Administrator’s Message from Mr. Oabel and Ms. Wansbrough

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Progress Reports:

November marks the time when progress reports go home. This year’s progress reports will be going home

with students on November 21st, 2017. Parent-teacher interviews will be conducted on the evening of Novem-

ber 23rd and the morning of November 24th, 2017. The progress report discusses your child’s progress for

the first four to six weeks of school. It is an opportunity to allow for rich discussions to communicate with

your teacher(s) and to set up your child for success for the remainder of the school year.

Learning Skills are also an important part of a child’s progress. The following Learning Skills are reported on

for the progress report and the term report cards that follow in February and June:

¨ Responsibility

¨ Organization

¨ Independent work

¨ Collaboration

¨ Initiative

¨ Self Regulation

Teachers will use the following letter symbols for the development of Learning Skills and Work Habits during

the first four to six weeks of school: E-Excellent, G-Good, S-Satisfactory, N-Needs Improvement.

Please note that the aforementioned format are for students from grades 1-8. Students in Junior and Senior

Kindergarten have their own report card.

If you have any questions regarding the educational terminology regarding the report card, please do not hesi-

tate to call the school.

High School Transition Activities:

November also marks the beginning of many activities with our local high schools to familiarize grade 8 stu-

dents and their families with our local Secondary Schools. This is an important decision to make and our

school transition team at Stonehaven ES makes every effort to support families and students in this big deci-

sion. Our Grade 8s attended the Newmarket High School Transition day on November 1st. Open houses for

all local high schools will occur between now and January 2018. In addition, respective high school counsellors

from local secondary schools come to Stonehaven to assist students with high school courses and answer any questions our students may have in the new year. At the school level our teachers meet with the high school team to discuss students’ strengths and needs during transition meetings throughout the year. P. Oabel, Principal S. Wansbrough, Vice Principal

Stonehaven Elementary School,

875 Stonehaven Avenue, Newmarket, ON L3X 2K3

Phone: (905) 898-2077 Fax: (905) 898-3762

Principal: Paul Oabel Vice Principal: Susan Wansbrough

Superintendent: Eric Khilji 905-895-5155 November 2017

Stonehaven Yearbook 2018 The 2017-18 yearbook is now on sale! Yearbooks are available to purchase online for $35. Visit www.jostens.com/yearbooks. Click on "Get started now" or "Shop yearbooks" and enter 'Stonehaven Elementary School', then select '2018 Yearbook'. You can also customize the yearbook by adding a student's name and fun icons to the front cover. Please note: Yearbook prices will increase in January 2018, so place your order now! This year's yearbook will be chalk-full of colourful pictures of students in all grades, special events and spirit days at the school, fun field trips, teams and clubs and so much more!! Last year the yearbook sold out, leaving some students disappointed. Don't miss out on this keepsake. Be sure to buy yours early!!

If you have a student in Grade 8 this year, you can purchase a Personalized 1/4 Page Ad celebrating your Graduate on School Cash Online.

Please read the details below!

This ad can include pictures and a short message to or about your graduate. There are 2 Options that you will find on School Cash Online. 1st Option - Purchase Yearbook and Grad Ad combined for $57 . 2nd Option -If you have already purchased a yearbook but would like to purchase a GRAD AD ONLY, there is an option on school Cash Online to do so for only $22.00. Deadline for Grad Ad submissions is Friday, December 22, 2017. ***PLEASE NOTE AFTER YOU PURCHASE YOUR GRAD AD AND YEARBOOK ON SCHOOL CASH ONLINE YOU MUST*** Send an email with the following information to yearbook@stonehavencouncil.com 1. Subject Line (i.e. GRADUATE NAME) 2. Purchaser’s Name 3. Purchaser’s Phone # (in case we have questions) 4. Purchaser’s Email (for Ad PROOF delivery) 5. Ad Layout Choice – A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H ( please check email sent on Oct. 17th) 6. Message to Graduate 7. Digital photos–Digital format is mandatory. - Minimum 300 DPI or 500 KB - Maximum number of photos to include: 4 photos for 1/4 page ad. No cutie nude photos or copyrighted photos. We reserve the right to edit content. PROOF provided by email of your Ad for your review and approval prior to publication. If you need any further information, please feel free to contact the office OR the Yearbook Team at yearbook@stonehavencouncil.com

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Upcoming School Council Events: November is going to be another busy month at Stonehaven ES! School Council members are working

hard to provide opportunities for our students and families to engage in activities that are fun and com-

munity-oriented. We are also actively fundraising for new technology and resources for our Library and

Maker Space Hub.

