http://duchess.grasslands.ab.ca June 26th, 2015

Duchess School Newsletter

You Pass...You

Score!!! Movie Experts would like to

remind you to bring in your

passing report card and receive your

choice of either a free rental of any

standard stock movie OR a 2 for 1 rental

on any New Release. At Domino’s Pizza

you will receive a personal sized one-

topping pizza when you present your

report card. All students that participate

will have their names automatically

entered into a draw for a game system

prize pack. Limit 1

redemption per student report

card. Cannot be combined

with any other offer.

Promotion expires August

31/15.

OK Tire Bike Challenge Bassano-Brooks Event Information:

Date; Thursday, July 16th

Starting Point: Bassano Esso

Approx Distance: 50KM

Approx depart time: 1:30pm

Approx end time: 5:30pm (Estimated ride takes 3-4 hours)

Registration information:

Bikechallenge2015.ca

1-800-567-8356 ext 338

Register for route 7.3 (Calgary to Brooks) Fee is $94.50

Please call Amy or Shaun at 641-3693 or email oktirebass@telus.net

once you have registered.

Thank you to Andrea Hook who

did a tremendous job running

Growlies this year. And also to the

students who gave up their lunch

hours to work in Growlies.

Message from the Principal

Well summer has arrived for all of our little ones. Whether they

are walking out into the big, wide world as a new Duchess School

Grad or getting ready for grade one. We have had an amazing year

here! We are so excited to wrap things up and say farewell to our

staff who are travelling, gardening, camping, and some are retiring as

well. We will miss Pat Fukuda who has given 44 years of dedicated

service to our students. We are grateful to Bette Van Pypen and

Marg Grosfield who were so willing to share their complementary

talents with our kids. We hope that your retirement will bring many

new adventures and you will be able to find ways to share your gifts

with new people.

We have such an amazing staff to work with from our very newest

to our most experienced! Duchess School is excited to welcome Miss

Getz who will be teaching Grade 1/2. We are so proud of the work

that we are doing and cannot wait to keep striving to do better. We

love learning, and that is why we still have not left school. We are so

grateful that you trust your little ones with us and we love watching

them grow into engaged, ethical, and entrepreneurial citizens in our

communities.

