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, April 25, 2016

Classroom News - April 25

Happy Monday!

The grade 6-8 GSSD Track and Field Meet is scheduled for Friday, May 13.  Students are required to pick 3-6 events to participate in during the event.  Please complete the "Track and Field Form" and return it by Friday, April 29.

The last opportunity to make food donations to the Yorkton Soup Haven is this week.  Our MC Knoll basketball teams will be heading there then to help prepare the lunches.  Donated items (all of which must be "peanut-free") include granola bars, breakfast bars, crackers, cereals, fruit cups, Fruit-To-Go bars, pudding, canned meat, juice boxes, etc.

Homework:

ELA - ALL Placement Reader Responses #1-8 (OVERDUE)
Math - Angles and Measurement Assignment (OVERDUE)
Art - Classroom Grid (OVERDUE)
Science - Natural Disaster Timeline (Tuesday, April 26)
ELA - Writing Folder (CSI and Poetry) (Monday, May 9)

Reminders:

- The WE ACT CLUB is currently holding a "spare change" fundraiser for a clean water project in Haiti.  Bring some spare change from home to help support this global activity!
- For the Thursday, April 28 Adventure Ed. class, Grade 7 students will be heading to the Yorkton Legion to enjoy "darts".
- There will be a "Railway Safety" presentation on Friday, April 29.
- The "Pizza Hot Lunch" is scheduled for Friday, April 29 (for those who ordered).

* The following people have OVERDUE work:

- CB              - ND               - CL          
- BMc          

- RSp             - KS               - JT

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