CARE. LEARN. GROW Points and Celebrations

Southwood School celebrates and acknowledges our students as they act in ways that show they know our CARE, LEARN, GROW motto. Teachers and other staff fill out Care Learn Grow Slips when students show care and kindness for others, spend extra effort on learning tasks or show they learned something they didn't know or demonstrate before. Student pictures are featured on our screen in the lobby and students enter part of their Care.Learn.Grow slip into their grade level draw box.

Beginning in October, student names are drawn weekly from the collected CLG slips. If their names are picked, they are presented with a certificate at a party with the Principals. They also eat a snack and chat either in the Southwood Staff Room or at a local restaurant. When their name is drawn, you will be notified via email and your child will bring their certificate home so that you may also celebrate with them.

Picture retakes will be next week Wednesday, November 6th beginning at 9:30 a.m. until we are finished with all of the retakes. Please email your students homeroom teacher if you wish your child to have retakes.

If your child does not attend Kindergarten that day, please bring them to the front office at 9:00 a.m. and we will get them to the gym to have their picture taken.

For any questions or concerns about pictures or your order please contact Lifetouch at 1-866-457-8212.

9:05 a.m for Grades K - 2

3:00 p.m for Grades 3 and 4

Families are Welcome to join us for a time of Remembering and talking about peace.

All Kindergarten and Grade 1 students will have their hearing screened at school on the above dates. Any students who are new to Southwood will also have an opportunity to be screened. If you feel that your child could benefit from a hearing screening test, please contact your child's teacher.

Please work together with your neighbours to help supervise your children and our students at the bus stops in the morning and afternoon. We want safety and security for all our kids and leaving them unsupervised at the bus stops results in conflicts and issues between students. These issues often then continue on the bus and at school. If we can prevent them starting at the bus stop, we can prevent misconduct on the bus and conflicts between students at school.

Bus misconducts are handled by the bus drivers, who issue written warnings and then if those warnings are not effective, unsafe and aggressive behaviour will result in the suspension of bus privileges. Verbal threats and aggression are handled in a similar manner.

Please speak with your children about safe behaviour at the bus stop and safe and kind behaviour on the bus.

Southwood's Grades 3's and 4's will be presenting their annual Christmas Concert on December 12th at the Grace Church again this year. Due to the large numbers of Grades 3 and 4 students, we will be putting on two shows that evening - half the Grades 3 and 4 students in a show early in the evening and half later in the evening. This will reduce the number of potential guests at each show and ensure that there is ample room for students to perform and for parents to watch. We will have more details to follow later in November.

Southwood School Food Drive

Southwood is participating in a food drive to collect items for South East Helping Hands. We will run this drive from November 4th to November 21st.

We have decided to divide the items and ask for each grade to bring specific items. Please see the list below.

Kindergarten

Cake mixes, cookies, juice boxes, crackers

Grade 1

Boxed or canned soup, pasta, pasta sauce, kraft dinner, sidekicks rice or pasta

Grade 2

Porridge, cream of wheat, cereal, pancake mix, pancake syrup

Grade 3

Ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, cooking oil, canned corn, canned fish or meat

Grade 4

Baby formula, diapers, wipes, baby food, baby crackers, ivory snow laundry detergent

Term 1 Report Cards will be available on the Parent Portal at the end of this month. Check your Parent Portal on November 26th for your child's Term one Report. If you do not yet have a Parent Portal Account, please contact the office for information on how to get your this account set up to view your child's report card.

Parent - Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, November 28th between 4:30 p.m and 8:15 p.m. You may book your 10 minute appointment with your child's teacher on the Parent Portal beginning on November 18th.

Mark your calendars! Our annual Scholastics Book Fair is taking place from November 25th – November 28th this year. Students will have the opportunity to come and browse the book fair with their classes early in the week and then will have a chance on a different day to come make purchases should they so wish. Families will also be able to make purchases online, if they are willing to pay for the shipping. A link will follow closer to the date.

We will also be having our family night that will coincide with the student led conferences on the evening of November 28th. Join us to browse and shop in the

gym between 4:30 pm-8pm!

Please consider purchasing a book to donate to your child’s classroom while you are at the fair. Your generosity is always greatly appreciated!

Remember that the book fair benefits Southwood School directly with all money raised from it staying within our own school.

See you at the fair!

Nov. 6 -- Picture Retake Day

Nov. 7 -- Assemblies -- Grades K - 2 at 9:05 a.m and Grades 3 and 4 at 3:00 p.m -- Remembrance Day

Nov. 8 -- Admin/PD Day - No Classes for Students

Nov. 11 -- Remembrance Day - Monday -- No School

Nov. 26 -- Report Cards Term 1 On Parent Portal

Nov. 22 -- Admin/PD Day -- No School for Students

Nov. 28 -- Parent Teacher Conferences – 4:30 - 8:15 p.m. and Book Fair Evening

Dec. 12 -- Southwood Christmas Concert ( Gr. 3 & 4)

Dec. 20 -- Last day of classes before Winter Break