Bulletin de l’École

Immaculate Conception

School Newsletter

Tuesday, March1 st,

2016

Mardi, Mars 1st 2016

201 Conc 12 Box 73

Formosa, ON N0G 1W0

Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board

VISION STATEMENT

Committed to a vibrant Catholic education,

we ensure quality learning experiences

through community partnerships that nurture each student

School Council—Conseil de l’école

Co-Chairpersons/Co-Présidents:

Jeff Myatt /Amber Metcalfe

Board Administration—Administration du conseil

Director of Education/Directeur d’éducation:

Jamie McKinnon

Superintendent/Surintendante: Francine Pilon

Principal/Directrice: Christine Pfeffer

Office Administrator/Administratrice du bureau :

Lynn Hahn

Our next newsletter will be sent home

Notre prochain bulletin sera

la semaine du 1 avril 2016

Students in Grade 2 received the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Thur. Feb 18th

at Immaculate Conception Church.

Grade 2 students are as follows:

Ameila Beninger, Madison Bolden, Dereon Bushey,

Keanna Byers, Brayden Coville, Kyra Diemert, Claire Dietz, Hailey Ernewein, Ethan

Fischer, Jack Fleischauer, Ellie Grubb, Izak Hergert, Niklas Howald, Vanessa

Hubbs, Denika Kennie, Gabriel Keyzer, Mark Labriola, Greyson Lux, Eram McNeal,

Joel Montag, Ethan Mulkern, Madelyn Mulvey, Zeiven Oberle, Cassidy Pfeffer,

Paige Saunders, Lauren Schneider, Nevin Schumacher, Marlee Strauss, William

Stroeder, Alexia Tuttle, Makayla Walter, Paige Weiler, Peyton Wells, Malcolm

Weppler and Taylor Wilkins.

Jesus, in you I find rest and peace. I can talk to you about anything –My worries and my fears,

My happiness and sadness, My anger and disappointment. You always listen and you always understand.

Thank you that you reassure us of your love. Amen

“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”

Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”

Thank you to the Parent Council and the many volunteers who provided lunch to our whole school on Tuesday, February, 9th. The pancakes and sausage were delicious. We fed close to 300 staff and students. WOW! Great job Volunteers! Thank you to Wayne Batte for giving us the sausage at half price, Voisin’s Maple Products for discounting the Maple Syrup and Trish Borho at the Bulk Barn for discounting the pancake mix. Please support their businesses.

Hat and Jersey day, Spirit day on Fri. Feb. 5th Red, white and pink day. Feb 12th, Feb18th, Winter Olympics day. 7/8 Bake Sale. Dances. Lots of fun happened at ICS in February!

We wish to Welcome the 2 newest members of

our ICS Community:

Evangeline Bushey Kelsey Bennett

Feb 3rd 9lbs 3oz Feb 6th 7lbs 9oz

Mme Bushey and

Mme Bennett are

doing great!

ICS has received a cheque for $50.00 from round one. Thank you to the parents who pledged the first time around. We get a second chance to pledge. ICS has the potential to receive up to $200.00 more towards our breakfast program. Please take a moment to pledge. Merci Beaucoup!

“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”

Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”

Birthday Club Happy Birthday to the

following students who

celebrate their birthday in

MARCH:

Travis Rawn

Keegan Quish

Taylor Wilkins Makayla Walter

Emma Fortney Keith Robertson

Bella Cenitagoya Malcolm Weppler

Turner McKenzie Marc Theodule

Paige Saunders Daniel Honegger

Blake Wideman Tori Saunders

Hayden Oberle Emma Lorentz

Madison Bester Hayden Hope

Hope Elphick Hannah Maxwell

Nick Bohnert Izak Hergert

School Council Meeting

Our next meeting will be on

April 7th at 6:00PM ICS

Mark Your

Calendars

Grades 8’s

Grad photos will be taken on

Monday, April 4th .

