Wed Night Reminder June 19

Good evening.  Just a quick reminder from General Lake Public School that the Grade 3-8 students have a mini we day in the morning. Donations to Cpan, General Panet’s Humanitarian trip, local food bank and gently used snow suits will be accepted.

Also tomorrow evening from 4:30-6:30 come on out and join the family fun for our annual year end celebration  There will be music, balloons, face-painting, bouncy castles and much more. Come on out and join the free event. Hotdogs, popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase.  

Renfrew County District School Board

Recommended Student Supplies for the New School Year
September 2013

Each year, parents have sought recommendations regarding the nature 

and type of student supplies that would be worthwhile to purchase during 

"back to school" sales events. In response to these parent requests, the 

Renfrew County District School Board has developed a listing of 

recommended materials: 

Primary(Grades 1- 3)


• 20 HB pencils
(not plastic or paper coated)
• 5 large glue sticks
• 3 bottle of white glue
• Waxed Crayons
Coloured pencils/pencil crayons
• 2 highlighter pens 
• 2 packages of Post-it notes (or, "sticky" notes) (small and plain) 
• Metric Ruler (measuring 30 cm, with millimetre markings) (Rigid Style) 
• 3 to 5 erasers 
• Scissors (blunted point) 
• Pencil case (soft, easy to open & able to store most items) 
• Pencil sharpener (with case to gather shavings)  • 3 duo-tangs (red, blue, yellow, green, orange) • 4 Two-pocket folders (look like duotangs but have pockets) • Lined paper (loose leaf) • 5-Excerise notebooks (e.g. Hilroy) • An extra pair of running shoes for indoor use, including gym class. (Non-platform soles and with white soles).

Junior
(Grades 4 - 6)

                                             

　
• 12 HB Pencils
• 6 Pens (blue or black ink)
• Red pen (1)
• Coloured pencil crayons
• 2 highlighter pens
• 2 packages of Post-it notes (or, "sticky" notes)
• 3 large glue sticks
• 1 bottle of white glue
• Metric Ruler (measuring 30 cm, with millimetre markings)
• 3 to 5 Erasers
• Scissors
• Pencil case (small and soft to fit into our small desks)
• Washable Markers
• French/English Dictionary
• 5 to 8 duo-tangs (various colours)
• Calculator (with basic math functions)
• Geometry set
• 5 to 8 notebooks (not coil bound or rip out pages - they tend to fall apart)
• 3-ringed lined paper (large pack)
• An extra pair of running shoes for indoor use, including gym class. (Non-platform soles and with white soles).
　
Intermediate 
(Grades 7- 8)
• 12 HB Pencils
• 12 Pens (blue or black ink)
• Red pens (2)
• Coloured pencil crayons
• 2 highlighter pens
• 2 packages of Post-it notes (or, "sticky" notes)
• 3 large glue sticks
• Liquid paper
• Metric Ruler (measuring 30 cm, with millimetre markings)
• 3 to 5 Erasers
• Scissors
• Pencil case
• Washable Markers
• French / English dictionary
• 5 to 8 duo-tangs (various colours)
• Calculator (with square root / exponent function)
• Geometry set
• 8 to 10 Notebooks (not coil -bound or rip out pages - they tend to fall apart)
• 3 ringed lined paper (large pack)
• 3 ringed blank paper (small pack)
• 2 Binders (1 inch rings)
• Dividers
• Reinforcements for loose-leaf paper
• An extra pair of running shoes for indoor use, including gym class. (Non-platform soles and with white soles).

FUN PASS IS BACK!

English:

Get Out and Have Fun this Summer!

The Fun Pass is back! And it’s packed with money-saving coupons. Kids can get in free at 20 Ontario attractions when accompanied by a paying adult. Families also receive $2 dollars off a daily parking permit at participating Ontario Parks locations.

Starting in June, you can access your Fun Pass coupons at www.ontariofunpass.com. Simply type in the name of the school board, print the coupons and redeem them at any of the participating Ontario attractions. It’s that easy!

The Ontario Fun Pass – your ticket to the world of history and science, art and nature.

French:

Sortez et amusez-vous cet été!

Le passeport Plaisirs est de retour, avec plein de coupons de rabais. Les enfants peuvent entrer gratuitement dans 20 attractions de l'Ontario avec un adulte qui achète un billet. Les familles reçoivent également 2 dollars de rabais par jour sur un permis de stationnement aux parcs de l'Ontario participant au programme.

