Bulletin de l École Immaculate Conception School Newsletter VISION STATEMENT Committed to a vibrant Catholic education, we ensure quality learning experiences through community partnerships that nurture each student 201 Conc 12 Box 73 Formosa, ON N0G 1W0 Wednesday, March 1st 2017 Mercredi, Mars 1st 2017 Almighty and Everlasting God, You have given the human race Jesus Christ our Savior as a model of humility. He fulfilled Your will by becoming Man. And giving His life on the Cross. Help us to bear witness to You By following His example of suffering And make us worthy to share in His Resurrection. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen. School Council Conseil de l école Co-Chairpersons/Co-Présidents: Jeff Myatt /George Theodule Board Administration Administration du conseil Director of Education/Directeur d éducation: Jamie McKinnon Superintendent/Surintendante: Francine Pilon Principal/Directrice: Christine Pfeffer Office Administrator/Administratrice du bureau : Lynn Hahn Priest/Prêtre: Father Michael Anderson Trustee/Commissionaire: Bev Eckensweiler Our next newsletter will be sent home the week of April 1st, 2017 Notre prochain bulletin sera la semaine du 1 avril 2017
Birthday Club Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthday in MARCH: Lilly Dietrich Proclaiming the Work of Your Love School Council Meeting Our next meeting will be on Thursday, March 30th at 6:00PM Liam Kieffer Taylor Wilkins Makayla Walter Keith Robertson Nick Bohnert Malcolm Weppler Hope Elphick Turner McKenzie Marc Theodule Paige Saunders Daniel Honegger Tori Saunders Izak Hergert Hayden Oberle Emma Lorentz Madison Bester Hayden Hope Hannah Maxwell Mark Your Calendars Grade 8 Grad photos will be taken on Thursday, March 30th. Let us remember in prayer John and Jerry Carron, Great Uncles to Tyler Rhodes. Gracious God, loving Creator, Welcome John and Jerry into paradise. In your love, lead them into the unending joys of your presence where every tear will be wiped away, and there will be no more sorrow. First Reconciliation / First Communion Meeting Wednesday, March 22nd at 7:00PM at the church. Reconciliation for our grade 2 s will be at Immaculate Conception Church on Saturday, April 8th at 2:00PM Amen. First Holy Communion for our Grade 2 s will be at Order forms for Elmira Poultry Chicken will be sent home in early April. Due dates and pick up dates to be determined. Immaculate Conception Church on Sunday, April 30th We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.
ICS Chess Teams An amazing congratulations goes out to the ICS chess teams! They represented our school with good manners and great sportsmanship. The Junior team finished with silver medals, the Intermediate and Senior teams finished with Bronze medals. MVP medals were given out to Kyle Zettler and Ethan Rogers. Well done ICS! Team members included: Isaac Montag, Damion Brooke, Brooke Lorentz, Kyle Zettler, Ethan Smith, Graham Montag, Hayden Oberle, Ethan Rogers and Madison Bester. Mlle Turcotte s class participated in an engineering/team building activity within their class. They made a design of a boat and had to construct it out of cardboard. They presented their design in front of their classmates. Judges were on hand to pick the best design. The best design was able to hold weights and float in water. The teams also had to have spirit. Two teams were chosen to participate in a competition held at the community center in Wingham. One of our teams placed 3rd out of 31 teams and have been asked to participate in the provincial championships held in Waterloo on March the 2nd. Team #1 consisted of Eden Beglaw, Maggie Bujold, Larissa Grubb and Emma Bezeau. They placed 20th out of 31 teams. Team #2 consisted of Andréa Barry, Hannah Metcalfe, Keegan Fischer and Nick Holman. They placed 3rd out of 31 teams.
Proclaiming the Work of Your Love Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for their effort in demonstrating the virtues of Empathy and Caring: Brody Grubb Abby Mitchell Ainsley Martin Phoenix Chamberlain Ethan Fischer Katelyn Bennett Lille Voisin Macy Biesenthal Ethan Rogers Addison Huber Reese Schnurr Aven Voisin Owen Ernewein Grayden Bird Cameron Diemert Anika Weppler Hank Strauss Layne Grubb Tyson Zettler Lauren Kraemer Brayden Coville Xzavier Zuk Melia Coville Emily VanDeVyvere Riley Steffen Elliott Haan Ryan Culbert Taya Haase Eran McNeal Dashiel Slosser McLean and Mrs Fischer help with the morning announcements. Dash knows all the prayers in English and French by heart. He likes to talk on the loud speaker. Dash participated in a media literacy project for his English class. He made cookies and stood up in front of his class to present how he made them. He created a cookie bag and learned how to market them to be sold. He shared samples of his cookies with the class. They were yummy! To celebrate World Down Syndrome Day we will be having a Sock Hop and crazy sock day on March 22nd. Wear your crazy socks and be ready for the dance party!
MARS 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Ash Wednesday Lent begins Prayer Service 1:00PM Science Fair Day Interviews 4-6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Compassion La compassion Girls Basketball Ham and Cheese wraps Boys Basketball 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Happy March Break! 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Understanding Grilled Cheese Sock Hop La compréhension World Down Syndrome Day Crazy sock day 26 27 Dental screening JK,SK,Gr 2 28 Taco Day Clothing Drive p/u 29 30Parent Council Mtg 6:00PM Gr 8 Grad Photos Virtue Assembly 31 On Tuesday, February 28th we had a whole school pancake and sausage day. Thank you to Trish Borho from the Bulk Barn, Wayne Batte from Batte s Meats and Voisin s Farm for providing the pancake mix, sausage and the syrup. We appreciate your help in feeding our students. Thank you to the volunteers who cooked the sausage the day before, made the pancakes on the day of, served and cleaned up. You are a true blessing! Thank you to the families who sent in donations. Money brought in will be used to buy French reading materials for the classrooms. A thank you to Trista Brunato who organized the volunteers and made the day run extremely smooth! Merci beaucoup tout le monde! Our volunteers here at ICS are a true blessing, the work of Jesus hands and feet among us.