SOURIS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER www.shsd.mb. ca Volume 30, Number 13 December 17th, 2009 NEWS FROM THE OFFICE THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE (Brrrrr) Mr. Kindle Mr. Quigley Mr. Elder Souris School makes a big splash!!!!! Thank you to all those who brought food items for our local food bank. All the groceries will make a difference to the families in our community that rely on the food bank. Your generosity was overwhelming. We met our goal and three of our teachers ; Mr. Kindle, Mr. Quigley, and Mr. Elder, braved the frigid temperatures to take a Polar Bear Plunge.  Thanks for being such good sports.  It really does make a difference. Mrs. McLeod, Mrs. Janz, and Adam Carlisle with food for the F40_3.jpg]                    ïïïïïïïïïïïï The staff and students at Souris School would like to wish all of you a great Christmas Break.  We will be looking forward to the New Year and the year of 2010.  2009 was a great year at Souris School and we are looking forward to the future.  Once again have a Great Holiday and we will see you back on January 4th, 2010. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me directly at 483-6230.         ïMr. Bob Young CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT Our very best wishes go out to Mrs. Cheryl Janz and Mr. Murray Janz who have retired from their positions at Souris School.  Mrs. Janz has been an EA for 19 years and had a tremendously positive impact on the lives of many of our students.  Mrs. Janz, you will be greatly missed!  Mr. Janz has been a member of our custodial team for 2 years and undoubtedly left his mark with us.  Your hours of work and dedication to our school have been very much appreciated.  We wish you well on your retirement journey! We also wish Ms Kelsey Penner the very best as she pursues her career in Education.  Her smiles and friendly, professional manner will be missed.  We thank her for the very special skills she has shared with our students! MIDDLE YEARS NEWS On behalf of our Middle Years Staff, we wish all students, parents and their families a very Merry Christmas.  Enjoy this festive season with family and friends. CHOIR CLUB The Choir Club visited the Personal Care Home on Friday, December 11th to entertain the residents with many Christmas songs and much Christmas spirit!  The Seniors certainly enjoy the students and many had a tear of joy in their eyes.  Thank you Choir for sharing your music in this wonderful season. Some of our Choir members will be sharing their Christmas songs with the community on Sunday, December 20th at the ìSing in the Seasonî Concert at the Theatre.  The Concert starts at 2:00 p.m.  Silver collection at the door.  A note with details has been sent home with the students. SOURIS SCHOOL PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PAC Executive for 2009-2010 President ñ Jaycee Thexton 483-3065 Vice-President ñ Shelley Elliot 726-1888 Secretary ñ Mary Lovatt 483-2717 Treasurer ñ Heather Remillard 483-7383 Early Years Representative ñ Cheryl Roberts 483-3034 Middle Years Representative ñ Cheryl Roberts 483-3034 Senior Years Representative ñ Pam Walker 483-3710 ìA community organization dedicated to the education and well being of children.î LEFT IN LIBRARY DURING BOOK FAIR Babyís First Christmas Pink Teddy Bear Please pick up at the school office. MICROWAVE DUTY Please arrive at the school at 11:45 a.m.  Parents you will have to use main office doors as all other doors will be locked. You can go to Room 7 in the Early Year's end.  The microwaves are stored on a cart in this room.  Someone could be taking a lesson, so PLEASE enter quietly.  The instructions are on the side of the top microwave.  The monthly calendar is on the top. The workers for the first week in Jan. are:  Jan.4 - Jackie Kirkup, Jan.5 - Jodie MacDougall, Jan.6 - Julianne Pabuayon, Jan.7 - Roxanne Scraba, Jan.8 - Jamie Kohut.   Thank you to Peter Stam, Phil Dornian, Vanessa Ross, Frank Grabowski for doing microwave this week.   May you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  It is really nice to see so many FATHERS stepping up to the plate and helping with this program. If there are any problems please phone me at 483-1511.  