Ravens Catch Snowflakes

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The other day I walked toward the school and spotted a raven on the roof. I stopped for a minute to watch the huge snowflakes falling. It was such a gorgeous snowfall, you know the type I am speaking of. I looked back up at Mr. Raven and saw him putting his head up to the sky, opening his beak wide to catch snowflakes. I stood and watched for about two minutes, how cool is that.  If a raven can stop to have a little fun in a day, so can we. 

 Enjoy your week! If it snows, stop for a moment to catch snowflakes on your tongue, just like our northern buddies the Ravens!

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 Congratulations

 Welcome to the world Dekayla Autumn Froese. Dekayla was born on Oct 22 at 9:39. She is 8lbs 4ozs and 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great!! Congratulations Darren, Desirea, and boys. Such a celebration!  

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 Staffing

 Anne-

 Monday- High Level 
Tuesday- High Level-am- Rainbow Lake pm
Wednesday- Fort/ La Crete
Thursday- teaching digital citizenship- HL
Friday- Zama

 La Crete

 Darren is out this week- Linda is in

 Fort

 Levi is out Thursday. Alex is in.

 High Level

 Bonnie is out Friday

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 Instruction and Programming

 Bonnie and I went out to PASI training last week. I have a handout for each location that summarizes the changes and high lights. It was excellent PD for me. 

 Eva Olsson is coming to our communities. She is a Holocaust survivor and if you haven't heard her speak you need to figure out how you can get to one of her sessions. Her message is different from the last time she was here. 

 Fort 10:00 am this morning
La Crete  tonight
High Level 10:00 

 High Level Play association thanked us Learning Stores and Zama for our donation of items for their auction. This group assists children in joining an organized sport. Lots of funds were raised for that excellent cause. We donated Oilers items, seems people like that team. Ewwwwww. 

 ******Chromebooks- I need a list from each location as to who would be getting the Chromebooks that are coming our way. I need those lists by 12:00 today. 

 CMR- I will meet with Jenine to do the Collaborative Response model for our rainbow students. For the next month, we all collect data on kids then we meet again, this time to be more specific and take action. 

 Fire drills/lockdowns have those conversations as staff. Where do we go if we are evacuated?

 Fort Vermilion- Library
High Level- HLPS
Zama- Recreation center
Rainbow - arena
Blue Hills follows BHCS system
La Crete- Country Grill

 MyPass- Student portal- This week we are going at this and signing kids up. It is a blitz!! It was apparent from our Pd in Edmonton that every student is expected to be on mypass. We are having a staff draw and a student draw in each location. 

 Budget- This week I take a very close look at our budgets. They have been released for this year. I go over personnel hours etc... to make sure everything works out. We have been allotted more money for LS because of increased enrollments. Zama is also up $1800. Those budgets need to be finalized by Nov 1st. Please let me know of any purchases you think we should be making or considering. 

 Diplomas NEXT WEEK- thank you to all teachers who contacted the diploma writers and asked them if they would be writing digitally. This week we must let tech know.  Diplomas should arrive this week. We will have a schedule for who is supervising. 

Mileage claims- please try to submit them in a timely manner. 

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