May 4, 2016
DEAR PARENTS/ GUARDIANS:
 DUNCAN CRAN COMMUNITY GARDEN:
On Wednesday May 4th, from 4-8 pm, Urban Systems will be coming to Duncan Cran along with NEAT (Northern Environment Action Team) to build our community garden in the front of the school. They have requested help from Parents and Staff. Please come to help us, no matter how small the time is that you are able to give. When we work together, we become a stronger community! We are looking forward to seeing you there.
 SCHOOL FEES:
Thanks parents that have paid school fees. Just a reminder that there are quite a few parents that have outstanding school fees. Please be advised that those outstanding fees will carry forward next year. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS:
Friday, May 13TH is a Non-Instructional Day and Monday, May 16th is May Planning Day and there will be No School for students on those days.
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART:
Our school will be participating in the Jump Rope for Heart Event and will be skipping for ½ an hour on Thursday, May 12th. The event is to promote a healthy, active life style.
VICTORIA DAY is MAY 23rd.
No School that day.
DISTRICT and SCHOOL SPEECH COMPETITIONS:
The school speech competition will be held on Tuesday, May 17th, starting at 9:00am. The district speech competition will be held on, Thursday, May 20th.
 PAC INFO:
Our next PAC meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 24th at 7:30 pm in the school library. FREE babysitting is always provided by a responsible, fun Duncan Cran student. Even if you’ve never been before, please feel free to come out to a meeting at any time. Every parent is a welcome part of our PAC.
 SCHOOL COMMUNITY BBQ:
On Thursday, May 26th, our PAC will be hosting a FREE BBQ for Duncan Cran students and families. So please bring your family to Duncan Cran for free hotdogs and hamburgers from 6-8pm for some great food. The bouncy house and other activities will be happening as well! See you then.
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN
The Welcome to Kindergarten™ is a unique parent engagement strategy that brings together parents, children, schools and community service agencies to achieve the goal of giving parents/caregivers the strategies, resources and all the support necessary to make early learning activity and play a priority in the home – to prepare the child for a fun and successful first year in school.
The WTK event will be held on Tuesday, May 17th from 4-5pm.
DOIG DAYS:
All grade 4 grade students will be visiting Doig River Reserve as part of the district wide Doig Days, which will be held on Thursday, May 26th.
SPRING CARNIVAL THANK YOU!
Thanks to everyone that turned out for the Spring Carnival last week, it was a huge success. Big thanks to our support staff for organizing and special thanks to Belinda Ziebart for spearheading the whole thing!!! Parents and kids had a blast!
TALENT SHOW AT DUNCAN CRAN:
There will be a student talent show at Duncan Cran on May 27. More info to come.
PITCH IN
On Wednesday, May 25th from 2-2:30pm Duncan Cran students will be cleaning up our school community. We will be picking up garbage in conjunction with the city to help keep our community clean.
Happy May!
Brent Ranger                                Christine Todd,
Principal                                        Vice Principal