From all of our staff we hope you and your family will have a won-

derful, safe summer holiday! Enjoy every minute of time you have

together and we will see you in the fall! Sincerely, Mr. Payne

Elementary Awards

Honor Roll

Citizenship Award 1/2 Harris– Gracie Alexander & Tyler Kubinchak

1/2 Fukuda– Rowdy Grove, Roman Pavka & Amelia Rice

1/2 Fletcher– Gibson Best & Meghan Romas

3/4 Mendenhall– Bryce O’Hara & Meaghan Skinner

3/4 Grosfield/VanPypen– Bexson Fox & Ashley Koenning

3/4 Hoffman– Cole Stroud & Emily Butters

5/6 Adams– Brady Antle & Nathan Ibach

5/6 Dyck– Graycee Porter & Nathan Butters

5/6 Butters– Elizabeth Ibach & Annie Driedger

Dedicated Learner 1/2 Harris– Caleb Saunders & Jett Matisho

1/2 Fukuda– Annabella Delaney & Daxon Swain

1/2 Fletcher– Sydney Thompson & Ty Bachur

3/4 Mendenhall– Teagan Beasley & Spencer Hamilton

3/4 Grosfield/VanPypen– Kaylee Steidel

3/4 Hoffman– Zari Lauber & Kennedy Stenger

5/6 Adams– Paige Bergquist, Karina Anderson & Joely Pet-

kau

5/6 Dyck– Jordan Rath & Haven Berg

5/6 Butters– Shelby Gilborn & Sheriff Grove

Junior/ Senior High Awards Citizenship Award

Junior High– Sage Norman

Senior High– Carlos Howey

Most Improved Student

Junior High– Jayson Wegewitz

Senior High– Bailey Graham & Mackenzie Martin

Personal Endeavour Award

Grade 7-Erin Olivier

Grade 8– Kalina Quinton

Grade 9– Brent LeBoutillier

Grade 10-Madison Schnieder

Grade 11– Peter Wieler

Grade 12—Tina Peters

All Around Student Junior High Male– Reid Musgrove

Junior High Female– Odessa Kopp

Senior High Male– Joel Musgrove

Senior High Female– Sandy Latrace

Badminton Awards Hustle– Taylor Morishita & Will Stroud

Most Improved– Victor Valin & Sade Lauber

Sportsmanship– Jock Deschamps, Ryan Gurski & Nicole

Fritz

MVP– Nathan Engel & Erin Olivier

Track & Field Award Sandy Latrace

Madison Hnatuik

Logan Neely Award

Carlos Howey

Volunteer of the Year Debbie Schottenbauer

Grade 5 Jordan Rath

Kristina Jensen

Rylan Beasley

Shelby Gilborn

Eric Dang

Elizabeth Ibach

Carter Peers

Jesse Plumer Karina Anderson

Paige Bergquist

Grade 6 Abby Dame

CJ O’Hara

Haven Berg

Kyra Steidel

Nathan Butters

Sheriff Grove

Lyndsey Peltzer

Sam Al-Alimi

Patrick Peters

Janae Hansen

Dylan Trembecki

Daniel Porter

Coy Entz

Alia Hall

Austin Johnson

Avery Coderre

Hannah Gurski

Joely Petkau

Kirsten Williamson

Grade 7

Honor Roll Zane Douglas

Adam Grimshaw

Tayah Jump

Sade Lauber

Sofia Livingston

Makayla Rath

Cash Regan

Kyle Bergquist

Carley Beasley

Dylan Jensen

Brianna Kuhn

Alyssa Pavka

Alexander Rice

Will Stroud

Quinn Vikedal

Merit Award Nicole Fritz

Madison Hnatiuk

Deagan Swanson

Madison Becker

Connor Douglas

Erin Olivier

Grade 8

Honor Roll Elena Anderson

Koda Henry

Spencer O’Hara

Dani Payne

Kaitlyn Franklin

Madison Gilborn

Jessa Hansen

Dylan Nakamura

Bryanne Peltzer

Abbey Van De

Kraats

Taylor Morishita

Merit Award Deirdre Hackett

Sydney Peers

Victor Valin

Brooke Davison

Abby Franklin

Cole Petkau

Olivia Poole

Grade 9

Honor Roll Jason Declercq

Reid Musgrove

Brooklyn Newton

Rachele Preston

Nathan Engel

Ryan Gurski

Odessa Kopp

Cassi Labadie

Merit Award Tason Lelek

Grade 10

Honor Roll Destiny

Alexander

Julia Anderson

Taylor Cameron

Erika Declercq

Nancy Fehr

Sammy Lauber

Dallis Olivier

Erin Rommens

Madison

Schnieder

Kessa Tanghe

Merit Award Kelista

Giesbrecht

Helena Peters

Dathan Reimer

Zach Miller

Grade 11

Honor Roll Antonia Declercq

Jeffery Enns

Joel Musgrove

Theresa Phair

Kealy Pierson

Merit Award Caylin Aleman

Gina Berg

Jamie Hackett

Back to School

As another school year is coming to an

end, we have some dates to keep in mind

for next year:

Our first day back is Monday,

August 31st, 2015 Please remember

to bring all of your supplies with

you on this day (this list is available

on the school webpage under

Newsletters– End of Year).

Our first parent council meeting will

be held on Tuesday, September

22nd at 7:00pm in the conference

room. All parents are welcome to

attend.

School photos and class pictures are

scheduled for September 11, 2015

2014-15 Yearbooks will be available

for pick up in September.

Growlies operational hours will be

changing in the fall, we will not be

offering a daily menu as of now.

Pizza will be offered on Fridays.

Our next Casino Fundraiser will be

held on November 3&4 2015. For

more information or to volunteer,

please contact Gwen Thompson at

378-4527.

Duchess Days– On Saturday, July

4th from 9am-11pm come on out

and take part in the Village

festivities starting with a Pancake

Breakfast at 9am. For more

information visit the

www.villageofduchess.com or

facebook.com/DuchessDays

The 2015-16 School calendar is

available on our web page at

duchess.grasslands.ab.ca

Throughout the year we

have many volunteers who take

the time to coach and/or travel

with sports teams, attend field

trips, read with our elementary

students, and help out with after

school programs.

We would like to thank Deb

Schottenbauer for starting up

our Wellness Committee and

organizing our elementary run

club.

We’d also like to thank Mr.

Payne, Mrs. Graham and Carey

Steinley who coached our

Badminton teams. As well as

Mr.Wickert, Mr. Roth and Mrs.

Poncelet-Henke who coached

our track teams.

DUCHESS SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST Duchess School will be providing common classroom supplies to Kindergarten and Grade 1&2. The cost will be added onto the yearly school fees. The common school supplies will be distributed by the homeroom teacher on the first day of school. The supplies listed below are to be provided by the student as they are homeroom specific. PLEASE bring your portion of supplies for the first day.

