I’d like to first start off by thanking everyone for supporting the latest PAC

fundraisers. Parents’ Night Out was a success and it was a pleasure to see so many

people in attendance. The next PAC fundraiser is a used book sale on April 13th & 14th.

Start making room on your bookshelves for some “new” books!

During the week of March 14-18, the school will be involved in hip hop lessons with

Heather Larkam from Urban Dance. The students will be preparing all week for the hip

hop performance on Friday, March 18 at 10:55am. We hope to see you there!

As students become more exposed to the internet, it is important that parents are

aware of internet concerns. On March 7 & 8th, parents are invited to a worthwhile

presentation on digital literacy and internet/social media safety at 7pm at the

Timberline Secondary Theatre.

On behalf of the staff, we would like to thank you for attending the student-led

conferences to allow your child to shine. We appreciate your continued support and

involvement in your child’s learning.

Warm regards,

Nancy Hwang

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

École des Deux Mondes MARCH 2016 NEWSLETTER

We, the school community, will provide a safe, supportive,

bilingual environment which challenges and encourages all

students to strive for their personal best as responsible

lifelong learners.

À l’École des Deux Mondes, nous, la communauté scolaire,

fournira un environnement sécuritaire et ce, dans un milieu

sain, bilingue et créant des défis aux élèves en les

encourageant à faire de leur mieux afin de devenir

responsable de leur apprentissage pour toujours.

851-7th Avenue

Campbell River, British Columbia

V9W 4A3

Telephone: (250) 286-0511

Fax: (250) 286-0938

Email: edm@sd72.bc.ca

http://www.sd72.bc.ca/school/edm

MISSION STATEMENT

PAC EXECUTIVE

CHAIRPERSON:

Martha Melnechenko

VICE-CHAIR:

Shauna Schmitke

SECRETARY:

Michele Whitt

TREASURER:

Cheryl Chatterton

DPAC:

Shauna Schmitke

HOT LUNCH

COORDINATOR:

Kristin Bowbrick

FRUIT/VEGGIE

PROGRAM:

Katherine Browning

REMINDER ~ 1/2 DAY CURRICULUM PLANNING DAY ~ MARCH 11TH & APRIL 22ND ~ 11:30AM DISMISSAL

NEXT PAC MEETING

IN THE LIBRARY

MONDAY, MARCH 14TH

Please visit link below for details:

https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/faq.pdf

March 11th ~ Half Day/11:30 am dismissal

April 22nd ~ Half Day/11:30 am dismissal

INTERESTED IN LEARNING

MORE ABOUT THE NEW CURRICULUM?

School battle of the books

Tuesday, march 8th:

DATES TO REMEMBER

Doing some spring cleaning this spring break? EDM is

on the hunt for books for the used book sale to take

place on April 13th and 14th. Please drop off your books

in the photocopy room starting April 4th and no later

than April 12th. Some examples of books could be

action, mystery, thriller, romance novels as well as

children’s books.

If anyone has any boxes, so we can sort the books,

those can be dropped off in the photocopier room as

well.

Thank you!

EDM PAC

EDM SPORTS

Upcoming extra-curricular sports run by the Carihi

leadership students.

Grade 3,4,5 Volleyball Dates: Mar 1, 8, 15

Time: 03:00-04:00pm

Grade 1, 2 Soccer Dates: May 3, 10, 17, 24

Time: 03:00-04:00pm

(Permission form going

home in April)

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR

ON

MARCH 13TH, 2016

Grade 4’s 9:15am

Grade 5’s 9:45am

Grade 3’s 10:45am

ZONE BATTLE ~ MARCH 15TH

DISTRICT BATTLE ~ APRIL 12th

MARCH 2016

ASCHWYNN B.

NATHAN C.

PAITAN C.

BREANNE D.

CHLOE H.

HANNAH I.

APRIL K.

OWEN L.

KIRA L.

CHARLEE M.

LOGAN P.

KAITLYN T.

SHAYLEE W.

Chess Club has started on Monday’s, from 2:30

until 3:30. Thank you to Ian Martinovsky, chess

master, for joining us again this year.

Sessions are:

March 7th March 14th

April 4th April 11th

The district tournament will take place on April

15th at Ripple Rock and we will be sending some

representatives from our school.

Thank you to our wonderful PAC for funding

our chess master.

During the months of February to April, School District #72

is participating in the 2016 Ministry of Education Electronic

Anonymous Satisfaction Survey Project in cooperation with all

other school districts throughout the Province.

The survey is used to gather information from parents,

teachers and students (EDM grade 4 students) on topics

relating to school environment, safety, and achievement. The

survey takes approximately 5 to 10 minutes and provides

information in the planning of individual schools and provides a

district and provincial perspective.

Gr. 4 parents, please take a moment to fill out the survey if you

haven’t already done so. If you have misplaced your pin #,

please see the secretary.

