April Newsletter 2016
Spring has sprung at Sarah Thompson School. We celebrated this by enjoying our latest spring concert, “Once Upon a Lily Pad”. It was a wonderful performance put on by our grade one and three students. This story celebrated nature and all it has to offer. This heralds Earth Day coming on April 22nd. Sarah Thompson will begin our celebration on April 21st. We will be learning about many different facets our landscape has to offer. We will go on nature walks, plant a variety of vegetables that we hope to plant at the Langdon Community Garden. We will continue to work with our worms and compost as well as explore artistic avenues to appreciate our environment. We intent to also give back to our community by having another community walk where we will pick up garbage and make our world a better place to be. One of my favourite quotes says,
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” –Jane Goodall
Moving through the rest of the month, our students and staff will be enjoying spring vacation from April 9th to 17th. This is a wonderful time to reconnect as a family and enjoy time spent together. It affords the opportunity for parents and children to read and explore common interests. Did you know that;”15 MINUTES of reading with your children each day can expose them to one million written words in a year.”
FROM A 1988 RESEARCH STUDY ON INDEPENDENT READING BY ANDERSON, WILSON & FIELDING
As we move forward, our school will unveil the second year of our four-year school education plan (SEP) School Education Plan. The 2015 iteration can be found on our website; thompson.rockyview.ab.ca/. This is our framework for success at Sarah Thompson School. We know the importance of building for the future, and know that we must inspire a love of learning and community, engaging learners for life. Our wonderful School Council recently provided their input, and now we will be engaging our students and staff in their important contribution in moving our school forward.
Finally, a big thank you to everyone who participated in our recent fundraisers. These help support many of our initiatives including; Rocks and Rings, The Alberta Opera and many other celebrations. We could not do this without your support, and we are sincerely appreciative. Our ongoing fundraisers include; the clothing bin (located in the Buy-Low parking lot) and Mabel’s Labels (which can be found on our website).
