Up and Coming Events

Up and Coming Events
May 19 Victoria Day
May 21 Joint Council Meeting with Pinecrest at Pinecrest 6:00pm
May 23 Pizza
May 26 Grade 8 High Performance testing at Panet 6-8
May 27 EQAO first block language
May 28 EQAO first block language
May 29 EQAO first block language
May 30 Hot lunch pita
June 1 Armed Forces Day
June 2 EQAO first block math
June 3 EQAO first block math
June 4 EQAO first block math
Talent Show auditions Grade 1-3
June 5 Talent Show auditions 4-6 School Council 6:00pm
June 6 Talent Show auditions kindergarten Sundaes for $2
June 9 Pa Day
June 10 Talent Show auditions missed/Track and Field (tentative)
June 13 Talent show rehearsal for school am Talent Show for parents 12:15 Spirit Day
June 15 Father's Day
June 16 Kindergarten Open House
June 17 PIC meeting 5:30 Board office
June 19 Closing assembly/Year end Celebration 4:30-6:00
June 20 Spirit Day
June 23 Grade 8 Graduation 12:15 Report Cards go home
June 27 Last Day of classes































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Sunday, February 23, 2014

Principal Report February 2014

Principal's report February 2014 General Lake Public School Our first term has been an extremely successful one with students and staff engaged in many exciting events, as well as learning opportunities. Term 1 report cards were sent home today. Literacy Day was extremely successful as students were excited to be receiving ‘new’ books. In total we raised over $260.00 for our Breakfast for Learning program between the donations for books and the raffle for the Brainy Smurf. Grade 2 student Chloe Reid was the winner of the raffle. Public Speaking went extremely well as always at both the school level and at the Petawawa Legion on Sunday Feb 16. Tyler Sparling came in 3rd place in the Primary, Fiona MacPherson came 3rd in the Intermediate and Bobbi Lavoie came in first in the Junior. She will be continuing in the next round in March in Eganville. Science Fair is scheduled for Grades 1-5 on March 27 and for Grades 6-8 on March 25. Intermediate students will judge the primary event. Scientists from AECL will be coming to judge the 6-8 division. Winners at this level will move on to the Renfrew County Science Fair on April 5, 2014. February 27 has been declared the official General Lake Day as it coincides with our namesake’s birthday. General Gerard Lake was born in 1744. Plans for the evening are shaping up. Valour Principal Bryan Baird will be on hand to showcase the new school. Superintendant Brent McIntyre has sent along his acceptance as has Board media person Jake Davies. Renfrew County Health Brian Brohart, Therapy Dogs and Children’s and Teen Services Technician for the Petawawa Library, Stephanie King have confirmed. We are awaiting other community agencies including piano teacher, Phoenix Centre, PMFRC, CPAN, Kamrie for Kenya, WE Care WEDAY, PALS program representatives. We will be setting up free books for students to take, as well as a display of the General Lake memorabilia. We also will have a prize table for students to claim a surprise on there way out. We have another staff change since the beginning of the school year. Mme Wagner will fill the itinerant ARTS position. Mme Wagner has been a Supply teacher many times in the school and she is quite familiar with both staff and students. We are really excited about having her join the team. Mme Yakabuskie continues on a modified work week. Unfortunately Mme Bessette was unable to continue with the class on Tuesday and Thursday, but Mme Martinell has accepted the position. Mme Martinell has worked extensively in our school and she is experienced in kindergarten. Graduation photos for our Grade 8 students have been scheduled for February 27. Graduation date for our Grade 8’s is Monday June 23 at 12:15 The Grad Committee will meet shortly to discuss the upcoming plans. We will be asking for funds to support the event, including cost of cake and disc jockey. WE Team has sold buttons for their global initiative of building schools in Kenya. They are looking to go to WE day coming up in Ottawa on April 9, 2014. WE day t-shirts will be available shortly for $20.00 each. They need at least 10 shirt orders to make an order therefore they will be opening it up to the school to take orders during our birthday party event. The WE team is also planning a mini WE day during Education week on May 8, 2014. There was a students bicycle stolen from our front lobby a couple months back. Police were called and unfortunately no leads. Board policy is not to cover stolen property, but as a school we feel we must help in some way. Students are organizing a plan to show that they care. More details to follow. We are still looking at dates for our Jump Rope for Heart Event. Looking into having the PALS possibly leading this event. Teddy Bear Picnic K-2 Event on April 17 for our Kindergarten to Grade 2 students. Military hospital personal will be on hand (either outside or in our gym depending on the weather) to give a check up to all Teddy Bears. . Our EQAO for our grade 3 and grade 6 students occurs this year from May 26 until June 6. We are pleased to announce we will be having a before and/or after school booster program to focus on the needs of our grade 3 and grade 6 students. A note will go home shortly with more details about this program. Also parents are invited to a regional parent forum in Ottawa on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The forum will take place 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. at The Westin Ottawa. The forum is composed of two sessions. During the first, the Outreach Team will deliver information about EQAO’s province-wide assessment program. Then, author and renowned educator from Queen’s University Dr. Lynda Colgan will talk about the importance of mathematics and how parents can encourage their children to see the value of mathematics in everyday life. Interested participants are asked to e-mail their name, role and board of education to ~ParentForum@eqao.com. Mme Ouellette, Ms Slepica Stewart and I have begun organizing our annual April Volunteer recognition event. National Volunteers Week falls between April 6-12, 2014. Date has been set for Wednesday April 9 for our Volunteer Recognition event. We are hoping all of our Volunteers will be able to join us for that day. During the week it is also customary for us to hold a pizza party for our student volunteers. We have set this date as Thursday, April 10, 2014. I would like to ask for Councils support in providing pizza and drinks to our students to recognize their valuable work for the school including our PALs Kindergarten helpers, Open House, General Lake Birthday, Character assemblies, We day Team, Committees, Playdays, Olympic Day etc. We would also need some parent volunteers to assist with distributing the food and supervising the students in the gym for their party. Finally there is lots of excitement is being generated as we look to moving to Valour. Mr Baird met with staff individually today and Thursday to get to know the staff members. Valour is still on track for the September 2014 opening. A partnership agreement resolution has been passed by the Petawawa Council paving the way for the construction of a new outdoor athletic stadium near the future Valour K-12 school. We have over 50 new junior kindergarten registrations for the new school with 41 of those being for our French Immersion program. You can follow the Valour school on twitter @valourschool

