PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

With two months behind us, we are already

looking at Report Cards and Parent/Teacher

Interviews. Please note that Report Cards will be

going home on Nov. 8 instead of Nov. 9, and that

interviews will occur on Nov. 15 from 3:30-9:00

PM. Our annual Book Fair will occur on Nov. 15

(until 7:00 PM) and Nov. 16 (closes at 4:00 PM).

This is a major fundraiser for our library, and we

very much appreciate your support. (Christmas

presents??)

Thank you to the many parents and students that

attended our Playground Grand Opening and Open

House evening on Oct. 12. Visitors were treated to

a hotdog lunch, student work and art displays, a

Literacy session by Katherine Oviatt from Central

Office, and some delicious samplings of foods

created by our very own Home Ec. classes under

the guidance of Mrs. Gray.

Good luck to all our Jr. and Sr. Volleyball teams as

they battle in the upcoming weeks. Please come

out to cheer them on!

Our Remembrance Day presentation will begin at

10:45 on November 9. Parents and community

members are welcome to attend.

Horizon Schools have a revised procedure in place

regarding High Risk Activities. Once our staff has

had time to deal with this for Muenster School, we

will be sending home Informed Consent forms for

each child. These forms must be completed by

parents and returned to the school.

A reminder that the school will be closed from

Nov. 10 - 13, re-opening on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

D. Gerwing

Muenster School Newsletter November 2017

Dates to Remember

Thurs, Nov 2: Jr. “B” Boys Volleyball Pre-Districts @ Muenster

Thurs, Nov 2: Jr. Girls Volleyball Pre-Districts @ Wakaw

Sat, Nov 4: Sr. Girls 2A Volleyball Conference Playoffs @ Muenster

Tues, Nov 7: Jr. “B” Boys Volleyball Districts @ TBA

Tues, Nov. 7: Jr. Girls Volleyball Districts @ TBA

Wed, Nov 8: K to Grade 12 REPORT CARDS

Thurs, Nov 9: Remembrance Day Service @ 10:45 am. Public is Welcome

Fri, Nov 10: Day-in-Lieu of Parent-Teacher Conferences – NO SCHOOL

Sat, Nov 11: REMEMBRANCE DAY

Sat, Nov 11: Sr. Girls 2A Volleyball Regional Playoffs @ TBA

Sat, Nov 11: Sr. Boys 1A Volleyball Conference Playoffs @ LeRoy

Mon, Nov 13: Day-in-Lieu of Remembrance Day – NO SCHOOL

Wed, Nov 15: PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES – 3:30 PM TO 9:00 PM – Mr. King will be available 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Fri, Nov 17 & Sat., Nov 18: Sr. Girls 2A Volleyball Provincials @ Davidson

Sat, Nov 18: Sr. Boys 1A Volleyball Regional Playoffs @ TBA

Fri, Nov 24 & Sat, Nov 25: Sr. Boys 1A Volleyball Provincials @ Rouleau

GRADE THREE & FOUR NEWS

November in Grade 3/4 is going to be a

busy month! We are going to be focusing

on narrative writing and run-on sentences

for the next few weeks. Guided reading

will be starting up next week. Ask your

child about the book they’re reading with

their group! The Grade 3’s are writing a

math test soon and moving on to a unit on

addition and subtraction. The Grade 4’s

are still making their way through their

number unit… it’s a long one, but so

important! In Social Studies, we are going

to spend the next 2 months talking about

Christmas celebrations from around the

world. If you and your family have any

special cultural traditions, we would love

to hear about them! In Health class, the

students have brainstormed “ok things to

do” when they are angry and have come

up with action plans to use when they

become angry. Have you noticed a

difference??? Ask them about their plan! I

look forward to seeing everyone at

interviews on the 15th!

Mrs. Clark

GRADE ONE NEWS

On the brink of Hallowe’en the class has been talking about costumes, jack-o-lanterns and all things spooky. Student responses to

‘Look out for’ –

Annika – the ghosts that are running towards you

Zander – the killer clown from the movie “IT’

Georgia – a shaking skeleton

Kamara – the werewolves are running in the forest

Mattie – bats sleeping in the windows of the haunted house

Hunter – the little vampires in the haunted house

Jasmine – the hunters in the fields that have guns

Bella – the devils in their red suits

Taylor – the biting black cats

Austin – ghosts that go through walls

Cooper – the vampires in the haunted house

Landen – the clowns with red shoes and red claws

Jozie – the spider climbing up the wall

Jameson – the slow moving zombie called Jazz

Joshua – the big python snake slithering around

Maddix – the zombies taking people away

Thank you to all the parents for the wonderful snacks and lunch for our Halloween party. Thanks also to Jill Jenkins and Tara Stuckel for helping out with the lunch at noon.

