Week in Review: April 10 - 13

This week, although only four days, was another good one with plenty of learning going on. Throughout the week the class continued becoming poetry masters, worked with metric measurement conversions, continued their study of Piet Mondrian, and experimented with a variety of different materials and light rays. Throw in the fun of "Oilers Team Spirit" day, our Easter party, and of course the excitement of the Easter break and the Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning and it was a great week all around.

In terms of curriculum this week...

In Math we continued our study of linear measurement and began comparing units of measurement.  Working with the metric system we examined, for example, how many units you would get when converting say five meters into millimeters, or 30000cm into kilometers.  We also looked at being able to recognize appropriate units of measurement for tasks, such as using millimeters to measure short distances/objects versus larger/longer distances perhaps using decimeters or kilometers.  After the Easter break we will begin looking at weight and capacity.

This week we also kicked off our participation in the Canada 150 event using the Mathletics online Math program.  Using the program students are able to practice their Math skills both in class as well as home.  An information sheet was sent home containing information about the program as well as a small card containing everyone's usernames and passwords. Everyone is really excited about using the program so it's a great opportunity for everyone to take advantage of that excitement and get some extra practice in at home!

In Language Arts this week we continued working with reading comprehension and getting everyone using with their word attack strategies to decipher unknown words, so as to improve fluency and understanding.  This week's work looked at determining whether writing samples were fact or opinion, and better able to recognize features that would allow them to tell the difference.  In writing, we continued our poetry unit and this week focused on composing "cinquain poems".  With the poems they have a set structure with a relatively easy form to follow, which allowed the style to be quickly understood.  This lead to the publishing of some very creative, and funny poems with a wide variety of topics.

In Science the study of light and shadows continued with everyone experimenting with the creation of shadows in class using a variety of different materials.  The assorted materials we used were a mix with transparent, translucent and opaque characteristics.  This allowed everyone the opportunity to see first hand how these materials interacted with the light rays from their flashlights - some allowed the rays to pass through entirely, some blocked the rays completely, while others allowed the rays to pass through but altered them in some way - dimmer, colour change, direction of the beams etc.

In Art this week we began our artist study of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.  Piet Mondrian was originally a well known landscape painter but eventually became more famous for his abstract geometric paintings.  This type of artwork was what we focused on this week in class and  used as our inspiration in class.  This week everyone took a shot at recreating one of Piet Mondrian's more famous pieces called "Composition II in red, blue, and yellow".  This artwork was the inspiration for several clothing lines, and even an entire museum!




Bake Sale - Wednesday, April 19

Just a quick reminder about next week's classroom bake sale on Wednesday, April 19th.  Please be sure to send your 3 dozen individually wrapped baked goods to school first thing in the morning.  If the baked good you are sending contains nuts please marked this on the wrapper as they will be set up and sold on a separate table.  All money collected from the sale goes directly to the classroom.

Go Oilers Go

Here's a great shot of the school showing their team spirit during Wednesday's  Oilers Team Spirit Day...

Upcoming Calendar of Events
Friday, April 14 - No School
Saturday, April 15 - Deadline to order hot lunch for May
Monday, April 17 - No School
Tuesday, April 18 - PD Day: No School
Wednesday, April 19 - Library Book Exchange - please return library books
Wednesday, April 19 - 4H Bake Sale (please send 3 dozen items first thing in the morning)
Thursday, April 20 - East Elementary Invitational Girls Floor Hockey Tournament

Week in Review: April 3 - 7

Welcome back everyone to the school year's home stretch! Time has most certainly flown by and there are a mere three months of grade four remaining.

With this week occasionally the first week back after a longer break such as Spring Break can sometimes be a challenge, as the daily routines and classroom expectations have taken a break and "normal" at-home schedules (ie. bed times) are being re-instituted.  With this year's crew that wasn't the case as we once again had a very productive week and didn't really experience any lull in energy.  New units were kicked off in Math and Science, another two forms of poetry were studied in Language Arts, we met the Voyageurs in Social Studies, and we got to test some amazing crane projects in Science!

In terms of curriculum this week...

In Math we began our study of linear measurement and completed numerous activities getting the students use to using their rulers for something other than drumsticks.  Working primarily with centimeters this week, we will be expanding our learning by beginning to make conversions to larger and smaller units beginning next week, before moving into the calculating of perimeter towards the end of the week.

