Rocky Mountain Grizzly

November 8, 2016

Principal’s Message With the weather now changing, please be sure your child/ren are dressed appropriately. A big thank you to our amazing PAC, who donated the pumpkins for our Halloween Pumpkin Carving! Our boys and girls volleyball teams have been practicing hard! Thank you to our all coaches who have dedicated many hours of their time. This year we are playing the Triple Ball Format. For more information on Triple Ball, go to http://vcdm.org/global/images/misc/Tripleball%20anglais%20modifi%C3%A9.pdf As we look ahead to the month of November, there are many exciting activities happening at Rocky Mountain Elementary School. Some of these activities include:

November 7, Story Theatre Company November 7-10, Book Fair

November 10, Remembrance Day Ceremony at ESS

November 16, Morning Reading Club is starting November 17, Choir singing at Moonlight Madness November 18, Christmas Store

November 22, Avalanche Awareness Grade 4-6

School Goals: Our staff began the 2016-2017 school year engaging with the renewed BC curriculum, and our understanding of inquiry and project based learning strategies, what we can do in our classroom, and what we can do in our school with inquiry. We decided to incorporate a new goal because of the revised curriculum, and the interest in inquiry learning.

1. Will student awareness of emotional-regulation, and social/emotional competence enhance student learning, and hopefulness in the classroom and bullying behaviour be reduced?

2. Will the challenge of personal and authentic learning tasks utilizing the process of inquiry improve student engagement and skills and increase student responsibility for learning?

As always, I appreciate your support! Sincerely, Ms. Laura-Lee Phillips

We would like to welcome Lucien Genaille to RMES!! Lucien is in Grade 1 and comes to RMES from Brandon, Manitoba, Welcome, Lucien!!

THANK YOU

To Mrs. Cook for helping out on Picture Retake Day!!

To Mr. Dustin Murray, Mr. Derek Chamblerlain & Mrs. Jennifer Cook for coaching the Boys Volleyball Team!

To Mrs Colleen Talbot, Mrs. Jamie Paton, Mrs. Crystal Tennant, Mrs. Durand and student coaches Olivia Murray and Sydney Hubbard for coaching the Girls Volleyball Team!

To RMES PAC for purchasing pumpkins for our pumpkin carving afternoon on October 31st.

To Mrs. Barb Endicott for instructing the Rocks and Rings program in our school!

Birthday Wishes for the month of November go out to: Danica Laybourne, Ryker Bauer, Jasper Crawford, Chloe Reed, Riley

Paton, Logan Langille, Abigail Talbot, Rory Cliff, Hudson Gyori-Rubeniuk, Alyssa Sheppard, Carly Zimmer, Jaxen Tomich, Felicity Gould, Ella Thompson, Cohen Oakley-Davis, Kabeer Gill and Lucas Hahnekamp-Brown.

BOOK FAIR The Fall Book Fair will be held in the RMES Library on November 7 – 10th. It will be open 8:00 – 8:43 AM and 3:00 – 3:30 PM.

Mrs. Hansen is looking for parent volunteers to help out before and after school, if you can help, please call the school.

GRIZ READING CLUB BIG CONGRATS to our 4 classes that have reached bronze in the last two weeks!! Way to go Mrs.Swail’s, Mrs.Roberts’, Ms.Wickens’ and Mrs.Durand’s Classes!!! Keep on reading!!

SOCCER

Soccer Tournament was held on October 13th in Fernie, Thank You to all who came out and supported our soccer players! Boys Awards: MVP – Riley Murray, MIP – Jordan Baird, MSP – James Wright Girls Awards: MVP – Kaytee Gauthier, MIP – Vanessa Shinners, MSP – Alex Klassen Congratulations to all players!!

VOLLEYBALL Boys Team: Brennan Koch, Brock Smith, Gavin Sammartino, James Wright, Kai Tucker, Kemper Everett-Kenny, Lincoln Cromey,

Mathieu Dube, Riley Murray, Holden Sheppard, Lucas Sorensen, Ayden Wells, Declan Cook, Eddie Chamberlain, Ethan Cox, Finlay Tobin, Nathan Newlove, Taylor Smuin, Blaine Trischuk, Brayden Smith, Brendan Arthur and Nicholas Gagnon.

