Winter is over and

spring has sprung!

Students and staff

are enjoying the

beautiful weather

and are taking

advantage of being

outside during

breaks and for some

Phys. Ed. periods.

After our break,

students and staff

have returned, ready

to charge forward to

the end of the year.

Our school breakfast

program is up and

running and we have

had many students

participate. Thorsby

Elementary has

received a donation

from DuPont

Pioneer to purchase

supplies, equipment,

and food items. We

are greatly

appreciative of their

support for our

program.

Great things

continue to happen

at Thorsby

Elementary.

Students are

continuing with their

academic pursuits,

and many classes are

supplementing their

programs with

valuable field trips.

Our parent

organization, TEPA,

is a key supporter of

fieldtrips by covering

the cost of

transportation of

one field trip each

Message from the Principal

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www.tes.blackgold.ca

year for each class.

Thank you, TEPA, for

your continued

support of our

students.

If any parents are

interested in joining

TEPA, the annual

general meeting is

April 27, 2016 at 6:30

pm. Our school is a

better place because

of the support we

receive from this

group of parents!

Raylene Jubinville

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Winning Streak

Last month there was a great group of students who worked with

Mrs. Jubinville in our Winning Streak. The students discussed the

concept of self-control. They were very knowledgeable and came up

with many different examples where they can use

self-control.

A big thank you goes out to the following students:

Muriel C. Keaton S. Dylan L.

Kierra M. Cameron D. Andres V.

Mikka M. Flynn S. Wyatt M.

Gemma G. Stefanie W. Austin R.

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EPCOR Share a Book Program—Grade 1M

The EPCOR Share a Book program provides new books and book bags to Grade 1 students across Northern Alberta and ensures the joy of reading is not limited to a student’s financial means. Books stir the senses and ignite a love reading that can last a lifetime and are essential to lifelong development. Since the program began, more than 14,000 books have been distributed to over 7,000 students. Ms. Mason’s grade one class was one of the lucky ones to receive a book bag! The books included in the bag are “Puckster's New Hockey Teammate and Give Me Back My Dad”. Thanks so much Edmonton Oiler Community Foundation and EPCOR!

SPROUTS

Interested in finding out if you

have a “green thumb”?

Mr. Stern and Mrs. Brightman

will be starting up Sprouts next

week.

Students from grades 5 & 6 are

welcome to come and sign up.

Our focus will be fruits and

vegetables.

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Spring Photos—May 6, 2016

Picture Day is coming Friday, May 6, 2016. Mark your calendar!

Lifetouch will be taking :

Spring Portraits—Fundraiser for the School

Kindergarten Graduation Portraits

School portraits by Lifetouch feature studio-style photography that

give students the freedom to create a look that’s truly their own. Look for

complete information on the flyer provided to your child. Plus visit

www.lifetouch.com for clothing suggestions, grooming tips, online

payment details and more.

Kindergarten

Celebration

Save the Date

Mothers’ Night

May 5th

More details to follow.

SWAT—Theme Day

Wednesday, April 20th

‘S’ Dress-up Day

P A G E 5

Puzzling

Over Our

Future

TES will be

hosting

Student

Career Day

May 3

as our

Education

Week Activity

P A G E 6

Spring Book Fair Thank you for your support and help for another successful book fair.

Here is the list of Classroom Winners from Book Fair:

PreK Thatcher ECS Piper & Brant

1C Brooklyn 1M Landon

2M Aurora 2/3Z Amy 3B Molly

4H Chase 4W Ayden 5I Brady

5M Brooklyn 6S Skyler

Family Draw Gemma G Classroom Draw 2M

Guess How Many? Eva - Guesses 82 (Answer was 82)

Students Grade 4-6 Book Club – Pacific Northwest Reading Club – Young Reader’s Choice Award

Only 8 students qualified to vote for their favorite title on Wednesday, April 6.

April Themes - Ocean, recycling, environment, Earth Day, Spring

Author Visit—May 9, 2016—Author, Kate Jaimet

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Author - Kate Jaimet @ TES

May 9, 2016

To celebrate Education Week & Reading Week we are having author, Kate Jaimet, visit our school on Monday, May 9th. Special thanks to:

Kate is visiting here from Ottawa, on the TD Canadian Children’s Book Week tour, Kate writes books for teens but also does article writing for magazines such as National Geographic. Her young adult book, Dunces Anonymous, was a finalist for the Ottawa Book Award and the Silver Birch Fiction Award. The sequel, Dunces Rock, has already been nominated for the Red Cedar Award.

See more of Kate’s work here. http://katejaimet.com/

Her session at our school is for Grades 4 & up. This event is open to the community. But is not suited for students under 10 years of age.

Kate will be at Thorsby Elementary School from 12:20pm -1:25pm

Pre-Order forms to purchase an autographed copy of her books are available on our website at http://tes.blackgold.ca/, at the school office and in the school Library. Or one can be emailed to you. Contact leanne.sekora@gshare.blackgold.ca.

P A G E 8

Parents—You are invited!

Thorsby Elementary Parents Association

Is hosting their AGM

TEPA Meet & Greet Evening

Wednesday, April 27th at 6:30pm

There will be food, door prizes and great information.

Come find out what TEPA’s doing for our kids!

(Note: this event if for adults only)

It’s a year of change and we need people to fill the positions of:

President (the Past President will be there to help this person with the job for another year)

Vice President

Gaming Liaison (organize the Casino every two years)

Class Rep for Grade 3-4

Class Rep for Grade 5-6

Please come to our meeting for more information about the positions or

call Kim at 780-405-5455.

Every parent that attends will

receive a

FREE HOT LUNCH COUPON!

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TEPA Reminders:

Fundraising Reminder

Salisbury Greenhouse Gift Cards

Orders are due April 21st to be delivered before

Mother’s Day!

Volunteer Opportunities

Hot Lunch Volunteers needed for next year.

Track Meet Volunteers required for May 19, 2016.

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April 5 Hot Dogs

8 Perogies & Sausage

12 Nuggets & Nachos

15 Grilled Cheese

19 Chicken Burgers

21 Pasta

26 Ham Pizza

29 Pancakes

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HOTLUNCH SCHEDULE

C U B C O N N E C T I O N

APRIL 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Spring

Break

2

3 4 Classes

Resume

5 6 Early

Dismissal

7 8 9

10 11 Lice

Check

12 Lice

Check

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 ‘S’ Dress

Up Day

21 22 PD Day 23

24 25 26 27 TEPA

Meet &

Greet @

6:30

28 29 30

May 3 Hamburgers

6 Perogies & Sausage

10 Nuggets & Nachos

13 Grilled Cheese

17 Chicken Burgers

19 Hot Dogs—TRACK AND FIELD DAY

24 Ham Pizza

27 Pancakes

31 Chicken Burgers

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HOTLUNCH SCHEDULE

C U B C O N N E C T I O N

MAY 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Student

Career Day

(PM)

4 Early

Dismissal

Hats on for

Mental

Health

5 ECS

Mothers’

Night

6 Spring

Portraits

7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 Western

Dress-up

Day

19 TES

Track Meet

20 PD Day 21

22 23 Victoria

Day-NO

SCHOOL

24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31