Dear Families,
Have you been in the building recently and noticed the beautiful art work throughout the halls? Six of the classes were invited to create art with artists from Arts Umbrella earlier this month. The pictures that each student made are large paintings of animals ~ turtles, hippos, fish, giraffes, mice, rhinos, whales…please come in and see for yourself…they are amazing!
Our school has been very fortunate to have had Mr. Dykstra working with division 4 part time over the last few months. Mr. D. has been calm, thoughtful and engaging. He has planned and taught a variety of hands on lessons and made a wonderful impact on the school year here at Lord. Students in division 4 shared some of their learning at a recent school assembly - ways to estimate and measure both traditionally and with unusual measuring instruments. Thank you, Mr. D. for all you have done at Lord! Everyone has appreciated the extra effort Mr. D. has put into making his time with the students meaningful. We hope to see Mr. D. back at our school again...until then, we wish Mr. D. all the very best with his work with other students in Vancouver.
Mr. Campbell will be teaching division 4 on Thursdays and Fridays after the spring break. Welcome to division 4, Mr. Campbell!
This week, report cards went home and you will have had an opportunity to come in for conferences. This is a good time to reflect on and celebrate your child's strengths and accomplishments as well as discuss goals and areas of focus for the remaining few months of this school year. Intermediate report card achievements will be recognized at an upcoming school assembly. Students who achieve Honour Roll, Principal's List or Super G will be asked to stand up for a round of applause in congratulations on their fine work.
Spring break is two weeks this year. When we return, the Heart and Stroke fundraiser will kick off officially on Thursday, April 7 with an assembly. Packages for the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser are going home with students this week to give everyone a chance to collect donations or pledges over the break. I know that students will strive yet again to do their very best with this skipping and fundraising event as they do with the many endeavours undertaking in the school.
I wish you all well over the time off and look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday, April 4.
Sincerely,
Sarah Gray
Vice Principal
