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Noble Central News
Noble Central School
November
Operation Christmas Child
Noble Central will again be participating in Operation Christmas Child, a Samaritan’s Purse project.
Hundreds of students in Southern Alberta have participated over the last few years. Shoebox packages are
prepared for children whose lives have been torn apart in areas of conflict. Students are encouraged to fill a
shoebox with a variety of gifts and items they might consider essential, like a toothbrush, soap. Children
have also included items like paper, crayons, pens, pencils, small stuffed animals, and sealed packages of
hard candy, small toys like balls and books, socks, mittens and scarves. Do not include war toys, chocolate,
breakable items or well
worn items. The last day for the school to accept shoe boxes is
not November 4
as stated in the previous Newsletter. They are being collected in the
2 classroom.
No School
instructional day
ater in the month,
s a Professional Development Day for Teaching staff.
No classes for all grades
Report Cards/Intervi
Report Cards for Junior/Senior High students
issued November
Interviews for Junior/Senior High
will take place in the Gym November
th from 4:00
. If you wish to see a teacher, please drop in
during the time allotted. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
Report Cards for Elementary students will be issued November
Elementary Interviews will be held the
evening of November 2
by appointment only.
All report cards must be signed by a parent and returned to the school as soon as possible
Remembrance Day
We will be observing Remembrance Day on Friday, November
. Ceremonies will begin at
approximately 10:30 a.m. in the school gymnasium. Parents and community are invited to attend. Poppies
were sent home with the youngest in each family
. Please return donation money for the Poppy
campaign to the school office.
This is a reminder about the upcoming annual
TURKEY BINGO
AT NOBLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
FRIDAY, December 5, 2008
at 7:00 P.M.
(DOORS OPEN AT 6:15 P.M.)
Put this date on your calendar
more details to follow.
Books are coming and going on a daily basis here at the library. Some students have started on a series of
books and can hardly wait to read the next one in line! The ‘how to draw’ books continue to be popular
with all ages as well as the old favorites like Berenstain Bears and Dr. Seuss for our elementary students.
There are 22 students from Gr. 4, 5 & 6 who have joined Rocky Mountain Readers! Congratulations to
them for taking this extra reading challenge and documenting and critiquing the books they’ve read .
Unfortunately, a few books have already been returned with damage; please make sure to take proper care
of your library books. The Gr. 1’s and 2’s have been really good about using their red apple library bags.
A few of the new titles that have been added to the shelves lately:
Jack Russell, Dog Detective ; The Beetle Alphabet; G is for Googol
a Math Alphabet book;
at Tricks Count
a Hockey Number Book; Hockey Night in Canada
by the Numbers; The Mystery of the
Frozen Brains; Kids Book of Canada at War; What we Remember; and for parents
Eat This, Not That
thousands of simple food swaps to make healthier eating for your kids.
Panago Pizza and our Grade 4 Home Reading Program
Panago Pizza has been very supportive of school reading programs and
it is their hope to improve literacy
in communities. The students in grade 4 signed up to participate in
the Panago Pizza Reading Program and
many have been achieving their reading goals throughout the month of October.
Congratulations to the following grade 4 students for their success
in the Home Reading Program in
October
Doan Esterhuyse, Charles Mabie, Brynn Wobick, Kyle Gurr, Zachary Manyshots, Allison
Feenstra, Shayna VandenHoek, Nancy Neufeld
and Zachary Roth. Good luck in the month of November.
We appreciate the support of the grade 4 parents as we strive to reach our reading goals.
Science and Technology Week Winner
Competition was fierce during the fifth annual Science and Technology Week Challenge held last week in
the art room. In the end, the tallest freestanding tower was built by ‘Team Mechanical Skyscrapers’ (Justin
Harbers, Jordan Gladden and Austin Fischer) from grade six. Their tower was a whopping 108 cm tall!
Great work, students! Mr. Davis
Homework Help!
‘Homework help’ for the assignments of the day is available after school each Monday and Tuesday for
grade five students from 3:30 pm till 4:30 pm. An appointment is not necessary.
Cookie Dough Sal
On November 3, 2008, the students of Noble Central School will begin our 2
annual cookie dough
fundraising campaign. These funds will help to support our school. The youngest member of each
family will be bringing home a yellow envelope which will contain your fundraising package. If you
have not received a package and would like one, please contact the school. We are asking for your help
to make it a very successful campaign, as it will benefit all of our students.
