Morin Heights Morin Heights Elementary School
Greeting To All Families,
With all this rain our hopes turn to fun in the sun! However, we are resilient and we will endure!
May is the month of Action – We encourage everyone to get outand move!
I would like to thank Mrs.Fahey for taking on the Staff-Assistance role and ensuring the smooth running of the school when I am not available.
The DRESS CODEfor the up and coming warm days
- In the interest of safety, students are not allowed to wear flip-flops. Please ensure thatyour child has properly closed footwear for school.
- Indoor shoes and outdoor shoes are required.
- High heels and wedge running shoes are not allowed.
“WE SUPER POWERED OUR SCHOOL”
The Great Event at MHES – April 11th
You have no doubt heard that we won a $25000 IT fund from Bureau en Gros for our Wild School Project/environmental literacy program.
We celebrated this occasion with an assembly and tour of the school to look at the plethora of students’ works.
Guests included the manager of Bureau en Gros, our Director General, Paul Lamoureux, Mr.Tim Watchorn, our mayor and Mr. Peter MacLaurin, our Commissioner and municipal councilor.
We were honored with a congratulatory video from Mr. Couillard and MR. St. Denis our MNA.
What an empowering feeling for a small “Anglophone” school – the only school in Quebec to win this honorable prize.
We’re very proud of our achievement!
Our TEAM is powerful!
Please check out our posts on our Morin Heights Facebook page.
Friendly Reminders:
- Evaluations
Students are currently writing exams and will be continuing throughout May and mid-June. It is very important that they do not miss school needlessly. - Lunch Hour Pick-up and Arrivals:
Please make your plans to pick up or bring your child in to school before or after the lunch hour. All school personnel should be able to enjoy an un-interrupted lunch and there will be no one to answer the door. - “Good Behaviour” for Bus Safety:
We ask that you constantly remind your child/ren of the importance of safety when travelling on the bus: NO standing, changing seats, throwing items, yelling, hanging out of windows, etc…
MAY EVENTS
Positive Behaviour System
This month we are concentrating on TEAM skills – working cooperatively and learning together.
Graduation Committee:
There are only 2 members on the Grad Committee. This is unfortunate indeed.
There are 30 students graduating! The teachers are taking care of the grad ceremony but the evening dance, (music, decorations, cake, loot bag, etc…) is left to the parents to organize.
If you would like your child to enjoy a grade 6 graduation evening, I would ask that you try to join in with Lisa Dubois and Melissa Waddell in its organization. They cannot do it all!
Any little bit you can do – in a sub-committee – can help make that night a special evening for the grade 6 students. Parents, please step-up!
Grad Fund-Raiser:
The graduation class will be selling pop-corn at morning recess on Mondays and Wednesdays.
This will help defray the costs of the graduation evening.Price of a bag - $1.00
Kindergarten Orientation 2017-18
Orientation for new Kindergarten studentswill take place on May26th. The new studentswill work on an activity while parents will meet with the principal. Parents will be invited to tour the school and receive information. The orientation is important. It acclimatizes the new students to the school and aids the teacher in planning for next year’s initiative in view of the dynamics of the new group.
Diversity:
We will be working on our anti-homophobia activities this month. We will culminate with a celebration assembly on June 2nd when all classes will showcase the work they did in their activities.
Reading Week: Week of May 22nd
We learn to read and then we read to learn! We will have special reading activities during the week to commemorate our wonderful ability to read and learn through books.
Our Garden
Once again, students will be germinating seeds and planting in our community garden. This is done in collaboration with
The wonderful community ladies who are planting and caring for the garden. Students continue to learn all about food gardens through their volunteer work.
A great way to promote an environmental citizenship.
Special Dates
May 10th – Denim Day
May 11th – Grade 6 visit to LRHS
May 14th – Mother’s Day
MAY 19th – Floating PED Day,
Daycare is open
May 22rd– Victoria Day - School is closed
May 26th– Ped Day – Daycare is open
May 31st– Laurier Star Fest Gala
Volunteer Tea – June 7th
This is an opportunity for our school staff to say “Thank You” to our many devoted volunteers. Your help and dedication to our students are irreplaceable. We hope to see you at the tea. More info to come.
GOVERNING BOARD
Next meeting: May 10th, at 7:00pm.
Message from the PPO Chair
*REMINDER*
Adult Red Cross Courses at MHES
Please ensure you send in your payments sooner than later – I can only hold your spot with a payment. Many of you have given me your names, and we’re close to reaching our Max – so if you don’t want to get on the waiting list for the next course (TBC), please send me your payment.
Thanks to the fundraising efforts of our PPO we have had a successful fundraising year.
Many thanks to our wonderful PPO for your undying patronage to our school.
Our next PPO meeting: June 6th, 7pm.
Both PPO and GB are open to all parents.
DAYCARE
2017-2018 Registration forms
A quick reminder to send in your child’s daycare registration forms for 2017-2018.
PED day activities:
May 19 we are going to SRA stables. The students will learn about taking care of horses and learning how to ride.
May 26 we are heading back to the FLIP Circus school in Ste-Adele.
Both registration forms are posted in the 'Daycare' section on our school website for the registration form or you can ask Natalie to send a form home in your child’s agenda.
On behalf of the staff at Morin Heights Elementary School
To all our mothers on May 8th
Happy Mother’s Day
Grace Courey, Principal