Elementary News

The Elementary Year-End Assembly will be held on Friday, June 23, from 10:15am to 12:00pm in the Cedars Gym. The Grade 7 Grad will be part of this assembly – it’s always a fun look back on their elementary years!   We will also hand out some Math awards and say goodbye to staff who are leaving. Parents are, of course, welcome to attend.

As we draw near to the end of the year, we once again have many items in our lost and found. Please take a moment to check through the corner in the elementary boot room and the lost and found box in the high school foyer for items that your family may be missing before we bags things up and donate them to charity.

Parents are welcome to come watch their children participate in the sports day activities on Friday, June 9, 2017. Team sports begin at 9:20am and the races and the tug-of-war will be after 1:00pm.

A concession will be available during the day. A note with prices will be sent home with students prior to Sports Day. Please ensure that all money brought to school is secure in a wallet or baggie and is clearly marked with your child’s name.

Other important items to have on that day:

• sunscreen
• hat
• proper footwear (runners for races, etc.)

Thank you so much to all those who have volunteered to help out! Mrs. Van Delft will contact you in the next couple of days.

Next Wednesday, May 31, we will be holding a special Elementary worship chapel starting at 12:45pm outside, in front of the Elementary entrance. We would love for parents to come early to join us as we are lead in worship by the high school Worship Arts class in our final chapel for this year.

Mrs. Van Delft’s Grade 2 class has been eagerly awaiting “the big crack-up” – and it began yesterday! Meet the new class members:

Grandparents, special guests, and awesome mentors are invited to join the elementary students on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, for our Grand Community Event! We will start with classroom visits at 11:00am followed by lunch at noon and performances at 12:45pm.

Please RSVP by phoning the Main Office at 250-564-0707 or email office@cedars.bc.ca

Larry Fielding, local author of the well-liked X-Tails series, will be visiting our library on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Parents are invited to attend as well and enjoy the storytelling.

Books may be ordered with 40% of the proceeds going to our school! You can get a taste of Larry’s characters and books at his website: https://thextails.com/

Schedule

• 8:45-9:15 Kindergarten
• 9:30-10:00 Grade 1
• 10:30-11:15 Grade 4
• 11:15-11:50 Grades 2 and 3

In addition to the more than 100 Cedars students who participated in the Speech Arts and Drama Festival with their classes (Grades 3, 4, 4/5, 6 and 7), we’d like to honour those students who went beyond to prepare their own pieces: (In order of participation at the festival…)  Andrew Isaac, Daniel Mendez-Young, Liam Tiefensee, Anneke Geertsma, Jonathan Mendez-Young, Neil Henderson, Kobe Kidd, Sam Chisholm, John Bandstra, Hunter Lodge, Matthew Hillhouse, Avril Kidney, Olivia Bluemink, Olivia Geertsma, Avery Lodge, Sophia Snyder, Jaeken Windolf, Naomi Scott, Chloe Cuthbert, Lois Morgan, Hadanse Shaw, Colbie Norn, Vivika Lind, Jude Poulin, Chloe McCauley, Julia Redden, Mariah Schaefer, Siphesihle van Dijk, Brooklyn Rafuse, and Anika Green, Grade 12 student who participated as a Speech Arts teacher to 11 of our own Cedars students.

A special thanks to Heather Fisher for her extra support for the 18 students in her class who chose to perform solo/duo/small group pieces.  We saw evidence of lots of dramatic talent!

Consider attending the Honours Performance this Saturday night, May 13, 2017. It will feature the best performances from the festival including four of our own boys (Andrew Isaac, Liam Tiefensee, Jonathan and Daniel Mendez-Young) performing “Jabberwocky”. The event will be held in the Weldwood Theatre at UNBC at 7:oo pm, though we recommend coming 20-30 minutes early as seating will be limited.

Grade 6 Class at Speech Arts Earlier this Month