Rolla Traditional School: September 6, 2013

School District No.
59 (Peace River South)
Rolla Traditional School

Office of the Principal Phone: 250-759-4777 Fax: 250-759-4779 5167 405th Street Rolla, British Columbia V0C 2G0
September 6th, 2013

Our Schools Mission Our mission is to create a climate of respect, responsibility and consistency through the building of partnerships between school and home, so that students can reach their potential and make educated decisions in their lives. School Achievement Goals: Goal 1: To improve the
performance level for reading and writing of all students. Goal 2: To improve student achievement in Numeracy. Goal 3: To enhance and develop Social Responsibility Skills for all students.
and you can tune in to hear the movie on your radio. Primary Supplies and Agenda Fees
A $35 fee for school supplies is due by the end of September for all students. This includes the school agenda/planner. Please, make all cheques payable to Rolla Traditional School.
Calendars for Hot Lunch (beginning in October) are coming soon!
Terry Fox Run

We will run as a whole school on Friday, September 27th. In order to raise money and continue awareness of the importance of cancer research, pledge sheets will be coming home soon. Stay tuned for more details from Student Leadership.
Fruit and Veggie Program

Once again Rolla Traditional School will be offering healthy snacks as part of the BC School Fruit and Veggie Nutritional Program.
Dates For Your Calendar:

Fridays are now Casual Clothing Day *students bring a quarter for a school fundraiser when they wear casual. On the last PAC meeting, this was proposed and passed. Please, call if you have any questions or concerns. TBA School Photos Sept. 8th PAWS for A Cause th Sept. 14 SPCA Movie Night Sept. 24th 6:30 PAC Meeting Sept. 27th Terry Fox Run
Electronic Newsletter
The Rolla Traditional School will be offered electronically this year. Please, update the office with your email address as soon as possible. As well, check: http://www.rollatraditionalschool.org/ **Also, keep up with Rolla PAC discussions with Facebooks Rolla Parent Advisory Council contact Ramona Daly to join ** Its a good way to participate in decision-making and updates even if you cant always make the PAC Meetings. The next PAC meeting: Tuesday, September 24th 6:30pm.
Upcoming SPCA Events! Wendy Davies and Oliver from the SPCA were here to energize and inform us about some upcoming events. See dates above. One event is this Sunday and its PAWS for a CAUSE and its a chance for families and dogs to come down to the Dawson Creek Mall (9:30 1:30) and have a red carpet and dog show. Another is the SPCA movie night which will be Saturday, September 14th event begins at 6:30 with the movie starting at 7:00pm. Its like a drive in
Communication
Our main form of communication is our agenda/planners. Teachers will continue to check these daily for notes to and from home. For this year the morning meeting themes will relate last years Habits of the Heart: Integrity, Empathy, Curiosity, Reflection, and SelfConfidence. We will also begin Habits of the Mind. Also, because we have signed onto the Healthy Schools Network, we will be discussing nutrition, goal-setting, vision, and achievement. As well, we continue to teach Rolla Traditional Values: Belonging, Independence, Mastery, and
Generosity.
Parent Volunteers
Our school appreciates the support of parent volunteers for many of the activities that we offer. We need volunteers to read with children, help with special events, make our hot lunch program so strong, and so many more projects. Criminal record checks must be on file at the office in order for anyone to volunteer in our building. Blank form attached to this newsletter to be dropped off at the RCMP office. An updated Drivers Abstract must be on file for any volunteer drivers. An updated copy of your drivers abstract can be picked up at your insurance agent or at the Provincial building. Kleenex Thanks to everyone who has sent in a box of Kleenex already. If students bring a box to their class teacher, she can bring them out and share them as one box runs out.
SMILE! Its Picture Day !

I will let you know as soon as Im told the date by Mountain West Studios. StrongStart! Brandi McCallum returns as our StrongStart Coordinator. Tuesday & Thursday 9:30-1:30 Uniform Order Form Ramona Daly returns as our uniform coordinator. Attached is a new uniform order form. Deadline: Friday, September 20th.
Welcome Back and Welcome New Staff!
Welcome to Courteney Heriot who is teaching Andrea Tarkingtons class until her return after Thanksgiving weekend. Welcome to Joanne Norquay who will be teaching in Donna Chmelyks primary class on Mondays when she will be doing Inquiry-Based work for the district. Welcome Crystal Calland who is working as a support staff in the primary class in the mornings! Welcome back Sue Cheverie, Donna Chmelyk, and Andrea Tarkington. We are without a secretary for now. I will keep you posted.
schools are discussed as well as provincial programs and information about school programs. Casual Fridays the PAC discussed how children might really appreciate having more days to wear casual clothing. We are going to try having Friday Casual and use it as a fundraising effort for various programs we participate in (Pennies for Patients which is supporting children with Leukemia and Lymphoma, the SPCA, general fundraising for our school events, etc.). - Fundraising Suggestions our parent group is looking for ideas to help our school in the ongoing effort to raise money. If you have an idea or have heard of something which might be fun, perhaps community-building, and helpful, please, come and share your ideas with our parent volunteers. It is believed that these efforts benefit all of our current and future students and help keep a school in Rolla. Potatoes! Red Merrick has donated fields of potatoes for us. I will be presenting some dates shortly. At the PAC meeting, it was suggested that we do two potato picking sessions one on a weekday and one on a weekend we will be trying to coordinate the best we can with Red and hopefully the weather holds for us.
PAC NEWS
Our first PAC meeting happened on Wednesday, September 4th. Many things were discussed. - District Parent Advisory Council: The PAC wants everyone to know that they are welcome to come to the district PAC meeting. Large topics important to many
The TREE GARDEN:

This is a letter from Liz Lodge and IngeJean from Autumn 2011:
Hi Everyone, Inge Jean and Joanne and I met with a couple of men from the school district, Al and Stewart, this morning to discuss the Rolla Community Garden that IJ and I helped to implement. In that context they raised some serious concerns about the trees/shrubs in the picnic table area.
The school district is completely supportive of the concept of a greener school yard area, but say that the current layout does not work for maintenance (mowing, etc). They are willing to help put in a more structured layout including raised beds, mulching, and landscaping and are wishing to incorporate our suggestions and input. That said, in the meantime they would like to clean up that area before winter (ie. ASAP). Therefore, they have asked for the trees and shrubs to be lifted and over-wintered elsewhere (Joanne has offered to over-winter them in her garden plot in town, and IJ and I have some large plastic pots that can be used to put them in temporarily). In the spring the school district will build a newly revised garden area into which the shrubs and trees can be transplanted. So, would anyone be available to lift those trees/shrubs out of the ground? It would be great to get a work-bee together for as soon as possible (perhaps this weekend?). Al and Stewart are eager for suggestions for a layout/design for the revised garden space. Please forward your suggestions to Joanne for this. IJ and I would also appreciate if the design could incorporate a berry/fruit tree section for the Rolla Community Garden :).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So the update is that we have a new retaining wall and soil. The school district will provide the new trees. We just need to do a little bit of weed removal (by hand no chemicals safety rules for school grounds) before they come with trees. Stay tuned! If youre interested in participating in this, please, let me know.
Student Leadership
Our Student Leadership group will be busy brainstorming some fun theme days and activities for us all to look forward to in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned for a letter from the older intermediates.

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School District No.

59 (Peace River South)

Rolla Traditional School

September 6th, 2013

Calendars for Hot Lunch (beginning in October) are coming soon!

Terry Fox Run

Fruit and Veggie Program

Dates For Your Calendar:

SMILE! Its Picture Day !

The TREE GARDEN:

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