Principal’s Message for January 2020! DAERWOOD’S VISION Happy New Year to all our Daerwood Families!

I hope everyone had We believe in a wonderful holiday. building a strong Our Christmas con- community cert, titled ‘The Big based on Chill’, was a big suc- cess and all belonging, students participated. safety and Thank you to our respect for Music Teacher, Mr. diversity, which Led, all the Daer- supports wood staff and learning, school community for making the night so memorable. Thank you to Trustee Judy Maryniuk and to Ms. Trish Glass, Assistant Superintendent, for their support and for personal growth joining us. and achievement. Learning and student success for all continue to be our focus in the areas of literacy, numeracy, indigenous education and positive behaviour program. We are fortunate to have received a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council for the Artists in Schools program. Film maker/producer, Randy Guest, will be spending four weeks Be Safe! with us to teach students and teachers how to make a music video. The finished product will be a music video to our school song. Every student and staff member Be Respectful! will be involved. We are very excited about this project! Stay tuned for our final ’unveiling’ celebration of the video for the school and community once it is com- Be Responsible! plete. Be Dynamite!

Please mark your calendars for a Family Fun Night on Janu- ary 24, 2020 at 7:30 pm at the Selkirk Rec Complex. All Daer- wood students are invited to sing O Canada at a Selkirk Steel- ers game. Students singing need to arrive at 7pm. See the insert which is included in this newsletter. Please order your tickets by January 21.

Daerwood School is also involved with Project 11, which was cre- ated in memory of Winnipeg Jets player, Rick Rypien. Weekly les- sons and daily activities have been designed to help support stu- dents and teachers in bringing mental health awareness, along with positive coping skills into their lives. Please visit the Project 11 website for more information at https://www.projecteleven.ca/ . IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!! Page 2

Congratulations to the students who received “Daerwood Dynamite” awards for the month of November. These students demonstrated excellence in being safe, being responsible and being respectful! Way to go!! BE SAFE! BE RESPONSIBLE! BE RESPECTFUL! BE DYNAMITE!

Thank you so much to the Rutherford Family for the donation of pancakes, to Connie Cote, Brian Lee, as well as Andy Ormiston for all your help during our Breakfast with Santa. All of the students at Daerwood had a a great time! As well a very big thanks to the staff at Daerwood for all of the preparation! Thank you all so much!! Beating the Winter Blues! Special thanks to Ms. Scramstad for donating an air hockey table to the Counsellor’s Room and adding a fun, active alternative to our recess! Mrs. Hrymak

Library News! Thank you for another successful book fair! A big thank you to all of the parents, stu- dents, and staff who supported our school library by purchasing items at our November Scholastic Book Fair! We exceeded our goal with a grand total of $1734.25 in sales—our best book fair yet! A very special thanks to all the hard working volunteers who offered their time to help out! We couldn’t have done it without you! Stay tuned…. Daerwood School Library will be hosting a spring Scholastic Book Fair. Sincerely, Mrs. Frost , Library Clerk I promise to be at school each day, So I feel like I belong. Coming to school each day will make me smart and strong. My Daerwood family needs me to grow, learn and play. I promise to be my best each and everyday. BE SAFE! BE RESPECTFUL! BE RESPONSIBLE! BE DYNAMITE!

“Artist in the School, Randy Guest, film producer, working with Daerwood students” • That students who miss 15 days of school per year will miss a year of school before their senior year? • Students who attend regularly have an increased likelihood of grad- uating? • Being 10 minutes late per day means the student will miss 6 days of instruction over the year? • A student with 90% attendance will miss 4 weeks of school per year? • In 2000, Stats Canada data shows that workers in Manitoba without a high school diploma made $19,201.00 per year? • Individuals without a high school diploma are twice as likely to be unemployed as those with a high school diploma? Pizza Lunch