Please Share Your Thoughts

Good afternoon,

The following message was sent out to parents by our Superintendent Brett Lough:

This is a reminder. Dear Parents, Staff and Community,

As we plan for the future, the St. James-Assiniboia School Division senior administration is proposing a reorganization at the middle years level to ensure equity and viability exists at all of our current middle years schools. 

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Significant growth in our French Immersion Early Years Program will impact École Golden Gate Middle School within the next two years. Physical capacity issues regarding a lack of space will not allow for the Division to accommodate the French Immersion Middle Years Program at the current Golden Gate Middle School facility. An additional challenge that exists is the continued low enrolment at Ness and Hedges Middle Schools, which are located in the John Taylor catchment area. The proposed reorganization provides the Division with the opportunity to reorganize our middle years schools in order to provide better programming for all of our students.

Over the past few months, the Division leadership has discussed many different options in an effort to respond considerately to school building limitations, the needs of our students and the impact on families in our communities. For this reason we are looking for feedback on the current proposal. *This proposal is not the final decision*. We want to let every voice be heard, and use the information we receive to inform the decision. 

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Character Bag

Good afternoon,

As a class, we have discussed our 4 basic needs in order to be happy: Love and Belonging, Freedom, Power, Fun.

Starting on Tuesday, each student will present their character bag to the class.  The students are asked to bring a paper or a plastic bag and items from home which represents all 4 needs.  One item can represent more than one need (for example, a photo with friends could represent love and belonging as well as fun).  The items should be small enough to fit into their bag, for example, if a dog represents love and belonging, the student could bring a dog collar or a dog toy.

I will give them time on Wednesday to practice presenting.  We will be presenting on Thursday and Friday.

Here is an example of what I would include in my character bag:

Power and Freedom - A cd to represent music because I love to sing.  I feel I have a good voice (power) and I feel free when I sing (freedom).

Love and belonging and Fun - I would bring some photos of my family and friends and a cat toy to represent my pets.

If you have any questions, please send me an email as soon as possible and I will respond right away.

Have a great weekend!
Mme C

Cooperating Activity

Today the students discussed bullying and being respectful. We also discussed how to meet our needs  in a respectful way using restitution. The students then completed a problem in their table groups. 

LCM and HR

Bonjour!

The students chose their first LCM book today and some chose a HR book from the classroom.

The students are expected to read in English and in French everyday.  Their sheet should be signed once a week indicating the book (or books) their child has read.  If the students have read the same book (a novel) throughout the week, parens are only expected to sign for that book once, but indicate that their child read the same book,

The students also chose a French book from the classroom library and may change their books throughout the week.  If they are confident that they can choose a different level book, they can come and see me and I will read with them.

I will also test them once or twice a month to make sure they are choosing books appropriate for their reading skills.

If you do have any questions, please feel free to email me (scraciun@sjsd.net).

Merci!
Mme C