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Principal’s Message: Happy New Year to everyone! Teachers and students

have been collaboratively working together to re-teach

positive expected behaviors on the playground,

hallway, bathroom and classroom. Students have

been working hard to demonstrate mutual respect,

attentiveness, responsibility and appreciation. Parents,

volunteers, teachers’, staff and students have provided

valuable feedback in support of our focus and our

success‼ Thank you! We need all of you to continue

being successful in all of our goal areas! When school

is a positive, safe and fun place to be, the learning

becomes remarkable! Your support at home is

essential in making this happen. Every night, please

set aside time for your child to discuss their day with

you as well as practicing some academic work.

Reading as well as math facts and other math

problems are a few examples of areas your child can

work in. Just 10-15 minutes of practice each day can

be the difference in making tremendous gains and

give your child every learning advantage now and in

their future. Please connect with your child’s teacher

on specific ways that may support the needs of your

child.

Happy New Year!

- Mrs. Wilkinson

January 2016

Mrs. Kristine Wilkinson, Principal

Mr. Iain Jamieson, Vice Principal Telephone:(780)923.2240

Fax:(780)923.3093

Upcoming Events:

January 4: Classes Resume

January 7: Basketball: Sturgeon Heights @ Gibbons Class 502 fieldtrip to Fort Museum

January 12: Parent Council/ GRAMPS meeting @ 6pm

January 14: Basketball: Redwater @ Gibbons Sr. Boys Basketball Tournament @ St.Albert

January 15: Sr. Boys Basketball Tournament @ St.Albert

January 16: Sr. Girls Basketball Tournament @ Barrhead Sr. Boys Basketball Tournament @ St.Albert

January 21: Grade 5 & 9 Immunizations Basketball: Gibbons @Camilla

January 22: Career Day Elementary Athletic Club

January 23: Jr. Basketball Tournament @ Barrhead

January 28: Basketball: Guthrie @Gibbons


January 2016



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Congratulations to the following students who are representing Gibbons School in the

Sturgeon Basketball league:

Junior Girls:

Ella Anastacio

Charlize Ference

Brooke-Lynne Finnerty

Brooklynn Kobza

Kayleigh Letwin

Taylor McGrath

Ally McIntosh

Emma Richardson-Kuzyk

Sawyer Scheible

Shaelee Schiffner

Sydney Smith

Angelina Squires

MANAGER: Morgan Williams

COACH: Mr.Koch

Senior Girls:

Hannah Beveridge

Jenessa Doctor

Madi Edey

Emily Forsyth

Amy Gibbons

Mackenzie Hamm

Deanna Hood

Taylor McGrath

Emily Power

Sawyer Scheible

Haylee Sidor

Sydney Smith

COACH: Mr.Koch

Junior Boys:

Cooper Allison

Koby Andersen

Caleb Baker

Brady Brezinski

Cole Carey

Jamie Daigle

Jackson Land

Jax McBain

Kyle Povey

Dawson Reynolds

Beau Schlesinger

Brady Smith

MANAGER: Joseph Barrett-Manning

COACH: Mr.Paziuk

Senior Boys:

