​Good morning, MAS Families.  I hope everyone had a wonderful week!  We started a new STAR slip incentive here at McAdam Avenue School called “Caught You Being a Star” (see attached picture).  Students have an opportunity all day, every day to demonstrate that they are STAR students and to potentially receive a STAR slip!  Our Indigo Adopt-A-School fundraiser is now finished, and we are just waiting to hear from Indigo about how much was raised to buy books for our library!  We hosted Cross Country on Wednesday, which was fantastic!  Great job runners, teachers and volunteers.  What a great experience for all.  We also want to give a shout out to Kindred Home Care, the employer of one of our awesome parents, who donated books to our new diversity library (see picture)!

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Items to note for this week:

1. October is ADHD Awareness Month!
2. Week of October 10-14 – Kindergarten Registration week for students who will begin school next year.
3. Monday, Oct. 10 – Thanksgiving – NO SCHOOL
4. Tuesday, Oct. 11 – Java Moose order forms and money are due!  Shop local and support our school at the same time!  Our school will receive $4 for each bag of coffee sold!  Important to note about this fundraiser: please ensure all rows and columns are filled in; please send in exact cash as we cannot give change; please ensure the seller’s name is on the sheet as we will be returning these to you to distribute your coffee.
5. Tuesday, Oct. 11 – November hot lunch orders will be available online until Oct. 18. Paper copies will ONLY go home to those who have requested.
6. Wednesday, Oct. 12 – Cross Country finals at Nashwaaksis Middle School at 1:15 (no transportation provided)
7. Wednesday, Oct. 12 - Family surveys that were handed out on Friday are due today (supporting our School Improvement Plan).
8. Thursday, Oct. 13 – Jenna from Downtown Optometry will be here to speak with our students about vision/vision differences for Vision Month.
9. Friday, Oct. 14 – The Multicultural Association will be here to present about “Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism” (K-2 9:00-9:45am; 3-5 10:15-11:00am)
10. School supply fees ($47.25) can be paid online at https://anglophonewest.schoolcashonline.com/.  If you would like to work out a payment schedule, please let Roxy or I know.  We would be happy to support you with this.

Looking ahead:

-October 17-21 – Safe Schools Week.  We will be having a fire drill, bus evacuation, lockdown and site evacuation.  We will discuss each of these with students first so they are prepared in every possible way!

-Monday, October 17 – Internet Safety Presentation by the Fredericton Police Force for grade 4/5 students

-Tuesday, Oct. 18 – Hot lunch orders due. Sorry, we are unable to accommodate late or changed orders.

-Wednesday, Oct. 19 – Home and School & PSSC meeting (please note the date change)

-Thursday, Oct. 20 – Grades 3/4 Coes and 4/5 McCabe to Ducks Unlimited (shout-out to Home and School for covering costs!)

-Wednesday, Oct. 26 – A representative from CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) will be in to present to our students and staff about vision differences.

-Thursday, Oct. 27 – Student Voice meeting; STAR student assembly

-Friday, Oct. 28 – Halloween Howl (6-7:30) – Volunteers are welcome!  Also, we will be looking for donations for treat bags.  Please reach out to our lovely Home and School co-chairs if you would like to volunteer or donate.  Dubayr3@gmail.com (Becky) and Ashley-lynn94@live.com (Ashley)

-Monday, Oct. 31 – Halloween Learning Centres

Thank you for another terrific week, and I hope everyone has a long weekend full of family and friends!

Mrs. Christie Jordan

Principal​