Our parking lot can be a busy place, espe-

cially at the beginning and end of the day.

In an effort to ensure student safety,

please refrain from driving through the

bus lane between 8:45-9:00am and 3:00-

3:35pm as the buses need priority to en-

ter, and exit during these times. The south side of the parking lot, in front of

the office is also closed to vehicle traffic

when the buses are here as students need

a clear passage to enter and exit the

school. Even though it may be physically

possible to get your car through, we ask

that you wait the extra couple minutes

until all the buses have exited.

If you are picking students up, we ask that

you meet your child at the school at dis-

missal and walk with them to parked

cars. There is lots of traffic on Sev-

enth Street and we want to avoid

situations that require our students

crossing the street without supervi-

sion.

As a further pre-caution, we will have

all school teams and clubs meet in

the atrium when arranging rides for

school events. We ask that all volun-

teer drivers park in the north end of

the parking lot (lake side) and walk

students out to the cars. We recog-nize this may sometimes take a cou-

ple minutes longer, but appreciate

your support to ensure our school

family stays safe.

December arrives, and it is exciting to

consider the progress our students have

made these first three months of school! I

want to thank all of our parents and

friends who have volunteered at the

school, coaching students, driving for

games, volunteering in classrooms, help-

ing with hot lunches, participating in our

parent school advisory council and sup-

porting our book fair. Your contributions

to Woodland are so enriching for our stu-

dents!

Our staff and students are now busy re-

hearsing for our annual Woodland Holi-

day Concert which is scheduled for

Tuesday, December 16th at 7pm at Cen-

tral Community Church, 240 Scott Street,

St. Catharines. Please join us for the

evening to celebrate together.

‘Tis the season for giving and we will

continue with our annual Woodland sup-

port to help those in need in our commu-

nity this month. Some of these initiatives

include a food and toy drive as well as

the Tree of Warmth, with all collections

donated to Community Care.

We wish all of our Woodland

families a very safe and happy

holiday. The last day of classes

is Friday, December 19th. We

will see you back at school on

Monday, January 5, 2015.

Sincerely, Mr. James Willms

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Inclement Weather 2

Milk tickets 2

Charity donations 2

Upcoming events 3

French Immersion 3

Fundraising 4

Healthy Snack 4

Bookfair 4

Junior volleyball 5

Student of the month 5

Community Care 5

CyberBullying 6

Campbells Labels

Calendar

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7

W O O D L A N D P U B L I C

S C H O O L

TRUSTEE

Dalton Clark

Tel: 937-6960

DIRECTOR OF

EDUCATION

W. Hoshizaki

Tel: 641-1550

SUPERINTENDENT

OF SCHOOLS

Kelly Pisek

Tel: 641-1550

TRANSPORTATION

Brian Nesbitt

Tel: 346-0296

Principal James Willms

Secretary Laura Ander-

son

Tel: 905-685-1331

Fax: 905-685-1332

E-Mail:

James.Willms@DSBN.org

Principal’s Message

WOODLAND SCHOOL http://woodland.dsbn.org/

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Parking Lot Safety

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Milk can be purchased every day at

first nutrition break. You can pur-

chase a sheet of 14 milk tickets for

$10 from Mrs. Anderson in the of-

fice or you can purchase milk on a

daily basis for 75 cents.

Milk Tickets WOODLAND CHARITY

DONATIONS

Special thanks to all students who donated to UNI-

CEF by taking part in our Halloween activities and

dance. We collected and donated $338.70 to UNI-

CEF from Woodland.

There may be times during the school year where inclement weather or other situations could cause transpor-tation cancellations or school closures. At times when student transportation has been cancelled and schools remain open, the decision of whether or not to have children in school on that day rests with the parent or guardian. Should you decide not to send your child to school in the event that transportation is cancelled but schools remain open, or if your child is ill or late, please ensure that you call your child’s school to inform them of your child’s absence. A key resource in any emergency is the DSBN Emergency Information form that you filled out at the begin-ning of the school year. Please let the school know of any changes in contact information or procedures you wish to be followed throughout the school year. For secondary schools it may become necessary to cancel late buses. Notice will be provided via school an-nouncements and on the websites and subscription features by 11:30 a.m. Information about transportation cancellations and school closures will be available as soon as a decision is made.

