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Remembrance Day, November 11th is a day on which we all take time to honour those who have sacrificed their lives to defend the rights of all people to be free. At Central School we will hold a special assembly on November 11th to help our students recognize the importance of this day in the lives of all Canadians. Parents are welcome to attend.

Progress Reports will be sent home on November 15th. Watch for information regarding Parent-Teacher interviews. Our teachers value the opportunity to discuss student progress with all parents.

Please take time to read our newsletter. There are many activities happening at Central School for all of our students. If you have any questions, contact your child’s teacher or our office.

Mrs. N. Hardyman ~ Principal

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

REMEMBRANCE DAY ASSEMBLY

Thursday, November 11th

Assembly begins at 10:45 a.m. in the gym.

A poppy will be distributed to each student prior to the assembly. Students are reminded to bring a donation for the Royal Canadian Legion poppy program, if possible.

HAWK’S EYE VIEW

Central Public School

Celebrating 104 Years of Excellence

NOVEMBER

2010

HOME OF THE C-HAWKS

EARLY RELEASE DAY - - Friday, November 19th

On early release days the morning Junior and Senior Kindergarten students will attend school. However, please keep in mind that there will NOT be bus transportation home for our morning kindergarten students. Afternoon kindergarten students will not attend on these days.

All Central students will be dismissed at 12:05 p.m. Buses will begin to arrive at this time (three hours earlier than usual.) Please make sure you have arrangements in place for your child(ren) on these days.

Watch for Central’s newsletter each month, sent home with youngest or only child in the family.

MacMILLIAN’S COOKIE DOUGH FUNDRAISER

Catalogues and order forms for the cookie dough fundraiser for Parent Council were sent home on October 22nd. All orders are due back to Central by November 5th. All orders can be picked up on Friday, November 19th from the gymnasium during parent teacher interviews.

The first meeting of the year was held on Tuesday September 28th. Thank you to the following parents who are holding a position on our council:

Chair: Lesley Spadaro

Treasurer: Jennifer Lawson

Secretary: Nancy Baker

Fundraising/Pizza Day Co-ordinator :

Elaine Muir & Mandy Ivans

The next School Council meeting is

Tuesday, November 30th at 6:30 pm.

Parent Council Potluck Meeting Tuesday, Novem-ber 30th, at 6:30pm in the teacher’s lounge (finger

foods only). All parents welcome.

PROGRESS REPORTS

Progress Reports will be sent home on November 15th.

Parent-Teacher Interviews will take place in the afternoon of Friday, November 19th.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

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COMMUNITY NEWS

PIZZA DAYS

Pizza days will begin on November 4th. Pizza forms went home on October 26th. Forms and money are due back to Central on November 1st, 2010. We appreciate your support. As a reminder pizza days are run by parent volunteers. There can be no late orders and we are unable to give change back. Thank you.

KILEAN LODGE / MAPLECREST OUTREACH PROGRAM

We are very proud of a group of Central students who are volunteering at Kilean Lodge and the Maplecrest Retirement Home. Each Monday this group of students walks to the lodge to spend time with seniors in our community.

We thank the following students for their work in our community:

Lindsay Colyn, Billy Mackie, Laura Kowaleski, Gwen May-Siozios, Ashley McDougall, Hilary Phelps, Laura Shaver, Jessica Brooks, Georgina Dremetsikas, Ashley Gayle, Emma Bonafiglia, Cole Miller, Francesca

Boncoddo, Aly Derksen, Kenna Roberts, Kaitlin Vandewater, Brianna Paton, Jade Sproston, Jesse Vanderwal, Tristin Sutherland, Shannah Lima (VanRijn), Andrea Wasyleczko, Karl Tsekrekos Lawson, Melanie Felker,

Matthew Matos, Rachel Groothedde, Kieran Kavanagh, Brandon Saigeon, Ben Wynperle, Jake Brannen, Kristin Smith, Hannah Dabbs, Kendall Fraser

SKATING

Once again Central students (K-6) will be skating at the Peach King Arena starting in December. Permission forms will be sent

home later. Parents are welcome to help tie skates and supervise our students on the ice.

