A big day for our new school. The biggest slab on grade pour was completed today, in perfect conditions.
Hot Lunch Ordering for Jan - June 2012!
December 2nd, 2011 · PAC
Before your Christmas rush starts, please take some time to plan your hot lunch orders for 2012. Our first lunch, pasta, is on our first Friday back- January 6, 2012, so you’ll need to order before the New Year starts. There are eight more hot lunch dates planned for the rest of the school year! Orders will be accepted up until the evening of Friday December 16, 2011. You can pay by credit card or PayPal (as well as the usual cheques).
Upcoming dates are:
PASTA - Jan 6, March 2, June 1
PIZZA - Jan 20, April 13
HOT DOG - Feb 10, May 11
SUSHI - Feb 24, May 25
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DEC PAC MEETING
November 10th, 2011 · PAC
PAC meeting Dec 7 is Cancelled due to the String Evening Concert being held at Queen Elizabeth School.
We are anticipating a great turn out for the annual Carol & Craft Night Dec 13 from 6-9 pm. Sign up outside the office to volunteer for set up and hot chocolate service.
The next PAC Meeting will be in the New Year — on Jan 11th.
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PAC Update
November 3rd, 2011 · PAC
Our PAC meeting Nov 2 was well attended and covered many topics. Minutes will be posted soon but just to update you; the Sustainability committee is seeking more participants to share ideas and make plans, Spirit Wear is available online now, the Seismic committee is seeking input from parents about the proposed under cover play area we hope to incorporate into our new school grounds (fund raising will be required). In addition we decided to share some of the profits from the super successful Book Fair with our sister school, we approved the “Wish List” and we are planning a fun filled Holiday Craft and Carolling event for Dec 13th from 6-9pm. For more information on any of these items please contact heatherbenna@gmail.com
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Spirit Wear is Coming Soon!
November 3rd, 2011 · Fundraising, PAC
The Spirit Wear Team went to great effort to produce a fresh new logo, which many people think is a terrific design. Being a democratic community we took it to a vote and the new Spirit Wear Logo was introduced and received much fan fare! The students and teachers voted on their preferred logo and the outcome was in favour of our Traditional Logo.
PAC will meet in January to make plans to re-open the online store - so make plans to get your Spirit Wear in the New Year.
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Destination Imagination (DI) — We need parent volunteers!
November 2nd, 2011 · PAC
Destination Imagination at Kitchener
Destination Imagination is a program that allows students to develop creativity, teamwork and problem solving skills. Small groups of student work together to solve open-ended Challenges and present their solutions to their classmates. Experts around the world agree that a country’s ability to innovate will be one of the key determinants of success in the 21st century economy. Being a world-class problem solver and innovator is going to help future generations of kids achieve success.
Kitchener has a long history of DI. We have an active, established DI program in grades 1 to 4 with some participating grade 5 classes. This year we are going to be supporting the start-up of DI in the Kindergarten level with the Rising Star program. Parents support teachers in offering the DI programs in the classrooms. Parents work with the teachers to schedule the time for DI, coordinate the supplies and run the sessions. This year we are also hoping to re-start the DI Club with the goal to compete at area and regional competitions. In the past Lord Kitchener Elementary has won in competition at the Global DI level.
Classroom and DI Club Manuals
The 2012 DI Manuals and the Rising Stars Manuals (Junior DI for grade K to 2) will be arriving on Friday October 28th. Kitchener has 25 Rising Star teams and 30 Regular teams registered. Each kit comes with enough materials for 6 children (a team). The kits will be distributed to each division (K to G5 inclusive) in the beginning of November. There are additional materials and manuals available for grade 6 and 7 classes that are interested in regular or occasional DI in the classroom. The three categories that have been the most popular at Kitchener in the past are Structures, Improvisational. and Rising Stars. Some of the other categories are also exciting (Science, Technical, Fine Arts, Outreach) and some classes may venture out and try a new category this year!
Training Sessions
Training Sessions for classroom and club parents will be held on Tuesday November 8th and Thursday November 10th from 1 pm to 2:45. There will be an overview for the 2012 season along with hands on Challenges. Yes, parents get to do DI for the afternoon! These sessions are open to anyone interested in leading DI in a classroom or in the club forum. All past and new members welcome. Refreshments will be provided. The sessions will be held at 3375 West 26th Avenue. Please register at jesmart@telus.net and remember to indicate which date you wish to attend. Please also let us know if neither date works for you. A third session will be added if there is overwhelming interest, as in years past.
We are also making special arrangements to have a representative from DI BC come to give a presentation. This has been a very popular session in the past. The date of this presentation will be announced in the next few weeks.
We hope everyone has a great DI year!
Jean Smart, DI Chairman and Mary Jo Wagner, DI Vice Chairman
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Lunch Skins are back!
October 26th, 2011 · Fundraising, PAC
Lunchskins are Back!
Back by popular demand, Lunchskins reusable sandwich and snack bags are now available to order. Help Lord Kitchener to reduce waste and raise funds at the same time! 20% of sales go directly to Lord Kitchener PAC. Orders are due on Wednesday, November 2.
Orders will be available before Christmas because Lunchskins make great stocking stuffers for kids and adults! Lunchskins are:
Order forms came home in your child’s backpack on Monday or you can download and print here and return to the office.
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Next PAC Meeting, Wed Nov 2 at 7pm
October 15th, 2011 · PAC
You are invited to attend and participate in the next PAC meeting Wed Nov 2nd at 7pm in the Library.
Our agenda will include a presentation of the Wish List among other topics. We’ll look forward to seeing you there!
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Lord Kitchener Math Club - 1st meeting Wed Oct. 19
October 15th, 2011 · PAC
Lord Kitchener Math Club
Grades 4 -7 students,
Do you like solving puzzles, figuring out word problems, or taking part in the Mathematica Centrum contest?
Join us this coming Wed, October 19 from 3.05pm to 4:15pm for the take-off session into the Mathematical universe. Launch pad is in Mr Marlyn and Mrs Skarsgard’s room which is in the Library. Meetings will be held every other Wednesday.
Learn about the famous Mathematicians Byron, Germain, Fibonacci, Pythagoras, and Euler.
Practise for the Mathematica Centrum contest that will be held on April 18, 2012… and be the next Kitchener champion for the contest.
Celebrate pi-day on March 14.
And more to come……
Do you want to know what a divisor is? No, it is not something to block out the sun.
See you next Wednesday.
Peggy Alca and Lai Pheng (parent sponsors)
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Book Fair Oct 24-29, 2011
October 14th, 2011 · Fundraising
Scholastic Book Fair is almost here! October 24-28
Our ‘out of this world’ book fair is almost here! The event will be held down in the rainy day area on the first floor with hours of 8:30-9:30am, lunch and after school with Wednesday open late till 5:30pm. Please come and check out great books for all ages. A sample of the books will be in the display case outside the library. Flyers will be sent home this week; look for the entry form on the back to win $25 each for you and your classroom. Prizes to be won as well during the book fair week.
**Don’t forget that a large portion of all our sales goes directly back to our library in the form of Scholastics books or cash to buy what is needed.**
If you would like to volunteer your time and help out there is a sign up sheet outside the office or else email Angela at angela.whitney@live.ca . See you there!
Angela Whitney, Your Book Fair Chairperson
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