To raise these funds, we are off
Go Cookie Co frozen cookie dough for you, your co
workers, family and friends to purchase. It is an excellent product and is easy to sell as people always
love cookies. In our 1
year we sold 752 tubs and we had a lot of positive feedback on the quality of
the cookie dough. In fact, people were asking for extra.
We ask that each family try and sell 6 tubs of cookie dough (1 case).
We will run the campaign for two weeks, the last day will be Friday, November 14, 2008. Please
er forms and dollars collected on or before this date. Our orders need to be placed
on Monday, November 17
The cookie dough will be delivered to the school on the morning of
December 5 (Turkey Bingo Night). We will have 2 pick
up times on that day as it is an early
dismissal. The first will be from Noon until 2 p.m. The second will be 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Each seller
will be responsible for pick
up and delivery of the orders you have collected. If you are unable to make
these, please arrange for someone to pick up your orders as the dough comes already frozen.
Thank you in advance for your help with the campaign. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated! If
you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school. You may also contact Sue
2338), or Tracy Dorchak (824
Mr. Davis
After School Discovery (ASD)
The final kites were completed last Wednesday and now they are ready to fly. We need to wait until we get
a reasonable wind, preferably from the east. If we fly them with a wind from any other direction, we would
risk having a kite string break and the prevailing wind blowing kite and trailing string into power line
strings attached and students chasing them. NOT GOOD! So…we shall wait for the appropriate conditions
and fly them at lunch.
The next After School Discovery activity will be chess. Any students in grades 4
6 wanting to play chess
during the next two Wednesdays please sign up in Mr. Davis’ room.
The classic ‘balsa wood glider kits’ are on order and should be here by the end of November. These are
cool to build and awesome to fly. Stay tuned for more information.
Mr. Davis
Hot Meal Deals
, garlic toast
Chicken Burgers, chips & drink
Perogies, chips & drink
Chicken Caesar salad, garlic toast & drink
Hamburgers, chips & drink
Taco Salad & drink
Noble Central Parent Council
e is an urgent need for parent
to volunteer to participate in the Parent Council. Positions for Chair,
Vice Chair, and Secretary remain open so if any parent feels he or she would like to fill these positions, call
the school or talk to Brenda Vreeken a
3416. Meetings take place on
e a month and last an hour
or an hour and a half.
Palliser Newsletter
Palliser Regional Schools is pleased to now be publishing a monthly newsletter
“The Pulse.” To
subscribe, visit the home page of the Palliser website at
www.pallisersd.ab.ca (“Division
Newsletter”). Previous issues are also available by visiting the website.
Noble Central Website
Visit our school website at
www.noblecentralschool.ca to find out the most recent activities as well as any
upcoming events. Students can find homework assignments, parents can subscribe to our online scho
newsletter and keep track of how our sports teams are doing.
NOBLE CENTRAL GRAD
Bottle and Battery Drives on November 29
, 2008 and February 8
, 2009.
Please hang on to your recyclable drink containers and old vehicle batteries! We
would really appreciate taking them off your hands!
Students of the Month
Kennedi O’Brien
Zach Many Shots
Jason Wiebe
Braiden Fraser
Jade Hodgson
Austin Fischer
John Waters
Sophie Jowett
Hayden O’Brien
Kasey Groenenboom
News Flash from Family Centre
4 Ave. S.
Lethbridge (403)320
For the second year, a 38 foot bus painted like a Holstein cow is coming to Lethbridge. The bus is
designed like a mini kindergarten classroom and is filled with fun activities designed to promote family
literacy to children under six years of age. It is a journey of discovery for children and their parents as they
interact with the facilitators and resources on the bus.
To access the literacy program offered on the bus, children must be accompanied by an adult and must
make an appointment:
November 3 at Family Centre
call Betty at (403)329
November 4 at Family Centre
November 5 at Lethbridge Public Library
Enjoy some activities with your young child:
Draw and color on a piece of paper taped to the wall
vericle surfaces help develop the small
muscles in the hand and wrist as well as the larger muscles in the ar
Make lines and circles by finger painting, painting with pudding or shaving cream or by drawing
in sand with your fingers
Play with play dough
use utensils such as cookie cutters and plastic knives
Play with puzzles
Use small tongs to pick up cotton balls, pom poms, blocks etc.
