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JUNE 2015

General Delivery, Cremona AB. TOM ORO

Phone : 1 (403) 637-3856

Fax: 1 (403) 637-3830

E-mail: cremona@chinooksedge.ab.ca

Website: www.cremonaschool.ca

Turning Today’s Learners Into

Tomorrow’s Leaders

CREMONA SCHOOL NEWS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Principal’s Message…………………………...3

Counsellor’s Corner ………………………….5

Bouquets & Celebrations…………………...7

School Programs……………………………...8

Community News…………………throughout

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June 2015

Su Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Grad Meeting

6:00 PM

Sr. High Track Zones

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Subway Day

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7 8 9 Band Concert

7:00

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11 Pizza Day

Athletics Awards Night

12 Eng. 30 Diploma Part A

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14 15 Library Closed

for the Year

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Eng. 30 Part B LA 6 PAT

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Eng. 20 Part A Math 6 PAT

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Social 20 Part A Science 6 PAT

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22 Social Studies 6

Bio 30 Math 10

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23 Science 9

Eng. 20 Part B Social 10

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24 Math 30 Math 9

Social 20 Part B

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Physics 30

Grad Cap and Gown 7:00

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Last Day for Students!

Grad Banquet

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————Outdoor Education 9 Field Trip—————

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- - - - Alien Inline Skating- - -

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From the Principal’s Desk

From the Principal’s Desk

Where has the time gone? June is here, the last month of school. Summer is just around the corner. The out-side temperatures are rising, soccer and ball are in full force and families are spending time outside enjoying the long-er evenings. It can get more and more difficult to keep students on track at school until the end of June with all that is happening in their lives at this time of year. We ask for parents’ assistance with having their children well rested and ready to learn for this very busy last month of school.

Provincial Achievement tests have already begun their staggered start for grades 6 with still more PAT and Diploma exams to come. All levels are finishing up their last units, putting together final evaluations and exams and getting ready to put together the final report card for the year.

Our grade 7 – 12 students who participated in Track and Field this year put on a great showing in their competi-tion in Carstairs. Grades 10-12 competed one day and the 7-9 had their competition a week later. The top competi-tors go on to Zones and we have two great teams going.

Our Fantastic Friday was a hit this year. We thank all of the people who helped make our fantastic Friday so

much fun and beneficial for our students. As you go through the summer, keep in mind any ideas that you or some-one close to you might be willing to offer our students in one, or more Fantastic Fridays that we hope to run next year.

This years’ Puddle Party was once again a colossal success. A huge thank you goes out to the Cremona

School Enhancement Society for all they have done for the school to enhance the learning of our students. A big thank you goes out to all those who have assisted with CSES in the variety of fundraising activities they have done.

All Band students were involved in some variation of an off campus Band trip. With their final concert on June 9th, we are sure to see and hear the fruits of their labor. We have to thank Darren Jacobson for providing our band students with the opportunity to improve their playing skills and providing them with the opportunities to work with mu-sical professionals.

Spring Sweep had great weather this year and were able to completed the jobs in a week. The graded 9 – 12

students worked a variety of odd jobs as one of their major fundraisers that go towards their graduation. The grade 10s brought in the most money for their graduation followed by the grade nine class. Thank you to Ray Pereversoff and Gerard Kulcsar who headed up this event and to Mrs. MacDonald who helped out on the school end. Thank you all who helped out by providing our students with the many jobs.

Time change for next year’s school day. Through feedback received from the parent survey that was complet-

ed in March, we have shortened our school day to end at 3:00 p.m. With the shortening of the school day, there will be no afternoon recess for elementary and we will be able to put more supervision outside for the other two recesses.

It never ceases to amaze me how this community continuously supports the students, staff and school as a whole. As a whole you have supported our school in a multitude of ways such as: School Council, CSES, Band Soci-ety, Drama, Breakfast Program, Youth Leadership, Assemblies, Fantastic Fridays, Milk Program, Sports teams, Classrooms, Teachers and most of all our students. Thank you for continuing to support our school and your chil-dren’s educational experiences. Have a great month and an even better summer break. We hope to see you at the school and around the community and of course see you again in September!

Joanna Harvey

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Counselor's Corner

Reflections on a year of meaningful learning

A Message from the Superintendent

With the end of this school year approaching, we can look back with pride on a highly successful year of learning and growing in Chinook’s Edge!

Thank you to our students, our teachers, and our entire Chinook’s Edge staff for your hard work throughout the year. Our stu-dents have earned praise and appreciation from many groups for their efforts, as they take leading roles in artistic, academic, athletic, humanitarian and environmental projects. We continue to see positive improvements on both locally-administered and provincially-administered assessments of student learning. We are particularly proud that, for the second year in a row, we are seeing 81 percent of our students completing high school – which remains substantially higher than the provincial average of 75-77 percent. From the moment they enter Kindergarten to the time they graduate from high school, Chinook’s Edge stu-dents are surrounded by people who care about them and about their success. From this strong foundation, they are in a great-er position to continue achieving throughout their lives.

