Principal: Mr. Raymond Cable Assistant Principals: Mrs. Denise Harrison & Mr. Justin Klaassen

325 West Haven Drive, Leduc, Alberta T9E 1B6 Phone (780) 986—5991 Fax (780) 986—5661

Principal’s Message: What a beautiful start to the month of June! June is always a fun and very busy month. While we are wrapping up on one hand, we are looking at fresh starts for next year. As we wrap-up, grades 6 & 9 students are writing their Provincial Achievement Tests (see schedule on our website) and grades 7 & 8 are writing final exams. There are many classes booking amazing year-end field trips with many volunteering opportunities. We are looking toward the 2019-2020 school year with great anticipation. There’s so much to look forward to:

Students eagerly watch to find out who their teacher will be; it is shared in our newsletter. Students will receive a letter mailed home copy welcoming them to their new classroom in the first week or two of August.

Our grade 9’s will sadly be moving on from WHPS; congratulations!! You’ve worked hard to get to where you are and as Dr. Suess shared- “Oh, the places you’ll go!”

I’m thrilled to say that I’m also starting a new chapter in my life and am getting mar-ried on June 1st. I’m adding Tarynne, Tailor and Ella to the Cable family.

We are on track to have our two new modulars delivered and they are expected to be ready to go for September.

On behalf of the staff and myself, I’d like to thank the parents for all the amazing treats last week during the staff appreciation week. We enjoyed getting spoiled and felt very appreciated. Thank you! Now, as Mr. Rinsky likes to say, “Let’s make the days count. Don’t count the days!”

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New Student Registrations

For the 2019-2020 school year, all Black Gold schools will once again be utilizing an online registration process. If you know people who are moving to the area and intend on registering at our school, encourage them to go to the Black Gold Website http://www.blackgold.ca/parents/registration/ where they can submit their registration infor-mation. Our school office will re-open on August 26th

and 27th from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM, and 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We will be open August 28, 29 and 30th from 8:30 to 4:00. The first day of school for our students will be Tuesday, Sep-tember 3rd. This will be a full day of classes.

Milk Program:

Our Milk Program is winding down. The deadline for purchasing milk cards is June 3rd. Any milk punches that haven’t been used by the end of the school year will be carried over to next year. No refunds will be given.

Thank you to all of the Grade 6 students for running the milk program this year. Your hard work and dedication to the job is greatly appreciated.

Meet the Teacher Next year, our Meet the Teacher Evening will be held on Thursday, September 5th, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Following the meeting, we will have the WHPS School Council and Fundraising Society Annual General Meeting from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm.

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Reminders:

Grade 1 - 9 School Hours: 8:35 am - 3:15 pm

Entry Bell: 8:30am

Classes Start: 8:40am

Recess (Gr. 1 to 6): 10:15 am - 10:30 am

Jr. High: 10:15 am - 10:25

Lunch Dismissal: 12:00 pm

Classes Resume: 12:45 pm

Recess (Gr. 1 to 6): 2:00 pm - 2:15

Jr. High: 2:00 pm - 2:10

Dismissal: 3:15 pm

*Supervisors are outside at 8:15 am

ECS School Hours:

AM Class - 8:35am - 11:23am (doors open 8:30am)

PM Class - 12:27 pm - 3:15 pm (doors open 12:17pm)

Student Absences

For the safety of our students, it is extremely important to notify the school if your child will be late or absent. If the school is not notified, we are obligated to phone your home or office, or, if needed, your emergency contacts to confirm the absence. For your convenience, you may leave a message con-cerning absences outside of school hours on the voicemail system from 4:00 pm to 8:00 am, or you can send an e-mail to shelley.hawkins@blackgold.ca and/or sandy.musteca@blackgold.ca

Visitors to our School

All parents and visitors must check in at the office when visiting our school. A visitor pass is required if you are going any further than the office.

Early Dismissal (1st Wednesday of each month)

May 1st , 2019 @ 2:30 pm June 5th , 2019 @ 2:30 pm

***No kindergarten on Early Dismissal days***

Hot Lunch

June 7—Chopped Leaf June 14—Dairy Queen June 21—Boston Pizza

2019-2020 Grade Configurations

Below is our teaching line-up for the 2019-2020 school year.

