Good Morning Everyone:  Wow!  Last week was very busy!

A huge thank you to everyone who made our Carnival such a
wonderful success.  It certainly was a community effort!  To our
PAC, thanks so much for making this possible!  The children really
had a lot of fun, so all your time and energy was totally worth it!
A special thank you to :Sheilagh Close, Traci Hammond, Tammy Greer
and Cara Nault.

Our annual planning day on Friday was a great day!  We would like
to thank our School Planning council for being a part of the day!
(Cara Nault, and Irene Fisher).  In a collaborative effort we wrote a
new mission statement for our school:
” Striving together to achieve our potential for a better tomorrow. ”

The Week Ahead: This will be an exciting week with Paul Hann!

Monday May 14th:
Paul Hann begins working with our primary classes!

Tuesday May 15th:
1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Ambrose Speech Competition (Gr. 4 to 6) in our gym.
3:00 pm The Dr. Kearney counselors visit in our library. (Gr. 6 information)

Wed.       May 16th:
1:00 pm A special sing/song with Paul Hann and the Kindergartens
in our gym to 1:30 pm.
Certificates for the students who participated in the B.C.M..A
BeActive Every Day Challenge. Sandra Wiebe will visit our classes.

Thursday May 17th:
1:00 pm District Safety Committee Meeting.
3:00 pm Retirement Tea for Collen Lawrence in our Library.

Friday       May 18th:
1:00 pm Paul Hann Assembly:

Our new mission statement:
“Striving together to achieve our potential for a better tomorrow.”

Have  great week!
Doug Mc

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Good Afternoon Everyone:
I would first like to thank all the elementary badminton players from not only our school
but from all the schools who participated Thursday and Friday at the Tournament at NPSS.
It was lots of fun and the behavior of the students was fantastic, Friday was a long day,
and everyone was very patient. (Thank You)
Also to our parents who helped with the canteen at NPSS for the two days, thank you for
all your time and support.

The Week Ahead:

Monday May 7th:  1:15 to 2:15 pm at the North Peace Cultural Center:  Dance Presentation:
( Frankham, Fraser, Tacey, McKinnon, Broderick, Larsh, and Giesbrecht )

Tuesday May 8th:  6:30 pm Parent Advisory Committee Mtg: in the library. ( Babysitting provided)

Wednesday May 9th:  6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Bert Ambrose Carnival: in our gymnasium.
P.S. ( we still need a few cakes for the cake walk )

Thursday May 10th:

Friday May 11th:  Professional Development Day: School not in session for students.

Have a great week:  ” Opportunities for success take place when you believe in yourself.”

D. McCracken

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The Week Ahead.

Good Afternoon Everyone:   One more day of April and then the busy month of May is here!

We had a nice surprise last Friday as four Smokejumpers shared their knowledge about fighting, remote forest fires with our students.  Smokejumpers are highly skilled firefighters who parachute into areas that are not easily accessible by roads.

On Monday Term # 2 report cards will be sent home.

The Week Ahead:
Monday April 30th:      Last day of April:  Term #2  Report Cards go home!

Tuesday May 1st:        Newsletter for May will go home at the end of the day.

Wednesday May 2nd: Mrs. Shuster returns!

Thursday May 3rd:       Elementary Badminton Tournament at NPSS.  The mixed section begins at 3:30 pm

Friday May 4th:
Elementary Badminton Tournament at NPSS.  The doubles section begins at 9:00 am and singles to follow around noon.  This year all the boys and all the girls will be at NPSS.

Have a great week:  “  The sunshine that comes from children is priceless.”

Upcoming:
Our Carnival is May the 9th.

May the 11th is a Professional Development Day:  (Students not in session.)
May the 14th to the 18th:  Paul Hann is here to work with our primary students.  Assembly on Friday.

Our Intermediate Speech competition is Tuesday May 15th at 1:00 pm in our gymnasium.
May the 26th:  Our new playground goes up!  ( If you can give us a hand, it would be greatly appreciated.)

D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:
Last week was very busy, with the District Science Fair and three assemblies and the Parent Conference!
A special thank you to Pat Lang the Principal of Alwin Holland for organizing the parent conference.

The week ahead looks relatively quiet.

Monday April 23rd:     9:30 am French Immersion Meeting in library for Gr. 5′s.

Good Afternoon Everyone:  The sun is shining and hopefully it will melt the snow!

I would like to thank everyone for your patience and support with Missoula Theatre last week!
It was very rushed, but the ladies from Missoula did a fantastic job!  The Tortoise & the Hare
truly was one of the best shows Ambrose has ever had!  Also thank you to the North Peace
Cultural Center and to Oliver for being so supportive and a special thank you again to Filmers
for hosting the ladies during this busy time!   This of course would not be possible without our
Parent Advisory Council, Thank You!  (It was amazing to put the show together in just 4 days!)
We can be very proud of our students, and our school community, I know I am!

The Week Ahead:

Monday April 16th:
9:00 am Mrs. Wiebe will be here to share information about the “60 minute Kids Club” in our gymnasium.
This healthy living initiative is for Gr. 3 to Gr. 6. and sponsored by Telus!  ( 25 minutes )

Tuesday April 17th:
Regional Science Fair at North Peace Secondary in the gym all day!
13 students from Bert Ambrose will participate.  (Best of Luck)

Wednesday April 18th:
1:00 School Assembly :  Presentations from Big Brother’s and from Blueberry Bible Camp ( 25 minutes )
3:00 pm Short Staff Meeting

Thursday April 19th:
1:00 Cultural Presentation:  Sheesham and Lotus ( Music focus )    ( 45 minutes )

Friday April 20th:

Have a great week!   ” The purpose of life is to extend happiness.”
D. MCracken
Principal
Bert Ambrose

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Good Morning Everyone:  I trust everyone had a relaxing Spring Break!

We are excited to get back to school because there are lots of awesome events
happening at our school.  Everything from Missoula Theatre to Paul Hann to a
school carnival to even our new playground.

News from our Parent Advisory Council:  We have a PAC Meeting Tuesday Night @ 6:30pm in room # 1.

*  Hot Lunch forms for April will go home on Tuesday and must be returned back Thursday Morning,

*  A reminder: This Wednesday’s Hot Lunch Day is the March Pizza Day we missed.

*  Also Yearbook forms will go out again, Tuesday for the students that haven’t ordered yet.
The Week Ahead:
Tuesday April 10th:  Welcome Back:
3:00 pm Auditions for Missoula Theatre “The Tortoise & the Hare”
Approximately 60 children will receive roles and practices will begin
immediately if your child gets a part.  Also for your information the
rehearsals for the show are in three time slots:  1:45 pm to 3: 45 pm
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   and  6:15 pm to 8:15 pm.

Wednesday April 11th:
9:00 am   Kindergarten Grad Pictures in the Library
11:00 am  Assembly:  Annual School District Band Tour
11:40 am  Gr. 5′s stay in the gym for information about band.

Thursday April 12th:

Friday April 13th:
12:45 pm Missoula Theatre at the Cultural Centre:  School Performance at  1:00 pm.
All our children will bused to the North Peace Cultural Centre for the show, returning to
Bert Ambrose at 2:20 pm
Note: This is a school wide event so individual permission forms will not be sent home!

7:00 pm Missoula Show “The Tortoise and the Hare:  Public Performance:
Tickets available at the Cultural Centre:  Adults $7.00 and others $5.00

Have a great week!  “  Working together is the progress needed for success.”
D. McCracken

Good Afternoon Everyone: 
This is the last week before our annual Spring Break!
Students will return to Bert Ambrose on Tuesday April 10th 2012.

We would like to thank our District Technology Principal: Jarrod Bell for working with the students at Bert Ambrose in our computer lab for the last five weeks.  The students really enjoyed Comic Life, Mr. Bell thank you for making this possible!  Also a special thank you to Mrs. Shuffler for making our Ready Set Learn Program a success at Bert Ambrose.  Thank you!

The Week Ahead:

Monday March 19th:  Audition tryout forms for Missoula Theatre go home.
The audition is the first day back Tuesday April 10th in our gymnasium at 3:00 pm

Tuesday March 20th:         1:00 pm Assembly ” The Ebunny”

Wednesday March 21st:    Early Dismissal Day :  1:45 pm

Thursday March 22nd:       Early Dismissal Day:   1:45 pm

Friday March 23rd:             Last Day before Spring Break

Enjoy a relaxing Spring Break and we look forward to seeing you Tuesday April 10 2012.

D. McCracken  ” Success is about making a better tomorrow.”

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Good Afternoon Everyone:
Just a quick reminder about Kid Check every morning at our school.  If you know that
your child or children are going to be away from school due to illness or other, please
phone the school if you can and let us know!  This will help Mrs. Zoerb a great deal,
because she checks every classroom’s attendance to verify why students are away.

The Purdy’s Chocolate Order is here and our Parents Advisory Committee will be
distributing them Monday afternoon.

Badminton Schedule: Gr. 5′s and Gr. 6′s (After school practice end at 4:00 pm)
Monday     Tuesday     Wednesday     Thursday
8:00 am      Girls            Girls           Boys                Boys
3:00 pm      Girls            Girls           Boys                Boys

The Week Ahead is relatively quiet:

Monday March 12th:
After school Purdy’s Chocolate Orders distributed.

Tuesday March 13th:
6:30 pm Parent Advisory Council Meeting in the Library  (Babysitting provided)
7:30 pm Carnival Meeting

Wednesday March 14th:

Thursday March 15th:

Friday March 16th:

Have a great week!  ” Education is life and life is education. ”
D. McCracken
Principal

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Good Afternoon Everyone:  Last week was very busy!

A huge thank you to everyone for supporting Jump Rope For Heart.
Mrs. Barr and Mrs. Olsen’s students did a fantastic job looking after the
stations in the gymnasium this year. ( Well done).  Also the Heart and
Stroke Foundation is very appreciative and thankful for all the donations.
We are still adding the totals and we know it is close to $6,000.00 dollars.
Thanks again for this awesome support.

The basketball for the Gr. 4/5′s is now complete.
Congratulations to all our players and coaches for a fun season!
The Gr. 6′s have the wind up tournaments this Friday for the Boys
and Saturday for the Girls at NPSS.

Yoga this week in gym from 10:45 to lunch!  (Thank you Sheri Anderson)

The Week Ahead:
Monday February 27th:

Tuesday February 28th:
Apples arrive from healthy schools initiative!
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Ready Set Learn

Wednesday February 29th:
Anti Bullying Day on Wednesday, and we will wear “Pink” to recognize this day!
1:00 pm Assembly in the gym:  Special Guest: Singer Song Writer:  Art Napoleon

Thursday March 1st:
10:45 pm class photographs in the gym.

Friday March 2nd:
Healthy Living Day at
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm Gr. 6 Boy’s Basketball Tournament at NPSS

Saturday March 3rd:
8:30 am to 2:00 pm Gr. Girl’s Basketball  Tournament at NPSS

Reminder Monday March 5th is a Professional Development Day
Students are not in session.

Tuesday March 6th is the Regional Science Fair at NPSS

Have a great week!
” No matter what your level of success, someone helped you along the way.”

