August 2012

UPCOMING EVENTS

CHIEF TALLCREE SCHOOL DIVISION NEWSLETTER

Wadlin Lake Aug 10 Field Trip School Yard Clean Up

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WELCOME TO TALLCREE ELEMENTARY

Tansi Parents, Guardians, and Community members. We are very excited to start a new school year. Thanks to all families and community members who attended our welcome back BBQ, we appreciate your support. This year we are working hard to implement many changes that will improve the school experience for everyone. We are pleased to offer a hot lunch program everyday this year. Many thanks to Mary, Sheila and Lilly for helping to get this program running. We are thrilled to have a new computer lab which will open next week. Thank-you to Saige, Bruce, Leland & Rashod enjoyRob and Alvin for set- ing their hot breakfast Monday morning ting this up. Our computer give-away and parent, caregiver and draw will be held at the community involvement end of September when in the school so please our old computers have feel free to visit. all been fixed. If you have friends or We are looking forward family who will be attendto seeing families at Treaty days at North Tall- ing school in Tallcree please come in and regiscree School later this ter. Registration is availmonth. able from 8 am - 4pm As always, we welcome Monday to Friday.

Power Outage Aug 22 School Closed & 23 Weekly Extra Aug 27 Curricular Events Begin Labour Day No School Professional Development No School
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Power Outage in North & South Tallcree

ATCO will be conducting maintenance on the power lines. There are scheduled power outages Wednesday and Thursday from 8am-12pm and 1pm to 5pm. Both South and North School will be closed for these days.
Cecile, Kaylee , Cassidy, & Shania picking blueberries during our Wadlin Lake field trip

Professional Development School Closed

North & South Tallcree staff will all be participating in training in a new literacy and numeracy program. This new program will help us improve our students reading and writing skills. Both North and South Schools will be closed September 4th September 14th.

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Hot Breakfast and Hot Lunch Program Schedule

Our Hot Lunch Program will repeat the same menu weekly until the chefs and students get bored. Then well change it up!

PLEASE LET THE SCHOOL KNOW IF YOUR CHILREN HAVE ANY FOOD ALLERGIES

Our breakfast and lunch Monday programs are run out of the cafeteria daily. Breakfast is Breakfast served 8:45-9:00am and lunch is served 11:45-12:00. Pancakes We have done our best to select a menu that is well Lunch liked by our students. If you know that your child Chicken & does not like an item on Rice Soup our menu please send lunch & Sandwith them for that day. wiches

Tuesday Breakfast Cereal & Toast Lunch Stew & Bannock

Wednesday Breakfast Breakfast sandwiches Lunch Spagetti & Salad

Thursday Breakfast Cereal & Toast Lunch

Friday Breakfast Porridge

Lunch

Hot dogs & Soft Tacos Fries

Kindergarten teachers Emily Davis & Lilly Auger

Welcome back to school students, parents, and guardians! My name is Emily Davis. I moved to South Tallcree in March of 2011 from Ontario. This year I am teaching Kindergarten at both North and South Tallcree Schools. Im working closely with Pam Auger and Lilly Auger to run Kindergarten 4 days a week. Last year I taught 1,2,3 at South Tallcree School. Im excited for the new experience of teaching Kindergarten. This first month of Kindergarten will be a big adjustment for the students, a new teacher, different schedule, and different work. I hope to make the transition easy for everyone. Looking forward to a fun and productive year!

My name is Lilly Auger. It is with great pleasure that I am now working with Ms. Davis and the Kindergarten class. I also help Mary in the kitchen when I have time. I have been working with students for many, many years. I have worked with a variety of students and age groups, including multiple grades. I am fluent in Cree and love incorporating cultural ideas into the classroom as well as in daily life. Handgames is my favourite of them all. I love working with students and look forward to the rest of the year!

