This is to inform you that

Sagkeeng Anicinabe

School (Nursery, Kinder-

garten and grade 1 to 8)

will be having their second

Parents Day of the school

year on Tuesday, March

22nd from 1 pm to 6 pm.

At 6 pm the school will be

hosting a Free Community

Forum Assessment Bingo

with many great prizes.

Information will be

shared throughout the

bingo. On Wednesday,

March 23rd Parents

Day will continue from 9

am to 12 pm. During

Parents Day students

work will be displayed

and we will have a gal-

lery walk in the hall-

ways to showcase stu-

dent’s projects. There

will be coffee, refresh-

ments and doughnuts

for everyone and door

prizes. Come on out

and see how your

child is doing. If you

need a ride please

call the school.

Spring is just

around the corner

and the school year

is going by fast.

The month of Feb-

ruary was a very

busy. The staff and

students are work-

ing hard to try and

complete as much

school work as

possible. The

school planned

many activities

such as: Outdoor

Education, Disney

on Ice, Winter Car-

nivals, Grade 4 to

8 Science Fair,

Grade 6 to 8 Bas-

ketball, Grade 1

Friendship Fair

and Grade 5 to 8

Movie Day. March

is going to be

another busy

month. We have

the Manitoba

First Nation Ed-

ucation Resource

Centre Regional

Science Fair, Ro-

botic Games,

Kindergarten and

Grade 8 Gradua-

tion Pictures, N

to 8 Spring Pic-

tures, Grade 5 & 6

Electricity, Cel-

ebration of

Learning Week

and Parents Day.

We welcome par-

ents and guardi-

ans to drop into

the school and

visit your child’s

classroom

teacher.

Principal’s Message

Sagkeeng Anicinabe School Parents Day

Sagkeeng Education Department

February 2016

Volume 6

Sagkeeng Anicinabe School

February

Newsletter

Important In-

formation.

Sagkeeng Anicina-

be School has a

total of 106 in-

structional school

days as of Febru-

ary 29, 2016

Nursery and Kin-

dergarten will

have no school on

Wednesday, March

2 and Thursday,

March 3, 2016.

School dismissed

Tuesday, March 22,

2016 at 1 pm. Par-

ents Day 2pm to 6

pm.

No school Wednes-

day, March 23,

2016. Parents Day

9 am to 12 pm.

Staff Professional

Development Day

from 1 pm to 4 pm.

No school Thurs-

day, March 24,

2016. Staff profes-

sional develop-

ment 9 am to 4 pm.

No school Friday,

March 25, 2016 due

to Good Friday.

School resumes

back on Monday

April 4, 2016. It

will be School Day

5. Nursery and

Kindergarten

Group 1 will have

school.

March Hot Lunch Menu

Please be advised if your child that does not like what is on the menu on a certain day, please

send them with a bagged lunch. The school will not substitute the meal, the school will only

give the child a ticket (credit) for that meal so he or she does not lose out on their hot lunch

money. If you have any questions please contact Erin Fleury at 367-2588 or 367-2285.

S u nd a y

M o n d a y T u es d a y W e d n e s -d a y

T hur s d a y F r id a y S at u rd a

Feb 29 Day 4

Nutrigrain Bar

Poutine, Juice Pears

1 Day 5

Muffins

Rib Burger Choc Milk

Jello

2 Day 6 Tubes

Breakfast Wrap

Ice Cream Sandwich

3 Day 1 Toast

Hamburger Soup

Bannock Cookies

4 Day 2

Muffins

Pizza Juice

Apples

5

6 7 Day 3 Tubes

Cheeseburger Choc Milk

Bananas

8 Day 4 Toast

Macaroni Salad

Garlic Juice

9 Day 5

Muffins

Pork Cutlets Mashed Potatoes

Veggies

10 Day 6 Toast

Chili Cheese Fries

Juice

11 Day 1

Apples

Chicken Salad Sandwich

Ice Cream Cup

12

13 Day

Light Savings

Time

14 Day 2

Bananas Kraft Dinner and Fried

Bologna Juice

15 Day 3

Muffins Sweet n Sour Meatball

Rice and Corn

16 Day 4 Toast

Poutine Choc Milk

Cookies

17 Day 5

Muffins Chicken Club Salad

Juice

18 Day 6

Hashbrowns Taco in a Bag

Pears

19

20 21 Day 1 Toast

Perogies N Garlic Juice

22 Muffins

Spring Feast

23 Day 3

No School Parents Day

9 am to 3 pm.

