Beginning on January 8th, the SCC is put-

ting out a “WARRIOR At Home Reading

Challenge” to all our students.

From January 8th to February 8th stu-

dents will keep track of the minutes that

they read (at home) per day. (Tally sheets

to record reading minutes will be sent

home.) We will have a reading

“thermometer” displayed in the front lob-

by where we will monitor the progress and

watch the minutes go up each day!

Then on February 12th at 1:00 p.m. we

will celebrate this month of reading with a

REWARD—A MOVIE AFTERNOON!!

If our reading total is over …

66000 minutes = Movie

76000 minutes = Movie & Popcorn

86000 minutes = Movie, Popcorn, Drink

& Candy Bag

Waldeck School has 126 stu-

dents and a total of 79 families .

Based on those numbers, if every

student reads approximately 18

minutes per day - 66000

minutes total, they will get a mov-

ie afternoon.

If every student reads approxi-

mately 20 minutes per day -

76000 minutes total, they will get

a movie afternoon and popcorn.

If every student reads approxi-

mately 23 minutes per day -

86000 minutes total, they will get

a movie afternoon, popcorn, a

drink and a candy bag.

Keep reading Warriors!!

W A L D E C K R E A D S ! ! !

Waldeck School

January Newsletter

January , 2016 Volume 106, Issue 5

Waldeck School’s Motto:

Pride~Tradition~Excellence

Mission Statement:

We will strive to achieve the highest

academic learning for all students.

Individuals will feel safe, valued and

become active in and around our

school

community.

Value Statements:

We strive to teach and

model the following values:

~ We will demonstrate our belief and

expectation that all students can

achieve their personal best in all areas

of learning.

~ We will ensure students learn the

desired outcomes by helping them to

develop their unique gifts and abilities.

~ We will commit to modeling and

encouraging positive attitudes and

actions that demonstrate respect for

all!

~ We will create and maintain an at-

mosphere where al individuals have the

opportunity to demonstrate their

strengths, abilities and opinions.

~ We will lead our students to opportu-

nities that encourage active involve-

ment in our local and global communi-

ties.

Vision :

Our school, with the support of par-

ents and community, will strive to

build a legacy of confident lifelong

learners.

Vision Statements:

~ Foster the development of moral

intelligence.

~ Strive to develop in students a “love

of learning” and the self-motivation to

be successful learners.

~ Empower students to be difference-

makers in the school, local and global

communities.

~ Continually celebrate individual

uniqueness and diversity.

J a n u a r y V i r t u e o f t h e

m o n t h i s “ F a i r n e s s ”

“Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination; ability to make

judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty.”

* Always treat people the way you would like to be treated. You will be consid-

ered a fair person.

* If you see someone being treated unfairly, help them to become strong again.

Your support can made a big difference.

* Playing a game by the rules means that everybody gets a fair chance to have a

lot of fun!

“Jingle Bell Jukebox”

Christmas Concert

It was a great evening on December

16th when our Waldeck students

presented the Christmas musical

“Jingle Bell Jukebox”. The gym

was packed with parents, grand-

parents and friends, a standing

room only crowd!

Congratulations to all students on an

excellent performance! You all did

such a great job with all your songs

and actions! It put everyone in the

Christmas spirit!

Many thank you’s are

extended…

* to all the students and

staff—for the preparation

and delivery of the concert.

* to the band students for

the Christmas music

prelude.

* to the Grade 7 and 8 students for

designing and creating the back-

drops and decorations for the gym.

* to the parents, grandparents and

community for attending the concert.

D e c e m b e r H i g h l i g h t s

P a g e 2

Thank You to the parents

who brought delicious treats to

our school before Christmas!

W a l d e c k S c h o o l

Me - to - We

The Me-to-We had a great December. Our volunteer goal this year is to

work with seniors, so we made crafts and then went carolling at the Herbert

Nursing Home. It put us all in the Christmas spirit!

