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The Lewis Link
David Lewis Public School Trustee: Manna Wong
Area Superintendent: Louie Papathanasakis
Vice-Principal: Sam Niarchos
DECEMBER 2017
December is usually the busiest month of the year as we are preparing and planning for the
upcoming holidays and this year is no exception. The magic of the season has certainly arrived
to lift all spirits and warm all hearts around our school. Festive music, decorative artwork and
special classroom and school activities are engaging all active and eager learners at all grade
levels.
Our Grade 7/8 students were very busy all month with many special activities. The band
members were off to their annual music retreat to Jackson’s Point at the beginning of the month
that is planned by the staff and students at Bethune Collegiate. This is a day of learning working
with experienced music professionals from all over Canada and with other schools in our family.
Following that our intermediates had to prepare for the annual Multicultural presentations on
December 4th
. Pictures later in the newsletter will reflect the success of this annual event!
Our annual Christmas concert was held on Thursday, December 14th in our gym involving over
450 of our students!!! As always, it was standing room only!!! We appreciated the support for
Agincourt Community Services and families in need of some Christmas cheer. Canned goods,
new mittens, hats and scarves were brought to the concert. Thank you for supporting our
efforts to make a difference in the life of a child at this most festive of seasons.
Raffle draw tickets were sold at $2.00 each or $5.00 for three tickets for a chance to win one of
the four special gift baskets provided through the efforts of the Lewis staff. The winning tickets
for these baskets were drawn at our Christmas concert and made the evening special for four
lucky families. The money raised will buy an ice cream treat for our students in the last week of
school. As well, under the leadership of Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Kumar, the grade 7/8 students made
Christmas crafts to sell before the concert. Thank you for your support and to our intermediates
for sharing their special skills!
PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE
By Karen Peach
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Multicultural Day 2017 Multicultural Day is a day to celebrate the diverse characteristics of places around the world, and
to help our students come to the realization that although we have many differences, there is a
common thread that we all share. This annual event gives our intermediates an opportunity to
ask questions, research and gather information, and to come to conclusions, all while embracing
the interesting aspects of the country of their choice. The students are expected to examine a
country from various perspectives and on a variety of topics in order to become an ‘expert’.
The goal of this project is to consider a country through the lens of the Five Themes of
Geography while using the inquiry process to formulate questions, gather and organize
information, interpret and analyse, evaluate and draw conclusions, and to clearly communicate
all that they have learned. This project was assessed across many areas of the Intermediate
Curriculum in the following ways:
1. Geography – Five Themes of Geography and Inquiry Skills
2. Science – Connections to Geography and Science
3. Reading and Writing – Research skills
4. Oral Communication – Oral presentation
5. Media – Advertising your country to attract visitors
6. Drama – How well you become a character to represent your country
7. Music – Traditional music, instruments, or pop culture
Students had also prepared food items that represented their country and served to visitors in the
gym. Students were scheduled to visit the booths and bought food items to sample. Parents were
also welcomed to visit and enjoy this special day with our intermediates. The morning was
celebrated with a lovely lunch of Greek, Italian and Chinese food served by the teaching staff.
The Information Boards are on display in our lower halls for students and parents to view at their
pleasure. This was an exceptional day of learning.
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Christmas in the Classroom
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Time is running out…...elves….what are we
going to do? Mmm…..maybe we can do
Kindness of Lights! Teacher elves working hard
to decorate the gym for the concert!
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Our Junior Band, Senior Band, Woodwind Ensemble
and our Jazz Band with Guest Star Mr. Longaphie on Bass Guitar.
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Look at all these little snowmen singing “I’m a little snowman”. Goody goody, yummy yummy,
mommy mommy make a little more…….Kindergartens singing “Christmas Cookies and Holiday
Hearts” attracted all the attention and laughs from our parents.
Followed by “Snowflakes” falling from the sky.
“The Happiest Christmas Tree” by
our Grade 1 & 2.
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Dates to Remember in January 2018
December 25 to
January 5
Christmas/New Year Break
January 8 School resumes
January 9 Parent Council Meeting at
6:30 p.m. in the library. We
will be talking about traffic
around the school. Our City
Councillor, Mr. Jim
Karygiannis and our Trustee,
Ms. Manna Wong will join
our discussion that night.
January 17 Math Caribou Contest Grade
3-8
January 19 PA Day
Reminder Parents, when you come to the school
during the day, please ring the doorbell
and wait for the ‘click’ sound. Then pull
the right door and enter the school
building.
重要的信息-提醒
家长们,当你白天来学校时,请
按门铃,等待“咔哒”一声。然
后拉右门进入学校大楼。
Christmas Carol
Singing in the Gym