We now have enough drivers for Tuesday's field trip to the Arts Alive exhibit at the SAAG! Thanks to those who signed up!


-Anna Tsentouros

Hello Readers! 

I hope everyone is enjoying a fantastic May Long weekend! I just wanted to start off by saying thank you to those parents who were able to come and volunteer for our last two field trips for Aggie Days and Feel the Beat! I know that last weeks will be CRAZY, as we go on most of our field trips at this time, and often require LOTS of parent volunteers and drivers.  Students had a wonderful time at Aggie Days which was a great kick off for our next Social Studies unit as we learn about farming communities.  

In Math, we are finishing up our unit on Measurement, and will spend the remainder of the year with 2 weeks of Geometry, and then continuing with our addition and subtraction of double digit numbers.  With Language Arts, we will spend some time with reading different myths and legends, and then Language Arts will be paired with our last science unit of studying Small Flying and Crawling Creatures.  Hopefully your student has mentioned their final project for their Boats and Buoyancy unit, which is Building the Optimum Boat!  Students took home a pink information sheet explaining details of the project, and we've talked about it lots in class. If you have ANY questions about this project, please email me as soon as possible!!  I will be sending home their Boats and Buoyancy duo tangs this week, so you can see the kinds of experiments we've done in class to prepare them for this project.  

On Wednesday May 23rd, the Grade 2s will be performing their Justin Beiber Dance at the Spirit Assembly! Note that the time for this assembly has CHANGED from 8:30 to 12:30!! The switch was made to accommodate a presentation from Nicholas Sheran choir, as well as a presentation from a group of Japanese exchange students who are coming to visit MMH.  Please remind students to dress in their be achy attire for Wednesday as it is "Beach Day".  If you're only planning on attending the Grade 2 performance part of the assembly, the tentative agenda is as follows:  Citizen of Tomorrow award presentations, Nicholas Sheran Choir performance, Japanese Exchange Student presentation, and THEN the Grade 2 dance. We hope to see some parents there as we've been practising our dance for the past few weeks!

Please update your calendars with the following events AND changes for the months of May and June!

On Tuesday May 22nd from 10-11:30 we need ONE MORE driver (only 2 students) for our Arts Alive field trip! Thank you to those parents who have already signed up!  We will be leaving the school at 9:45, and will be at the SAAG until 11:30, to return to the school by 11:45 lunch.  

Please read on about our new field trip!:

Meerkerk Stonework and Get Recycled have arranged for all grade 2s to have a free viewing of the Disney movie "Chimpanzee" at the Movie Mill.  this movie was released in celebration of Earth Day last month.  We will be heading to the Movie Mill on Monday May 28th.    If you have any questions or concerns about the film feel free to contact me.  The movie starts at 10:00 am and ends at approximately 11:30.  If you would be willing to drive and/or supervise for this trip we would love to have you! I will send home a reminder note on Tuesday when the students return back to school, but you can also email me if you're able to help out!  

Our field trip to the BIOHOME in June has been CANCELLED due to the large number of trips we already have planned, and for how many times we need to ask YOUR help for driving.  The Biohome is now open, and would be a GREAT place to visit as a summer activity with your family!   

I think that's it for now! Enjoy the rest of your May Long Weekend!

-Anna Tsentouros

May

Tuesday May 22nd- Arts Alive Field Trip at the SAAG 10-11:30

Wednesday May 23rd- Beach Themed Spirit Assembly at 12:30 &Grade 2s perform!

Monday May 28th- MMH Clothing Exchange and Movie Mill Field Trip @10

Wednesday May 30th-Lakie Band Performance 12:30-1:30

June

Tuesday June 5th- Pancake Breakfast 7-8:15am

Wednesday June 6th- School Council AGM Meeting @6:30

Tuesday June 12th- Boats due at School!

Thursday June 14th- Boat Launch at Nicolas Sheran Lake!

Tuesday June 19th- Grade 2 Sports Day!

Monday June 25th- Farewell Assembly 

Tuesday June 26th- MMH School Swim at Henderson (details to come)

Thursday June 28th- Year End Assembly, Students dismissed at 12