Grade 1/2 teachers Erik Davidson & Yvonne Laboucan

Hello Parents and Guardians, I would like to take this opportunity to personally welcome you and your children to the South Tallcree School. I come from Edmundston New Brunswick, and this will be my second year of teaching at Tallcree. In my spare time I enjoy fishing, camping and travel. During this month I will be bringing my students up to speed; practicing their printing, spelling their names, and recognizing the letters of the alphabet. This will get the students ready for what I will be teaching them later on this year in grade 1 and 2. I am so excited about this upcoming school year and I wish you all the best.. Sincerely, Mr. Davidson

Shania Noskiye gathering blueberries

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Grade 3/4 teachers Rosalind Best & Cecile Laboucan

My name is Miss Rosalind Best and I was the Kindergarten teacher for the past two years. This year I will be teaching grades 3 & 4 in South Tallcree. I grew up in Nova Scotias Annapolis Valley on my familys farm. After graduating from Acadia University I moved to Tallcree and have spent the last two years enjoying everything this community has to offer. In my spare time I enjoy playing croquet, traveling and participating in handgame tournaments. I am looking forward to another fantastic fun filled year. Please stop by for a visit in our 3 & 4 classroom anytime. If any parents or community members are interested in coming in to read with students please let me know. You can contact me at STC school by calling 9273803 or at home 927-4913. My name is Cecile Laboucan. Ive lived in Tallcree all my life Im enjoying working with the kids in the 3/4 class and have five children and grandchildren in Tallcree school. Im having fun working with Auntie Best. When I get some free time I play croquet. Im looking forward to my dads annual birthday handgames at the end of the month.

Narcisse, Demytria, Cassidy, Kira & Maude enjoying their hot breakfast Monday morning. Many thanks to staff who run this program

Grade 5/6 teachers Carly Price & Alina Alook Support Staff
For those of you who may not know me my name is Carly Price and this will be my 3rd school year teaching in Tallcree. I moved here from Vancouver Island with my partner Nat and my boys Aidan and Julian and we are happy to call Tallcree home. We like anything outdoors and active including skiing, swimming, hiking, biking and skating. Although I think Im hopeless my family are currently trying to improve my golf and croquet skills. Im looking forward to the new school year, I have many exciting plans for my energetic group. I am pleased to have Alinas support in the classroom again this year as I have taken on the role of principal as well as teaching my 5/6 class. Please feel free to contact me at the school or at home 780-9274546. We are fortunate to have great support staff who keep our school running smoothly.
Receptionist: Peggy Meneen has devoted her time and energy to the Tallcree School Division for more than twenty years. She has seen her own children go through the school along with one grandchild. She is a grandmother to five and mother of 10 children. Five of her children and many of her nieces and nephews attend Tallcree school. I grew up in North Tallcree and now call STC my home. Shes been happily married to her husband Louie for the past 29 years.

Cree Teacher Yvonne Laboucan

In our Cree class Mondays and Wednesdays we focus on learning Cree language. Tuesdays and Thursdays we work on Cree crafts. I am also working as a TA with Erik in the grade 1/2 class every morning. I am very happy to be working with the students again this year. This year we will be planning cultural events each week. Last week we enjoyed picking blueberries at Wadlin Lake and are hoping to go mint and sweetgrass picking soon.

Resource Room Teacher Trudy Chambers

Welcome back to all the students and staff! Just a short introduction as some of you already know me, this year I will be setting up a new support program for the students to help them achieve their very best results. I am a long term teacher, for over 15 years, I have three cats, and a son in Edmonton. My home base is in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. For August I will be testing students so that we have a baseline to compare our year end results. I have now moved to South Tallcree and I am excited to get to know all the students and their families here. Here's to a great school year!!! Ms. C.

Hot Lunch Cook & Custodian: Mary Seeseequon has worked hard this summer to get our school ready to open in August. She continues to keep our school clean and has now taken on the hot lunch program as well. She prepares a tasty hot lunch for 35 students and staff everyday. Maintenance: Raymond Ladouceur is a key member of our school team. From relocating smart boards, to fixing intercoms, to moving furniture from the elementary school to the high school and vice versa Raymond has been keeping busy this school year. We continue to depend on him to keep our school in good working order.

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Civic Holiday

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WEEKLY EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITES START THIS WEEK!

Open Gym

Story Time

Open Gym 6:008:00 STC

3:15-4:30 STC

7:00-8:30 STC Readers Theatre

KindergartenGr 3 Kindergarten -Gr6 4:00 5:30

NTC

Grades 4-9