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| Campbell's Labels for Education Program |
| Please send in labels from Campbell's soup and other products for this program. A collection box is in the school foyer. See www.labelsforeducation.ca or contact Kim Sheldrick for more information. |
| Business Directory |
| Our CVES business directory has been launched!
If you are a CVES parent and have a business you would like to advertise through our website, please contact Susanna Penning | | Applause | | A big round of applause for:
Robert Construction, owned by teacher Mrs. Bickmore' s dad, Lee Harrington, her husband Mark Bickmore and to their cabinet maker Perry Weis who supplied the materials and carpentry skills to create and donate our new poster storage unit in the library.
Since Coreen has been at CVES the library has become a real hub for the school. Thanks to Coreen for taking the time and making the effort to update parents on the library. |
| Castor Valley Cares | |
Free the Children Brick by Brick Campaign
We are about 4 bricks away from achieving our goal of $8,500 to build a school in Kenya Africa through our partnership with partnership with Free the Children! Bravo Castor Valley! |
| Library News & Highlights | |
Library Circulation is up for 2009-10.
Scholastic Book Fair Sales were very successful: Fall 2009 $2826; Spring 2010 $4771.40 (Supporting the sale generates credits for the school to purchase books through Scholastic.)
Parents can "borrow" books from CVES Library - please see Mrs Atkins to obtain a barcode
Books for Boys - display of some of the books already purchased/circulating as well as teacher resources
CVES library has obtained about 1000 books (new acquisitions for students and teachers) since last May - including about 500 geared for boys
www.BoysRead.org Looking for an idea for an end of year teacher gift, Scholastic has Gift Certificates can be purchased by credit card by calling Scholastic directly at 1-866-234-7319. 
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| Castor Connections | | Parents of Grade 6 students, please mark you calendar now for the next Castor Connections Parent Information Night:
"Welcome to the Intermediate Grades"
Wed. May 26 from 6:15 - 8:15 pm |
| Meeting Minutes | | Read the minutes from the last CVES council meeting. |
| School Supply Kits | | We will once again be offering school supply kits for sale for students in grades 1 to 8 through School Ready Supplies with order forms to go home in May.
If you have any feedback to share on the program offered this year, please send us an email via our website feedback page under the "Contact Us" tab http://www.castorvalley.ca/feedback.php |
| Visit our Council Website | |
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| Website Coordinator for next year |
Francine Hopley will be "graduating" from CVES this June and we have not yet convinced her to come back as an alumni member of Council so we are looking for someone to liaise with Council and our volunteer webmaster Larry Hogan for next year. | |
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| Come to Movie Night at Castor Valley, Friday, April 23 |
Doors open at 6:30, movie starts at 7 pm
Featuring Planet 51 (rated PG) Animated Comedy -running time of 91 minutes.
American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck
Pre-ordered subs and drop-offs for students in grades 3 and up with supervision provided by parent volunteers and teacher volunteer Mme. Gratton . Regular canteen items of chips, water, juice and popcorn will be available to purchase. |
| Arts Club | |
The arts club launched by CVES parents Tara Klager and Chantal LeBlanc wrapped up in March.
We will be having a very special guest at our school on Monday, April 26th at 9:30 am; James Hill, the Canadian ukulele virtuoso, will be doing a concert and workshop at CVES. The entire school will be attending his concert in the gym but a draw among interested teachers was held to determine which class will be participating in the ukulele workshop after the concert. Congratulations to Mme Gratton and her Grade 3 class!
Please feel free to attend our school concert if you are able to on Monday morning. Parents are always welcome! James will also be playing in Ottawa this Sunday as part of an Ottawa Folk Festival series. |
| Used Book Sale & Trade Show by Francine Hopley | |
Fourth Annual Used Book Sale and new this year ... Trade Show
Fri. Apr. 30 and Sat. May 1.
Drop off donations in the foyer until Thur. April 29.
Please send your child to school with some money on Fri. April 30 as students will have a chance to visit the sale with their class. Books for kids are 25 cents to $1.
If you are a small business owner and would like to book a table to sell your goods or services at the Trade Show, please contact Kim Sheldrick-Bates kim1bates@yahoo.ca . For more information on this event go to www.castorvalley.ca
The success of the used book sale depends on its volunteers. There is a lot of work to be done so we need lots of helping hands.