School Council Meeting Dates: Please note that we have changed a few of the meeting dates, which now include the

following Mondays: December 4, February 5, April 9 and May 7. All meetings will be

held from 6:30 to 8 PM in the school library. All parents/guardians are always welcome

to attend meetings.

Upcoming Events & Initiatives: Wednesday, November 22 ~ Parent Reaching Out (PRO) Speaker Series Starts

Venue & Time: Stonehaven ES gym from 7:00 to 8:30 PM

Speaker: Liz Berholz, Parent Educator and Life Coach

Topic: Raising Your Parenting EQ (understanding and managing emotions, fostering empathy, problem-solving

and effective approaches to diffuse emotionally charged moments)

Free babysitting will be provided for school-aged children

More details regarding registration for this free event will be sent by email

Monday, November 27 ~ Chapters FUNdraiser & Family Reading Event

Please join us at the Newmarket Chapters at Yonge & Davis from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.

Stonehaven ES will receive 20% of all sales of regular-priced items purchased by our school’s families, friends

and staff who attend. Chapters has lots of books, tech items and gift items for yourselves and for gifts to

prepare for the holiday season! School staff will be reading their favourite children’s books and we will have

raffle baskets filled with items from Chapters. It’s always a fun evening and we hope that you can join us.

More details regarding the staff reading schedule will be sent by email.

Friday, December 8 ~ White Elephant/Loonie Sale & Fundraiser

Please save your garage sale type items to donate the week of the event. Items will be sold to

students for only $1 each. Parent and student volunteers will wrap presents for students who

buy gifts.

November/December ~ Poinsettia Fundraiser

We are pleased to announce that we will be selling poinsettias to brighten up your homes and

perhaps give as gifts during the upcoming holiday season. Stay tuned for more details!

Lunch & Popcorn Orders: We have been working closely with Firehouse Subs in Newmarket to ensure that their school lunch items meet

PPM150 requirements for healthy eating. Starting this month, we will be adding subs for Monday lunches.

Please check your email for start date! Firehouse Subs (Mondays), Astoria (Wednesdays) and Il

Bistro Pizza/Pasta (Fridays) lunch orders must be placed through www.HealthyHunger.ca. Also, if you missed the deadline for popcorn orders through School Cash Online, students can

bring $1 to buy popcorn on Wednesdays at morning recess.

Feel free to contact Shameela anytime at chair@stonehavencouncil.com. Checkout our School Council website

at www.stonehavencouncil.com.

Thank you in advance for your support of School Council initiatives!

Parent Reading Program – Volunteers Needed!

Parent volunteers are needed for our ‘Parent Reading Program’.

This program supports our struggling readers in the early primary

grades. The time commitment involved is a couple of hours at least

one day per week. Your time will greatly benefit our students. It is

rewarding to witness these students gain confidence in their

abilities and begin to see themselves as capable readers.

If you are interested in volunteering for this program, please

contact Debbie Milner at 905-898-2077.

An Information session will be scheduled at a later date to discuss strategies and resources

available to support the students you will be reading with.

Thank you for your time and commitment to our students.

Debbie Milner

Stonehaven Sports

Volleyball season is well underway, and there has been some amazing

matches and tournaments played. The Intermediate Girl’s won their first

championship of the season on October 26th in an exciting finish against

Mazo de la Roche. The Junior teams are also up and running, and the older athletes are helping

with the training.

In Cross country, Stonehaven had a great day at the regional meet, with several atheletes

running against some incredible competition. It was a great day and congratulations to: James

Young, Natalie McColl, Jesse Marcks, Jasleen Virdi, Paige Ogilvie, Grace Allaire, and

Sebastian Hamilton.

Special thanks to Mr. Correa, Ms. Macrae and Tiffany Yau for their support on this day.

Thanks for all that you do!

Mr. Farr

Stand up and Drum

'Stand Up and Drum' meets every Day 5 at Lunch Recess. This group is an arts-integrated

Equity and Inclusivity Club. We discuss Equity and Inclusivity issues that affect our school

community from a student perspective. Our goal is to educate ourselves and support our goal of

inclusivity at Stonehaven ES through arts-based, information-sharing performances or visual

means. Our membership is made up of grade 7 and 8 students. We are always open to new

members joining our meetings.

Ms Binnington and Ms Marques

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We are looking forward to this year’s Remembrance Day

Assembly and would like to invite you to the event at our school

which will take place on November 10th.

The assembly will begin promptly after morning recess at ap-

proximately 10:45 and will be approximately one hour in length in

our school gym.

Please join us.

