ENGLEWOOD  SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

February 7th - 2008

Englewood School Science Fair will take place at Englewood on Monday, March 3rd.  If schools are delayed because of weather, the science fair will start but on a one hour delay.  The storm date would be Tuesday, March 4th.  Student information packages will be sent home with students who express interest in participating in the Englewood Science Fair.

Grade 1 Registration:  Parents of new Grade 1 students - registrations are this week.  If you have not already registered your child - please call the school as soon as possible.  Children who reach the age of six years on or before August 31, 2008 are eligible to begin school in September, 2008.  (Born Oct. 01-Aug.2002). 

Grade 7 Late French Immersion: Parents Information Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February l2, 2008 - 7 P.M. at East Wiltshire Intermediate School.  The storm date is February l9, 2008.

Registration week is February l8 - February 22, 2008.  For further information call 368-6842. 

Tell Them From Me: Englewood has been participating in the Tell Them From Me on-line surveys in order to hear directly and anonymously from students and teachers.  We ask their views on things that matter to them such as student engagement, student wellness and the school’s learning climate.  Now we would like to hear from parents as well.

In the next several days, you will receive an e-mail from Tell Them From Me (TTFM) with a link to complete the survey.  The survey is anonymous.  Please try to complete your survey by February 29, 2008 - but anytime you can will be fine.  If you have given your e-mail to the school and you have not received the survey contact kabutler@edu.pe.ca.  Anyone who is an avid user of their e-mail and would like to have their address added to the school list for newsletters and other announcements can also e-mail Mr. Butler.

If anyone is having any trouble Cut and paste the web address in the address bar on your browser, and change https to http: Send me an e-mail if you are having any trouble, please. kabutler@edu.pe.ca 

Thanks,

Englewood Staff 
 

Community Members: Englewood is looking for any community members who would be interested in teaching junior high students how to play games such as:  Crokinole, card games, chess, crib, etc.  This would be during the lunch hour (ll:40-12:10).  If interested, please contact Mr. Reardon at 658-7850.  Thanks. 

Congratulations to Brandon Parsons.  Brandon was the winner of the Englewood Spelling Bee and will be taking part in the The Guardian Regional Spelling Bee on March 1st. at UPEI. It was a hard fought battle!   Great job and good luck! 

Literacy Bits for Parents: Creating Ideas for Writing:  Your child may do most of his or her writing in the classroom but their ideas will come from their life experiences.

* Share recreational, social and cultural activities with your child.

* Share vacations or short visits to points of interest with your child.

* Share celebrations with your child.

* Share lots of books together and talk about where the author got his or her ideas.

* Ask questions that encourage your child to talk about his or her ideas and observations. 
 

COMMUNITY   NOTES 

Merry Pop-Ins is now accepting registrations for September 2008.  Pre-school for 3 yr. olds, 4 yr. olds, toddler program (22 months - 3 yrs. old), and before-after school program.  Please telephone or visit our website: www.merry popins.pe.ca   Located at 21287 Trans Canada Highway, Tryon, PE.  Phone 658-2560 
 
 

The Cowboy Boots:  (Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love this.)  Did you hear about the Michigan teacher who was helping her kindergarten student put on his cowboy boots?  He asked for help and she could see why.  Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on.  By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat.  She almost cried when the little boy said, ‘Teacher, they’re on the wrong feet.’  She looked, and sure enough, they were.  It wasn’t any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on.  She managed to keep her cool as, together, they worked to get the boots back on, this time on the right feet.  He then announced, ‘These aren’t my boots.’ She bit her tongue, rather than get right in his face and scream, ‘Why didn’t you say so?’, like she wanted to.  Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off his little feet.  No sooner had they gotten the boots off when he said, ‘They’re my bother’s boots.  My Mom made me wear ‘em.’  Now she didn’t know if she should laugh or cry.  But she mustered up what grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on his feet again.  Helping him into his coat, she asked, ‘Now, where are your mittens?’  He said, ‘I stuffed ‘em in the toes of my boots.’  She will be eligible for parole in three years.