D. McCracken
Principal
Bert Ambrose Elementary.

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Good Afternoon Everyone:
Thanks to everyone who helped out with our Science Fair last Thursday.
We had twenty judges who were very impressed with the projects this year!
Thank you to our judges and Mrs. Ollenberger and Mrs. Shuster for all your work.

For the next three weeks we are lucky to have a Yoga Instructor, (Sheri Anderson) teaching Yoga
in our Physical Education classes in the gym.
Week #1  Feb 20th to Feb. 24th, 9:00 am to recess.
Week #2  Feb 27th to March 2nd, 10:45 to lunch hour.
Week #3  March 6th to March 9th, all afternoon.

This week we will also focus on Jump Rope For Heart.
Our big event is set for Friday February the 24th in our gym from 12:45 to 2:30 pm.
Our Gr. 6 Leadership students will help supervise 6 stations in the gym.
We are putting together a schedule for everyone tomorrow.
Please try to get all the pledges into the office by Thursday before the event on Friday.

Basketball is winding down!  The 4/5 Boy’s season is complete.
The 4/5 Girl’s play at Finch this Tuesday and they have a mini tourney this Thursday
at Alwin Holland from 3:30 to 7:00 pm.
The Gr. 6 Girls have two games this week, Tuesday here against Duncan Cran
and Wednesday here against Charlie Lake.
The Gr. 6 Boys will go to Robert Ogilvie on Wednesday this week!
The Gr.6 Tournaments are at NPSS:  March 2nd for the Boys and March 3rd for the Girls.

Monday February 20th:

Tuesday February 21st:  Ready Set Learn in our Library 1:30 to 2:30 pm.
2:30 pm Gr. 4/5 Girl’s Basketball go to Finch
3:00 pm Gr. 6 Girl’s Basketball here vs. Duncan Cran

Wednesday February 22nd:  Hot Lunch Day
3:00 pm Gr. 6 Girl’s Basketball here vs. Charlie Lake
2:30 pm Gr. 6 Boy’s Basketball go to Robert Ogilvie

Thursday February 23rd:  Please hand in the Jump Rope For Heart pledges.
3:00 Gr. 4/5 Girl’s Tourney at Alwin Holland

Friday February 24th:  Jump Rope For Heart in the Gym all afternoon.

Have a great week!  ” Helping another, so that they belong equals friendship.”

D. McCracken
Principal Bert Ambrose Elementary.

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Good Morning Everyone:
Last week was very busy, with the beginning of Ready Set Learn,
our visit to the Cultural Center for 101 Dalmations, and a 4/5 Boy’s
Basketball Tourney on Friday after school, and oh yes Mrs. Shuster’s Birthday!

The Week Ahead is a four day week with students. Friday is a Pro D Day!

Our Science Fair is this week,  parents can see all the projects Wednesday
night from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.  (Students must be accompanied by an adult)
The projects will be judged Thursday morning and everything will be completed by 2:30 pm.

Technology update:
We see more and more students with Iphones and Ipods with the ability to access the school’s server.  We do encourage students to become technology literate but we need to know what sites children are accessing.  Therefore during school hours, in our school
students must have administration permission to be using these items.
(Thank You for your support.)

Basketball:
The Gr. 6 teams have a game this week and then the tourney at NPSS. March 2nd Boys – March 3rd Girls
The Gr. 4/5 Boys are all finished and I would like to thank all the parents for making this fun, for 24 boys!
The Gr. 4/5 Girls are looking at a small tournament at Alwin Holland Feb 23rd after school.

Monday February 13th:

Tuesday February 14th:  100′s Day:  Primaries ( K to Gr. 2)  have an afternoon of activities.
1:30 pm Ready Set Learn in the Library.
3:00 pm Girl’s Gr. 6 Basketball:  Duncan Cran is here!

Wed. February 15th: 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Come see the Intermediate Students’ Science Fair Projects (Students must be accompanied by an adult.)

Thursday Feb 16th:  Science Fair in our gym! ( Judging in the morning)
3:00 pm ( Need to confirm, Basketball here vs Central Gr. 6 Boys)

Friday February 17th:  Pro D Day

Have a great week!  ” The more we share the more we have! ”
D. McCracken

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Good Afternoon Everyone:  This seems to be a very busy time of the year!
The Week Ahead:

Monday February 6th:  Ms. Miller here today.

Tuesday February 7th:  Mrs. Shuster’s Birthday ( 29th)
Ready Set Learn starts today at 1:30 to 2:30 in our Library
Basketball:  Gr. 6 Girls here vs Robert Ogilvie.  The Gr. 4/5 Girls go to Alwin Holland
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm  Parent Advisory Council Meeting: ( Babysitting provided)
7:00 pm  Ambrose School Carnival Meeting in the Library

Wednesday February 8th:  Pizza Hot Lunch Day
Gr. 1 to Gr 4 go to the Cultural Center to see “101 Dalmations”
Bus leaves Ambrose at 12:45 and returns at 2:20 ish.
Basketball: Gr. 5 Boy’s play Central at 3:00 pm here!

Thursday February 9th:  Basketball: Gr. 6 Boys home vs. Upper Pine

Friday February 10th:  Basketball Gr. 4/5 Boys Tourney in our gym 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Have a great week!  ” Saying nice things is something everyone wants to over hear.”

D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:  It is Monday January 30th 2012!

This day is a Professional Development Day.  The focus today is Mathematics!

The Week Ahead

Tuesday Jan. 31st:
Basketball : 2:40 pm   Gr. 6 Girls go to Christian Life School
3:00 pm   Gr. 4/5 Girls play here.

Wednesday Feb 01st:
Hot Lunch Program = Booster Juice.

Thursday Feb 02nd:
Basketball : 2:40 pm  Gr. 6 Boys home vs. Taylor
2:30 pm   Gr. 4/5 Boys go to Alwin Holland

Friday Feb 03th:

Have a great week!
D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone: Jan 23rd to Jan 27th

A special thank you to Angie Pomeroy for a wonderful week of fun and “Dance”.  Our students had a great time learning how much fun it is to dance.  Also it was great to see everyone come out on such a cold evening last Thursday for the Family Dance in our gym.

In The Week Ahead we are focusing on eating healthy, and we are having a Primary vs Intermediate Challenge. We will be observing healthy snacks and lunches to see which group has the healthier items. (Hopefully it will be a tie.)
Also we are planning a P.J. Day this Friday to coincide with Family Literacy Day.
I almost forgot, on Thursday this week, Lori Slater will be here in our gym at 11:00 am to talk to all our students about The Rick Hansen People in Motion Tour.

Basketball is underway, these are the results so far:

Girl’s 4/5 : Charlie Lake 24 Ambrose 20   Girl’s Gr. 6    Ambrose 40   C. M. Finch 10

Boy’s 4/5:  Ambrose 22   C. M. Finch  00    Boys Gr. 6    Ambrose 25   C. M. Finch  18

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Good Morning Everyone: January 16th to January 20th  It certainly looks like a cold week ahead!

A quick thank you to our Technology Principal Mr. Bell, for supporting our computer club, our first Thursday session was awesome!

It is great to have Angie Pomeroy in our school this week teaching “Dance”.
Throughout the week we would welcome parents and grandparents to join us in the gym during the daily sessions.  On Thursday evening, Angie will lead a Family Dance in our gym from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Daily Dance Schedule:
9:00 to 9:45    Mrs. Fraser & Mr. Burkinshaw
9:45 to 10:30  Mrs. London & Mr. Filmer
10:45 to 11:15 Mrs. McKinnon & Mrs. Tacey
11:15 to 12:00 noon  Mrs. Blazkow & Mr. Frankham

12:45 to 1:15 Mr. Ouellette & Mrs. Larsh
1:15 to 1:45  Mrs. Broderick/Watchel & Mr. Eastwood
1:45 to 2:30  Mrs. Barr & Mrs. Olsen

(Thursday session for Blazkow & Frankham from 1:45 to 2:30 pm)

Basketball begins with a few games this week!

Monday January 16th: Looks like an inside day!

Tuesday January 17th:
Basketball Gr. 6 Girl’s home vs Finch
Gr. 4/5 Girls’ get a bye (no game)

Wednesday January 18th:

Thursday January 19th:
Basketball Gr. 6 Boys’s home vs Finch
Basketball Gr 4/5 Boy’s Basketball go to Finch
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Family Dance in our gym.

Friday January 20th:

Have a great week!  ” I do because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because they said I couldn’t.”

D. McCracken

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Good Afternoon Everyone!  Looking ahead to the second week of school for 2012!

Relatively quiet except for the beginning of Basketball.

Monday January 9th:
8:00 am Girl’s Gr. 6 Basketball Practice.
12:00 noon Girl’s Gr. 6 Shooting Practice
3:00 pm Gr. 4/5 Girl’s Basketball Practice

Tuesday January 10th:
8:00 am Girl’s Gr. 6 Basketball Practice
12:00 noon Girl’s Gr. 4/5  Basketball Shooting Practice
3:00 pm Girl’s Gr. 6 Basketball Practice
6:30 pm Parent Advisory Council Meeting in the Library ( Babysitting Provided)

Wednesday January 11th:
8:00 am Boy’s Gr. 6 Basketball Practice.
12:00 noon Boy’s Gr. 4/5 Shooting Practice
3:00 pm Gr. 4/5 Boy’s Basketball Practice

Thursday January 12th:
8:00 am Boy’s Gr. 6 Basketball Practice.
12:00 noon Boy’s Gr. 6 Shooting Practice

Friday January 13th:
8:00 am Gr. 5/6 Badminton
12:00 noon Girl’s Gr. 6 Shooting Practice
3:00 pm Gr. 4/5 Boy’s Basketball Practice

Have a great week!  ” Understanding is the ingredient for success!”

D. McCracken

Next week we are excited that Angie Pomeroy is coming to our school for a whole week to teach “Dance”.

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Good Morning Everyone!   Happy New Year!

I trust you had a great Christmas Holiday with family and friends.
I truly look forward to 2012 and I am excited about what lies ahead at our school!

*  We have Angie Pomeroy, teaching “Dance” starting Jan 16th for a whole week,
with a Family Dance on Thursday January 19th  from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in our gym!
*  We have Missoula Theatre coming again in April and Paul Hann again in May!
*  Also we can look forward to a new playground in the spring!

Lots of great activities!

The Week Ahead:  The  Basketball  Practice Schedule

Tuesday Jan 3rd 2012:
8:00   am   Basketball begins with a Gr. 6 Girl’s Practice.
12:00 pm   Basketball begins for the 4/5 Girls
3:00   pm   Basketball practice for Gr. 6 Girls

Wednesday Jan 4th 2012:
8:00   am   Basketball  Gr. 6 Boy’s Practice.
3:00   pm   Basketball Gr. 4/5  Boy’s Practice

Thursday Jan 5th 2012:
8:00   am   Basketball Gr. 6 Boy’s Practice.
12:00 pm   Basketball   4/5 Boy’s Practice
3:00   pm   Basketball Gr. 6 Boy’s Practice

Friday Jan 6th 2012:
Badminton for Gr. 5/6 students

Monday January 9th, 2012:

8:00   am   Basketball Practice Gr. 6 Girl’s Practice.
12:00 pm   Basketball Shooting Practice Gr. 6 Girls
3:00   pm   Basketball practice for Gr. 4/5 Girls

Have a great week!  “Everyone can make a difference in our world.”