In Language Arts we continued to work with our weekly spelling words, and were using them to identify part of speech, improve phonic skills, and obviously increase sight word vocabulary and spelling fluency.  With our writing assignments this week, we continued our study pf poetry and worked to compose examples of both picture poetry and couplet poetry.

In Science this week we introduced our new unit, Light and Shadows.  With our activities this week we worked with identifying natural and man-made sources of light, and then examined the qualities of materials in relation to light rays.  We learned about how opaque, transparent , and translucent materials all interact differently with light rays and consequently all create different forms of shadows, if at all.

Lastly a big thank you goes out to everyone for assisting your children with their box crane projects.  It was great seeing the various creative designs having the kids being able to describe how their cranes worked and explain why they used the designs which they did.


In Social Studies, our study of Alberta's fur trade and the immigration of new people into the province continued.  We began looking at the influx of French traders and the role of the Voyageurs within the fur trade.  In examining the Voyageurs this week we had the opportunity to listen to some Voyageur folk songs and learned how these songs and the stories of these men helped to shape the existing culture of some cities and towns with a French heritage within Alberta such as Lac La Biche, Lacombe, and Beaumont.

Upcoming Calendar of Events

Tuesday, April 11 - Class Photos today
Thursday, April 13 - Spelling Test #28
Friday, April 14 - Good Friday: No School
Monday, April 17 - Easter Monday: No School
Tuesday, April 18 - PD Day: No School
Wednesday, April 19 - 4H BAKE SALE - PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR BAKING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AS PER THE EMAIL/NOTE SENT HOME LAST WEEK.

Week in Review: March 20 - 24

This last week was definitely one of ups and downs.  Obviously the excitement of the upcoming Spring Break filled the room and that energy trickled into everything we did this week.  Everyone worked hard and we continued to complete a few more items on our units of study checklist.  

This last week featured unit tests in both Math (long division) and Science (Building Movable Devices), and surprisingly the success of the results was mixed.  On one end of the scale we had students who excelled and displayed great understanding - congratulations Kaleb on your TWO 100% tests - and then there were those students who, despite working well in class, stumbled and experienced a dip in their test scores.  This dip obviously raised some eyebrows - What is going on?  Is my child not listening?  Goofing around?  As I noted with one parent, both the units in Science and Math featured concepts this last round that were difficult and more abstract to comprehend - the works gets more challenging as you progress along in the year.  There was a definite increase in the need to apply previous learning to develop and display understanding, and consequently dips in performance can sometimes occur because the activities are no longer simply recall based activities.  These are those types of activities which are very familiar, such as addition and subtraction, which the students have had around in some fashion for four years and subsequently have a base of knowledge to draw from.  So with that said how does one combat this dip?  With the Math continue to practice the recall of multiplication facts and division equations - the extra practice is essential as it will help build that new base of knowledge, which the kids can then draw from in the future.


In terms of curriculum this past week...

With Math this week it was all about the long division and a lot of activities aimed at developing student's working level of comprehension with how the skill works.  As with last week the class was broken into smaller groups based on student's levels of comfort and expertise with the concept.  The use of the groups allowed me to not only offer more individual attention to some students, but also challenge other groups with more difficult activities.  

As of this week we wrapped up our division unit and will be taking a break from number operations for a few weeks as we will be kicking off our measurement unit upon are arrival back at school after the break.  The measurement unit will look at the linear measurement, area, perimeter, weight, temperature, and time.

In Language Arts we continued our work with developing reading strategies and building comprehension skills.  In our reading work this week we focused on identifying phonemic sounds within words, chunking words into syllables, sounding out words,  and using context clues within the surrounding text.  

Additionally this last week we received a package from the Edmonton Oilers in support of our home-reading program.  Using this as a teachable moment we discussed the importance of reading at home, and how much like any skill whether it's skating, running, or shooting a basketball, you need to practice in order to get better at it.  The extra reading at home allows students the opportunity to practice things like reading with expression (ie. no robot voices), improving their fluency (ie. trying to avoid reading word-by-word), building their sight word vocabulary, and ultimately gaining confidence in reading unknown words (ie. applying reading strategies).  

