Update on Recent School Activities

News Update on Recent School Activities:

1) Moustache Day

Student Council sold just under 600 moustaches and made $535 to go towards Prostate Cancer Awareness. Thank-you to Mrs. Julie Ruberto for facilitating this fundraiser.

2) Volleyball Tournament

Congratulations Mr. Dave Annis on the very successful Girls Regional Volleyball Finals held on Tuesday and Thursday of last week (and Tuesday of this week). The events were extremely well organized and there were many positive comments from parents on how well run the event was. 

3) Girls Volleyball Team.

Congratulations to our Girls Volleyball team who won the silver medal in the Regional Volleyball Finals on Tuesday.  In the final match:  they lost a game to Northridge, won the second game and then lost the tie breaker. Very close, competitive games!

The girls then went on to play and defeat Hillcrest for the "Wild Card" spot allowing them to progress to this Saturday's Volleyball City Finals.

Thank-you to Mrs. Holly Barrett, Mrs. Kathy McArthur, Ms. Lindsay Foxworthy our Girls'  Volleyball Coaches.

Stoney Creek put on an amazingly high spirited ‘Pep Rally’ to cheer the Volleyball girls team on and the ‘Robotics Lego’ team wishing them the best of luck at their tournaments on Saturday. Thank you to the Stoney Creek Cheerleaders, Mr. Dave Annis for his slide show and Ms. Julie Ruberto for leading this pep rally.

4) Boys' Volleyball Team

Thank-you to Mr. Jason Eastman and Mrs. Julie Ruberto, our Boys' Volleyball Coaches.

5) Robotic’s Lego Team

The team has been meeting regularly to perfect their Robotic Challenges in order to prepare for Saturday’s tournament against many other Robotics teams around the City. The Team will be competing at Althouse College on Saturday all day.  We wish them the best of luck.  A huge thank you to Michelle Cordy and Peter Eisenbach for all of their time, commitment and patience in working with this team. 

6) Scholastic Book Fair

Book Fair Dates: Monday, December 08, 2014 to Friday, December 12, 2014

Location: Your School Library

Times: Open BEFORE School Each Day From Tuesday to Friday (8:30AM to 9:00AM)  and AFTER School Each Day From Tuesday to Thursday (3:30PM To 4:30PM) for Parents or Students WITH a Parent. Note the Book Fair will close on Friday at 1:00PM.

Extended Hours: We will be open the evenings of...

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 for the FDK and Primary Holiday Concerts.

Thursday, December 11, 2014 for the Junior/Intermediate Holiday Concert.

7) Seasonal Concert Information

Next week are our Seasonal Concerts.  All are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, December 10^th – 5:30-6:30 – FDK concert

Wednesday, December 10^th – 7:00-8:00 – Primary concert

Thursday, December 11^th – 6:30-8:00 – Junior/Intermediate concert

8) Parking & Kiss & Ride

If you have noticed we have orange pylons now lining the centre of the road in front of our school. This new traffic control technique has definitely deterred drivers from completing U-turns.  We will continue with this practice until it is no longer required. 

Just a gentle reminder, kiss and ride is exactly that.  Drive up, open the car door to have your child exit, kiss them goodbye and drive away.  We continue to battle with cars left unattended, running with no one inside or running with children inside. Please abide by the kiss and ride rules!

Upcoming Events:

Friday, Dec. 12^th – hat day – proceeds go towards Student Council prizes for classes

Tuesday, Dec. 16^th – Red & Green Day

Wednesday, Dec. 17^th – Ugly Sweater Day

Thursday, Dec. 18^th – Ultimate Dodgeball (Staff vs Students 7 & 8)

Thursday, Dec. 18^th – Festive Hat Day

Friday, Dec. 19^th – Pajama Day

January 5^th, 2015 – First Day Back to School

Update on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

As you may have already heard we experienced 2 false fire alarms this afternoon at school. On both occasions the school was evacuated and the fire department responded immediately.

According to their investigation these false alarms were due to a system sensory  malfunction on our main fire panel.  After the 2nd alarm, maintenance immediately came out to the school and replaced the malfunctioning sensor.

We apologize for this inconvenience for your children. At the notification of the second alarm all students were reminded to take their coats outside with them.  Both times the school was safely evacuated.

Another quick reminder:

Thursday, October 30th is Black and Orange Day

Friday, October 31st is Dress up for Halloween.  Students have been reminded to please wear appropriate attire with no blood, masks or weapons allowed.

On Friday, October 31st, our Intermediate students are presenting Halloween tableaus in our gymnasium.Students from grades 4-6 will be invited to walk through the various tableau scenes that our grade 7 & 8 students have created. The Intermediate students are excited to share their tableaus.

Everyone is reminded to please dress warmly on Friday night Trick-or-Treating as the forecast is SNOW!!


