Did March come in like a Lion or Lamb? February was kept busy by supporting our Canadian Athletes in their various sports. Through this support, our students gained a deeper insight into many of life’s factors that make a person successful. Commitment, Perseverance, Optimism, and Determination are all traits that our athletes exhibited during their performances in Sochi.

Congratulations to our own athletes—our Intermediate basketball teams who had a great season.

This month we say farewell to Miss Dunsford as our DECE as she has chosen to return to teaching. Hopefully we’ll see her here on occasion. Thank you Miss D. for taking great care of our little ones this year and last. Welcome to Miss Ethier who will replace her. Best wishes to Mr. MacEwen as he also takes a leave to care for his baby daughter and young son. Welcome to Mrs.Dixon who will finish off the year in Grade 6.

As you probably know, the DSBN is considering consolidating the English and French Immersion programs into single track schools between Lakeview and Central Schools. Many factors are used to make this decision and we hope you can join us to learn more about the process and reasoning on Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00pm in our gym. Mrs. Pisek and Mr. Dickson will be there to present information.

CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE SO FAR THIS YEAR!!

Olivia Betti Angela Ceklic Grayson Crompton Luke Csermak

Kate D’Cunha Jessie DiPasquale Cameron Ferns Mia Gibson

James Romany Haley Snow Angelique Stahl Destinee Wilkinson

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It is not too late to register for our Early Learning Program for September 2014. If you have a child that will be four years of age by December 31 they are eligible to attend Junior Kindergarten in September. If your child will be five years of age by December 31, 2014, they are eligible to attend Senior Kindergarten in September.

In order to complete registrations, you will need:

BIRTH CERTIFICATE - Or other proof of birth

IMMUNIZATION RECORD

If you have any questions regarding Kindergarten registration, please call the school office at 905-945-5459.

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Celebrating 107 Years of Excellence

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March 2014

Mrs. S. Niznik, Principal—Mr. B. Digweed Vice-Principal Website: central.dsbn.org

PINK SHIRT DAY IS EVERYDAY

On Wednesday, March 26th, over half the school wore PINK to celebrate their com-mitment to stop BULLYING and made a PROMISE to NOT BULLY or be MEAN to others. Several students listened to the

story “Pinkalicious” and

“Chrysanthamum”. Both stories about teasing and what happens when that oc-curs. Our older students studies the ef-fects of bullying on self-esteem, life oppor-tunities and becoming successful. Thank you to all of those who chose to partici-pate and make a

stand against

Meanness.

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Scholastic Book Fair

Was a great success!

A Big THANK YOU to our parent volunteers and teachers ,

for helping with the book fair, we could not have done it without you!

Draw winner:

Taylor Howard in Mme. Brinks’s class

After School Arrangements

Students are encouraged to make arrangements regarding pick up or busing after school prior to coming to school. Notes can be

left in student agendas if there is something out of the norm happening that the teacher needs to be aware of.

Please call the office in case of emergencies only. We have 582 students and we do our best to pass messages

but occasionally things do get missed.

March 17th is School Spirit GREEN Day

Wear some green and show your school spirit!

MOVIE NIGHT— OUR STAFF ORGANIZED A MOVIE NIGHT FOR OUR FAMILY COMMU-NITY. FAMILIES ENJOYED WATCHING RIO, WHILE SNUGGLED UP ON MATS, BLANKETS AND LAWN CHAIRS IN OUR GYM. THANK YOU TO OUR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR DEVOTING THEIR NIGHT TO OUR FAMILIES. FUN WAS HAD BY ALL.

NEXT COMMUNITY

FUNDRAISER:

BIG BROTHERS AND

BIG SISTERS

Wii BOWL TOURNAMENT

Again this year we will provide students with the opportunity to participate in the WII BOWL tourney in our Gym. Spaces are limited , so if interested,

please be sure to return your form and entry fee asap. Look for Forms on

Tuesday, March 18th. The event will be

on April 9th.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE

THE DSBN RECOGNIZED 5 STAFF MEMBERS FOR BEING DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. THANK YOU

TO: Mrs. K. Jonz, Mr. J. Huebert, Mme. Farquahar, Ms. Sample and Mr. D. Brown

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR OPTIMISTIC FEATHER WINNERS: ZAKERI M., LILY W., GRIFFIN O., KEIJI C., CHARLOTTE,

JADE A. , KYLEN A., JACK D.

