We hope everyone enjoyed the extra hour of sleep – or time to get stuff done – with the time change this weekend. From the perspective of a school every hour counts between now and Winter Break. It was a very busy week at New Brighton School and we have a very busy week coming up. Lets begin with some celebrations: We have a School Logo Blog readers will be the first to see your new School Logo. We received over 160 ideas from students and teachers narrowed the choices down to three that inspired our final design. Thank you everyone who shared an idea. Congratulations to Ruby (Ms. Kelly – Gr 3), Kendra (Mrs. Clare – Gr 3) and Roman (Ms. Rooney – K) for the inspiration. Thank you to Cassidy’s mom and Roman and Calin’s mom for the design expertise in taking the ideas and turning them into the following logo. T-Shirt orders will be coming home soon and we are pretty confident we can have the orders back before Christmas. Details coming home soon. On Tuesday we kicked off our Veterans Food Bank Drive with a visit from Norella King. Norella is Miss Canada Globe and closely associated with The Canadian Legacy Project (Canadianlegacy.org). Canadian Legacy is committed to helping veterans who live in poverty. It's not easy talking to over 500 students from K-4 about a serious issue. She did a great job and our Veterans Food Bank is off to a great start. On Thursday our school was the proud recipient of a $10,000 donation from Staples (130th Ave) and Intel. As part of Intel’s Retail Edge Program our local Staples won a contest. Staples chose a school to receive the donation. We’d like to thank Jamey and all the Associates for choosing our school from the several within our neighborhood. Jamey said our school has a “presence and a culture” that is felt in the community and the decision to support New Brighton School was unanimous. We’d like to thank Sheldon Evasiuk (Technology Supervisor), Hardik Vyas (Technology Sales Specialist) and Madison Turner (Service Manager) for coming to our school to present the giant cheque to our school. On Thursday our students were able to be a part of an amazing presentation (your children must have shared with you). For over an hour EarthRangers shared some of their work and partnerships from across Canada. The presentation was educational and informative. And it was very entertaining with several live animals including a skunk (descented), porcupine and an owl. The highlight may have been the falcon that swooped from one end of the gym to the other. Our Grade 4 students also had an additional presentation. New Brighton School was fortunate to have this presentation. We’d like to thank Nova Chemicals and Isabelle (Gr 4), Kendra (Gr 2) and Maddox (K) for nominating us through their parents and NOVA. Remembrance Day Assembly
Friday November 10th at 10:15am our Remembrance Day Assembly will be taking place in the school gym. All parents/guests are welcome to attend this Assembly. If you are planning on attending the Assembly please arrive before 10:15 so that there are no interruptions throughout the Assembly. All students in choir are reminded that they will need to wear dark bottoms and a white shirt on that day. Any students that are in sparks, brownies, cubs, scouts, cadets etc may wear their uniform to school that day. All students will be provided with a poppy to wear on that day and teachers will be collecting donations to the Poppy Fund. If you have any questions, please email Miss Lysak at [email protected] Students are doing a few things in class to recognize Remembrance Day including:
This coming week is the last week to donate non-perishable food items to our Veterans Food Bank Drive. SAVE THE DATE Save the evening of December 7th. Details will be coming home soon. Our Family Christmas Evening will be a great opportunity to join the school community in an evening of giving and celebrating. We will be supporting the Mustard Seed Warm Feet for the Street project and some fun family activities. We’ve strengthened our relationship with the Mustard Seed this year and know that our project on December 7th will be distributed to Mustard Seed clients on Christmas Day. This Week Nov 6 Grade 3 (Mrs. V and Ms. Kelly) to Studio Bell Gr 1 Art Club Nov 7 Gr 2-4 Choir Gr 4 Girls Group Nov 8 Gr 1 Paper Art Club Nov 9 Grade 3 (Mrs. Clare and Mrs. Cose) to Studio Bell Special Lunch – Taco Time – Pre-order was required Nov 10 10:15 Remembrance Day Assembly
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Jeff HuttonNew Brighton School Principal, CBE graduate, native Calgarian, husband and father of two CBE students. Archives
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