KCS Connections Kincaid Central School “A Great Place to Grow” Box 90, #10 North Avenue (306)-264-3933 Kincaid, SK S0H 2J0 [email protected] Principal’s Message – Mr. Shane Onraet June 9, 2015

It seems June has just arrived and we are already looking toward the end of the month. Blink and it will be gone. In just over two weeks report cards will be in the hands of students and the 2014-2015 school year will be complete . It has been an excellent year of learning, fun, and challenges as staff and students have journeyed through the tasks of teaching and learning along with ample extracurricular activities throughout. We are finalizing our data collection for our School Learning Improvement Plan as it relates to our reading goals and our student well-being goal of making positive life choices. The indicators throughout the year tell us we have made progress and for that we thank students, staff, parents and community for being a part of our KCS team . After all we all know it takes a village to raise a child!

It is the time of year we celebrate KCS students and staff for an excellent year of academic success, positive school achievements and extracurricular accomplishments. Please join us for our annual KCS Awards Night 7:00p.m. Thursday, June 11 th. Each year our community generously shares its financial and moral support to help in recognizing and celebrating the hard work and dedication of our students. If you have wandered the halls of the school lately you may have noticed that many of our awards/plaques are full. I am certain you would agree that some sort of updating is necessary while respectfully maintaining the history of the awards. Our plan is to create a modern awards wall that will replace the individual plaques that currently hang in our hallway. We are seeking donations for the creation and maintenance of our updated awards wall as well as the normal keeper awards we use to honour our students . If you would like to contribute to this project we would certainly appreciate any support you are able to offer. Please call Mrs. Sandra Senicar or Mrs. Diane Creasy and they will be happy to answer your questions and accept your donation toward this worthy project. Be on the lookout for the Awards Issue of the KCS Connections which will be available at the end of June.

We send congratulations to Kaden W . for his personal achievement which happens to be a first ever for KCS . Kaden earned a gold medal in 3D animation at the Provincial Skills competition which took place in May 17 th . This awesome achievement earned Kaden a spot at the National Skills Canada event which took place in at the end of May. Kaden was able to expand his craft and add to his talent in 3D animation by way of this experience. It is wonderful to see our students shine when they find a passion in life. Please take a moment to congratulate Kaden on his accomplishment and ask him about his experience. Congratulations are also in order for our track & field (T&F) athletes who represented KCS with pride and enthusiasm at Districts May 27 th . The District event is the final stage of competition for bantam athletes and we thank them for their personal and school commitment this season. Congratulations to Phillip D., Brandon M., and Derek O ., as they moved on to the Provincial level Friday & Saturday, June 5 th & 6 th in . It is a major achievement to earn a spot at Provincials and we are very proud of our KCS athletes for their accomplishment. Phillip D . earned 7 th place in senior boys pole vault while Brandon M . took 6 th place in junior boys pole vault and Derek O . earned 5 th place in junior boys pole vault. This is a first ever for KCS athletes competing in pole vault and we are looking forward to continuing with this event next T&F season. Thank you to our bantam and senior golfers who have committed to the sport this season. We start our golf season in the spring with some practices and tournament competition when possible. So far this season Devin B . has taken part in the Moose Jaw senior tournament May 26 th while Tyler B., Kyler S., and Ryley G . participated in the bantam tournament in Assiniboia May 29 th . We encourage our golfers to continue to practice over the summer in preparation for the playoffs which take place in September. At this time of year we send best wishes to our grade 12 class of 2014-2015 as they will have completed their public education by the end of the exam schedule. Congratulations on reaching this milestone in life, thank you for what you have contributed to KCS and best of luck in all your future endeavours. Before that can happen we must first complete the year. Final exams are scheduled to start Tuesday, June 23rd for our grade 10 and 12 students with grade 11 joining the exam schedule Wednesday, June 24 th and grade 9 Thursday & Friday, June 25 th & 26 th . The schedule is included in this issue of the Connections for your information. Students are expected in classes up to and including the day prior to their first exam. We encourage students to practice good study habits which include eating healthy, getting plenty of rest, and studying over an extended time rather than cramming the night before exams. rd th The final day of classes for kindergarten will be Tuesday, June 23 while students in grades 1-8 will finish Friday, June 26 with report cards going home that day. Grade 9-12 report cards will be ready for distribution the morning of Tuesday, June 30 th .