KINDERGARTEN (Ms. McAlesse)

2 pack of Lysol wipes

2 rolls of paper towel

Water Bottle (label)

1 pair of runners (label)

Change of clothes (underwear, socks, pants &

shirt) (labelled in Ziploc bag)

Backpack

1pkg each plastic spoons and forks

1pkg Sandwich Ziploc Bags

1 pkg Medium Ziploc bags

2 Boxes of Kleenex

Lunchkit

GRADE 1/2– (Mrs. Harris, Miss Fletcher, Miss

Getz)

1 pencil box

Runners (light coloured soles)

Paint shirt/smock/apron

1 Box of Kleenex

1 backpack

1 package of plastic spoons

1 package of plastic forks

1 water bottle

1 box of Ziploc medium freezer bags

Change of clothes to be left at school

2-Lysol disinfecting wipes (35pk)

A set of ear buds/headphones

Please label everything

Grade 3/4– (Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Adams– Smith,

Mr. Mendenhall)

2 GB thumb drive

5- duotangs – different colours

1 pk pencil crayons

1- 8 pk thin tipped markers

3 pk erasers (each cut in half)

3- large glue sticks

1- 30 cm ruler

2- packages loose leaf paper

2 – 12 pk of pencils

20– 40pg Hilroy exercise books (3 ring type)

1- black medium tip marker (Sharpie type)

1 large box Kleenex

1 – 1” binder

1- pair scissors

1- pencil case

1- self-contained pencil sharpener

1- pair of runners (light coloured soles)

1- scribbler/drawing pad (for free time)

1- package of plastic spoons or forks

1- pair of headphones (dollar store ones are good)

Please label everything. Put school supplies in

large ziplock bag

Grade 5/6–(Mrs. Dyck, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Butters)

4- Duotangs (different colours)

1- Pencil Crayons

24 Pencils

3 pk Erasers

2- Hi-lighters (different colours)

1– 250pk of Loose-leaf

1- 3 subject Hilroy coiled Notebooks

3- 1” Binders (1 red, 1 blue, 1 other)

1- pk of Subject Dividers

1- Pencil Sharpener

2- boxes of Kleenex

1- 24 Pack of each plastic forks and spoons

Gym clothes–(Runners with non-marking soles,

shorts, t-shirt, deodorant

1- Pencil case

1- Geometry set

2GB Thumb Drive

1- Drawing Pad

Daily Agenda

2-Lysol wipes

1- pk of sticky notes

Bookmark

Scissors

Ruler

Pkg of 100 Index Cards

Have a great Summer!!

See you on

August 31, 2015

Junior High

General Supplies

10 Pens (black, blue, red)

2 Erasers

1 pkg. Pencil crayons/felts (24)

1 Pkg of blank looseleaf paper

2 pkg’s of Subject dividers

10 HB pencils

1 Ruler

5 pkg’s of lined looseleaf paper

1 Bottle of liquid paper

Reinforcements

1 Pair of scissors

2 Glue Sticks

1 Box of Kleenex

Science

1 2” Binder

1 Roll of masking tape

1 Calculator

1 pkg of Graph paper

Math

Scientific Calculator (Casio fx-991ES Plus C recommended)

Geometry set (Grade 7)

1– 2”binder (Grade 7-9)

2 120pg Coil Notebook– Graph Paper

1 pkg of pencils

2 pk Erasers

2 Blue pens & Red pens

Social Studies

1 Binder

Jump Drive

3 pk of lined index cards

Language Arts

1 2” Binder

1 Dictionary

1 Thesaurus

1 Notebook or duotang

*Please provide a separate binder for each subject

Art

1 Sketch book

2-3 Drawing pencils for shading

1 Fine line black permanent marker

1 Bottle of white glue

Paint brushes– 1 synthetic– 1 liner, 1 round, 1 flat

Paint shirt/smock/apron

Parents, please send all supplies in September

(so important)

Senior High

General Supplies

2- 2” ringed binders

5- pkg’s of lined looseleaf paper

4- HB Pencils

Crayola Markers (pkg of 8)

1-Ruler

1- pkg of pencil crayons (24)

1- pkg of graph paper

1- Pencil case

1- Pair of scissors

10- Blue Bic pens

5- pkg’s of dividers

2- Erasers

2- Bottles of liquid paper

2- Glue sticks

3- pkg’s of lined looseleaf paper

1- Box of Kleenex

2pk of Hilighters

1- Jump Drive

3- pk of lined index cards

Math

TI– 83 or 84 + Plus Graphing

Calculator (Not 10-3)

10-3– Scientific Calculator– See

Junior High recommendation

12- pk of pencils

2- Coil Notebooks– Graph Paper

1– 2” Binder (Math 20-2 &30-2)

Science 10, Chemistry 20,

Biology 20/30

1 Duotang

1 Scientific Calculator

1 Black pen

1 Red pen

Art 10,20,30

Sketchbook ( can use the same

one for all levels)

Synthetic paint brushes– basic: 1

liner, 1 round, 1 flat

2-3 B drawing pencils for shading

1 Calligraphy pen or marker

1 Fine line black permanent

marker

Paint shirt/ smock/ apron

Parents– Please make sure your

child has brought all their

supplies (especially Art supplies)

on the first day of school, as we

do use all of these necessary

supplies (so important)

Note: Students are not expected

to have a separate binder for each

subject, however it is suggested

due to the fact that as the year

progresses, the material in the

binder increases.