WELCOME!!!

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Mr. McDowell's classroom blog. I am very excited to have a classroom webpage and I hope that you will find it useful. The purpose of this blog is to provide a convenient (and reliable) communication link between students, parents, the school and Mr. McDowell. I invite you to check this blog on a daily basis as I will be posting valuable information about the classroom and the school - including daily homework assignments, important dates, classroom/school news, etc.

For your convenience, you can also sign-up to receive "daily updates" from this blog that automatically gets sent to your email every day there is a new posting. Simply type in your email address into the 'submit' box found on the right side of this blog.

More importantly, if you ever have any questions or concerns about your son/ daughter, please do not hesitate to contact me via phone, email, or this blog:

M.C. Knoll School - 786-5540
Email - benson.mcdowell@gssd.ca



Monday, March 23, 2015

Classroom News - March 23

Happy Monday!

As I said on Friday, I hope that there was a lot of conversation about the report cards over the weekend - conversations that were about your child's strengths, challenges and the improvements that are going to be made in Term 3.

Also, the annual MC Knoll Survivor event is just around the corner (Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2).  Two information items were sent out last week including:
- Survivor permission form and $30 fee (blue-colored form)
- Survivor dance form (beige-colored form)


Lastly, students will need appropriate gym clothing for tomorrow's (Tuesday, March 24) Adventure Ed. class.  The class has been scheduled from 11:00-1:45.

Reminders:

- Please return the report card envelopes ASAP.
Term 2 parent-teacher interviews are scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, March 24) and Wednesday, March 25.  If you are unable to make the scheduled time, please contact me or the school ASAP.
- Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 24) and Wednesday, March 25 is another wonderful MCK Book Fair!
- There will be NO SCHOOL Friday, March 27 (School PD).

Homework:
Art - Magazine/Calendar Picture (ASAP)
LA - Reader Response #6 (OVERDUE)
Art - Grid Art (Dino and Boat) (OVERDUE)
Math - 5.6 Area of Circles (OVERDUE)
Math - Measurement Unit TEST (Thursday, March 26)

* The following people have OVERDUE work:
- AB              - JH                - KK    
- PM              - CP               - AS                

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