Stonepark Intermediate School

50 Pope Avenue Charlottetown, PE

C1A 7P5 Phone: 368-6085 Fax: 368-6089

Website: http://www.gov.pe.ca/edu/stonepark Email: stonepark@edu.pe.ca

Principal: Norman Beck

Vice-Principals: Mike Smith (7), Jill Burry (8), Greg Campbell (9) February, 2015

Kudos To You:

-Two of our students, Emma Jinks and Helen Li, will be off to the Canada Games in Prince George BC in February. Both of these students will be competing against the best in Canada in their age groups. Regardless of how you do, Emma and Helen, we are proud of you, and hope that you have a tremendous experience at the Games. Here is the link to an article on Emma’s team:

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Sports/2015-01-08/article-4000604/P.E.I.-squash-teams-eyeing-Canada-Games-medal/1 Here the link to an article on Helen’s team:

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Sports/2015-01-

13/article-4005504/Countdown-to-the-Games%3A-Speed-and-skill-required-in-squash%2C-table-tennis/1

-Some of our students were on hand to receive some phys ed equipment as part of the Canadian Tire “Active At School” program. Much of the material supplied will help with our intramural program, as well as our Wellness Room. We are very grateful to Canadian Tire for their support, and to our students who participated in the distribution of goods: Luke

Garnhum, Maddie Stewart, Katherine McEwen, Lila Wildey,

Pownal Bantam A Ice Hogs recently won their division in the Shediac Cape Pele Hockey

Tournament held January 16th-18th. Members of the team are front row: Jared MacPhee, Liam MacCorquodale, Nathan Ramsay, Wil Mingo, Aaron Feehan, goalie Thomas Hogan back row: Carson Gallant, Nick Walker, Isaac Campbell, Isaac McGuirk, Will Ross, Steve Chapman, Braydon Gray, Jonathan Pinet, Jacob Theriault Coach Billy Ramsay, assistant coaches Richard McGuirk, Scott Chapman and Francis Theriault, and trainer Dan Hogan. Great job, boys!

-Last spring, our leadership students at Stonepark teamed up with Stonepark alumni in a friendly soccer match at UPEI in support of “Callum’s Classrom” in Africa. We are pleased to see that the funds raised from this initiative are now bearing fruit. Here is a photo that shows some of the results of the work being done in Callum’s name. This is very rewarding to see.

-Our boys and girls basketball teams had a very successful weekend with both teams capturing gold medals in the annual Stonepark Nogler Tournament, our basketball tournament named in honor of long-time Phys Ed teacher at Stonepark, Paul Nogler. The girls were very impressive in their win over Queen Charlotte in the final, winning 56 - 28. The boys put

on quite a gritty display as they were down by 8 in the 4th quarter, but scratched and clawed their way back into it to overtake Queen Charlotte 41-35, to capture the gold. Congratulations to both teams on their excellent victories.

Members of the girls’ team are: Devon Lawlor, Yasmine Saleh, Molly Birtwhistle, Taylor Mitton, Maddie Hurley, Emma Seviour, Sam Silliphant,

Brynn Essery, Sydney Whitlock, Lauren Reid, Ashley Plaggenoef, Sophie Deighan

Members of the boys winning team are: Will Vidito, Daniel Wills, Nolan Ryan, Nathan Wills, John Loppie, Logan MacCallum, Josh Bourque, Gabriel Penalver, Caden Kielly, Zack Wall, Dawson Palmer, Thomas Hogan, and Parker Roche.

Happenings at Stonepark:

Yearbook purchase: You still have some time remaining to pre-order your 2014-2015 yearbook. Yearbooks will be on sale in the lobby during noon break on Thursday and Friday Feb 12-13. Purchases can also be made online through the Stonepark Homepage: “Yearbook Purchase” link at the top of the page. The cost of the yearbook is $30 or $35 if you would like to have your book personalized. This year we are only printing 250 copies of the yearbook, so you need to be sure to get yours early. Don’t miss out on what is going to be one of our best book of memories yet!