D. McCracken

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Good Morning  Everyone:  Yes we are about to begin our last week of school in 2011!

Thanks everyone for making Twin Day a success, it was fantastic to see the awesome participation, and so many wonderful twins!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe
and wonderful Christmas Holiday and all the best in 2012!

Looking ahead to the next 5 school days:

Monday December 12th:
10:45 am Mrs. Tremain here!
1:00 pm :  A walk through of Santa You’ve Got Mail for our students in the gym!

Tuesday December 13th:
1:00 pm  Our Christmas Performance for parents “Santa You’ve Got Mail”

Wednesday December 14th:
1:00 pm  Our Christmas Performance for parents “Santa You’ve Got Mail”

Thursday December 15th:
11:00 to 11:45 am  Carol Singing in the Gym.

Friday December 16th:
Last day of school for 2011!

Happy New Year Everyone!
See you Tuesday January 3rd 2012!

D.McCracken
Principal
Bert Ambrose Elementary

Helen Keller wrote:
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched.
They must be felt within the heart!”

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Good Afternoon Everyone:

Last week was very busy with parent visits, thank you to everyone for your communication and please let us know if you have any concerns about the progress of your child or children.

It is great to see everyone so excited about Christmas!

The Week Ahead looks relatively quiet!

Monday December 5th:

Tuesday December 6th:
11:00 am Cultural Presentation: Dancers from Brazil in our gym!

Wednesday December 7th:

Thursday December 8th:
Stage goes up in the gym.

Friday December 9th:
4:00 pm :  Back drop for the stage goes up!

Next Tuesday December 13th and Wednesday December 14th at 1:00 pm
we will have our Christmas Presentation of Santa You’ve Got Mail for parents!

Have a great week!  ” There is no advantage to running, if you are on the wrong road.”
D. McCracken

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Good Afternoon:  “Congratulations”

To our new City Council and our new School Board!

Lori Ackerman will be the Mayor of Fort St John, the six councilors are Trevor Bolin, Larry Evans, Dan Davies, Bruce Christensen, Gordon Klassen and Byron Stewart.  Our School Board includes Sue Stark, Ida Campbell, Linda Sewell, Heather Hannaford, Linda Nielsen, Darrell Pasichnyk, and Jaret Thomson.

The Week Ahead:
Starting Monday our school will have a Healthy Snack Challenge!  November 21st to November 25th.
Please encourage your child or children to bring healthy snacks for recess and lunch time.  The class with the most healthy snacks will get Fruit Smoothies.

Last Thursday I met with the city of Fort St. John’s Traffic Engineers and with our PAC Chair Mrs. Close. We talked about things we can do to improve the safety with vehicles around our school.  Two proposals that may be put in place are: 1.)  95 Street coming from the college will be a one way traveling north, beginning at 117th Ave.  2.)  95th Street starting from our parking area will eventually be accessible to 114 A Avenue for a right turn exit only!   In the mean time please back in when picking up your children and please do not park on 95th Street. (Thank You!)

Monday November 21st:
Mr. Bell here in the afternoon!

Tuesday November 22nd:
Mrs. Barr’s Volleyball Team home vs,. Duncan Cran

Wednesday November 23rd:

Thursday November 24th:
Ms. Yorke’s Volleyball Team  ( please check to see if the game at Duncan Cran is still a go.)
Mr. McCracken’s Team has their Tourney at NPSS starting at 3:30 pm

Friday November 25th:
Mrs. Barr’s Volleyball Team has their Tourney at NPSS starting at 3:30 pm

Have a Great Week!
D. McCracken

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Good Morning:  The Week Ahead at Bert Ambrose Nov 14th to Nov 18th.

Just a note of thank you to Mrs. Barr’s and Mrs. Olsen’s classes.  Their leadership on Thursday for
our Remembrance Day Assembly was awesome!
The theme rang home ” You can make a difference!”  Also thank you to Mrs. Tacey’s class for their excellent singing accompanied by Mrs. Chalmbers.

Monday November 14th:

Tuesday November 15th:
Mr. Burkinshaw’s Class Swimming
1:00 pm PAC Playground Committee Mtg.
2:40 pm Mrs. Barr’s Volleyball Team goes to Alwin Holland.  Mrs. Bazkow’s Team home vs. Central

Wednesday November 16th:
Mr. Burkinshaw’s class Swimming.

Thursday November 17th:
Mr. Burkinshaw’s class Swimming
9:00 am PAC Chair, Mtg at City Hall ( re school traffic)
1:00 pm District Safety Committee Meeting at the DDC.
2:40 pm Mr McCracken’s Volleyball Team goes to Alwin Holland.  Ms Yorke’s Team home vs. Central

Friday November 18th:

Have a great week!  ” Always give your best and you will have no regrets.”
D. McCracken

I see we have had some vandalism on our school, late Saturday night.  If anyone has
seen anything the RCMP are investigating the mess.  (Thank you)

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Good Morning Everyone:  The Week of Nov. 7th to Nov. 10th.

Last week was very busy with our Annual Book Fair and the beginning of our Read a Thon!
Thanks for visiting our book fair and supporting our Library!

In the week ahead we have our monthly PAC Meeting and a Remembrance Day Assembly
on Thursday at 10:45 am.

Monday November 7th:  (Quiet)

Tuesday November 8th:
Volleyball: Mrs. Barr’s Team home vs. Taylor & Mrs. Blazkow goes to Alwin Holland.

6:30 to 7:30 pm Parent Advisory Council Mtg. in the Library. (Babysitting provided)

Wednesday November 9th:

Thursday November 10th:  Remembrance Day assembly at 10:50 am. (Leadership Students)
Volleyball:  Mr. McCracken’s Team goes to Central & Ms. Yorke’s Team home vs Taylor

Friday November 11th:  Remembrance Day School not in session.

Have a great week!  ” Listening is the first skill of communication.”
D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:  We begin November this week, check for the newsletter!

Monday October 31st:     Our annual Halloween Parade in the gym at 1:00 pm

Tuesday November 1st:   Volleyball: Mrs. Barr’s Team home to Upper Pine,
Mrs. Blazkow’s Team goes to Upper Pine at 2:30 pm. to return at 4:30 pm.

Wednesday November 2nd.
The Annual Bert Ambrose Book Fair begins in the Library.

Thursday November 3rd.  Our Book Fair continues.
Volleyball:  Mr. McCracken’s Team home vs Baldonnel,
Mrs. Yorke’s Team goes to Baldonnel at 2:30 pm to return at 4:30 pm.

Friday November 4th:  Last day for our Book Fair.
Picture Retakes: Mountain West is here in the morning in our Library.

Have a great week!  ” Happiness builds on busy feet.”

D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone!

Last week I sent out “The Ambrose Week ahead for the 1st tine this year!
I believe I just about have the addresses confirmed of who would like to receive this email.  If for some reason you are getting this email and you do not want it, please advise! (Thank You)

Hat Day on Thursday was a great success! Our school filled four ice cream bucket with donations for our Foster Child, Fernanda.  (Thank You!)

It was great to meet with the Parent Advisory Playground Committee last Tuesday,
we should have feedback from Swingtime Distributors on Monday!

The Week Ahead looks relatively quiet, other than the beginning of Elementary Volleyball.  We have 4 teams this year. A special thank you to our coaches!
(Mrs. Barr, Ms. Yorke and Mrs. Blazkow)

The Ambrose Gym Practice Schedule looks like this for now:

Monday       Tuesday          Wed.             Thurs.           Friday

8:00 am

Gr.6 Girls   Gr. 6 Boys      Gr.6 Girls     Gr.6 Boys      5/6 Badmin
Barr             McCracken    Barr             McCracken     Boys & Girls

12:00

Gr.4/5 Girls    Gr. 6 Girls    Gr.4/5 Girls     Open      Gr.4/5 Boys
Blazkow           Barr                Blazkow                          Yorke

3:00

Gr. 4/5 Boys     Girls               Gr. 6 Boys          Boys              Open
Yorke              Game Day        McCracken         Game Day

Monday October 24th:
Volleyball practices begin.
Mr. Frankham is away this week in Vancouver & Victoria.
(He is the Vice Chair of the National Science Fair Committee)

Tuesday October 25th:
Girls Volleyball 1st Game:  Mrs. Barr’s Team goes to Finch
Mrs. Blazkow’s Team home vs. Finch
Wednesday October 26th    Hot Lunch:  Booster Juice

Thursday October 27th:

Boys Volleyball 1st Game:  Mr. McCracken goes to Upper Pine
Mrs. Blazkow home vs. Finch
Friday October 28th:
Quiet:

Have a great Week!  ” Learning is about making students feel special.”
D. McCracken
Principal

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Good Afternoon Everyone:
Time sure seems to be flying by!  Already the middle of October, wow!
I will try the first parent email today.
If you do not want to receive please let me know!

Monday October 17th:  A quiet day?

Tuesday October 18th:  Bert Ambrose Playground Committee Meeting at 1:00 pm

Wednesday October 19th:  Hot Lunch Program “Saigon Noodles”

Thursday October 20th:  Mrs. London’s Class going to the museum at 9:00 am.

Friday October 21st   Professional Development Day : School not in session for students.

Volleyball will get started for the Gr 4/5/6′s with some practices this
week.  We will confirm the schedule on Tuesday.  We have 4 teams
(a 4/5 Boys, a 5/6 Boys, a 4/5 Girls and a 5/6 Girls).

Have a great week!  ” Always be in a state of learning.”  (Walt Disney)

D. McCracken
Principal

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Good Morning:  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone:
Again I trust this weekend was an opportunity to visit with family and friends!

The Week Ahead!

Tuesday:  6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Parent Advisory Council Meeting
(Babysitting provided.)  Meeting in the Library.

Wednesday:  Quiznos  & Cross Country Running
(Elementary Race starts at 1:00 pm at Kin Park)

Thursday:  12:00 pm
Sign up for our school volleyball teams at lunch in the gym. Grades 4 to 6.

Friday:

Have a great week!   ” Preparing for success is preparing to succeed!”
D. McCracken
Principal

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Good Morning Everyone:  October 3rd to October 7th.

To begin, a special thank you to our volunteer soccer coaches,
Mrs Hammond, Mrs. Close and Mrs. Greer.  Our four teams had
lots of fun participating in the District Tournament on Saturday.

As we begin October we are still very cautious and careful about
our traffic in front of the school.  Please be very patient and back
in when possible when picking up your child or children at the end
of the day.

Cross Country Running:  This year there are two races.  October 5th
at Upper Pine our team will leave at noon by bus for a 1:00 pm race.
The bus will return close to 3:00 pm.  On October 12th our team will
race at Kin Park at 1:00 pm.  We will walk over to the park at 12:30 pm.

Monday October 3rd:  Picture Day ( Mountain West is here all morning.)