At present we have only five students who regularly return their home reading folder daily, and who are consistently tracking their home reading.  Thank you to those students and parents.  These five students were the first to receive their reading prizes from the Oil Kings and Oilers.  In closing, I mentioned to the kids that it would be great if that number could increase so that everyone could get a prize, and that it only required a minimum of fifteen minutes each night.

In Science we wrapped up our Building Movable Devices unit and sent everyone off with a final at-home construction project to complete over this last week and Spring Break.  The next project involves the construction of a 30cm tall "crane" that is capable of lifting approximately 250g of weight.  The design for the crane was left up to the students to decide, although we did do some rough planning in class to get everyone's ideas going.  The crane project is to be returned to the class no later than Tuesday, April 4th, as that is when we will be testing them in class.


Upon our return from Spring Break we will be tackling a new unit, Light and Shadows.  With this unit students will learn about light by studying the effects of light on things within their environment.  They will learn about light sources, about materials that light can pass through and about what happens when a material blocks or changes the path of light.  By observing shadows and their motions relative to a light source, students will discover that light and shadows fall along a predictable path.  The students will experiment with mirrors, prisms and a variety of other materials to see that these things can affect light's path by reflecting and refracting light and by splitting light into colours.

In Social Studies this week, student activities worked to help students recognize how the stories of people and events can provide multiple perspectives on the past, and how these stories are a valid source of knowledge about the land, culture and history of the province. 

We continued to discuss the influence of the diverse Aboriginal peoples within  Alberta, and how Alberta's culture was now changing with the arrival of the European fur trade, specifically The North West Trading Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. 

Upcoming Calendar of Events

March 24 - April 2 - Spring Break: No School
Monday, April 3 - First day back to school
Wednesday, April 5 - School Spirit Day: BEACH DAY - wear your beach-themed outift
Wednesday, April 5 - Early dismissal @ 2:30pm
Wednesday, April 5 - Bake Sale (50 cents per item)
Friday, April 7 - Library: book exchange
Friday, April 7 - Saturday, April 8 - Caledonia Viking Cup Boys Floor Hockey tourney

Week in Review: March 13 - 17

Twas an excellent week in grade four as the excitement of St. Patrick's Day filled the class. This week we completed numerous "St. Paddy's" related activities including some reading comprehension, composing limericks, some leprechaun math, as well some art activities and of course our class celebration that included a viewing of James and the Giant Peach as a wrap up activity to our novel study unit.  In conclusion, thank you to those parents who were able to come out for our student-led conferences last Tuesday, the kids were excited to have to you visit and also for the opportunity to show you many of the wonderful things they have done.

In terms of curriculum this past week...

In Math the students are continuing to build confidence in their understanding of long division.  This past week saw many of the students make the needed connections and begin working through the in-class problems independently or with little guidance.  As their confidence continues to grow so will their independence.  Next week we will having a quick division review quiz just to assess every one's comprehension of the division concept. The quiz will be assessing that the students know the needed steps and can apply them accurately when needed without assistance. 

In Language Arts we tackled the fun and creativity of limerick poetry!  Through the use of their words we were able to explore the fun of Irish poetry and iambic pentameter. In addition we wrapped up our study of James and the Giant Peach.  As you are sitting around the supper table ask your son or daughter about the novel and what happened in the story - retelling story events is a great way to increase story comprehension; not to mention the fact it allows your child the opportunity to share a little about their day at school.

In Science we have nearly concluded our study involving the Building of Movable Devices. Our activities this week looked at the use of wind power as a means of generating energy to produce movement.  Throughout the week the students had a chance to construct a vehicle, test it, and then take it home to retool and redesign for a second test.  With the tests the vehicles had to travel a distance of two meters solely powered by wind in order to receive the full five point score.  The scores from the various construction project tests all serve to generate an overall unit project grade.  Check with your daughter or son to see how their car scored in the testing.  

As a concluding activity for our constructing movable devices unit we had the folks from Learn and Create come into the school to work with the kids on creating a couple of different moving Lego projects - a dune buggy and a swinging boat amusement ride.  It was great seeing the teamwork and cooperation among the various groups.  Everyone successfully built their projects, and as was pointed out "Everyone had such a good time playing we didn't even know we were learning something".  Here are a few pics from the day's fun...

Next week everyone will be busy constructing our final project, a box crane capable of lifting a small load.  Look for information coming home in everyone's agendas.  The crane project will allow us to integrate our knowledge of pulleys, levers, and mechanical advantage.  Our concluding unit exam will be held next week.