Teaching Staff Grade Mrs. Cayley Stewart KSAM & KSPM Mrs. Amy Brenneis KBAM & KBPM

Ms. Jennifer Adante 1A Ms. Kirby Fecho 1F Ms. Natasha Yanitski 1Y

Mrs. Heather Ferguson 2F Mrs. Tamara Jabs 2J Ms. Tailor Pedersen 2P

Mrs. Kayla Anderson 3A Mr. Neil Latter 3L

Mr. Trevor Henderson 4H Mrs. Kathryn Lavoie 4L Ms. Amanda Maver 4M

Mrs. Sheena Edginton 5E Mr. Kyle Porter 5P Mrs. Aida Susa 5S

Mrs. Kelsey Loose 6L Mrs. Tracey Mosicki 6M Ms. Kiersten Rasmusson 6R

Mr. Jake Hendrickson 7H Mr. Isaac Schnell 7S Ms. Laura Wringe 7W

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Mr. Mike Berg 8B Mr. Dave Froland 8F Mr. Adam Hay 8H

Mrs. Melissa Ellsworth 9E Ms. Robyn Fenske 9F Mrs. Megan Pezderic 9P

Music Specialist Div 1 Mrs. Sherri Greene Music Specialist Div 2 Mr. Jo Johnson P.E. Specialist Mr. Noel Rinsky Misc Ms. Addie Hobbins

LST - Division 1 Mrs. Tamara Jabs LST - Division 2 Mrs. Kathryn Lavoie LST - Division 3 Mr. Jake Hendrickson LST - Inclusion Mrs. Deb Schmidt Counsellor Mr. Rob Froland

Assistant Principal Mrs. Denise Harrison Assistant Principal Mr. Justin Klaassen Principal Mr. Raymond Cable

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Hot Lunch The remaining hot lunches will be on the following days: June 7th (Chopped Leaf), June 14th (Dairy Queen) and June 21st (Boston Pizza) To our Hot Lunch coordinator and volunteers - Thank you for your leadership, assistance, and for donating your time to ensure our school has an outstanding Hot Lunch pro-gram. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!!! Our Hot Lunch program will begin again in October 2019. Please watch the September newsletter for more infor-mation.

Wristband Challenge

The WHPS Wristband Challenge is over for another school year. Congratulations to all of the 2018—2019 winners! We would like to take this opportuni-ty to thank the Leduc Recreation Centre for supporting our students’ efforts to be active and healthy.

School Supplies

West Haven Public School will be offering parents the opportunity to purchase your school supplies online again this year. This process will save you both time and money.

We will be utilizing the services of both School Start and Staples School Tools.

The information for both programs is located on our website at https://whps.blackgold.ca/parents/supply-lists/ Copies of the supply lists will also be emailed out by the end of June.

Microwave Days

Microwave days have now come to

an end for this year. To our Microwave Day coor-dinator and volunteers: thank you for your dedication and donating your time so that the students can have an ex-tra warm lunch during the week. Your efforts are truly appreciated!

Grade 1 Orientation

On Wednesday, June 19th our kindergar-ten students will get the opportunity to experience the grade 1 classroom. This adventure will take place during reg-ular kindergarten class times and is for the students only.

Library News The last day for students to check books out of the library will be June 7th. All books must be returned the following week as I will be starting in-ventory.

Textbooks will be due the last week of June for elementary students, or on the day of final exams for junior high students. Any books or textbooks not re-turned by the last day of school will be charged to stu-dents’ PowerSchool account.

Thank you so much for your cooperation and have a great summer!

2019-2020 2019-2020

And just like that it is June and the lure of summer vacation fun is mere weeks away. It is at this time that we, as a school community, can focus on the importance of good spiritual health by high-lighting the ideals of gratitude and thankfulness. June is our moment to reflect, celebrate, and ex-press our gratitude for all of the wonderful experiences that taken place over this school year. It is our time to celebrate the many varied things that make school life…well, LIFE!

This month, we encourage everyone to celebrate their successes, both big and little, and express their gratitude for...something! Gratitude is best defined as a meaningful thankfulness for something received, whether tangible or intangible. For us at West Haven, taking a moment to express our gratitude and thankfulness for everything that we have been a part of this year allows us the oppor-tunity to reflect on our successes, learn from our mistakes, generate new ideas for the future...and of course celebrate all the fantastic growth that all of our students have shown since walking through the doors way back in September. As an entire school staff, we want to thank you for everything you do that supports your child’s learning. Have a safe and memorable summer break! We will see you all again come September!

Thank you, Mr. Henderson Resource/Video links: What Does Thankful Mean? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcVQGoalfnk

Gratitude - Empowering Kids - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbd_wjpOd4U

Say Thank you: A Motivational Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uzynHWxn5Q

5 Minute Guided Meditation for Gratitude - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCorElLKFQE

The Gratitude Experiment for Kids - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5lZBjWDR_c

My Gratitude Jar (a children’s story) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TYvJh5Cwvw

Rugby Rugby WHPS WHPS Grade 7 & 8 Boys and Girls Rugby Team—2019

Volunteering at West Haven Public School For the 2019—2020 school year, anyone who is regularly volunteering at the school (bake sales, reading program, hot lunch, lice checks, etc.) will be required to obtain a current Vulnerable Sector Check (from the RCMP) and an Intervention Record Check (from Alberta Children’s Services). Should you require a letter to obtain these checks,

please contact Joanne Fitzsimmons in the school office at 780-986-5991 or by email at joanne.fitzsimmons@blackgold.ca. These checks do take some time to process, so we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible if you know you will be volunteer-

ing in our school.