In the meantime we are looking forward to the Kincaid School Community Council (KSCC) year-end BBQ which will take place 12:00 to 1:00p.m. Friday, June 19 th . Please join us to celebrate our great school and the surrounding communities for an excellent year of learning, partnership and community action. Come out for a hotdog and juice and some friendly community spirit! Proceeds from the BBQ will go toward leadership activities here at KCS. As part of the festivities our KSCC will be sharing a video celebrating their goal of connecting with students throughout the year. Please join us! June often means year-end celebrations and curricular field trips and this year is no exception. A number of field trips have been scheduled including a variety of curricular opportunities for our students. Thank you to staff for planning, organizing, and supervising these positive learning experiences. Thank you also to parents for driving and chaperoning these outings. Your support and cooperation help to provide for a successful experience for our students. There is only a short time left to collect materials students have borrowed from our KCS classrooms and library. Please take some time with your children to peek behind dressers, under beds, and in the bookshelves to help locate these resources. We also ask parents to remind their children (including high schoolers) to collect their gym clothes, extra runners, winter boots and whatever else has been brought to school and forgotten. Unclaimed items will be discarded over the summer. As this is the last regular issue of our KCS Connections for this school year I would like to take the opportunity to express my appreciation! To everyone involved in the “education” of our KCS students thank you for what you have given them in terms of your time, energy and knowledge. Our students learn much from the cooperative, committed approach we have within the school and communities. Thank you for a great year in a school which is truly a “Great Place to Grow!”

A Warm Thank You to Divine Connection (Holly Ross) For her donation towards our school leadership activities. KCS EVENTS NUTRITION CORNER Strawberry and Pineapple DATE EVENT Ice Blocks Thursday, June 11 th KCS Awards Night 7:00 p.m. Makes 6-8 ice blocks Friday, June 19 th SCC Barbecue Ingredients: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 1 small carton strawberries, washed Everyone Welcome with stems removed Tuesday - Friday Exams 250 ml apple juice June 23 rd - June 26 th Grade 9-12 rd 250 g fresh pineapple, chopped Tuesday, June 23 Last Kindergarten Day 250 ml strawberry yogurt Friday, June 26 th Last Day of Classes K-8 Tuesday, June 30 th Grade 9- 12 Report Cards Directions: available at School 9:00 am Using a blender or food processor, blend the strawberries with half the HAPPY apple juice. Strain into a bowl and throw away the seeds. Rinse the SUMMER!!! blender, and repeat with the pineapple and remaining apple juice. MRS. CREASY Pour the strawberry puree into the base of 6-8 ice block molds, and freeze for 1 & THE OFFICE OF KCS hour. Would like to thank all involved Add the pineapple puree evenly to the in the delivery & dispersal molds, and freeze for 1 hour. of the KCS Connections for the Gently push ice block sticks into the 2014 – 2015 year, including: pineapple layer. Chanse Cutler Hazenmore Co-Op Fill the molds evenly with yogurt. Meyronne P.O. Kincaid P.O. Glen Bain Co-Op Haley McMillan Freeze for 2 hours before eating. Judy Kornaga Hanna G. Here comes summer! Aneroid Community Ryley G. and anyone I may have accidentally missed KCS LIBRARY NEWS who filled in when needed. Everyone’s Owen R. assistance was most definitely appreciated! Congratulations to who was the winner of the ERTL Tractor & Grain Cart Set ☺☺☺ Thanks also to all those wonderful draw. people who made sure I had the photos to include in our KCS Thanks to the Girardin family for their ☺☺☺ Connections! recent donation of books! LEADERSHIP & Thanks to all who DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS supported our Leadership and Developmental Assets are a focus in recent Mom’s our small school. We provide activities for our students to help them grow in these areas. Pantry Fundraiser. If you are interested, you can show your support This fundraiser for these important learning opportunities by helps keep our library brimming with books giving a donation to this fund. You will be and buzzing with enthusiasm! recognized on the front page of the KCS Keep Reading! Connections for your support. Mrs. Sandra Senicar HEALTH NOTES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 20 ways to have a Kincaid Housing Authority is currently accepting application for the position of healthier day today CONTRACT MANAGER Little steps can take you a long way down the As an independent contractor reporting to the Board road to a healthier lifestyle. Try these today of Directors, you will be responsible for providing and see how much better you feel. management support to the Kincaid Housing Hula much? Authority. The manager is responsible for efficient Try challenging your kids to property management for Pinto Creek Lodge (19 see who can go longest. It’s units) in the Village of Kincaid. The contract manager shall: great exercise! • Communicate, assist and interact with