Along with our trustees, parents, families and community partners, we have shared an outstanding year together. Thank you for challenging, encouraging and believing in each of our students, and in one another. Enjoy your summer!

Kurt Sacher

Superintendent of Schools

COUNSELLOR’S CORNER

GRADE 11 PARENTS: I spoke with these students on Thursday and gave them information about scholarships, volunteerism,

post-secondary applications, Trade sites, and the importance of their final grade 11 marks for next year. The universities are

NOW looking at final grade 11 marks for conditional acceptances. Please ask for the handouts or contact me if you would like

the information online. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET ON OUR myblueprint.ca career site THIS SUMMER! It

has everything from post-secondary schools to possible careers to resume writing. I cannot stress enough that scholarship

hunting involves parents!!!

GRADE 12 PARENTS: Please remember that Rutherford applications must be completed online in July for scholarship mon-

ey. This is money given ONLY to those who are accepted at a college or university (Trade course as well). They only apply

once they are accepted. IF they take a year or three off, they apply at that point. If your teenager wants to pursue a Trade,

please call me immediately as there are several openings in the area.

GRADE 10 PARENTS: All of our Grade 10s should have, at this point, completed the “Explorations” portion of our myblue-

print.ca site. This will give them an “area” of career choice based on their responses to the questions. This important site has

thousands of career ideas – it gives the required schooling, info on the actual job, the salary, and even has interviews posted

to explain it. Our activation key is “Cremona.”

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ITALY AND FRANCE 2015!

After 2 years of planning our adventure was finally a reality! This trip was different from others in that I planned the itin-

erary and there were many more adult travellers. I was a little nervous hoping that everyone, students and parents, would

enjoy the adventure. “What was the best part?” My Middle School students asked me this in class but I found it difficult to

pinpoint one great memory!

We toured the usual spots in Paris – the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, the Arc de Triomphe, a Seine River Cruise,

and Verseilles. I loved their enthusiasm upon reaching the top of the Eiffel Tower!

Nice was great – the students were so excited to splash in the Mediterranean, this was also the beginning of our gelato crazi-

ness.

Eze was popular, it’s a beautiful medieval village perched on a hill; they had fun climbing and exploring the narrow streets.

Monaco – a favorite of many, was perfect. Clean and safe, complete with a castle.

Cinque Terre was next, beautiful villages perched on cliffs. Our hotel was located 1 block from the beach!

San Gimignano is a small, walled village in the Tuscan hills, and along with Siena, we enjoyed walking cobblestoned streets and

learning about the architecture.

There was no line-up at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome so we could actually enjoy Michelangelo’s artwork in the Sistine Chapel!

Our Guide was outstanding as was the visit to the Colosseum and the Forum.

Sorrento was next on the agenda with its winding streets and flowers in full bloom. We then took a ferry to Capri, a boat to

the Blue Grotto, and then a small dingy into the side of a limestone cliff to marvel at the turquoise cave.

“What was the best part?” For me, it’s always the same favorite memory…..watching the teenagers as they learn and experi-

ence a “live classroom.” Throughout the 12 days, they were exhausted but yet remained enthusiastic, positive, and eager to

go to the next place. And nice. And the parents? I guess that’s why the students were so great! I couldn’t have had a bet-

ter group, each dinner was filled with lots of laughter and discussions. Thank you parents, you made this trip so enjoyable!

And as for my amazing teenagers, I hope this trip was only the beginning of your travel adventures! Thank you……JoAnna,

Callie, Mark, Jody, Shanelle, Randell, Jennifer, Mike, Jessica, Morgan, Kara, Mackenzie, Dana, Doreen, Brooklyn, Terra,

Roxanne, Drew, Kelsey and Taylor!

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Bouquets & Celebrations

IF YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANYONE IN THIS SECTION OF THE

NEWSLETTER PLEASE EMAIL

djacobson@chinooksedge.ab.ca*

Thank you to Priscilla Tames for her presentations on Farm Safety for K- Grade

6 students. Thank you to the Cremona & District Agricultural Society for donat-

ing 4 bikes and helmets to the winners of the Farm Safety poster contest. Win-

ners were presented with their bikes at the Elementary assembly Fri. May 22nd.

Congratulations to:

Kindergarten- Lyla Cooper

Grade 1- Teaghan Bates

Grade 2- Charlotte Reid

Grade 3/ 4- Brayden Steffler

-Thanks to Mr. Youngs, Mrs. Olthof, and Mr. Richmond for their help with Cre-

mona’s Got Talent

Mrs. Ortman's and Miss Frank’s Grade One Classes would like to thank

all of the parents and grandparents who signed up to join us on our up-

coming trip to Discovery Wildlife Trip: Crystal Newsome, Dalene Scott,

Jennifer McIntosh, Lisette McCracken, Allison Diegel, Christina Black-

more, Shannon Chapin, Jackie Rathwell and Letricia Croft, Shauna Col-

lins, Pamela Reid, Dawn Nelson, Stace Nelson, Jon Olfert, Colleen

Tronsgard, Nikki McCarthy, and Lori Whitlow.

