INANDAROUND SNOWRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MORE NEW FACES!

Snowridge Elementary Schoo! would like to ex-
tend a warm welcome to KEVIN CRANT and
GARY CRANT, who have just moved to town
from Halifax. We're really glad you’re here and
we hope you enjoy your time at Snowridge!

WINNERS!!

Timely Teddy has had a busy month in October,
moving about to spend one week at a time in
each of the Grade Four, Grade Five, Grade Six,
and Grade Seven classrooms. All four of these
groups had absolutely no lates during the month
of September -.an accomplishment they should
all be proud of. There were also 83 students who
had perfect attendance for September - more than
half our student population. Congratulations,
everyone - and keep up the good work!

STUDENT ASSEMBLIES

Our student assemblies will take place on the
LAST SCHOOL DAY of the month at II:30 A.M.,
instead of the last Friday of the month as in pre-
vious years. The reason for the change is to avoid
depriving the same class of its computer time over
and over again. We hope the change won't create
too much of an inconvenience for parents. The
schedule for the year is as follows:

Tuesday, October 31 Grade Six
Thursday, November 30 Grade Three
Tuesday, January 31 Grade Five
Tuesday, February 28 Grade Two
Thursday, March 23 Grade Seven
Friday, April 28 Grade One
Wednesday May 31 Grade Four

The annual Awards Assembly will be held on
Thursday, June 29 at 1:00 P.M.

LEARNING TO READ

IS HARI

PLEASE CALL!!

Parents who are keeping their children at home
due to illness or for some other reason are asked

to phone the school and inform the secretary. ;

This helps us keep track of where the children are
and could prevent your child from spending un-
necessary time out in the cold in the event they
should “lose track of time’’ or ‘‘get lost’’ on the
way to school during the winter months. Please
take the time to call us - it only takes a minute -
and also prevents us from interrupting you with a
call once our attendance has been taken.

STUDENT WRITERS!

Congratulations are extended to our Grade Six
and Seven classes, both of whom produced their
own classroom publications during the month of
September. The Crazy Super Sevens’ newsletter
and the National Six-O-Graphic magazine both
made excellent reading and we're all looking for-
ward to future editions.

Following are some samples of Thanksgiving
stories written by our Grade Four and Five
students. We hope you like them.

The Moon

The moon is crawling across the sky,

It gives me a chill up my back bone.

It feels like something is behind me.

| look back, | see the moon,

now | know that the moon is behind me.

It looks scarey.

It seems as if witches are flying across the sky,

| run away and hide in a shed.

There an owl hoots,

| run again, | reach the house,

run to the bedroom and hide under the covers.
Mario Chief

See ce te ee ne ene mes anne enna

‘The Words Don’t Come Easily

Remember how excited you were when you started
school? At last. you were going to learn to read —
the world would be yours! But it didn’t happen
overnight, There was a lot of hard work first.

What about your own children? Many things may
have changed tn schoc!, but it still takes a Jot of
effort to learn how to read. As a parent you can
make at a little easier and a lot more enjoyable for
your son or daughter.

Something to Think About —

Here are a few ideas you might like to think about.
They have all been parent-tested and teacher-
approved, so they do work.

¢ Most important of all, read to your children
regularly even before they start school. Find a
good, thick book full of interesting stories for
children and make a habit of reading a few pages
aloud to your children every night. Sometimes, as
they lear to read, let them take over the reading
and keep them on their toes by asking a few
questions.

Set an example yourself. Children learn by
example and seeing their parents reading is the
best example possible.

Read with your children. Find a cozy, quiet
comer where you won't be disturbed and invite
them to read a favorite story to you.

Sometimes give a book as a gift. It shows that
you value reading and books enough to make
them special.

Make a habit of visiting the local public library to
let your children pick out some books. But check
to make sure the books they select are neither too
easy nor too difficult. If you are not sure. ask the
librarian for some help.

Julie MacRaéess

The moon is scarey,
dark and spooky.

| can hear the howling
in the night.

