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BERNIE WOLFE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2018
95 Bournais Drive Winnipeg, Manitoba R2C 3Z2 Phone: 958-6532 Fax: 667-9871
Hello to the wonderful Bernie Wolfe families! It is remarkable to me how quickly the months have gone by and that we living and learning in the month of March! During February we celebrated I Love to Read month with many special activities. We had many very special guest readers, and we celebrated reading in all grades from kindergarten to grade 8. February was also Black History month, and we welcomed in the Chinese New Year as we entered into the Year of the Dog. Valentine’s Day parties marked the 14th in our calendar, and Louis Riel day took place on the 19th. February might be a relatively short month, but it was certainly not short on special activities! Now that it is March we have finalized our term two report cards and directed our efforts into term three teaching and learning. Term two represents the first time as an entire school division that we have gone paperless for report cards. The future has arrived! Reports are now published to a parent portal for parents to access. This is good news for our families and for our environment. Kindergarten registration is well underway and all families are encouraged to register as soon as possible as this determines our staffing levels for next year. With the unprecedented growth over the current academic year, this is taking on a new importance. As many of you know, Bernie Wolfe is now closed to all out of catchment applications. If you have new neighbours, please encourage them to come down to the school as soon as possible to complete the registration process. As always, please contact your child’s classroom teacher or school administration with any questions or concerns you have. Best wishes to all!
Administration’s Message
Elizabeth Linton Ryan Francis Principal Vice Principal
School Hours:
Entry Bell – 8:40 Start of Day – 8:50 Recess – 10:05 – 10:20 Lunch – 11:35 – 12:35 Recess – 1:50 – 2:05 Dismissal – 3:30
Phone: (204) 958-6532 Fax: (204) 667-9871 Email: [email protected]
We’re on the Web! http://schools.retsd.mb.ca/bw
RETSD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ward Colleen Carswell (Chair) 1 [email protected] Phone: (204) 222-1486 Jerry Sodomlak 1 [email protected] Phone: (204) 999-1409 John Toews 2 [email protected] Phone: (204) 663-0475 Rod Giesbrecht 2 [email protected] Phone: (204) 661-5984 Eva Prysizney 3 [email protected] Phone: (204) 668-3501 Brianne Goertzen 3 [email protected] Phone: (204) 955-6782 Brian Olynik 4 [email protected] Phone: (204) 661-6440 Peter Kotyk 4 [email protected] Phone: (204) 668-4181 Michael West (vice-chair) 5 [email protected] Phone: (204) 990-3228
Bernie Wolfe Community School will be hosting a Kindergarten Orientation
Evening for all students registered for Kindergarten for the 2018-2019 school
year on:
Thursday, May 31, 2018
@ 6:00 p.m.
It is not too late to register for Kindergarten. If you have not registered your
child for Kindergarten, please do so as soon as possible, as we are now working on
next year’s staffing. If you have a neighbour with a child eligible for
kindergarten, please pass along the information.
Countdown To Kindergarten
PRESCHOOL GROWING & LEARNING DAYS
If your child will be attending kindergarten in our division in September
2018, you are invited to attend one of our free preschool Growing & Learning
events this spring.
Get a taste of school and meet the friendly, helpful people you’ll find in it. Kindergarten,
resource and physical education teachers will be on hand with all kinds of games and activities
for you to enjoy.
Meet the principal, teachers and student support staff, as well as clinicians, public health
nurses and other community service providers who have helpful information for you. You can
even get your child’s hearing and vision checked.
The Preschool Growing and Learning Event for Bernie Wolfe students will be held at
Joseph Teres on Wednesday, April 25th from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Call 204-669-4043 or
email [email protected] to register.
Grade 8 Boys Basketball
The grade 8 boys basketball team had a great year. After a couple of humbling
exhibition games where the boys were blown out, they worked hard and started to
play as a team. From that point on, the boys were competitive in every match, and
wound up with a very respectable 7-5 record overall. Mr. Hunter and Mr. Struch
thoroughly enjoyed watching the boys grow over the course of the season.
Congratulations on a great year!!