Tuesday October 4th:

Wednesday October 5th:  Hot Lunch Day (Pizza)
Cross Country Running at Upper Pine: Bus leaves Ambrose at 12:00 pm
and returns to Ambrose at 3:00 pm.

Thursday October 6th:

Friday October 7th :

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

D. MCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:
Time is flying by, we are already into our last week of September!

I would like to take a moment and thank our parents for attending our first
Parent Advisory Council Meeting last Tuesday!  We had an excellent turn out
and I would like to congratulate our new executive:

Co Chairs:  Mrs. Hammond & Mrs. Close      Secretary:  Mrs. Greer
Treasurer:  Mrs. West

We have established a Playground Committee and we are excited about
building a new structure early in the spring on our playground.

Soccer:  This will be a very busy week of soccer ending with the
tournament on Saturday at Alwin Holland.

Let’s look at the Week Ahead:

Monday Sept. 26th:
Soccer:
Mr. McCracken’s Team goes to Upper Pine at 2:30 pm

Tuesday Sept. 27th:
Grapes arrive as part of the Fruit and Vegetable Program.
Soccer:
Mrs. Greer’s Team goes to Baldonnel at 2:30 pm
Mrs. Close’s Team home vs Baldonnel at 3:00 pm
Mr. McCracken’s Team home vs. Central 3:00 pm

Wednesday Sept. 28th:
IEP Meetings schedule for the pm.
Soccer:
Mrs. Hammond’s Team home vs Upper Pine
Leadership Mtg. at the DDC 4:00 pm.

Thursday Sept. 29th:
Soccer:
Mrs. Close’s Team goes to Baldonnel ( Bus leaves at 2:30 pm)
Mr. McCracken’s Team goes to Robert Ogilvie ( Bus leaves at 2:30 pm)
Mrs. Hammond’s Team home to Central
Mrs. Greer’s Team home vs. Baldonnel

Friday Sept. 30th

Have a great week!  ” Model what you expect, children will truly imitate you.”

D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:

We now have a few days of routine in place, and every new day this week will help our new Kindergarten students become more and more comfortable at school.  It is awesome to see so many children excited about coming to school!

Thank you to everyone for all your help with the school forms, we really appreciate your support.

Also I would like to thank everyone for your patience with our traffic congestion at the front of the school both in the morning and at the end of each day!  We have
over 200 students using the front entrance!

Soccer should begin this week, we have four teams this year and everyone should get to play at least two games before the tournament on Saturday October the 1st!
Players are asked to do their best to get shin pads for the games.

Reminder there will not be an Open House on September 20th!  But we will have our first Parent Advisory Council Meeting.  The PAC meeting will go from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in our Library and babysitting will be provided.

The Week Ahead:
Monday Sept. 19th:  Mrs. Shuster away!
Tuesday Sept 20th:  Mrs Shuster away!  6:30 pm Parent Advisory Council Meeting in the Library.

Wednesday Sept 21st:  Soccer after school here, Mr. McCracken’s Team vs. Clearview

Thursday Sept 22nd:  Soccer after school her, Mr. McCracken’s Team vs. Alwin Holland

Friday Sept 23rd:  10:45 School-wide DPA outside, everyone wearing house colors doing the Hokey Pokey, around the soccer field.

Have a great week!  ” Correction is necessary but encouragement is invaluable.”

D. McCracken
Principal
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Good Morning Everyone:
Thanks everyone for your patience, week number one was very busy, but it was awesome to see so many children eager and excited to come to school.  At this time the classrooms at Bert Ambrose are very full and they are all being utilized.  As we look ahead, we are really looking forward to this Wednesday, when sixty-two kindergarten students will begin their first full day of school.

Monday September 12th:

10:30 am recess:  Sign up for potential school, soccer teams in the gym. (Gr 4. and up)
Elementary Band begins for our Bert Ambrose students, bus pick up at 12:35 pm.

Tuesday September 13th:
Our first delivery from the B.C. Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program:  Blueberries will arrive in the morning. Please let us know if you don’t want your child participating in this program by returning the form sent home last Friday.

Wednesday September 14th:

The first day, of full day “Kindergarten” for Bert Ambrose Elementary. **
12:35 Bus pick up for Elementary Band students.

Thursday September 15th:

Friday September 16th:

We  are still finalizing schedules and routines, and soon student verification sheets will go home with every child to make sure our school information is up to date and accurate! I will then update my address book and email the week ahead to parents who would like it, usually on Sundays before the new school week.

Have a great week!  “High expectations are the key to everything.”

D. McCracken
Principal

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Good Morning Everyone:  September 06, 2011

Dear Parents & Guardians:  Welcome everyone to the 2011/2012 school year!

We want Bert Ambrose Elementary to be the best it can be for you and your children.  We are very excited and looking forward to an awesome school year.  We would like to welcome Mrs. Blazkow and Mrs. London back to the Bert Ambrose Elementary teaching staff and also welcome Mrs. Zoerb as our new secetary.  In addition  Mrs. Miller will be our new school counselor and Mrs. Henrickson will join our staff as a new educational assistant.

The enrolment of Bert Ambrose Elementary at this time is at capacity, because of the housing development in our attendance area.  Our numbers cannot exceed the Ministry Guidelines, so we may be asking some students who are at our school on a variance, to return to their home school, in their attendance area.  To begin, new students in the Bert Ambrose attendance area will be assigned to a classroom Tuesday morning.  All returning students will go to last year’s classroom teacher.  At 10:00 am recess break of 15 minutes will take place, at 10:15 am students will return to their classroom and we will dismiss at 11:00 am.

We will try our best to organize classes Tuesday afternoon, but if we are unable to do this, we will again return to last year’s classroom teacher for Wednesday.  If we are able to build classes on Tuesday afternoon we will post the class lists first thing Wednesday morning on bulletin boards inside our school as required by the Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act!

The classes will be put together very carefully, with the intent that they are set for the school year!  After setting the classes, changes will only be considered for sound educational reasons and all requests must be submitted in a written format!  If changes are necessary we will try to do this right away.

Our kindergarten classes are at capacity and will have the same bell schedule as everyone else. The first day for Kindergarten will be on Wednesday, September 14th.

D.McCracken

Principal

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Good Morning Everyone:  The rain seems to have stopped for now!

This is a great opportunity to say Thank You to everyone for your support this school year!  I understand how important it is to work together to do what is best for children!  Bert Ambrose is very fortunate to have a dedicated teaching staff and awesome parents who support our school in so many ways!

” On Wed. June 29 students will be dismissed 3 hrs early, 11:45 pm

Monday June 27th:  Lots of field trips.

Tuesday June 28th: Talent Show 1:00 pm start.

Wednesday June 29th: ( Last Day for Students)
10:00 pm recess
10:15 pm Gr. students vs. teachers in a slow pitch game.
10:45 bell
11:00 am year end assembly.
11:45 dismissal

Thursday June 30:  Administration Day

Have a great summer!!!

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Good Morning Everyone:  On a wet Sunday morning!

Thank you Mrs. McKinnon and all our parents for a valiant attempt last Friday for Primary Fun Day!  Also to Mrs. Olsen’s Class for helping with the activities.  The weather just didn’t cooperate!

Mrs. Shuster, Thank You for hosting the Ambrose Staff BBQ last Friday evening, the weather did cooperate and the attendance was awesome!

The Week Ahead:

Monday June 20th:
3:00 pm IEP Mr. Ouellette, Mrs. Wittmack, Mrs. Shuster, and Mrs. Birley.

Tuesday June 21st:
3:00 pm IEP Mrs. Tacey, Mrs. Arnott, Mr. McCracken, Mrs. Birley
3:45 pm District Sport’s Committee Mtg. at Alwin Holland

Wednesday June 22nd:
Inga Lake rescheduled for Mr. Burkinsahw’s Class.
Stage goes up in the afternoon!
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Gr. 6 Grad in our gym:

Thursday June 23rd:
3:00 pm IEP Mrs. McKinnon, Mrs. Ollenberger, Mrs. Birley, Mrs. Faminow.
6:30 Kindergarten Grad in our gym.

Friday June 24th:

Have a great week!  ” The key to success is to always do your best and never give up.”
D.McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:  Thought I would get this out this morning!

Congratulations to everyone for a great Elementary District Track Meet.  Thanks to Mr. Ranger at Duncan Cran for pulling this together with Mr. Frankham’s and Mr. Spelsberg’s assistance!
Well Done!  To our Ambrose participants, the results show a very success day.  Thank you Mr. Filmer, Ms. Hong and Mr. Frankham for all your work with our students. We had 73 students participate, and we are very proud of them!

Slow Pitch is now complete for this season!  Again thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Bowie, and Mrs. Barr for coaching this year.  Our three teams had lots of fun!

Thank you to the RCMP for helping with the Gr. 2 bicycle safety last Thursday morning.  Your support is very much appreciated.

Here is the week ahead:  Reminder all Library Books due this Friday

Monday June 13th:
Retirement Tea for Mrs. Gibson at Robert Ogilvie: 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Tuesday June 14th: FSJ Public Library, here 20 mins. in each class.

Wednesday June 15th:

Elementary District Sport’s Committee Annual Meeting at Alwin Holland 3:45 pm
School District Appreciation Dinner recognizing year of service etc!  5:30 Quality Inn

Thursday June 16th:

Friday June 17th:  Primary Fun Day in the morning only!
Mrs. Lahaye’s retirement Tea at the Board Office 3:30 pm.
Ambrose Staff BBQ 5:30 pm Charlie Lake

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress;
working together is success.”

Have a great week!  D. McCracken

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Good Afternoon Everyone!   June is unfolding very quickly!

I would like to thank our coaches for all your support with our three
Slow Pitch Teams.  Mr. & Mrs. Bowie, and Mrs. Barr.  And also to
our parents for helping.  It was fun!

Welcome to Kindergarten:  Fantastic to see so many young faces
ready to start Ambrose in the fall.  Thank you Mrs. Shuster, Mr. Ouellette, and Mrs. Ouellette, Mrs. Broderick, Mrs. Dutchak and Mrs. Larsh and the many others who helped make June the 2nd a great success!

The Week Ahead:

Monday June 6th:  3:00 IEP:  Mrs. Solomany, Mr. Filmer, Mrs. Birley, Mr. McCracken

Tuesday June 7th:
3:00 Slow Pitch:  McCracken vs Alwin Holland home game.

Wednesday June 8th:
3:00 IEP:Mr. Burkinshaw, Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Birley,Mr. McCracken
4:00 IEP: Mr. Frankham, Mrs. Braun, Mr. McCracken

Thursday June 9th:
Slow Pitch Games to be confirmed.

Friday June 10th:
Elementary District Track Meet:  We have 73 students entered.

Have a great week!  ” My favorite teacher made me feel important!” (Todd Whitaker)

D. McCracken
Principal Bert Ambrose

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Good Morning Everyone!   As I look ahead I can’t believe how fast this year has zoomed by!

If my math is correct we have 22.5 days in session before the end of this school year! ( Wow!)

