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February 11th – February 15th, 2019 **THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS**

St Bonaventure Week!

Morning Prayer (this week): Admin Morning Prayer (next week): 8D

“Search, and you will find” Matthew 7:7

MONDAY, February 11th , 2019 – DAY 2

• Healthy Hunger – Panago• Stuff a Sock deadline to bring in items.• Sr. Girls Basketball game @ St Bonaventure vs. Our Lady of Peace School. (4:15 pm)• Sr. Boys Basketball game @ St Bonaventure vs. Holy Cross (5:15 pm)• Seussical rehearsal – 3:00 -4:15 pm in Band room (scenes 1-10)

TUESDAY, February 12th, 2019 – DAY 3 • School Council meeting – 9:00 AM in the Learning Commons• Jr. Girls and Boys Basketball @ St Bonaventure Vs. Msgr. J. J. O'Brien School

WEDNESDAY, February 13th, 2019 – DAY 4

• Order deadline – Jugo Juice-Chachi’s• TA Challenge # 3• Food Truck Day for our students! • Seussical rehearsal – 3:00 -4:15 pm in Band room (scenes 11-18)

THURSDAY, February 14th, 2019

• Teachers’ Convention – No classes

FRIDAY, February 15th, 2019

• Teachers’ Convention – No classes

Feb 18 – Family Day – No school Feb 27 - Basketball Semi-finals March 1 – Basketball Finals March 5 – Shrove Tuesday Breakfast. March 6 – Ash Wednesday Mass Church- 10:30 am March 8 – Seussical evening Rehearsal 4–8 pm March 12 - Adoration 2:00 @ school March 12 - Seussical Production- AM and Evening Performance- Band Room March 12 - Spring Photos March 12 – Adoration @ 2:00 pm March 14- Parent teacher Conferences- 4:30 – 7:30 pm. March 14 – Volunteer Orientation- 6:30 pm March 15 - Parent Teacher Conferences 9:00 – 11:30 am and 1:00 – 3:00 pm March 20 - Falcons Jr. Band Invitational March 22 - Last day of class before Spring Break April 1 – Classes resume April 3 – St. Bonaventure Open House- 7:00 pm

This is the first step in order to grow on our journey of faith: listening. Before speaking, listen” - Pope Francis

Accountability Pillar at St. Bonaventure School

As an annual check-up on the education system, the Accountability Pillar provides an opportunity for Alberta Education and school authorities to ensure that we are equipping students for success.

The Accountability Pillar uses a set of 16 indicators. Data on these indicators consists of surveys of students, parents and teachers on various aspects of education quality, student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion rates, and provincial assessments of student learning.

From January to the end of February, Alberta Education will be conducting the annual Accountability Pillar Survey.

• In January, parents of students in grade 7 will receive a survey from Alberta Education in the

mail. • In February, students in grade 7 and all teachers will be completing their surveys online at

school.

All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with your school. In addition to English and French, the parent survey is available in Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic, Blackfoot, Dene, Cree, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.

Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving, so we encourage you to return your survey promptly.

Survey results will be available to school authorities in May, and will be reported publicly as part of their 3-Year Education Plans and Annual Education Results Reports.

Signing out Students

If a student is sick, has an appointment or needs to go home, we require an adult to physically sign-out students from the building. This ensures that your son or daughter is going with a trusted adult and that they are leaving the building for appropriate reasons. Those who go home for lunch are able to sign themselves out of the building as long as they have had a parent sign a permission slip that was sent out at the beginning of the year.

In rare cases that this cannot happen, please touch base with administration and we can discuss the situation.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school at 403-500-2062.

For your information!

Stuff a Sock for the Mustard Seed. On February 13th, as part of our spirit week, we will be stuffing socks to donate to the Mustard seed. The recipients of the socks will be men, women and youth. We are asking families of St. Bonaventure to bring in essential items, such as:

- New, pair of socks – 7A - Small sizes of shampoo etc. (Travel size) - 7B - Deodorant (Travel size) - 7C - Kleenex. (Travel size) - 7D - Band-Aids 8A - Toothbrush/toothpaste - 8B - Comb - 8C - Lip balm - 8D - skin cream - 9A - Disposable razor - 9B - shaving cream - 9C - New pair of wool socks - 9D

Please bring items in by February 11th.