Thank you, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Struch - Coach
Grade 7 Boys Basketball
Congratulations to the Grade 7 Boys Basketball team on a fantastic season! They demonstrated
an amazing amount of hard work, dedication, and sportsmanship to each other, their opponents,
and the coaches. Mr. Bugera and Mr. Kozaczka are so proud of how well the boys represented
Bernie Wolfe at away games and in the Valley Gardens tournament in which they came in 4th
place! We hope to see you continue to practice and hone your skills in the off-season and wish
you the best next year. 3-2-1-BLAZERS!
Mr. Kozaczka
Grade 8 Girls Basketball
The Bernie Wolfe Grade 8 Girls Basketball Team had an amazing season this year. Since our first
practices in December, we are amazed at the progress they have made! The girls have shown
growth in their skill development, sportsmanship and team play throughout the season. The team
participated in 5 league mini-tournaments throughout January and February, and one weekend
tournament at John Henderson. We would like to thank the parents and guardians for all your
support as well as for helping to transport the girls to our games and tournaments! Finally, we would
like to thank our players for all their hard work this season as well as wish them luck with their future
athletic endeavours!
Mrs. McOmber & Ms. Matsumoto
Grade 7 Girls Basketball
This week marks the end of another great basketball season. The Grade 7 Girls Basketball
Team fought hard every game and did our school proud. Congratulations goes to Sanjunee for most
improved player; Crislie for her spirit and drive; Aiyana for her positive attitude and natural
leadership of the team; as well as the rest of the team consisting of Temmy, Alex, Nyantiop, Lea,
Matthy, Delaniey, Laura, Nola and Lexi. These girls showed sportsmanship in practice and in
games. These girls learned how to run an offense, rebound, pass, play amazing defense and even
how to set a screen. Although we started the season a bit late because of some early bye weeks, it
sure was nice to finish at home where we played our last games. Special thanks go to Mr. Gibbons,
Mr. Partaker and Ms. Mcfadzean who helped coach this year. Thanks girls for a special season
filled with fun!
Samantha Brolly Coach
Library News
*We are so thrilled with how our I Love to Read month went here at Bernie Wolfe Community
School! We had many activities as well as many guest readers! Here is just some of the
activities that were organized:
• Mystery readers during the announcements
• Dress like a book character day
• Cuddle up and read day
• Read-Ins for grades 6, 7, & 8
• Wear red day in connection with the Olympics
• Wear a shirt we can read day
• Making Bookmarks in the library
• Reading Relays in the library
• Recommending “Gold Medal” books
*We had a guest reader for all of our classes, they included:
• Mr. Francis & Ms.Linton
• The Winnipeg Police
• The Winnipeg Police Canine Unit
• Trustees Jerry Sodomlak and Colleen Carswell
• MLA James Teitsma
• Olympian Chantal VanLandeghem
• A pilot from Westjet
• Chris Jay from 99.9 Bob FM
• Leonard Monkman from CBC
• Ali Saeed
A big Thank you to all students, staff, and families who participated in I Love to Read Month!
We are already planning for next year!
Ms. Krahn, Mrs. Ziemianski, & Mrs.Buchanan
Music Notes
Congratulations to the bands for a job well done at the January & February concerts. The grade 7, 8,
and jazz bands all did themselves proud with strong musical performances at their concert in the
theatre. While the grade 6 band shared their first songs in the library the last week of February.
Congratulations to the grade 8 band and the jazz band for representing Bernie Wolfe Community
School well at both Optimist Concert Band and Optimist Jazz Festival. Well done!
Thank you to all parents, staff, students, and friends who came out to help make the events
successful with their supportive presence!
A big B.W.C.S. welcome to Mrs. Krueger-Petersen, our new K-2 music educator.
Upcoming Events:
➢ March 16 – Jazz Band performs at 5:30 p.m. at the Brandon Jazz Festival
➢ April 25 am Grade 5 visit to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
➢ April 25 – Grade 7 Band performs at 10:40 a.m. at CMU – Level One Festival
➢ May 7 – Music Monday across Canada!
➢ May 17 – Spring Concert – all bands – 6:30 p.m. BWCS gym
Come out to one or all of our events!
Assembly Schedule
ATTENDANCE / CALL BACK
Parents are asked to please call the office, 204-958-6532, when your
child will be absent or late. No need to wait until the office is open; simply
leave a message on our answering machine, with your child’s full name, class
info and reason for absence. This will ensure that your child is accounted for
and therefore safe.