Last week was very busy, I would like to take a few seconds and recognize all the wonderful support that Bert Ambrose is lucky to have!  Our track meet was exceptional, with teachers parents and students all working together, making this a very successful day!  A special thank you to our parents for your leadership with the students taking them to the different events!  Also to Mr. Frankham for overseeing the entire day to make sure everything went according to plan! To our speech representatives at the District Competition, well done, thank you for representing our school! ( Adam Bowie, Adrianna Shuster and Kobe Tulloch) and to Mrs. Gilbert and all the
judges, thank you for all your work to make this possible!
To our Gr. 4 teachers and parent volunteers who went to Doig Days, thank you for making this day one our students will remember for a life time!       Looking ahead!

Monday May 30th:

Tuesday May 31st:
3:00 pm: Slow Pitch Mr. McCracken’s Team home vs. Upper Pine #1

Wednesday June 1st:
3:30 pm Dr. Kearney Team here for our Gr. 6 teachers and L. A.

Thursday June 2nd:
Welcome to Kindergarten Day 9:30 to 11:30 am
3:00 IEP Mtg. Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Birley, Mr. McCracken
3:00 Slow Pitch: Mrs. Bowie’s Team home vs Alwin Holland
4:00 pm Healthy Schools Network Meeting at the Enerplex.

Friday June 3rd:

Saturday June 4th:
Elementary Slow Pitch Tourney at Kin Park

Have a great week!
” Strive for the best and more often than not you will get it.”
D. McCracken
Principal Bert Ambrose

Good Afternoon Everyone!
The weather report wasn’t quite right, so today was a great day!

I would like to take a moment and Thank Mr. Filmer, our Parent Advisory Council, and our  Intermediate Classes for making our third “Virtue Assembly” with Paul Hann an awesome experience!  The songs our students wrote with Paul Hann will last forever, and worth cherishing!  The theme from the assembly was certainly about our three R’s : We need to continue to be Responsible, Respectful and Resourceful.

Also I would like to thank Mr. Cheesman for judging our Intermediate Speech Competition last Thursday!  The speeches were excellent and the three students that will be representing Bert Ambrose at the District Competition next Friday, (at the Cultural Center) are: Kobe Tulloch, Adriana Shuster and Adam Bowie!

Tuesday May 24th:
The Slow pitch Game scheduled for Tuesday between Mrs. Barr and
Mr. McCracken to be played Wednesday at lunch hour!

Wednesday May 25th:
3:00 pm IEP Mtg. Mr. Burkinshaw, Mrs. Shuster Mrs. Ingram and Mrs. Birley.
Orientation Night at Dr. Kearney 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Thursday May 26th:
Doig Days for our Gr. 4 students. Bus leaves around 9:00 am for the Doig, back at 1:30 pm

Friday May 27th:
9:00 am District Speech Competition at the North Peace Cultural Center
The Bert Ambrose students are: Kobe Tulloch, Adriana Shuster and Adam Bowie!
8:30 am to 2:30 pm  Our Intermediate Track Meet:
If you can help out we still need volunteers.

Have a great week!   ” Teaching makes all professions possible.”
D. McCracken
Principal

Week of May 16th:  Good Evening Everyone!
The Week Ahead is our special week with Paul Hann! and a visit form the Canadian Space Center and Slowpitch begins!

The Schedule for Paul Hann

———————–Mon      Tues        Wed     Thurs    Friday
9:15   to  9:45   Filmer   Filmer    Barr     Filmer   TBA
10:00 to 10:30  Broder  Broder   Broder  Broder
10:55 to 11:25  Olsen    Burkin   Olsen    Olsen
11:30 to 12:00  Barr       Barr      Filmer    Barr
1:00   to  1:30   Burkin   Olsen    Burkin   Percey
1:45   to  2:15   Hong     Hong     Hong     Burkin

Monday May 16th:
Morning SMART Collaboration (Primary)!
We are very lucky to have an astronomer coming to our school from the Canadian Space Center and John will be setting up a Star Lab for the primary classes!
9:00   to   9:30  Kindergarten
9:45   to 10:15  Eastwood
10:45 to 11:15  Fraser
11:30 to 12:00  Frankham
12:50 to 12:45  McKinnon
1:30   to   2:00  Larsh
2:10   to   2:40  Tacey

Slowpitch schedules will be handed out at the end of this day!

Tuesday      May 17th:
Mrs. Barr’s Slowpitch Team goes to Upper Pine

Wednesday May 18th:
4:00 pm IEP Mrs. Barr/Mrs. Braun/Mr. McCracken

Thursday     May 19th:
1:00 pm  Ambrose Intermediate Speech Competition
Mr. McCracken’s Slowpitch Team home vs. Upper Pine 2
Mrs. Bowie’s Slowpitch Team home vs. Hudson Hope.

Friday          May 20th:
1:00 pm  Year end virtues assembly with Paul Hann.

Have a great week!  “  Excellence continues to be a journey not a destination”
D. McCracken
Principal

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Hello Everyone!  Wow, last week was very busy!

I would like to thank Angie Pomeroy for teaching “Dance” all week to our students.  The Family Dance on Thursday evening was awesome with everyone dancing and having lots of fun!

Thanks, Mrs. Barr and a special thank you to all the parents for helping with Camp Cameron last Thursday.  Every student I asked really had a great time!

Reminder our next PAC Meeting is Tuesday at 3:30 in our Library!

Slowpitch for Gr. 4/5/6  is getting started and more information is to follow about coaches and schedules!

Monday May 9th:  School not in session for students!
Pro D Day:  Reviewing our school plan and planning for the future!

Tuesday May 10th:  8:00 am Leadership Meeting at the DDC.
**                            3:30 pm PAC Meeting in the Library.

Wednesday May 11th:

Thurs. May 12th: 9:00 am Mrs. Olsen’s Class goes to Camp Cameron3:00 pm  Welcome to Kindergarten Meeting for Teachers!

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Good Morning Everyone!
Last week was very busy with Missoula Theatre and the Regional Science Fair and the Healthy School’s Challenge and Collaboration and the list goes on:  (Very busy, but awesome!)  I can’t remember a Missoula Presentation where the students had so much fun!  I asked many of the students if they wanted to do another performance and they enthusiastically all said yes!  Thank you PAC and everyone for making this happen, and again a special thank you to the Filmer’s for hosting these ladies all week!
Again thank you to our Regional Science Fair participants, Ambrose is very proud of you and thank you Mrs. Ollenberger for organizing our eighteen representatives.
Mrs. Olsen and Mrs. Tacey thank you for participating in the Healthy School Challenge with R.O. and Alwin Holland. We learned lots about eating healthy and working together as a community, and it was great to start developing relationships with students in other schools.

The Week Ahead: Easter Friday and Easter Monday coming up!

Monday April 18th:  Intermediate Collaboration in the morning.
Cultural Centre Studio to Stage presentation We have 7 classes attending.

Tuesday April 19th: Leadership Mtg. 8:00 am

Wednesday April 20th:

Thursday April 21:  School district band here 11:00 am to 11:30 ( Gr. 5 Mtg to follow in the gym at 11:35 am)

Friday April 22nd Easter Friday
Monday April 25th Easter Monday

Have a great week and we will back in school Tuesday April 26th.
” I liked this when I saw it TGIT.  Thank Goodness It’s Today.
D. McCracken

Other upcoming dates.
April 28:  Jeans Day buttons for $5.00; proceeds to children’s hospital.
April 28th:  Elementary Badminton Tourney at NPSS starting at 3:30 to 8:00 pm  all players playing mixed doubles.
April 29th: Elementary Badminton Tourney at NPSS : Boys 9:00 am playing  boy’s doubles and boy’s singles.
April 29th:  Elementary Badminton Tourney at Duncan Cran & Ambrose starting at 9:00 am for Girls, playing girl’s doubles and girl’s singles.
May 2nd:  Dance week with Angie Pomeroy
May 5th:   Family Dance in our gym 6:30 to 8:00 pm
May 9th:   Pro-D day
May 16:   Paul Hann Week (May16-20)
May 16:   Star Lab:  (target group, primary students)
May 18:   Elementary Wrestling Tourney at NPSS (Gym 1)
May 19:   Intermediate Ambrose Speech Contest
May 20:   Paul Hann and our Virue’s Assembly 1:00 pm
May 26:   Doig Days (gr. 4 students)
May 27:   District Speech Contest

Ta Da!

Wow!  The last Sunday in February 2011.  Time is flying by!

In the week ahead, Bert Ambrose is really lucky to have Carollee Norris here Tuesday evening from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.  Carollee is School District 60′s Numeracy Support Teacher. The evening is designed for “PARENTS” !  Please come and find out more about the current practices in Math Education from K to 6 in the Bert Ambrose Library.

Monday Feb 28th:  Last day of February!  (Newsletter goes home.)

Tuesday Mar. 1st:
March is Nutrition month. Check out: (www.nutrition2011.ca)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm “MATH NIGHT” for parents in our Library.

Wed. March 2nd:
3:00 pm Staff Meeting

Thurs. March 3rd:
9:00 am French Immersion mtg. in the Library ( Gr. 5′s only)
9:00 am Assistant Superintendent Lesley Lahaye here.

Friday March 4th:
School not in session for students.
Professional Development Day ( Focus on Report Card Writing)

Have a great week!
Winston Churchill’s quote around opportunity.
” The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.
The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

D. McCracken
Principal

Next week:  Our Science Fair is Tuesday March 8th.
All projects will be set up Monday March 7th.  Students can bring their parents on Monday to our gym to see the projects from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

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Friday Feb 25th:  Mrs. Shuster says Hi!  She misses us but loves the weather in Costa Rica.  She was in a school in a Gr. 3 class with 32 students in wooden desks.  the students have a dress code, which means they all dress the same.

Have a great week! ” Redundancy is about setting everyone up for success.”
D. McCracken

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Good Afternoon Everyone!   A busy Friday and Saturday for Elementary Basketball!

Thank you to our coaches, (Mrs. Sandberg, Mrs. Dutchak and Mr. Spence) and players and parents for making this weekend work!  The boy’s finished 1st and 2nd while our girls finished in the top 4!  Well Done!
A special thank you to Mr. Bourcet the Principal of Charlie Lake for organizing the tournaments.
Basketball has a few games left this week!

Thank you also to our Leadership Team in Mrs. Barr’s and Mrs. Olsen’s classes for organizing the Daily Physical Education Activity on Friday, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the chicken dance through the halls and gymnasium.  Also a thank you to our leadership group for tabulating the results from Twin Day.  We had awesome twins!

Monday Feb 14th:
It is Valentine’s Day!  (This year activities are classroom based)

Tuesday Feb. 15th!
1:00 pm “Flag Day”:  Mr. Filmer’s Class will lead us in an assembly to honor our Canadian Flag!
Basketball: Gr 4/5 ‘s home vs. Duncan Cran  The Gr. 6 Girls travel to Robert Ogilvie.

Wed. Feb. 16th:
Grades 3 to Grade 6, Ski Day at the Worsley Ski Hill. (Reminder it is for Ambrose students only)
Bus leaves Bert Ambrose at 7:30 am and arrives at the Ski Hill at 9:15 am  Bus leaves Ski Hill at 4:00 pm and arrives at Bert Ambrose  5:30

Wednesday Feb 16th is also 100′s Day. The activities for our primary students are in the afternoon.

