March 23rd, 2015

 

 

 

Earth Month

Earth month will be officially launched on March 27^th, starting with our Earth Hour Assembly. On Friday March 27^th, all participating classes will be turning off their lights for one hour in order to take a stand against climate change. In the past, over 50 million people, across 35 countries, have participated in Earth hour.

Earth Month will continue on Wednesday April 1st and run until Wednesday April 15th.

The following is a table of upcoming events:

 

Friday March 27th	Wednesday April 1st	Tuesday and Wednesday April 7th and 8th	Wednesday April 15th
Earth Hour Assembly	Walk to School Day	Families start sending in gently used clothes	Spring Clean-up Day

 

Bag2school is a fundraising program aimed at raising money to help enhance our playground.  Items which are donated such as clean clothes, soft toys, bedding, drapes, belts, purses and shoes (tied together) are then weighed and exchanged for cash.  Bags will be sent home on Thursday April 2^nd but donated item can be brought to school in any type of bag.  We will be accepting donations on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 7^th and 8^th.  The items are then shipped overseas and sold as quality used clothing. This program teaches students the importance of recycling and reusing and helps reduce the amount of textile waste in our landfills.

Spring Clean-up: On Wednesday April 15th, we will be cleaning up the schoolyard. If you can send in a pair of labelled gardening gloves for that day, it would be appreciated.

Walk to school day: All students who walk to school on Friday April 1st will have their hand stamped.  No this is not an April Fool’s joke! Our ECO goal is to bring awareness to and reduce carbon emissions. Thank you for all your support!

Grade One French Immersion for September 2015 – If you received an acceptance letter regarding Gr. 1 French Immersion for September, please phone the school office at 519 895-2353 to confirm your acceptance by Tuesday, March 31st.  Offers will be made to families on the waiting list after March 31st.

Grade 7 and 8 French Immersion Changes – Beginning in September 2015, Grade 7 and 8 French Immersions schools will offer 53% instruction in French and 47% instruction in English.  Grades 1 to 6 French Immersion classes are not impacted and will continue with the same 50% French Language instruction that is currently employed.

Beach Day- Friday, March 31st will be Beach Day at Brigadoon.  Get ready for the sun!

Science Night – We are excited to offer Engineering Science Quest at Brigadoon on Thursday, April 2nd from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. We are looking forward to an interactive night for students and their parents to experience hands-on science and engineering.  We hope you can make it!

P.D. Day – Friday, April 17th will be a P.D. Day.  There will not be school for students that day and teachers will be working on the Board Improvement Plan for Student Achievement and our School Improvement Plan.

WRDSB PIC is presenting a Workshop on Building Skills to Navigate the School Years.  This workshop for parents, will take place on Saturday, April 18th at Bluevale Collegiate in Waterloo.  The workshop will be from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  If you are interested in attending, you can register online at wrdsb.ca/pic.