MARCH 2020 105 Lucas Avenue R2R 2S8 Newsletter Ph: 204 633 4092 Fax: 204 633 4902 Ken Romaniuk, Principal
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PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARCH 2020 105 Lucas Avenue R2R 2S8 Newsletter Ph: 204 633 4092 Fax: 204 633 4902 Ken Romaniuk, Principal Dear Parents/Guardians, February was as usual a busy and exciting month at Prairie Rose School. Our students and staff were filled with energy and excitement during all the celebrations and activities. Some highlights centered around the numerous activities related to 100th Day of School, Reading Club, Valentine's Day parties, I Love to Read activities and Track and Field, just to name a few. Our athletes have enjoyed hours full of fun and exercise during noon -hour intramurals and our Track and Field teams have once again had a successful season of high level performance and sportsmanship. We appreciate the support and the commitment our students and parents give to our programs which make us all so proud to be “Prairie Rose Panthers”. March also signals the end of Term 2 and report cards are around the corner. This provides an opportunity to reflect upon and highlight the accomplishments of our students and set learning goals for the spring. Please spend some time to discuss the Report Card with your child and to celebrate together. We look forward to having you visit during our Student -Led Conferences March 12 and 13. The Prairie Rose Spring Fundraiser begins this month and features World’s Finest Chocolates. We hope you will consider supporting our spring fundraiser. Items will be available for pick up during Student Led Conferences. There will be detailed letter to follow. We are also looking forward to seeing many of you celebrate with us the musical talents of our students at the upcoming Music Festival, both our Primary and Intermediate Choirs will be performing. Together we are looking to create memorable and rewarding learning opportunities for our students. Mr. Romaniuk Principal Prairie Rose Elementary School March 2020 Newsletter Page 2 Prairie Rose School Registration for the 2020 – 2021 School Year . Registrations are now being accepted for the next school year. Prairie Rose School is a Nursery to Grade 6 School. If your child will be 4 years of age before the end of December 2020 you can register for Nursery. Registrations for all grades are now being accepted. Students from the new development areas that are currently attending Prairie Rose School can remain at Prairie Rose School if the family requests to stay. Forms available in the office. Registration packages are now available in the office. If you have any questions please call the school at 204 633 4092. Prairie Rose Elementary School March 2020 Newsletter Page 3 New School Information As you are aware a new school is being built for the Waterford Green and Castlebury Meadows communities. The new school will be a dual track school and have both English (Nursery to Grade 8) and French Immersion (Kindergarten to Grade 8) Programs. Letters were sent home asking families to indicate if they plan to register their children at the new school. If families wish to remain at Prairie Rose they will have to ask permission. Once the new school opens, bussing will not be provided to Prairie Rose School or to the new school Ecole Waterford Springs according to WSD transportation policy, families will be required to provide their own transportation to and from school. Further information on the progress of construction of the new school and the expected opening date will be provided in the near future. Prairie Rose School Nursery & Kindergarten Registration for the 2020 - 2021 School Year Nursery & Kindergarten registrations for September 2020 are now being accepted. Children entering Nursery must be 4 years old and students entering Kindergarten must be 5 years old by December 31, 2020. Verification of age must be shown for new students registering. Please bring with you, when registering, a copy of a birth certificate and/or a Manitoba Health Card, along with proof of residency (Hydro bill or property tax bill) We presently have morning Nursery/Kindergarten class and afternoon Nursery/Kindergarten classes as configurations depend upon the number of students we have for Nursery and Kindergarten. If you have a neighbor with young children, please let them know about the Nursery/Kindergarten registration. Students attending Nursery at Prairie Rose for the current school year 2019 -2020 are automatically registered for the Kindergarten program. Registration will be taken: in the School Office from Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM. Starting February 3, 2020 NOTE: You must be