tenants; 1. Weed a flower bed or cut the grass. You’ll use • Be responsible for the overall day to day about 100 calories in 30 minutes. operations of the organization, under the 2. Ditch the cream and put lower fat milk in your direction of the Board of Directors; coffee. • Prepare reports, attend Board Meetings, and 3. Jog up a hill and walk down. If it feels good, do it carry out the policies and decisions of the three times. If not, do it four times! 4. Break a big task into manageable parts and tackle Board; the first one. • Lease units, collect rent, prepare annual 5. Pass on the donut, muffin or Danish during your budgets, manage finances, and manage the break and have an apple instead. maintenance and major repairs on the 6. Connect with a friend who makes you feel good. physical properties No, not on Facebook – pick up the phone or better yet, make it face-to-face. This is a contract position. Closing date for 7. Eat five fruits or veggies. Green beans, snow peas, applications is: cherries and plums are in season and so good! Friday, June 12, 2015 at 4:00 pm 8. Dig out a skipping rope or hula hoop and challenge your kids to a contest. Or just tickle Please submit notice of interest and experience to: each other till your sides hurt! Grant Verbrugge, Chairperson 9. Make an appointment for your annual check-up. Kincaid Housing Authority 10. Tidy up one pile of paper or junk in your home. Box 209 Feel your stress level drop a couple of points. Kincaid, SK S0H 2J0 11. Plan next week’s dinners and make a grocery list. 12. Close your eyes for two minutes and count your CREATIVE KIDS long, slow breaths. Creative Kids 13. Walk home, or part way home, from work. may provide up to $750 per child per 14. Eat fish for dinner; salmon or trout gives you calendar year. Who Can Apply????? heart-healthy omega-3 fats. Any family with challenges paying for art and cultural 15. Make a date with a friend to do something active lessons or activities is eligible to apply. Due to demand, this weekend. A few ideas: Take a walk, go we have mostly been able to help families with gross dancing, play tennis, ride bikes. income less than $40,000, although we do consider other 16. Head to the garden and smell the roses. Literally. family circumstances. 17. PVR your favourite show and take a walk instead. Our guidelines are: If the kids are sleeping, take the baby monitor Creative Kids is open to outside and stroll around the yard. Saskatchewan residents 18. Limit your late-night snacks. Enjoy something Applicants can be 4 to 19 years old light but filling, then brush your teeth to signal the Newcomers to Saskatchewan may apply if they are end of eating for the day. Permanent Residents of Canada 19. Take part in the ‘My Heart&Stroke Healthy Application dates for 2015: Weight Action Plan.’ August 14, October 2 20. Smile. December 4 (for January 2016) PLUS A BONUS ITEM: Families will be informed of results within one Plan to do the same things tomorrow. month of an application date. www.creativekidssask.ca Rose demonstrates some of her techniques. It’s wonderful having her here. She has so much talent to share!