TRANSPORTATION

Bus Delays and Cancellations:

In case of bus delays or cancellations you have the option to check the website for a list of delays. You may also wish to subscribe to the delays and cancellation notification system. You will need your child’s name and the bus route number and an email address. When you subscribe to the notification you will receive an email for any delay greater then 10 min-

utes.

To subscribe go to nsts.ca and click the delays and cancellation link.

From there you can click the subscriptions button.

You will then be given the opportunity to subscribe and then enter the email information.

You will then need to confirm your email address via your email.

You will then be given the choice to subscribe to a route number. Please click the appropriate route and then subscribe.

If your child rides on more then one bus you can then add the other route so you will receive notification for both buses.

This information is kept current each day and updated as needed. By subscribing you will receive notification via email as

soon as it is received by transportation.

We trust that this information will assist you. If you need any assistance setting things up please call transportation at

905-346-0290 and they will be more then happy to help you.

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CENTRAL AND LAKEVIEW CONSOLIDATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

FOR 2014/15 SCHOOL YEAR

On TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 7:00PM in our gym— parents are welcome to attend an information ses-sion to learn more about moving students from Central to Lakeview and from Lakeview to Central for next

school year.

If you have any questions about this process, please forward them to us by Tuesday morning so we have

gathered the information needed to answer it.

We will arrange to have child care in our ELP room during the information session.

EQAO TESTING DATES

All grade 3 and 6 students will take the EQAO tests between May 26th and June 6th. Please do NOT plan for any appointments or holidays during these dates if you

have a child in one of these grades. Thanks

Make Change for Children & Silver Wishes Campaign

We are so pleased to announce that our week long events raised $817.37. That is so amazing!!! Central has gone above and beyond and we all had a fun time with all our events to help two wonderful causes!

Thank you to Central Staff and students for all your donations!

March C-HAWK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received awards in February.

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Dillion Jain

Colm Schultz

Andrew Bovenkamp

Luke Csermak

Kaitlin Kavenagh

Pieter VanderWerf

Maddy Sullivan– Coombes

Ella McRae

Joanna Hogeveen

Alex McNiven

Kate D’Cunha

Kael Bisland

Violet Amadio

Hagar Ashour

Jadyn Chowen

Jacob Wynperle

Julien Robinson

Boris Vukelich

Jordan Eby

Maddy Jones

Eleanor Rangartnam

Gavin Gilliespie

Alex Brum

Haley Snow

Faith Beaudry

Taylor Howard

Paige Owen

Aniela Day

Cooper Hewlett

Selena Jensen

Alistair Park

Octavia Varsakis

Mitchell Hogan

Lucas Hogan

Kaija Kennedy

Travis Kuras

Hoda Ashour

Carter Bell

Alex Suntz

Morgan Cartlidge

Rebekah Andress

Yiotta Philippeos

Keirsten Hibbard

Tyzel Miller-Johnson

Emma Parker

Jonathan Verrall

Chloe Konkle

Lego Robotics Meet

Mr. Slavin would like to congratulate all the members of Central's Lego Robotics teams for the great work they ac-

complished at the Robo-lympics meet in St Catharines on February 21. All teams made a great effort and it paid off,

scoring high marks in various challenges throughout the day. A special congratulations goes to Central's intermediate

team of Gary K, Connery V, Julian T, and Ethan C for bringing home the bronze medal thanks to some precise pro-

gramming and solid teamwork.

Also, despite an initial mistake in calculating scores, the junior team of Abbey S, Jade G, McKenna C, and Madeline S

were awarded gold for their accomplishments.

Mr. Slavin's "gold medal play of the day" goes to Central's junior team of Dillon J, Luke C, Andrew B, and Colm S for their selfless support of another Central team. The boys had a winning program for their robot to win the speed skat-ing challenge but realized in the afternoon that their lower score on sports challenges would prevent them from being in contention for a medal. Knowing that another Central junior team had an excellent score for their sports, the boys shared their speed skating program which could then be tweaked by the other team to have a better chance against other schools. The school spirit and sportsmanship shown by the junior boys was exemplary for C-Hawks and they have received C-Hawk awards for their actions. Thanks to all teams for a great day, and thanks to everyone who came out for Lego Robotics this season!

