GORDON PUBLIC SCHOOL, 468 Thorold Road West, Welland ON, L3C 3W6 May 2015

Tony D’Alessandro Principal

905-734-3730

Greg Watson Vice-Principal 905-734-3730

Wes Hahn Superintendent 905-641-1550

Sue Barnett Trustee

905-734-7110

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

W hat a great month of learning April has been for our students. Thanks to a truly focused group of instructors and students. I am thrilled with our students as they take on new challenges whether it be Literacy, Mathematics, Music or Athletics. They are developing confidence and perseverance. Those types of skills are not just school skills …but life skills. As we make our final push in May and June, I continue to encourage our students to be punctual, give their very best at all times and be a model of exemplary behaviour, wherever they are. We are all “Walking Billboards” representing Gordon Public School. Let’s make our school, Welland and the world a better place by our actions! Sincerely Tony D’Alessandro, Proud Principal of Gordon School

WE NEED YOU!

Would you be interested in being part of our School Council? We need your involvement to continue to make the Gordon Public School community an even better place. We meet 4 – 5 times a year. The mandate is to work as an advisory group to the school. We also need parents to volunteer for spe-cific events as part of sub committees. We under-stand your time is valuable, but kindly consider join-ing us next year as we work to enrich the Gordon family. If you are interested or have any questions, kindly contact Mr. D’Alessandro personally.

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET?

Gordon’s preferred method of payment is

SCHOOL CASH ON-LINE. Please register today at:

http://gordon@dsbn.org

PIZZA, MILK, PITAS for JUNE

Please be advised there we will only have Pizza, Milk and Pita days for the first two weeks in June. Orders are due NO LAT-ER then MAY 20 TH.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!

May 5 - Courage Assembly/ Gordon Spirit Wear day. May 3 - Gr. 3-6 Track & Field May 4 - Gr. 4-8 Track and Field - Badminton Tour. @ Brock May 6 - Silver Birch Conference May 8 - Mother’s Day May 12 - Fun Fair May 19 - Volunteer Appreciation Tea May 20 - Pizza/Pita/Milk due for

JUNE - Red Maple Conference May 23 - Victoria Day (No School) May 25th - June 8th EQAO June 10 - PA Day (No School) June 27 - Grade 8 Graduation @

Centennial 6:30 PM June 29 - Last Day of School

Would you or someone you know be interested in being a casual lunch time supervisor at Gor-don? If so, please contact Mr. D’Alessandro or Mr. Watson at 905-734-3730.

IF YOUR CHILD IS SICK

Illness seems like it is unavoidable, but there are ways to try and fight it. We ask parents to please keep their child(ren) home for 24 hours after they stop showing symptoms of ill-ness. This helps us keep the healthy children well and hopefully stop the spread of illness though a classroom.

SPIRIT WEAR DAY Thursday, May 5th. Wear your Gordon Spirit Wear on Thursday, May 5th and show your Gordon pride!

GRADE 3 & 6 EQAO TESTING

It is that time of year for our grade 3 and 6 students. Wednesday, May 25—Wednesday, June 8th the testing will be occurring during the first part of the school day. Parents please do your best to ensure that your children are present for both weeks. If it is absolutely necessary to book an appointment please schedule them in the after-noon (1:30) or after school.

VICTORIA DAY WEEKEND

There will be no school on Mon-day, May 23rd. (Holiday)

WEBSITE

Please check out our website at http://gordon.dsbn.org/ Our newsletters, calendars and more information is always just a click away!

RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY

Thursday, May 5th at 9:10 AM

JK Registration

If you have a child who will be attending JK/SK in the fall and have not registered them yet, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. We look forward to welcoming them to the Gordon Family.

