MUENSTER SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Important Dates

Nov 10: K-Gr 12 Report Cards

Nov 10: Remembrance Day Ser-

vice @ 10:45 am-Public is Wel-

come

Nov 11: Remembrance Day—No

School

Nov 14: Day-in-Lieu of P-T Confer-

ences—No School

Nov 15 & 16: Book Fair

Nov 16: Parent-Teacher Confer-

ences (3:30-9 pm)

Nov 18 & 19: Sr. Girls 2A Provin-

cials @ Muenster

Dec 15: Senior’s Lunch

Dec 19: Christmas Concert

Dec 20: Last Day of Classes

Dec 21-Jan 3: Christmas Break

Jan 4: Classes Resume

Principal’s Message

Weather forecasters keep taunting us with the promise of warm, sunny weather five days down the road. Hopefully they are correct this time, as there are several farmers in the area that have yet to complete harvest.

Thank you to the many parents and students that attended our Open House evening on Oct. 18. Visitors were treated to a Scavenger Hunt, student work and art displays, and some delicious samplings of foods created by our very own Home Ec. classes under the guid-ance of Mrs. Gray.

Soccer has now ended for our Senior teams. We congratulate both the Boys and Girls teams that had strong performances at their respective Pro-vincial tournaments, and Congratulations to the Girls team for bringing home a Silver Medal. You have represented Muenster School with pride great sportsmanship. Good luck to all our Jr. and Sr. Volleyball teams as they battle in the upcoming weeks.

Thank you to our SCC and especially the members that helped out with the annual Hallowe’en party for our families from pre-schoolers up to Grade 6. The grade 7-9’s also helped out this year by providing fun activities for the kids.

Our Remembrance Day Service will begin at 10:45 sharp on November 10. Parents and community members are more than welcome to attend.

November 10 also brings us to our first distribution of Report Cards. Please review these with your child. We look forward to seeing you all here on November 16 for inter-views. Please note that we are having interviews on one night only this year. Again that date is Nov. 16 from 3:30 – 9:00 PM. Our annual Book Fair will occur on November 15 and 16.

Please be reminded that our bus students are dismissed at 3:25, and all other students are dismissed at 3:30. Parents that come to pick their kids up must wait until 3:30.

School is closed from Nov. 11 through the 14, re-opening on Tues-day, Nov. 15.

Dennis Gerwing

November 2016

Grade 2 News

There are many scary things in this big world. Our class thought about the things that do not scare us:

Cats - Sully

Being beat up by big kids – Rowan

Spiders – Ian and Mrs. Hogemann

My big brother beating me up – Mikayla

Bears – Walker

The dark – Caleb

My big sister beating me up – Ava

Playdoh – Hailey

The doctor – Jaxson

The haunted house – Sarah

Marshmallow (the rabbit) – Payton

Batman – Preston

Dogs – Adahlia and Mrs. Koski

Dark or Mrs. Koski – Breanna

Jack-o-lanterns – Sierra

Our survey of favourite Halloween treats:

Adahlia – Cookies and Cream chocolate bars

Preston - Aero bar

Caleb, Jaxson and Ian – rockets

Hailey and Sully - suckers

Mikayla - Doritos

Breanna - Gum and suckers shaped like a lipstick

Payton – Skor bars, candy corn and suckers with gum in it

Grade 1 News Another month has come and gone. The students are well into the swing of things in grade

one! We have been practising our sight words and working at improving our reading skills. We

have started Guided Reading and enjoyed showing off our reading skills to the Volunteer readers

last week. In the spirit of Halloween, we learned a bit about spiders and bats and worked on our

writing skills. We are looking forward to the upcoming school spirit week!

Grade 2 News continued

Rowan – twizzlers dipped in sugar

Sierra – Mars bar and Coffee crisp

Sarah – red suckers with a tootsie roll in it

Bella – candy corn

Walker – Smarties

Mrs. Koski – Mars bar

Ava and Mrs. Hogemann - Coffee crisp

Hopefully we will all get lots of our favourite treats!

Grade 3 & 4 News

October was a busy month in the Grade 3/4 class, and now we are looking forward to No-

vember! We will continue with our Saskatchewan Government unit in Social Studies. Ex-

pect a test at the end of the month! We are continuing to roll through our Numbers units in

math class. We are very excited to start up our Guided Reading groups in ELA class.

Right now, each group is working on a non-fiction book specific to their reading level. Ask

your child what their book is about! I’m looking forward to seeing everybody at interviews

in November! Enjoy the month!

Mrs. Clark

Parent-Teacher Conferences

3:30-9:00 pm,

Wednesday, November 16

The Muenster Curling Club is hosting a Curling Clinic in Muenster November

8, 2016. Students from grades 5-9 will be given curling instruction from curl-

ing club members along with a CurlSask member. Instruction begins at 9:00

am. Students have your curling shoes and brooms ready to go!