Caribou Math

Some of the students from Monsieur Slavin's Grade 5 class have volunteered to take part in Brock University's Cari-bou online Math Challenge. This challenge is open to students from around the world and tests mathematical skills of students from Grades 3 to 12. Monsieur's students gave a great effort and included some great results! In January, Luke C managed to rank 3rd among DSBN participants and 165th in the world; Andrew B ranked 5th in the DSBN and 335th in the world, and Abbey S ranked 7th in the DSBN and 529th in the world.

The challenges appear about once per month where students are given an hour for completion. Questions are differ-entiated and include games and mathematical trivia.

Parent Council Corner

Rocks & Rings Curling

Central School Council sponsored the Capital One Rocks & Rings curling program for the entire school during the first week of February. The Rocks & Rings program is designed to introduce the Olympic sport of curling to elementary school children. Each class spent one class period in the school’s gym learning and trying out the sport of curling. It was a perfect way for the students to get excited about the Olym-pics and our Canadian athletes! Students pictured in the photo are from Mrs. Lobb’s JK/SK class.

Family Fun and Fitness in February

Central School Council hosted three Wednesdays in February a free Family Fun and Fitness exercise sessions for the school’s families (the first session was un-fortunately cancelled due to weather). The 45-minute sessions were led by ex-perienced certified fitness instructor Mehrnoosh Afnan. It was a great opportunity for everyone to learn how keeping fit and active can be fun.

March 26th

Raising Resilient Children Speaker

On Wednesday, March 26th at 7:00pm Central School Council is hosting a free evening presentation for the school’s parents lead by Dick O’Brien entitled ―Raising Resilient Children – How can we prepare our chil-dren for the inevitable challenges and struggles they will face?‖. The presentation will explore realistic ways parents can encourage, inspire and instill resiliency in their children. As well as it will discuss key tools that anchor children with a confident foundation and resilient mindset. The evening is made possible by a ―Parents Reaching Out Grant‖ from Ontario’s Ministry of Education. Childcare will be available; pre-registration required. See attached flyer for more information and pre-registration.

Next School Council Meeting

The next Central School Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 18th at 6:30pm in the school’s li-brary. All are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

Fundscrip

Would you like to support Central School without having to buy things you don’t need? Join Fundscrip, and you can earn money for our school when you buy your groceries! Picture this: You make your usual visit to the grocery store. You fill your cart and go to the check out. Instead of paying with cash or a debit card, you use a gift card that you purchased through our school. It costs you nothing extra, but Fundscrip pays the school a percentage of every card purchased. Fundscrip has gift cards for all the major grocery chains, as well as gas stations, drug stores, restaurants, bookstores. Our School Council is even using Pizza Pizza cards purchased through Fundscrip to pay for our Thursday pizza days. Register online at http://www.fundscrip.com/LoginOrSignUp.aspx?IID=7VFBV2 , using our invitation code: 7VFBV2. While you are there, download an EFT form to make payment faster and easier. Orders are due every other Thursday morning by 9:15am and can be picked up in the office the following Wednesday. If you have any questions please contact Sarah Rangaratnam at sarah@rangaratnam.com

Friday, April 11th

Family Movie Night

On Friday, April 11th Central School Council is sponsoring a free Family movie night for the school’s fami-lies. The movie Turbo will be shown in the school’s gym. The doors open at 6:00pm and the movie will start at 6:30pm sharp. Come join us as a family for a night of fun!

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"The DSBN school year calendars designate March 7, 2014 as a Professional Activity Day and traditionally, teaching staff participate fully in professional learning activities on days such as March 7, 2014. However, based upon the agreed to Memorandums of Under-standing, permanent contract teachers in both elementary and secondary schools will be taking March 7, 2014 as a mandatory unpaid day and will not be at work. All other staff will be at work as regularly scheduled participating in site based work responsibilities. "

Eco Corner

This Wednesday, March 5th, the Eco Team will be starting a new program: the Boomerang

Lunch. Every Wednesday, we'll be asking students to bring home any food waste they have so it may be recycled at home. Since approximately 18% of food scraps are ending up in the garbage, our goal is to reduce this amount. This is totally voluntary, but we encourage students and teachers to partici-pate.

MARCH BREAK ACTIVITIES

Community event information is posted to the District School Board of Niagara’s website on a regular

basis. Please take the time to have a look; they have lots of information on March Break activities in and

around the St. Catharines area for the whole family.

To access the eFlyers:

- open our website at www.dsbn.org

- click "Community"

- click “eFlyer Service”