First Holy Communion

for our Grade 2’s will be at

Immaculate Conception Church on

Sunday, April 24th

at 11:00 am Mass.

Quarter Auction at ICS

Thursday, April 7th

Grade 7/8 Fundraiser

Let us remember in prayer

Frank Crowley, Tracy Tilker Rawn, Frank Benn and Julie Reutz

Beuker

Grandfather to Connor Dunn, Cousin to Travis Rawn, Great Grandfather to Lauren and Kate Schneider and former student/supply teacher at ICS.

“Gracious God, loving Creator,

Welcome Frank, Tracy , Frank and Julie into

paradise.

In your love, lead them into the unending

joys of your presence

where every tear will be wiped away,

and there will be no more sorrow.

Amen.”

Order forms for Elmira Poultry Chicken will be sent

home next week. Due dates and pick up dates to be

determined.

Let us remember in prayer :

“ CLAUDIA WEPPLER” former

student and sister to Malcolm, Mischa

and Anika Weppler.

Poem of Life Life is but a stopping place, A pause

in what's to be, A resting place along the road, to

sweet eternity. We all have different journeys, Differ-

ent paths along the way. We all were meant to learn

some things, but never meant to stay... Our destina-

tion is a place, Far greater than we know. For some

the journey's quicker, For some the journey's slow.

And when the journey finally ends, We'll claim a great

reward, And find an everlasting peace, Together with

the Lord. Dear Lord:

Welcome Claudia into paradise. In your love, lead her into the unending joys of your

presence where every tear will be wiped away, and there will be no more sorrow. Amen

ICS Chess Teams

An amazing congratulations

goes out to the ICS chess teams!

They represented our school

with good manners and

great sportsmanship.

We did not bring home any tro-

phies this year but we did bring

home individual medals.

Isaac Montag, Emma Lorentz and

Zach Valad brought home silver

medals in the intermediate divi-

sion. Kyle Zettler, Ethan Smith

and Xavier Legace brought home

Bronze medals in the junior divi-

sion. Xavier also received the MVP

award.

Well done ICS!

Team members included: Isaac

Montag, Zach Valad, Coleson

Fischer, Brooke Lorentz, Emma

Lorentz, Kyle Zettler, Ethan

Smith, Xavier Legace and Ben

Fleischauer.

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“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”

Immaculate Conception School— Formosa

On Sunday February 21st, the senior boys basketball team competed in

a tournament at Holy Family School. With only 6 players, the boys

played with excellent stamina and great sportsmanship. ICS brought

back 2 more trophies for our trophy table. Nick Bohnert earned a sec-

ond place in the spider competition. Blake Wideman placed 1st in the

free throw competition and the boys were the fastest team to com-

plete the dribbling relay race. They had 2 wins and 1 loss and were tied

for the championship. Outscoring their opponents by a large margin

helped them to win the tie breaker. Congratulations Boys! M. Dupuis is

proud of you! Thank you M. Dupuis for coaching the boys and giving up

a Sunday to be with them. Team members included: Blake Wideman,

Josh Bezeau, Baxter Legace, Xavier Legace, Nick Bohnert and Landon

Wideman.

Formosa Lions Youth Reading Contest

To help mark the 100th anniversary of Lionism around the world, the Formo-sa Lions are participating in the Lions Club International Foundation

“Centennial Service Challenge. Formosa Librarian Lion Lisa Davidson has or-ganized a “reading contest” to encourage children to do more reading and help with their writing skills. Children are invited to read a book or books

and then write a one page essay stating what they liked or disliked about the book. The name of the book and the author must be written on each entry. A $25 Scholastic Book Club voucher will be awarded as a prize in five divisions .. JK-SK, grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and

7-8.The contest will run from March to October 31st. Books may be chosen from any library. FYI the Formosa Library located at the Recreation

Centre on Community Drive is open daily from 12 noon until 5 pm. Librarian Lion Lisa also offers art lessons.To book your lessons contact Lisa at 519-367-2270 or lda-

“I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” (Mt 25:35)

The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board is hosting a very special fundraising event this year.

