Week Ahead Jan. 15-19 | Weather, School Council, Open House, Kindergarten, Mandarin Program,

Dear Midnapore Families,

Wow is it cold out there!!

Parents, we appreciate you dressing your child warmly during these times of the year. We are happy to help at the end of the day to make sure your child is dressed properly for their walk home. Please continue to dress your child properly for these extreme temperatures. If a child does not have appropriate clothing, we will lend them items from the office. If you are missing a glove or hat it is likely in our lost and found so, please drop by or have your child take a look throughout the school day.

School Council

We are excited to welcome back our amazing school council. We will be hosting our next meeting on Monday, January 29 at Midnapore School. We will once again be hosting a hybrid model where parents can attend virtually or in-person. Doors will open at 6PM and we will begin our meeting at 6:30pm. Our Grade 3 and 4 Teachers will be providing some updates around learning that is occurring within their classrooms. We are hopeful you’re able to attend. An online link will be shared closer to the date.

School council is planning a casino wrap up session at 5:45 before the school council meeting on January 29th in the Learning Commons. Please join us whether you volunteered or not. We would appreciate your feedback if you have a minute to complete the survey below, which will also help determine what kind of food everyone would like for the school council meeting. Thank you!
https://s.surveyplanet.com/t3uzcgn6

Open House

Thank you to those who made it to our Open house last evening. Although we were faced with extreme temperatures, we were very impressed with the number of families who attended this event. For those of you who were unable to attend you can view the videos created by students, parents and staff through the links below. Registration opens on Monday, January 15 through our MyCBE. https://www.cbe.ab.ca/registration/registration/Pages/new-students.aspx

Kindergarten is Coming to Town!

2024-2025 Kindergarten registration will open on January 15, 2024. Kindergarten students must be 5 years by December 31, 2024. At least one legal guardian must reside in Midnapore unless you are interested in our BIlingual Mandarin Program. All registration must be completed online via your MyCBE account for parents with children in the CBE and via SchoolEngage for new families to the CBE.

Mandarin Program Update

This week, the Mandarin Program Grade 3s have been exploring the topic of courage. The students practiced the “I see, I feel, I wonder” journaling technique to express what courage means to them. Bear represents courage in the Indigenous cultures. In connection, the Grade 3s have also created cute sketches of bears to add visual effects to their journal.

A reminder to our Grade 4 Mandarin program families that the Harold Panabaker Open House is on Thursday, January 18 (6:30-7:30pm). Please see the email sent out by Mr. Bennett for more information.

开学了！我们过了充实的第一周。
中英双语三年级的学生们在这周开始探索“勇气”这个主题。黑熊或棕熊在北美原住民的文化里代表着勇气。三年级学生们练习画可爱的熊，也学习运用写作技巧 “我看见，我感觉，我思考” 来表达勇气对他们的意义。

Panabaker中学中英双语项目的说明会将于一月十八日晚上六点半到七点半举行 。我们诚挚邀请四年级的家长和同学们去参加。详细信息请参考校长先前发出的邮件。

Key Dates

Jan. 15 - No School
Jan 15 - Registration Opens 2024/25 School year
Jan 18 - Grade 4 Assembly
Jan 18 - Harold Panabaker School Open House - Grade 4’s- 6:30 PM
Jan 22 - Healthy Hunger
Jan 27 - Deadline to order Healthy Hunger
Jan 29 - School council meeting
Feb. 1 - Healthy Hunger
Feb. 1 - Grade 1 Vaccinations
Feb. 7 - Mandarin Rehearsal Panabaker School
Feb 8 - Chinese New Year Celebration - Harold Panabaker School
Feb 15/16 - No School- Teachers Convention
Feb 16 - Report Cards available for parent viewing on Powerschool
Feb 19 - Family Day- No School
Feb 28 - Grade 4- Be Brave Hitmen Field Trip

Thank you,

Greg and Meagan