Thurs. Feb 17th:
9:00 am to 3:00 pm PBIS Inservice: (Positive Behavior Intervention Support.)
Basketball:  Mrs. Sandberg home vs Duncan Cran // Mrs. Dutchak goes to Robert Ogilvie

Friday Feb. 18th:
9:30 am Gr. 6 special guest from CFB Edmonton.
Set up for the Annual Parent Conference at NPSS 3:35 pm to 5:00 pm.  Confernce on Saturday.

Have a great week!
D. McCracken
Principal

Parents if you have some time, please check out the Annual School District Parent Conference net Saturday at North Peace Secondary School.

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The Week Ahead: Feb 7th to Feb 11th
Good Morning Everyone:  For information: This Thursday all our Primary Students will be going by bus to the North Peace Cultural Center.  We will be leaving at 12:45 and returning to Ambrose at 2:20 pm.  We will not be sending home 180 permission slips.  The students will see the performance the Aristocats!

Monday Feb 7th
Mrs. Barr away at Pro D.
School District Leadership Meeting all day.  (Mr. Filmer in charge)

Tues. Feb 8th
Mrs. Barr away at Pro D.
2:30 pm Gr. 4/5 Girl’s Basketball Team goes to Finch
3:00 pm Gr. 6 Girl’s Basketball home vs. Finch.
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm PAC Meeting. (Babysitting provided.)

Wed. Feb 9th
No Basketball Practice in the morning for Mrs. Sandberg’s Team
Green Thumb Theatre performance here at 9:00 am.
2:30 pm Mrs. Dutchak’s Basketball Team goes to Finch
3:00 pm Staff Meeting in the Library.

Thurs. Feb 10  Mrs. Trombley away.
12:45 pm all Primary students go to Aristocats at the Cultural Centre and return to Ambrose at 2:20 pm.
2:30 pm Mrs. Sandberg’s Basketball Team goes to Alwin Holland
3:00 pm Mrs. Dutchak’s Basketball Team home vs. Upper Pine
Mr. McCracken’s 4/5 Basketball Team to reschedule this game.
4:00 pm Healthy Schools Meeting. (Enerplex)

Friday Feb 11th:
Boys Basketball Tourney at NPSS

Saturday Feb 12th:
Girls Basketball Tourney at NPSS

Have a great week!
” Raise the praise, authentic praise is priceless.”
D. McCracken
Principal

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Good Afternoon Everyone:
Remember tomorrow is a Pro D Day, students are not in session.
Exciting, the Kindergarten’s switch takes place on Tuesday the am to pm visa versa. Also our school begins a school-wide ‘Read a thon’. More information to follow!

Tuesday Feb. 1st:

• (Kindergarten Switch)
• Read a thon begins
• Basketball:  Gr. 4/5 Girls home vs. Clearview
• Gr. 6 Girls go to Charlie Lake
• Gr. 6 Boys Mrs. Sandberg go to Baldonnel.

Wed. Feb. 2nd (Groundhog Day)

Thurs. Feb. 3rd:
Basketball
Gr. 4/5 Boy’s home vs Finch
Dutchak Gr. 6 Boys next game her on Feb 10th vs Upper Pine.

Friday Feb. 4th
.6 Intermediate Collaboration:

Have a great week!  ” A healthy state begins on the inside. ”
D. McCracken

Remember February 19th is the Annual School District #60 Parent Conference at NPSS please check out the information at www.prn.bc.ca and www.earlylearning.prn.bc.ca

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Good Afternoon Everyone!   Awesome weather!

Reminder:  This Monday and Wednesday we will have the Parent Skiing Meetings for students in Gr 3 to Gr. 6 wishing to go to the Worsley Ski Hill on February the 16th.  Parents must attend one of the scheduled meetings!  (Monday at 3:10 ish  or Wednesday at 7:00 pm.)

Mon. Jan. 24th:
8:50 am  .6 Primary Collaboration.
3:10 ish:  Parent Skiing Meeting for Gr. 3 to Gr. 6 students going to Worsley Ski Hill in the gym.

Tues. Jan. 25th:
8:00 am Leadership Mtg. at the Board Office.
Basketball:  Gr. 6 girl’s go to Hudson Hope leave at 2:30 and return at 5:50
Gr. 4/5 Girl’s here vs Christian Life School

Wed. Jan 26th:
3:00 pm IEP Mtg. Ollenberger/Broderick/Dutchak/Shuster.
7:00 pm Parent Skiing Meeting in the gym, in preparation for the Worsley Ski Trip on Feb 16th.

Thurs. Jan 27th:  Basketball:
Mrs. Sandberg’s Gr. 6 Boys go to Baldonnel.
Mrs. Dutchak’s Gr. 6 Boys home vs Christian Life.

Friday Jan 28th:
Quiet!

Have a great week!
” When we are young we learn, and as we get older we understand.”
D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:  Too much snow!  The buses  canceled Mon/Tues  but schools are open!

Monday January 17th:
Collaboration: Intermediate Group .6

Tuesday January 18th:
WWP:  Mrs. Barr
3:00 pm Gr. 6 girl’s here vs Duncan Cran

Wednesday January 19th:

Thursday January 20th:
RSL (Ready Set Learn) 9:45 am to 10:45 am for age 3 and 4 year old children with parents in the library.
Mrs.Tacey and I are away at PBIS all day. (Positive Interventions and Behavior Support)
Gr. 4/5 Boys at Duncan Cran
Gr. 6 Boy’s Sandberg home vs. Taylor.

Friday January 21st:

Have a great week!
” To be successful you must set yourself up for success.”
D. McCracken

January 10th to the 14th.
Good afternoon everyone:  It is great to get back into the daily routines at Bert Ambrose!  It was great to see classes snowshoeing, cross country skiing and playing broomball last week.  Hopefully the weather holds so we can continue the outside activities.
In the week ahead, we will start Basketball with 5 teams practicing, the practice schedule is at the bottom of this page.  Also this week we have a Parent Advisory Council Mtg. this Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 pm and a staff Mtg. after school on Wednesday.

Monday Jan 10th:
Lunch Hour:  Gr. 4/5 Girl’s basketball practice.
3:00 pm         Gr. 6 Girl’s basketball practice.

Tuesday Jan 11th:

8:00 am: Just this week! Gr. 4/5 girls basketball practice.( not the 4/5 boys )
8:00 am: Leadership Mtg. at the D.D.C.
10:30 am: Mrs. Sandberg’s Gr. 6 Boy’s Basketball, shooting practice.
12:00 pm: Gr. 6 Girl’s basketball practice.
6:30 pm: Parent Advisory Council Mtg. in the library. ( Babysitting provided.)

Wednesday Jan 12th:
8:00 am Mrs. Sandberg’s Gr. 6 Boy’s basketball, practice.
12:00 pm: Just this week Mr. McCracken’s Gr. 4/5 Boy’s basketball practice.
3:00 pm:   Mrs. Dutchak’s Gr. 6 Boy’s basketball practice.
3:00 pm:   Staff Meeting in the Library.

Thursday Jan 13th:
8:00 am:   Mr. McCracken’s Gr. 4/5 Boy’s basketball practice.
12:00 pm: Mrs. Dutchak’s Gr. 6 Boy’s basketball practice.

Friday Jan 14th:
3:00 pm:  Mrs. Sandberg’s Gr. 6 Boy’s basketball, practice.

” If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?”
Have a great week!
D. McCracken

AMBROSE BASKETBALL PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Monday         Tuesday        Wednesday             Thursday        Friday

8:00  Open           4/5 boys        Gr. 6 boys Sand          4/5 boys          Open

Recess                    Gr. 6 Boy’s Sand.

12:00   4/5 Girls    Gr. 6 Girls       4/5 Girls          Gr. 6 boys Dutchak   Open

3:00  Gr. 6 Girls    Girl’s Games   Gr. 6 boys Dutchak   Boy’s Game  Gr. 6 Sand

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Happy New Year Everyone:
I hope everyone has had a great holiday and that you are ready to make a difference in 2011!  I was just reading Todd Whitaker’s Book on great educators, I believe he has it figured out!  ” Make sure everyone is valued, everyone, everyday, and give the gift of learning, a love of learning to everyone.”   While I am in this mindset, I also remember a presentation by the former Canadian Basketball Coach Jack Donohue who once said, there are two radio stations of life to live by, MMFI and WIIFM.  (MMFI = Make Me Feel Important) & (WIIFM + What’s In It For Me). I believe this is worth remembering.
Anyway welcome back to to the new year!  I am excited and looking forward to doing my best at Bert Ambrose Elementary in 2011.

Tuesday January 4th:
Welcome back!

Wednesday January 5th:
9:00 am  Assembly: A visit from Frozen John

Thursday January 6th:
District Basketball Mtg. at Charlie Lake 3:45 pm

Friday January 7th:
Quiet so far!

Have a great week!
D. McCracken

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Hello Everyone!     December activities are moving full steam ahead!  I would like to however look back at last week’s activities.

Thank you to our PAC for all your work with the Purdy chocolate fundraiser. $25,000.00 worth of chocolates were dispersed. ( I understand 13 parents worked very hard to deliver the packages to the students.) A huge thank you to our community for supporting our school with this endeavor.

Thank you to all our teachers for your time in communicating with parents. The countless hours are worthwhile and very much appreciated!

The Week Ahead:

Monday December 6th:
3:00 pm IEP Mtg. Burkinshaw/Ollenberger/McCracken/Turk

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Good Morning Everyone!   Wow!  What a fantastic Hawaiian Carnival last Wednesday evening.  A special Thank You to our Parents Advisory Council for making this possible.  Mrs. Close, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Becker, Mrs. Nault and Mrs. Greer and to the many other volunteers, staff, and students and especially to our wonderful community.  The support was phenomenal!  Thank You!                     The Week Ahead:

Monday November 22nd:
12:00 noon IEP Mtg. Mrs. Barr, Mrs. Arnott, Mr. McCracken, Mrs. Birley
3:00 pm Girl’s Volleyball Game here vs. Alwin Holland

Tuesday November 23rd:
Recess Practice for Gr. 6 Boy’s Volleyball

Wednesday November 24th
3:00 pm Gr. 6 Boy’s Volleyball Practice.

Thursday November 25th:
Gr. 4 to Gr. 6 Inside Education: Science Presentations
3:45 pm Tournament for Gr. 6 Boy’s Elementary Volleyball at NPSS

Friday November 26th:
3:45 pm Tournament for Gr. 6 Girl’s Elementary Volleyball at NPSS

Reminder report cards go out on November 30th.
Early Dismissal 1:45pm  on Dec 1st and Dec 2nd.
Friday Dec 4th school is not in session for students. The time is set up for parent teacher interviews.

Have a great week:
“Sometimes we must take one step back before stepping forward.”
D.McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone!    Getting right to this week’s bulletin:

Thank you to Mrs. Barr and Mrs. Olsen for a great Remembrance Day Assembly.
The grade six students were very respectful and made us remember the sacrifices
that have been made, for all Canadians.

Also to our Volleyball Teams, this is the last week before the Tournament at NPSS, Nov 25th for the Boys and Nov 26th for the Girls.  Thank you to our 4 coaches and to all our students and parents for a successful season.

