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Administrator’s Message Kudos Thanks to all that participated in the Flag Day Our students and staff are very busy at this time of the year. It is really important to thank our Teachers and Support Staff for all their extra curricular efforts. From music to basketball, from eco clubs to winter festivals, the staff at Reesor Park understands the importance of extracurricular activities in making your children’s school experience as complete and rewarding as possible. I also want to take the time to salute our parent volunteers who support our classroom programs by reading with students, processing book orders, coordinating elective programs and who endlessly cut and paste so that our teacher are able to spend time planning and teaching. Term 2 Report Cards Your child’s report card will be sent home on March 12. Please sign and return page three by Friday March 13. If you have any concerns about your child’s progress please contact your child’s teacher.
EQAO Dates Primary: May 26, 27, 28 Junior: June 1-3 Thank You Reesor Park would like to thank Tim Horton’s for their support towards the purchase of hot chocolate and paper cups during our Healthy Schools Winter Festival. Electives
Thanks to the hard work and excellent organization of our electives committee, electives were a huge success yet again. Many thanks to Nitsa Mangos and her committee of volunteers for their commitment to this project. Electives Once again, the electives were a huge success. Two fun filled days away from the classroom. Downhill skiing, cross country skiing, art, karate, cooking, mad science, live animals, bowling, sports, circus and woodworking. Many thanks to Maryjane, Sarah, Mark, Brenda, Deb, Andrea H, Andrea P, Dawn and all the teachers, staff and parent volunteers. Special thanks to Mrs. Dilworth and Mrs. McKenzie. We could not have done it without all of you! Primary News The Primary Division would like to thank families who donated treats and/or their time for Valentine’s Fun! It is a great time to celebrate Friendship together. The staff and students appreciate your involvement! We have passed our 100th day of school! Students in the Primary Division used this opportunity to practise their Mathematics skills by counting to 100 in a variety of ways. Thank you for your support of this event. **February Reading Tip:** Primary classes are working on two performances: 1Z and 1/2W are preparing the play “Three of a Kind”. 2B, 2/3E, and 3/4F are practising “The Cheese Stands Alone”. We look forward to enjoying all of their hard work at their final performances; details will be sent home closer to the date. Primary Birthdays: Happy Birthday to Charlotte H., Hannah P., Connor P., Catherine M., Abby P., Victoria B., Kesten G., Megan S., Ashna P., and Kaitlyn S. Junior News The Junior Division has been very busy working hard during the cold and short month of February. The grade fours have been working on their stories, learning about light and sound and look forward to start playing the recorder. The grade fives are finishing up their ‘Becoming a Canadian Citizen’ projects. The grade sixes have completed their vertebrate science assignment. The projects look great and are displayed up in the junior hall. Madame Alan is really noticing improvement in French for the students who practise regularly with the DVD at home. Instead of using a DVD player with the TV, some of the children are using the DVD in laptops and even Playstation video games. Please remember to sign and return the practice calendar at the beginning of each month. A note signed by a parent is an acceptable alternative if a calendar has been lost, although there are extra copies available in Madame Alan’s classroom. Our character trait for the month of February is Initiative which is a very important learning skill. Students are expected to practice new skills, seek challenges and new opportunities for learning and recognize what needs to be done and follow through independently. Those students who have demonstrated those skills will be recognized at our junior assembly. Amongst all of the students’ hard work the juniors have also had a lot of fun at Reesor’s winter festival and electives. We would like to thank all the parent volunteers for all your help and support. We also look forward for your continued support for our upcoming trip to the R.O.M next month. Intermediate Division News Winter Carnival In the past few months, Reesor Park has been an extremely busy and active school. In the month of January, Reesor Park had a winter carnival. Everyone in the school participated, from Kindergarten to Grade 8. In the morning, everyone was separated into their 4 teams: orange, red, green, and blue. The intermediate students were leaders and helped the younger students in the activities. All of these activities allowed intermediate students to demonstrate leadership and cooperation skills. Everyone had a great time playing in the snow! On February 13th of 2009, the intermediates had a Valentine’s Dance. The theme of this dance was “Red Carpet with Celebrities.” Students were encouraged to dress-up as a celebrity for the dance. Students had an opportunity to walk down the red carpet with paparazzi taking pictures and bouncers letting them in.
Some of the awards which were presented at the dance included: Everyone had a wonderful time! Electives Electives are currently active around the school, from the primary division to the intermediate division. The intermediate division had an opportunity to visit Dagmar and Willowgrove. Skiing and snowboarding took place at Dagmar Ski Resort. At Willowgrove, it was an outdoor learning experience for intermediates as they learned how to read a compass and understand nature’s life cycle. Samantha Chu & Marah Vasilopoulos (8W) MUSIC NEWS
Musically yours, Reesor Park “School of Fish”
Does this describe you? Attentive, caring, gentle, loves nature--particularly fish??? We are looking for someone to volunteer to look after our “school of fish” located in the main office area. Over the past four years, Mr. Swanson ( parent of a former Reesor Park student) has very generously and graciously donated his time and effort caring for our fish and maintaining our tank for us.. We thank him very much for doing such a great job and appreciate the fact that he continued to come in even after his daughter graduated to high school. The tank always looked sparkling clean and our fish happy and healthy! Over the years, so many students, families and visitors have enjoyed and been entertained by the many varieties of fish in all shapes, sizes and colours. Greg Thomson, our Lead Caretaker (and Jack of all trades!!!) has been feeding our fish, as well, however, we really need someone to come in occasionally to check that the tank is functioning properly and replace any fish when necessary.