24 Day 4

No School Professional Develop-

ment Day

25 No School

Good Friday Spring Break Starts

26

27 28 Spring Break

29 30 31

March Calendar

S u n -d a y

M o n d a y T u es d a y W e d n e s d a y T hur s d a y F r id a y S a t -u rd a

y

1 Day 5

2 Day 6

N & K -No School Gr. 5 & 6 Electricity

Presentations

3 Day 1

N & K -No school Robotics for students selected to compete

at Tech Voc

4 Day 2

Robotic for stu-dents selected to compete at Tech

Voc

5

6 7 Day 3

4 to 8 Spring Picture Day

Grade 8 Grad Pictures

8 Day 4

MFNERC Regional Science Fair Grade 1 to 3 Picture

Day N to 3 Spring Pictures

Kindergarten Grad Pictures

9 Day 5

MFNERC Regional Science Fair

10 Day 6

11 Day 1

12

13 Day

Light Savings

Time

14 Day 2

15 Day 3

16 Day 4

17 Day 5

St. Patrick’s Day

18 Day 6

19

20 21 Day 1

22 Day 2

School Spring Feast Kid Show 11 am

School Dismissed 12 pm Parents Day 2 to 6 pm

Parent Assessment Bingo 6 pm

23 Day 3

No School Parents Day

9 am to 12pm. Staff Professional Devel-

opment 1 to 4 pm

24 Day 4

No School Professional Develop-

ment Day

25 No School

Good Friday Spring Break

Starts

26

27 28 Spring Break

29 30 31

Celebrating of Learning

On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Sagkeeng Anicinabe School will be having a celebration of learning day with

staff and students. Students will assemble in the gym at 9:30 am to listen to presentations and watch videos

on the importance of getting an education. At 11:00 am students will assemble in the gym again to watch a

kids show and at 12:00 pm everyone will enjoy a delicious spring feast to welcome our spring season. School

will be dismissed at 1 pm. Parents Day will start at 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Students spring break will start and

school will resume back on Monday, April 4th.

Volume 6

Daylight Savings Time is Sun-

day, March 13, 2016 at 2:00

am. Don’t forget to move your

clock ahead 1 hour.

The cost for the hot lunch for the 2015

to 2016 school year is:

$50 per child for 20 days

$80 for 2 children for 20 days

And each additional child is $25.00

This year we will be including Nursery

and Kindergarten in our hot lunch pro-

gram and the cost for their hot lunch

is $20 for 10 days. For more infor-

mation about hot lunch program

please contact Erin Fleury or Lauren

Canard at 204-367-2588 or 367-2285.

Mr.Micheal Li from the Manitoba

Resource Centre will be at our

school on Thursday, March 3rd

and Friday, March 4th. He will

be working with a group of stu-

dents from grade 4 to 8 to pre-

pare them for the Winnipeg Ro-

botic Games that will take place

at Tech Voc School on Satur-

day, March 19, 2016. Good

luck to our students at the Ro-

botic Games.

Manitoba Hydro will be visiting

our grade 5 and 6 students on

Wednesday, March 2, 2016.

The presentations will be about

Electrical Safety. The grade 5

and 6 students will be split into

4 groups and they will each

receive a one hour presenta-

tion. Thank you Manitoba

Hydro

Page 4

Grade 5 and 6 Electrical

Cost for Hot Lunch Program Robotics Safety Presentations

The Wolves gr. 7/8 girls and boys basketball

teams ended their season on Wed. Feb. 17 at

the Sunrise Athletic Conference tournament.

The girls played in Pinawa and the boys

played in Lac Du Bonnet. The girls lost to

Pinawa 1 team then beat Pinawa 2. Our girls

next game was against LDB with the winner

going to the zones. It was a close game right to

the end but LDB won 20-16. We had 2 boys

teams this year, a gr.6/7 team and the gr.8

team. Both boys teams had to win 2 games to

make it to zones but both boys teams ended

up with1 win and 1 loss. All of teams were just

1 win away from making the zones so the

Wolves had another successful season. Thank

you to Kelvin Fontaine for coaching the girls

basketball team. Big thank you to Alvin North

for coaching the 6/7 boys team and Rick Few-

chuk for coaching the gr. 8 boys team and to

Joey Courchene for driving. The next sport

is badminton.

Go! Wolves! Go!

Grade 7 and 8 Boys and Girls Basketball

Volume 6

Sagkeeng Education strives to provide safe and punctual transportation for our chil-

dren. The safety of our children is of the utmost importance. To maximize student

safety and arising from parents'/guardians' shared responsibility for that safety,

Sagkeeng Education advises that parents are responsible to supervise their children,

prior to their children boarding and following their children's departure from the bus.