The Week Ahead:
Monday November 15th:

1:00 pm Picture retakes at Ambrose Library.

3:00 IEP Mr. Burkinshaw, Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Shuster and Ms. Birley.
3:00 Mrs. Sandberg’s Gr. 6 Boy’s Volleyball Team home vs. R.O.

Tuesday November 16th:
2:30 pm  Ambrose Gr.4/5 Volleyball Team goes to Christian Life School.
3:00 pm  Ambrose  Gr. 6  Volleyball Team home vs. Alwin Holland

Wednesday November 17th:  It’s Carnival Time !!!!
8:30 am The booths for the Carnival will be set up in our gym.
3:00 pm Parent Advisory Committee finishing the set up for the Carnival.
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Carnival in the gym.

Thursday November 18th:
1:00 pm Cultural Presentation: Story Book Theatre is here. “Pinocchio”
Upper Pine is joining us in the gym for this show!

Friday November 19th:
Quiet!

Have a great week! ” Children will live up to what you believe of them.”
D. McCracken

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Good Morning Everyone:

A special thank you, to Tanya Clary for a great seminar last Wednesday evening on Relational Aggression we had 23 parents in attendance and they found it to be very worthwhile. Also Tanya shared some valuable information into this topic in all all intermediate classes!    Thank You, Mrs. Shuster for organizing this!

Monday Nov. 8th:
Mr. Rattray here for Mrs. Dutchak’s Classroom all p.m.

Tuesday Nov. 9th:
8:00 am Leadership Mtg. ( Mr. Filmer TIC )
3:00 pm Gr. 4/5 Girl’s Volleyball home vs. Finch
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Parent advisory Council Mtg.  (Babysitting provided!)
All parents welcomed as more help is needed with our Carnival.

Wednesday Nov. 10th
10:45 pm Remembrance Day Assembly in the gymnasium.
3:00 pm Gr. 4/5 Boy’s Volleyball home vs. Baldonnel

Thursday Nov. 11th:  School not in session. (Remembrance Day)

Friday Nov 12th:

Reminders: Monday November 15th 9:00 am picture retakes.
Wednesday Nov 17th our School Carnival 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Have a great week!  ” Remember the past so you can embrace the future.”
D. McCracken

Good Morning Everyone:  Time is flying by!  November is here already!

A huge Thank You to everyone for contributing to the Purdy Chocolate fundraiser for our school.  Especially to the PAC volunteers for organizing the fantastic number of orders. ( Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Becker, Mrs. Greer
Thanks to everyone for the wonderful costumes last Friday.
Also to Mr. Filmer for leading the Annual Hallowe’en Parade.

In the week ahead we have Tanya Clary visiting our Intermediate Students
sharing information around ” Relationships and Aggression”.
With a parent session set Wednesday Nov. 3rd in our Library 7:00  to 9:00 pm.

Also a note about Operation Christmas Child, or the Christmas Shoe Box Program.

Mr..Eastwood and Mrs. Barr are collecting  the items this year. The deadline for this is Friday November 19.

The information:

Option 1:  Fill a shoebox and return it to the office by November 20^th.  Boxes may be picked up in the office, Mr. Eastwood’s room, or Mrs. Barr’s room.  (You may also use a regular sized shoebox. If you wrap your box, please wrap the lid separately.)  Determine whether your gift will be for a boy or a girl, and the child’s age category:

2-4, 5-9, or 10-14 and label your box with this information.

Option 2: Bring in some individual items and add them to the “class box” in your classroom.  When one box gets filled, your class can start on another.

Monday November 1st:

All morning: .6 Collaboration Group “B”

3:00 IEP: Mrs. Tacey – Mr. McCracken – Ms. Birley – Mrs. Arnott

Tuesday November 2nd:

2:40 pm Gr 4/5 Volleyball Mrs. Olleberger’s Team got to Alwin Holland.

Gr. 6 Girl’s Volleyball Team gets a bye.

Wednesday November 3rd:

3:00 pm Staff Meeting

7:00 pm All Ambrose parents welcome to presentation in our Library

the topic is Relational Aggression by Tanya Clary.

Thursday November 4th:

12:00  District Health and Safety Meeting ( Mr. McCracken) at the DDC.

2:30 ish Gr. 4/5 Boy’s Volleyball goes to Finch

3:00 pm Gr. 6 Boy’s Volleyball here vs. Baldonnel

Friday November 6th: A Quiet Day

Reminder PAC Mtg November 9th 6:30 to 7:30 pm in our Library.

Also our Carnival is scheduled for Wednesday Nov 17th in our gym.

Have a great week!   To dream is to ask yourself, ” Why Not?”

D. McCracken

P.S. Mr. Filmer is looking for Toy Character Costumes for the Christmas Concert Production and a Music Conductor’s Outfit.

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Good Morning Everyone:
Wow!  The last week of October is already upon us!

Thanks Mrs. Olsen & Mrs. Fraser for your leadership with SMART Reading last Friday.
Also Mrs. Shuster, Mrs. Trombley and myself were certified in Level #1 First Aid on Friday. (good for three years).

Carnival Help??  Anyone, if you could spare some time, the next Ambrose Carnival Committee Meeting is this Wednesday at 3:00 pm in the library.

Hot Lunch Help??  Please!  If you could help out that would be great. Mostly Wednesdays at lunch time for about one hour.  11:45 to 12:45. Let us know at the office.

The Elementary Volleyball Schedule begins this week.
The Practice Schedule looks like this:

Gr. 6 Girls, Mrs. Barr 8:00 am Monday & Tuesday – Wednesday at lunch

Gr. 6 Boys, Mrs Sandberg 3:00 pm Wednesdays & 7:45 am Thursdays

Gr. 4/5 Girls Mrs. Ollenberger: lunch Tuesday & Thursdays

Gr. 4/5 Boys Ms. Yorke Lunch Mondays & 8:00 am Wednesdays

Games:  Girls are on Tuesdays and Boys on Thursdays.

MONDAY   OCT 25TH
3:00 IEP Mtg. ( Mr. Filmer,Ms. Birley, Mrs. Shuster, Mrs. Solomany)
3:00 pm Education Committee Mtg at the Board Office. (Mr. McCracken)

TUESDAY  OCT 26TH
8:00 am  Leadership Meeting at the Board Office  (Mr. Filmer in charge)
Girl’s A Volleyball goes to Upper Pine at 2:30 pm & back at 4:40 ish.
Girl’s B Volleyball home vs. Clearview

WED.          OCT 27TH
Bake Sale for Ethan Zentner a student from Christian Life School who has Cancer.  Mr. Burkinshaw’s Class organizing this.  Recess & lunch.
1:00 pm OUR 1ST VIRTUE’S ASSEMBLY (It will be awesome!)

THURS.      OCT 28TH
Boy’s A Volleyball goes to Upper Pine at 2:30 pm & back at 4:40 ish.
Boy’s B Volleyball home vs. Upper Pine
3:00 pm Administrators workshop at NPSS

FRIDAY       OCT 29TH
Halloween Parade at 1:00 pm for the whole school.  ( Mr. Filmer in charge.)

Have a great week!
D. McCracken “Learning takes place when preparation meets opportunity.”

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Good Afternoon Everyone!

Just want to say thank you for a wonderful Friday!  The DPA (Daily Physical Activity) outside was awesome!
The leadership team did a great job!  The Hokey/Pokey with the House Teams was really fun.

Also thanks to our 49 Cross Country Runners/Parents and Mrs. Tacey for fantastic run last Wednesday.
Our school finished 2nd overall with six individual ribbons and in the top three in every team category, and in three categories we finished in 1st place.

Volleyball is gearing up with the first games the week of the 25th. Just finalizing practice schedule!

A special Thank You to Mrs. Ollenberger and Mrs. Forrest for organizing the Annual Book Fair.  It was a total success, raising about $1,000.00 for our Library.

Also a special Thank You to Mrs. Shuster and Mrs. Boettcher for organizing and supporting our teachers with the preliminary Reading Assessments.  Well Done!

The Week Ahead:
“Interim Report Cards should be completed for everyone by the end of this week.”
This is a four day week working with students as Friday is a Pro D Day.

Monday Oct 18th:
(AM) Collaboration Time with Group “A”(Olsen,Hong,Barr,

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I trust everyone had a great Thanksgiving!  It was great to be with family and friends this weekend.
I would like to try and email this week ahead to all the parents and staff of Bert Ambrose.
If you want to be taken off the list please send me an email and that will be done!

I would like to thank the Fort St. John Fire Department for coming to our school last Thursday and sharing very important information around fire safety.  I know our Gr. 3′s sure enjoyed going through the fire house.

Last week we had 40 runners participate in the Upper Pine Cross Country Race, it was a lot of fun and I would like to thank Mr. Campbell and the parents from Ambrose who helped organize all our students.

Also our Fruit and Veggie Challenge was a great success last week,  thanks to Mrs. Tacey’s Class, the results for the house points are as follows: Green = 341, Red = 360, Blue = 405, Yellow = 423.

We are starting to get organized for Volleyball, we will have 4 teams.  Thanks to our volunteer coaches:
Boys Gr. 6 (Mrs.Sandberg) and Girls Gr. 6 ( Mrs. Barr)
Boys Gr.4/5 (Ms.Yorke and Girls Gr.4/5 (Mrs. Ollenberger) Practice schedules will be out ASAP.

Our Annual Book Fair is this week the 12th/13th and 14th.  Come in and have a look.

Tuesday October 12th: Book Fair
8:00 am Leadership Meeting at the Board Office: Mr. Filmer teacher in charge.
4:00 pm Coaches Meeting for Volleyball for all the Elementary school teams participating this year.

Wednesday October 13th: Book Fair
12:30  Bert Ambrose Cross Country Runners go to Kin Park for the
Elementary Cross Country Championship Race.

Thursday October 14th: Book Fair

Friday October 15th:

Have a great week!  ” Confidence is a gift you must give your children.”
D. McCracken
Principal Bert Ambrose

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Please click on the link below to open the May Newsletter

May 2012

Attached are the Early Learning calendars for May as well as a few dates to remember.

Please check out the links below to get the same information in another format.
Early Learning Blog

FamilyFriendlyCommunity

Dates to Remember in May:

May 9th:  Daddy and Me Gym Night – Robert Ogilvie, 6 – 7:30 see below

May 11th: Families in Motion – Duncan Cran, 6 – 7:30 see below

May 11th: Non Instructional Day – schools are closed

May 12th: Come to the Table, Community Garden Spring Launch – North Peace Cultural Centre 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

May 2st:  Victoria Day – schools closed

Please click on the link below to see the calendar of your choice:

Duncan Cran StrongStart Calendar MAY 2012

Robert Ogiilvie Strong Start May 2012

May WOW Bus Schedule 2012

SS Gym Night 2012

Want to be able to plan for Christmas holidays? Spring Break next year? click on the link below to open School District 60′s adopted calendar:

Adopted Local 2012-13 calendar

Please click the link below to read about the events happening at our school during the month of April:
April 2012 Newsletter

PAC meeting: April 10, 2012

In attendance: Tammy Greer, Deanne Guillet, Shaleen West, Sheilagh Close, Cara Nault, Robin Goertzen, Candace Romanow, Christine Lindh, Doug MCracken, Visitor: Linda Neilsen (School Trustee)

Adoption of Agenda: Tammy Greer/Shaleen West

Adoption of Minutes from March 13: Cara Nault/Shaleen West

Treasurer report:  in account at this point: $46,965.25 and in gaming: $1,183.71.  Owe Missoula $2150.00 US.