Mrs. Koski & Mrs. Rowe

GRADE FIVE & SIX NEWS

It’s looking like November is going to be a

busy month. In ELA we are working on

making alliterative sentences, making

predictions, (The majority of the class is

predicting Houston to win the world series.)

and writing Remembrance Day poems. We

are becoming multiplication machines as we

multiply many mathematical equations.

(Alliteration!!) In Social we are learning about

other cultures and we’ll be having a food fair

(YUMMY) We have been studying the body

systems in science. Come and check out our

skeletons in the hallway. We are really

excited to start ceramics with Mrs. Varga.

Watch for our cool Christmas projects.

Curling is about to begin and we were pretty

happy to hear that we get to go to a curling

clinic on Nov. 8 and Gr. 6’s get to curl in our

school super league this year. We are sure

Mrs. Lacoursiere can’t wait to write our

report cards (wish we could do it!!) and meet

our parents. We know she has lots of great

things to share with you.

Written by: grade 5/6 class

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

The Kindergarten class had a great

Halloween. We had many superheroes,

princesses, animals, and spooky creatures in our

classroom. We had a lot of fun checking out

different costumes during the costume parade,

playing games, and, of course, enjoying

Halloween treats. Many of us are already

excited about Christmas J

We will be learning more about our classmates

throughout the month of November. “All About

Me” is our theme for the month and our posters

will be on display soon.

HUMBOLDT RURAL BAND CONCERT

7:30 pm. Thursday, November 30 @ Lake Lenore School

Fruit & Cookie dough orders will arrive between December 1 and 10th.

FROM THE DESK OF THE SRC…

Our new SRC is off and rolling, working steadily behind the scenes on events for our School.

They help create spirit-- making Muenster school a caring, fun and exciting place to come to

each day. Please make sure we thank them for all their super efforts.

This year’s SRC are Presidents- Carson Sogge and Kelsey Berscheid; Treasurer- Elizabeth

Glaser; Secretary- Mykenzie Taphorn; Spirit Coordinator- Madisyn Engele; co –spirit

coordinator – Emma Hinz; other room reps include grade 7- Adam Korte and Kendra

Schwingenschloegl; grade 8- Katelin Engele, grade 9 – Danica Kiefer, Kaylee Hofmann; grade

10- Alex Hinz, Ryan Binsfeld

The SRC were off to a busy start again this year. Sept 13, our magazine sales fundraiser began.

We had another successful campaign. The SRC will be donating a large portion of all profits

toward school improvement. Thank-you to everyone who has supported the magazine

campaign.

On Sept 20, 21, 22, five students (Carson Sogge, Kelsey Berscheid, Mykenzie Taphorn,

Elizabeth Glaser, and Madisyn Engele) attended the annual SSLC (Saskatchewan Student

Leadership Conference) in Tisdale. Over 110 towns and cities took part. The theme was

Superheroes. The event was inspiring and lots of fun for both students and advisors.

Terry Fox was very successful again this year. We started the event with a hot dog BBQ. The

weather was just right so we were able to enjoy the walk around town. We raised $285.00 for

the Terry Fox Foundation. Thank-you to our students, parents and members of the

community for supporting this very worthy cause.

Volleyball intramurals will be beginning soon.

Please check the School events calendar for upcoming spirit and SRC activities.

And... That is How the Cougar Roars

Maryann Major & Nancy Jefferson – Staff Advisors

FCC Drive Away Hunger

Thank you to everyone who donated food and money to the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign

organized by the Muenster SADD chapter. Our attempt to fill the mini-bulk “Shopping” bag was

successful and Muenster School collected just under 678 meals for the Humboldt & District Food

Bank! Congratulations & Thank you!

Grade 2 News

The grade two class has been busy working on our reading and math skills. In math we are learning

about the numbers from 1-100. We are learning to count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. In reading, we are practicing

our silent reading every day and reading aloud in reading groups. Recently the class helped me

rearrange our classroom to make a cozy reading corner, which all of the students enjoy. For Hallowe’en

our class had a fun time practicing and performing plays for the class. This month we will be reading and

leaning about Remembrance Day and the reason we wear a poppy.

Mrs. Niekamp

LIBRARY NEWS

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school this month and we are very excited to offer this

literary event to our students! We invite your entire family to stop in and visit our Book Fair. We

have a wide selection of books and reading material to offer both young and older readers.

