Stony Creek Program
March Newsletter – 2012
Character Trait: Fairness – Be fair by playing by the rules. You know how to treat people fairly. Part of being fair is to resolve conflicts with others. Cooperation and compromise are important parts of showing fairness.
Check the calendar for your home visit time. If you are not scheduled for March, your home visit will be booked in April.
- March 1– PAC (2:00)
- March 20 – Stony Creek Musical at the Horizon Stage 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:45. Students should arrive at 6:45 and use the backstage door just north of the main entrance.
- March 23 – April 1 – Spring Break
Musical March 20 at Horizon Stage – The musical will start at 7:00 pm on March 20.The theme for our musical this year is the history of Alberta. Students have been practicing the songs, writing their own speaking parts, rehearsing movement, doing research, and completing critical challenges (rework the piece: This Land is Your Land and naming the musical) to get ready for our show. See the following list for costumes and props that your child will need. Thank you for your help in making our musical a success!
Grade One – In need of cowboy hats. (The grade ones will be from Calgary –cowboy hats, jeans and shirts) If you have a train engineer costume or hat, please contact Mrs. Rutland
Grade Two – Dinosaurs costumes – Mrs. Breitkreuz has provided dinosaur hats, other ideas for costumes: colourful hoddies with triangles pinned to look like scales. If you need material for the triangles, Mrs. Rutland has a few pieces of felt for this. Sponges cut in triangles will also work for this.
Grade Three –Brown t-shirts – we have a few at the school. Contact Mrs. Rutland if you will need one of these. We are in need of someone to help with head pieces for this costume: Buffalo or Moose. Also could use: something for thick fur or fur blankets and moose horns.
Grade Four – Voyageurs, explorers, fur hats, canoe, blankets folded and tied with string or rope to look like furs, etc.
Grade Five – If you have anything that the grade five could use for this, please let us know. 1903 type clothing, cowboy hats and belts, other men’s wear from that era, long dress, a bonnet and scarf.
Grade Six –Girls: Fisherwomen: fishing hats, fishing vests , orange life jackets. Boys: Green or brown shirts, green for brown pants if possible. We have streamers to pin to the shirts.
Field Trip Forms – Please sign and return the attached forms for our field trips. One permission form is for the Horizon Stage musical practice on March 20 and is due by March 15. There are two forms for Aerials Gymnastics to be signed and returned by March22, before spring break. Thank you for helping us complete all of the paper work for the field trips. Aerial’s schedule: April – Mrs. Rutland’s class May- Mrs. Sarauer’s class.
****P.S. From Mrs. S***** Thank you to all my students and parents for a very warm welcome and all your support in our new beginning!!
Websites 8 Great Sites for Reluctant Writers http://edtechideas.com/2012/02/21/8-sites-for-reluctant-writers/ drutland@psd70.ab.ca tsarauer@psd70.ab.ca
