Week of December 17 - 21

It is Christmas concert time again!  Each year while we practice we wonderful if it will ever come together.  Each year the students and staff work diligently to make their magic happen.  My fingers are crossed that will hold true for this year. I guess we will find out Thursday.  

Here are some pictures of events that took place at school this week:

Mission Impossible ~

Winter/Christmas Sweater Day~

Five Days of Giving ~

Once again, thank you to everyone that donated to the Five Days of Giving.  New Humble Centre families out did themselves again this year.  Your generosity is greatly appreciated.  

Christmas Concert Decorating ~

Thank you to Cheryl teRietstap, Megan Olynyk, Joyce Bakker, Esther Korteweg, and Pam Hebner for helping with Christmas Concert decorations on Friday, December 14.  Your help is greatly appreciated!

Book Fair ~

The Scholastic Book Fair will be taking place from Monday, December 17 to the morning of Friday, December 21.  The Book Fair will also be open before and after the Christmas concert.

Christmas Concert ~ 

NHCS presents "T'was A Night Before Christmas" on Thursday, December 20th.  We will have an afternoon performance at 1:00 pm. and an evening performance at 7:00 pm.  This year we will be using some of our seating space for risers for the students so we are encouraging any extended family such as grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc to try to attend the afternoon performance if possible.  

***Please note that there is a change in schedule for our special visitor. Their visit will now be taking place at the school in the afternoon.  The special visitor will not be at the school for the evening performance.*** 

Doors for the evening performance will open at 6:30 pm . All students are asked to be in their classrooms by 6:45 at the latest.  

Donations to the Food Bank will be accepted at the door.

Refreshments will be served after each performance.  

Parking is available in the north field. Please leave the bus lane for elderly guests or people with accessibility needs.  Thank you.

Everyone is welcome to attend!  We hope to see you there.

Christmas Bake Sale ~ 

The Grade 5/6 class will be holding a Christmas bake sale on the Christmas Concert day.  They are asking for donations of items in sets of a baker's dozen.  If you are able to donate baking, please call the school and let Mrs. Austin know.  All donations are greatly appreciated.

Depending on the amount of baking donated, sales will take place after each of the performances.  All items will be sold as a baker's dozen for $5.  

PJs & Potluck Day ~

Friday, December 21 is our annual Pajama and Potluck Day.  Everyone is encouraged to wear their pajamas,housecoats and slippers to school that day. 

For lunch, we will be doing the whole school potluck.  You should have received a letter from the school with a request for what to bring for the potluck.  Thank you for contributing to the potluck!

Week of December 10 - 15

What a busy week we have had at New Humble Centre.  Everyone has been enjoying the snow that fell last weekend.  The students are especially enjoying the snow piles that are in the school yard.  

Mrs. Martinoff has been keeping all of our Christmas Concert performers busy at recesses practicing their lines.  All of the classes have been practicing their songs for the concert. It will be exciting to see it all come together!

Mrs. Eilander made a guest appearance at our monthly assembly.  She came to the assembly to present awards to the winners of the Bus Safety Poster Contest. Congratulations to the following students for winning at the District Level.

Johanna Arcand - Gr. 2

Makenna Miciak - Gr. 2

Madison Paul - Gr. 5

Brianna Leakey - Gr. 6

Madison Martinoff - Gr. 6

These students' posters will now be judged at the provincial level.

Student of the Month ~ 

Congratulations to the following students for being the well deserving recipients of the Student of the Month Awards.

Jayce Orlick - ECS

Jayden Korteweg - Gr.1

Sophia Day - Gr. 4

Jakob Kabanuk - Gr. 6

Pizza with the Principal for these students will be on Tuesday, December 11.  

Caught You Being Good Winner ~

Congratulations to Alissa K in Gr. 3.  She was the lucky winner of a Scholastic gift certificate.  Alissa's name was entered into a draw along with all of the other students that were 'Caught Being Good' during November.

Library Winners ~

Congratulations to Johanna Arcand and Ciara Tvait for being the library winners for November.  Johanna and Ciara both had their names entered into a draw because they did not have any overdue books in November.

Monthly Challenge ~

Congratulations to the Gr. 3/4 class for winning the 'Reading Rocks' challenge for November.  The Gr.3/4 class read the most minutes  of all the classes this month.  

The next Monthly Challenge is Diverse December.  Every time students or classes discuss various Christmas traditions they can add a point to their Monthly Challenge chart.  Please share your Christmas traditions with your child so that they can come back to school and share them with their class.