À partir du mois de juin, vous pouvez obtenir vos coupons du passeport Plaisirs à www.ontariofunpass.com. Il vous suffit de saisir le nom du conseil scolaire, d'imprimer les coupons et de les racheter auprès de n'importe quelle attraction de l'Ontario participant au programme. C'est si facile!

Le passeport Plaisirs de l'Ontario - votre entrée dans le monde de l'histoire, des sciences, de l'art et de la nature.

SUNDAY NIGHT MESSAGE JUNE 16

GOOD EVENING. Deb Legault here with your Sunday Night message from General Lake. A big week of events this week at General Lake Public School.
On Monday, June 17 is the final day we will be accepting meal pre-order forms for our Year end celebration event.   More information and forms are available on our school blog www.generallakenews.blogspot.com. This Annual free family event will take place this Thursday from 4:30 until 6:30. We have Ray's reptiles, dancing in the gym, Mr. DImples balloon creations, face-painting and much more fun. Please make it a point to stop by and join in the fun, as General Lake celebrates another successful year. If you are available to volunteer with this event please contact the school. We still need volunteers.
Mme DeAbreu's and Mrs Langille's grade 5/6 class will be going on their class trip. Students need to arrive at the school at 7:50. Buses will be leaving at 8:00 am. Pack a peanut free lunch. Parents can pick up students at 5:00pm
Monday afternoon we have our dress rehearsal for our talent show beginning at 12:15. Students will be given an opportunity then to watch the show.
On Tuesday, June 18  at 12:15 parents are welcome to come to see our annual talent show beginning at 12:15.
On Wednesday, June 19 we will be having our Playday in the morning. Please ensure students are dressed appropriately for weather and they have a hat, sunscreen and waterbottle. 
On Thursday, June 20 we have a big day beginning with our Mini We day for our grade 3-8 students. This day is designed to inspire students to make a change in the world both locally and globally. Students will see performances and hear motivational speeches via video and live.  Students are asked to bring a food donation for the local food bank; some change for General Panet's humanitarian trip to Kenya; some change for CPAN; and if you have any snowsuits please send them along for CPAN. Lynne Smith from CPAN will be speaking at our WE day about the valuable work of CPAN and how the students can make a difference.  As always, parents are invited to attend this inspirational and fun-filled event and discover the power of WE.
On Thursday evening from 4:30-6:30  will be our Year End celebration
On Friday morning it's the staff versus the Grade 8 students in a friendly game of softball. Come on out and cheer for your favourite team at 10:30.
It's going to be a great week to be at General Lake.
Don't forget to check out our 'Boutique L and F' for those missing fashions, aka our lost and found. Items will be packed up and donated at the end of the year.
Enjoy the rest of your evening

General Lake End Of School Year Celebration

 General Lake End Of School Year Celebration 

Thursday, June 20th 

4:30pm to 6:30pm 

FREE 

Face Painting & Animal Balloons 

for Everyone 

FREE 

Frozen Yogurts & Fruits 

Enjoy Till It Lasts 

Join us 

for an evening of FUN 

Music, Little Ray’s Reptiles, Door Prizes & Much More 

 Food Available On Site 

•Hot dogs $1.00 

•Drinks $1.00 

• Popcorn $1.00 

To pre order your food tickets please return the bottom part to the school with your child in a sealed envelope. 

By Friday, June 14th, 2013 

Please include payment in full by cash or cheque, payable to General Lake Public School, with the exact amount and return it with your child. Tickets are not refundable. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the School at 613-687-2404. Prepaid tickets will be available June 20th at the VIP ticket table under your family name. 

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Family Name: _____________________________________ 

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Renfrew County Crisis Support Clinic for Youth & Families

Pembroke Walk-in Clinic
Wednesdays 5pm to 9pm
Ottawa Valley Health & Wellness Centre
715 Mackay Street Pembroke
Renfrew Walk-in Clinic
Thursdays 5pm to 9pm
Service Ontario Building
316 Plaunt Street Renfrew
613-635-4715 Ext 4

This is a nine-month pilot initiative made possible by the generous commitment and donations by our area Rotary Clubs.

Mini GL WE day June 20

On June 20^th General Lake Public School intermediate students are pleased to present their very first WE day. Inspired by their previous we day experience, students from General Lake are putting together a special program filled with inspirational videos from Craig and Marc Keilburger, Spencer West, and Molly Burke, special dances and singing performances from our very own General Lake students, as well as motivational speeches from  special guests.  The event is sure to inspire change in our Grade 3-8 students as well as showcase some of our very own school initiatives. Lots of music, dancing and fun will fill the gym as parents are welcome to join us for what is sure to be a very inspirational life changing day for our students. Guests are encouraged to bring a food item for our food drive as well as change for our coin drive for CPAN and General Panet's Humanitarian trip for 2013.  The event begins at 9:45 and continues throughout the morning. We break for lunch, then continue for another set.  WE are the change at General Lake!

