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NOVEMBER 2017

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ENGLISH 30-2 DIPLOMA EXAM

PART A 9AM

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PIZZA DAY

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ENGLISH 30-2 DIPLOMA EXAM

PART B 9AM

TRICKSTER

PERFORMANCES 1PM & 6:30PM

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CHRISTMAS SHOE BOX

DRIVE BEGINS

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Remembrance Day Assembly

10:30 GYM

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NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK

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NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK

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NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK

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GRAD MEETING

6PM LIBRARY

PARENT

COUNCIL MEETING 7PM

LIBRARY

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SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY—WEAR SCHOOL

COLOURS

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ZONES

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SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

ZONES

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SUBWAY DAY

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NO SCHOOL

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LAST DAY TO BRING IN

CHRISTMAS SHOE BOXES

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REPORT CARD DAY FOR

ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL

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ELEMENTARY ASSEMBLY

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Inside this Issue:

School News…. …...2-7

Community News …..8-10

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From the Principal’s Desk Fundraising seems to be a part of life these days. It appears that everything our children or ourselves

are in has some fundraising component to it. School can also be lumped into that basket.

We are funded by the division to cover basic educational needs such as textbooks and staff. Fundraising allows us to provide those special extras in our school such as field trips, busing costs, special assemblies, speakers coming into our school, helping with costs of Connect course (for parents), added special equipment, Science Fair and breakfast program just to name a few.

As a school we do two main fundraisers. We have ‘Meat Order’ fundraisers and a ‘Mom’s Pantry’ fundraiser. We run two main meat orders, in the fall (Sept/Oct) and in the spring( Mar/Apr) but have been known to put in a third one (May/June) if there is enough of a request for it. Mom’s Pantry usually happens in November so all of the baking needs for Christmas are on hand.

Some of the groups within our school do fundraising as well: Milk/Ice cream - Funds are used to assist with the cost of the grade 5 camp in May, and can be used for other student or programming costs that may come up throughout the year. Snack Machine - Funds can be used for special programs or special supplies. . Student Council - Subway - used for school spirit activities, school beautification, etc. Grad Class - Winterfest table, sometimes bottle drives and running concession at tournaments, depending on the funds they require for their graduation. Sports teams/Classes - Special concession or bake sales, etc. To offset costs for tournaments, travel, special supplies etc. School Council - pizza days & Holiday Gift Shop - The money goes to a variety of things. We encourage you all to join us for the school council meeting on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Li-brary to have a say in how that money could be spent Band Society - Crafting Weekend (Nov 24-26) - Coco Brooks Pizza (February) - Crafting Weekend in Feb or March - and some raffles along the way. These funds go towards K-4 music supplies as well as the Middle School and High school Band programs and trips. CSES - Cremona School Enhancement Society - Puddle Party(Mar/Apr) ; Trip of the Month(Tickets on sale till Nov 30 - First draw is December 1st) + others that we may come up with throughout the year if required. These funds are used for sports clinics, playground equipment, drama lights, picnic tables, special speakers & programs, curtain tracking for the stage, Trickster and other Artist programs, etc. This group would love your input and assistance at their monthly meetings.

We would like to thank our community for supporting us in these projects and we hope that it will continue in the years to come. If you have any questions regarding any fundraisers please contact the school.

With continued thanks to all, Joanna Harvey

What a world we live in! We're always comparing ourselves to one another.

Tests compare your kids to others at school. At our next Parent Council

meeting administration will present how Cremona School compares to the

rest of the schools in the province on the basis of PAT's (provincial

achievement tests). But like all comparisons there's interesting nuances

to help us add flavour to the discussion. Come and learn from the spread

sheets, graphs, pie charts. And bring pie if you want.

Tuesday, November 14th, 7 p.m. at the school library

Contact Michael with any questions (sunergy@velocitynetworks.ca)

403-637-3973

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Cremona School’s Academic Award Results 2017

Thank you to the Grade 7s who sang “O Canada” in English and French, to the Grade 5/6s who cleaned up the gym, and a

special thanks to Mrs. MacDonald for being our MC for the evening.

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 5: Ayden Lindberg, Keegann Collins

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6: Devon Calvin, Owen Cameron, Emma Hemphill, Dustin Lambert, Jesse Mork, Evan Reid,

Sheridan Whitlow

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 7: Hunter Guhl

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 8: Sawyer Krebs, Shayla Scott, Mackenzie Stoesser

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 9: Kennedy Collins, Megan Harms, Nicholas Hemphill, Xian Kerfoot, Kyler Krebs, Dylan Laye,

Jodie Minton-Dyke, Calla Myram, Gracie Pawson-Smith, Berkley Steffler, Michael Van Arnam, Kayla Van Rooy

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 10: Donovan Allen, Gavin Bouck, Grace Ekert, Stratton Goodman, Ben Litzenberger, Ryatt

Nugent, Regan Reid, Mikayla Sherriffs, Henry Shi, Morgan Westerson

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 11: Cassidy Argent, Nicole Armstrong, Tia Calvin, Alia McCracken, Cindy Minton-Dyke