Brandon Benn

Jaiden Best

Nathan Brake

Brandon Brezinski

Cale Brownell

TJ Edwards

Riley Hillier

Chase Kobza

Braeden McCormack

Paul McGrath

Dylan Thimer

MANAGER: Joseph Barrett-Manning

COACH: Mr.Paziuk


January 2016



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Term One Academic Awards

GRADE 5

Luke Carey

Kira Foote

Lorne Ford

Shayne French

Addison Michaluk

Max Power

Grace Rowswell

Brady Schlesiger

Clara Wessell

GRADE 6

Karlee Ganter

Katie Hedman

Corra Mack

Mikayla Saunders

Courtney Trimble

GRADE 7

Parker Ambrock

Cole Carey

Jamie Daigle

Hannah Donaldson

Charlize Ference

Kyle Povey

Sydney Smith

Jacob Wessel

GRADE 8

Sebastian Antoniuk

Madi Edey

Jenniah Harris

Trinity Hurlburt

Bobby LaPointe

Areeha Mahal

Sawyer Scheible

Beau Schlesinger

Brady Smith

Shelby Trimble

Morgan VanBeek

GRADE 9

Hannah Beveridge

Jenessa Doctor

Molly Harris

Deanna Hood

Morgan Williams

Principal’s List

Honours

GRADE 5

Raleigh Andrews

Hannah Boulay

Robyn Christensen

Kaislyn Currie

Hannah Dale

Azarya Egeland

Adrian Guldbrandsen

Emma Landry

Arabelle Love

Dylan Maher

Elayna Richardson-

Kuzyk

Nina Richter

Landon Rittmeyer

Ava Ross

Ilan Sheffield

Zoey Vlake

Zoey Wiles

GRADE 6

Izzy Bonar

Damon Bradley

Kaitlyn Craig

Brooke-Lynn Finnerty

Luka Gurba

Kersti Hedman

McKenna Jamieson

Brookelynn Kobza

Justys Lawrence

Kayleigh Letwin

Josh McCormack

Thomas Morlock

Jayden Schulz

Sarah Turgeon

GRADE 7

Chelsea Allen

Cooper Allison

Cailey Berg

Brady Brezinski

Devin Craig

Haley Dutka

Nate Gibbons

Skeet Hammer

Julie Harris

Jenae Hawkins

Dalton MacKeigan

Jax McBain

Ally McIntosh

Kylee Ratcliffe

Emma Richardson-

Kuzyk

Daniel Taal

Jonathan Taylor

William Taylor

GRADE 8

Michael Dawe

Emily Forsyth

Michelle Hajric

Jackson Land

Logan Langdon

Sadie Love

Cole Mack

Liam Nicol

Sonya Otterson

Skye Reap

Cody Rubis

Haylee Sidor

GRADE 9

Fionah Barnes

Joseph Barrett-

Manning

Brandon Brezinski

Piper Carson

Amy Gibbons

Mackenzie Hamm

Chase Kobza

Kennedy Morlock

Makayla Norris

Charity Pasichnuk

Emily Power

Jayden Smith

Dylan Thimer


January 2016



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Term One Academic Awards

GRADE 5

Travis Geleta

Elizabeth Milligan

Lucas Nicholson

Logan Sherren

Alara van Velzen

Shelby Walker

Brandon Zademersky

GRADE 6

Ella Anastacio

Mason Copeland

Easton Friend

Brody Klippenstein

Lily Kuchuk

Daniel McCann

Helene Ozipko

Tori Pennell

Kaden Saxton

Jacob Turgeon

GRADE 7

Allyssa Chaabane

Abee Coughlan

Jadyn Goodhope

Conrad Lindberg

Robert Lutter

Joshua Pedersen

Kassandra Singh

Angelina Squires

GRADE 8

Carson Antoniuk

Becky Buechler

Connor Jamieson

Amber Nimigon

Kira Pawluk

Christian Smith

Kendall St. Onge

GRADE 9

Kim Bostock

Nathan Brake

Kendall Condley

Kendra Driedger

Hannah Ketchum

J’Lee Landry

Merit

Congratulations to all of our Term One Academic winners. Keep up the hard work and dedication!

Pictured above with principal Kristine Wilkinson are Ava Ross, Luke Carey, Kersti Hedman, Corra Mack,

Keneisha Shultz-Dupuis, and Morgan Weitzel, prize winners for their entries into the Legion’s

Remembrance Day Poster and Literacy contest. Congratulations!


January 2016



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Lunch Time

A closed campus exists to assist the school in ensuring a safe and

caring environment. Students are not allowed off school premises

unless a parent contacts the school via phone/note to have the student

attend an appointment or be involved in a specific activity. Should you

have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please contact

Mrs. Kristine Wilkinson, Principal, or Mr. Iain Jamieson, Vice Principal.

Severe Nut Allergies

We have students who have severe allergic reactions to nuts. If

exposed to nuts, their reaction may place them in a life-threatening

situation. In providing as safe an environment as possible, we

encourage our students to not share their food with others. If students

are bringing treats for others, we ask that they be free of nut products.

Your assistance in limiting these products being brought into the school

is appreciated. We would also ask parents/guardians to inform the

school if their child(ren) have any life threatening allergies so that we

may better protect your children’s health. Please contact the school

office at (780) 923-2240.

Absentee Check

If your child will be absent for the day please contact the school as

soon as possible at 780-923-2240. Absentee checks will be done each

morning, and automated calls will be made to verify attendance for

those students marked absent.

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January 2016



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Are you passionate about your career and want

to share your knowledge with the future

generation? We are looking for presenters for

our Career Fair on January 22, 2016 from

8:45am to 12:25pm. If you are interested in

presenting, we’d love to have you! Please

contact Gibbons school at 780-923-2240. This is

a great way for our students to get a glimpse into

the career choices that await them!

CAREER DAY

PRESENTERS

NEEDED!


January 2016



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PARENT COUNCIL

REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS

Parent Council is in need of volunteers.

Without the help of a few, we cannot go forward with play

ground plans.

Contact either Cindy Jamieson (780)940-7168 or Jen Kobza

(780)914-5216 for information.

SCHOOL FEES

School fees are now due, however 50% can be post dated to January 31, 2016.

Please note all field trips will be run on a Pay-As-You-Go format for the 2015 / 2016 school year.

The Junior High Complementary Course Fee is a one time charge for the full year and helps offset the

costs of the options your Junior High

student has chosen for the year.