TRACK & FIELD

Track and Field will take place on May 3rd for Gr. 3-6 and May 4th for Gr. 7 and 8, at Centennial. The rain date is May 9th

Enjoy the many outdoor locations in Niagara that are smoke-free. In Niagara, all munici-pal and regional properties are smoke-free. This includes:

· Parks and playgrounds

· Sports and playing fields

· Splash pads and outdoor pools

· Arena properties

· Festivals and events on municipal

and regional properties

· Properties such as city hall, libraries

and recreation centres

All restaurant and bar patios are also smoke-free under the Smoke-free Ontario Act. For more information or quit smoking sup-port, contact the Tobacco Hotline at 905-688-8248, ext. 7393

Only One Mother Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky, Hundreds of shells on the shore together, Hundreds of birds that go singing by, Hundreds of Lambs in the sunny weather, Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother in the wide world over.. - George Cooper-

PLEASE SIGN IN A reminder to our students and parents when leaving (or returning to) the school for lunch or appointments. Parents, kind-ly check in at the office first whenever you visit the school. We will then page your son/daughter to the office. We are asking that all students sign out or in ( a sign in/out sheet is inside the office ) when leaving or returning to the school, so we can ensure that all of our students are accounted for at all times. As al-ways, written permission notes are ex-pected in order to leave the school grounds if a parent is not present for pick-up (i.e. lunch) . Thank you in advance for helping to keep our students safe.

CONNECT CONFERENCE CONNECT is Canada's largest education technology conference, that brings educators to-gether to share and expand their horizons of education technology. This year, four grade six students from Ms. Dacosta's class were invited to CONNECT to showcase their innovative ideas. Grace R, Logan S., Lauren M. and Jordyn P. all participated in the 'Innovations for Space Multi-Media Challenge', where they were asked to find a solution for getting water to Mars. Their projects were such a huge hit at the conference that they were invited to see the keynote speaker, Astronaut, Commander Christ Hadfield, speak at his event. After meeting him and shaking his hand, he graciously offered to sign their projects- which will be hung in our school library to celebrate their hard work and innovation. We are so proud of these young scientists!

INTERMEDIATE BADMINTON

The DSBN Tournament at Brock University will be held on May 4th. GIRLS BOYS

Emiily B.

Ella T.

Kassie M.

Emilie P.

Rielly J.

Jessica G.

Sommer N.

JUNIOR GYMNASTICS TEAM Mrs Munderich would like to thank the Junior Girls Gymnastics Team for an excellent season and would like to tell the girls how proud she is of each one of them. Their hard work, dedication and positive attitudes made them a pleasure to coach! Our Team Grade 4s Addisyn B. Megan G Grade 5s Aliya E Ava H Anna V Clara V Emma W Evynn B Gracie J Ivy C Grade 6s Emily S Makayla D Olivia D Renee J Thursday April 21, 2016 the Gordon School's Jun-ior Girls Gymnastics Team participated in the DSBN Gymnastics Meet. All of the girls were excellent ambassadors for Gordon school and performed beautifully. Special congratulations goes out to the following ribbon winners: Grade 4 and Under Junior category Addisyn B 6th on Bench Grade 5&6 Junior category Makayla D 5th on Mat Clara V 4th on Mat Aliya E 3rd on Mat Grade 5&6 Intermediate category Gracie J 6th on Bench Evynn B 4th on Bench Ivy C & Evynn B tied for 6th on Mat Grade 5&6 Senior category Renee J 6th on Mat Grade 5&6 Club category Emily S 3rd on Bench and 2nd on Mat Ava H 2nd on Mat

JR. INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL

JUNIOR BOYS The Gordon Junior Boys basket-ball had a great season. They showed great growth and improve-ment over the course of the season. With hard work and dedication the boys were able to win the championship for Welland and Thorold as the un-derdog. They upset both the #2 seed Glynn A Green and #1 seed AK Wigg to win the champion-ship title. Well done on a great season boys. Mr. Clark and Mr. Rabideau thoroughly enjoyed coach-

ing such a great group of boys. Go Grizzles! JUNIOR GIRLS The Junior Girls Basketball team had a great sea-son, finishing off the season as Consolation Final-ists. Mr. Watson would like to thank the girls for their hard work, dedication and great attitude all season long. Congrats on a great season goes out to Sera D., Nina G., Corinne S., Ivey C., Logan S., Kate D. Isabelle B., Grace R., McKenna M., Calli C., and Audrey B.

INTERMIDATE GYMNASTICS Congratulations to the Intermediate Girls Gymnastics Team on their excel-lent effort and sportsmanship at their competition on Wednesday April 20.

