February SKT School Council Newsletter

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Dear Parents/Guardians,

Happy 100^th day of school!  Thank you for supporting your SKT School Council over the past 100 days.  We have enjoyed making the school a better place for the children to attend.  We understand that everyone is very busy, but we are always looking to you the parents/guardians of the students for your help whether it is to volunteer your time or your talent. 

We are currently looking for volunteers to help out with our Snow Glow (Feb 21), our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Breakfast (March 4) and our Fun Fair & Playground Committees.

If you think you can help out in any way with any of our initiatives, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

SKT School Council

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Snow Glow Fun Night

We are having our Snow Glow Fun Night on Friday, February 21^st from 6-8pm.  Cost is $2/child.  Please note that each child must be accompanied by an adult (adults are free to get in).  There will popcorn, drinks and baked good for sale.  In addition, the Gr. 5/6 class will be holding a cake auction for families to bring home a beautifully decorated cake.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out with the event.  Please fill out the form below before Wednesday, February 19^th if you can help out.

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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Breakfast

We will be once again making pancakes for all of the students and staff at the school on Tuesday, March 4^th.  We are looking for volunteers to help make and serve the pancakes plus clean-up afterwards.  If you are available on Tuesday, March 4^th in the morning (between 8-10:30am) and are interested in helping out, please contact Kathie at: jkrenaud@sympatico.ca.

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Fun Fair!

Please save the date, Fun Fair will be held on Thursday, June 5^th!  There will be a bbq, special guests, games and much more!  Hope we will have a warm and dry day.  Hope to see you there!

The next Fun Fair meeting is February 24^th at the school in the learning commons, if you would like to help with organizing the event.

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Playground

Thank you for supporting us at the Artpaloosa Pizza Party on January 31^st.  We had a great turnout and the children painted some beautiful works of art.  We are working on trying to display the beautiful pieces created that night.  In addition, we understand that all students were not able to make it that night, so we are trying to arrange the opportunity for the students who were not in attendance to create their art during the school day.

Call for Volunteers! We need all the help we can get for the Playground Project.  

We need help co-ordinating fundraising events, contacting local businesses for donations, grant writing, and planning & implementing the play structure installation.  If you are able to take on a role to help, please contact: skt.council.ocsb@gmail.com.

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Thank you for supporting our on-going fundraisers

Thank you for supporting school council’s on-going fundraisers!  To date, we have raised $115.59 through the Boston Pizza receipts.  This and the rest of the funds raised from our various  fundraisers help purchase items needed at the school including: alter server albs, school jerseys for the team, items for Fun fair.  Please let us know if you would like to know how the money that you helped us raised is spent.

Ongoing fundraisers:

Boston Pizza: Write “SKT” on the back of your receipt and leave it at the front desk.  5% of your bill will come back to the school council.

You can purchase a new (or renew your current) magazine subscription and a portion will go to support the school council’s activities.  Visit https://www.ccrp.ca/orders/index.php?code=ON3119 to place your order.

If you want to ensure that your child’s belongings will always be returned to you, why not invest in some Mabels Labels to label all items that go to school.  Visit  www.sktcs.mabelslabels.com to place your order.

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Ottawa Catholic School Parents’ Association (CSPA)

Technology Tools to support your Child’s Learning – February 19th from 7:00-8:45pm at St. Joseph HS.  There are two workshops available: 1) Elementary (Grades K-6) or 2) Intermediate/ High School (Grades 7-12).

EQAO Parent Forum – March 1, 2014 9:00am-2:00pm, Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive.  Deadline to register is February 13, 2014.  There are two sessions: 1) Understanding EQAO Assessments 2) Parents as Partners in Teaching Mathematics.

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Good Shepherd Parish Information

CWL Family Day Dinner – the CWL would like to invite all families to a chili dinner at 6pm on Saturday, February 15^th.  Please call the parish office before Thursday to ensure 

RAISE THE ROOF FUNDRAISER GALA – The Raise the Roof Fundraising Gala will take place on Saturday, February 22nd. Cocktail reception will begin at 6:45 pm with hors d’oeuvres by Coconut Lagoon, Wine & Beer included. 8:00 pm Live Music. Tickets  will be available to purchase after all masses until the event. For more information please call Bruce or Mary O’Neill at 613-834-4435. 

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Community Information

 RBC has sponsored all of the Ottawa Public/Family skate sessions throughout city arenas. This means families can go skating for free until the end of March and have access to:
 -Free Introduction to Skate sessions
 -On ice interactions with instructors focused on basic skills and/or fun and games.
 -Develop basic skating skills and lifelong physical literacy

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SKT School Council is online!

Email: skt.council.ocsb@gmail.com

Web:     sktcatholicschoolcouncil.blogspot.ca

Follow us on Twitter: SKTCouncilOCSB

Like us on Facebook: sktcouncilocsb

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Snow Glow Volunteer

We are looking for volunteers to help us with our Snow Glow dance party on February 21st. We will need volunteers for set-up, clean-up and three specific jobs: front-door, making popcorn and selling drinks/popcorn. The shifts will be divided into 45 minute segments (5:00-5:45, 5:45-6:30. 6:30-7:15 and 7:15-8:00) and clean-up will happen from the end of the dance until everything is cleaned up.Set-up involves setting up the tables inside and outside the gym.
The Front Door job will involve selling tickets for the dance
The Making Popcorn job will involve making popcorn.
The Selling Drinks/Popcorn job will involve selling drinks and popcorn.
Clean-up will involve washing the popcorn machine and sweeping the floor in the gym.
Thank you for offering to volunteer, we will contact you to confirm when you are volunteering.

Name *
Contact email/number *
Either enter your email address or phone number so that we can confirm your volunteer timeslot.
What is your preferred job? *
•  Set-Up
•  Front Door
•  Making Popcorn
•  Selling Drinks/Popcorn
•  Clean-up
•  Doesn't matter, just put me where you need me
•  Other: 
What is your preferred time slot? *
•  5:00-5:45
•  5:45-6:30
•  6:30-7:15
•  7:15-8:00
•  clean-up (8:00-?)
•  Other: 

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Artpaloosa was a success!

Thank you to all involved for making Artpaloosa a success!

We had a few special invited guests come out to support us: Royal Galipeau (the MP for Ottawa-Orleans), Rainer Bloess (the City Councillor for Ward 2 - Innes) and Keith Jansa. 

It was great to see all the children creating their masterpieces.  Here is a quick sample of some of the art work:

  

We also hope that the parents had an informative session learning about the playground.  If you were unable to make the meeting, click on the picture below to see a copy of the presentation.

As always, thank you the playground committee and all of the other volunteers who helped organize and run this event.