EATON CLIPPINGS Volume 24, Issue 4 DECEMBER 2017

2017

December 4 SCC Meeting 6:30

December 4 Speech Arts information from 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

December 4 Power Hour for Grades 1-4

December 5 Poinsettia pick up at rink – times TBA

December 8-9 Sr. Girls’ Basketball and Sr. Boys’ Basketball at Rosetown

December 14 K-12 Winter Christmas Concert at 7:00 p.m. in gym

December 19 Power Hour for Grades 1-4

December 20 Turkey Dinner Day for staff and students

December 20 Elementary Dance 2:15 p.m.

December 22 Last Day of School for Students

2018

January 8 School Resumes

January 12-13 Sr. Girls’ Basketball home tournament

January 16 West Central Play Mobile (preschoolers)

January 31 No School – Professional Development Day

February 1 Second semester starts

February TBA Report Cards electronically sent – Grades 10-12

February 19-23 No School – February Break

March 7 West Central Play Mobile (preschoolers)

March 9 No School – Professional Development Day

March 11-23 Kindersley Music Festival

March 12 Report Cards electronically sent – Grades K-9

March 30-April 6 No School – Easter Break

April 9-12 Sand Hills Music Festival

April 13 Report Cards electronically sent – Grades 10-12

April 23 No School – Professional Development Day

May 8 West Central Play Mobile (preschoolers)

May 16 P.A.R.T.Y. Program – Grade 10s to Kindersley

May 18 No School – Professional Development Day

May 21 No School – Victoria Day

May 29 Strawberry Social

June 9 Grad 2018

June 14 Elementary Talent Show

June 18 Colour Night

June 27 Last Day of School for students

June 29 Report Cards electronically sent to Grades K-12

In celebration of the Christmas season, Eaton School will be hosting a turkey dinner for all staff

and students during the lunch hour on Wednesday, December 20. If you are interested in contributing

towards this event, please contact Shelly Eckstein (306-967-2221) for details.

K-12 WINTER CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Thursday, December 14th, 2017

7:00 pm, Eaton School Gymnasium

Kindergarten – Grade 4 Students

Grade 5-12 Band Students

Thank you in advance to parents for keeping small children seated with you during the

performances to make an enjoyable experience for all.

6:30 p.m. Grades K-4 meet in their classrooms

6:20 p.m. Grade 5-12 Band Students arrive in band room for warm up and tuning.

Please arrive in Band uniform attire (black pants or skirt, black socks or nylons, black

shoes, long sleeved white dress shirt).

Elementary Gift Exchange

*Please note

In an effort to be more inclusive, there will NOT be a $3.00 elementary gift

exchange this year.

What’s been going on in Grades 1 & 2?!

Mrs. Shelley Follensbee

Inquiry thinking, the mystery box.

Simple things like getting fresh air

and exercise is where it’s at for

these Ss!

Our first Skype !!!!!

Buddy reading with Grades 1-2 & 3-4. Taking ownership of their learning.

The Grade 3/4 class have been using Skype Virtual Field Trips to further

develop their understanding of the subjects we are learning in the classroom.

We have ‘traveled’ to the Joshua Tree National Park in California and we have

talked to a math teacher from India about her country and the culture.

GRADES 3 & 4

Miss Megan Chabot

Orange and Black Spirit Day – Grade 3/4

GRADES 5 & 6

Mrs. Nichole Bredy

We used Lego to create cultural

buildings! Amazing Dojo’s, White

House, Pagoda, Statues, & Great Wall

of China.

This Month we focused on poetry and

even created poems to enter in the

Remembrance Day Contest. We have

completed about 70 outcomes in Math.

Proud of their GRIT and effort!

Learning to create a plot

rollercoaster!! We are

working towards creating

future Novelists!

FROM THE MUSIC ROOM…

Please make note of our upcoming

Christmas Concert on December 14th at 7:00 pm.

This will involve all of our students at Eaton School

from Kindergarten to Grade 4, and all the band

students from Grades 5-12. Please help your child

remember to wear proper attire for their band

uniform (black socks, white long-sleeved-button-up

shirt, and black pants). All the best to everyone in

this Holiday Season and hope to see you all out at our

Concert!

Thank you to the community for attending

our Remembrance Day Assembly last month. We as a

staff were extremely proud of our students and the

wonderful performing that took place.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Mrs. Melissa Hynd, Band Teacher

MIDGET VOLLEYBALL

Midget Volleyball was a great season.

Although we had a very young team, we held our own

and won a few games! It wouldn't have been possible

without the helpful coaching of Pam Schmaltz, Emma

Eckstein, Hannah Eckstein, Ce’Nedra Krentz, and

Hannah Swan. Brave Brooke was our Team Captain,

Jumping Jade attacked the ball, Active Addy was

quick on her feet! Addisyn C. bumped the ball like no

other, Brooklyn. S blasted many serves, Gared was

the most amazing Team Cheer Meister! Cohen

mastered a killer overhand, Dekiera and Kaylin

showed their power! As for Kaden and Trista, they

perhaps learned the most new skills out of everyone!