Recently, our schools have been receiving requests from parents/guardians to have

their children dropped off at alternative places other than their homes. Sagkeeng Edu-

cation realizes that in some situations parents/guardians need to make these arrange-

ments. However, parents/guardians need to make arrangements by calling the school

early in the day. The schools have been receiving calls at the end of the school day

for students to be dropped off elsewhere. This creates confusion and an unsafe situa-

tion for the student. In some cases the messages have been received after buses

have departed from the school and the student is dropped off with no supervision at

home. The school will try their best to assist parents/guardians with their request, but

ask that parents/guardians please call the school before 2:00 p.m. and leave a phone

number where they can be reached to verify the request.

We appreciate your cooperation and assistance in working with us to ensure the con-

tinued safety and well-being of all our children.

This is to inform you that there will be no Nursery

and Kindergarten classes on Wednesday, March

2nd and Thursday, March 3rd. The teachers and

education assistants will be attending a two day

early childhood education conference in Winni-

peg. During the two days the school will be sani-

tizing toys,, equipment, tables, chairs etc.

School will resume back on Friday, March 4th and

it will be School Day 2. Group 2 will have school.

Kindergarten News

Thank you to the Parents/Guardians for taking the

time to read to your child. The Book Bag Pro-

gram will continue until Wednesday, March 16th

and Thursday, March 17th. Please return all

books by March 17th. Thank you to the ladies at

the Sagkeeng Employment and Income Assis-

tance Office for coming to read to the Kindergar-

ten classes. Megwetch. Mrs. Swampy.

Page 5

March 2 and 3 , 2016 Spring Pictures and

No Nursery and Kindergarten Kindergarten and Grade 8

Classes Grad Pictures

ACS/SJHS Student Transportation/Bus Slips

Monday, March 7th

Nursery and Kindergarten south shore

and and grade 4 to 8 Spring Pictures.

Kindergarten SS and NS Grad Pic-

tures.

Grade 8 Grad Pictures.

Tuesday, March 8th

Nursery and Kindergarten north shore

and grade 1 to 3 Spring Pictures.

Kindergarten SS and NS Grad Pic-

tures

Grade 8 Grad Pictures

Family portraits can be taking on both

days.

Page 6 Sagkeeng Anicinabe School

Science Fair Very Successful

Information about

Sagkeeng Anicinabe School

Activities,

Events, Early Dismissals

and School Closures

Can be found on:

Sagkeeng Jr. High School Face Book

Page

or Wolf FM

Grade 6 to 8 Science Presentation Week

Ms. Debbie Henderson will be at our school from Monday,

March 14th to Friday, March 18th. Ms. Henderson will visiting

the grade 6 to 8 classes and she will be teaching them about

different types of DNA strands. Students will make different

strands using beads and line.

The Sagkeeng Junior High held its annual local Science fair February 24th, 2016. Gitchi

Meegwetch to our volunteer judges that made this possible, Myles Courchene, Doug Boyd,

Wenonah Fontaine, Debbie Henderson,Wilson Coyne, Vince O’Laney. Brandon Courchene,

Thereasa Courchene, Wanda Fontaine, Carrie Guimond, Natasha Henderson and Scott .The

projects entered were split into grade categories and were broken down into 3 categories, Life

Sciences, General Sciences, and Physical Sciences. Some of the projects that were displayed

were; What Causes Depression? , Lung Cancer, Water Cycle, Fire proof balloon, Rock Candy,

A simple motor, Gas station and Pollution, and how technology affects the brain. Teachers

helped students work diligently to finish their individual projects to compete for one of the 13 se-

lected projects to attend the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Center Regionals held

at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg Mb. March 8th-9

th. This year, we are happy to an-

nounce that we will be taking 1 additional project to the science fair regionals, Star Spence in

Grade 5L.

This year’s regional winners are;

3rd

place- Gr 4L, Kezler Canard &Neziah Courchene with Rainbow in a tube

2nd

place- Gr 4S, Azriel Courchene & Christina Guimond with Exploding Colors

1st place- Gr 4R, Trey Swampy & Patrick Redwood-Prince with Float or Sink

2nd

place- Gr 5N, Madison Bruyere & Naima Bruyere with Homemade Lava lamp

1st place- Gr 5L,Isabella Courchene & Bethany Chrusch with Does temperature affect bounce

3rd

place- Gr 6A, Justice Courchene& Caydence Laforte with Chip bag shrinkies

2nd

place- Gr 6C, Montanna Montour & Hannah Bruyere with How to make compost

1st place- Gr 6S, Kailynn Bell & Jennie Bruyere with How much sugar is in it?

