P.O. Box 787

259 Jane St

Eganville , ON

K0J 1T0

Phone 613-628-2606

Fax 613-628-1964

Welcome to Kindergarten

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2018 Time: 9:30 a.m.—12:00 We will be hosting our Welcome to Kindergarten for children who will be attending JK in the fall 2018. At welcome to kindergarten we will be look-ing at classrooms, going on a bus ride and talking with community support providers. Most of all we will be here to answer any questions you may have. We welcome all families with first year stu-dents to attend. We will be calling to confirm with

families.

Mr. Kobzik’s grade 1 class is hatching some great ideas using ‘New Pedagogies for Deep Learning’. The class has decided to explore the early life cycle of an egg and how it develops into a chick. This has led the students to write about, read about, and draw about chicks along with ask some great questions. How does the baby chick breath in the egg? How many days will it take? What does it look like at each stage? Why do some chicks not hatch? These students are thinking DEEPLY about learning!

The Primary EQAO Assessment for Grade 3 students will take place the first block on May 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, & 30. Similarly our Grade 6 students will be participating in the Junior assessment . If your child is in Grade 3 or 6, it is important to avoid scheduling appointments during these times. Completion of all components of the assessment by all students ensures that the most accurate data for your child and school is gathered. The results of the EQAO assessment pro-vide important data on individual student achievement in the areas of reading, writing and math-ematics and is a good predictor of your child’s success on the mandatory Grade 10 Literacy Test. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Studies confirm that parents who take an active interest in their children’s education are more likely to have high achieving children. The following is a list of things which parents can do to help ensure that their child has a positive experience with the assessment. Ensure that your child:

Is on time and in attendance for each testing date.

Has had the proper amount of sleep and rest.

Has had a proper breakfast and brings nutritious snacks for their breaks. Additional information may be obtained at the EQAO website: www.eqao.com

Grade 3 & 6 EQAO May 22, 23, 24, 28, 29,

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GRADE 8 GRADUATION

June 26th at 7 p.m. Information will be sent home with all graduating students.

WELCOME TO BOOSTER!!!! Upcoming dates for our Gr. 3 & 6 program are as follows:

Grade 3/6 Booster Program

Dates: Tuesday & Thursday

Times: 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

May 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17

Grade 6 students and the ME to WE team co-hosted a bake sale and Jersey Day. All money earned was donated to the go fund me drive in support of the victims of the tragedy in Humboldt.

Talent Show This year’s Talent Show will take place on Friday, May 18th at 12:15 p.m. Parents and guardians are wel-come to attend.

Tech X 2.0 This year, the grade 6 teachers at EDPS have been working on a Ministry of Education project at our school. This project included bringing robotics into our grade 6 classrooms. We were able to pur-chase EV3's, which are also called Lego Mindstorms, and these robots are capable of doing many cool things, as our students learned. Through coding, students were able to bring their robots to life to do challenges. 7 of our students attended our Board's first robotics convention, Tech X 2.0. The students who attended were Chace B., Bronson B., Connor O., Gabe F., Mykola L., Samantha K., and Kyle M. 4 other students were part of the team but could not attend - Harley C., Darryl M., Liam C., and Kody B. The students who attended built 2 'battlebots' that were programmed to push other robots out of a ring. 1 of our robots made it to the quarter finals! Our team learned a lot through this, and we hope to be able to go further next year. The students also worked with Mrs. Mills to complete 10 challenges on a huge mat, such as programming a robot to outline a square or drive from one block to another. Our team learned a lot from this activity too. It was a great day, and we hope to go again next year!

ME to WE The ME to WE team is selling 2 rolling composters as is for $100 each. The money from this will go to our school in Sierra Leone. If anyone is interested in pur-chasing please contact Mrs. Mills.

Scholastic Book Fair Thanks to the parents, grandparents and student helpers of our recent book fair, and to all those who purchased books and other items! It was a success again!

Science Fair Our school science fair winners: Excellence in Engineering - Blake T. and Liam T. (tie) Health Science Award - Tyson V. Fantastic Physics - Tatum L., Lauren L. and Layla C. Excellent Earth Science - Krystal V., Taylor E., Jaden O. Cool Chemistry - Titan P. Beautiful Biology - Libby B., Katherine L. Grade 6 - First - Gabe F. Second - Asha J. and Egypt B. Third - Sierra M., Danika M., and Kylie B. Grade 7 - First - Liam D. Second - Carter J. Third - Mavric W. and Brady K. Grade 7 Popsicle Bridge contest First - Madison V. Second - Keysha T. and Ava Z. Third - Eric D. Grade 8 Rube Goldberg Projects First - Dustin M. and Gord S. Second - Jesse W. Third - Myles D. Great job from everyone! Science rocks here at EDPS!

