April 7th, 2015
Kodaly – Congratulations to three of our Kodaly Choir members who will represent Brigadoon School as soloists for the upcoming Kodaly Music Festival on May 6 at Centre in the Square. Well done, singers!
Running Club – Thanks to Ms Nichols who is coordinating a Running Club for Gr. 4-6 students. The students are preparing for the “Mudpuppy Race” on May 3rd. Good luck!
Spring Flower Fundraiser – Thanks to Mrs. VanSchaik for organizing our Spring Flower Fundraiser. We are offering gift cards through Colour Paradise Greenhouses. Gift cards are available in denominations of $2o, $25, $50, $75 and $100. Proceeds from this fundraiser will be used towards our Brigadoon Greening Initiative. Please return all order forms and payment by Thursday, April 23rd and gift cards will be available for delivery back to you in time for Mother’s Day!
EQAO – Gr. 3 and 6 students will participate in the Provincial EQAO testing. Our Gr. 3 students will write the test on May 25th, 26th and 27th and the Gr.6 students will write the test on June 1st, 2nd and 3rd. It is very important for all students to attend every day during those testing dates. If you are making plans to take your child(ren) out of school, we appreciate you avoiding those dates. Thanks so much for your cooperation!
Planning Begins for the 2015-2016 school year – We have started to plan for next year! It is a complicated process that takes months and careful attention to detail. Currently, we have submitted our projected student numbers to the Board Office. This information is used to determine how many classes we will have, and the number of staff allocated to each school. In the near future, teachers from each grade level will be meeting to consider the placement of each child based on a combination of the following criteria: the academic level of each student, each child’s learning style, the social/emotional level of each student, the relationships that exist between students, a balance in each classroom of students with special needs, strengths and challenges as well as gender. Class organization is a process that we take very seriously and one that has a tremendous impact for the whole school year. We do our very best to ensure that your child’s placement will best serve his/her learning needs. As part of this planning, parents may choose to submit in writing, characteristics of their child(ren) and their learning needs that they would like us to keep in mind when developing classes. If you wish us to consider specific information about your child(ren)’s placement for September, we ask that you submit this in writing to Mrs. Hagey-Nichols by May 1st, 2015. Please understand that this is not an opportunity to request a specific teacher for your child(ren).
Important Dates
Bag2School Pick-up – Thurs. April 9
Spring Yard Clean-up – Wed. April 15
P.D. Day – Fri. April 17
Super Hero Day – Fri. April 24
Build A School Assembly – Fri. April 24
Build A School Activities – April 27- May 1
School Council – Mon. April 27
Roland Bibeau French Concert (Gr. 1-6) – Mon. April 27