In Social Studies we continued to look at the early settlers in Alberta, initially the native Cree people who first settled the region and then the European settlers who established trading posts like the Hudson Bay Company within the province.  By studying these groups we are drawing connections between past and present life in Alberta.

Thank you
Thank you to those families that provided snacks for the class St. Patrick's Day party. Everything was delicious, as evident from the vacuumed cleaned platters and smiling faces.

St. Patrick's Day Fun
We had some fun playing around with this activity on Friday...have some fun and find out your "official" Leprechaun Name.

Upcoming Calendar of Events

Tuesday, March 21 - Math Unit Quiz: Long Division
Wednesday, March 22 - Science Unit Exam: Building Movable Devices
Friday, March 24 - PD Day: No School
Monday, March 27 - Sunday, April 2 - Spring Break: No School
Monday, April 3 - 1st day back after Spring Break
Wednesday, April 5 - Early Dismissal @ 2:30

Week in Review: February 27 - March 2

Though a quick week we still managed to pack a lot into it!  Between online division skills, creative story writing, vehicle testing, "sticky" art projects and the fun of Random Acts of Kindness...we definitely stayed busy!  

In reflecting upon the last couple weeks of Health instruction regarding bullying and respect towards others, this week's learning built nicely upon our base knowledge in that throughout this last week we focused on the topic of kindness. With the kids we talked about what it means to be a kind person, and how our actions are a direct reflection of how we are viewed by other people.  I tried to really emphasize that kindness is not only something which is shared with others but is also something which can make them also feel good about themselves. When talking with your children about the week remind them that far too often people forget that its the little things that people do for each that really do have a tremendous impact.

In terms of curriculum...

In Math we continued to build upon our comprehension with division concepts and have now transitioned in "long division".  For some the transition was easy as it blended seamlessly into their comprehension of multiplication facts.  For those still building their automaticity with their basic multiplication facts the process has undoubtedly been more challenging.  As I have told the class all along the way, everything we learn builds upon the previous concepts so it is important that they are practising and building their fluency at home as well as at school.  With both multiplication and division skills the students have access to several Google docs on their school Google Drive accounts chalk full of website links designed to make the recall and reinforcing of concepts more "entertaining", i.e. they'll be learning and practising while still having fun. These Google drive accounts can be accessed as follows:

• Visit the Black Gold student ICT website: http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/
• Click on the Google drive icon
• Login with using their school email address:  firstnamelastinitial(four #s)@gshare.blackgold.ca
• Password they should know
• Once onto the site - click on the shared with me folder and the documents will be listed

In Language Arts this week we tackled some more creative writing - this week really focusing on the use of descriptive language within the context of an adventure story as a means of including specific details about size, colour, textures, moods, times, setting locations, perspectives, and problems/solutions.   In planning our stories we talked about how including these descriptive elements allows us, as authors, to paint a better picture and thereby hook our readers and keep them interested in reading our stories right through till the end.  With our compositions we are also using them work on editing for clarity and the use of writing conventions such as capitalization and punctuation.

In Science we wrapped up our first construction project, gravity powered vehicles.  It was great seeing the class working to apply their knowledge to first construct their vehicles and then take what they had learned from their first tests to retool and rebuild their vehicles to gain improved performance - ie. need more clearance to lessen friction with the ground

 or need to change my tires so they roll better.  Come next week the vehicles will be getting modified to become balloon and sail/wind powered.

With Social Studies this week we continued to discuss the fur trade and began looking at individual explorers who had an impact on the development of Alberta as a province.  Explorers such as Anthony Henday, Henry Kelsey, Alexander Mackenzie,  and David Thompson who worked with both the Hudson Bay Company and Northwest Trading Company to map and explore much of what is now Alberta.  Our study of traders, explorers, and trading forts will continue next week as well before we begin looking at the role of European immigration and how settlers new traditions and beliefs had a role in forming Alberta.

Upcoming Events and Activities

St. Patrick's Day Party - March 17th

As was communicated by our class's parent reps, we are having a class St. Patrick's Day party on Friday, March 17th.  With the party the following students are asked to supply the treats:

Korbin  - something sweet example: cupcakes, cookies...

