November & December at Acadia

*No SCHOOL, Friday, December 6th - Report Card writing day

 

*LAST DAY OF CLASSES before winter break:

School-wide movie (sign permission form please and return to homeroom teacher) on December 20th, Friday in the morning (periods 1-4). 

Period 5 - attendance in homerooms and eat brown-bagged lunch (no heating required and no time to go home/go out for lunch on this day) .  Periods 6, 7, 8 are viewing and participating in the TALENT SHOW in the gym.

 

 

 

 

At Acadia, we are starting to collect for the 19 000 families in Winnipeg this year that won't have enough to eat over the winter holiday. We are working under the "One Big Day for Christmas" charity sponsored by QX 104 FM and Virgin Radio Hot 103 FM to support the Salvation Army and Siloam Mission.

 

Please click here to learn more about the charity drive itself.

 

In HOMEROOMS at Acadia, students are encouraged to bring donations listed below that will help families in need around Winnipeg this winter season.

 

Food Items Needed For One Big Day for Christmas Food Donations

Canned vegetables                Canned fruit                   Crackers

Mac & Cheese                Pasta, rice noodles, etc

Canned / jar sauces                        Rice                                Beans

Coffee                                     Tea                      Baby food & formula

Applesauce                   Canned food / ravioli, chili stews etc

Pudding, jello mix                  Cake mix, muffin mix, cookie mix etc

Noodles              Instant potatoes

Soup (vegetable, chicken noodle and other meal type soups are appreciated)etc.

Granola bars  / Fruit to go in the boxes

Proteins like peanut butter, nuts, canned tuna, canned salmon

 

Any other non-perishable items that you can bring in that were missed on the list

*If Homeroom teachers could collect money that would be great.  1 dollar = 1 pound of food. 

*You can bring in new unwrapped toys BUT they will not be counting towards the class totals.

 **** Items such as water bottles /jugs, pop, flour and sugar are something we are not looking for this year.  It can be extremely messy and any opening(s) means the whole bag is unusable. 

This can occur as we transfer food out of rooms, etc. So please DO NOT bring water bottles, pop, or bags of flour or sugar.

Parent Teacher conference information and newsletter available

Acadia's latest newsletter is available here.

 

CLICK here to read the .pdf version.


Important Dates for November:

NOVEMBER 5 - Tri-Conferences: 5-8PM
NOVEMBER 11 - REMEMBRANCE DAY (NO SCHOOL)
NOVEMBER 13 - Tri-Conferences: 7-9PM
NOVEMBER 15 - Tri-Conferences (NO classes in the afternoon ONLY): 12:45-3:15PM
NOVEMBER 26 - PTA Meeting: 7PM

 

 *** Also, please note that every Thursday is early dismissal at 2:35pm for students.  Please plan ahead. ***

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October at Acadia

October is a busy month!  Students are playing volleyball, planning WE Day events, learning about science fair and other biotechnology challenges in the Mad Scientists club,  finishing up selling chocolate bars for our school fundraiser (which will go towards supporting technology available to classes of students), singing in Choir with Mrs. Thiessen, playing in band with Mr. Ferguson, and working hard in physical education classes with Mr. Oberholtzer, Mr. Filewich and Mrs. Sampson. I think I'm missing a few things too.

No school dates to be aware of coming up........

October 14 (Monday) Thanksgiving Day holiday
October 18 (Friday) Divisional Common Day no classes
October 25 (Friday) SAGE professional development (no classes)
November 11 (Monday) Remembrance Day holiday


Parent Teacher Student interviews/tri-conferences are coming up soon! I would love to see you with your Acadian student to talk about their progress since the beginning of September. 

As a reminder, here are the conference dates:

Tuesday, Nov. 5 – evening 5 to 8 p.m.

 

Wed. Nov. 13  - evening 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 15 – afternoon 12:45 to 3:30 p.m.

 Parents need to use the online scheduler to make appointments with the teachers of the subjects you would like to meet with.

Click HERE to log-in to the online scheduler.