INTRAMURALS

Primary students are involved in playing indoor soccer during their fitness breaks. Thank you to our grade 7 & 8 captains and officials for their help with this fun activity. Please encourage your child to be active and participate.

You’re the Chef

Central is hosting the “You’re the Chef” club in Mrs. Fraser’s room. Meagan Pratt is providing this cooking program for our Grade 7 and 8 students. Thank you to Meagan for volunteering her time.

Congratulations to the following students who won a turkey for Thanksgiving.

Bayan Afnan - Larock AM

Alistair Park - Larock PM

Tyzel Miller-Johnson - Hoffer AM

Alex McNiven - 1D

Alex Longhurst - 1/2W

Rachel Martin - 2D

Jake Montecalvo - 3B

Vincent Gibson - 3/4D

Yiotta Philippeos - 4/5J

Dakota Gallant - 5/6H

Jake Lamb - 6C/H

McKenzie Williamson - 7C

Callie Gibson - 7F

Chelsea Struiksma - 7T

Georgina Dremetsikas - 8M

Jade Sproston - 8J

Robin Kelly - 8N

TURKEY TROT

OCTOBER C-HAWK AWARDS

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Each day for two weeks before Thanksgiving, all staff and students at Central School participated in the “Turkey Trot”. This was a fun and fitness activity which gave everyone an opportunity to

enter their name into a class draw. The grand prize in each class was a gift card to a local grocery store to help buy the turkey for Thanksgiving Din-ner. Central’s own Turkey Mascot even participated.

Rachel Tylee

Adam Fast

Kaelan Polmanter-Gentle

Justin Hageman

Brendan Yates

Brianna Greensides

Lauren Bozich

Joel Bozich

Mark D’Cunha

Emily Forster

Brooke-Lynn Garrels

Emily Duff

Riley Schellenburg

Eric Bozich

Yiotta Philippeos

Laura Bajic

Daniella Ames

Dylan Bajic

Ryley Dumoulin

Brayden Wenzel

Skylar Burke

Liam May-Siozios

Ishmeen Sandal

James Bullock

Kai Scott

Liam Pollock

Collin Downs

Evan Moss

Eric Spiece

Jake Brannen

Sierra VanSoelen

Class of 7C

Laura Kowaleski

Brady Cranwell

Cameron Hay

Emma Bonafiglia

Tyler Thompson

Kenna Roberts

Natasha Fortunato

Rob Spencer

Lindsay Colyn

WASTE FREE LUNCH

CHALLENGE

Thank you to all of our students who participated in our waste free lunch. ALL four junior classes did an amaz-ing job throughout the entire week. However, 4/5 Jonz participation was the best in the entire school. 1/2 Wain-wright was the top primary class and 7 Tempest was the top intermediate class. Those classes will be given our new EcoAward Trophies for the month of November. Way to go C-Hawks!!

AUTHOR VISIT - FRANK GLEW

On Wednesday, November 3rd, award winning author Frank Glew will visit Central School. He will be presenting to our primary students. Frank’s books all have an environmental theme. We are the lucky recipi-ents of class sets of the following books:

“Samuel’s Most Important Message”, “Feed the Good Wolf” and “Boomer Rules”

The books have been donated to Central School by TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. We thank the Education Foundation of Niagara for arranging the author visit and providing the books. Frank Glew books will be available for purchase at a cost of $10.00 each.

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SPORTS

VOLLEYBALL Intermediate Intermediate Girls Volleyball Team

Megan Hunt, Shannon Colling, Melanie Kuras (Coomber), Laura Kowaleski, Nicole Spadaro, Lily White-Mitchell, Tristin Sutherland, Olivia Garr, Tinelle Paolini, Melanie Felker, Francesca Boncoddo

Thank you to Mr. Tempest for coaching our team.