Great Job everyone! More than anything we learned

the importance of respect, positive attitude and Grit!

See you next year!

Mrs. Nichole Bredy

SENIOR GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Eaton/Marengo Senior Girls had a wonderful

volleyball season. The girls attended four

tournaments; placing second in the Biggar

Tournament! In conferences, the girls played hard

and had a lot of fun, but unfortunately did not make

it to the finals. Great job and see you next season!

Miss Megan Chabot, Coach

SRC REPORT

The Spartans have been very busy in the last

couple of months!

At the end of October, we had a Halloween

Carnival and Haunted Hallway. Thank you to all those

who helped making the Halloween Carnival a success!

In November, we had spirit days including, “Pajama

Day, “Tourist Day”, and a “Formal Day.” We also had a

Hot Lunch at the end of November. In December, we

have another Spirit week, Secret Santa, and more

fun activities to come!

Hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Miss Emma Eckstein, SRC Reporter

MOVEMBER

Mr. Hoult, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Motier, Max

Eckstein, and Colton Aldridge collected donations for

cancer research and they vigorously grew

mustaches/beards. Watch for an announcement in

the January issue of Eaton Clippings for the total

raised. A BIG THANK YOU to all of the Eaton

School students and parents who donated so

generously to this project.

IMPORTANT NOTICE…

Change Room Clean Out

In December and June of each year, the

Gymnasium Change Rooms/washrooms have a major

cleaning.

Any items (clothing, runners, etc.) in change

rooms at time of cleaning will be placed in the Lost

and Found. Items not claimed by the end of June will

be donated to the Salvation Army.

Parents please remind your child to check to

ensure they have removed all personal items from the

change room.

SPEECH ARTS INFORMATION

AND REGISTRATION

(Choral Speaking)

December 4th from 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

For additional information please contact Trisha Lee

at 306-967-2536

Mrs. Marla Frison has graciously volunteered her

time this year in assisting students to prepare for

their choral speaking.

EATONIA BAND PARENT

ASSOCIATION POINTSETTIA

SALE

If you ordered a poinsettia plant, wreath or

planter from the

Eatonia Band Parent Association,

it will be ready for pickup on:

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

at the Eatonia Rink

Times to be announced

Please bring blankets, boxes or plastic tubs

to take your poinsettia home!

TAPE ART

SAND HILLS MUSIC FESTIVAL

Billie-Lynn Miller

Just a reminder that anyone interested in participating in the 2018 Music Festival: our dates

are April 9, 10 and 11 with the Grand Concert on April 12.

The deadline for entries is January 31, 2018. Entry packages will be available in January. For

more information please contact Lana Marshall at sandhillsmusicfestival@gmail.com or Billie at

306-628-8168.

Music Festival is just around the corner!

Kindersley and District Festival 2018

Entry Deadline - dropped off in Kindersley January 26th.

Festival Entry in now online!! www.mforganizer.ca/Kindersley

Competition dates: March 11th – 23th

March 11-12 Vocal

March 13 Speech Arts (Eatonia)

March 13-16 Piano

March 19-20 Percussion

March 20-22 Instrumental

March 23 Stars of the Festival

The absolute deadline for entries for the festival is January 26, 2018.

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Our elementary students go

outside during recesses and

noon hour, weather permitting,

and we would like to remind all

parents to ensure your children

are suitably dressed with mittens, toques

and scarves now that the cold weather has

arrived.

Students riding on the bus should also be

dressed appropriately for the weather, or

carry the appropriate clothing with them on

the bus.

Just a reminder to those parents that have

children staying for lunch to please send a

fork or spoon if required.

Riddles

1. What kind of bird can write?

2. What do you get if you cross Santa with

a detective?

3. Why did they let the turkey join the

band?

Happy Holidays

from

the Staff of Eaton

ANSWER: 1. Pen-guin;

2. Santa Clues; 3. Because he

had the drum sticks!

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all our Eaton students and their families who came out to the Scholastic

Book Fair held November 15-17. The Fair, a fun-filled book sale and literacy event geared to excite

children about reading and learning, offered popular books and educational products for all ages. A total

of $1610 of books and other items were purchased, which gives the school library 104 new books for the

students to enjoy from this event.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Peyton Foster was the Family Event Winner. Peyton won $25 in books from the Fair and another $25 of

books for the Grade 5/6 classroom.

Winner of ‘Guess the Western Nuggets’ was Grade 5 student Kaylin Piasta with a guess of 582. The

actual number of nuggets was 634.

Winner of ‘Guess the Western Gems’ was Grade 1 student Nicolas Keith Grey Eyes with a guess of 90.

The actual number of gems was 84.

Guess “the number of pages” tied by Brooklyn Hagen and Addison Larock with a guess of 250 pages. The

actual number of pages was 256.

As well, there were numerous prizes and posters won by the students from the big draw!

A huge thank you to Emma Eckstein for volunteering her time working at the book fair! This was Emma’s

third year in a row volunteering at this event. Her help was immeasurable!

Happy Holidays and many warm wishes for

a Wonderful New Year!

Eaton SCC