National Sweater Day - Turn down the heat, turn up the fun! National Sweater Day is a day to help raise awareness about renewable energy and change behaviours around energy consumption in Canada. Did you know? If all Canadians lowered their thermostats by just two degrees Celsius, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about four megatons — equivalent to taking nearly 700,000 cars off the road? This year, National Sweater Day will be celebrated on Thursday, February 5. Sweater Day is a fun way for classrooms to get involved in the conversation about climate change. National Sweater Day happens once a year, so let’s make it count. Our custodial staff to turn down the heat in school building, so wear a sweater on Thursday, cozy up in the classroom and learn how your actions can help prevent climate change. Stonepark Gives Back (SGB) 2015: Stonepark is pleased to announce that its students and staff will once again be participating in SGB 2015. A school wide vote will be held in early February among the following causes: PEI Special Olympics, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Free The Children, and the Sherwood-Parkdale Lions Club. This vote will determine the beneficiary of funds raised from this year's Stonepark Gives Back. Our campaign of "80 Days to $8,000 will commence later in the month. To date, funds raised for SGB have exceeded $40,000, and we hope to crack the $50,000 plateau with this year’s campaign. There will be a variety of initiatives undertaken over the next little while, and we appreciate your support as we work towards achieving our goal this year! Pink Shirt Day: Wednesday Feb 25th is the date for National Pink Shirt Day. Stonepark leadership students we will be selling our own pink shirts for $10, with $2 from the sale of every shirt going towards Stonepark Gives Back 2015. These shirts were designed by students in Mrs. Henderson’s class two years ago, and we will be using the same design for this year as well.

Anyone looking to upload pictures for this event can do so by sending them to pinkshirday@hotmail.com or like them on their Facebook page at “Pink Shirt Day PEI”. Thanks to all involved as we promote the important message that this day brings.

Band News: Due to grade 9 exams and the

upcoming PD day, changes will be made to the

band rehearsal schedule (affecting all three grade

levels and jazz band) for the first two weeks of

February. Please check the band blog for details: https://stoneparkband.wordpress.com/ Congratulations to the Stonepark students who performed on February 1st with the 2015 PEI Intermediate Honors Band. It was a wonderful performance in front of a very appreciative audience at the PEI Convention Centre. The Honors band students have been working toward this event since November, and their hard work and preparation was rewarded this past weekend as they enjoyed making fantastic music with 111 grade 9 band students from 17 Intermediate schools from across the Island under the skilled direction of Dr. Jason Caslor from Memorial University in Newfoundland. Thank you to each of our participants for being such excellent ambassadors for Stonepark.

This year’s Honors Band members included: Abby Dunphy, (percussion), Kaytlyn Bryenton (alto sax), Maria MacDonnell (alto sax), Maia Alain

(alto sax), Emma McQuaid (baritone sax), Noah Willoughby (clarinet), Madison Dobbin (clarinet), Courtney Andrews (clarinet), Tolu Faromika (clarinet), Nicole Eldershaw (clarinet), Léo Han

(French horn), Maggie Burns (French horn), Riley McGill (French horn), Lila Willdey (flute), Sarah Cheverie (flute),Veronica Macintyre (flute), Allison Winter (flute), Erin Dodds (flute), Lexus

Affleck (flute), Katrina Gallant (percussion), Kristina Vanneste (tenor sax), Naomi Milner (percussion), Joey Lo (trumpet), Gracie Burns (trumpet)

Upcoming dates to remember:

February 5, 7:00 p.m.: Grade 9 Band Trip Parents’

Information Meeting

February 11, 10:45-11:45 a.m.: Band Orientation

Concert for Grade 6 students (the Grade 9 Concert

Band and the Grade 8-9 Jazz Band will perform).

CMHA’s Signals of Suicide Program: The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) will be presenting a youth suicide prevention program entitled ‘Signals of Suicide’ (SOS) to Grade 9 students during the week of February 23rd. Using interactive discussions and a short video, the 80 minute program safely explores the topic of suicide with youth, outlining warning signs for suicide and ways to seek help for themselves and their peers when they are in distress or crisis. This program is presented to all Grade 9 students across PEI and is part of the Grade 8-9 Health Curriculum. Pat Doyle, CMHA’s Suicide Prevention Coordinator, is a trained facilitator and will present the program to students. If you have questions or would like more information about the SOS program, please contact your School Counselor or Ms. Doyle at 628-3669. To find out more about CMHA’s programs and services, visit their website at www.cmha.pe.ca, or call 1-800-682-1648 (toll free). Duke of Edinburgh students are reminded to complete their Duke books and turn them into Ms. Smith-MacPhail by Feb 3rd. The 2015 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Ceremony will be Thursday, May

14th, at the Holland College Centre for Community Engagement, with a reception to follow.

Follow Stonepark's Blog and Tweets: Parents and Guardians, in order to be kept abreast of the latest information and updates, you might consider subscribing to our school blog, or following us on Twitter. Announcements, and lots of other valuable and interesting information, can be automatically sent to your email account or Twitter feed. Both options to follow us are available on the right-hand side of our blog, http://www.gov.pe.ca/edu/stonepark/ Kindergarten Registration: Parents are reminded that if you have a child entering Kindergarten in the fall, you need to register him or her, so that the ELSB has the most accurate count for incoming students. Registrations to date are well below what they know will be coming in the fall, so it is important that they have that information now. You can contact the ELSB at 368-6990 for further information.