Jennifer Cavanagh

|! am thankful for my family. 1! am also thankful
for my animals because they are nice and also
they are not very mean. | am glad that Mom and
Dad buy almost any thing that | want. Also | like
them.

Jeffery Johnston

I’m thankful for the
Sun, moon and stars.
The wind, rain and snow.
So many things to be
Thankful for, rainstorms,
Rainbows, snowflakes too.
| don't know what |
love the most. | like
Night winds and evening
Showers. Thankgiving is
When we say thank-you
For it all.

Jennifer Mehr

I’m thankful for living in Cassiar. | have a nice
school. My teacher is Mr. Beck. He is a nice
teacher. He reads nice books to us. There are

nice trees around the school. Down on the
ground is snow. On the way home we can see
animal tracks and ski-doos passing me. In Cassiar
there is a lot of peace.

Robby Howard

| am thankful for many things these are some of
them. | am thankful for a nice school and a nice
family. | am very thankful for nice meals on
Thanksgiving. If we did not have water we would
probably die. Those were only some of the things
that | am thankful for.

Kristian Evans

* As your children get older. encourage them to go
to the library regularly on their own. Perhaps you
could even make a habit of dropping them off on
your way to do the grocery shopping, as long as
they are old enough to be left alone, and then pick
them up on the way home.

* Ask the teacher or the school librarian to suggest
some books which might suit vour child's reading
level.

There is a wealth of children’s stories today to fire
the imagination and excite the mind. With a few
minutes of your time every day you can help your
child to get to them.

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‘Cassiar Caurier. Novernbe? 1988. ‘Page 7

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS

Since September 1987, a major objective for the
~ school has been to obtain a larger number of local
scholarships for our graduates. -We were success-
ful in meeting this objective, in that by June
1988 businesses and community organizations in
Cassiar contributed an additional $2,000 for
graduates of Cassiar Secondary.

| am pleased to announce that we have obtained

can additional $500 from the Stikine Teachers’
Association, which will be available to Cassiar
Secondary Schoo! graduates.

The terms and conditions of the scholarship are

as follows:

The Stikine Teachers’ Association will grant one

award of $500 each year, to be applied to post-

secondary educational costs, to a student who
meets the following qualifications:

(a) is graduating from Cassiar Senior aon
-dary or is graduating from a high school
outside the District and has completed
a minimum of four years of education in
schools in the Stikine School District;

(b) the parents or guardians of the applicant

f reside in the Stikine School District;

(c) is going on to a post-secondary educational
institution;

(d) is chosen by a three-member STA Scholar-
ship panel composed of members from
three different communities.

Application letters should include a summary of
the applicant’s education in the District (schools
and dates), as well as a copy of the most recent
report card and a brief essay entitled “What a
Northern Education Meant to Me”’.

| would like to take this opportunity to thank
the Stikine Teachers’ Association for their schol-
arship.

INTRAMURALS

The Cassiar Secondary Soccer season commenced
on October 3 with a four team league comprised
of the Blizzard, the Steelers, the Fury, and the
86ers. Although it is still early in the season, the
favourites to compete for the league champion-
ship are the Blizzard (formerly Becker’s Wreckers)
and the Fury.

STUDENT FOREIGN TRAVEL

| am sure that you are aware that this past July,
a C.S.S. student, Ms. Mary Molan, travelled to

OLD BUSINESS
School Board Trustee Sherry Sethen reported
on the search for a Speech Pathologist for the Stikine

District. To date, this endeavour has been unsuccessful,
but the search will continue.

It was agreed that High School letters will be
sent through the Post Office, rather than handcarried by
the students.

Reports for the Courier will be shared by the
members of the Advisory Council, to lighten the Chair-
man’s load.

NEW BUSINESS

A report was given by Ted Beck on the Teachers’
Conference in Whitehorse, which was a resounding suc-
cess.

Snow removal for this year was discussed. It will
be carried out by School Maintenance, with R & S_ Ser-
vices as backup.