We have some volunteers but more are required. In particular, volunteers are needed for the following:
Set-up on Wednesday April 28th 6:30pm-9pm
Set-up on Thursday April 29th noon-3pm and 6:30pm-9pm
Sale on Friday April 30th evening 4:30pm-8:30pm
Sale on Saturday May 1st 10am-2pm
Clean-up on Saturday May 1st from 2pm until work is done
If you are available for one or many of these shifts please send me an email ( francine.hopley@gmail.com) indicating the shifts you would like to help with, you name and phone number. You can also use the volunteer sign-up poster located in the school lobby or by completing the online form at: www.castorvalley.ca/booksalevolunteer.php |
| La galerie CastART | La galerie CastART
at Castor Valley Elementary School (CVES)
CVES is pleased to announce our upcoming Education Week event:
What: La galerie CastART
When: Wednesday, May 5, from 5 to 7:00 p.m.
followed by band concert @ 7 pm.
Where: CVES, 2630 Grey's Creek Rd., Greely
On this evening, our school will be transformed into an art gallery showcasing visual and performing arts. This year's theme is geometry, integrating math with art! Every student from JK to grade eight will proudly display artistic creations throughout the school's grand foyer; ukulele performances by our arts club will serenade you as you wander! Don't miss our draws for some beautiful art! Art cards will also be for sale. We are thrilled to invite you and our school community to celebrate our students' artistic achievements with us. Thanks to our wonderful students, dedicated teachers and supportive parent volunteers! Media is welcome!
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| Donations of Gently Used Playground Toys & Playhouses | |
Doing your spring cleaning? If you find any gently-used sand toys, skipping ropes, balls, sidewalk chalk, skip-its or frisbees that you no longer need, why not donate them to Castor Valley? Our students can use them in the playground at recess. A donation box will be set up in the school foyer.
If you have any outdoor playhouses (e.g., Little Tykes), we could also use these in our kindergarten yard. ALSO...Our teachers and students would like a quiet spot in the primary yard for outdoor lessons and quiet games at recess..... If you have a gently used wooden picnic table (full size or small sized), we can put it to good use at Castor Valley. Thank you!
Please contact Natasha Robb Burrows at tioman_1998@yahoo.comor 613-821-1037. |
| Our Community of Character by Jen Danby-McDonald | |
Keep those recognitions coming in! So far over 100 individual students and staff members have been recognized. Good deeds are being done in our Castor Valley school community. Way to go everyone! |
| Teacher Awards | Parents of students in Mrs. Anderson's morning JK class nominated her for the Golden Apple Award for an Outstanding Teacher run by MAJIC 100 FM and Alterna Savings and Mrs. Anderson won! Thanks to the parents who initiated this and congratulations to our wonderful Mrs. Anderson who received $500 to use for her classroom.
Congratulations to Mme Larabie a CVES grade 1 teacher who has been selected as one of the 20 finalists for the OCRI Capital Educators' Awards! This is a remarkable honour as hundreds of nominations were received and only 66 from across the region made it to the finalist stage and only 19 from our school board.
The criteria for finalist selection was: 1) demonstrated excellence in teaching and 2) acting as a positive role model and or making a difference in someone's life!
Winner to be announced on May 20 at the Edugala www.ocri.ca/edugala/ |
| Lost and Found |  Over 300 items were collected from the Lost and Found box between December and March. Items were sorted and put on display in the foyer thanks to the help of students Janet W., Lindsay G., Kiera B. and Madeleine P. and parents Marg Clunie, Francine Hopley and Heather Wilson and our ever helpful custodian Mr. Jeff. Items were washed and will be sold through consignment or donated to a shelter. Please consider labeling your child's items with Mabels Labels, one of our school fundraisers - Mabel's Labels are fun, durable labels for the stuff kids lose...hats, mittens, coats, boots, shoes, bags, to name a few. Sticky and clothing labels are dishwasher, microwave and laundry safe. Labels are designed to be very special to each child, customized with your child's name, favourite mix of colours and an icon, and are perfect for school, day care, camp and sports teams. Go to www.castorvalley.ca to order and support CVES at the same time! |
| Stock Market Challenge - Grade 7 & 8 | | June 9, 10, 11 - If you have a contact in the financial services industry who might consider making a financial contribution to help sponsor this amazing 3 day event done every second year at CVES for our grade 7 and 8 students, please contact Heather Wilson wilsonheather@rogers.com .
So far we have $800 pledged from BMO Financial and RBC of the $2,800 required to run this event.
Thank you to parents Lisa Coppens, Nicole MacLaurin, Trudy Docksteader, Donna Gledhill and Tammy Green who have offered to volunteer for this event. |
| Fun Night - Tuesday, June 15th 5:30 pm - 8 pm | | Please mark you calendars now for our annual Fun Night!!
You won't want to miss the fun-filled evening of games, prizes, refreshments for the whole family! Come and celebrate with the CVES community. NEW this year, a Gift Basket Draw.
More information in the May newsletter. |
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