D-Pac Report: N/A

New Business:

Year book forms went out again.  To date: 137 have been ordered.

Purdy’s – our school’s name was drawn and we won a 2.5kg chocolate.  All students who placed an order from the last fundraiser, will have their name put in a draw for the bunny.

McHappy Day – May 2^nd.  Order forms will go out April 16.  All proceeds go to McHappy days.  Orders will need to be in by April 19.

Ambrose will be in charge of the canteen for the upcoming badminton tournament at NPSS.  Tammy Greer asked for a motion to be passed to allow Traci Hammond to spend up to $500.00 to buy food and supplies for the canteen.  Motion passed.  A notice will come home in the near future asking for volunteers for the May 3 & 4^th tournament.

The new playground equipment is scheduled to go in at the end of May.

New at Ambrose:

April 13 – Missoula play!!  1:00 p.m. will be the show for the school at the cultural centre.  7:00 p.m. is the show for the parents.  Tickets can be purchased at the Cultural Centre.

Meeting adjourned: 7:10 p.m.

Next meeting: May 8^th @ 6:30

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PAC MEETING January 10, 2012

In attendance: Traci Hammond, Tammy Greer, Sheilagh Close, Joelle Mickey, Deanne Guillet, Doug McCracken, Teresa Brown, Laurie Shuster

Call to order: 6:30 p.m.

Adoption of agenda: Deanne Guillet/Tammy Greer

Adoption of minutes from November 8^, 2011 meeting: Teresa Brown/Deanne Guillet

Treasure report: PAC account: $42,156.26 Cheque to Jostens for yearbooks ($218.14) still to clear.  Additional amount to come out of the account: Missoula (approximately $2600.0) and Paul Hann (approx. $ 4200.0) Need to leave approx… $7000.00 in account to cover these expenses.

D-Pac: Teresa Brown – would like each school to have a gmail e-mail for communication

D-Pac is asking if the schools are okay with using $1000.00 of D-Pac funds to help cover costs of guest speakers, etc. for upcoming parent conference in April.  Tammy Greer/2^nd Joelle Mickey – passed  D-Pac would like each school to let them know what upcoming fundraisers we will be doing so every school knows in advance.  After some discussion, our PAC would like to keep fundraising ideas in house, so at this time has declined to share the fundraising ideas with the entire District!  D-Pac is asking each school to contribute a gift basket to the parent conference.  In the past Ambrose has given a gift basket.  Limit of $50.00.  Teresa Brown/2^nd Joelle Mickey – passed

Old business: deposit of approximately $14000.00 has been made for the new playground equipment!!  New equipment is due to go in May 25^th. (weather permitting) ( Need to budget approximately 2,000.00 for construction phase)

New business: Spring fundraisers: Purdy’s chocolate (Easter) and Ladies Day out.  Purdy’s brochure will go out in February.  More information and due dates TBA.  Ladies day out- new fundraising idea.  Volunteers will be needed.  Home based business’s for one night in the gym.  Looking at doing it in April.  More information and meeting time TBA.  The funds raised from the spring fundraisers will go towards  playground  setup costs. (ie: gravel, cement, wood, etc.)

Carnival: LOTS of volunteers will be needed.  Help with everything from prizes, to set-up and take down and everything in between will be needed.  It is imperative that we have enough volunteers or the carnival will not be able to happen.  Looking at May 9^th as a possible date.  Mr. McCracken will check with the school district for use of equipment needed.  Carnival meeting will immediately follow the next PAC meeting (@ 7:30) Theme this year will be JUNGLE.

Yearbook pictures: Traci Hammond and Tammy Greer are starting the 2011/2012 yearbook.  We are looking for pictures from each class.  If any parent has taken pictures, please let us know and we will do our best to include them.  The more pictures there are to choose from, the better.   Please leave your name and contact information at the office and we will be in touch.

School dance:  Angie Pomeroy will be in the school teaching dance the week of January 15.  A school dance will take place on January 19 from 6:30-8:00 p.m.  All students and parents are encouraged to attend.

Computer club: Jarrod Bell is teaching about comic life.  There are currently 17 students signed up (grades 3-6)

Lori Slater will be here January 26 @ 11:00  To promote the Rick Hansen “People in Motion Tour”

New At Ambrose:

January 12 grade 6’s will be attending “Annie” by Dr. Kearney School at the Cultural Center

Backwards Day – Friday, January 13

NID- January 30 – no school for students

Ready, Set, Learn!  Will be hosted by Brenda Shuffler.  It will start on Feb. 7 for 3-4 year olds and is 5 weeks long.  Check our schools website for more information

Feb 8 – grades 1-3 will be attending 101 Dalmatians at Central school

Science fair: February 16   Parent night to come and check out all the projects: Feb. 15 from 5:30-7:30

Feb 28 workshop “The Circle of Courage”.  Contact Success by 6 for more information.

“Journey to Learning Passport” Check out the Ambrose website for some great information on upcoming events.  Must pre-register.

NEXT PAC MEETING: FEBRURY 7 @ 6:30

CARNIVAL MEETING: FEBRURY  7 @ 7:30

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Bert Ambrose Elementary:  1st PAC meeting – Wednesday, September 20, 2011

Awesome attendance: Tammy Greer, Shaleen West, Andrea Forrest, Jenn Snider, Lori Kachowski, Tamra Lee, Kimberly Dallow, Sheilagh Close, Cara Nault, Michelle Burgher, Margo Rouble, Traci Hammond, Kylee Lehr, Kathy Hogen, Irene Fisher, Kate North, Robin Goertzen, Joelle Mickey, Corrie Bennie, Kim Buchan Heather Johnston, Teresa Brown, Samantha Lucas, Margot Gowans, D. McCracken, L. Shuster

Call to order: 6:30 p.m.  Introductions from previous PAC and all new attendees.

DPAC presentation: Ginger Alexander gave a brief overview of what DPAC is  and DPAC is looking for a member of each PAC to attend DPAC meetings -DPAC has voting power with the government – SPAC – is at the superintendent level but there is no voting power  – DPAC advocates for parents and students, meetings are held and a blog will be set up to help parents/students & PAC members deal with different issues/situations that may arise in the school.

Our district has 44 votes for the meetings held in Vancouver once a year and BCCPAC will pay for 2 people to attend the meetings in Vancouver

Motion to accept minutes of last meeting: Mrs. Greer, seconded by Mrs. Close. (passed)

Treasurer’s report: our treasurer Karen Becker has moved out of FSJ but left a report on the current bank account balances: $22,813.71 and $8,877.01 in the gaming account.

New business:  Motion for New Executive names/nominated:

Co-Chairs: Traci Hammond and Sheilagh Close,  Treasurer: Shaleen West,  DPAC: Teresa Brown, Secretary: Tammy Greer.

School Planning Council: S.P.C. : Irene Fisher, Cara Nault, Andrea Forrest, and Jenn Snider, the council, meets 3x’s a year to update and submit the S.I.P. (school improvement plan)

All motions are passed.  Welcome to the 2011/2012 PAC executive.

Fundraisers:

Dielemans will go out on Thursday, September 22.  Orders are due in October 7^th.  Our projected profit is 52% of sales. Margo Rouble (2010/2011 co-chair) attended the meeting to explain the Dieleman’s fundraiser and to have someone take over this project.  Mrs. Hagen will now head this fundraiser.   Next fundraiser is a new one to our school from EzFundraising (fresh wreaths, bird feeders, etc.)  will go out after Dielemans.  Last fundraiser before Christmas will be Purdy’s chocolates.  The money raised will go towards our playground equipment.

Volunteers are needed for the hot lunch program to keep it going.  With the school being full, more volunteers are needed to keep this program up and running.  Sign up sheet was passed around

* Carnival: will be held in the spring of 2012.  More information and volunteer sign-up will happen in future PAC meetings.

* PAC supports the Missoula Theatre, Paul Hann and the yearbook.

* Yearbook: we would like to have a parent rep from each class to take pictures during the year for the yearbook.  Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Greer will head this again for the 2011/2012 year.

*Possible new fundraiser: Lido Theatre?  Possibly in spring 2012?

What New at Ambrose:  There are 336 students and 14 divisions at Ambrose!

There are a few new staff members at the school.  Welcome to our new secretary Mrs. Zoerb and to Mrs. Hendrickson and we have a new counselor Mrs. Miller and we would like to welcome back Mrs. Blazkow and Mrs. London to Ambrose this year.  Soccer season is beginning.  Mr. McCracken, Mrs. Close, Mrs, Greer and Mrs. Hammond will each be coaching a team.  The Elementary Tournament is October the 1^st at Alwin Holland.

Fruit and Veggies: this is a Ministry funded program that brings a new fruit or veggie for each student to try once a month.  Mr. McCracken and Mrs. Shuster will administer this program.

Parking lot: Continued issues about parking and safety of students.  Parents please remember to slow down and use extreme caution.  Our school is very full and there are lots of new students.  Please take the extra time and care when in the parking lot and going through the school zones.  Also please do NOT park in the front of the school.

Playground: A new committee has been established to order the new equipment and have it installed in the spring 2012.

Meeting adjourned: 7:45 p.m.

Next meeting: October 11 @ 6:30 – library

A HUGE thank-you to everyone who came out to the first PAC meeting!

The Family Friendly website has put together a Spring Break Staycation spotlight feature to help families find different activities around FSJ being offered between March 26-April 6. Click on the following link to preview the story: http://familyfriendlycommunity.ca/home It includes information about a hockey camp, art camp, matinees, literacy programs, bowling and much more….

Cheryl Breitkreutz

Regional Coordinator-Family Friendly Initiative

10142-101 Avenue

Fort.St.John,B.C.

V1J 2B3

Phone 250-785-6021 Ext.253  Fax 250-785-4659

cbreitkreutz@npcrs.bc.ca

Check out our website www.familyfriendlycommunity.ca

Please click on the link below to see your invitation to discuss the proposed 2012-2013 School Calendar:

Proposed School Calendar letter

Auditions will be held the first day back from Spring Break, April 10,  at 3:00 pm in the gym.  Please click on the link below to find the permission slip that must be returned by March 26th.

Audition Permission Form

If you bookmark this site, it will keep you connected to pre-school opportunities in FSJ and area.  Jaimelia updates it several times a week with interesting info on parenting, fitness, art and preschool activities. Please click on the links below to get connected:

Early Learning Blog

Family Friendly Calendar

Important dates in March

Daddy and Me/Come and Build – Saturday, March 3rd 10:00 am – Noon
Non-Instructional Day – Monday, March 5th
Families in Motion – Friday, March 9th 6 – 7:30
Daddy and Me Gym Night, Wednesday, March 14th, 6 – 7:30
Spring Break starts – Friday, March 23rd.