Grade 5 & 6 News

The grade 5/6 class is busy baking in the home economics room this month. We have made

cookies, muffins and cupcakes for a bake sale to be held in November. The money we raise

from this sale will be used to buy various items to pack into Operation Christmas Child box-

es to send overseas. We would like to thank Mrs. Hogemann, Mrs. Klettberg, Mrs. Korte, and

Mrs. Ilg who volunteered their time to help us in the kitchen. We are also learning how to

write postcards to send to veterans in the Postcards for Peace campaign. Our guided read-

ing groups are beginning in November and we are pretty excited to begin Christmas Con-

cert ideas. We are hoping to find something to make the crowd laugh this year.

SADD

The annual SADD conference was held in Regina on October 22-23. We had eleven delegates attend. It was a

good opportunity to find out what other chapters were doing, to receive positive feedback about student involvement

from various government dignitaries and to hear stories from people who have been a victim of alcohol related colli-

sions. Student response to the conference:

It was an amazing weekend. We learned so much and heard great speakers. We got great ideas for activities our school could try. We made new friends and bonded with our own group – Alissa, Lizzy and Brianna

It was amazing. The dance was fun! – Danica and Kaylee

It was lots of fun and I loved the speeches. They were very heartwarming. I enjoyed the conference a lot. – Abbie

It was fun meeting new people and getting new ideas. The speakers were good and shared some strong messages. – Alex

It was fun to meet new people and hear all the stories about how impaired driving affected lives. The dance was fun. – Zade

I like the speakers. They were very inspirational. I was touched by the story each speaker shared. – Kelsey P.

I had a fun last conference. The speakers were really good. Being able to hang out with friends was lots of fun. Sad this is my last year. – Payge

Before going out --- plan for a safe ride home and stick to the plan. If your safe ride plan falls apart –

choose a ride from someone who is not at the party. Even one drink impairs judgement – not only of the

driver but also of those who are accepting a ride.

Kindergarten News

The Kids of K enjoyed their first Halloween at school! We had Buzz Lightyear, an

elephant, a mermaid, and Wonder Woman in our classroom this year. Every-

one looked great and had a lot of fun.

We started working on a “letter of the week” this month… get ready for some

new songs at home!

The students are getting excited for the big Book Fair coming up in a few more

weeks, and I am excited to see parents at our upcoming Parent Teacher Inter-

views on November 16.

Muenster School Remembrance Day Service 10:45 am

Thursday, November 10

Muenster School Gym Public is welcome

Senior Boys Soccer

The Senior Boys’ Soccer Season is now complete. On October 22, we hosted the Regional C Championships to determine who would qualify for the Pro-vincial Championships. We played Valley Christian Academy from Osler in the semi-final. After falling to an early 2-0 deficit the boys rallied and defeated VCA 3-2. This win qualified the team for the Provincial Championships in Middle Lake which were held on October 28-29. We lost our first game to the team that eventually won provincials, Cando, by a score of 3-1. After that we played Herbert where the boys played very well and came out with a decisive win. Our final game was against Constable Robin Cameron School. It was a hard fought game, but Constable Robin Cameron came out with the win. This resulted in a sixth place finish at provincials.

Mr. Bartel

Contact Us

Muenster School

301 Scott Street

Muenster SK S0K 2Y0

(306) 682-4538

Dennis Gerwing

Principal

dennis.gerwing@horizonsd.ca

Carol Brons

Secretary

carol.brons@horizonsd.ca

Visit us on the web at http://

mps.horizonsd.ca/

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Senior Girls Soccer

The Sr. Girls Soccer team had a very successful season. The

Team ended up in first place in the league with a 5-1 record.

We then lost in the League Final to Humboldt in a shootout.

Regional playoffs were held in Caronport, in the first game we

defeated Moosimin 6-0, this win advanced us to the final where

we once again would play Humboldt, it was the same result as

the league final, a loss in a shootout. The good news was we

still advanced to Provincials in North Battleford. In the first

game the Girls defeated Rosthern Junior College 4-1, and then

defeated Lloydminster in a shootout to advance to the final.

The

Provincial Final was an excellent game however the Girls were

defeated once again by Humboldt, 2-1. Congratulations on a

Silver Medal! Thank you and goodbye to

our 3 Graduating players Courtlyn

Rueve, Allison Behiel, Katelyn Behiel,

your leadership was outstanding this

year.

Mr. Hofmann

Volleyball News

The Junior Girls Volleyball team played at the Pre-Districts in Lanigan on November 1. They lost to

both LeRoy and Bellevue in close efforts. It was some of their best play all year.