Special recognition goes out to Alyssa B. who placed 4th on floor, to Jessica G. who placed 2nd on mat and 6th on floor, to Brooke E. who placed 1st on mat, 2nd on bench, and 5th on floor, and to Zoe P. who placed 4th on mat, 5th on bench, and 6th on floor. Keana B., Rielly J., Abby N., and Beverly W. were the other team members. Way to go girls! You all made Gordon proud!!!

Isaac B.

Aiden B.

Dominic M.

Sam H.

John K.

April Award Winners

FSL-RCS Brody G.

Corinne S.

1/2 Mrs. Filion

Jackson H. Daniel W.

1-1 Mrs. Gaspich

Sydney T. Peyton K.

1 FI Miss Sauve

Jackson V. Sophie T.

2 FI Mr. Verwey

Maya W. Stirling K.

2-1 Mrs. Degelman

Airalyn H. Dolan L.

2/3 Ms.Knockaert

Dexter W. Maximus D.

3-1 Mrs. Moore

Kaiden K., Nour F. Aiden S.

2/3 FI Mme Benson

Zaelynn S.,Aiden

M.

Ryan M.

3/4 FI Mme Gardi-

ner

Jennah-Patriee L. Callum C.

4-1 Ms. Hudak

Sarah T. Fatima F.

5/6 Ms. DaCosta Dylan L.

Hannah W.

5 FI Mme Stickles Anna V., Julia Q.

Cameron L.

6 Mrs. Slaght April G.

Peyton S.

6 FI Mme Chatel Aliza M.

Cole T.

7-1 Mr. Charles Josh H.

Josh H.

Kylie M.

7 FI Mr. Munderich Caitlyn G. Lily C.

8 FI Mrs. Timlock Samantha B.

Tayler M.

8-1 Mrs. Rush Robert H.

Dylan C.

Class Character Academic

Summer HEAT 2016 We are pleased to offer SUMMER HEAT, a primary Summer Learning Program, again this year. The program will run from Monday, July 11th to Friday, July 29th for students entering JK to grade 4 in the fall of 2016. Kindergarten Kick Start is for students entering junior and senior kindergarten in the fall, while Funshine Kids is for students entering grades 1, 2, 3 and 4. This three week program is entirely FREE, but space is limited so please be sure to register early. Daily lessons at all sites will incorpo-rate FNMI perspectives and teachings. Registration can be done online beginning the middle of May. The program will begin at 8:15 a.m. with breakfast provided, and it will end at 12:15 p.m. Students will be involved in a variety of learning opportunities throughout the morning, with a focus on literacy, nu-meracy and active living. We are excited about being able to offer this amazing program to our fami-lies. Check it out on the DSBN website at www.dsbn.org/summerheat Summer HEAT will be offered at the following sites: St. Catharines - Edith Cavell, Connaught, Lincoln Centennial, Harriet Tubman (FNMI site) Welland - Diamond Trial, Princess Elizabeth (FNMI site) Beamsville - Senator Gibson Niagara Falls - Simcoe Street, Valley Way (FNMI site) Port Colborne - De Witt Carter Fort Erie Area - Crystal Beach, Peace Bridge (FNMI site) NEW sites: Thorold - Prince of Wales

11th Annual Rankin Cancer Run

Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Grantham Lion’s Club, St. Catharines— Parnell at Niagara—10 am

Register online at www.rankincancerrun.com Adults $20 Students $10

S S! Support Our School!

How can you help? It’s easy!

Please think of our school when those magazine renewal notices start to arrive in the mail and

Save Our Subscriptions!

Save your renewals for our annual QSP magazine subscription fundraiser THIS FALL!

You will be helping to raise money for programs and activities to benefit all our students.

Remember - Magazines make great gifts.

Kids love to get their own subscriptions in the mail!

It’s the gift that keeps giving year round!

HELP US PROMOTE LITERACY!

Let your friends and family know about our fundraiser and ask them to save their subscriptions too.

Renewal orders will simply extend current subscriptions, unless the renewal(s) has expired.

Thank you in advance for your support!