In an effort to be more environmentally responsible and eco-friendly, Bernie Wolfe has set up a Recycling Spot
We are collecting old eyeglasses, dried up markers, drink can tabs and batteries. The Recycling Spot is located in the main foyer next to the library.
Please feel free to drop off these items and we will make sure they get recycled appropriately.
Recycling Reminder We are trying to be cleaner recyclers at Bernie Wolfe.
We are reminding everyone that yogurt, jello, apple sauce and pudding containers are all recyclable and we would love to see them in our blue bins but we would also ask that you take a few minutes to rinse them out before they go in the bins. Food left in these containers becomes very stinky and
attracts unwanted pests.
Here are some other sites that provide good recycling information. http://www.simplyrecycle.ca
http://www.recyclemanitoba.ca/
Month Theme Date
April Assembly April 19 – p.m.
June Assembly - (Volunteer Recognition) June 7 – 2:15 p.m.
June Grade 8 Farewell/Recognition June 26 – 10:00 a.m.
Unfortunately, in the month of January, our friend Mays passed away. She was a brave, kind, caring, ‘a-Mays-ing’ person. To honour her faith and beliefs, we decided to spread kindness and give charity in her name. We decided to raise money for two important charities: The Children’s Hospital and Islamic Relief Canada. We chose these charities because the Children’s Hospital helps sick kids in need and Islamic Relief Canada helps countries in need and those living in poverty. We decided to raise money by having a bake sale February 13th -16th. We are so thankful for all the people who came to support us, and to those who donated items to sell at our Bake Sale. We would also like to thank Mrs. Dram and Mrs. Meilleur who helped us raise even more money by making a special lunch for staff. We still have donations coming in, but we know we have raised over $1,250! We know that this money will go towards helping many people and making a difference in the world!
-Mrs. McOmber’s class 6/7C
Community Connector News
Registration for spring Kinderlinks programs is Saturday March 17th! There are many FREE
programs you can register your preschooler for in our school division. If you would like to be on the
Kinderlinks mailing list please call 204-669-4043 or email [email protected] . There are paper
copies of the newsletter in the family room as well.
We will be offering a new program called Diggin’ With Dinos on Tuesday mornings for
children ages 3-5 years old from 9:30-11a.m. (April 10-May 15) Preschoolers will learn about big
and small dinosaurs through songs, books, puzzles, games and activities. We will also have an art
experience and share a healthy snack.
We will also be offering a program called All Aboard The Friend Ship on Tuesday afternoons
for children ages 4-5 years old from 1:15-3p.m. (April 17-May 22) The participants will learn about
being a good friend, taking turns, understanding and managing their emotions as well as problem
solving skills. We will have an art experience share a healthy snack. This is a great program for
children entering kindergarten in the fall.
We don’t just offer programs in the daytime. We are offering a program called Night Owls for
children 1-5 years old on Wednesday evenings from 5:45-7:15p.m. (April 4-May 9) Parents and
children will spend quality time together playing with toys, play-doh, games, singing, reading,
creating art and sharing a healthy snack.
These programs are 6 week registered programs. We still have our FREE drop-in Stay & Play
program on Thursday mornings running until March 15th. Come join the fun with your child between
9-11 in the family room.
I hope to see you in the family room in the spring at one of these sessions!
Allison Cole Community Connector
PAC NEWS
Parent Council just wanted to take a few moments to thank you for your continued support of
our pizza lunch fundraisers. So far we have used this year’s profits to pay for one bus for the grade
6 camp, reducing the cost per student. We also made a donation towards the grade 8 Farewell and
towards the band/music program. Any additional profits made each month are being saved for
playground upgrades that we are planning.
With that in mind, do you know a lot about grant applications? Do you know where we can
find grants that PAC can apply for to help assist with funding our playground upgrades? We need
help getting our playground project off the ground, and if this is something that you are interested in,
then we would love to have you on our team. PAC is always looking for new members! We gather
on the second Tuesday of every month in the family room and we would love to have you join us or
please email [email protected].