Intermediate Boys Volleyball Team

Noah Badgerow, Brandon Saigeon, Sean Principi, Jake Brannen, Cory Kimmel, Brady Cranwell, Liam Dunda, Rob Spencer, Brendan Watson, Zac Campbell

Thank you to Mr. Herfst and Miss Johnson for coaching our team.

CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the DSBN meet:

Peewee Boys: Nolan Procyshyn, 2nd

Jake Lamb

Eric Bell

Kai Scott

Lucas Lamb

Intermediate Boys: Gavin Smith Intermediate Girls: Shannon Colling, 4th

Brandon Watson Laura Kowaleski, 7th

Brady Cranwell, 5th

John Bell

Brandon Saigeon, 3rd

Thank you to our coaches Mrs. Lamb and Mr. Tempest!

Junior Girls Volleyball Team

Nakita Day, Kaitlyn Kelly, Hanna Puffer, Skylar Burke, Talia Loreti, Stephanie Glover, Chloe Rossi, Shyla Kimmell, Summer Halladay, Jessica Garr, Emily Spros-ton, Laura Roppel, Skylar Ferris

Thank you to Ms. Wainwright, Ms. Code and Mrs. Hardyman for coaching our team.

Junior Boys Volleyball Team

Zinan Ahmed, Jacob Wynperle, Colin Henry, Ben Catapano, Jordan Wedzinga, Lucas Lamb, Eric Bell, Jacob Lamb, Jack Miller, Lucas Penny, Kai Scott, Nolan Procyshyn, Brayden Wenzel, Connor Montecalvo

Thank you to Mrs. Meecham and Mr. Herfst for coaching our team.

VOLLEYBALL Junior

The junior volleyball season is just beginning. Team members are listed below. Best of luck!

CENTRAL CHEERLEADING TEAM

The following students are members of Central’s Cheerleading Team:

Shayleen Fearns, Sandy Dao, Hilary Phelps, Emily Robateau, Ashley Gayle, Korin Visca, Sydney Gill, Emily Sproston, Laura Roppel, Jessica Abell, Summer Halladay, Nina Robinson, Taylor Laister, Rachel Groothedde, Amanda Melitzer, Andrea Wasyleczko, Melanie Kuras (Coomber), Megan Hollingsworth, Chelsea Struiksma, Sierra VanSoelen, Kallie Francalanza, Kendall Fraser, Summer Korhammer, Kristin Smith.

Thank you to Mrs. Braukmann and Mrs. Degraaf who are the staff reps. Thank you to Coral Mason, our coach, for the time and dedication to Central.

EQAO SCHOOL RESULTS

EQAO school tests results and individual results have been distributed. Below are the results for our school,

the DSBN, and the province from the testing completed in June, 2010. As a staff, we have been reviewing the test results, and will continue to work toward achieving high standards in all areas of the

program.

School Board Province

65 63 62

68 67 68

Grade 3

Reading

Writing

Math 81 68 71

School Board Province

73 72 72

68 67 70

Grade 6

Reading

Writing

Math 54 58 61

Percentage of Students At or Above the Provincial Standard

THE POWER OF ONE

Central school students have pledged to prevent bullying at their school. A special assembly held on October 6th demonstrated for the students what bullying looks like and how they can stop it. Each student was empowered by the Power of One Anti-Bullying Oath. Each individual has pledged to not bully others, to not stand by while others are bullied and to report bullying whenever and wherever they see it. Each of us has the Power of One. All staff and students will sign the pledge board to be hung in the school.

Energy Drinks …What’s All the Hype? Energy drinks often

make big promises. Some say they'll increase energy and

alertness, and some even claim to boost athletic perform-

ance or powers of concentration. But if you cut through

the hype and look past the flashy packaging, chances are

you will find a stiff dose of sugar and caffeine. Caffeine can

cause side effects like jitteriness, upset stomach, head-

aches, and sleep problems — all of which drag you down,

not power you up! Caffeine may also cause the body to

lose calcium, and that can lead to bone loss over time.