Hockey Academy Option fees are only

for those students confirmed as enrolled in

the Academy

Elementary Junior High

$55.00 $67.00

Student Agenda (required) $5 Student Agenda (optional) $5

Complementary Course Fee

$100

Hockey Academy Option Fee $100


January 2016



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MIDGET FOOTBALL

Fort Sask. Minor Football is wanting to start a Midget Team in Fort Saskatchewan. Midget

football is grades 9, 10 & 11. It will have the same boundaries as our other teams: Bantam, Pee

Wee & Atom. The seasons runs from early April until May with practices starting in March. We need

player commitment by Jan 31, 2016. In order to move forward in the process we need a

commitment of 24 players, as soon as possible.

During the season we will need parent volunteers, also.

If you are interested please contact Jennifer Kobza, team manager, at

[email protected] or (780)914-5216 as soon as possible. There

is more information about the midget league at www.cdmfa.ca.

Thanks for your interest. We are looking forward to another great sea-

son of football!

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.cdmfa.ca

In attendance: Helen Lawrence, Irene Gibbons , Sandy Land , Joanna Antoniuk, Kristine Wilkinson,

Iain Jamieson, Rebecca McBain, Jason Stronciski, Diane Sandahl, Tracey Wessel, Jennifer Kobza

Call to Order 6:05pm

Minutes for November meeting approved by Irene, 2nd

by Sandy

Agenda approved by Irene, 2nd

by Sandy

Old Business

Playground update – no response, will run it out till end of January

Career Fair – Jason: can we add a teacher

-need more to participate, gathered a few names to ask

Reports

Trustee Terry Jewel - unable to attend

Principal Report – Kristine Wilkinson

-LGBTQ policy added to newsletter; safe spaces gibbons school support and have

discussions with students. Home room teachers are discussing this with their classes.

On website and in newsletter

-Policy – Gibbons School Policy states children can skate at skate park but that will be

changed

-Slurpee moving to school store. Part of funds are going to an Edmonton community

Jen K – Is slurpee a necessity use rest of syrup and send back.

Joanna – if we are promoting healthy why do we have slurpees

- Disappointment in grizzly students behavior discussed. Disrespect from students in hall

ways, back talk. Can we as council do something, maybe a note on respect in

newsletter.

Insurance – school council needs insurance if associated with AGLC. Needs every year.

Ultimately liability comes back to school. Approx cost $600

Chair – Jen Kobza

Taco in a bag made over $400

Hot lunch Jan 15-Taco in a Bag, Jan 28 Little Caesars

Pancake breakfast Dec 17

Soup is not a hit.

Joanna has asked can we get email re: upcoming school council meetings

Grade Reps

-Grade 5; Thurs field trip Bennet Centre, Monday DARE grad, Friday Movie Day Pot luck

-Grade 6; Gym volleyball running, French with Mrs. Baillie, Math is challenging and helps

solve problems

-Grade 7 wrestling in gym

Gibbons School Council Meeting

Monday December 7th, 6:00pm

-Grade 8 science, light; Chapter 3, Social Studies renaissance, gym; curling, new options

started, chess club 2X per week

-Grade 9 get first choice of options, having a variety of teachers, Christmas Carol Citadel

Dec 9, Party Program Nov 19; parents and students were significantly impacted by party

program, other grade 9s go in April

Staff Rep – Jason Stronciski

-Remembrance Day Ceremony, wish we had more speakers.

-take your kids to work day was successful, only about 5 didn’t have placement

-academic awards well attended

-Christmas concert Dec 8; Gr 5 & 6 sing & instrument, 7/8/9 Band

-senior basketball tournament on Friday

-hockey academy vs. parents on Dec18

PAC-Cindy Jamieson

- made about $5000 on Purdy’s and plant fundraiser, very successful.

- Parent Council got floor mats for workout room.

- Motion is made to add Jennifer Kobza to signing authority to PAC casino account and

general account at the credit union in Gibbons. Irene Gibbons to 2nd

, all in favor.

GRAMPS -

Community Rep: n/a

Adjournment 6:55pm

The next meeting will be Jan 12, 2016 @ 6pm.

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Gibbons School Council Meeting

Tuesday January 12th, 2016

6:00pm

Call to Order

Approval of the minutes for December meeting

Approval of the agenda

Old Business

Playground update

Career Fair

Reports

Trustee Terry Jewel

Principal Report – Kristine Wilkinson

Chair – Jen Kobza

insurance

Grade Reps

Staff Rep – Jason Stronciski

PAC-Cindy Jamieson

GRAMPS

Community Rep

Adjournment

The next meeting will be Feb 9th @ 6pm.

Hope to see you all there!

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Principal’s Message: Upcoming Events · Principal’s Message: Happy New Year to everyone! Teachers and students have been collaboratively working together to re-teach positive