Congratulations to the Junior Boys Volleyball team who won the Pre-District tournament Novem-

ber 1 in Muenster. It was very exciting volleyball to watch with some great blocks, digs and

smashes. The Junior Boys advanced to Districts in Bellevue on November 7. Good Luck Boys.

The Senior Girls Volleyball teams are participating in League Playoffs on November

2. Team 1 goes to Wakaw while Team 2 competes in Annaheim. Muenster School

will be hosting the 2A Girls Provincials on November 18 & 19. Play will take place at

Muenster School and St. Peter’s College Gym.

Go Cougars!

Muenster School Superleague Curling

Muenster School Superleague Curling is starting up for the 2016 season. The league will begin

on Tuesday, November 15th and all students in Grades 6-12 are eligible to sign up. League

finals will be on Thursday, December 15th. The superleague is a great place to learn the

game, brush up on basic skills, and just have an awesome time! Sign up sheets are in the hall-

way and we will be drafting teams soon. Hopefully, we will have enough students for a 10

team league once again. Hope to see you at the rink!

Mrs. Clark

Provincial Volleyball Hosts, Volunteers Needed Our school has been awarded the 2016 2A Senior Girls’ Volleyball Provincial Championships. The championship will take place on November 18th and 19th . It is a 10 team championship, with competition taking place in two gyms. We will be using the gym at the college as well as the one at the school. As a result of the size of this tournament we are in need of volunteers. We are in need of booth workers, gate collectors, lines people and scorekeepers. If you would like to volunteer your time please contact Mr. Taphorn either by email joel.taphorn@horizonsd.ca or by phone 306 682 4538. Thanks. Mr. Taphorn

School Curling Teams

The competitive curling season will be underway very soon! Our curling teams do not have a school league

to play in, so all teams are required to play in a separate league. Mrs. Lacoursiere and I appreciate your

commitment to making this work! This year, our 2 Junior Boys’ teams will be taking part in the Humboldt

Junior League once again. The league runs on Tuesdays from 4:00pm until 5:30pm. The first game is Tues-

day, November 15th. Schedules and notes about drivers will be coming home soon. This year, we are excit-

ed to have 10 boys from Grades 7-9 who are curling on our teams! Our Senior Girls team will be playing in

the Muenster Ladies League on Tuesday evenings. Good luck girls! If any other students are interested in

curling on the school teams or forming a team, please let Mrs. Clark or Mrs. Lacoursiere know immediately

as the deadline to enter leagues will pass us by very soon!

November Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school this month and we are very excited to of-

fer this literary event to our students! We invite your entire family to stop in and visit our

Book Fair. We have a wide selection of books and reading material to offer both young

and older readers.

Books also make great gifts and stocking stuffers, so get your Christmas shopping done

early! By encouraging reading, you open up your child to a world of opportunities. Your

support of this event also enables our school to purchase new resources for our library!

Please watch for the Book Fair Flyer your child will be bringing home. Have your child cut

out the entry form on the back of the flyer and enter it in the draw box when they attend

the Book Fair. This is their chance to win books for themselves and also for the school.

No purchase is necessary to enter this draw.

We look forward to seeing you during the Muenster School Book Fair and thank you in ad-

vance for supporting this very important fundraiser.

Mrs. Klettberg

Librarian

Book Fair Dates & Times

November 16 9:00am – 7:00pm

November 17 9:00am – 4:00pm

Location: Muenster School Library

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

–Alan Bennett

From the desk of the SRC…

Our SRC is a hard working group of dedicated students who take on various, student leadership roles in our school.

As an advisor, I stand back and watch as the SRC spend many hours behind the scenes juggling their activities, cre-

ating intramural schedules, posters, spirit teams and pep rallies, running sound systems, counting change, planning

future events and working collaboratively with the staff and other students around them. Up front, I see SRC stu-

dents rally enthusiasm with the students in the school to help create spirit making Muenster school a safe, caring,

fun and exciting place to come each day. I also know as an old SRC student member from long, long, long time ago

that being a leader puts you front and center for praise and sometimes the “‘why did you do it that way” comment.

Part of being a leader is learning to make decisions, managing time, learning how to work with people, not always

getting everything right all the time, but growing through the process and in turn getting better and better. Please

make sure we thank them for all their dedicated efforts.

This year’s SRC Presidents: Jordan Breker and Courtlyn Rueve; Treasurer- Steven Anderson; Secretary-

Alison Behiel; Spirit Coordinator- Kelsey Berscheid; co –spirit coordinator and grade 12 room rep- Katelyn

Behiel; Other room reps include grade 7- Paige Wuchner, Jacob Newberry; grade 8, Noah Layboldt, Kaylee

Hofmann; grade nine Alex Hinz, Abbie Korte; Grade 10- Carson Sogge; grade 11 Mackenzie Taphorn, Kelsey

Pratchler

I am also very fortunate to have Nancy Jefferson working with me this year on as a co-advisor. With her many years

of experience I am grateful for all her advice.