KCS COMMUNITY COUNCIL Please join our students, CONNECTIONS REPORT staff, and As our year wraps up, we have been reflecting on all that we have accomplished over this past year. We feel confident as a group that we School Community have made positive strides in the awareness of our group and we are thrilled to have gotten to know our students and staff better! Council Our meetings will resume in the fall and we would like to remind everyone that our meeting are open to celebrate to the public if you would like to attend. We filled our positions for this upcoming year. Chairperson an awesome will be Nina Bouffard , Vice-Chairperson-Angie Dash , Secretary-Charla Achter , and Treasurer-Holly Ross . year by For the month of May, we picked one name from each bucket in our "Bucket Challenge". These attending our students sat down with the SCC and picked a book of their choice from Amazon.ca. They were super Annual Year End excited and we hope to distribute the books this week. Congratulations to: Ayden, Jacob, Jaxon, Owen, Ava, Kael, Carter, Tyler, Davis, Wyatt, Derek, BBQ!!!! Celyn, and Shaylyn!! The books should make for some great summer reads! There is one last bucket challenge in the month of June. We want to thank the students and staff for working with us on this project. Some of our members will be attending a workshop in Moose Jaw later this month all about SCC. Our group is always looking for more exciting ideas! Please join us for our year end BBQ this month. A member of our council will be contacting you, urging your attendance. A flyer will also be sent home with each child. Also, watch for your childs' When: preorder form! It will be held June 19 at 12:00 pm. Friday June 19th Come for some fun and preview our "movie maker" project. In addition, we are looking for some From: 12:00-1:00 feedback from our parents. Please look for our short Where: Kincaid Central School survey at the BBQ. Your input is extremely valued. We are so proud to have contributed Cost: $3.00-hotdog, drink, approximately $2600 to our school from our hot watermelon lunch proceeds . Thank you for your support and a huge thank you to our sponsors!!! Sponsoring our $2.00-additional hotdogs meals this year were Lane View Farms Ltd, Trends Hair Salon, Grassland Coop Hazenmore, Kincaid General Store (meat cutting), and the Lions Club. $1.00-additional drinks Our council has a long future "To Do" list and we are excited to make things happen again next *all funds raised will be used to year. Have a fantastic summer!!! support our school! and look. Look again and then cross the street when you absolutely know it’s safe. Continue to watch for traffic. In Rural Areas: In a situation where the eight-light safety system is used, students may cross in front of the bus. Students should cross in front of the bus at least five metres (15 feet) so that the driver can see them at all times. Students should await the driver’s signal indicating it is safe before crossing. Before crossing, students should look both Take a seat as quickly as possible, place ways before stepping onto the roadway and continue belongings under your seat or on your lap and stay to watch for traffic. Never cross behind the bus. seated. Remember that other motorists don’t always stop for Exercise good behaviour on the bus at all a stopped school bus – use extreme caution times (the same conduct as expected in the whenever getting on or off the bus. classroom). If you drop something near or under the You may talk quietly with other students near school bus, never attempt to retrieve it without the you, but do not yell. Noisy children are a distraction driver’s permission. If you can’t tell the driver; leave to the bus driver. Our bus drivers must keep their it there till the bus pulls away. Younger children eyes on the road to make sure you get to school and should then get a parent to help them retrieve it. back home safely. Loud noises can make the driver take his/her eyes off the road. You must be absolutely quiet while the bus is stopped at a railroad Know your children’s school bus route crossing. number and the driver’s name. Unnecessary conversation with the driver of Parents are responsible for their child's safety the bus shall be avoided. to, from and while the student waits for the bus at Obtain approval of the driver to open their designated stop. windows. Do not throw any objects out of the bus Ensure that your children are at the bus stop window. Keep head, arms and hands inside the bus prior to the scheduled arrival time of the school bus – at all times. at least five minutes early. Remain properly seated while the bus is in Dress your children in clothing appropriate for motion. Remain in assigned seat unless directed to the weather conditions. move by driver. Do not stand or sit on the bus floor. Encourage school bus safety at home. Save food for snack time at school or until Ensure that alternate arrangements are in you get home. place for your child in the event that the bus is Wait until the school bus comes to a missed, is late or does not arrive. complete stop before getting off. Ensure that your children have an alternate Be aware that the driver is in charge and their plan in case an adult is not home. directions should be respected and followed at all For safety reasons, ensure that items carried times. on the bus by your children are limited to small The driver is not authorized to make any articles placed in a backpack, or small gym or kit changes in schedules or stop locations. Please do bag. These items are easily carried on the lap or not make requests of him/her for any change. Any stored under the seat occupied by your child. changes in scheduling and/or stops must be made In order to maintain by a parent or guardian well in advance with your access to individual properties school and transportation offices. throughout the rural area, it is the responsibility of the homeowner to have Take ten large steps away from the bus. driveways/laneways in a suitable condition to In Urban Areas: under no circumstances accommodate regular school bus travel. The should children in an urban area attempt to cross in residence access road must be of all-weather front of the bus. If a child must cross a street after construction and there must be a sufficient clear area getting off the bus, he/she should wait until the bus in the yard to enable the bus to turn around without pulls safely away, walk to the nearest intersection backing up. If a driveway is not maintained then you and then cross the street following normal safety will need to make alternate arrangements to meet procedures. Use extreme caution whenever getting the bus and/or transportation of the student will be on or off the bus. the responsibility of the parent/guardian. Prior to crossing a street at an intersection: Kids should be alert. Look both ways. Look twice. Listen. If you think you hear a car, stop. Wait, listen,