a resident of the Winnipeg School Division in order to have your child enrolled at no cost in the nursery program. Prairie Rose Elementary School March 2020 Newsletter Page 4 Thank you to everyone who helped make I Love to Read Week such an exciting and fun week! All of our guests were impressed with all of our acts of kindness! We hope you all had as much fun as we did! Keep reading and remember … kindness and respect for all! - Mrs. Bray, Mrs. Kollar, Mrs. Severa, Mrs. Simons, Ms. Nassar, Ms. Barros (I Love to Read Committee) This year’s guest readers: Brady Oliveira - Blue Bomber Jamie Oliviero - Story Teller Cindy Lamoureux - MLA Nic Demski - Blue Bomber Bubba - 99.1 Radio Constable Jacob Prairie Rose Elementary School March 2020 Newsletter Page 5 PRAIRIE ROSE SPRING FUNDRAISER March 12 to April 13, 2020 Prairie Rose Elementary School March 2020 Newsletter Page 6 AM N/K News by Ms. Romaniw February was a very busy and exciting time for us! We started our month celebrating friendship and sharing our love for our classroom community with a fun Valentine’s Day celebration! To prepare for our event we made Valentine’s Day bags and enjoyed some Valentine’s Day learning centers. We sorted hearts by size and color, matched uppercase and lowercase penguins, participated in a Valentine’s Shape Sort and matched number words, 10 -frames and numbers in a heart puzzle! We ended our month with an exciting week for “I Love to Read Week”. Our favorite day was “Wacky Hair Day”! Come check out our bulletin board we created for our school’s theme of Powerful Poetry… we worked hard on our acrostic poems. For our Acrostic Poems we wrote our names downward and used our favourite words for each letter in our name! Looking ahead we are excited to plan some St. Patrick’s Day activities and continue building on the sight words we have been focusing on to support us with our At -Home Reading Program. PM N/K News by Ms. Romaniw February was a very busy and exciting time for us! We started our month celebrating friendship and sharing our love for our classroom community with a Valentine’s Day celebration! We also have been working hard on practicing our sight words! We ended our month with an exciting week called “I Love to Read Week”. Our favorite day was Pajama Day! We worked very hard and read every day so we could drop our rocks into the jar and earn a classroom movie. When you have a chance stop by our bulletin board, it is full of our colour poems! A Colour Poem is when you choose a colour and describe it or list things that colour! We had a hard time choosing, which colour was our favourite. We love them all! Looking ahead we are excited to plan some St. Patrick’s Day activities and continue building on the sight words we have been focusing on to help us with our At -Home Reading Program. Prairie Rose Elementary School March 2020 Newsletter Page 7 AM N/K News by Ms. Dawybida We have to start by thanking all of our families for sending in Valentine’s, special treats and snacks for our little Valentine’s Day Celebration. All of your contributions really helped to make it a very special day! Even though “I Love to Read” month has come to an end, we continue to promote a love of books and reading every day in our classroom. Please continue to encourage your children to read their home reading books every night and celebrate all of their success, as they continue to build confidence in their reading skills! We look forward to welcoming all of our families to the Student -Led Conferences on Thursday evening, March 12th and Friday morning, March 13th, 2020. The children have been working very hard and they are very excited to share their learning and explorations with their loved ones. When you receive your scheduled time, please mark it on your calendars, in order to ensure that you do not miss out! We are also going to continue our study of Colours and Shapes, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and begin revisiting our exploration of Trees, along with a variety of other fun filled activities, as we are finally able to welcome the Spring Season! We wish you a fun, relaxing and safe Spring Break (Monday, March 30h to Friday, April 3rd)! We look forward to seeing you again on Monday, April 6th! PM N/K News by Ms. Sigurdson February seemed to pass very quickly in our room. We talked all about love and celebrated Valentine’s Day with some special treats. Thank you to all the parents who contributed to making our Valentine’s Day even more special. We also participated in many fun “I love to Read” activities. Mrs. Barros, the grade 2/3 teacher came into our room to read us a few of her favourite books and we heard many silly poems/ stories from various teachers over the intercom.