HONOUR ROLL GRADE 12: Terra Boreen, Jessie Brian, Morgan Hughes, Mackenzie Krebs, Aprille Walker, Randell

Fyculak, Roxanne Hahn

ENCOUNTERS RECOGNITION: Caleb Krebs, Taylor Krebs

FORUM FOR YOUNG CANADIANS: Roxanne Hahn

HONOUR ROLL WITH DISTINCTION

GRADE 5: Kaitlyn Newsome, Kate Finley, Nic Tronsgard, Riley Harms

GRADE 6: Julie Daum, Brody Hunt, Liam Kasepchuk, Sebastian Lorenc, Carmen Reid, Brayden Steffler, Rhett Stoesser

GRADE 7: Jenevieve Bird, Hunter Cameron, Shaye Haley, Sandy Minton-Dyke, Zoe Montgomery, Max Olson, Ben Olfer-

Wiens, Brooke Reid, Karlee Tetz

GRADE 8: Emily Armstrong, Sam Cameron, Charles Daum, Hailey Ekert, Sam Finley, Chase Hunt, Hannah Rathwell,

Caleb Reid, Madison Turner,

COUGAR PRIDE GRADE 5: Isabel Simonds GRADE 6: Shayna Love GRADE 7: Ben OlfertWiens

GRADE 8: Hailey Ekert

LEAPING LEARNERS: GRADE 5: Keegann Collins GRADE 6: Tyler Hanson GRADE 7: Keeley Belacourt

GRADE 8: Emily Armstrong

TOP ACADEMIC GRADE 9: Xian Kerfoot GRADE 10: Regan Reid GRADE 11: Nicole Armstrong

CITIZENSHIP GRADE 9: JD Engel GRADE 10: Dawson Clost GRADE 11: Sidney Kulscar

MERIT CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP: Caleb Krebs

AUDREY K BEVRIDGE MEMORIAL AWARD: Morgan Hughes

MODERN WOODMAN SOCIETY AWARD: Morgan Hughes

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY CITIZENSHIP AWARD: Brooklyn Heide

LION’S CLUB FINE ARTS AWARDS: Mackenzie Krebs, Morgan Hughes, Alia McCracken, Roxanne Hahn

LION’S CLUB TOP SOCIAL/ENGLISH 30-2 AWARD: Dana Chalmers

LION’S CLUB CITIZENSHIP AWARD: Aprille Walker

MOUNTAIN VIEW CREDIT UNION SCHOLARSHIP: Morgan Hughes, Roxanne Hahn, Aprille Walker

PREMIER’S CITIZENSHIP AWARD: Brooklyn Heide

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD: Morgan Hughes

Thank you to the parents for bringing your children to the ceremony and to the students for your hard work!

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Celebrating Excellence in Chinook’s Edge

A Message from the Superintendent

Our division’s strong achievements reflect the hard work and clear priorities of the entire Chinook’s Edge team. Results from the most recent Accountability Pillar and survey results show significant increases in the number of our students who are achieving both levels of acceptable and levels of excellence in Provincial Achievement Tests and Diploma Ex-ams across the board. We are proud of our high school completion rates, which continue to be well above provincial average, and we are always gratified by the high results Chinook’s Edge receives for the safe and caring culture in our schools. The focused efforts underway in schools across our division are creating a positive impact for students.

We are discussing the Accountability Pillar results with our staff, analyzing the data and working together on key goals for continued improvement. We are continuing to focus our efforts on literacy, academic excellence, career transitions, and social emotional outcomes, as we set each of our students up for a lifetime of success. Chinook’s Edge is a division of hardworking students, skilled staff, devoted parents and supportive communities. Together, we are a force in sup-port of our mission to help our students achieve success as compassionate and innovative global citizens.

Kurt Sacher

Superintendent of Schools

Leadership News

First semester is flying by but we still have a lot coming up before Christmas break. We are excited to collect

Christmas Shoeboxes again for Operation Christmas Child. We have ordered some of the red and green

shoeboxes which you can pick up at the office. Our group will be volunteering at the end of November at the

packing warehouse in Calgary and we will take all packed shoeboxes with us. We hope you enjoy shopping for

these children as much as we enjoy packing the boxes. There is nothing like a child’s smile! We will also be

hosting our annual food bank drive at the beginning of December. Thank you in advance for your charity and

for supporting us and your community.

Cremona School is proud to host the Senior Girls Volleyball Zones tournament November 17-18. Please dress up

in our school colours ( green and gold) and show your Cougar Pride! Good luck girls!

From the Sports Desk….

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the senior girls zones competition on November 17th and 18th. Our girls have had an extremely successful year so far and we hope that this continues at the Zone competition and give them a berth into provincials. it has been a successful year for all of our volleyball team so far with our two middle school teams showing incredible Improvement and our JV

boys team dominating in League Play.

Basketball is set to start soon so keep an eye out for announcements regarding when basketball practices will start. As always we have teachers excited to coach this year but if there are any community members

that would like to be involved please contact the office or Mr. Youngs to let us know.