 Happy Halloween!

October Updates

Just a few updates:

Reminder that there is an FDK-Gr. 3 Movie Night on Friday night.  The movie will begin at 7:00 p.m. and there will be popcorn and juice boxes available.  All students are encouraged to wear their pajamas and to bring a sleeping bag to sit on during the movie.  The Primary children are very excited about this event.  It should be a very fun night!

We now have an anonymous reporting site for bullying on our school website.  On the bottom left hand side of the website there is a link entitled: Stoney Creek Cares: Report Anonymously.  Students, parents and staff may use this form to report anonymously on bullying incidents. The administration team will them receive an email where we can respond to immediately.

Our Respect Assembly is coming up on Tuesday, November 4^th.  All are welcome to attend.

London Knights tickets are going fast.  There are still a few tickets left for sale. The game night is Friday, November 14^th.

A Huge Thank you to our School Council for their amazing leadership in organizing a fantastic chocolate bar fundraiser.  We look forward to hearing the total amount of money raised and our top fundraisers in the November newsletter. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Stallion families! 

Just a reminder that all chocolate bars and money are due Friday October 17th.

If you are done selling please return your money and any unsold bars as soon as possible!

We are so thankful for the incredible support of our stallion families and excited to reward our top selling classes and students.

Happy selling!

Upcoming Events in October!

Halloween is just around the corner and we have a variety of activities planned.

Friday, October 24^th – Primary Movie Night 7:00-8:30. We will be watching Disney’s animated Monster House.  Donation of $5 per family. Popcorn and juice will also be for sale.  Everyone is encouraged to wear their pajamas and to bring their sleeping bag to sit on.

Black & Orange Day is Thursday, October 30^th.

This year staff and students have all expressed an interest in wearing costumes to school.  So on Friday, October 31^st all students and staff have the option of wearing a costume.  There will be no weapons, masks or blood permitted.  If students do not want to wear a costume, they can wear orange and black on this day as well.

The Intermediate division is putting on a Halloween Tableau in the gym on Halloween day for grades 3-6.

All classes have entered a Halloween Door Decorating contest which will also take place the week of Halloween, judged by our Student Council.

We will also be celebrating Anti-bullying all month and the next 2 Wednesdays will be ‘wear pink’ days. All students are encouraged to wear pink clothing or accessories on these days.

Congratulations to so many students for doing such an amazing job of selling their chocolate bars. Everyone is doing an outstanding job! Keep up the great work, especially over the long Thanksgiving weekend when you are visiting family.

We are looking for slightly used books that your child is no longer reading.  If you have a bag of books that you can donate, please bring them in so that we can use them in our classrooms.  Our classroom books are getting old and tired and we would love to have some new ones.  Please look around this Thanksgiving weekend for a few books that you no longer read and are willing to donate to our school. 

Please welcome to Stoney Creek 10 teacher candidates from Western.  They began their practicums on Monday and will be visiting for 6 weeks, ending November 14^th.

We have recently hired 8 OFIP tutors who are all grade 12 students at Lucas and Central High School.  These tutors will begin working with grades 3-8 students after school from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in our library.  Students can finish up homework, do research, receive additional help in any subject where there is a need.

Attention Stoney Creek Moms and Dads!  We are looking for noon hour tutors to work with our grade 3 and grade 6 students starting in January.  If you would be available from 11:00-11:50 twice a week to work with small groups of students in literacy or numeracy, please call the school so that we can get started on the required paperwork.

Congratulations to our Soccer team that competed against several schools last Thursday.  The team demonstrate exceptional skill and great sportsmanship. A huge thank you to Ms. Braddon and Mr. Noordhof for coaching this team. 

Congratulations to our Cross Country runners for a fantastic race on Tuesday, October 7^th at Gibbons Park.  All students gave 100% and successfully finished the race.  We have 19 students who placed in the top 20 and will go on to compete in the finals on Tuesday, October 21^st at Fanshawe Park. (Raindate October 22^nd).  We wish them the best of luck!

Our boys and girls volleyball team are up and running, practising on a regular basis and will be competing in games very soon.

Our first Character Assembly was on Tuesday focussing on Courage.  Mrs. Deryn-Phillips class did an amazing job of demonstrating Courage through songs, poetry, drama and a cheer.  A special thank you to Ms. Gracey for her musical guidance for this assembly.  We look forward to seeing lots of students demonstrating courage during the month of October.

We have a team of 25 Upstanders that began last week. These student leaders help monitor the yard, solve low level problems and assist students in engaging in safe play.

Attention all Primary Students that love to Sing!  We will be having the first ever Primary Choir (Gr. 1-3) at Stoney Creek.  Students will bring home information this week as the Choir begins practicing next Wednesday during the first nutritional break!  

Mark your Calendars!!!