Both Grade One Classes would like to thank Mrs. Anderson and her Food

Science Class for inviting them to observe Mr. MacDonald adding liquid

nitrogen to their prepared ice cream ingredients. It was amazing to

watch and everyone enjoyed tasting the ice cream.

Thank you to Mrs. Shand, the Roots of Empathy Instructor, who arranged

to have Mrs. Anderson and her Food Science classes make a chocolate

cookie for each elementary student. Cremona students are truly learning

culinary skills, as each student enjoy the cookie that they munched on

Friday, May 22nd. The cookies were made in celebration of Baby On-

yx’s first birthday. Onyx will celebrate his birthday on May 30th.

Sports Equipment Needed!

Cremona School is looking for gently used ball gloves(K-6) balls, frisbees, skipping ropes,

skip-its, and any other used equipment we could add to our recess boxes.

Mr. Youngs has also put in a request for adult skates sizes 8-12 for highschool PE.

Thanks and Happy Spring Cleaning!

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Leadership News!

Leadership

We are sad to say goodbye to our some of our leadership veterans who will be graduating this year. Thanks for

all that you have done over the past years to make our leadership team what it is today. We will miss you and

wish you all the best. Good luck to Andrea Allen, Mackenzie Argent, Stephanie Brayman, Silene Stolz, Raylene

Reid, Kailey Turner and Heather Walker.

We would also like to thank the staff, students and parents of our school for making this such a successful year.

Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall when we can try out our new ideas.

Band News

Our final concert showcasing our grade 5-12 band students will be held June 9 at 7:00 in the

gym. Be sure to come out and see how much these kids have improved this year!

All school-rented instruments need to be returned to the school by June 12 for summer inventory.

If you child wishes to rent their instrument for the summer then they need a Summer Rental Form

from Mr. Jacobson.

Thanks for another great year!

LIBRARY NEWS

Another fun year in the Learning Commons which is coming to a close. The last week to take out Library

books is June 5-8. The following week all books need to be returned. The library will be CLOSED

June 15 as inventory begins. Please return your textbooks as soon as you are done with exams!!

Have a great summer!!

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Royal Canadian Legion – Cremona Branch #172 Area B District 5

2014/2015 Poppy Poster, poems and essay winners

Colour Posters:

Kindergarten:

1st Kyra Foat

2nd Katrina Friesen

3rd Nikyla Goebel

Grade 1:

1st Tyler Lema

2nd Luke Coleman

3rd Coby Van Maarion

Grade 2:

1st Kayma Anne Bosch

2nd Cooper Mork

3rd Rowen Hunt

Grade 3:

1st Keegann Collins & Kate Finley

2nd Rilyne Tetz

3rd Kaitlyn Newsome

Grade 4:

1st Brody Hunt

2nd Denai Eerkes

3rd Carmen Reid

Grade 5:

1st Brooke Reid

2nd Paige Fenton

Grade 8:

1st Connor Hunt

Grade 9:

1st Alia Brittney McCracken

Black & White Posters:

Grade 4:

1st Kannon Myram

2nd Chesney McArthur

3rd Brody Hunt

Grade 5:

1st Brooke Reid

Grade 6:

1st Chase Hunt

Grade 8:

1st Connor Hunt

Grade 9:

1st Tianna Calvin

2nd Jocelyn Armstrong

Grade 10:

1st Roxanne Hahn

Poems:

Grade 6:

1st place – Chase Hunt

Essays:

Grade 6:

1st place – Madison Turner

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Athletics News:

With track meets now in full swing. We had a successful divisional meet with several students qualifying for zones and look forward to a successful Jr. Divisional meet as well.

We’ve had a wonderful year in athletics this year and I would like to congratulate all athletes on a job well done. I would also like to thank the many coaches and volunteers that have helped to make this year such a success.

Athletic Awards night is scheduled for June 11th. Stay tuned for more information and we look forward to a great night.

March Parent Survey Results

We would like to thank all the parents who took the time to answer our parent survey in

March. Cremona School had the highest number of responses in Chinooks Edge School Divi-

sion and the responses we have received have been incorporated into our planning for the up-

coming year.

Below are listed the questions that were asked and the total percentage of parents who agreed

or strongly agreed with the statements.

I feel that my child is safe while at school. 96% agreed

I am satisfied with the overall quality of education that my child is receiving. 94% agreed

My child's teachers believes in him/her and he/she is appropriately challenged and encour-

aged in the classroom. 90% agreed

I am satisfied with the overall communication that the school provides me. 90% agreed

I am satisfied that access to and the use of technology is enhancing my child's learning. 82%

agreed

I am satisfied that my child has a positive relationship with at least one adult in his/her school.

95% agreed

I am satisfied that the school has structures and programs in place that my child can access if

they experience difficulties (i.e. Literacy, Enrichment Time and Flex Time). 93% agreed

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