Greenfield Elementary School

Our March Madness Week carries on! Tomorrow is “Sports Day” so dress to support your favourite team.

Terry Kelly is doing a presentation to our students on Friday at 1:15. If some parents would like to drop by, they are welcome.

The OurSCHOOL Parent Survey closes on Friday, March 15th. We are hoping our parents will take the time to complete the survey and provide feedback on our school and on learning at Greenfield.   It truly does not take long and it provides us with valuable information on successes and areas for improvement.

The link to the survey is:

http://ourschool.net/jf4wg 

The staff of Greenfield would like to thank our Home and School for the wonderful lunch we had today! It was a lovely treat after a busy week of report cards and Parent-Teacher Interviews.  Thank you as well for our Wednesday Treat Days throughout the month of February.   It is great to be appreciated!

Don’t forget – all cookie dough orders must be picked up tonight!

We have many orders left and will not be able to store the boxes as they must be frozen. 

Here are some parent notes for rest of this week and next:

1. 1 A reminder that the Cookie Dough orders will arrive today. Parents (and parent helpers) can pick them up from 3:oo PM  to 8:00 PM. They are a frozen product and must be picked up today.
2. Spring Photos are Wednesday, March 13th.  A form went home with students this week for parents to request that their child have a Spring Photo taken. Only those students who return the form will have their photo taken.
3. There is Home and School Meeting on Tuesday, March 12th in the library. All are welcome!
4. We will have March Madness next week as we wind down (up?) for March Break. Here is the schedule:                                                                                                                         Monday, March 11 – Lazy Monday – Wear Your P.J.’s                                                           Tuesday, March 12 – Life’s a beach – Dress for a summer day!                                          Wednesday, March 13 – Wacky Wednesday – crazy hair, crazy socks, crazy clothes, anything goes!                                                                                                                                    Thursday, March 14 – Sports Thursday – Dress for your favourite team.                          Friday, March 15 – Leprechaun Friday – Wear green and dress for St. Patrick’s Day
5. On Wednesday, March 13, our Kindergarten to Grade 3 students will be treated to a presentation of “Imagine That!” by the students in Holland College Performing Arts Program.
6. On Friday, March 15, Terry Kelly will be doing a presentation “We Can Do Anything!” in the school gym for all students and staff at 1:15.  Terry has received seven East Coast Music Awards and was nominated for four Canadian Country Music Awards. We are so excited to have him come to Greenfield and share his music and positive message with our school.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            We look forward to seeing many of our parents over the next couple of days for Parent-Teacher Interviews.  Fingers crossed for warmer weather!

Today report cards were to go home with students. With the storm day yesterday and technical difficulties today across the system, we will not be able to send them until tomorrow.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Ordering for March lunches ends tonight at midnight.

Pink Shirt Day is a day when we pay special attention to bullying. On this day, we remind ourselves that everyone should feel safe and respected and that bullying has no place in our school.

In support of Pink Shirt Day, all students and staff are encouraged to wear a pink shirt or any other pink item to show they stand up against bullying.

Bricks 4 Kidz is offering a P.D. Day Camp in Summerside on Friday, March 1st.  It is titled “Back to the Future.” There will be special visits from a Hot Air Balloonist and a history professor.  Students will travel back in time to replicate experiments  and demonstrations of famous scientists from the past.  There will be hands-on experiments in static electricity and a hot air balloon challenge.  There is sponsorship for some spaces through P.E.I. Teacher’s Federation.

The camp is at Trinity United Church in Summerside on March 1st and it goes from 8:30 to 4:30.  The cost is $40.00. To register online and to find sponsorship information go to:   http://steampei.com/home/register/list-of-camps/

Camps are also being offered for March Break , April and May P.D. Days and summer in Summerside.

Here are notes for the coming weeks:

1. HotLunches for March is now open for ordering.  Refunds have been made for all lunches ordered on storm days.  Parents will see those credits when they order for March. The deadline for orders is Sunday, March 3rd at midnight.
2. We now have a student newspaper thanks to the work of three enterprising students – Samson Carpenter, Aaron Trenholm and Cameron Toon.  The first edition of the Gator Gazette was shared with students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 on Friday.  It includes an article on our very successful gymnastics team, “Ask Mr. Downey”, a Comedy Corner and birthdays.  We look forward to more editions in the future!
3. School across P.E.I. will be doing a provincial survey called OurSCHOOL.  Parents, teachers and students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 will be surveyed to gather information on our school and learning.  Information will be going home to parents tomorrow – Tuesday, February 26th.  We hope many parents will find the time to complete the survey online which should take 15 minutes.  It is an important opportunity to give your input.  Further reminders will be coming!
4. We are reaching the end of our second term of school.  Teachers are evaluating student progress and preparing report cards.  Report cards will be going home on Tuesday, March 5th. Parent-Teacher Interviews will take place on Thursday, March 7th (afternoon and evening) and Friday, March 8th (day).
5. Our Cookie Dough Fundraiser was a great success and we thank our families for their wonderful support.  Cookie dough orders will be arriving on March 7th and can be picked up on that day.  It is a Parent-Teacher Interview day so many parents will be visiting the school anyway.
6. We have had a challenging time getting our students outdoors due to very cold temperatures and very icy conditions on our playground.  We have been using our parking lot as a play area when necessary.  Anyone coming to the school will see pylons blocking the entrance to the parking lot at these times.  Please park in the parking area at the end of school if you need to come into the school on those occasions.

Enjoy the storm day!

It is a very snowy day out there. Hopefully, everyone is enjoying this stormy day at home.

This is our fourth storm day since January began. There have been refunds made in HotLunches for January 9th, January 21st, February 8th and February 13th.  No school, no lunches!  As well, there was an error in the February menu.  There is no school on March 1st as it is a Professional Learning Day.  A refund was made for any lunches that were ordered on that day.  Sorry for any confusion on this.

Stay warm and stay safe!