Radio Stations:

WAVE (94.7 FM) Hamilton CHTZ-FM (97.7 FM) St. Catharines

CKOC (1150 AM) Hamilton 2DayFM (105.1 FM) Niagara Falls/Fort

Erie CHML (900 AM) Hamilton K-LITE-FM (102.9 FM) Hamilton

CHAM (820 AM) Hamilton GIANT FM (91.7 FM) Welland

Y-108(107.9) Hamilton

Subscription Features: DSBN Facebook or Twitter NSTS Transportation Delay or Cancellation Alerts Phone: Niagara Student Transportation Services 905-346-0290 Voice Auto Attendant

Inclement Weather Information

Websites: http://www.dsbn.org/inclementweather/ www.nsts.ca

Winter Weather

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The French Immersion program (offered at French Immersion sites) is open to all students in Senior Kindergar-

ten. If you want your child to develop a high proficiency and fluency in Canada’s two official languages, French Immersion has a great deal to offer.

FEATURES OF THE FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAM: Development of French language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing from grades one to twelve;

Designed to be a second language program for children whose first language is NOT French;

Current enrolment of over 2,000 elementary students; Certificate of French Immersion Studies awarded upon successful completion of the elementary and secon-

dary Immersion program; Promoting understanding of different cultures;

Providing additional opportunities for employment using French as the working language;

An increased ability to communicate and interact with confidence in French. Registration will open January 5th, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. and will close February 17th, 2015 at 9:00

a.m.

For more information about French Immersion in the District School Board of Niagara visit www.dsbn.org/fi or

speak to your school principal. Parent Information evening sessions will be held in January. Parent Visitations to the Grade 1 French Immersion classrooms will occur during designated daytime hours if desired.

*N.B. – With recent revisions to the French Immersion program at the DSBN, McKay Public School in Port Col-

borne, is the only site accepting Grade 4 entry registrations. Please note, beginning September 2016,

the DSBN will be a single entry program with French Immersion starting only in Grade 1.

St. Catharines (Central & South) and Thorold

Jeanne Sauve Public School (Grade 1 entry)

Parent Information Night: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Grade 1 French Immersion Classroom Visits (if desired): Thursday, January 8, 2015 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m..

French Immersion Registration

Dec. 18 Student of the Month

Jan. 5, 2015 Return to School

Jan. 27, 2015 School Advisory Meet-ing at 6:45pm

Dec. 2-18 Tree of warmth, food/toy

drive

Dec. 15 Holiday concert rehearsal at

Central 9:15am

Dec. 16 Holiday Concert 7 pm

Dec. 9 Return chocolate pretzel

money

Dec. 19 Red & Green Day

HOLIDAY CONCERT

Our concert is sched-

uled for Tuesday,

December 16th at 7

p.m. at Central Com-

munity Church at 240

Scott Street. Mark you calendar!

Upcoming events

FUNDRAISING UPDATE

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Thanks to all of the families who have supported any/all of our fundraising ventures. Our Woodland School

magazine fundraiser earned us $2352.19 in profit for the school. The Chocolate pretzel sales fundraiser run

by our SAC are under way and will run until Monday, December 15th. Please return $120 for your box as

soon as your chocolates are sold, or return any chocolate you are unable to sell so someone else can sell them.

Additional boxes will be handed out on request when money is returned. Poinsettia pick-up will be 3-6pm on

Wednesday, December 10th, and the 8-10am Thursday, December 11th Still looking for a Christmas idea?

Woodland will be selling CC Swirls Giftcards, with a percentage of the profit returning to the school. Watch

for further information about this and a date to support our school by shopping at M and M Meats.

BOOK FAIR

Our Woodland Scholastic Book Fair was held

during the week of November 10th and was a

great success! We set a goal to sell 200 books and

sold 155 books overall. Thanks to the support

shown by Woodland families, we have money to

spend on books and resources for our school li-

brary. Thank you! A special thank you to our

Woodland book fair team: Cara, Jordan, Mitchell

and Shelby who volunteered their time to set up,

dismantle and work at the fair. We also want to

thank the school council parents who helped with

setup and cleanup, it was a team effort!