Mackenzie  - meat tray

Zachary  - cheese tray

Damien  - cracker tray

Chance  - juice

Mohib  - veggie tray

Joshua  - fruit tray

Our class has 22 students and 2 teachers.

Student Led Conferences: March 14th

With our parent conferences this second term we will be holding student-led conferences versus the traditional 15 minutes sit-down interviews.  The use of student-led conferences allows for students to better physically demonstrate their understanding of concepts, thereby confirming what is often times contained in report cards.  

Our evening conferences will run from 4PM through until 8PM on Tuesday, March 14th.  With the evening's scheduled activities in Math, Science, Language Arts and Technology please allow at least 30 minutes to work through the various activities with your child.  With the conferences you may stay for as long or little time as needed as the evening's schedule is open house and people may attend as their personal schedule allows.

Calendar

Friday, March 3 - PD Day: No School

Sunday, March 5 - Deadline to register for March 8th Ski Club trip

Wednesday, March 8 - Alberta Recycling Corp. "Recyclers" presentation (no fee)

Wednesday, March 8 - Bake Sale - 50 cents per item

Wednesday, March 8th - Ski Club trip @ Rabbit Hill Ski Resort

Friday, March 10 - Term 2 Report Cards sent home
Friday/Saturday, March 10/11 - Girls Floor Hockey Tournament in Devon 

Tuesday, March 14 - Student-led Conferences 4-8PM (open house style, no set times)

Friday, March 17 - In-school Lego field trip (activity fee currently payable on Powerschool)

Friday, March 17 - School Spirit Day: Irish Day - Wear Green

Friday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day Party 

Week in Review: February 20 - 24

And it's another month in the books with more exciting learning and school events having taken place.   This week was filled with fun of descriptive writing, science experiments, and the wonderful world of long division...which was more wonderful for some than others!  This week some of you may have noticed some Math homework focusing on division - at present we have two very diverse groups in class, one for whom the concept has clicked and another where we are still developing that "ah ha" moment and are working to reinforce the concept, especially in relation to long division.  In order to provide some extra practice and allow the kids extra time to hone their skills I will be sending home homework packs for the next couple weeks.  The packs are NOT due the next day and are typically meant to be completed over a few days, Please check the agendas and check with your child as there's nothing better than finding homework the day it's due and then having your child scramble to try and complete it on time.  Additionally, much like the earlier multiplication documents (which are still available to everyone), I have shared a Google document with all the students highlighting links to online resources which they can use at home to practice and build their fluency with division.


In class this week...

In Math you may have heard that we have shifted our focus to long division and are now working hard to develop fluency and confidence with the division of larger numbers.  In past weeks we had focused on numbers that were easily divided as basic multiplication facts; with the newer concepts the quotients are not as recognizable.  Here are a couple quick clips explaining the concept of long division - helpful for reviewing at home when the concepts may seem a tad blurry and hard to explain:

Introduction to Long Division

Long Division Example




In Language Arts we continued working with descriptive language and the building of mental visualizations based off our writing.  In getting the students to address descriptors such as size, shape, colour, sounds, smells, textures, moods, time, and perspective in their writing, they will be better able to generate writing that is not only descriptive but also more interesting to the reading audience.

This last week we also continued our novel study of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.  Check in your son or daughter about Jame's latest adventures and test their recall of the story events - great strategy for developing comprehension and getting them to pay close attention to details while they are reading.

This upcoming week will mark the start of our poetry unit. Over the next few weeks and into March the students will be studying several different forms of poetry.  Through our work in class the kids will be composing examples of all the different styles including haikus, cinquains, word art, limericks, acrostics, and couplets.  Thus we have found numerous poets who didn't know it(s).our cinquain poetry and all had the opportunity to compose several poems before choosing their favourite to compose and illustrate for display.  Again the students were given free range as to their topics and once again the students' creativity did not disappoint with poems paying homage to everything from chocolate and candy to unicorns and tanks!  This coming week we will tap into our Irish sides and begin working with limericks.

In Science the fun of Building Movable Devices continues with the students having had the opportunity to see how the mechanical advantage of wheels and axles and gravity can be used to reduce surface friction and the amount of effort needed to create motion.  This coming week we will working further with wheels and axles and designing a variety of moving objects that use wind power to generate motion.  Next week's Science homework will be to take home their current wheeled vehicle and fine tune them so that they can be used successfully in two different experiments.  Stay tuned to see what contraptions were created!