GR. 4—SATISFACTION SURVEY 2016

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 ~ CARIHI GYM This is an annual event that celebrates the School District 72 Music Program

The classes of Mme Bartier & Mme le Cheminant will be participating this year.

Performance 6:10-7:30 PM

(The Choir is asked to arrive by 6:00pm)

Admission: Donation to the Darlene Ngo Memorial Fund

Please feel free to stay and enjoy the many talented Choirs and Bands of our District

To the many who made our First Annual Parents Night Out and Silent Auction such a wonderful success:

To all the parents that came out for an evening of fun and great food and to those who so generously bid on the

many items that were up for auction.

To the following who donated their time and products:

We are all very grateful for everyone’s

generosity!! EDM PAC

Moxies

Lindsay's Usborne Books

Sea Beyond Adventures

River City Therapeutic

Gel With Karen

The Esthetic's Room

Thongs Jewellery and Repair

Landmark Cinema

Video Works

Candice Masson

Pat Masson

EDSA Designs

On The Rocks Climbing Gym

Jaxon Palmer

Starbucks

North Island Glass

49 North Helicopters

Odyssey Computers

Caramie Palmer

Kristen Bowbrick

Crabby Abby

Jen Lee

Miranda Bakken

SALMON FRY RELEASE

It is time to say good-bye to the salmon fry that have been in the aquarium since early last November. The

classes brought back the fertilized eggs from the Quinsam hatchery and have been caring for them in the

aquarium at school ever since. On April 7 Mme Vachon’s and Mme LeCheminant’s classes will be releasing the

salmon into Nunn’s Creek. Make sure you have a look at them before they leave. This year was very successful

and we have more salmon fry to release than any other year!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21

22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

WEEK OF HIP HOP ~ URBAN DANCE

STUDENT LED

CONFERENCES

~ NO CLASSES IN

SESSION

Curriculum

planning Day~

1/2 day

(dismissed at

11:30 am)

Hot Lunch:

Hot Lunch: Cultural Event

Foothills BRASS

QUINTET

At Cedar~11am

APRIL 4TH ~ CLASSES RESUME

APRIL 11-13 ~ IMPROVISATION CLASSES

APRIL 12TH ~ BATTLE OF THE BOOKS ~ DISTRICT~ TIMBERLINE SECONDARY SCHOOL

APRIL 13TH ~ MME DALLAIRE CLASS ~ CR ART GALLERY

APRIL 13-14 ~ PAC ~ USED BOOK SALE

APRIL 15TH ~ CHESS TOURNAMENT AT RIPPLE ROCK

APRIL 20TH ~ MATT VELVET AND CHARLIE SHOW ~ 1PM @ CEDAR SCHOOL

~SCHOOL~

~ZONES~ @ 6PM

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

~SET CLOCKS ONE HOUR

Music Showcase Carihi Gym 6:30-7:30pm

Internet, Social Media

Safety & Digital Literacy

Session for Parents

7-9pm @ Timberline

APRIL 22ND ~ HALF DAY CURRICULUM DAY

(DISMISSAL @ 11:30 AM)

APRIL 27 & 29TH ~ SWIMMING LESSONS FOR GRADES

2 & 3 (1-2PM)

APRIL 28TH ~ CONCOURS D’ART ORATOIRE ASSEMBLY

APRIL 28TH ~ GR. 4’S & GR. 5’S VISITING PHOENIX

APRIL 29TH ~ READY, SET, LEARN (1-1:45PM)

Accessing Parent Connect

1. Open your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer) and go to the District’s website at http://www.sd72.bc.ca

2. Scroll to the very bottom of the screen and click on the blue icon ‘Parents’.

3. Click on the ‘Parent Connect’ link on the left-hand side of the screen.

4. On the right, under the picture, click the sign-on to Parent Connect link.

**IMPORTANT: You MUST ALLOW pop-ups from the SD72 website in order for this window to appear.

1. The first log-in will ask you for a Username, enter SD72\sd72parent and password 1306. This is a generic access to our

Network.

2. The second log-in is the actual Parent Connect log-in which will give you access to your child’s information.

Enter your e-mail address and password. (To obtain your password, click the Forgot Password Link) The password will be sent to

the email address we have on record.

After entering your email address and password, click the Get Students button. Your child’s name should appear in the drop down,

and a Sign In button will appear.

NOTE: If you have more than one child enrolled in our District, and want to be able to select the student from the drop down menu, then you

must make the password the same for both students in Parent Connect.

If you encounter problems, call the S.D.72 HELPDESK – (250) 830-2387 and press 1

Parent Connect allows you as a parent, to have greater access to your child’s school

records. You can view your child’s record of attendance and grades, communicate

with your child’s teacher, and update emergency contact information.