Assembly(Notes(Week(of(February(17(2015(

Assembly(Notes(Week(of(February(17(2015(
Reports - les rapports de la semaine
●  MC’s Thomas, Emily H.
●  Candy Grams - do it again, fundraising report –slides, wow $400 raised
Presenter: Alyssa Chow
●  Thank You - Food Bank Donations, slides
Presenters: Molly and Tommy
●  Grade 8B at ES - Earth Studies, hiking, fires and shelters
Presenters: Alexandre, MacKenzie
Reports - les rapports de la semaine
•  Happy New Year ! - Chinese New Year slide, Vietnamese New Year
slide,
https://www.teachervision.com/chinese-new-year/video/74637.html#prettyPhoto/1/
Presenters: Emily C., Jeffrey B., William, Patricia
What’s Ahead - Futurs evenement
●  Spirit Week - Pajama Day, House Colours, Western Day, Superheroes and BBQ on Friday!
●  Theme of the Month - Cherish our Diversity (BHM, Wellness, Spirit,
Social Justice)
Presenters: Radin, Karina, Noelle
●  Senior School Production - Lion, Scarecrow, Tinman and Dorothy, slide –
tickets on sale (see last slide), ticket contest starts today
●  World Issues Club - Donations for the Dominican Republic
Presenters: Torey, Laila, Isabella
Students in the News - Les eleves dans la presse
•  Figure Skating - EOSIC (Eastern Ontario Skating Invitational Competition),
3rd place, named to the Eastern Ontario Skate Canada Team . Photos
shown
Presenter: Juliana Ye
•  Teachers in the News - Mr. Sikorski at the National War Museum http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/band-of-the-governor-generals-foot-guards-to-perform-family-concertat-canadian-war-museum
•  Discovery School - Mexico- International Exchange opportunities to host a
Mexican student or for Seniors to travel to Mexico- Mme. Harriz photo
Club/Teacher Annocements - Annonces pour les
clubes et Messages des professeurs
●Art
Club - Monday
Next week
World Issues Club – Monday
Next week
●Lego
not this term
Robotics Club – Mon/
Wed
● Coding Club - Tuesday
Next term
Jr Winds on Friday
Band -Tuesday – Jr Winds,
Wed – Jazz,
Thursday – Concert Band
Club/Teacher Annocements - Annonces pour les
clubes et Messages des professeurs
●Glee
Club – Tuesday
●Chess
Club - Tuesday
●Environmental
Club
●Improv
Club - Wed
●French
Club - Wed
●Laugh
●Lego
not this term
While You Craft - Wed
Play Club - Wed
This week
http://laughwhileyoucraft.blogspot.com
Club/Teacher Annocements - Annonces pour les
clubes et Messages des professeurs
●Debating
●Science
Club - Thursday
Club - Thursday
●Newspaper
Club - lunch
on hold in February until after March break
not this term, lab open for science projects
Messaging
•  Cherish Our Diversity - sharing our common humanity
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Actively Engage
Lead By Example
Embody Respect
Strive for Excellence
Contribute Our Community
Head of School - Mr. Southward
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Year of the Goat - Thursday Feb 19th
The Goat comes 8th in the Chinese zodiac. The 12 zodiac animals are: Rat,
Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and
Pig.
According to Chinese astrology, each year (starting from Chinese New Year) is
associated with an animal sign, occurring in a 12-year cycle. For example 2015
is a year of the Goat.
●  Lucky Colors: brown, red, purple
●  Lucky Numbers: 2, 7
●  Lucky Flowers: carnation, primrose
●  Year of Birth: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015,
2027
reference: http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/goat.asp
Vietnamese New Year - Year of the Goat
●  Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet for short, is considered the
biggest and most popular festival of the year in Vietnam.
Celebrated on the first day of the first month in
Lunar Calendar,
●  Tet’s celebration is the longest holiday which may last
up to seven days
●  http://www.vietnamonline.com/tet/2015-year-of-thegoat.html (and reference site)
Thank you very much for
your support in helping
the YMCA. We were able
to raise 400 dollars that is
going towards the Strong
Kids Campaign.
Want to see
The Wizard of Oz?
The show is running between
Wednesday February 25th and
Saturday February 28th at 7pm.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5
for children 12 and under.
Tickets will be sold during Junior
School lunch on Friday February
20th and Monday February 23rd.
You can also email Miss Maynard
at [email protected]
Thank You All!!!
From The Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard