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Dear Parents, We hope you enjoyed a wonderful October break. It’s really nice to have the students back at school! We tested our emergency SMS system a few days ago, and I’m pleased to let you know that we had a greater than 85% success rate. Many thanks to all for taking the time to respond to the SMS. If you did not receive a text SMS, please let the school office know, and please verify your contact details with the office. Please take a moment to meet the second of the two Director candidates who are visiting the school on Thursday, November 13, from 15:00-17:00 in the front of the school. I hope many of you had the opportunity to meet the first candidate earlier this week, on Thursday, November 8. Your feedback is important to the school board as they consider the future of the school. Best regards,

Beverly Sortland

Director

LIBRARY NEWS

Scholastic book orders must be turned in by Tuesday, November 11. There will be another order in January. Books make great gifts! This year students receive a book from the PTA for their birthday. I would also like to thank all of the parents for their help with Book-o-Ween! It was a real success.

IN THIS ISSUE: Honor Roll, Security Update, Grade 4 News

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Edition 2014-2015 Issue 12 November 7th, 2014

Gr.6 Honor Roll Students.

Edition 2014-2015 Issue 12


November 7th, 2014

Family Fun Day

Nov. 28th

Nov. 22nd

Dec. 18th

18:30HOLIDAY PRODUCTION

NO SCHOOL – AMERICAN

THANKSGIVING OBSERVED

Dec. 5th

Dec. 19th –

Jan. 4th

Jan. 5th

School Dismisses at 12 Noon

WINTER BREAK

SCHOOL RESUMES

Congratulations to the following Upper School students, who earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or better out of 4.00!

Mark your Calendars!

FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL

Gr.11 & 12 Honor Roll Students.

Grade 12 Grade 11 Waren 3.75 Annela 3.95 Eldrick 3.60 Rose 3.71 Anouchka 3.29 Grade 10 Grade 9 Aida-Lena 4.00 Auriane 3.94 Tiara-Marie 3.81 Anais 3.94 Eva 3.66 Maria 3.72 Manon 3.37 Lea 3.64 Ghadir 3.47

Vasco 3.34 Welle Dias 3.33

Grade 8 Grade 7 Endale 3.56 Advay 3.55 Gen 3.41 Ornella 3.39

Grade 6

Noemi 3.89

Aymeric 3.84

Amit 3.71

Mateo 3.48

Andy 3.41

Nkundwe 3.37

Melvyn 3.28

Rafael 3.27

Gr.9 Honor Roll Students.



November 7th, 2014

We, in Grade 4, have had a very exciting and a productive first quarter. One of the most memorable moments we would cherish for a long time would most definitely be, getting the chance to be the first ones to move into the new building! We could hardly contain our excitement as Dr. Sortland and Mr. Fuller toured us through the new block, and were awestruck when we were shown our new classroom! Academically, we have toiled hard and tried our best in every area. In math, we have been reinforcing our skills on numbers and operations, and we are now able to read and write numbers up to millions. Language arts has been about reading different genres of texts like realistic fiction, biography, play, informational text and tall tales. Learning about idioms, hyperboles and building new vocabulary was very enriching. Special thanks to Mrs. Campestre who has helped us immensely in our narrative and descriptive writing, and also for teaching us how to write haiku poems. We also enjoyed publishing our own books, with our stories and illustrations, and reading them to the K5's! In science, we learned about the different classifications of animals and refined our knowledge on plants. Our class sessions in social studies explored the physical features of the world, and helped us learn closely about latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

It's been a great journey so far, and we are awaiting learning newer and challenging topics, not to mention the special moments of fun and laughter we are sure to have along the way!

Ms. Jinssy Abraham



November 7th, 2014

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