Duncan Cran Elementary School

8130 – 89^th Avenue

Fort St John, BC  V1J 5S5 

December 9, 2013

Library News – Scholastic Book Fair December 9-13th:

 

Monday December 9^th to Friday December 13^th.  Brand New Books!  Great Gift Ideas!  Students are welcome to come and purchase during book exchange times. Books cost: $5- $30.

The following days are when students have book exchange and will be allowed to purchase books from the book fair:

Monday:  Mr. Davies, Mrs. Powers, and Mrs. Cooper

Tuesday:  Ms. Demers, Mrs. Holmes, and Mrs. Newth

Wednesday:  Mr. Read, Mr. Longley, and Mrs. Brody

Thursday:  Mrs. Zackodnik, Mrs. Oakley

Friday:  Mrs. Petuh, and public

Food Bank Donations

Food Bank donations will be accepted in the library from December 1^st – December 17th.

For every donation brought, students can put their name in for a draw for a chance to win a gingerbread house (donated and made by Mrs. Ziebart)!

 Mingle Jingle December 17^th and Silent Auction:

This year, instead of a Christmas concert, Duncan Cran will be hosting a Mingle Jingle. This will be a fun filled event where students and parents can visit different classes in the school for fun filled activities, such as marshmallow wreath toss, light bulb reindeer decorating, and many other activities. There will be a very special visit from Santa. Parents, bring your cameras for a free photo opportunity and a chance for the kids to see Santa.

Students can bring their parents and go from class to class participating in activities. The Mingle Jingle will be held on December 17^th, from 6-7:30pm. There will also be a silent auction at the Mingle Jingle. If you have any new items that you would like to donate for the silent auction please drop them off at the school, before the 17^th. Proceeds will go towards the dance residency which will be held in the spring.

Ted Sloan Productions School Play

This year we are very lucky to have Ted Sloan (actor, director, extraordinaire), do an acting residency with our students at Duncan Cran for the week of December 2-9^th. The culmination will be a play that will be performed on Tuesday, December 10^th, at 1:00pm (for students; dress rehearsal), and for the parents at 6:30. Free admission, so parents come out and enjoy an entertaining play with our Duncan Cran students!!!!!

Is Your Child Absent?  Is Your Child Late to School?

We have the Kid Check Program at our school.  This means if your child has been marked absent our secretary will call each home to verify the absence.  This is a very important but time consuming job.  Please ensure that you phone in any absences and if your child is late, they need to check in at the office! 

Thank you, we appreciate your support.

PAC meeting for December Cancelled:

The PAC meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 10th, has been cancelled. The next PAC meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 14th at 7pm in the Duncan Cran library.

Winter Weather

Please make sure your child comes to school with all of the appropriate items for winter weather! Scarves, mittens, hats, winter coat, snow pants and boots!  The days are getting chilly and we want to make sure students are warm when they go outside for recess.  We send students outside if the temperature with the wind-chill is -15 degrees Celsius or warmer!

Important Dates: 

• December 9-13^th – Scholastic Book Fair
• December 10^th – Ted Sloan Play – 6:30pm
• December 17^th – Mingle Jingle – 6:00-7:30pm
• December 20 – Last day of classes before Christmas Break.
• January 6 (Monday)- First day of classes after Christmas Break.

Sincerely,

Brent Ranger,

Principal

Christine Todd,

Vice Principal

Duncan Cran Elementary School

(250) 787-0417

Since we are going paperless for our newsletters to let us know that you have read the newsletters please sign your child’s agenda and put the code word for this month:

SANTA!

There will be a new code word for each newsletter!

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