Earth Month at EDPS April was Earth Month at EDPS and we had a lot of fun learning activities hap-pening. Our school learned about conserving energy, water conservation, and recycling on daily morning announcements. We had a recycling contest - winners not yet determined. We looked at how much garbage is produced in our school, and ways to keep recycling out of the garbage. Some classes did their own Earth Hour to remember why energy conservation is so important. Other classes did their own cool nature and environment activities. Great job EDPS! We hope to win Gold from Ontario Ecoschools this year for all your hard work! Stay tuned in May's newsletter to see what some of students learned.

The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, in collaboration with EDPS, sent nine students to The War Museum for the Annual Ottawa Heritage Fair. This event brings over 150 students from across the Ottawa region together to learn from each other. Students had the opportunity to prepare a project of interest to them, representing their culture, heritage, history, or interests. Four of our students were recognized for the work they did on their Traditional Algonquin Paddles.

Drew Logan, Graham Hall, Thomas Logan and Bronson Bailey

These boys were the recipients of

the Ingenium Award

♦ This award* recognizes projects which research and explore Canada's contribution to innovations in science and technology, be it in agriculture and food, aerospace, and/or science and technology, as well as research on Canadian inventors and innovators. ♦ Ingenium encourages the exploration of all three museums under its mandate. Check out the website to learn more about topics that can be researched! * Two awards of $100 and a family membership valid for one year for each winner.

Our students put on a performance with Michelle Gaudry our native Language teacher.

Telenna Logan, Tagwanni Sarazin, Shania Two-Axe Kohoko danced

James Baptiste and Drayin Commanda drummed

Mayor Jim Watson was in attendance and was very impressed with their hard work.

RCJTC is OPEN all year long including the summer months, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays).

September to June (regular school year)

By email or phone from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday

In person from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding holidays.

July to August (summer break)

By email or phone from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday

In person from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding holidays.

The Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium (RCJTC) is responsible for providing transportation service to over 11,000 Renfrew County students in 53 different schools for both the Renfrew County Dis-trict School Board and the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board. Three routers are responsible for creating bus routes, setting up bussing, and making changes to bussing for these students. They work closely with the various bus Operators in each area to ensure safe, efficient, effective transportation to and from school. As safety of students is a priority, it takes time, and occasionally a physical review of a designated stop to process transportation requests, especially from mid-August to mid-October when there is a high volume of requests which results in delays in responding to individual requests.

What can you do to help?

Please log into the “Parent Portal” by visiting our website (www.onthebus.ca) after August 20th or at any

time throughout the regular school year to confirm your child’s bus information for the 2018-2019 school year.

If you haven’t yet subscribed to receive email notifications for cancellations and delays or timing or bus #

changes, we encourage you to do so by visiting our website and signing up for subscriptions at any time: Go to our website at www.onthebus.ca;

Under the “Portals” heading on the home page click on “student/parent portal”;

Enter Student ID (this is your child’s Ontario Education Number which can be found on your

child’s most recent report card), Birth Date, School, Grade. Then select “I’m not a robot” check box;

Then click on the “Sign In” Button;

Enter your E-mail address and click on the “Subscribe” button;

Confirm the subscription process, via the validation email that is sent to you shortly afterwards

(within 3 minutes).

Visit the RCDSB Transportation webpage (https://www.rcdsb.on.ca/en/schools/transportation.asp) for

more information:

on changing your child’s addressing or transportation details (your home, your sitter, custody

change, etc.)

EDUCATION WEEK May 7th—11th Each year the RCDSB is proud to celebrate Education Week during the first week of May. This year, Education Week takes place from Monday, May 1 to Friday, May 5 and is an opportunity for us to celebrate and profile all of the incredible work and amazing initiatives happening every day within our schools and across the system.

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Dates to Remember

May 7th-11th—Education Week May 10th—Get Hoppin’ Play May 13th—Mothers Day May 17th—Welcome to Kinder May 21st—Victoria Day May 22nd-June 4th EQAO

School Hours 9:05 Yard Supervision for walkers & bus students 9:20 Entry to school 9:25-11:25 Instructional Block #1 11:25-12:05 Nutrition Break 12:05-2:05 Instructional Block #2 2:05-2:45 Nutrition Break 2:45-3:45 Instructional Block #3 3:45 Dismissal

EDPS

Phone 613-628-2606

Fax 613-628-1964

Wabigon Kizis 2018

EQAO

Please remember: The start of the day is 9:05

a.m., there is no school su-pervision prior to this time

To call the school prior to 9:25 a.m. if your child will be absent

Students being picked up early require a note or a phone call to the school

Dismissal is at 3:45 p.m., if you arrive early please wait in the foyer

Anaphylactic Allergies and Medical Perils are in this school, please be mindful of others

Lockdown Practices will be carried out throughout the school year

EQAO

EDUCATION WEEK May 7th—11th