Some energy drinks pack a whopping 200 mg caffeine (or

more)! Health Canada states adults should have no more

than 400 mg per day and children aged 7-9 should have no

more than 62 mg caffeine per day. In addition to caffeine

and sugar, some brands of energy drinks have other ingre-

dients such as guarana (a source of caffeine) and taurine

(an amino acid thought to enhance caffeine's effect). Some

contain herbal supplements such as ginseng. At about $3 a

can, you can get a better (and cheaper) energy boost by

eating a whole-wheat cheese sandwich. The bottom line is,

the best energy boost comes from healthy living. Children

who eat well, drink water, and get enough physical activity

and rest will have plenty of energy — the natural way.

For more information visit www.eatrightontario.ca

PLAYGROUND UPDATE

We are very pleased to report that the playground equipment damaged by the fallen tree will be replaced. The costs will be covered entirely by DSBN insurance. The installation of this equipment will depend upon the weather. We are hoping for installation by the end of November but if the weather does not cooperate, we will need to wait until spring. We thank you for your patience as we worked through the process for replacement with our school board.

CHRISTMAS

CONCERT

Please mark December 16th on your calendars. This will be the

date for our Christmas Concert.

The primary classes will be presenting for the school.

CHARITY SUPPORT

Congratulations to Laura Bajic and Yiotta Philippeos who raised $200.00 for the local Humane Society through a walkathon! Way

to go girls!!

Central Student Council has become a Hanna’s Helper by donating $100.00 to the

Child Advocacy Centre in Niagara.

Grade 8 Science Investigation

into Fast Food Burgers

by Jesse Vanderwal & Ms. Minor

The grade 8 classes have been involved in an exciting and un-usual experiment. It all began when Ms. Minor brought an arti-cle to class about a woman who had a McDonald’s Happy Meal on her coffee table for 142 days and it hadn’t changed other than to become rock solid! The article in the Toronto Star came to the attention of the Senior Vice President for communication and public affairs for McDonald’s restaurants, and he commented in a letter to the editor that “… this natural process is not unique to McDonald’s food. The reality is that similar food items, held under comparable conditions, would likely produce the same result …” This got us thinking about whether other burgers would start to mold. So we decided to set up an experiment. We got 2 burgers from different fast food restaurants – McDon-ald’s, Wendy’s, Harvey’s, Burger King and A&W. And we also had Olivia Garr’s dad make 2 organic burgers. We kept them all under the same conditions, and every day grade 8 students re-corded the mass of the burgers and whether we could see any mold. At this time, the experiment has been ongoing for 11 days and the burgers have been exposed to the same conditions. Thus far, only 2 of the 12 burgers have molded. Can you guess which ones? We were not shocked when we saw that the only burgers to mold were the organic ones. The fast food burgers haven’t started to mold at all, but they have started to dry out. Our next step was to dig deeper and find out why the fast food burgers would not mold. What we found was shocking! We think the truth behind why fast food burgers do not mold is that they are full of salt. Salt is a natural preservative that absorbs moisture out of food, preventing the burger from molding. Be-sides the burger tasting slightly saltier, people wouldn’t notice the addition of the extra salt. Of course the organic burgers did not contain any salt at all. We know from our research that too much salt in people’s diets can lead to high blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks and is a risk factor for people who are dia-betic. The recommended amount of salt you should eat in a day is 1500 milligrams; one McDonald’s small hamburger (found in a child’s Happy Meal) has 530 milligrams of salt.. We still need to research the other fast food restaurants, but we hypothe-size that they too have lots of salt in their burgers. So although McDonald’s states that the meat in their burgers is 100% pure beef with no additives or preservatives, we think they’re bend-ing the truth. All that salt is helping to preserve the meat from molding. The next time you think about eating a fast food bur-ger, consider having the salt-free organic version instead! You can read some of the blog entries by 8M students by going to central8m1.21classes.com