Family Literacy Day - Celebrating 25 Years!!
Family Literacy Day takes place every January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Since 1999, thousands of schools, libraries, literacy organizations and other community groups have taken part in the initiative. Taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development, improving a child’s literacy skills dramatically, and can help a parent improve their skills as well.
Family Literacy Day 2024 Theme: Let’s have a family party! Celebrate 25 years of Family Literacy Day and learning together as a family by having a party!
Make food, sing songs, and play games. The possibilities for learning are endless – and it’s fun when you do it together.
Happy Literacy Day & have a great week!
Lisa Kleparchuk, Principal
Sheri Crowston, Vice Principal
Literacy Week Bingo Challenge
Would you like to win a $25 Chapters Gift Card for your family to buy some books?
Check your child's backpack for this special "Read To Them" Bingo Card. Over the next week complete five tasks in a row and make a line. All you have to do is complete the activities and cross them off, then send the card back to school (with your family name on the back) by next Friday Feb. 2 to be enetered for the draw. Have fun, enjoying exciting ways to bring Literacy into your home!!
Attached is the Family Fun Pack for some great ideas that are included in the bingo card.
This Week at Legal School!
Monday, January 29:
Grade 5 & 6 Tryouts Running Room Games Lunch recess
Tuesday, January 30:
- Elementary Titans Monthly Assembly
- Basketball Home Game at 3:00 PM - Enoch
Wednesday, January 31:
No School - GSACRD STAFF Health & Wellness Day
Thursday, February 1:
- Wear Titans Spirit Wear
Basketball Practice - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Friday, February 2:
Healthy Hunger - Subway (*must order by Jan. 28th)
Basketball Practice - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Girls only)
Upcoming Events
- Feb. 8 & 9 - Teachers Convention - No School
- Feb. 13th - Shrove Tuesday (celebrate Valentine’s Day)
- Feb. 14th - Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Émile Parish at 9:15 am
- Feb. 28 & 29th - Term 2 Parent/Teacher Interviews
Check out our monthly school calendar on the website.
Division Assurance Survey - Please give your feedback!
Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools values your opinion. As part of our Assurance process, please share your perspective through our Division Assurance Survey at the link or QR code below. This survey will inform planning and decisions at the school and divisional levels for the 2024/2025 school year.
Surveys are completely anonymous.
Families with children at more than one GSACRD school are asked to complete a survey for each site.
The survey will remain open to Friday, February 2, 2024.
If you have a child in grade 4 - 9, you may receive a similar survey from Alberta Education later. If so, we would encourage you to complete both surveys.
We thank you in advance for sharing your feedback; your time is appreciated.
Inuit Learning
The Titans had an amazing opportunity this week to immerse themselves in the rich culture of the Inuit people! They explored the Inuktitut language, saw replica tools and furs, artwork and heard stories. There is nothing like making learning alive as they discovered how the Inuit people thrive in one of the world’s most challenging environments; the Arctic.
Overwhelmed by BIG Goals?
The onset of a New Year traditionally represents a fresh start, presenting us with opportunities to leave our old habits behind and create new ones. Is your child preparing to accomplish some big New Year's resolutions this year? These goals look like:
Making the sports team
Getting better grades
Keeping their room clean
Learning to cook
Getting down to the details of their goals can be overwhelming and even daunting. So what can we do to help?
We can play a part in guiding our children to approach their goals in more manageable ways instead of trying to tackle and perfect them all at once. Reducing the pressure to make straight A’s right way or be the captain of every sports team, will allow for children to adapt to their goals at their own pace, ensuring they remain optimistic and driven.
Check out this week’s resources from Big Life Journal that can help your child keep their goals organized and easily attainable!
Communication about Ash Wednesday/Valentines Party
During Lent, we are invited, as Catholics, to step outside of our day-to-day routines and into a formal time of personal preparation for Easter. The Church calls us to a sort of spiritual “spring cleaning”; to participate in practices that help us turn back to God.
During Lent, we are encouraged to prepare our hearts by increasing our intentionality and practice of 3 disciplines: prayer, fasting and almsgiving (being servants to others).
The Church teaches that Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, in particular, are universal days of fasting and abstinence from meat.
This is a unique year on Ash Wednesday on February 14. Our school will be honoring Ash Wednesday observances on the 14th and have made plans for Valentine’s Day activities in advance of this day to take place on February 13th. Classroom teachers will follow up about any specfic classroom events for that day.
Parenting Program at Legal School
Empower your child to overcome anxiety and build resilience with Fear-Less Triple P!
Join our family support worker for a 6-week parenting program!
Fear-Less Triple P will guide you in setting a good example of coping with anxiety, coaching your children to become more emotionally resilient, and developing your toolbox of strategies specifically tailored to your family's needs and values.
Session 1: Anxiety – What is it and how does it develop?
Session 2: Promoting emotional resilience in children.
Session 3: Modeling and the way children think.
Session 4: The way you behave – Avoidance and exposure.
Session 5: Parental strategies for responding to children’s anxiety – Avoidance and exposure.
Session 6: Constructive problem solving – How to promote it and maintain gains.
Participants will receive a copy of the Fear-Less Triple P Workbook.
Dates: February 15, 22, 29 & March 7, 14, 21
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Location: Legal School
Click here to register: https://forms.gle/QqSVW7w4ZfQkpZ4M6
Please register by February 6th!
If you have any questions please call/text Maria Toro at 780-720-4667
Calahoo Meats
FOLSS is getting ready for the next fundraiser, watch for forms to come home next week. Make room in your deep freeze as they will be fundraising for the playground through this fundraiser!
ORDERS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 14th
Please send a photo or scanned copy of completed order form along with etransfer to: friendsoflegal@gmail.com
Alternatively, please return completed order form and cash or cheque to Legal School. Please make cheque payable to Friends of Legal School Society
Estimated Pick up March 7th
Registration NOW OPEN!
NEW: Student Registration
New Student Registration for the 2024-2025 school year opened on Thursday, Jan 18, 2024. Current GSACRD students will be emailed a notification email very soon with instructions to register via their PowerSchool Parent Portal.
SAVE the DATE:
Legal School OPEN HOUSE
March 14th at 6:00 PM
Healthy Hunger
Upcoming Hot Lunch Orders:
Feb 2- Subway (*must be ordered by Jan. 28th)
Feb 23- Boston Pizza
You can sign in to Healthy Hunger to place your order.
**Make sure you place your order to receive hot lunch on the above dates!
Thank you to School Council for organizing this for our families!
One School, One Book (The Lemonade War & Crossover)
We are having fun and great discussions about the books in the classrooms this week. The students have been answering trivia questions and this Friday winners were announced from the weekly draw.
We are having a special challenge for extra draw tickets into the Friday draws. Parents send in a photo of you reading with your child(ren) and email the photo to Mrs. Kleparchuk (lkleparchuk@gsacrd.ab.ca) and let her know what chapter you are currently reading so that we can add the to the bulletin board at the front office. Your child will get an extra ticket into the weekly draw.
Happy Reading!
On Monday we begin Chapter 10 of The Lemonade War, JH should be on "Third Quarter, p. 160".
We know may families are continuing to read to get caught up, and we appreciate all the families engaged in this project. Our goal is to have a finale about the book right after Teachers' Convention allowing to get everyone completed the book by February 12th.
Legal School
Email: lsinfo@gsacrd.ab.ca
Website: https://www.ls.gsacrd.ab.ca/
Location: 5122 46 Street, Legal, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-961-3791
Facebook: facebook.com/legalschool
Twitter: @LS_GSACRD