And now…

The Muenster SRC were off to a busy start again these past two months. Sept 10, kicked off the magazine sales

fundraiser. We had a successful campaign with the proposal from the SRC that a large portion of all profits attained

be put toward the “Gym Entrance Improvement”. With the trees and shrubs removed it will be nice to have some

benches, large flower pots and signs for the school. Thank-you to everyone who has supported the magazine cam-

paign.

On Sept 21, 22, 23, six students (Steven Anderson, Courtlyn Rueve, Alison Behiel, Katelyn Behiel, Kelsey Ber-

scheid and Jordan Breker) from Muenster school attended the annual SSLC (Saskatchewan Student Leadership

Conference) in Maple Creek. It was a long bus ride but worth it. I personally have never been to Maple Creek or

Cypress Hills so it was great to be one of the 132 staff advisors that went this year. In total, 110 towns and cities

took part. The theme was country and the old west. Despite the continuous rain, the students were able to take part

in many events and listen to various dynamic guest speakers.

Terry Fox was very successful again this year. It was great again to see members of the community walk with us.

We were very lucky to have had our walk done before the big snowfall of October 2016. We were able to raise

$214.00 for the Terry Fox Foundation. Thank-you to our students, parents and members of the community for

supporting this very worthy cause.

Volley ball intramurals at noon are going strong.

Presently, we are having Spirit Week activities beginning with Halloween costumes Monday afternoon, Sweats, Ne-

on Day, Twin Day, and PJ Day. The students are having fun. Even though it is a lot of

work to get everything organized at home when you see the smiling excited faces of

the kids it s really worth it.

And That’s How the Cougar Roars

Maryann Major

Nancy Jefferson

Staff Advisors

The Muenster Curling Club is hosting a Curling Clinic in Muen-ster November 8, 2016. Students from grades 5-9 will be given curling instruction from curling club members along with a CurlSask member. Instruction begins at 9:00 am. Students have your curling shoes and brooms ready to go!

Playground Committee news – Nov 2016 Newsletter

Thanks to everyone who voted for us with the Aviva Community Fund, we should know some results in a few weeks.

A little update on our recent fundraisers - Drive 4 Ford - $4640.00, Tradeshow concession - $726.31, Sobey Gift Card Fundraiser $2788.00, Turkey Basket Raffle $1590.00. A big thank you to everyone for your support!! If you missed out on the Sobey Gift cards this time or if you run out, watch for the next one!

Back by popular demand - A Christmas Cheer Raffle! If you would like to help sell tickets or purchase tickets, please contact Chantel at 306-231-8016.

Recipe Books are available for pre-order!!! Would make a perfect keepsake or gift, please contact Jessica at 306-320-1183 to place your order.

On November 18th & 19th, the playground committee will be in charge of the food booth for the Volleyball tournament at the school and college. We will have a variety of food available for purchase. Watch for information regarding food items & prices in the near future.

November 25th, the Playground Committee will be hosting a paint night upstairs at the Muenster Curling Rink from 6:30-10pm with appetizers & beverages. Online ticket purchase is available here is the link: https://www.paintnite.com/events/1123886.html

Upon looking at our proposed playground structures & where we are at for funds, the committee has de-cided to revise our proposed structures & lower our budget to $150,000.00 We are within reach of this goal as we currently have $117,000.00.

If you'd like to help us reach our goal & have your name displayed, please contact Charmaine at 320-7241 to make a personal or business donation, thanks to everyone for their donations thus far.

Our committee is seeking the help of fellow community parents, to help when it comes to baking, selling tickets, lending some time to help run concessions, etc. if you would like to help us out, please call or text Charmaine at 320-7241, any and all help is very appreciated in making this project a success!!!!

Deadline to order school clothing on line is November 11, 2016.

These are your steps to the on line store:

1. Go to www.brandingbarn.ca

2. Click on the brown bar at the top of the page

3. Input this code: MPSSTUDENTS

Visit The Branding Barn at 525 10th Street, Humboldt if you would prefer to order in person.

Sizing samples are available at The Branding Barn.

MUENSTER PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE

PRESENTS….

PAINT NIGHT!

Friday, November 25, 2016

Doors Open @ 6:30pm

Workshop Starts at 7:00pm

Cost: $45/ea.

There will be a cash bar and complimentary appetizers

Tickets available online through our Facebook Page, search “Muenster

Playground Committee” or

Contact Mari Loewen at: m.loe1@hotmail.com

306-682-9992