Seasonal Concert Dates:

Wednesday, December 10th - evening performance - FDK & Primary Students & Primary                                                             Choir

Thursday, December 11th - evening performance - Gr. 4-8, Choir, Concert Band and Jazz                                                            Band

Times will be confirmed at a later date.

Cross Country Runner Parents

Cross Country Runner Parents,

Due to busing issues, we are unable to bus students to Jack Chambers tomorrow afternoon.  There are currently no available buses due to a Secondary school function at this same time.  As a result of this, all grade 5-8 runners will walk (approximately 35 minute walk) and the grade 3 and 4 students will be driven by staff and volunteer parents.

If you are available to assist in driving tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., please call the office in the morning.

The first race begins at 3:15 p.m.

Sincerely,

Ms. Kissau

Mandatory Safety Protocols

Dear Parents,

During the month of September/October we will be having our mandatory safety procedures within our school.  We have listed the dates of each drill so that you are well aware in advance of when they will occur. We are mandated to have 3 fire drills, a tornado drill and a code red drill every fall.

Fire drill #1   Tuesday, September 16th a.m.
Fire drill #2     Thursday, September 25th p.m.
Fire drill #3     Wednesday, October 1st, a.m.

Tornado drill Tuesday, September 23rd am.

Code Red drill Monday, October 6th a.m.

These are only safety drills for students to practice the above procedures. Students will be made aware of the first 2 fire drills, the tornado drill and the Code Red drill just prior to the procedure.

Thank you

Stoney Creek Admin Team

Meet the Staff Night Information

Dear Parents, Guardians and Community Members;

You are all invited to our "Meet the Staff" Evening on Thursday, September 18.

From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., we will be welcoming you in to visit your child(ren)'s classroom and meet your child(ren)'s teachers and other staff members. Prior to this, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., our School Council will sell pizza slices for 2.00 a slice and water/juice for 1.00 a bottle in the gym. Please note that cash only will be accepted. At 6:00 p.m., we will have a short welcoming assembly where we will introduce our admin team, our School Council executive and present our school's new Mission, Vision, and Values which we will celebrate with cake/mini cupcakes immediately following the presentation. We would also like to welcome Ms. Debra Franke, Children's Services Librarian of the Stoney Creek Public Library. She will be providing information about library programs available to your children and new library application cards will be available.

For your convenience, the agenda is outlined below:

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (gym) - School Council selling pizza slices for 2.00 a slice and water/juice for 1.00 a bottle in the gym.(cash only)
6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. (gym) - Welcoming Assembly
6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (gym) - cake/ mini cupcakes will be served; pizza and water/juice continue to be sold by School Council (until sold out)
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. -  parents invited for classroom visits and library will be open a well

We look forward to meeting you and seeing you there!

- Stoney Creek Admin. Team

Looking Ahead to the New School Year!

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year! I trust that everyone had a relaxing summer and spent quality time with friends and family.  On behalf of the Stoney Creek Public School teaching and support staff,  I would like to extend a very special welcome to all those families who have children registering at Stoney Creek for the first time in Junior or Senior Kindergarten and to all the new students who are joining our classes in other grades.  We are very much looking forward to meeting you and having you involved in our greater school community.  We’d also like to welcome back all of our currently registered families as we start an exciting new year. 

I am looking forward to my first year as Principal at Stoney Creek and working with you as partners in your child’s education to make this a very productive and successful year. Providing a first rate academic program in an environment that is safe and friendly is what this school prides itself on.  We invite your participation in our school activities and your help to build on the many wonderful attributes that we currently enjoy at the school.  We encourage those parents that are new to our school community to become involved in our School Council meetings and initiatives. Our first School Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10th at 6:30 p.m. in our school library. All parents are welcome to attend. I am certain that you will feel welcome at the monthly meetings and any volunteering you can do on behalf of our parent group would be greatly appreciated by all. 

We would like to welcome several new staff members to Stoney Creek Public School.  This information is posted on our School Web Site in the drop down column listed 'classes', please click on the link 'school organization' to view the specific teacher assignments for the 2014-15 school year.

During the first week of every month, you can expect to view our school newsletter on our web site which will give you information about school programs, extra curricular activities, school policies and general information about current issues.

I look forward to meeting as many families as possible at our “Meet the Staff” Night which is Thursday, September 18^th.  At this time there will be a 'kick off' of our 'Vision, Mission, Values' statement for our School Community. Please feel free to drop by and introduce yourself.

A huge thank you to all of the families who volunteered their time over the summer to water the plants in our Outdoor Classroom. We anticipate classrooms utilizing this learning space on a regular basis.

Our first day procedures for all students will be posted the week before school starts in the Principal's Blog. 

Once again, welcome back! We are looking forward to a most exciting school year.  

Ms. C. Kissau