Memo for Garden Creek Parents and Guardians
We
are moving into the last week of September, already – and what a beauty it is!
Thank you to all for your donations for our Terry Fox Walks ( $393 and
counting!) . We had a beautiful day for it and hope it had an impact.
Thank you as well for your support in having your child prepared
with drop offs and dismissals – they seem to be moving smoothly and even faster
than in the past . 😊
1st
Parent School Support Committee this Tuesday – If you would like
to find out what our Garden Creek PSSC is all about, please let us know and we
will invite you to our first VIRTUAL meeting! It will take place this
Tuesday at 6:30 on TEAMS. We are only able to accept 5
new voting members this year but all parents are welcome to attend
meetings. We want to hear your voice!
If you are interested in becoming a PSSC member,
please contact me as soon as possible as well as self-nominate using this
link: http://web1.nbed.nb.ca/sites/ASD-W/PSSC/Documents/PSSC%20Nomination%20Form.pdf.
The following link has an overview of the PSSC’s roles
and responsibilities. https://secure1.nbed.nb.ca/sites/ASD-W/PSSC/Documents/PSSC-Brochure.pdf
Hope to find out if you are interested!
Orange Shirt Day this coming Wednesday! This Wednesday,
students are encouraged
to wear orange for Orange Shirt Day, which began in Williams Lake BC in 2013.
The goals of this event include: supporting reconciliation, creating awareness
of the individual, family, and community inter-generational impacts of
residential schools, and to create awareness of the concept of “Every Child
Matters”. We will create awareness over our announcements and teachers
may follow up with some read alouds and lessons. More information can be
found on the orange shirt day website orangeshirtday.org. The CBC has some
child-friendly explanations and resources at https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-is-orange-shirt-day
or you can check out https://www.orangeshirtday.org/
Dates Ahead – I am adding in a few dates ahead to
Christmas. Of course there will be other dates as we go through the coming
couple of months and we will let you know about these and other events as we
move ahead. Lots of new ways of thinking about some of our Creeker traditional
events in the works!
Dates Ahead
Tuesday,
Sept 29 - PSSC
meeting 6:30 pm virtual!
Wed
Sept 30 –Orange Shirt Day
Fri
Oct 9 –
Ks to Everetts ( am)
LONG WEEKEND - No school
on Monday October 12
Week
of October 13 and Week of October 19th – Kindergarten
Registration
Week
of October 19th – Safe Schools Week – more to come
Thurs
Oct 22 – Picture Day
Wed
Nov 11
– Remembrance Day – no school
Fri
Nov 20 –
No School – Professional Learning Day for
Staff
Tues
Dec 1 –
Report cards Issued
Thurs
Dec 3
– Parent teacher interviews this evening – virtually at this point
Fri
Dec 4 – No School Parent teacher interviews in the am / Professional
Learning in the afternoon for staff
Fri
Dec 18
– Last Day of school before the holidays!
December
21 – January 3
– Christmas Holidays!
January
4 –
First Day back to school
Have
a great weekend!
Katherine
Katherine Campbell
Principal
Garden Creek School
Tel. No: ( 506) 453-5409
Cell (506) 259 – 0588
http://gardencreek.nbed.nb.ca
“ Once a Creeker, Always a
Creeker! “