Breakfast Program at SSES

Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring

Program

SSES Community Schools

The Canadian Food

Guide recommends

that children have 5

servings of fruits or

vegetables each day.

During the month of

December our break-

fast volunteers will be

offering bananas and

clementines in addition

to cereal, milk and juice that are available

daily. The Breakfast program runs

smoothly due to the

dedication of volunteers

from the following busi-

nesses: Ganongs, Kents,

Scotiabank, Atlantic Su-

perstore and RBC Royal

Bank. Working in coop-

eration with business

volunteers we have the

following Parent/Grand-

Parent volunteers: Tricia Acheson,

Jeannine Fowler and Amanda Williams.

Clare McMillan

Rhona Harmon

Yi Kay

Kelly Hughes

If you feel you could spare

an hour during the school

day to spend with a child

please contact Judey Mac-

Donald at 466-7870 or

Lori Hall (Big Brothers Big

Sisters) at 466-9771

lori.hall@bigbrothersbigsis

ters.ca.

In-School Mentoring in-

volves spending one hour

a week with one child,

doing non-academic ac-

tivities in the child’s

school. It’s about being

someone a child can talk

to and learn from– sharing

interest with them, en-

couraging them, building

on their strengths, all of

which can lead to im-

proved self-esteem and

a more positive outlook

on their life.

This program has been

so successful, now in its

fifth year, we are in need

of new mentors as we

have had so many

matches move on to mid-

dle school!

Thank you to the following

for taking the time to

make a difference in the

life of a child:

Inside this issue:

Career Week 2

Letters to Santa 2

Scholastic Book Fair 3

WITS/LEADS Program 3

Anti-bullying Week at SSES

3

Noon-Time Clubs 4

We Could use:

Volunteers: Big Brothers Big Sisters In-school Mentors

Volunteers: Noon-time Clubs

Volunteers: Literacy Men-tors

Volunteers: Numeracy mentors

Yoga Mats

Lego

Bean Bag Chairs

S t . S t ephen E l emen ta ry Schoo l

December 2012

Volume 1, Issue 1

One Child.

One Hour Per

Week.

One Big Reason

to Go Back to

School!

Letters to Santa

Luke Leeson: O.K. Tire – Me-

chanic

Dawn Parks: Cox Electronics and

Communications-Computer

technician

Jonathan McCaffrey: Flakeboard

Company Ltd. – Systems

Analyst

Every Class and POD had a visit

for Career Week, November 5 to

November 9. We were very for-

tunate to have local profession-

als, business owners and trades

persons provide career presenta-

tions to classes. A wide range of

occupations were covered and a

big thank you goes out to those

who volunteered their time to

give a glimpse into their careers:

Tanya Templeton: Sea of Tran-

quility – Hair Stylist

Judy Cleghorn: NB Ambulance

Service-Paramedic/Fire

Fighter/Nurse

Annika Barron & Mike Dough-

erty: Canadian Border Ser-

vices Agency – Customs Offi-

cers

Lori Smith: Shoppers Drug Mart

– Owner/Pharmacist

Tammy Smearer: Canoose Out-

post & Time-Out Canteen

Ian Briggs: Briggs Plumbing-

Owner/Plumber

Mark Downey: 98.1 The Tide

Program Director/Morning

Show Announcer

Teri Imrie: Valley Run Horse

Centre

Mark Downey, from 98.1 the Tide,

was in to St. Stephen Elementary in

early December to record 30+ stu-

dents from grade 3 and grade 4

reading their letters to Santa. The

―Letters to Santa‖ segment will be

aired on the Tide starting on Decem-

ber 10th at 5:30p.m. Mark is also

picking up Santa letters at the SSES

office that will be read on the air by

Santa or his elves.

Career Week At SSES

“Let Santa know

you have been

good this year”

Page 2 SSES Community Schools

National

Anti-bullying

Week at SSES

Have you been using your WITS?

The Scholastic Book Fair at SSES

was held from November 28-

December 3. It is like having a book

store dropped into your library for a

few days. The book fair’s success

relies heavily on the support of vol-

unteers. Through the assistance of

12 volunteers we have sold over

$4500 (our goal was $2000). SSES

will receive a percentage of the sales

to purchase materials for the library.

A huge thank you goes out to:

Yi Kay, Jimmy

Peters, Tricia

Acheson, Tammy

Bedford, Kathi

Atkinson, Shelley

Ross, Rachel Thi-

essen, Claire

Winchester, An-

drea Stoica,

Sherri Deveau,

Terri Jordan and

Jennifer Gowan.

Jeff Richardson– St. Stephen Fire

Department, Terry Hancock-Atlantic

Superstore, Christa Simmonds-

Ambulance NB, Eric Grant—

Ambulance NB, Judy Cleghorn—

Ambulance NB, Erin Parnell-RCMP,

Katherine Reid-CBSA, Mark Downey-

98.1 The Tide, Sheldon Holt-CBSA,

Stuart Henry-Citizens on Patrol and

David Humphrey-Humphreys’ Fu-

neral Home.

The Wits program brings together

schools, families and communities to

create a responsive environment

that helps children deal with bullying

and peer victimization. The WITS

program kick off assemblies were

on October 29th. The community

leaders have been assigned to class-

rooms and have now started their

monthly visits to drop in on classes

to see if students have been using

their ―WITS‖. We want to express

our appreciation to the community

leaders that believe in the WITS

message and are willing to help

SSES deliver the program to our 420

students: Dot Larsen- SSES Cross-

ing Guard, Terri Jordan- Ganongs,

Jeremy Kelly –Ganongs, Jodi St. Pe-

ter-St. Stephen Fire Department,

Kevin Thiessen– Canadian Tire, Kelly

Kurtz-Johnson—Fundy Region Tran-

sition House, Carlos Concepcion–

Union Street United Baptist Church,

The students, staff, community partners/leaders

and parents joined together to surround the SSES

playground to ―Block out Bullying‖

Scholastic Book Fair

Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 1

Pink Pinkie Day: K-Kids painted students

pinkie fingernails with pink nail polish

dance club, martial arts club,

guitar club, glee club, craft club,

yoga club, zumba club, knitting

club, photography club…. The

possibilities are endless. We just

need the volunteers to enable us

to provide these additional op-

portunities for our students.

We are very for-

tunate at SSES to

have 21 noon-

time clubs run-

ning for the

month s of No-

vember and De-

cember. This is

made possible

through the in-

volvement of 6

community volunteers, 12 staff

volunteers and 26 student lead-

ers. The recess clubs provide

the opportunity for students to

socialize in a supervised activity

with students who share similar

interests.

We will be

starting a

new batch of

six week

noon-time

clubs after

Christmas.

We are look-

ing for vol-

unteers that

have an hour

to share to lead these clubs. You

may have a skill or interest area

you would like to share. For ex-

ample we are looking for volun-

teers for: cooking club, Lego

builders club, sewing club, wash-

ers club, woodworking club,

Noon-Time Clubs Need Volunteers

St. Stephen Elementary School

Mission Statement

Collaboratively, we will promote

academic excellence through au-

thentic experiences and foster per-

sonal growth in a safe and happy

community.

16 Kings Court

St. Stephen, NB E3L 3B2

Judey MacDonald

Community Schools Coordinator SSES

Phone: 506-466-7870

Fax: 506-466-7337

E-mail: judey.macdonald@gnb.ca

Please contact me if you are interested in

volunteering at SSES.

S t . S t eph en E l emen ta ry S choo l Co mmuni ty S choo l s

Be Safe Be Respectful

Be Prepared

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