On the last day of school before the break, we hosted a lasagne lunch for the

junior high students and staff, paid for by the school and Me-to-We dona-

tions. We turned out to be really good cooks!

In January we will have canteens for junior high students on these days:

January 8—Chicken Nuggets January 22—Perogies

January 15—Fries and Poutine January 29—Taco-in-a-bag

Please join with us in welcoming Miss Hillary Strain to our faculty

at Waldeck School. Miss Strain is a U of R graduate and previ-

ously this fall was teaching at the Hodgeville School.

Miss Strain is our Grade 8 homeroom teacher and her teaching

assignment will be primarily in the junior high area of our school.

She will teach many of the junior high classes in Grade 7/8, in-

cluding our Arts Ed program for Grade 7/8/9.

Welcome to our school Miss Strain!

W e l c o m e M i s s S t r a i n

Crafts & Carolling at the Herbert Nursing Home.

Sr. Girls Basketball

Our season is underway with three games un-

der our belt before the holidays. We had an

exhibition game against Centennial school,

and two SWAC league games against Gull

Lake and Shaunavon. We had an intense

game at home against Shaunavon, which of-

fered us some great competition. It was excit-

ing to watch and the girls had everyone on the

bench and in the crowd hanging on the edge

of their seats!

Our SWAC league games are on Thursdays

and unfortunately we don't host any at home

this month, but we hope to have you all cheer-

ing us on from home! You can see the at-

tached schedule for this month. Thanks to all

the parents and athletes for their continued

commitment and support! We look forward to

seeing and hearing all of you in the stands!

Mrs. A. Jago (Coach)

Girls January Schedule

January 5—at Waldeck vs. Herbert (5:30)

January 9—at tournament in Assiniboia

January 14—at SCCHS

January 21—at Maple Creek

January 28—at Frontier

W a r r i o r B a s k e t b a l l 2 0 1 6

P a g e 3 W a l d e c k S c h o o l

Sr. Boys Basketball

The 2015-16 Warrior's boy's basketball season in under-way and is moving along at full-speed! The boys have played in two games so far; one against SCCHS (69-40 loss) and the other against Herbert (65-54 loss). Howev-er, we have seen a great deal of progress and improve-ment in team play, rebounding, and defense. This year's schedule is full with potentially 18 games of high-flying action! This year's team members include the following student-athletes: Gr. 9's: Cole Meyer, Tyson Buist, Dwayne Shea, Zach Glydon, and Jarron Fehr-Klassen. Gr. 8's: Aussie Wiebe and Noah Steinley. Gr. 7's: Hunter Jesso, Kresten Krause, Carson Letkeman, and Jesse Patzer. Thank you for your continued support and we will see you on the court! Mr. H. Martinez (Coach) Wyatt Wiebe (Coach)

Boys Basketball games for January

January 5— at Waldeck vs. Herbert (4:00)

January 7—at Shaunavon

January 12—at Waldeck vs. Wymark (4:00)

January 14—at Waldeck vs. SCCHS (4:00)

January 18—at Wymark

January 21—at Maple Creek

January 26— at Waldeck vs. Fairview (3:45)

January 28—at Waldeck vs. Shaunavon (5:00)

Warriors Girls 4-on-4 Basketball Tournament— Tuesday, February 9th

Warriors Boys 4-on-4 Basketball Tournament— Wednesday, February 10th

We have a limited number of

2016 Waldeck School Community Calendars

available for $10.00 each. If you would like to

purchase a calendar, please drop by or call the school

office at 306-778-9292

I n f o r m a t i o n

f o r G r a d e 9

P a r e n t s

& S t u d e n t s

P a g e 4 V o l u m e 1 0 6 , I s s u e 5

The Swift Current Comprehensive High School

will be holding Registration Information Nights

for Gr. 9 students (students going into Grade 10

in the fall).

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

7:00 p.m. (Grade 10’s in the SCCHS Library)

For students whose last names start with (A-M)

Thursday, February 4, 2016

7:00 p.m. (Grade 10’s in the SCCHS Library)

For students whose last names start with (N-Z)

Please note that if the designated night does not

work for you, you are welcome to come the

alternate evening.