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BAND SOCIETY UPDATE

Calling all quilters, scrap bookers and crafters! As the holiday season quickly approaches would you enjoy a weekend dedicated to working on your projects? The upcoming Quilt and Craft Weekend Band Society Fundrais-er (Nov. 24-26) could be the perfect opportunity for you and a few friends to do just that! Check out the full page advertisement in this newsletter. Please contact Karen at kfinley@cesd73.ca or Joanna at jharvey@cesd73.ca as soon as possible to reserve your table!

The Grade 7&8 Band and High School Band will combine to play at the School Remembrance Day Ceremony, Nov. 8 and at the Community Remembrance Day Ceremony, Nov. 11. Looking ahead to December, the Christmas Band Concert will be on Dec. 13 and the Elementary Christmas Music Concert will be on Dec. 14

Did you know that the Cremona School Band Society fundraising supports music education not only in Grades 5-12 but also in Grades K-4? We do and the Band Society would like to issue a friendly invitation to all parents/guardians of children in Grades K-4 to attend our meetings. You don't have to "wait" until your child is in Grade 5 to learn how the Band Society supports music education at Cremona School!

If you are able to find time in your schedules, we would greatly appreciate your attendance, input and sharing of ideas for fundraising, trips, camps, concerts and festivals.

Agenda items can be emailed to Karen Olson, President at olsonk@cciwireless.ca or Hilary Hahn, Vice President at hahn.hilary@gmail.com.

The next Band Society meeting is Nov. 1, 7:00 pm in the Library (enter via the bus doors). Hope to see you there!

Hello!

Global Partners Institute (GPI), a non-profit Japanese student exchange program, is

currently looking for local families to potentially host an exchange student. Our

programs run for a full year—from February to January, or for a school year from

September to June.

The families that we are looking for should be able to accept our students as their own

son or daughter. They are asked to show them a true Canadian experience and show

them as much of our culture and land as possible.

If this sounds like something that you would be interested in, please contact me at

ttemorningstar@hotmail.com and check out our website at Global Partners Institute

Canada where you can also apply online.

Thank you!

Elaine Morningstar

Local GPI Program Co-ordinator/Recruiter

for Carstairs, Cremona, Didsbury, and Sundre

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BOOK CLUB - WHAT IS THE WHAT by Dave Eggers

Monday, November 13—3 pm

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of

Valentino Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he is driven from his home as a boy.

Everyone Welcome! LOCATION: Cremona CES. Call 403 337-4277 for directions.

HOMEMADE GOAT LOTION

Make a goat milk lotion that is thick and creamy, goes on smoothly, isn’t oily and moisturizes! When the class is

finished, you will get to take home the recipe, and lotion you made!

DATE: Tuesday, November 14th TIME: 7—9 PM COST: $60 LOCATION: Cremona CES

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 6, 2017

AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES—Maudie

Join us at the Movies—Popcorn and M&M’s provided! MAUDIE, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in

which the reclusive Everett Lewis hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie to be his housekeeper. Maudie,

bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family. Unex-

pectedly, Everett finds himself falling in love. Maudie's deep and abiding love for this difficult man and her surprising

rise to fame as a folk painter plays out in this great film!

DATE: Tuesday, November 21st TIME: 1 PM COST: $5 LOCATION: Cremona CES

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 16, 2017

JEWELRY MAKING

Join us for a fun evening later in November, making a beaded mandala (pendant) for a necklace. This class is in perfect

time to make a beautiful mandala for a loved one for Christmas. Material will be supplied.

DATE: November 28 TIME: 6:30—9:00 PM COST $80 LOCATION: Cremona CES

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 20, 2017 MAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS: 12

WOODEN HAND-PAINTED CHRISTMAS SIGN

Sign making made easy! Using a vinyl stencil you will learn tips and tricks to create a wooden sign you will be proud

to hang on the wall or give as a gift. Boards measure 12” x 18” and comes pre-stained in either classic grey or dark wal-

nut. A wide variety of paint colors will be available at the class to customize your design. All materials provided.

No artistic ability required.

DATE: Monday, December 4th TIME: 7—9 PM COST : $55 LOCATION: Cremona CES

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 26, 2017

GLASS MOSAIC FRAMED PICTURE for CHRISTMAS

Join us to create your own design for a beautiful glass mosaic framed picture! The glass and other embellishments will

be provided to add to the art frame and have a lovely art piece to hang and display.

DATE: Tuesday, November 7 TIME: 12:30—3:30 PM COST: $85 LOCATION: CREMONA CES

November 2017

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Cremona FCSS is offering a Babysitting course

November 10, 2017

$55 per person Includes lunch

Must be 11 to 15 years of age to participate

Call (403)510-4521 to Register Cut off is November 2, 2017

About the course

Each participant receives Basic First-aid and care giving skills. Participants learn how to provide care to younger children in a varie-ty of age groups, and how to prevent and respond to emergencies. Course offers youth the training to promote themselves as a babysit-ter to prospective parents.

Completion Requirements: 100% attendance, skills demonstration, and 75% min. passing grade on written exam.

Course Content: Business of babysitting

Caring for babies

Caring for toddlers

Caring for preschoolers

Creating safe environments

How to handle emergencies and first-aid

Take-Home Materials: Red Cross Babysitter's Manual