Thank you.         ïMarie Peaslee CAREER EXPLORATION NEWS January is shaping up to be a very busy month.   On January 12, the Armed Forces will host a noon hour display with a presentation at 1:10 p.m. on January 13th,  Rob Lovatt, a photographer from KeyWest in Brandon will deliver a career presentation to the Digital Photography Class. Applications for the Shad Valley Program are due in January.  Shad Valley is an academic program, preparing students for the university experience.  The focus is on science, technology, entrepreneurship and leadership.  The Shad Valley program is considered for university admissions and scholarship decisions.  Shad Valleyís Summer 2010 runs from June 27th to July 23rd and is open to Grade 10, 11, and 12 students. For more information, please contact the school. Semester 2 will start February 8th.  Please come and see me if you would like to make changes or if you would like a copy of your timetable for next semester.  Parents, please feel free to call me if you have any questions. Grade 12ísÖÖ.Scholarship deadlines pass very quickly.  Donít miss out!  Please keep checking our schoolís website for updated scholarship information.   ïMrs. C. Delaurier BASKETBALL Varsity Girls The Varsity Girls Basketball team traveled to the University of Manitoba for tournament action over the weekend.  The girls opened with a loss to a very good Sanford team 53-19.  Danica Swaenepoel led the team with six points in the loss.  In their second game Friday night the girls played outstanding, defeating the defending AA champions from Teulon 63-31.  Sarah White scored 15 points and Mandy Rolfe added 14 for the Sabres.  The girls then played Neepawa in the consolation semifinals of the twelve team tournament and hung on to win a rough, physical affair 23-21.  This put the girls into the consolation final were they faced a very good club out of Glenboro.  The game was tight all the way through until our girls pulled away in the last minute to win 50-41.  Sarah scored a game high 21 points while Brynna Walker added 9 more.  Danica was named player of the game.   The girls improved all weekend long and were a hit with their square dancing routine!  Great job girls.                         ïCoach P On Wednesday the Junior Varsity and Varsity girls basketball teams traveled to Vincent Massey for exhibition action.  The JV's opened the night with a thrilling overtime victory 39-36.  Morgan Husband led the Sabres with 16 points while Nicole Harkness added 6 more.  Great start to the season ladies.   In the Varsity game the Sabres hung in with the Vikings for the first half before falling behind and eventually losing 63-35.  Terrific effort from the all!!  Brynna Walker, Danica Swaenepoel, Kelsey Penno and Candace Draper all had six points.                 ïCoach P Varsity Boys The Varsity Boys Basketball team played in Gladstone over the weekend.  The team played very well finishing in third place.  Christian Gohl was outstanding, in game scoring an icredible 55 points!  He was named the tournaments MVP. The Varsity Boys Basketball team hosted their first home game in a number of years as the team played Killarney.  The guys played very well trailing only by 7 points at the half.  However, Killarney proved to be too deep as they were able pull away in the second en route to a 91-56.  Christian Gohl led the Sabres with 25 points and Brett Miner added 8.                 ïCoach P ~ Junior Varsity Girls The Junior Varsity Girls Basketball team opened their season last night against Vincent Massey, Brandon.  The score was tied after 4 quarters leading to overtime, which ultimately resulted in a 39 ñ 36 Sabres win.  Fantastic basketball ladies.  Practice Dec. 29th & 30th.                   ïCoach Birch                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                                                                                                                                                                           SCHOOL CURLING Mondays, (except first Monday of every month) 3:30 ñ 4:00 ñ grades K-2 students 4:00 ñ 4:45 ñ grades 3-5 students Tuesdays, 3:3O ñ 4:30 Open to all students above grade 5. Fees: Grades K-5 - $25 per curler Grades 6-12 - $35 per curler This is open to students whether they are beginner or have curled before.  