Home Alone Course will take place on

Saturday, 30, 2016

9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Cost is $25.00

(for all children ages 9 years & older)

Babysitting Basics Training Course

will take place on

Saturday, January 9, 2016

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

1/2 hour lunch at 12 p.m. Cost $40.00

(for ages 10 to 16 years old)

Sponsored by St. John Ambulance and held at the

Swift Current Training Centre. Registration forms

available at the school office.

Rush Lake Skating Rink

The Rush Lake rink is now open for Family Skating on Friday

and Saturday evenings from 6-9pm. The kitchen is open until

8:00 pm. Come out for an evening of fun!

The rink is also available for hourly rental.

For more info call Terrie at 306-784-3542.

During the weekend of Saturday, January 9th and Sunday,

January 10th, 2016, the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour

will visit Swift Current and bring with it a weekend of free

outdoor hockey festivities for all ages, culminating in an

outdoor viewing party of an NHL game broadcast on Sun-

day evening, with Ron MacLean hosting live onsite from

the Sportsnet Mobile Studio. There will be many fun, in-

teractive stations to participate in throughout the week-

end as well as the Cheer Like Never Before contest, a col-

ouring contest, and the Bronco game vs Moose Jaw at 2:00

pm on Sunday.

For more information, visit www.swiftcurrent.ca/rogershockey

Celebrate Our Community, Celebrate Our Game!

ROGERS HOMETOWN HOCKEY

Swift Current – January 9 & 10,

2016

Our January Food Sale will be on Thursday, January 14th.

This month we will be serving Boston Pizza’s cheese or pep-

peroni pizza ($2.00 per slice) and chocolate long johns

($1.00 ea) for dessert. Please have your pizza orders in by

Tuesday, so that we may prepare for our sale.

P i z z a S a l e

Dates to Remember..

January

January 4 Classes Resume

January 8 Reading Challenge begins through to

February 8th

January 14 Pizza Sale

January 25 SCC Meeting 7 p.m.

February

February 1 No School for students

February 2 Chinook PD Day—No school for students

February 4 Division III Assembly. Everyone welcome.

February 9 & 10 Basketball 4-on-4 Tourneys

February 11 Sub Sale—Gr. 6

February 12 Reading Challenge Movie Afternoon

February 15 Family Day Holiday

February 16—19 Spring Break—No School

If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to check out the Waldeck School web page, we would encourage you to do so.

Important information and announcements from our school and from the Chinook School Division are posted on our page.

We also have a Twitter feed that has lots of pictures and up-to-date stats of the many activities that our students are involved

in.

As well, each month the newsletter and calendar is posted on the web page for you. To view the current newsletter go to our

web page http://chinooksd.ca/school/waldeck then click on the heading communication and select newsletter. Click

on the newsletter or calendar to view.

Did you know that can have the newsletter emailed to you? On the our web page about 3/4 way down, you will see a dark

grey bar that says “Sign up for our newsletter and stay in touch.” Enter your email address in the

box provided. You will be sent a verification email and when you send in your verification, the

school newsletter and calendar will be emailed to you at the beginning of each month. This is a

great way for grandparents and relatives to see what it going on in your child’s school as well. You

can also unsubscribe to the emails at any time if you so choose.

We will continue to send home the newsletter and calendar home with the youngest member

attending school.

C o m m u n i t y E v e n t s

WE’RE ON THE WEB!

http://chinooksd.ca/school/waldeck

Parenting Study Groups for January

Promoting healthy parent/child relationships with re-

spectful communication, co-operation, responsibility and

encouragement. Based on teachings of Alfred Adler and

Rudolph Dreikurs.

Tuesday, January 12- Parenting Study Group

Tuesday, January 26 - ADD/ADHD Information & Support

Time: 7:00 – 9:00 at OM Irwin Middle School (art room

2nd floor).

Call 306-626-3317 for more

information.