~ A defensive driving course is being looked into for
a springtime endeavour.

It was very encouraging to see several parents out
to the meeting, taking an active interest and partici-
pating in the discussions. HOPEFULLY we will see even
more out to the next meeting, which will be held at

7:30 p-m. on November 9, at the C’S.S. Library.

‘from our school.

- Day 1

Hong Kong and Thailand as our district’s repre-
sentative to the Pacific Rim Tour. This tour was
sponsored and paid for by the Ministry of Edu-
cation.

| am Salessetis to announce that the niasistay of
Education is making a second tour of Pacific Rim.
countries available to a grade 10 or 11 student
This tour will take place during
the Spring Break of this academic year and will
comprise a plane-train tour of China.

ff your son or daughter is eligible for the trip, |
would urge him/her to apply to a school selection
committee chaired by Mr. Walter van'der Kamp as
soon as possible.

To give you some idea of what the tour involves, |
have included the tour itinerary for your perusal.

CHINA TOUR 1989
-Direct flight to Shanghai

-Visit Commune school
- Tour Shanghai and area

Day 2/3/4

Day 5/6 -Depart by train to Hangzhou

-Tour Ling Yin Temple area

Day 7/8 -Evening train to Suzhou

-Tour & explore cultural areas
Day 9/10. -Depart by train to Nanjing
-Tour & explore cultural areas
Day 11/12/13 -Fly to Beijing
-Tour Forbidden City, Sum-
mer Palace
-And, of course, THE GREAT
WALL
Day 14 -Depart Beijing for Canada
The tour includes air flights from Vancouver &
return, all meals, transportation in China, tours
and accommodations, and a Chinese Visa.

CASSIAR SERVICE CLUB

In an attempt to involve a larger number of stu-
dents in the organization and operation of stu-
dent activities, the Cassiar Student Society has
been replaced for this year by the Cassiar Service
Club.

The purpose of the new organization is two-fold.
First, to involve more students in the operation of

student affairs.

Second, to delegate responsibili-
ties for the planning and completion of student
activities. -In my experience last year, | found
that the student society executive was doing the
‘bulk of the organization of student activities,
perhaps to the detriment of their own social life
and their school marks.

In addition, the service club is open to all students
from grades 8 - 12, and hopefully we will be able
to develop a process in which our junior students
will receive organizational experience so that
when they become seniors, they will. be able to
assume a greater role in student government.

If the Initiation Dance of September 30 is any in-
dication, the club is meeting its goals of involving
more students.and sharing the organizational res-
ponsibilities.

The members of the organization and their res-
ponsibilities are as follows:

CSS'S.C:
(Cassiar Secondary School Service Club)

Executive
President - Roland Rudkowsky
Secretary-Treasurer - Ellen Artico

Dance Committee
Roland Rudkowsky
Jennifer Brocklebank
Lisa Lanphear

Kelly Huber
Sonia Saro
Janice Joseph
Christina Kwan

Auction Committee
David Lanphear
Christina Kwan
Stephen Ryan

Lisa Lanphear
Binder Mingat
Roland Rudkowsky

Canteen Committee
Jennifer Brocklebank
Roland Rudkowsky

Sonia Saro

Annual Committee

Kelly Huber Jennifer Brocklebank
Janice Joseph Sheena Billingsley
Sonia Saro Roland Rudkowsky

DATES TO REMEMBER

November 10 -School Remembrance Day

Assembly at 11:15 a.m.
November 11 -Remembrance Day Holiday

November 17 -Open House and Report Card

Night 7-9p.m.

22ND ANNUAL

FERRE MER’S
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Saturday, December 3

Cocktails: 7:00 p.m.

Band:
Tickets:

Sponsored by the Cassiar
Volunteer Fire Department

Dinner: 8:00 p.m.

CANUCKS LIMITED
3 25 .00 Available From All Firemen

For Table Reservations, Phone Rachel Becket