In Health this week we continued our discussion on Pink Shirt Day, bullying and the various forms in which this can take place.  During class discussions everyone was familiar with the physical and verbal forms of bullying but were less aware of social/emotional bullying and cyber-bullying.  Social/emotional bullying is behaviours that include gossiping, note passing, and excluding people from activities; whereas cyber-bullying is bullying behaviour that involves the use of technology, including things such as text messages, social media, email, blog posts, message boards etc.  This week has been eye opening, for instance when we researched the topic pf social/emotional bullying we were surprised to find that girls were 43% more likely to engage in social/emotional bullying than were boys.  When asked to explain the percentage the girls cited girl drama as being the main reason behind the higher rate, to which I then asked, "Okay, so how do we change that number?"  

This coming week we continue on with the discussion of interpersonal relationships and will be focusing on the idea of Random Acts of Kindness, and the spreading of kindness without the need for reward or recognition.

Upcoming events

Wednesday, March 1st - Early Dismissal @ 2:30PM
Wednesday, March 1st - School spirit day: Colour Day - all grade four students wear BLUE
Friday, March 3rd - PD Day: No School
Wednesday, March 8th - Alberta Recycling Corporation "Recyclers" Presentation
Friday, March 10 - Saturday, March 11 - Grade 3/4 Girls Floor Hockey Tournament in 
               Devon (for those girls on the team.  Tournament fee payable online)
Friday. March 17th - In-class Lego Science Fieldtrip (fee payable online on Powerschool)
Friday, March 17th - School spirit day: Dress in Green
Friday, March 17th - St. Patrick's party (information to follow)

Week in Review: January 30 - February 3

Reflecting back on the week the word I would choose to best describe it would be efficient.  Everyone used their time to their best advantage, and the amount of time spent having to back track and repeat directions was minimal - consequently it was a very productive week, even with the one day off in the middle!  It is great to see everyone practicing what we always "preach" in class, that ability to hunker down and get the work done when we are suppose to.  We work hard and we play hard, which is always a great combination!

Curriculum wise this week...

In Math we continue to build that fluency and accuracy with multi-digit multiplication.  This week we had several more students gain mastery of the instructed concept and were excited to tackle some of the more challenging extension question - 5-6 digits.  Our unit quiz on this concept is scheduled for next week.  Continue to use the Google doc sites to practice and reinforce the needed skills.

In Language Arts we continue to talk about the development of expressive writing and reading as a meaning of generating mental imagery.  In talking to the students about their writing we talk about how their stories can and should give the reader specific information - what do things look like?  What size, shape, colour?  What are things made of?  Where would you find these things? How can you use them?  How do they make you feel? Is there anything in the background?  Any sounds you might be able to hear?  What else does the reader need to know?  
Our creative writing continues to improve and with continued focus on our audience and expanding our ideas it'll only better.

In Science we wrapped up the last few activities in our Wheels and Levers: Simple Machines unit, and then set about prepping and reviewing for the unit exam.  If the first batch of test scores is any indication, everyone took some time to review their study guides as most are doing quite well on the exam.  Our next unit commencing next week, Building Machines that Move, builds upon the knowledge gained in this unit.  Again there will be a mix of pencil/paper tasks and hands-on construction projects.

In Health this week we had the opportunity to use some of the new physical literacy equipment that arrived at the school.  The equipment was a lot of fun and it allowed us to get even more creative in how we can incorporate physical activity into all subjects areas versus simply getting active in phys. ed class.  By getting the students up and moving during math class, for example, we not only give everyone a bit of a mental break but also get the benefits of increased energy, greater focus, and typically increased positive emotions - which are all good things when we transition back into the curricular activities.

Our Class Events Calendar

Tuesday, February 7 - Math Unit Quiz: Multi-digit Multiplication

Wednesday, February 8 - Winter Carnival Day

Wednesday, February 8 - WHPS Ski Club trip @ Rabbit Hill Snow Resort

Thursday, February 9 - Teacher Conference: No School

Friday, February 10 -  Teacher Conference: No School

Monday, February 20 - Family Day: No School

Wednesday, February 22 - PINK SHIRT Day: Anti-Bullying Awareness Day

Friday, February 24 - WHPS Ski Club trip @ Rabbit Hill Snow Resort