The boys and girls junior high rugby teams are wrapping up their season. They had a great year, working hard, learning the game and playing as a team!

Division Track Meet The WHPS Junior High Track team competed in the BGRD meet with amazing effort and sportsmanship! Several team members are making it on to zones to represent our division. Congratulations!

We would like to extend our sincere

gratitude to the following sponsors

who helped us make our Volunteer

Appreciation Breakfast such a success!

WHPS FUNDRAISING SOCIETY AND WHPS SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS

Another school year is almost in the books! We would like to thank all the volunteers who helped throughout the year and to all those who have given us support in our endeavors.

We are still needing volunteers for the casino. Our dates are December 23 and 24, 2019.

We invite you to attend our last meeting of the year on Thursday June 6, 2019 at 6:30pm in the Learning Commons. It is a potluck, so bring a snack and let’s wrap up the year right. Some rep-resentatives from Black Gold Head Office will be there to discuss the elementary curriculum changes and to do a mental health presentation.

Our AGM for the 2019/20 school year will be on September 5, 2019, following the welcome back BBQ.

Erin Fuson, Secretary for WHPSFS and WHPSC

Come check out our talent show on June 25th from

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

· Starbucks

· Original Joes

· Cobs Bakery

· Rig Hand Distillery

· Panago Pizza

· Aurora Yoga Spa

· Leduc Recreation Centre

· Dairy Queen

· The Leduc Lions Club

· McDonalds, Sparrow Drive

· Chopped Leaf

· Canadian Brewhouse

· Leduc Co-Op

· Safeway

· Mattress Mattress

· Elements Day Spa

The staff of WHPS would like to thank the Parents Group for so generously treating us last week with all the goodies

that were brought in. It was very much appreciated!

WHPS GOT

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

2 3 Day 1

Grade 1 Swimming

Rugby Practice

Outdoor Ed 3A Berg—

Vertically Inclined

Peter Puffin—Grade 4s

4 Day 2

Outdoor Ed 3B Berg—

Vertically Inclined

5 Day 3

Bake Sale 2F

AB Dairy Congress

— 1F & 1A

Early Dismissal

No ECS Classes

Rugby Game

6 Day 4

AB Dairy Congress

— 1Y

Telus World of

Scienc—Grade 5s

WHPSFS & SC

Meetings—Potluck

7 Day 5

Chopped Leaf

Telus World of

Science —Grade 1s

8

9 Outdoor Ed Camping at Pigeon Lake

10 Day 1

Entire School Picture

Grade 1 Swimming

11 Day 2

Outdoor Ed 3B

Fenske—Vertically

Inclined

12 Day 3

Bake Sale 4H

Elementary Division

Track Meet

13 Day 4

Grade 9

Dessert Night

14 Day 5

Celebrate a Culture

Grade 9 Farewell

Fun Day

Valley Zoo—Grade 3

Dairy Queen

15

16 17 Day 1

Ukrainian Village—

Grade 3s

18 Day 2

Elk Island Park—

Grade 5s

Nature School—ECS

19 Day 3

Grade 6 PAT—ELA

Part B

20 Day 4

Grade 6 PAT Math

Last Day of

Options Classes

Telus World of

Science—Grade 4s

Ladybug Release

2F/2J

21 Day 5

Boston Pizza

Last Day of

ECS Classes

Laser Quest—Grade 6

Ladybug Release 2J

22

23 24 Day 1

Grade 6 PAT—

Social Studies

Grade 9 PAT—

ELA Part B

U of A Botanical

Gardens—Grade 2s

25 Day 2

Grade 6 PAT—

Science

Grade 9 PAT -

Math

Talent Show 2:20pm

26 Day 3

Grade 9 PAT—

Social Studies

Elementary

Summer Fun Day

27 Day 4

Grade 9 PAT—

Science

Last Day of School

28 Day 5

Report Cards

Emailed Home

29

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Day 4

First day of School

4 Day 5

5 Day 1

Meet the Teacher BBQ

( 5:30pm)

WHPS SC & FS AGM (6:30 pm)

6 Day 2

7

8 9 Day 3

10 Day 4 11 Day 5

12 Day 1 13 Day 2 14

15

16 Day 3 17 Day 4

18 Day 5

19 Day 1 20 Day 4

PD Day

21

22

23 Day 2

24 Day 3

25 Day 4

26 Day 5

27 Day 1 28

29 30 Day 2