 Tentative Schedule of events:
9:45 WE Day: Born out of a Dream
9:50 Welcome to WE Day General Lake
10:00 Craig and Marc Keilburger
10:10 We Dance
10:20 Poverty in Renfrew and CPAN
10:30 Zoey and Jada Dance
10:35 Kamrie song
10:40 Molly Burke video
10:50 One candle by Charles Osbourn
11:00 Sam and Maddy Dance
11:10 WE Dance
11:20 LUNCH
12:05 Spencer West
12:15 Hardships in the 3rd world Sydney Robinson
12:25 General Panet's Humanitarian Efforts
12:35 Grace and Maddy singing
12:40 Martin Sheen
12:50 We Dance
12:55 Brianna and Emma
1:00 We day video
1:05 Closing Call to action
1:15 Let's Shake on it

Grade 8 ball makes us proud

Congratulations to the grade 8 ball team who made us proud on Friday June 7 at the 3 pitch tournament. The students had a fun day despite the poor weather and they played their very best and showed great sportsmanship. Way to go to the whole team who made us very proud Kyle Lambert, Daryl Sullivan McElroy,Wyatt Shamess, Katie Hambleton, Caynen Kyle, Kaitlin  Liam Jobe, Jada McInnis, Draven Jolicoueur, Mackenzie Holt,  Dominic Plamondon, Erin Stacey and the Eagle. SPecial thanks to Ms Calver and Mr. Blimkie for volunteering their time to coach the team.

Sunday Night Message June 9

Deb Legault here with the Sunday night update from General Lake Public School.  Last week the Sunday Night message was unable to be sent due to technical difficulties related to the launching of our new Board website.  
You can check out the new dynamic look of the website at www.rcdsb.on.ca.
Monday is a PA Day. 
Soccer for grade 6-8 students on Tuesday at 8 am  is cancelled, due to the track and field event at Dundonald Hall. 
Our last soccer with Ms Crouzat is on Thursday morning at 8:00 am.
On Tuesday the auditions continue with our grade 5 and 6 classes.
On Wednesday we hold auditions for any students that missed their day. On Wednesday June 12 we have our school Council Meeting at 6:00pm.
There are no longer any hot lunches for the remainder of the year. Thanks to our School Council and our parent volunteers for providing this valuable service to our community.
Please mark your calendars for the following events.
June 17 Dress rehearsal for Talent Show at 12:15
June 18 Talent Show at 12:15.
June 20 Mini WE day for Grades 3-8 in the morning. Parents, as always, are welcome to attend as we introduce this event to our school. 
Our School Council is pleased to present our Annual Year end Celebration on June 20 from 4:30-6:30 pm.
June 25 Grade 8 Graduation at 12:15

Enjoy the rest of your evening

Silver Chain Challenge June 1-June 30

June 1- June 30

www.silverchainchallenge.ca

 Chain Challenge is a friendly competition

between Renfrew County and Lanark County to

inspire and promote more active and healthier

communities. Our goal is to engage everyone to

get outside and move more.

Register today and login in often! Start small and

record each trip. Renfrew County participants will

log their KM, whether walking or cycling. Lanark

County participants will log only KM cycled.

The benefits are huge:

•

improved mental and physical health

•

vibrant and healthier communities

•

stronger local economy• engaged and active

Healthy School 2020 E-Bulletin May 2013

HEALTHY SCHOOLS 2020 E-BULLETIN

ISSUE 10: May 2013 Need more ideas? Visit www.healthyschools2020.ca Have an idea to share? Tell us! Email ccpn@ottawaheart.ca Healthy Schools 2020 is about working together to support active, healthy eating environments in the schools in our region. This e-bulletin is designed to provide you and your school communities with fun, practical ways to keep healthy nutrition top of mind – in your school lunch programs, fundraising initiatives, and classroom rewards. Take the Challenge: Spring into Spring! Spring is in the air, which means it’s a great time to get outside and get active! Choose a week in May or June to get some fresh air and exercise by walking, cycling, or skateboarding to school! Challenge your students to promote: • Daily physical activity • A healthier environment • Safer streets • Making friends and having fun! To
register your school, or to download resources that support the challenge, click here. Resource Corner Ophea has several free resources available for you to order to support your school through quality programs that enable children and youth to lead healthy active lives. HANDS UP for Health and Physical Literacy is a new three-part illustrated video series that will teach children and youth about the importance of physical and health literacy in fun and engaging way. Click here to order Fundraising: Getting an early start! Make the shift to non-food fundraising for the 2013-14 school year with these fun options: • Let parents ‘
rent-a-helper’ to rake leaves • Run a
non-bake sale: pay NOT to bake • Sell chrysanthemums or
fall bulbs such as daffodils and tulips • Have a ‘healthy school’
logo contest. Sell shoe laces, pins, mugs, pencils or t-shirts branded with the winning logo For more ideas, or to share your fundraising successes, visit
Nutrition Tools for Schools. Healthy Barbecue Season School community members will enjoy and appreciate healthy and tasty choices at all ‘special event’ days. • Serve
lean burgers on whole wheat buns with sides of tomato & lettuce. Include a meatless veggie or salmon burger. • Offer
apples from a local orchard. • Serve fresh
vegetables. • Water
is the best choice for beverages, but consider white milk (2%MF or less), or 100% fruit juice for variety. • Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold! For advice on how to prepare food in a
safe manner, contact your local public health unit.

Bookfair Tremendous Success

The final numbers have just come in from our Scholastic Bookfair and we are extremely pleased to announce that we surpassed ourFall Book Fair with total sales of whopping $3974.38. Thank you to our wonderful General Lake School community for your tremendous support, as well as the volunteers who worked tirelesslessly to ensure that that Fair ran smoothly.  Sixty percent of the total will be returned to the school in product for our classrooms and our library. 

June 2 Sunday Night Message postponed due to technical difficulties

Due to technical difficulties associated with the new design of the Renfrew County School Board website  the following message will not be sent out this evening via our School Connects automated system.  We will attempt to have it sent out on Monday evening. We apologize for the inconvenience.

GOOD EVENING,

Deb Legault here with the Sunday night update from General Lake Public School.  

This week beginning on Monday morning at 8:15 we have our Grade 8 softball practice, weather permitting.  Later that day we have our auditions for the Talent Show for our grade 7 and 8 students.  Monday evening a Sub-committee of our School Council will meet at 6:30 to discuss the end of the year celebration. 

On Tuesday and Thursday morning, we begin the day with our soccer club at 8:00 am, followed by track and field at 8:30.  Our EQAO continues for our grade 3 and grade 6 students on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

On Tuesday June 4 the Board Parent Involvement Committee will meet at the Board office at 6:15.

If you are interested in attending please contact Mme Major at the school. 

On Friday we hold auditions for our grade 3/4 students for our up and coming talent show. No hot lunch on this day, as last week was the last week.

Please mark your calendars for the following events. 

June 18 Talent Show. 

June 20 Mini WE day for Grades 3-8 in the morning. Year end Celebration 4:30-6:30 pm

June 25 Grade 8 Graduation at 12:15

June 26 School wide Soccer baseball event

June 27 Character Assembly 10:00am

Enjoy the rest of your evening and be sure to check out the new dynamic look of the Renfrew County District School Board  website at www.rcdsb.on.ca

BOOK TREE IN PETAWAWA

The Book Tree in Petawawa!  This was a project originating from the Best Start Network and evolving many partners over the past year.  It is a wonderful opportunity to have books flow through hands and minds that wish to take advantage of this free resource and process.

Take a book - Share a book - Leave a book! 

It is located at the Petawawa Civic Centre/Library Playground 

Come and check it out 

Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TheBookTreeRC 

Head Shave reminder for tomorrow May 31 at 1:00

Good evening.  Deb Legault here with a quick reminder that things will be getting hairy tomorrow at General Lake Public School as  Ethan and Jackson Alexander shave their heads to raise funds for Cancer tomorrow May 31 at 1:00pm as part of our monthly character assembly. As always, parents are welcome to attend this very exciting event. We encourage all students to bring along some change to contribute to the cause.  Parents are welcome to donate online. Jackson and Ethan's headshave can be accessed on our school blog at www.generallakenews.blogspot.com. Enjoy your evening and thanks for your continued support as we help our students make a change.

Ethan's Head Shave

http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR/Thirdpartyevent/IFE_ON_CommunityPartnerships_?px=5036889&pg=personal&fr_id=14242#.UZzWUdpzbIU
 Jackson's Head Shave
http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR/UnitFundraisingEvent/General?px=5043143&pg=personal&fr_id=14242#.UZzXLdpzbI