Principal: Mr. Propp

Vice Principal: Mrs. Filipchuk

Phone: 780-923-2898

Fax: 780-923-3007

Website: www.landingtrailschool.ca 2017

Principal’s Message

I am always amazed when the time comes to write my entry for another newsletter. I can’t believe the time has come so quickly. Spring Break is upon us, and after that there is always a mad dash to the end of the school year. I’d like to pass on a bit of information to you.

1. Our Parent Council AGM is happening April 6th. We elect our council members, and like to have a good turnout to this meeting.

2. Our parent council also put forth a recommendation to look at another school photo provider. Next year we will be trying ABC School Photography. This will mean a few changes in how photos are ordered, but we trust the experience will turn out well for our school community.

3. If you didn’t make it into parent/teacher interviews try to touch base with your child’s teacher over the next while.

4. Thanks to everyone who supported out book fair!

5. Have a great Spring Break.

Mr. Propp

Dates To Remember

March 27-31 Spring Break April 3 Classes Resume April 3 Hot Lunch Orders go home April 4 Zoo 2U—Headstart April 6 School Council AGM @ 7pm April 7 Hot Lunch- Spaghetti Rock and Roll Literacy Day April 11 Choir Festival Hot Lunch Orders Due April 12 Easter Chapel Lillian Schick April 13 PD Day– No Classes April 14 Good Friday No Classes April 17 Easter Monday No Classes April 18 HeadStart Screening April 20 HeadStart WEM Marine Life April 24 & 25 Saffron Presentations April 26 & 27 Kindergarten Grad Photo Day April 28 Volunteer Tea @ 1:30pm

HOT LUNCH New hot lunch order forms will be sent home when we return from Spring Break. If you would like to place an order, be sure that your forms and money are returned no later than Tuesday April 11th. Remember Hot Lunch order forms, along with other forms and newsletters, can also be printed from our website.

Library News Scholastic Book Fair: Thank you to everyone that supported our March Book Fair. We sold over $6000.00 in books which has given us almost 200 new books for our library and $300.00 in credits to buy more things for our school! Congratulations to Jaelyn Z and Mrs. Smith for winning the draw for $25 for each of them for books from the Fair! Watch for our 2 for 1 Book Fair in April 2017!

We have an exciting day of literacy celebrations happening on Friday, April 7th. We will kick off the day with the Rock and Roll Literacy Show by Sigmund Brouwer. There will be cross-graded reading and independent reading happening throughout the day. Students are asked to dress as a favorite book character.

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Medical Alerts

We would like to remind parents that we have a number of children who suffer from peanut allergies. For this reason we are asking you to please NOT INCLUDE peanut butter or items that contain nuts in snacks or lunches that are being sent to school. We appreciate your efforts in helping us to keep all of our students healthy!

STUDENT ABSENCES

Student absentee checks are done daily.

If you need to report a student absence

please call 780-923-2898. If you are calling

after hours, please be sure to leave a

message including your child’s name,

class and reason for the absence. You

may also report the above information by

emailing, ltrail@sturgeon.ab.ca

Headstart Program

If you have a child that you feel could benefit from the Headstart Program please contact Carla or Bev from Central Office at 780-939-4341

School Council – AGM Thursday

April 6th – 7 PM

If you are interested in learning about any of the positions on the council, please chat with a council member or drop by the office for more information.

Did you miss Kindergarten registration? If so, please stop by the office and pick up your registration package today. Please note: Logos Kindergarten in 2017-18 will run on Tuesday and Thursdays with some Fridays.

Thank you to The Goodale-Ambrose Family for another microwave donated to our school!

Thank you to all of those who have contributed to our Giving Tree. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

Items still being sought include, sharpie marker sets (3), laminating sheets, water color pencils, reward stickers, Expo dry erase markers,

Glitter and Bible storybooks.

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Counsellor’s Corner

Our Bee for the month of April is

“Bee a Problem Solver”

Children are faced with a variety of problems every day. Problems can be academic or social in nature.

When kids learn how to solve their own problems they gain confidence in their ability to make good

decisions.

Kids that lack problem solving skills may complain of physical health problems such as headaches

or tummy aches in order to avoid dealing with their problems. These children may not recognize what the

real problem is, or that they have choices in how to solve their problem.

