Date: May 3, 2013

Our students have spoken! When we returned from Spring Break we went to our students for their suggestions on a new nickname for Westview Elementary School. The feedback was awesome! Af-ter reviewing their votes and sug-gestions the students overwhelm-ingly went with the name White-caps! We love it and feel it is a strong, powerful nickname for our school as we move forward!

As this is our last school year at

Grief Point, we will be hosting an

Open House Farewell for all current

and former staff and students on

Thursday, June 13, 2013 between

6:00 and 8:00 pm. There will be

photos, memorabilia and stories to

read. The PAC will have a table set

up to purchase Grief Point items. If

anyone has something unique or

photos of Grief Point they’d like to

share for the occasion, please let

Mrs. Lewis know. More details and

information to follow as we get

closer to the date.

Rotary Club Presents

Saturday, May 4th 10:00 am—1:00 pm

Powell River Rec Complex

Three Bikes to be won!

Fun obstacle course to teach kids riding skills, traffic rules and safety.

Student Recognition - Friday, May 10 The following students will be recognized at the

assemblies on Friday, May 10th. The Primary

Assembly will be at 10:00 am and the Intermedi-

ate Assembly will be at 10:50 am.

Division 1 – Mr. Oldfield (Gr. 7) Taylor Danroth McKenna Long

Duncan McDonald Casper Poelen

Division 2 – Ms. Sullivan (Gr. 7) Isaiah Brach Eli Carson

Riley Davidson Dayton Deglan

Erinn Hobson Jordan Wilson

Division 3 – Mrs. Lewis /Banks(Gr. 6) Ally Carpendale Chris Chernoff

Jaymes Horspool Cody Johansen

Taylor Kinley Melaina Mastrodonato

Claire Mavin Carmen Miller

Willemijn Poelen

Division 4 – Mr. Boettger (Gr.5/6) Connor Casparie Andrew Crookshank

Andrew Glen Matthew Herron

Andrew McManus Jenna Miller

Tristin Sanderson

Division 5 – Ms. Whitehouse (Gr. 5) Sophie Evans Olivia Hopkins

Cole Mostat Chance Rivest

Victoria Sliwinski

Division 6 – Ms. McKinty (Gr. 4) Lynneya Carlson Brittni Jolie

Sawyer Long Hannah Simpson

Div. 7 – Ms. McLean (Gr. 3/4) Spencer Braak Emily Coe

Ian Dennis Nathaniel Hees

Kirsten Heinz Maddox Koivu

Halle Munro Tamrin Tuininga

Div. 8 – Mrs. Morris (Gr. 3) Andrew Krowitz Austyn Leach

Ceilidh Mavin Lukas Shipley

Div. 9 – Mrs. Macklem (Gr. 2/3) Riley Behan Jordan Doran

Emma Lee Gale Kassady Norman

Emma Parsons Kaleb Parsons

Div. 10 – Ms. Tait (Gr. 2) Karyssa Cote Mia Jones

Jemma Lloyd Brooke Mansell

Kendra McLeod Will Munro

Taylor Olson Drew Shelton

David Sliwinski

Div. 11 – Ms. Bond (Gr. 1) Hunter Clark James Leishman

Carson Mode Danica Parker

Michael Penson

Div. 12 – Mrs. Adams (Gr. 1) Jaxon Fontaine Lyndon Mavin

Chenoa McIntyre Maya Parsons

Div. 13 – Mrs. Taylor (K) Reece Deeble Evan Hexter

Sydney Miller Osha North

Lucian Wruth

Div. 14 – Mrs. Butula (K) Koen Gagnon Abby Shoreman

Rikki Staniforth Jason Warren

Principal’s Reader of the Month:

Primary - Rhianna Clark

Intermediate - Max Chiasson

The Annual District Track and Field

Meet will be held on Friday, May

31st. We are hoping to have another

large contingent of Grief Point par-

ticipants and fans! Students in

Grades 3-7 will begin practicing

soon.

We are in need of parent volunteers

to help with these practices. Please

advise Mrs. Lewis if you are able to

help. (llewis@sd47.bc.ca)

Divisions 1 - 4 will practice Monday

and Thursday

Divisions 5 - 9 will practice Tuesday

and Friday.

PAC MEETING

Our next PAC meeting will be on Thursday, May 9th at 7:00pm in the li-brary. We hope to see you there so we can hear your input on how we can continue creating wonderful opportu-nities for our students!

Reminder

Bus Pass Application Forms for

2013-2014 were due back by

May 1st.

Once again, school soccer is upon us

and we have about 45 eager grade

6 and 7 students playing on three

different teams. Mrs. Banks, Ms.

Sullivan and Mrs. Lewis take their

teams each Tuesday to play one of

the other schools in the District.

The weather has been beautiful and

the teams have been playing very

well. Check out the soccer schedule

in the hallway to the gym and come

and cheer on one of our teams!

DATES TO REMEMBER

Tues., May 7 - Read for the Top (Gr. 6 & 7)

Wed., May 8 - Hot Lunch (Subs & Wraps)

Thurs., May 9 - 7:00 PM PAC Meeting

Friday. May 10 - Recognition Assemblies

Wed., May 15 - Hot Lunch (Pizza)

Thurs., May 16 - Strawberry Tea & Volunteer Thank You

Monday, May 20 - Victoria Day Statutory Holiday

Wed., May 22 - Hot Lunch (Subs & Wraps)

Thurs., May 28th - Brooks Counsellors Visit Grade 7’s

Fri., May 31 - District Track & Field Meet

May 27 – June 2 ….more details to

follow

Lately, our gym has

been grooving to the

sounds of Latin

rhythms as Mike

Clansey has been in-

structing many of our classes in

Zumba. Students from K—

Grade 7 have been really enjoy-

ing it and working up a sweat as

well!

On April 25th the annual Smarter

Than a 6th Grader event was held

at the Max Cameron Theatre. We

would like to thank two of our

Grade 6 students: Annika

Krowitz and Emma Indrebo for

doing an outstanding job repre-

senting Grief Point! Kudos to

Kim Hopper as well, our PAC

secretary, who was one of

the contestants!