Girls Team: Riley Paton, Ruby Tennant, Larkin Dunn, Taitum Brownell, Summer Frolic, Chloe Stadnyk, Emily Joy, Zionne Witawit, Grace Corris, Abigail Talbot, Kaytee Gauthier, Mailey Williams, Chloe Reed, Alex Klassen, Vanessa Shinners, Amy MacLeod and Aria Shank.

Volleyball practices will be: o Boys: Mondays and Thursdays at 5:00 – 6:30 PM. Serving practice Wednesday 8:00 AM o Girls: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00 – 4:00 PM. Serving practice Fridays 8:00 AM (Thursday mornings when there is

no school on Friday)

Games (Boys v. Girls) will be held after school on November 8, 18 and 22nd. Please come out and cheer them on!!

The Volleyball Tournament will be held on Thursday, December 8th at Elkford Secondary School

Keep it fun and appropriate!

REMEMBRANCE DAY RMES will be taking part in the Remembrance Day Service at Elkford Secondary School

Gym again this year.

The Service will be held on November 10th at 10:30 AM. Parents are welcome to attend!

PAC NEWS

Thank you to everyone who participated in our steeped tea fundraiser. We reached our goal of $1000! Holiday gift shop is coming up November 18. Watch for notices to come home. Please talk with your children about who they

will buy for but we encourage you to limit their lists to immediate family to ensure everyone gets ample chance to shop! This year we will be extending hours after school for them to return with permission to shop from what's left or for families with preschoolers who would like to take part in this even.

Keep your eyes open for school spirit wear and pink shirt order forms coming home in the near future as well! Also coming up before we know it will be the science fair. We encourage you to start thinking now about your possible topic.

Is Remembrance Day a statutory holiday? All but four provinces currently make Remembrance Day a statutory holiday. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Nova Scotia do not.

What is Poppy Day? Remembrance Day (sometimes known as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

What year did Remembrance Day start? Remembrance Day. Originally called Armistice Day, this day commemorated the end of the hostilities for the Great War (World War I), the signing of the armistice, which occurred on 11 November 1918 – the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Why is it important to have Remembrance Day? Remembrance Day: Why it's important. Armistice Day is on 11 November and is also known as Remembrance Day. It marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918. Nowadays people remember those who were lost in the war by holding a two minute silence, and by wearing a red poppy.

NOVEMBER 7 1:30 – Story Theatre Company presentation 7-10 Fall Book Fair 8 3:00 - Volleyball Game (Boys v. Girls) 9 12:30 – Mr. Lund’s class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Madsen’s class swim 10 10:30 – Remembrance Day Service (ESS Gym)

12:30 – Ms. Wickens’ class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Durand’s class swims Fire Chief For a Day Ballots Due In 11 REMEMBRANCE DAY – NO SCHOOL 15 RMES PAC Meeting 6:30 PM in the Library 16 Fortis Safety Presentations

12:30 – Mr. Lund’s class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Madsen’s class swim 17 Moonlight Madness (Community Ctr – Choir performing)

12:30 – Ms. Wickens’ class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Durand’s class swims 18 Holiday Gift Shop (PAC)

3:00 – Volleyball Game (Boys v. Girls) 22 Avalanche Awareness presentation (Gr 4-6) 3:00 – Volleyball Game (Boys v. Girls) 23 12:30 – Mr. Lund’s class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Madsen’s class swim 24 12:30 – Ms. Wickens’ class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Durand’s class swims 25 ALTERNATE SCHOOL DAY – NO SCHOOL 30 12:30 – Mr. Lund’s class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Madsen’s class swim

DECEMBER 1 12:30 – Ms. Wickens’ class swims 1:30 – Mrs. Durand’s class swims 5 Pro-D Day – NO SCHOOL 7 12:30 – Ms. Wickens’ class swims (Make up class)

1:30 – Mrs. Durand’s class swims (Make up class) 8 Volleyball Tournament @ Elkford Secondary 9 Report Cards Issued 12 1:51 PM – Early Dismissal for Parent/Teacher

Interviews 13 1:51 PM – Early Dismissal for Parent/Teacher

Interviews 15 1:00 PM – Christmas Concert 6:30 PM – Christmas Concert 20 Winter Swim Lesson forms due back to the Office 22 PM – Swim/Skate Party Last day of School 23 – Jan 8 CHRISTMAS VACATION Jan 9 Back to School