Canteen at St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure School recognizes that meal-time and having access to good nutrition is vital to our students’ ability to learn, concentrate, and develop socially. Our canteen offers various items for purchase over each lunch period, plus limited numbers of a first-come, first-serve “Special of the Day” delivered by local vendors*. To increase access for more students and staff, Parent Council also enhances the canteen program by coordinating special weekly lunches in place of the daily special with a broader variety of vendors using Healthy Hunger, an on-line ordering website service. Please visit www.healthyhunger.ca for easy instructions on how to sign up or to update your account to place orders, and view upcoming lunches at the school. Those who’ve signed up will receive a helpful email notification from Healthy Hunger as lunches are added, as well as two days prior to an order deadline which is midnight, 5 days prior to each date. Partial proceeds from the canteen and our Healthy Hunger lunches also go directly to St. Bonaventure in support of our school needs. Thank you

Boston Pizza Food Service- Falcons Concession

Menu:

Tuesday – Chicken Fingers with plum sauce

Wednesday – Cheese pizza and Pepperoni pizza

Thursday – Cheese quesadillas and Chicken quesadillas

Friday – Bugs and cheese

Suessical - Props and Costumes Help?

We are seeking some props and costume items for our production of Suessical. We would really appreciate it if you have any of the following items you no longer need and would be able to donate. Thanks!

• Ugly plaid blazer (think Don Cherry)• White Lab Coat• Surgical Cap• Toy Stethoscope Black Top Hat• Black Cane• Red Sequin blouse or jacket• Black Tuxedo style jacket (bonus points for tails)• Gavel• Judge or graduation robe• Policeman’s Cap• Feather Boas – any colour• Green Camo shirts, vests or hats• Butterfly Net• Large toy piano• Toy ukulele (bonus points if its blue)• Pool Noodles – any condition• Artificial Tree or Shrub (approx. 1 meter tall)

Healthy Hunger – Sign-up Genius!

Our Healthy Hunger Parent volunteer crew is a crucial part of our weekly lunch program at St. Bonaventure. Volunteers are typically needed on Mondays (or a periodic Tuesday), from 11 - 12:30 pm to set up a few tables and support the student crew during lunch distribution. Please click on this link with SignUp.com: (insert link here) to sign up for any day or days you are available. These extra hands are vital and very much appreciated for a smooth delivery. If you haven’t already, visit www.healthyhunger.ca to still take advantage and enjoy the convenience of ordering any weekly lunch that interests your child.

Thank you

Healthy Hunger at St. Bonaventure- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

In order to support this program, school council is looking for volunteers to distribute lunches. If you are interested or able, please find attached the Signup Genius link for the Healthy Hunger Parent volunteer sign-up. Thanks!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E44A5A82FA4F49-hhvolunteer

Healthy Hunger Schedule

Feb 4 Feb 11 Feb 19 Feb 25

RECYCLING FUNDRAISER St. Bonaventure School has a fundraising project that does not directly hit you pockets and saves you time waiting in line to drop off you monthly bottle recycling at the depot. Proceeds will be used to support our school community.

We will accept common items accepted at bottle recycling depots: juice box containers, pop/juice cans, plastic containers, tetra packs, glass bottles, milk jugs, etc.

Please help us by dropping off your recycling alongside the bike racks near the parking lot anytime Friday morning, before 12:30pm.

Our recycling dates this year are:

• February 22, 2019 • March 22, 2019 • April 26, 2019 • May 31, 2019 • June 21, 2019

Thank you for your support!

8/9 STEM Option. Building a marble roller coaster.

Spirit Wear

SOUTH Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Lord Beaverbrook High School 9019 Fairmont Drive SE, Calgary

EAST Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Father Lacombe High School 3615 Radcliffe Drive SE, Calgary

NORTH Wednesday, April 3, 2019 James Fowler High School 4004 – 4 Street NW, Calgary

RAP and SKILLED TRADES FA I R : 2019

Students and ParentsLearn about the Registered

Apprenticeship Program and careers in skilled trades. Connect with employers and

industry.

Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmFOR INFORMATION

Phone 403.875.0281 or Email DOlesen@nextgen.org

www.careersnextgen.ca/fairs

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS

Call us at 1.888.757.7172or email info@nextgen.org visit www.careersnextgen.ca

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