From our Music Department

We are excited to announce our school's song

Unclean Water, from last years Reconciliation

Anthology was selected to perform at this year's

Quest conference. This is an international

conference held here in York Region, and a pretty big

deal. All students involved will be leaving bright and

early on Nov. 15th, to head to the conference to perform. This is a continuation of the great

work these students did last year raising awareness, and funds for the non-profit organiza-

tion called, Water First. Water First is an organization that works on the water crisis fac-

ing Indigenous people on Turtle Island. We are still graciously accepting donations in the

school office as a way to support for this organization, and also the fantastic work the stu-

dents have done using their song to spread this message.

We have several opportunities to make music outside of class time at Stonehaven, including

drumming, singing and concert band. We have been hard at work, creating and practising and

should have some things ready to share at our upcoming winter concert. Please stay tuned

for dates and we look forward to sharing all our hard work.

Ms. Marques

Please visit our website frequently for updates: http:www.yrdsb.ca/schools/stonehaven.es/Pages/default.aspx

Follow us on Twitter @ stonehavenes

Dear Stonehaven Families….

As we approach the winter holidays, it is great news that the

“Gift of Giving” food and toy drive will be starting again. The

school will be accepting dry and canned foods, toiletries, as

well as new unwrapped toys. Along with this, we will also be

accepting monetary donations for the food bank to purchase

turkeys.

We will also have our “Hat and Mitten Tree” set up in the front

hall. The “Gift of Giving” will run from November 13st through to

December 15th. All donations will be greatly appreciated.

All donations will be distributed to The Newmarket Food Pantry, The Children’s

Aid Society, Inn From The Cold and the local Fire Department.

During these weeks, Stonehaven students and staff will be encouraged to partici-

pate in this thoughtful, and much needed event. This wonderful event gives us all

the opportunity to reflect on what we have, and to give back to our community.

The “Gift of Giving” drive will put many smiles on many faces!

We hope that everyone has the chance to participate in order to make this event

a SUCCESS! Our main goal is to help as many families this year have a happy holi-

day.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Stonehaven Student Council

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Safe Arrival Please remember to call the school at (905) 898-2077 when your child is absent. The answering machine can be used to leave a message at any time. Safe School Policy states that we have to account for every child every day. We will attempt to contact you if you have forgotten to call the school, but in the event that we cannot get hold of you, Safe School Policy states that we are to call the Police. Thank you for remembering to call us!

Volunteering at Stonehaven E.S.

Thank you for volunteering at our school! Please note that all our volunteers need to have a Po-

lice Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC).

If you completed a Police Check last year, and you would like to volunteer again this year, please

complete your Annual Offence Declaration form, (available from the

office).

If you need to complete a Police Check, please let your child’s teacher know and the office will

give you a Volunteer letter to use in the application process.

Please see the link below for more information;

https://www.yrp.ca/en/services/background-checks.asp

Thank you for volunteering!

Yard Supervision Outside yard supervision of students begins at 8:10 a.m. daily. Please do not send your children to arrive at school before this time. Perfumes/Scents Please remember that we have several peo-ple who suffer asthma attacks from expo-sure to certain fragrances. If sending prod-ucts to school with your child, i.e. hand sani-tizer, or deodorant please make sure it is unscented. Thank you for your consideration.

The Chess Club is meeting every Wednesday at lunch recess in the

Library.

Welcome to all returning and new members this year!

Please check out the library blog at

stonehavenhub.wordpress.com

for updates and photos of all our "Hub Happenings".

https://stonehavenhub.wordpress.com

Remember to click the “Follow Button”.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 Day 4

Int. Boys VB

Tournament

Chess Club

2 Day 5

3 Day 1

6 Day 2

7 Day 3

8 Day 4

Chess Club

9 Day 5

Int. girls VB Tournament

Forest School– Ms.

Sawatsky

10 Day 1

Remembrance Day Assembly at

10:45am

13 Day 2

Gift of Giving Begins Until Dec. 15

14 Day 3

Picture Re-Take Day

15 Day 4

Chess Club

16 Day 5

17 Day 1

20 Day 2

21 Day 3

22 Report Cards go

Home

22 Day 4

Chess Club

Speaker Series Stonehaven @ 7pm

23 Day 5

Forest School– Ms. O”Doherty

Student Led Conferences

24

Student Led Conferences

P.A. Day- School

is

27 Day 1

Chapters Night 6-8:30pm

28 Day 2

29 Day 3

Chess Club

Jr. Girls VB

Tournament

30 Day 4

Forest School– Ms.

Sawatsky

November2017

MONDAY : Subs

TUESDAY/THURSDAY: Lunch Lady WEDNESDAY: Greek Lunch /Popcorn $1.00

THURSDAY: Cookies $1.00 FRIDAY: Pizza/Pasta

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The Character Trait for November is HONESTY We behave in a sincere, trustworthy, and truthful manner.