In addition to planning our playground upgrades, PAC is also going to be providing coffee and
cookies during student-led conferences. Come and say hi to us in the foyer. During April we will be
hosting Family Fun Night in the gym, and we will be sending home information about our next
fundraiser, Kernels! In May we will be hosting a staff appreciation lunch. The PAC fun never stops at
BWCS.
COMMUNITY NEWS
School Calendar – 2017 – 2018
Bernie Wolfe Community School
Calendar of Events 2017-2018
March 2018 1-3 G. 7-8 - Jazz Band – N.K. Mennonite Brethren (TBA) 5 Kindergarten Registration – 8:00 a.m 9 Report Cards 13 LPC Meeting @ 3:45 and PAC Meeting @ 6:00 p.m. 15 Student Led’s – 4:30 – 7:00 p.m 16 Student Led’s – 8:30 – 11:30 a.m 16 Professional Development - NO SCHOOL 16 Gr. 7-8 - Brandon Jazz Festival – all day 19-22 Tumble Rally – Hosting BWCS -11:30-12:45 & evening 20 TPUE Meeting @ 6:00 p.m. 20 Assembly – (Health & Fitness) – a.m 21 Gr. 3-5 – Tumble Rally – 11:30 & Evening 23 Pizza Lunch 23 Bowling 1-2 p.m. 23 Last Day of Classes before Spring Break
April 2018 2 Classes resume 3 Assembly - Welcome Back – 9:15 a.m. 4 Early Dismissal 2:45 pm 10 LPC Meeting @ 3:45 & PAC Meeting @ 6:00 p.m 12 Gr. 5 Patrols – Wheelies Roller Rink – a.m. 17 TPUE Meeting @ 6:00 p.m 18 Gr. K-4 MTYP Lion,Witch & Wardrobe @ BWCS– am 19 Assembly – (ESD) – p.m. 19 Family Fun Night - 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. 20 PD (School Planning) - NO SCHOOL 23 Gr. 7 – Badminton Tournament – all day 24 Gr. 8 – Badminton Tournament – all day 24-27 Gr. 7 Band - Level One - 12:00 p.m. @ NKMB (TBA) 25 Gr. 5 – Adventures in Music – Concert Hall – a.m. 26 Gr. 4 – Zone Handball – all day (hosting BWCS) 27 Gr. 5 – Mini Handball – all day – (hosting BWCS) 27 Pizza Lunch 27 Bowling 1-2 p.m
May 2018 3 Walk-a-Thon Kick-off Assembly – a.m. 7 Music Monday 8 LPC Meeting @ 3:45 and PAC Meeting @ 6:00 p.m. 9 Early dismissal 2:45 p.m. 15 TPUE Mtg – 6:00 p.m. 17 Gr. 6-8 - Spring Band Concert – 6:30 p.m 18 Assembly - p.m. 21 Victoria Day – NO SCHOOL 23 Gr. 1-3 – Div Folkdance – all day (alt May 29) 24 Gr. 6-8 – Track & Field Day (alt May 28th) 25 Pizza Lunch 25 Bowling – 1-2 p.m. 28 Gr. 3-5 – Track & Field- all day (alt June 4) 30 Walk-A-Thon Fundraiser 31 New Kindergarten Orientation – 6:00 p.m
June 2018 1 Gr 5 – Div Track & Field – (alt. June 5) – Radisson 1 Gr 7-8 – Div. Track & Field – (alt. June 6) – REC 5 Gr.6 & 8 - 2nd dose – Immunization – 9:00 a.m 7 Assembly (Volunteer Recognition) - 2:15 (Library) 8 Gr. K-2 – Field Day – all day (alt June 11) 8 Gr 6 – Div. Track & Field – (alt. June 13) – JWG 12 TPUE Meeting @ 6:00 p.m 12 LPC Meeting @ 3:45 & PAC Meeting @ 6:00 p.m. 14-15 Gr. 6 – Camp Arnes 21 Gr. 5-8 – Lilac Trip – all day 22 Pizza Lunch 26 Gr. 8 Farewell/Recognition Assembly – 10:00 a.m 26 Grade 8 Farewell Dinner & Dance 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. 28 Admin. Day – NO SCHOOL 29 Report Cards 29 Early dismissal – Last day 2:30 p.m