Sunday Night Update February 23, 2014

Good evening Deb Legault with your Sunday Night Update for February 23. We begin the week on Monday Day 4. Please return all hot lasagna order forms tomorrow for Thursdays birthday party. The Health unit will be around for dental screenings at the Kindergarten and grade 2 levels. On Monday and Wednesday the boys basketball team will practice around 8:00am. On Tuesday our Girls basketball team are off for their tournament. On Wednesday it is pink shirt day. Students are encouraged to wear something pink to show their commitment to putting a stop to bullying. On Thursday Grade 8's have their Graduation photo. It is General Lake birthday and we would like students to wear their General Lake colours of purple and yellow proudly for spirit points. After school everyone is invited out at 4:30 for our big birthday bash. Valour Principal Baird will be on hand to showcase our new school and your friendly neighbourhood spiderman may make an appearance. On Friday we have our character assembly as well as our hot lunch pita. Students can wear their favourite Hawaiian wear for spirit points as many missed the event due to the snow day. Another great week at the Lake. Don't forget to send in the bottom portion of the report card to indicate if you would like an interview. I look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday evening.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Transportation Cancelled

All school transportation service for the English speaking Catholic & Public District School Boards in Renfrew County has been cancelled due to very treacherous driving conditions, freezing rain is now or imminently going to affect driving conditions in some cases where rain is falling when it does hit the ground it is slowly freezing because of the frost still in the ground, it is noted that the driving conditions are deteriorating throughout the region presently. If you do have to be out drive with extreme care!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Borden Ave Closed February 19

Good evening. An important announcement from General Lake regarding the closure of Borden Ave on February 19. To assist in the delivery of modular houses guardians will not be able to access the main entrance to General Lake off of Wolfe Ave. Buses will be the only vehicles allowed access to the lay by in front of the school. We ask that parents not drive on Borden Ave in front of the school to either drop off or pick their kids. Instead please use the entrance at the back of the school by the play structure and parking lot numbered 1690-1711 Borden Ave. Parents should also be advised that there may be a slight delay in drop off times in the afternoon. Thank you

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Weekly Update from General Lake February 17