Snack Menu for December 2014

Week of... Monday Wednesday Friday

December

1-5

Fruit

&

WG Cheerios

Sweet pepper strips

with dip and

WG crackers

Fruit &

Popcorn

December

8-12

Blueberries

& Vanilla Yogurt

Veggies

WW Bagels &

Cream cheese

Cinnamon

Chips and

Applesauce

December

15-19

Fruit

& Nutrigrain

bars

Cucumbers

with hummus dip

and pitas

Pasta sauce

& Mozzarella

Sticks

December

22-31

HAVE A

MERRY

CHRISTMAS!

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In the upcoming month, we will be doing 3

weeks of giving to our community. We will start

on December 2nd with the week of warmth. We

encourage you to bring in hats, mittens, gloves

and other winter accessories. We will be follow-

ing with a week of giving canned foods. There

will be buckets in the atrium to drop off dona-

tions. The last week we will finish with a week

of giving toys/games. All donations will

go towards Community Care. Throughout the month we will

also be selling candy canes. Candy canes are 25 cents. You can

also send them to your friends! Don’t miss out on our month of

giving.

Community Care Initiatives for December—

Helping our Community

November Students of the Month—Responsibility

Congratulations to the November Students of the Month: Sammy, Molly, Rachel, Owen, Pier-

son, Josh, Robbie, Sherzod, Charlotte, Emily, Lexi, Owen, Davran, Amir, Jesse, Sofia, Claire,

Tavish and Casey. They were recognized for demonstrating the character traits over the last

month. Thanks to Mrs. Leontis and Mrs. Korosis for supporting the grade 8 students, Carter,

Rory, and Will in putting together a powerpoint presentation and video featuring co-operation.

Our colour house winning team was GREEN! Congratulations!

The junior co-ed volleyball team has completed their

volleyball league and will be competing in the Cham-

pionship game this week. Mrs. Korosis and Ms. Thi-

essen are very proud of the teams’ accomplishments

this season. Congratulations ! The team members

include: Lauren, Meredith, Tori, Brooklyn, Julianna,

Lucy, Luke T., Tye, Joey, Owen, Emma, Ella, Jordan,

and Reid . Special thanks to Mrs. Korosis and Ms.

Thiessen for coaching our team this year. Thanks

also to the students who helped with scorekeeping

and lines at the games, parents for cheering us on and

driving to games.

Junior Co-Ed Volleyball Team Pajama Day -more colour house points!

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Dear Woodland Families,

Thank you for all the Campbell's Soup Labels for Education collected so far. As the temperature outside drops, it

feels more and more like "hot soup weather", I thought it would be good to update everyone as to which products apply.

All canned Campbell's Soups: save the entire label

Campbell's Soup Bowls: save the lid

Campbell's Soup at Hand: save the lid

Campbell's Heart Noodle Bowls: save the Paper lid

Gardenay Box Soups: save the UPC

Campbell's Easy Cooking Sauces: save the UPC

Campbell's Ready to use Broth: save the UPC

Prego Pasta Sauce: save the lid

Habitant Soups: save the entire label

Goldfish Crackers (any size from 28g -1.3 kg): save the UPC

V8 JuiceN8 Cocktails: if in can- save the cleaned can

: if in bottle- save the label

: if in box- save the UPC

V8 Fushions: save the cap

V8 Splash: save the cap

We appreciate your continued support of the program and the effort you go to, to help the school. As it is such an easy

program to support, I find even grandparents, neighbors and organizations, church groups are happy to save the la-

bels to help the children. It never hurts to ask. For further information about products, please follow the “soup can” link

on our school website. Thank you all, SAC and Sue Ricciardi

Our school Calendar is now available “live” from the Woodland School Website.

Previously, we created the calendar and uploaded a copy each month. With our

new calendar link, it will be easier to update the calendar, adding and editing events

as necessary. It will also allow you to navigate to future months and look ahead to

upcoming events that have been entered. Please take the opportunity to check it

out on our website or follow the link below.

http://woodland.dsbn.org/calendar.html