All participants must have clean runners and wear pants that will stretch.  Please note that all K-2 curlers will be required to have a helmet.  A bike helmet would be fine.  Older curlers may also do so as well.  This is a good idea especially for new curlers. We are very short of supervisors, so if any parents or grandparents are able to help, it would be greatly appreciated. For further details contact Karen Dunbar at 483-3534. SCHOOL COMING EVENTS January 4       First Day of Classes ñ Day 1 February 16 & 17 Grad Pictures Souris Breakfast Club Anyone Interested in Improving Their Hockey and Skating Skills Welcome to ComeÖÖ  Free of ChargeÖ.   -   Helmets, mask, mouth guards, neck                                 guards, skates, gloves and sticks.. 7 am ñ 8am in the morning and breakfast included after, then off to school, if parents could come and pick up kids at 8:20 amÖ..    Anyone interested in helping out please contact Deanna Kowalchuk at 483-0396 PeeWee and up- Monday - 14th, 21st and break for Christmas.  Starting again January  4thÖÖ. Atom and under- Fridays - December 11th, 18th and break for ChristmasÖ Starting again January 8thÖÖ. Faith Baptist Church is having a Birthday Party for Jesus on December 20th at 12:30 p.m.  Come celebrate with lunch and cake!  A gift for Jesus in the form of a donation to the food bank is appreciated.  Everyone is welcome!     SOURIS HARVEST FOOD BANK Open first and third Thursdays of each month from 5:00 p.m. ñ 7:00 p.m. It is located at St. Paulís United Church and please use the NE entrance. Enjoy your Holidays and Have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! FOUND SOME MORE - OLD YEARBOOKS We have the following years available.   Cost is $1.00 for each book.  Drop by the office for your copy. Senior Years 1980-81, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2003-2004, 2005-2006. Middle Years 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2001-02 ALLERGY ALERT Please do not bring or send products containing nuts, kiwi, fish or seafood.  We would also appreciate if you can avoid sending egg products such as egg sandwiches, boiled eggs or meringues.  Thank you so much for helping us to keep everyone safe and healthy. HYGIENE REMINDER Washing of hands and face before coming to school helps stop the spread of germs as well as materials that could cause anaphylaxis (allergic) reactions.  Please help to monitor and encourage your childís healthy cleanliness routine. HANDICAPPED PARKING Just a reminder that the area designated as handicapped parking in front of the Early Years main doors is reserved for parents of children with special needs.  Please do not park in these spots. CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS Thank you to everyone who keeps saving the labels/UPC codes from Campbell Soup products, V8-Juice/Splast/Prego Spaghetti/Broth/Goldfish Crackers/Habitant/Chunky Chili Soup/Gardennay/Pace Salsa/Soup at Hand etc Just a reminder the bar codes have to be on them and if you can lay them flat and have them counted, that is also a big help. . If interested, you can go to www.campbellsoup.ca, and then click on labels for education for more information on this program. Keep those labels coming!         ïMrs. Glenda McConnell FORBIDDEN FLAVOURS New Menu Items and Price List HamburgerÖ$2.75 CheeseburgerÖ$3.00 Hot dogsÖ$2.00 SoupÖ$2.50 SandwichesÖ$3.00 WrapÖ$3.50 Mini SubsÖ$2.25 Pizza PopsÖ$2.00 Kraft Dinner CupÖ$2.00 Daily SpecialÖ$3.75 Pizza PretzelÖ$2.00 OreoÖ$1.75 CookiesÖ$.75 MuffinsÖ$1.75 BagelsÖ$1.50 Fruit CupÖ$1.50 Sm. Choc MilkÖ$1.25 Lg. Choc MilkÖ$1.75 ChipsÖ$1.25 Hot RodÖ $1.25 Beef JerkyÖ$1.75 Cheese StringÖ$1.00 Cheeseín CrackersÖ$1.00 VeggiesÖ$2.00 Juice BoxesÖ$1.00 SlushyÖ$2.00 HallsÖ$1.50 Jello - $0.75 Yogurt - $1.50 Daily Specials - $3.75 Monday...Perogies Tuesday...Potato Skins Wednesday...Chicken Bacon Cheese Melt Thursday...Taco in a Bag Friday...Pizza ñ (Cheese or Pepperoni/Salami) As always, bag lunches will be delivered to Kindergarten and grade 1 students.  Please make sure orders have names, grade and room numbers on them. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!