Good evening. Deb Legault here with your weekly update from General Lake and wishing everyone a Happy Family Day. First I would like everyone to mark your calendar for Feb 27 4:30 -6:00 as we celebrate the birthday of our namesake General Lake. Families are invited to the school for an evening of fun and celebration. Valour Principal Bryan Baird will be on hand to showcase our new school. A number of our community agencies will be available to answer questions including Brian Brohart from the Renfrew County Health Unit. Birthday cake will be available for all at 5:00PM and a hot meal is available from our School Council for $5.00. Order forms are due back to the school by this Friday, February 21. Come on out for an hour, have some food and celebrate our namesakes's birthday. It is sure to be fun festive event. This week we start the week on Tuesday, Day 5 General Lake is off to the Olympics with our school wide Olympic adventure. Mme Bernardin and Mrs Martinat's class will be off to Shaw Woods Outdoor Education Centre for some snowshoeing. All students should dress appropriate for the weather with layers, as both the snow showing and Olympic events will take place outside. Students are also encouraged to wear their Canada colours to show support for our Canadian Olympic athletes. Also on Tuesday I am pleased to announce the Petawawa Library will be starting a homework support group from 5-6. More information on the blog Basketball continues every morning Monday through Thursday for our intermediate students. Wednesday report card will be sent home with the students. It is also our School Council Meeting at 6:00pm. On Friday students can dress in their favourite hula wear for spirit points. It is our hot lunch pizza and our Boys basketball Tournament. It is the month of caring and 'We care' pins will still be available for $2.00 from the We Team. Proceeds from the sales of the pins goes towards Free The Children organization supporting our Global initiative to build schools in Kenya. Another great week at the Lake

Programs available at Petawawa Library

Check Twitter and Facebook for updates. http://petawawapubliclibrary.blogspot.ca/ For more information or to register for events, call the children's and teen librarian at 613-687-2227 ext. 2204 or the children's and teen technician at ext. 2203.Registration Required Wild Card! Show up and vote on the movie we’ll watch – Feb 21st – 7 p.m. All Ages Storytime Sign your preschooler up for this 12-week program, full of stories, songs, group games, and crafts! Tuesdays – Jan 28th-Apr 22nd – 10 a.m. Ages 2-4. R eading Buddies We pair your child up with a high school volunteer and the buddies will meet for one hour per week at the library. You choose the time and they choose the books and literacy-based games. Feb. 3-Apr. 25th Grades K-8 Forest of Reading Book Club (Formerly “Page Eaters”) Read some of the best Canadian books of 2013 from Feb 3rd – Apr 11th and attend fun parties throughout. Register according to your age group: Blue Spruce – Gr. K-2 Silver Birch – Gr. 3-6 Red Maple – Gr. 7-8 Children’s Department News Petawawa Public Library Just Drop-In No need to call ahead for these programs and events! Simply show up and have a great time. Playdough – Jan. 29th & February 26th – 6-7 p.m. Homework Help Bring your homework to the library every Tuesday and get some help understanding those extra-tricky problems. Starts Feb 4th – 4-5 p.m. – Grades K-8

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

General Lake Birthday Celebration February 27, 2014

You're Invited to General Lake's Birthday Celebration Thursday February 27th 4:30-6:00 The whole family is invited to come out and enjoy classic party games complete with clowns. Our friendly neighbourhood Spiderman may be making another special appearance at his favourite Elementary School. Birthday cake will be available for all free of charge sponsored by our School Council. All proceeds to go towards General Lake's final yearbook. Order Form for Lasagna Dinner February 27th **Due Date: February 21st, 2014** Family Name: __________________________________________ Each meal will include your choice of Meat OR Vegetarian Lasagna, Caesar Salad, a white or whole wheat roll and your choice of drink (milk, chocolate milk, juice or water) # of MEAT Lasagna Meals _________ @ $5.00 = _______________ # of VEGETARIAN Lasagna Meals _________ @ $5.00 = _______________ Total $=_______________ Payment may be made by cash or cheque payable to General Lake Public School. Please return this form with your child by Friday February 21st, 2014 in a sealed envelope. No change will be given, so please send exact amount. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact a member of General Lake School Council at (613) 687-2404

Sunday Night Message Feb 9

Good Evening, Deb Legault here with your Sunday Night Message from General Lake Public School. We begin the week on Day 5 on February 10. Intermediate students ar reminded of the basketball practices early in the morning. Tuesday at 12:15 we will be holding our Annual Primary Public Speaking at 12:15. Students participating in the event will be notified by their teachers. On Thursday beginning at 12:15 we will be holding our Junior Intermediate Grade 4-8 Public Speaking. On Friday it is Valentine's Day and students are encouraged to wear pink, red and white to celebrate the day. It is our hot lunch pizza day. Just a reminder to those sending in treats that we are a Peanut aware school so please look carfully to ensure the food is labelled clearly peanut free. A reminder tomorrow is the last day to complete the survey about the before and after school program for Valour and Friday is the last day to complete survey about the French Immersion program. Both surveys located on the Board website. Remember to mark your calendar for our Big General Lake birthday bash on February 27. More information will be sent out this week. Enjoy the rest of your evening.