Comic Con at Stoney Creek!

Hello Stoney Creek Community!

We have had a very successful Comic Con week with Monday and Tuesday being our Conference Days and students viewing some amazing Superhero creations.  We had Rogers TV come out to video the students work and interview many of them about their Superhero's. Look forward to the link to view this. We are so proud of our Student Council representatives for taking the lead on this project and supported and guided many of our classes during the conference.  Our students were incredibly engaged and mesmerized by the Superhero creations.  The 3D models were detailed, collaborative and out of this world! The students also created trading cards describing the Superhero attributes and a video trailer on the Ipads demonstrating the special powers of their hero.  We were very proud of the entire schools’ involvement as all 42 classrooms participated in this special Comic con conference.

Friday is our Superhero dress up day and all students are encouraged to wear their favourite Superhero costume.  No need to go out and purchase a costume, everyday items can be used to create a superhero image using towels or fabric as capes. 

Friday is also our Marvel Movie Day for our students.  FDK’s will be viewing ‘Kung Fu Panda’, Grades 1-5 will be viewing ‘The Lego’ movie and our Grades 6-8 will be watching ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’.

There will be snacks for the students to purchase prior to watching their movie. Please allow your child to bring in a toonie to purchase a snack to munch on during the movie.

Thank you once again for your continuous support.

The Admin Team

Labour Relations Update

Dear Parents and Guardians,


There is a letter posted today from our Director Laura Elliott in regards to the Labour situation within Thames Valley.  You can click on the link below and once you are on the school website, click on the 'Labour Update' button to read this new update.

We will continue to communicate updates in regards to Stoney Creek through our monthly newsletters, our regular emails and through our facebook page.  We will continue to offer extra curricular activities at Stoney Creek.  As parents, if you have any concerns please feel free to call, email or drop in.


Thank you

The Administration Team of Stoney Creek



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Chocolate Bar Fundraiser Update

Chocolate Bar Fundraiser

Well done Stoney Creek!!  For the past two weeks, we've had over 600 cases of chocolate bars out in the Stoney Creek community.  It is almost time for our  Stoney Creek Chocolate Bar Fundraiser to come to an end, however, due to an overwhelming response to our chocolate fundraiser this year, we are extending the fundraiser by a couple of days.   Instead of the fundraiser ending, Friday, October 16th, we will now carry it over the weekend and all money and chocolate must be returned no later than Monday, October 19th if you would like it to count towards a prize and your classroom totals.

All money received after Monday, October 19th, will not count towards your classroom totals, nor your chance at winning one of our top prizes.  So, please get your money and any unsold bars in latest Monday, October 19th.  

September Updates

Good Morning  Stoney Creek Parents and Guardians,

 

Just a couple of news items to inform you about:

1)      Picture day is next Thursday, September 24^th and Friday, September 25^th . The FDK classes will be photographed over 2 days.  On Thursday, children from Ms. Stephens/Guay, Mace/Young, Matesic/Berrisford and  Marriott/Thomas will be photographed.  On Friday, students from  Spence/Ms. A, Dobransky/Hurdis, Bird/Helwig and Alward will be photographed. 

All students in Grades 1-3 will be photographed on Thursday, with the remaining classes from grades 4-8 on Friday.

 

2)      There will be no ‘Meet the Teacher’ event at Stoney Creek as a result of the teacher job action.  If you would like to speak to your child’s teacher please feel free to call and set up a meeting.

 

3)      Please ‘like’ us on Facebook for quick updates.

 

4)      Thank you for your patience at our ‘Kiss & Ride’.  Everyone has been doing a fantastic job! Our pick up and drop off is much smoother with fewer cars left unattended. We realize parking is a huge problem at Stoney Creek.  We highly encourage those families that can walk to please do so to prevent the traffic congestion at the front of our school.

 

5)       If you have not yet signed up for our e-news please do so.  We are a ‘paperless’ school!

6)      Just to give everyone a heads up about our mandatory emergency drills we will be having over the next couple of weeks.  Tuesday, September 22nd is our first High Winds Drill.  Monday, September 28^th is our next fire drill.  Thursday, October 1^st is our first ‘Code Red’ Drill. Students have all practiced the protocol prior to these drills.

Thank you

Ms. C. Kissau

Exciting June Dates To Remember

Wednesday, June 3^rd: Track & Field Finals at TD Waterhouse Stadium.

Friday June 5^th: Teacher vs Student Baseball game.

Friday June 5^th: Friday Nighter Dance for our Grade 6, 7 & 8 students from 7:00-9:30 p.m. Admission is $5.00 and pizza, sweets, beverages and freezies will be for sale.

Tuesday, June 9^th: Girls Slo-Pitch Gold team winners play in the Thames Valley Finals.

Wednesday June 10^th:  Movie day. Primary and Junior students will be watching Shark Tale in our gym in the morning and our Intermediate students will be watching Unstoppable in the afternoon.

Friday, June 12^th: Stoney Creek Comedy Show will take place in the gym. The first assembly will occur at 9:30 a.m. and our second assembly will take place at 12:15 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16^th: All library books due back to the library

Tuesday, June 16^th:  FDK Year End Concert – 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday June 17^th: Stoney Creek will be hosting a Play Day for grades 1-8. It will be filled with fun events with obstacle courses and water. Please make sure that students bring a change of clothes for the day. The rain date is scheduled for Friday June 19th.

Thursday, June 18^th: Graduation Day!

Friday June 19^th: Crazy Hair Day. Come to school with the craziest hair you can do! Be creative, crack open the gel and hairspray and become an artist!

Thursday, June 25^th: Last Day of School!

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!