600 Vine Street, St. Catharines, Ontario Fax (905) 934-9971 Telephone: (905) 934-2525

Prince Philip Public School works in partnership with parents and the community, to provide differentiated in-struction within a safe environment and with an empha-sis on language literacy, numeracy, and character de-velopment to foster educated, well-rounded and re-

spectful students who strive for success.

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Mission, Vision

Of PP

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Merry Christmas from

the staff

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Volleyball 2

Inclement Weather 3

December awards 4

This month at Prince Philip

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Kindergarten Count- 5

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

D I S T R I C T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T S C H O O L

B O A R D O F N I A G A R AB O A R D O F N I A G A R AB O A R D O F N I A G A R AB O A R D O F N I A G A R A

Prince Philip Bulletin D E C . 1 9 T H , 2 0 1 3

S P E C I A L

PO IN T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

• Check out

our school

website:

Prin-

cePhilipN.dsb

n.org

• Just a re-

minder that

we have stu-

dents who are

allergic to

nuts. Please

check packag-

ing carefully

when sending

food with

your child.

Thank you!

P A G E 2

Next School

Council Meeting

is Wed. Jan. 15th

at 6:00 in the

library.

Everyone is

always welcome

to attend.

Congratulations goes out to the eleven members of our very first Intermediate Co-ed Volleyball Team who showed great dedication, sportsmanship, and perseverance throughout their season this year. They played three games against other schools which included Lincoln Centennial, E.I. McCulley, and Pine Grove. They showed excellent improvements throughout the season. These improvements were shown when they played in an all day tournament, against the same schools, and made it to the championship game. They worked extremely hard and well as team, and ended up second overall. Way to go Royals! This year’s team consisted of: Connor A., Connor B., Shawnee C., Madison E., Dalton, H., Chloe J., Sam J., Piper L., Erin M., Maney S., and Nick S.

Please do not

bring your dogs

onto school

property!!

Thank you for

your support!

P R I N C E P H I L I P B U L L E T I N

This year our junior girls volleyball team included Kennedi B, Kaitlyn B, Amber B,

Heather B, Antigone D, Juliana E, Bryanna F, Hayley H, Kelly M, Olivia M, Therese R,

Audra W and Mayze Z. The girls had a fantastic season. Their ability to encourage

each other and work as a team had them advance within our region to one of the top

spots - playing the championship game against Port Weller. They placed second in all

of region 4 in the final championship game and advanced to the DSNB playoffs. The

girls were very dedicated to the team and each other and their hard work paid off.

Congratulations on your success girls! Thank-you also to all of the parents and grand-

parents who drove our girls to and from games. Your support was greatly needed

and appreciated.

The 2013 junior volleyball season was definitely a success. Serving, bumping, set-ting, spiking, and team play all improved greatly throughout the season. Nearly every set the team played was decided by only a few points separating the winning and losing teams, so each game was filled with exciting action. Mrs. Leemet and Mrs. Mac Donald would like to thank all members of the team for their hard work and posi-tive attitudes that they displayed during practices and games. The following students need to be congratulated: Robbie, Lucas, Callen, Ryan, Denis, Emad, Liam, Ethan, Jared, Simon, Dylan, Teddy and Tyler.

Junior Boys Volleyball

Intermediate Co-ed Volleyball Team Finalists

Junior Girls Volleyball

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

There may be times during the school year where inclement weather or other situations could cause transporta-tion cancellations or school closures. At times when student transportation has been cancelled and schools remain open, the decision of whether or not to have children in school on that day rests with the parent or guardian. Should you decide not to send your child to school in the event that transportation is cancelled but schools remain open, or if your child is ill or lat e, please ensure that you call your child’s school to in-form them of your child’s absence. A key resource in any emergency is the DSBN Emergency Information form that you filled out at the beginning of the school year. Please let the school know of any changes in contact information or procedures you wish to be followed throughout the school year. For secondary schools it may become necessary to cancel late buses. Notice will be provided via school an-nouncements and on the websites and subscription features by 11:30 a.m. Information about transportation cancellations and school closures will be available as soon as it is available through the following channels: Websites: www.dsbn.org www.nsts.ca Subscription Features: DSBN Facebook or Twitter NSTS Transportation Delay or Cancellation Alerts Phone: Niagara Student Transportation Services 905-346-0290 Voice Auto Attendant Television Stations: CH—Hamilton City TV Breakfast Television CTV Toronto Cogeco Channel 10 Radio Stations