Student Photos by Lifetouch - New Spring Program – To date we have replies from twelve (12) families interested in ordering the Spring package of student photos. Lifetouch will not provide this service for less than 40 families so unless others are interested we will not be moving forward with this. Please contact the office if you are interested but have not responded to date.
Kindergarten registration started January 12, 2009. “To meet increased classroom space needs within provincial funding we will maintain our procedure of registering Kindergarten students in priority sequence. Once classes reach provincial class size limits, registering students will be placed in classrooms with available capacity at nearby schools in accordance with Board Procedure. In such situations bus transportation will be provided where necessary.” January 2009 letter from Bill Hogarth, Director, YRDSB Please remind family and friends who are registering a student, for kindergarten, to do so as soon as possible after the January 12th date to avoid disappointment in not securing a spot in the program requested at Reesor Park. Spots in one of our alternated day programs are already filled and we anticipate our half day program to be filled soon also.
FEBRUARY 23RD ASSEMBLY! Ruby the Service Dog!!! We are very excited to announce that Reesor Park will be adding a new member to its family. This canine member is named Ruby and she is an Autism Service Dog. Ruby is trained through Autism Dog Serivcies. Autism Dog Services is a private training school which trains dogs to work with children and families living with autism. These dogs are raised by volunteer families under the guidance of Autism Dog Services ensuring that they receive the best training in house manners, socialization and basic obedience. The dog then undergoes professioanl skills training to learn everything it will need to know to become an autism serivce dog. They are fully trained prior to being introduce to the child and family and are certified to meet all ADI - Assistance Dogs Internation, training standards. Autism Service Dogs have been known to help modify the child's behaviour and redirect the child's focus. At school, the dog can keep a child at their desk, encourage an increased level of communication, help calm and focus the child during difficult times. December 2008 Administrator's Message Keeping our school clean!!!!! Just a reminder……. Students are required to have indoor shoes at school (non-marking soles only). Parents are asked to write their child’s name on their lunch bag. Thanks! School Elective dates – February 17th and 24th, 2009 Registration will begin on December 8th . The Electives Committee Music News The concert band and the jazz band have been hard at work preparing for our upcoming concert on *Tuesday, December 16th at MARKHAM DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL. *PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THE CHANGE OF DATE – more details to follow. This concert is a joint concert with the MDHS feeder schools and the MDHS Wind Symphony. We will be premiering a commissioned piece by a local Markham composer David Marlatt. Mr. Marlatt visited our concert band rehearsal on November 20th to explain the composition process. It should prove to be an interesting night! As always, a reminder that practice sheets are due the first class of every month. Musically yours, LIBRARY LYRICS FROM MRS. O’NEIL The library would love to take them off your hands…… If you have Chickadee, OWL, or other children’s magazines we would appreciate your donating them to the library. We would also take recent National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, comics, or others you think kids would enjoy. You can drop them by anytime and leave them in the library office. Our September book fair yielded just under $1,000.00 in new Scholastic books for our Library. Thank-you for your support. ********* Tumblebooks
Password: books For the kindergarten and grade one/two students you might also try: ********* Choir The Primary and Junior Choir will be providing a December performance for either Markhaven residents or our school. Stay tuned for details. Arts @ Baythorn Does your child enjoy learning through the Arts? All grade four and five students interested in learning through the Arts (Drama, Dance, Music, Visual Arts) are invited to audition for the Integrated Arts Program at Baythorn Public School located in Thornhill. Please join us at our Arts Information Evening on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gym at Baythorn Public School. Applications will be available on our school website at www.baythorn.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca (beginning on January 14th 2009). INTERMEDIATE DIVISION NEWS HALLOWE'EN FUN INTERMEDIATE DIVISION - FESTIVE POT LUCK LUNCH Empathy is the capacity to recognize or understand another's state of mind or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself. Empathy does not necessarily imply compassion, or empathic concern because this capacity can be present in context of compassionate or cruel behavior.
TEACHER WEBSITES!!!!!!
Click here: TEACHER'S WEBSITES to visit the websites of:
Phone: (905) 294-6558 E-mail: reesor.park.ps@yrdsb.edu.on.ca Principal: Lisa Dilworth
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SCHOOL COUNCIL
Reesor Park School Council Executive – 2008-2009
Next School Council Meeting: December 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm. School Council All parents are welcome! Attend one or all meetings whether or not you are on the executive! Participate in a subcommittee that interests you! It is a partnership between students, parents and staff. The School Council would like to thank the entire Reesor Park community for all your support over the last year. Wtih the help of parents, staff and students, School Council was involved in many activities and events including:
Thanks to your support we raise over $16, 000!!!!! Enabling the purchase of new computers for each classroom, gym equipment and classroom support materials. STUDENT / PARENT INFORMATION Parents: Please ensure the school has up-to-date information regarding your child's allergies and /or health concerns. Contact the school office with any changes.
ANAPHYLAXIS
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Welcome! Respect: September Responsibility: October Honesty November Fairness Empathy December Courage Integrity Perseverance March Optimism Initiative February
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PRiDE Dates: This year the gifted PRiDE program will be housed at Silver Stream PS. The days of the program are as follows:
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Character Trait for March 
celebration at Markville Mall on February 15. Our students represented Reesor Park well. Thanks to Ms. Folkes and Ms. Steele for their leadership with our choir. This was another great community activity!
Reesor Park Public School