2nd

place- Gr 7J, Joy Harper & Kayla Twoheart with Rocket

1st place- Gr 7E, Angel Sinclair & Libby Canard with LED lights

3rd

place- Gr 8C, Averell Courchene with Lost in space

2nd

place- Gr 8B, Andrew Sinclair & Mitchell Montour with Wind Turbine

1st place- Gr 8S, Angelina Courchene& Todd McAuley with Fetal Alcohol Effects

Volume 6 Page 7

Grade 2 to 8 Outdoor Education

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

Students in Grades 2-8 have been very busy during this month participating in our Outdoor Educa-

tion program. Thanks to Lorna and Warren Hamlin, Dwight Swampy and their helpers; our stu-

dents have experienced the joy and patience of ice fishing as well as the wonders of the bush. Stu-

dents were divided into two groups and transported by snowmobile to the lake and into the bush

area of the north shore. On the lake, students were shown how to operate an ice auger, clean their

fishing hole, bait their line and use an ice fishing rod.

While in the bush students were shown the various traps and snares used on a trap line. The stu-

dents were fortunate enough to see a marten and a weasel caught in the traps. The highlight for the

Grade 4 students was seeing a moose caught in a snare that was set for a wolf. The students ob-

served the tradition of offering tobacco to the spirit of the animal. The students also got to see the

hard work involved with cleaning and transporting the moose back to the Hamlin home. Groups

that followed got to observe how the moose was skinned and prepared for various meals. Students

were also given the opportunity to take part in the preparation.

Each day students and staff were treated to a traditional meal of homemade soup and bannock as

well as hot chocolate which was prepared by Gherie Swampy, Lorna Hamlin and Tanya McPher-

son. It was a truly memorable experience for our students. The school is planning to implement

more land based education opportunities for our students. Again a Big Meegwetch to the Hamlin

Family and their volunteers.

The school would like to thank the Sagkeeng Heritage Centre for sponsoring this event. Thank you

Ms. Dina Bruyere.

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Volume 6 Page 9

February Birthdays

Henrik Cook, Ashton Guimond,

Joseph Bird, Phoenix Courchene-

Guimond, Clayton Fontaine, Dalton

Fontaine, Egan Smith, rhilynn Kerri,

Madison Bruyere, Julius Guimond,

Denaya Canard, Bradyn Courchene,

Montana Montour, Madyson Prince-

Courchene, Xzander Whitesell,

Hilary Courchene, Tyrell Houston-

Bruyere, Emsley Henderson, Josiah

Chartrand, Tashina Courchene,

Dylan Sinclair, Anna Cook, Jasmine

Courchene, Dalton Courchene,

Hannah Bruyere, Simone Gerard-

Dorie, Melody Bruyere, Taylor

Courchene-Chasky, Liberty

Courchene, Christina Guimond,

Elian Guimond, Kaycee Chartrand,

Aalyah Morrisseau, Faith Swampy,

Ethan Morrisseau, Felicity

Courchene, Hailey Fontaine, Kalem

Courchene, Adolf Twoheart-Bruyere,

Aysten-Rio Bunn, Reese Courchene,

Caden Contais-Guimond, Avriel

Courchene, Heavenly, Rae-

Fontaine, Tandra Courchene, Noah

Fontaine, Logan Laforte, Jazlyn

Contois-Guimond, Venus Dorie.

Celebration of Learning

Parent/Guardian

Community Assessment Forum

Bingo

At: Sagkeeng Anicinabe School

Gym

Free Admission

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

6:00 pm

Information on school activities,

student projects will be shared

Lots of prizes to be won!

Good Friday, Walk for Christ

Friday, March 25, 2016

11:00 am

Walking from the Catholic Church to the

Anglican Church

Bring the whole family.

Sagkeeng Anicinabe School

would like to send out a big thank

you to the Sagkeeng Health Cen-

tre for hosting the Annual Commu-

nity Winter Carnival. The weather

was beautiful and everyone had a

great time. Meegwetch.

Dogs Hanging Out At School Grounds

The school continues to have problems with dogs

coming to the school. The dogs are looking for

food to eat. Many students do not want to go out-

side because they are scared of the dogs. Any

dogs that come onto the school grounds will be

removed without any warning to owners. The

school and the Fire Chief are working together to

fix this problem.