Monday Memo Musings

The Northern lights the way they appeared last night! This is why we live up North. The lights danced and blessed everyone who watched. Janelle and Tasha went sledding under the northern lights. Where else can you do that? Living up north is cool! Literally!!  Good For You  Good for you... Winners of our post to the blog contest are: Amy Scott, Andrew O, Shelly C and Kim Brown your lunch card will be deposited in your mailbox. Thanks to all who read the blog and commented. This weeks challenge for the blog is to fill in this blank;  If I weren't an educator I would be........ For me: If I weren't an educator... I would be a carpenter.  Good for you Debbie and your family. You are celebrating a birthday with Robbie's Grandma in Montreal.  Celebrating with family is what its all about. Pretty confident she'll be bilingual by the time she returns.  Good For you Natalia, Gilli...

Winners of our "post what you learned while you were away for ten days are....""" Shane   Carmen Shaw Valyne  Erica  Kim Price The comments you made on what you learned were so insightful.  I am putting a brand new book in your mail box your you to enjoy!!! Thank you so much for commenting.  Calm Waters, ripply waters and big waves.  Parent teacher interviews gave us a short glimpse into our students's lives. We got some cues as to how to motivate our kids more. Cues came in the form of stories we didn't know about the family. We gave parents information about their kids they may not have known. We can see for some kids the waters are calm now and for some families they are taking big waves right now. Understanding where we each are makes all the difference in the world.  Thanks  fore the time you put into parent teacher interviews this week. Thanks to Shelly for cont...

Hoping you choose to relax over the break. It is a healthy thing to do. We do love the frog, as he can only move forward never backward. Some of you went forward this week. Some went to Cuba, Some to Vegas, some to Phoenix, some to Jasper, some to Edmonton. Some chose the relaxed life. Good for all of you!!  Moving forward, we have so many great things happening in the months to come. All good things.  During convention I realized that there are so many things we do right as a school. We give kids what they need in order to learn. Breakfasts, lunches, a significant other to tell their secrets and stories to, swimsuits and towels, skates, jackets and mittens- whatever our kids need to survive we give it to them. But most importantly we give them someone to bond with so they are able to learn. Relationships, relationships, relationships are key. Are you a true relationship builder???? Dr. Phil McRae says that the are the first genera...

Monday Memo, February 1st, 2015 Sincere Condolences go out to the Richards family. Susan's dad, Sinclair's, funeral is on Tuesday. We are sending positive vibes to the family, its been a rough go we know and are with you, through this tough time. Can you feel our positive vibes Susan? *********** They are flowing to you and Kathryn.     So this morning I got the text from Shane that  Kim Price was in the hospital . And So is Sean! Talk about a weird way to get time together. Except Sean is in isolation, so Kim can't see him anyway. Do you see how that can bring a family to their knees? When I looked up from my phone there were three magpies puffed up sitting together in the sunshine, warming themselves. There it is, the inspiration for this Monday memo- Huddle Together Team. Together  with us the Price's and the Richard's can get through this time.  Whatever you can do to ease their struggle as a team or as individuals that would be great. I even...

Monday, January 12th, 2015 Unbroken Just finished reading the book Unbroken and all I can say is...  Wow!Wow! Wow!  This is a story of survival, resilience and redemption. Reading it will make me more resilient, no more complaining from me, I have absolutely nothing to complain about. If you have a chance the book is called , Unbroken and you can find it in most book stores and on line. A riveting story of faith and courage.  Settling In We we had three days last week and I thank you for greeting the kids which such enthusiasm and for making sure your kids know the rules of the school and your class.  NR rule- No running NH - NH rule- no hats - no hoodies except on Fridays Rules are so much easier to enforce when you are in the class when the bells rings. Ensuring your kids are out of your classroom when they/you head out for recess helps to enforce the guidelines for conduct. Of course our Spirit rule makes all rules work- calm and...

Merry Monday Memo to You! Too cute, It's called text me Merry Christmas and its worth logging on at school to listen to.  We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas after school on Tuesday. Its time sensitive so we need to give you this gift early. We are still having a staff gift exchange on Thursday after school. You are able to steal gifts at this one fun, fun, fun.  Tomorrow is jeans day for those who are getting  a pie in the face at noon. if you arent getting a pie in the face it is regular dress.  Hope you will get in on it, kids have so much fun and so do we! Such Sad news   On Wednesday evening Olivia Wilson's ( Tasha's class) two month old baby brother died. The Wilson's have just moved here from Ontario. We will talk to student council of ways we can help this family. We will wrap around them as best we can. Our hearts are so heavy with the news of their los...

Monday Memo Notes Ah, sunshine on our shoulders makes us happy.  John Denver singing " Sunshine."  We are two weeks from a well deserved holiday. You give the  gift of empowering students and uplifting their lives each day. Soon you will receive the gift of calm and relaxation for 16 days. That's a lot of relaxation! use your time wisely.  Just when you think the multitude of things we do, don't count. A note written on a star bought on Friday said, " I wish life were easier." I walked passed the tree and that one Star wanted me to read it, luckily the little guys name was on the back so now my mission is to make that boy's life just a little easier each day.  Thanks so much Huge thanks go to our Social Committee who put together the nicest evening on Friday. Tasha, Michelle, Janelle and Erica were the fun team and had just the right mix of fun for the crowd. The little activities and the photo booth were so cool...