active in our school community here at Ridgewood since 1992 with music classes, choirs, bands, concerts and musicals. It’s hard to believe she also has her own private music teaching business, for both violin and piano. Mrs. Fogwell attended high school in Brantford and she received her Honours Bachelor of Music from Western University in London, Ontario, Aldhouse Teachers College with performance degrees, ARCT, from The Royal Conservatory of Music in piano and violin. She also completed correspondence courses from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. All this was done before the age of 22! We should not be surprised Mrs. Fogwell taught for the Peel Board for 3 years, for the London Parental Christian School in London, Ontario, for the Western Academy of Music, for the Brantford School of Strings, for the former Victoria County Board of Education and lastly for Trillium Lakelands. Mrs. Fogwell is mother to four girls, Kara, Jasmine, Lydia and Melody, and grandmother to Hunter, who is now 5 years old. She has been foster mother to more than 45 teens, sharing her homes first in Burlington, then London and now in Norland. She is an active member of Pioneer Baptist Church in Norland, both in music and in childrens’ ministries where her husband, Ross, has served as Pastor for 27 years. Mrs. Fogwell’s favourite activity is travel! She has visited several countries in South America, including a trip on the Amazon River. She has also seen the Caribbean, Germany, Israel, and the United States as well as Newfoundland, Quebec, Yukon, and British Columbia. Mrs. Fogwell is an avid reader and loves her morning walk on the Woodcock line and it seems she’ll soon have more time to pursue these activities. All the best to you in your retirement, Mrs. Fogwell. We sure will miss you! **Be sure to stop in any time between 1 and 6 PM on Tuesday, June 17th to join us in congratulating Mrs. Fogwell on her retirement. Everyone is invited. Come wish her all the very best and reminisce about all the memories and everything creative and musical we have experienced here at Ridgewood with Mrs. Fogwell in the lead. THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS Thank you to the dedicated group of parents that organize and make possible our fundraising, hot lunches, milk program and breakfast club, and all other activities we have thrown their way this year. We couldn’t do it without you and we are so very grateful for your time and kindness. Please join us on Monday, June 16th , 10:00-11:00 AM for our Volunteer celebration. Please RSVP to Kathy or Susan – 705-454-3351 by June 9th if possible. We look forward to seeing you there. BREAKFAST PROGRAM The final day for the breakfast program is Friday, June 20th. Many thanks to our wonderful volunteers and donators who have made our program such a huge success. MILK PROGRAM The final day for the milk program is FRIDAY, JUNE 20th. Coupons from this year’s milk program will not be accepted after that date or in the 2014-15 school year. Anyone having EXTRA milk coupons can REDEEM them (for milk only) prior to June 20th. If you have a significant # of coupons to redeem, could you please contact the office so we can ensure that we have enough milk on hand. Thank you very much for supporting our milk program this year. Family Fun Night and BBQ – Here at Ridgewood Public School Organized by your School Advisory Council for the enjoyment of the students and their families. Wednesday, June 4, 2014 5:30 - 8pm Bouncy Castles, Jousting Ring and more! Come on out and enjoy the fun! Ticks Our playground is being sprayed for Ticks this weekend (after school close May 30th). Please continue to take time to check your children for ticks after they have been out of doors as the school grounds are not the only area to have ticks present. Band News! The Ridgewood band has been busy in the last few weeks, and they are still looking forward to another performance. They travelled to Lady Mackenzie P.S. near the end of April to participate in the Trillium Lakelands Mass Band Event, along with 5 other elementary school bands. They were amazing, not only in their performance, but also in their positive and co-operative spirit that day. The sound of 150 young musicians all playing the same music was a real treat to the students at Lady Mack. The band also performed at our Music Monday celebration on Monday May 5, and once again showed their professionalism in every way. On Wednesday evening, May 14, the night of our musical, they performed the two pieces they had performed with the massed bands. And on Monday, June 9, they will be travelling to Canada's Wonderland to participate in the Festival of Music there. They will play 3 pieces before an adjudicator and be given some feedback from that experience. It's been a great year, working with Ridgewood's finest musicians. They have come faithfully to unending practices, and always been excited and keen to perform. Well done, students. The Band leaders are so proud of your accomplishments this year! Skipping Team Results Mrs. Oke and Mrs. Liscombe would like to congratulate all of the skipping team members on a very successful day of competition at I.E Weldon High School on May 8th.