Learning how to identify what the problem is can make a big difference and often it can alleviate feelings

of

anxiety right away. Once they can identify the problem help your child to brainstorm different ways to

solve the problem and teach them if the problem does not get solved the first time to try another one of

their options.

Here are the Grade Four Leadership student tips for being a problem solver.

Play rock-paper-scissors to see who goes first

Make a list of pros and cons

Compromise

Ask a friend to help

Look up the information

Brainstorm ideas

Google it

Never give up

**NEW THIS YEAR** The absentee check has moved to an automated callout system. Please be sure to

notify the office of your child’s absence. Field trips will now be paid for as they come up throughout the year. Field trip

forms will include the cost per student associated with the trip.

Nutrition Program

Our Nutrition Program provides students with healthy snacks and lunches throughout the year. Once again an immeasurable Thank You to all parents, businesses and staff that helped to make sure our program was a success last year. The continued success of this program will rely heavily on donations. We hope that we will continue with our old partnerships and form many new ones as well. Tax receipts will be issued for any donations of $25.00 and over.

Thank you for your continued support!

Nutrition Month To help promote good nutrition, students and staff were treated to a school wide snack every Wednesday for the month of March. Snacks included, yogurt tubes, muffins with cheese strings, veggies and dip as well as smoothies. Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered their time to help

raise nutrition awareness!

UPDATE: Jump Rope for Heart raised over $6000. Thanks to everyone who helped out.

Thank you to Access Pipeline for their generous donation of $500 for Technology in the Classroom.

Congratulations to our Safety Patrollers of the Month.

Thank you for your continued dedication in ensuring safety at our crosswalks every day!

Zoo 2 U

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2016-2017 SCHOOL FEES

School Fees for the 2016-2017 school year are now overdue. If you have any questions regarding school fees, please contact the office and we will be happy to help you!

Gr. 1-4 students: $55.00 (Sturgeon School Division Fees)

Students Agenda: $ 8.00

Total $63.00 per child (Grades 1-4)

Additional fees that may be applicable:

Grade 3 Recorder $10.00

Grade 4 Swim Program $38.00

Logos Fee (if applicable) $15.00

ECS (Kindergarten Fees) $130 (Reg. Program) $145 (Logos Program)

Headstart Fees $140.00

**Field trips fees will now be paid as they come up throughout the year.**

*Cheques for school fees can be made payable to Landing Trail School Activities*

End of Day Dismissal

Often at the end of the day, there is a lot of confusion in the front of the school as we are trying to figure out who is on the buses and who we need to account for. If you are picking your children up after school, we are going to ask that you wait in the foyer or at their dismissal door until the second dismissal bell goes. Please, do not wait outside the classroom. When the town student dismissal bell goes, students will be directed to go to the foyer, or you may go to the classroom to pick them up.

Inclement Weather

Recess

The school staff encourages students to be outside during morning and noon recesses (unless the temperature is colder than

-20ºC with wind chill). Parents are responsible to ensure that children come dressed appropriately for the weather. Hats,

toques, headbands, ski-pants, gloves or mitts and snow boots are essential for outdoor activities. Please label all outerwear

including boots and mitts.

Transportation

Parents are encouraged to ensure that their children who are riding the school bus are properly dressed for the weather condi-

tions.

School bus service may be cancelled due to inclement weather, which includes:

· A weather forecast indicating that the temperature is equal to or less than -40o Celsius, as forecasted at the Morinville

weather station.

· A school bus operator determines that, in his/her opinion, road or climatic conditions in his/her area of service would make

operation of the school bus unsafe.

Not Sure if your child’s bus is running?

Check out the Transportation website at: http://www.sturgeon.ab.ca/Bus%20Status.php

GIBBONS UNITED CHURCH

SPRING SUPPER & SILENT AUCTION Sunday, April 30, 2017

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm @ Landing Trail School

Adults: $ 15.00 Children 4-12: $ 7.00 3 and under are FREE

PLEASE CALL FOR TICKETS: Lori @ 780-910-1181

Shelley @ 780-718-9040 Lisa @ 780-203-1982

Gibbons School is looking for volunteers to help with their Casino on August 9th and 10th. Funds generated from this casino, will go towards a new playground for the school.

If you are interested in helping out, please contact Jen Kobza at

780-914-5216.

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