By encouraging reading, you open up your child to a world of opportunities. Your support of this

event enables our school to purchase new resources for our library!

Books also make great gifts and stocking stuffers, so get your Christmas shopping done early!

Book Fair Dates & Times

November 15 9:00am – 7:00pm

November 16 9:00am – 4:00pm

Location: Muenster School Library

Please watch for the Book Fair Flyer your child will be bringing home. Have your child cut out the

entry form on the back of the flyer and enter it in the draw box when they attend the Book Fair. This

is their chance to win books for themselves and for the school. No purchase is necessary to enter

this draw.

We look forward to seeing you during the Scholastic Book Fair and thank you in advance for

supporting this very important fundraiser.

Mrs. Klettberg

SADD Saskatchewan Conference

Heartfelt empathy

The convention room held a solemn silence except for the uncontrolled sobs that

escaped from the audience as auntie to the Van de Vorst children, Tana Deibert,

recounted the events of the crash on highway 11 that took the lives of her sister, brother-

in-law and their two children. Everyone could still recall the news of the tragic event of

this innocent family snuffed from life by an impaired driver. A heart wrenching story that

should not have been told except that one person made that very unwise decision to get

behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.

This was ‘hit the heart message’ the seven SADD members heard repeatedly at this year’s

SADD convention held in Saskatoon on October 19-20. Every year there are new stories

from victims that feel a strong need to speak out and share their message in the hopes of

making a difference to a driver that may leave someone else in a similar situation

because of their one bad choice of distracted or impaired driving. The sad part is these

stories come from only a handful of the hundreds of people affected by an impaired

driver each year on our roadways. Of all the provinces, Saskatchewan continues to have

the highest rate of incidents of impaired driving.

PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE – PUT THE PHONE DOWN WHEN DRIVING AND ALWAYS HAVE

A PLAN FOR A SAFE RIDE HOME WHEN INDULGING IN IMPAIRING ACTIVITIES (drinking

alcohol or taking drugs, including some prescription medications)

Muenster SADD Chapter

MUENSTER SCHOOL SUPERLEAGUE CURLING

The Muenster School Curling Superleague is starting up for another year! The league is set to start

up during the week of November 20th. Students in Grades 6 -12 are eligible to sign up and all skill

levels are welcome! The Superleague is a great place to learn how to curl. League and club fees

are only $25 and this includes the free use of brooms and sliders at the rink if needed. The sign up

sheet is posted until Friday, November 3rd.

Mrs. Clark

MUENSTER HOME & SCHOOL

The new Home & School Committee is: Charmaine Baril (Chairperson), Krissy Essar, Alice Gaspar, Monica Kiefer, Mari Loewen, Pam Behiel, Wanda Taphorn, Terri Schindelka, Lyndsay Gabriel, Janine Lacoursiere, Dennis Gerwing.

The Home & School Committee is looking for a couple more volunteers to join our committee. If you would like to join or have any concerns, please contact Charmaine Baril at 306-320-7241.

Hot Lunches for the School year are: Nov 21, Dec 15, Jan 18, Feb 14 (Carnival), Mar 16, May 15 & Playday.

Muenster Home & School is collecting Humboldt Boston Pizza receipts. Please drop off receipts at the school or take a photo and text to Mari Loewen at 1-306-530-5351.

JR. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

It has been a great experience working with and getting to know all the girls on the team this year.

They worked very hard at learning a new rotation, moving our feet, and having fun. We went to 2

tournaments, one in Wadena and one in Watson. In both tournaments, we made it into the playoff

rounds. The girls had a very positive attitude and I can’t wait to work with them again next year.

Special thanks to Jenay Varga, Mykenzie Taphorn, and Shelby Engele, for helping us develop our

skills and cheering us on. We head to pre-districts in Wakaw on November 2.

Mrs. Lacoursiere

Muenster Summer Fun Camp

Muenster Summer Fun Camp is looking for interested individuals to join our 2018 executive. The

mandate of Muenster Summer Fun Camp is to provide safe, educational and affordable childcare

for rural working families. The Muenster Summer Fun Camp is looking ahead to its sixth year of

operation. Our camp accommodates on average 40 campers per year ranging in age from five to

twelve years old. In the summer of 2017 our organization employed 18 local students. We not only

focus on safe and engaging activities for our campers but we also strive to teach leadership skills

within camp volunteers and leaders in paid positions. Assistance from executive members

typically occurs in May and June. If you are a parent of a camper, a community member that

enjoys working with youth or just interested in finding out more about the Muenster Summer Fun

Camp, please forward your name and contact information to jsylvestre@sasktel.net . Thankyou