Mercy that welcomes – An evening with Bishop Crosby to support Syrian Refugees in Bruce Grey is

scheduled for Tuesday April 19 at the Walkerton Knights of Columbus Hall. This event is unlike any

we have planned in the past. The program will include a full course dinner, silent auction, raffles,

student art displays and performances, and guest speakers who will share their stories related to

refugees and their experiences in our local area. All funds raised will be distributed to the various

local groups who are sponsoring refugee families in Bruce and Grey. We require the support of everyone in our school

communities to make this event a success. We are seeking items for our silent auction. Our parent council has donated

$100.00 towards a gift for the silent auction and Mr. Tomlinson has donated a water colour piece of framed art that he

has painted himself. We require the added support of our friends in the business community. If you are able to donate a

gift certificate or merchandise from your business please contact the school. Your business will be recognized for their

contribution throughout the auction and during the event. If you would like to purchase a ticket for the dinner, please

contact the school. Dinner tickets are $35.00 each.($10.00 receipt for each ticket)

“Let our light shine before others, that they see our good work” (Mt 5:16)

The 7/8 Volleyball Tournament Fundraiser was a huge success on Saturday

February 27th. 12 teams registered and played from 9:00AM until 2:30PM at

SHHS. Thank you to Anastasia Begon for organizing the event. Thank you to

Walkerton Foodland for donating the food. Thank you to the individuals

who donated back their winnings and the 50/50 money. Thank you to the

teams and local businesses for donating prizes to the raffle table. Thank you

to the parents and students for working on Saturday selling tickets and

food. $1761.00 was raised. Pictured are team members who represented

TEAM ICS-Scared Spikeless. We can’t wait to play again next year!

Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for their effort in

demonstrating the virtues of Empathy and Caring:

Daniel Peskov Denika Kennie

Claire Dietz Paige Weiler

Elena Dobson Carson Baglole

Rowen Zettel Aubrey Wall

Cameron Diemert Jasmine Voisin

Emma Culbert Larissa Grubb

Teo Remers Kali Fischer

Cooper Frieburger Nathan VanStraten

Ava Doucet Aidan Monk

Dawson Urbanek Coleson Empathy

Evalynn Seely Cooper McGilveary

Bryson Mulkern Piper Small

Layla Hadwen Marianna Labriola

Taylor Martin Will Stroeder

Taylor Wilkins

Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”

Mrs. Schefter and Brady are busy looking after our

recycling. Brady spends time at ICS 2 times per week

for 2 hours at a time helping Mrs. Schefter with daily

clean up. Thank you Brady and Mrs. Schefter for all

your hard work!

As a means of ensuring the safety of all children at our school, staff are strictly enforcing the “hands-off policy” which is part of our school and Board Code of Conduct / Safe Schools. At times, you may receive a note in your child’s agenda informing you that they were involved in rough play, what the rough play was, the conse-quence received and the number of times this has occurred. This is also being closely tracked in the office to ensure we are aware of students who are involved in rough play regularly. Please know that if your child con-tinues to be involved in rough play that results in harming another child (where we have concerns for the safe-

ty and well-being of other children), unfortunately the consequences can result in suspension. It is important for all parents to understand that to respect the privacy and dignity of all students / families, we do not discuss the consequences of other chil-dren. The principal will only discuss things pertaining to your child(ren). Let’s work together to ensure that our children can play safely with their peers and enjoy recess.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Mac and

Cheese day

2 3 4 5

6

La Compasion

Compassion

7

Girls basketball

SHHS

Little Caesars

orders are due

8 Soup day

Boys basket-

ball SHHS

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22

Taco day

Little Caesar

P/U 3-4:30

23 24 25 26

27 La Compréhension

Understanding

28

Joyeuses

Pâques

29

Grilled

cheese day

30 31

Easter Mass

11:00AM

Mars 2016