 

If you cannot do this or unsure of how to, You are invited to come into school to use our computers if they have trouble getting logged in or have no computer.  All parents/guardians have their password in a hard copy – either because they came to Meet the Teacher or we mailed them.

Please bring your student to the appointment if possible.

Wednesday, Sept. 25th is MEET THE TEACHER at Acadia!

Please come to our school gym for MEET THE TEACHER today, September 25th!

A free tour of the school is available and you will meet your child's teachers. 

Also, FREE ICE CREAM!  Come join us.

Starting time: 7:00 p.m. for 1 to 1.5 hours!

Strong beginnings for 8-2, 9-1, 9-8, and 9-9

Parents - Please make sure of your booked appointment time using the SCHEDULER. 

 

Please contact Tony Paukovic by email if you have lost/forgotten your password for this.

 

Friday, September 20th -

9-9 students with appointments please come and see Mrs. McClellan and I in room 306 (Mrs. Snyder's classroom) for your literacy and numeracy testing and results!



Monday, September 23rd -

9-1 students with appointments please go to room 306 (Mrs. Snyder's room) and meet Mr. Parago and I for your literacy and numeracy testing and results!


Tuesday, September 24th -

9-8 students with appointments please come and see Mrs. McClellan and I in room 306 (Mrs. Snyder's classroom) for your literacy and numeracy testing and results!

Tuesday, September 24th -

8-2 students with appointments please come and see Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Bunkowsky in room 309 (Mrs. Smith's classroom) for your literacy and numeracy testing and results!

Welcome back to school, Acadian families! Please see the August 1st post below for IMPORTANT DATES you'll need to know for the school year.


The 2013/2014 Parent Contact Survey for Mrs. Snyder in room 306 is available at the link below:

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i2AZEUdU8eTUmpZjvKooXkiSUwl9-Qs-D3s9aFzBXlU/viewform
This link will be live from Wednesday, September 4th, 3:30 p.m. to Friday, September 13th, 3:30 p.m. inclusive!

If you are a student in 8-2, 9-1, 9-8 or 9-9 in Mrs. Snyder's class, please have your parent(s)/guardian(s) fill it out completely before Friday, September 13th.

Happy Summer 2013!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacation. :-)

I finished my last university course for my Masters of Education in Curriculum (Mathematics) and am working on finishing my comprehensive project (a 73-page essay basically).  Good times during the summer for sure!

I just wanted to let Enrichment grade 8-2 math students know I am their math teacher next year. Cannot wait to meet you see you upstairs in room 306 on the afternoon of September 4th at some point I hope!

I am the homeroom teacher for 9-1 (math/science). Lists should be posted at some point in late August or early September, so if you see your name on the list for 9-1, I'm so glad you'll be in my homeroom this year! Hopefully, you are excited too.

I also will be teaching 9-8 and 9-9 mathematics only, so I hope to get to know you in the 8 classes we will have together each cycle in my room upstairs (306).

Teachers are back at work for meetings all day on Tuesday, September 3rd. Students do not have to come until Wednesday, September 4th. Grade 7's come in the morning and Grade 8's come in the afternoon on that day.

Other tentative dates available on the PEMBINATRAILS 2013/2014 calendar are:

Sept. 20 Strong Beginnings (no classes, appt. only)
Sept. 23 Strong Beginnings (no classes, appt. only)
Sept. 24 Strong Beginnings (no classes appt. only)
October 14 Thanksgiving Day holiday
October 18 Divisional Common Day no classes
October 25 SAGE professional development (no classes)
November 11 Remembrance Day holiday
December 6 Divisional Common Day no classes
December 21 - January 5 Winter holiday
February 3 Metro Common Day no classes
February 7 Participaction day (activity day)
February 17 Louis Riel Day holiday
March 14 Metro Common Day no classes
March 29 - April 6 Spring Break holiday
April 18 Good Friday holiday
April 25 Metro Common Day no classes
May 19 Victoria Day holiday
June 6 Admin day no classes
June 13 Divisional Common day no classes

(There will be additional ADMIN/PD days assigned by Acadia yet to be posted.)