Pour, ladle and spoon water into different sized containers in the bathtub or at the kitchen sink
North County Outreach
The North County Outreach Society is getting ready for their Christmas hamper drive. Any families
would like to receive a food hamper delivered to their home are asked to contact the food bank located at
326 Highway Ave. in Picture Butte before November 25. The food bank is open on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings from 10
Counsellor Corner
Why Can’t I”
One of the most valuable questions that kids ask is “Why can’t I?” It is a question that opens the
door to parents and children sharing together their thoughts, ideas, feelings and exploring their
sense of right and wrong. When parents answer, “Because I said so,” the door slams shut.
“Because I said so,” is a lousy answer that teaches children nothing about taking advantage of
their healthy questions and curiosity. It also reinforces the notion that a child’s answers to
ethical choices don’t have to make sense or direct his/her behaviour.
The following answers to the question, “Why can’t I?” give children a tool to help keep both
their thinking and their actions rooted in their own deep caring.
Because it is unkind. (The two girls shun their classmate on the playground)
Because it is hurtful. (The eight year old trips his younger sister as she races to
the car)
Because it is unfair. (The twelve year old cuts his piece of the pie big
er than his
two siblings pieces)
Because it is dishonest. (A teenager downloads his science project off the
internet and submits as his own)
It is impossible to make enough rules to cover all of the temptations and not all questions have
answers. An ethic rooted in deep caring takes us far beyond merely following rules. We are
challenged to see things less in terms of right and wrong and more in terms of developing
healthy relationships and the impact our behaviour has on others.
The examples above, shunning, tripping, hoarding and cheating, each present a teachable
moment. Parents can help children work through repairing the damage they have done by each
of these acts, the harm they have caused, or the pain they have inflicted. In other words to own
the problem, fix it and then to learn from it. They can teach their children how to show
kindness, compassion, fairness, honesty and trustworthiness. As children are invited to
demonstrate these behaviours in more ways they develop empathy and compassion. They learn
to see themselves as cared for and capable of kindness. When kids are confronted with
important questions and problems for which answers and solutions are not readily available,
they are more likely to exercise their critical thinking skills and less likely to fall into stereotypes
and prejudices. In answer to the question, “Why should I behave decently?” Dr. Robert
Buckman replied, “Because it will be a better world for the human race if we all do.”
Taken directly from “Just Because It’s Not Wrong Doesn’t Make it Right” by Barbara Colorosso
Noble Central School
Parent Council Minutes
October 29, 2008
Attendance: Don Zech, Han Schrempf, Mike Davis, Brenda MacMillan, Brenda Vreeken, Jackie
Oudshoorn.
Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m.
Positions for Chair, Vice
Chair, Secretary remain open so if any parent feels he or she would like to
fill these positions, please talk to Brenda at 403
3416, or the school.
Trustee Report:
CTS mobile unit Grand Opening celebrations were excellent. The Board will proceed with the
Noble Central School CTS pad and parking lot upgrade, and the bus loop and parking lot construction will
be put to tender. The first issue of THE PULSE, Palliser Division’s newsletter has been distributed, and
feedback was very positive. Anyone interested is encouraged to visit the Palliser website to subscribe to
the online newsletter.
Schools were commended for their excellent fund
raising efforts through recent Terry Fox Run activities.
Principal Report
Welcome Back, school families went on a hunt through the school gaining interesting facts about NCS.
Terry Fox Fun, students collected over $900.00 for cancer research. Students also had the opportunity to
throw a cream pie at a staff or student who had over $100.00 in their container.
Prep work for the CTS mobile is under way.
New Gym doors (north), the glass is still coming.
New Score Clock installed.
New gym equipment
volleyball and badminton standards and nets.
Student opportunities
Golf team went to Vulcan, Cross Country Team went to Zones in Medicine Hat,
YWCA Conference for Sr. High Girls, RAP presentation for High School students, Scholarship info
evening was held for parents and students.
NCS will host 1A Volleyball Zones November 20
NCS will host 1A Provincials in Basketball.
Mentorship program is running smoothly.
Band Program starting out GREAT.
CTS mobile coming in February. Ken Sanderson will be providing instruction for all levels of students.
Many staff opportunities have taken place.
School website is up and running.
Parents, please feel welcome to attend these meetings which are very informative about what is happening
in your child’s school. These meetings are held once a month, usually the last Wednesday of the month at
7 p.m. The meetings last about an hour to an hour and a half.
Our next Parent Council Meeting is November 26 at 7 p.m. in the Staff Room.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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