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES

CKTB (610 AM) St. Catharines CHRE (105.7 FM) St. Catharines

WAVE (94.7 FM) Hamilton CHTZ-FM (97.7 FM) St. Catharines

CKOC (1150 AM) Hamilton CKEY (105.1 FM) Niagara Falls/Fort Erie

CHML (900 AM) Hamilton K-LITE-FM (102.9 FM) Hamilton

CHAM (820 AM) Hamilton GIANT FM (91.7 FM) Welland

Y-108(107.9) Hamilton

P A G E 4

Please ensure

your child/ren

have indoor

shoes. With

this weather, it

is imperative to

have a second

set of shoes!!

School’s website

is: Pricephilipn.dsbn.org

Award Winners for the month of December

Thank you to all of the

families who donated

items for the Adopt a

Family program. There

are a number of fami-

lies in the Connaught

community who will

have nicer Christmas

because of your kind-

ness.

P R I N C E P H I L I P B U L L E T I N

Award Winners for the month of December JK/SK P Liam JK/SK F Mackenzie JK/SK T Joshua JK/SK M Liam 1C Kailyanna 1B Grace 2K Yianni 2M Kaylie 2/3 Sam 3F Jack 3L Nick 4B Allyson

We had our Decem-ber recognition as-sembly on Thursday, December 19th. We were able to cele-brate with the stu-dents the accomplish-ments of displaying “Student Of the Month” Congratula-tions to the following students:

4/5 S Jonah 5R Olivia 5/6 C Antigone 6/7 P Nicholas 7R Isabelle SSP Caleb French Gr. 4 Teresa French Gr. 4/5 Hannah French Gr. 5 Dylan French Gr. 5/6 Jackson French Gr. 6/7 Kelly

We had our recogni-tion assembly on Thursday, December 19th. We were able to celebrate with the students the ac-complishments of dis-playing caring which was our character trait for the month of De-cember. Congratula-tions to the following students:

JK/SK P Claire JK/SK F Taryn JK/SK T Ian JK/SK M Maggie 1C Gibson 1B Rian 2K Sadie 2M Shenae 2/3 Jacob 3F Mya 3L Charlie 4B Oliver

4/5 S Landon 5R Emad 5/6 C Audra 6/7 P Kelly 7R Candice SSP Gaige

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

This Month at Prince Philip

Do you know a child who’s turning 4 or 5 in 2014? Help them get ready for their first day of school with the

DSBN’s Kindergarten Countdown. Five easy steps will help parents and new students get ready to blast off to

their first day of school. Please visit to the District School Board of Niagara’s website

at www.dsbn.org/kindergarten

The DSBN website will provide helpful information on how to register for Kindergar-

ten, learn more about your local Public School and get ready for that first big day.

Our Open House will be Thursday, February 6th, 2014 from 4-6pm. Please plan on

attending!

Kindergarten Countdown

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

January 2014 - Integrity is the character trait of the

month

1 2 3 4

5 6 Welcome back!

Day 6

7 BuddiesLitterless lunch

Day 7

8

Day 8

9

Day 9

10 Pizza day

Day 10

11

12 13

Day 1

14BuddiesLitterless lunch

Day 2

15 School council6:00

Day 3

16 Pizza dayGovernor SimcoeOpen House 6:30

Day 4

17 PA Day (No school)

18

19 20

Day 5

21 BuddiesLitterless lunch

Day 6

22

Day 7

23

Day 8

24 Pizza day

Day 9

25

26 27 Family literacyday

Day 10

28 Swim tosurviveBuddiesLitterless lunchDay 1

29 Swim toSurvive

Day 2

30 Jersey day

Day 3

31 DanceathonPizza day

Day 4

Ketchup club runs Tues- Thurs 2nd break, Read Naturally runs Tues and Thurs mornings 815-845, Homework club runs Mon- Thurs till 3:45Robotics runs first break from Mon- Thurs