.Community Notes:

(2015) Holland College Day Camps: Information on these camps can be found at the following website. http://www.hollandcollege.com/athletics/canes-camps/

New Karate club: Starting Feb 2 at Stratford Town Centre, PEI Shitoryu Karate club will be accepting members of all ages 7 years and up for the month of Feb/Mar. Classes will be at the Stratford Town Centre Gym Stage on Mondays and Thursdays 5-6pm. All abilities welcome! Family discount rates available. Instructor is a 2nd degree blackbelt and has a valid police background check. Drop in and/or email them at peishitoryu@gmail.com, call at 902 394 6891 and like us on facebook/peishitoryu for more details.

Vet Camp for students: Love animals? Want to be a veterinarian? Take partin a behind-the-scenes look into the world of veterinary medicine at the Dr. Tim OgilvieAVC Vet Camp. From A (anatomy) to Z (zoonotics), join us for a week filled with animals, science, discovery, and fun. Prepare to be amazed! Junior camps (grades 7-9) are scheduled for July 6-10 and 13-17; senior camps (grades 10-12) take place from July 20-24 and July 27-31. Find out what being a veterinarian is really like! Camp information and application forms are available at www.upei.ca/avc/camp or by calling (902) 566-0589. Deadline for applications is Friday, March 13,

2015.

Tourism Job Fair: The Tourism Industry Association of Prince Edward Island (TIAPEI) will once again host their annual job fair, at a new location this year. The Tourism Job Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 18h, 2015 at the Murchison Centre, 17 St. Pius X Avenue, Charlottetown from 9:00 am – 4:00 (storm date February 19, 2015 – same time and location). There is no admission fee and lots of parking. For “Job Seekers” this is an excellent opportunity to meet with approximately 30 employers from the Tourism Industry representing over 50 businesses, hiring for hundreds of jobs, all in one day and at one location. All students are welcome. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact by phone at 902 566-5008, by email at careerfair@tiapei.pe.ca or visit the TIAPEI website www.tiapei.pe.ca

Fun Day at CUP: On Friday, February 6th, Credit Union Place will offer discounted prices for Swimming, Bowling and Skating. $5 Bracelets will let you Swim, Bowl and Skate from 11am-5pm. The schedule of activities is as follows: * Come join the fun and games in the Pool: Public Swim 11am-5pm, Slide 1pm-3pm! * Bowling will be first come, first serve (no reservations). Recommended times for Bowling are 11-1pm and 3:00-5pm * PD Day Skate - 1:15pm - 2:15pm Our on-site restaurant, FIVE ELEVEN WEST will be open with daily specials, as well. Come spend your next PD Day at The CUP for just $5!

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

Feb 4th, 5th, 10th, 12th – Grade 9 exams

Feb 6th - Collaborative Team Day (no classes)

Feb 10th - Late French Immersion Parent

Information Meeting. 7:00 pm in the

library.

Feb 11th - Grade 6 Band Orientation session 10:45

– 11:45 in the school cafeteria.

Feb 16th - Islander Day (no classes)

Feb 18th - In-school Science Fair in the Games

Room. (Storm Date the 19th). Open to

students in all grade levels.

Feb 25th – National Pink Shirt Day.

Mar 3rd - PEI Band Days at Confed Centre.

Mar 3rd - 2nd report cards issued.

Mar 5-6th - Parent-Teacher Conferences. Thurs 5-

8 and Friday 8:30 – 12:00 – open

format. Grades 7 and 8 teachers will be

in the gym. Grade 9 teachers in the

cafeteria.

Mar 9 - 10th - Band Testing for Grade 6 students.

Mar 17th – 21st– March Break

Mar 24th – Grade 10 IB Information session for

Grade 9 parents., 7:00 pm at Rural

Lecture Theatre

Mar 26th - Stonepark Gives Back Concert.

Proceeds from the concert go to SGB

2015.

Mar 31st – Periods 1-4 - Grade 10 orientation

session for students, 1:00 & 1:30 –

Orientation sessions for Band and IB

students respectively.

April 2nd - Student Social – 6:00 – 9:00. Proceeds

from the social go to SGB 2015.

April 3rd- Good Friday (no classes)

April 6th - Easter Monday (no classes)

Apr 7th - Grade 10 Registration Parent

Information Session at Rural, 7:00 pm