Stay safe out there in August and see you in September!

REMINDER!

MATH EXAM PEER

TUTORING WEEKEND:

FREE FREE FREE FREE

Dates: Saturday, June 8th

and

Sunday, June 9th

Time: 10:00 am and 3:00 pm

For any grade math exam review/prep.

Where: At Acadia, go to the parking lot doors and make your way through the gym to Ms. Johnson's room in LAB C! Bring your exam review!

May&June 2013 (SPRING) at Acadia Junior High!

 

 

Happy May everybody!  Please be sure to access the Acadia Junior High webpage with all updates about May and June at Acadia.


Above is the exam schedule for June 12-June 19, 2013. 


Math and Science reviews were distributed in the first/second week of May.  

Students can download them from EDMODO should they have misplaced/lost them.  The school will not provide multiple copies per student.

Students are expected to complete as much as they can during spare classtime and at home during study time. 

I reccommend 10-15 minutes a night per subject.  Cannot find time every night?  Work on your reviews for longer, 3 times a week instead.  Whatever works for you to have the most review done that you possibly can BEFORE JUNE 10th.

Important Dates in May are:

Monday, May 20th - Holiday - Victoria Day long weekend - no classes

Tuesday, May 21st - Spring Concert @ 7:00pm

Friday, May 24th - Spring Fling - doors open @ 6pm; music starts @ 6:15pm


Important Dates in June are:

MATH EXAM PEER

TUTORING WEEKEND:

 

FREE   FREE    FREE    FREE

 

Dates: Saturday, June 8th

and

Sunday, June 9th 

Time: 10:00 am and 3:00 pm

For any grade math exam review/prep.

Where: At Acadia, we will specify what doors to enter and what classroom to go to as the weekend approaches!

Exams: (see above schedule)

Wednesday, June 12th,

Thursday, June 13th,

Monday, June 17th,

and

Tuesday, June 18th

LIFEWEEK June 20, 21, 24-26 - Booklet available here, please ensure that you have brought in your forms and payment to your activity leader.  If you have chosen not to participate, the school needs an excused note.  Please let us know why you are not participating.  Thank you!

Happy April and May (hopefully Spring soon!) at Acadia Junior High in Room 306!

April Important Dates at Acadia

Auf Wiedersehen Germany students in Grade 9!  See you back on Monday, May 6th!


Congratulations to all MSSS participants! Please check out the Winnipeg Free Press list of all participating students who got honourable mentions or higher at the link below!
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Science-fair-winners-205172861.html



May Important Dates at Acadia

Monday, May 20th is the Victoria Day holiday. No classes.

March at Acadia JHS!

IMPORTANT DATES FOR MARCH



*Spring break is from March 25-March 29th - enjoy your week off and hopefully the weather cooperates!


*Here is the link to Acadia's March Newsletter.



***Here is a reminder from the March newsletter about exams:

Please note that all students at Acadia write exams in June. The dates

and times of specific subjects and grades is not yet set, but please plan

on having all students available to write their exams on

June 12, 13, 17 and 18.

We strongly encourage parents not to leave for summer trips

until exams are over.

February 2013 at Acadia Junior High - Important Dates

Here is the February- March newsletter update! 

Click here -

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/acadia/newsletter/Acadia%20Newsletter%20-%20January%202013.pdf

Important Dates
Please come check in on your student's progress!
Parent conferences are Tuesday, February 12th from 7-9 pm.

Please visit the online appointment scheduler
(click on it) to arrange appointment times (as per the letter sent home with your Acadian student). 

Please contact Mr. Paukovic by email if you do not have your login information.


Louis Riel day (no classes) is Monday, February 18th.

Please come check in on your student's progress!The last set of scheduled parent conferences are Wednesday, February 20th from 5-8 pm.

Happy New Year! January and February at Acadia!

Welcome back to class, 8-2, 9-2 and 9-7!  So glad to see you waking up early and ready for school after a restful winter break.

There are no school holidays for students in January.


Have a great start to your NEW YEAR at Acadia Junior High School.