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100% Payout for Tuff Truck & Demo Derby Winners! July 1 st , 2015 1:00 p.m. Assiniboia Fairgrounds For Entry Info & Rules call 306-642-4705 Adults $15/ 12 & Under $5/ Preschool Free 50/50 Tickets / Food Concession On Site Platinum Sponsors: Napa Auto Parts, DME, Conexus Credit Union, Southland Co-Op, E Bourassa & Sons New Holland Gold Sponsors: 121 Steakhouse, Young’s Equipment Inc., Wigmore, Century 21, South Country Equipment, Richardson Pioneer, Integra Tire, Canalta Hotels, Assiniboia Times, Western Financial Group, Dale & Lisa’s Farm & Auto Supply, Crop Production Services Canada, Nelson GM/RV Bronze Sponsors: Krazy K’s Hotel & Bar, B & A Petroleum, Chuck’s Collision, Cranfield Hopper Bottoms, Great West Auto, Helland Bros. Auto Body, Hutch Ambulance, Kal Tire, PMP Powerline Services, Able II Print Ltd., Positioning & Autosteer Technologies Inc., Sundance Communication, Palliser Semi Services Special Thanks: Saving Summer Custom Baling The Bar S Ranch – Assiniboia SK

KCS Exam Schedule - June, 2015

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 8:45 Dept ELA B30 Math & gr.12 History 30 Chem 30 9 - 11:30 Dept Calculus 12:45 Dept gr.12 Math WA30 Law 30 ------1 - 3:30 Dept 9 - 11:30 gr.11 classes History 30 Chem 30 Math 1 - 3:30 gr.11 classes Law 30 ------9 - 11:30 gr.10 History 10 Science 10 ELA Math 1 - 3:30 gr.10 ----- Law 30 ------9 - 11:30 gr. 9 classes classes ELA Math 1 - 3:30 gr. 9 classes classes ------

PERMISSION FORM For Grade 9 – 12 students to go home after EXAMS I give permission for (insert student(s) name(s) and grade(s):

______to go home after the exams. I understand that the purpose of this is for my child to go HOME to study for exams. Students who do not return a permission slip will be expected to stay at the school until the buses arrive. Please fill in this form and return it to your home room teacher or to the office. Parent/Guardian Signature: ______