Mission Impossible ~

The gym has transformed into a Mission Impossible obstacle course for this week.  Ask your child about the course.  Stay tuned for pictures that will be posted next week.

Gr. 3-6 Skiing ~

The Gr. 3-6 students will be going to Rabbit Hill on Wednesday, December 12 for the day.  Students begin the day with a lesson and then get to practice what they learned for the rest of the day.

If you have a child in Gr. 3-6 and have not yet filled out the online permission form, please do so.  Thank you!

Ugly Sweater Day ~

Students are encouraged to wear an 'Ugly Sweater' or 'Christmas/Winter Sweater' on Thursday, December 13.  

December

Happy December!

I hope everyone is starting to get into the Christmas spirit.  For me, just taking in some of the Christmas markets that are happening around the area get me thinking about Christmas.  I hope that I get time to go out to the Leduc Country Christmas Lights.  They always do such a wonderful job with their light display.  It really is sad that this will be the last year that this event will be happening.

At New Humble, students are starting to practice for the Christmas Concert.  Lines are being rehearsed, songs are being sung and the recorders are being practiced in full force.  Soon decorations will be filling the hall and classrooms.  

It truly is a wonderful time of year!

December Kindergarten Days

4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, & 21

December Birthdays

Isabella Schipperheijn - 1st

Jayce Orlick - 28th 

Nate Orlick - 28th 

Jaimesen Huber - 31st

Jenna Koch - 31st

Mark Your Calendars

The Five Days of Christmas ~

The Five Days of Christmas will run from November 30 - December 6th.  Please help New Humble Centre School make this holiday season a little brighter for families less fortunate than ours. The items that we donate will go directly to local Christmas Elves. This is completely voluntary; you may decide to participate in only one day or in as many as you feel comfortable! Everything helps!

We have chosen a theme for each day. You can bring in one thing each day or drop it all off at once!

Feel Fresh Friday - Nov. 30 - Personal hygiene items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo, body wash, etc.

Mouthful Monday - Dec. 3 - Non-perishable food items, treats, candy, etc.

Toys on Tuesday - Dec. 4 - Books, puzzles, board games, toys, crayons, Lego, etc.

Wishful Wednesday - Dec. 5 - Hair products, nail polish, jewelry, bubble bath, sport themed items, arts & crafts, family activities, etc.

Threads on Thursday - Dec. 6 - Blankets, toques, mittens, scarves, socks, pajamas, etc.

Girls' Basketball Game ~

The Girls' Basketball Team will be playing against Thorsby Elementary on Tuesday, December 4th at Thorsby.  

The girls have played three games so far.  Unfortunately they have not won any of their games but they have shown definite improvement on the court and are learning a great deal about the sport.  

Early Dismissal ~

Wednesday, December 5th will be early dismissal for staff meeting.  Students will be dismissed at 2:30 p.m.

Assembly ~ 

Our assembly will be held on Thursday, December 6th at 8:30 a.m.  If your child will be receiving special recognition at the assembly you will be contacted by your child's teacher.

Everyone is welcome to attend the assemblies.  We hope to see you there.

No School ~ 

There will be no school on Friday, December 7 for the students as it is a Professional Development Day for the staff.  

Gr. 3-6 Skiing ~ 

The Gr. 3-6 students will be hitting the slopes at Rabbit Hill on Wednesday, December 12th.  Please be sure that your child's permission form is completed. This will be available on line in the near future. 

We do recognize that December can present financial restraints on families.  If the cost of this field trip is prohibitive for your family, please stop at the office and talk to me so that we can waive the fee.  

Christmas Sweater Day ~ 

Everyone is encouraged to wear a Christmas Sweater on Thursday, December 13th.  If your child does not have a special Christmas sweater they could decorate any sweater with Christmas or winter paraphernalia.

Book Fair ~ 

Mrs. Micku will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair from Monday, December 17th to Thursday, December 20 in the library.  The Book Fair will be open during the Christmas concert.  More information about the Book Fair will be coming home with your child. 

Christmas Concert ~ 

This year the students will be presenting "A Night Before Christmas" on Thursday, December 20th.  We will have an afternoon performance at 1:00 pm. and an evening performance at 7:00 pm.  This year we will be using some of our seating space for risers for the students so we are encouraging any extended family such as grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc to try to attend the afternoon performance if possible.  

Doors for the evening performance will open at 6:30 pm . All students are asked to be in their classrooms by 6:45 at the latest.  

Donations to the Food Bank will be accepted at the door.

Refreshments will be served after each performance.  A special visitor will be making an appearance at the school for the evening performance.  

Parking is available in the north field.

Everyone is welcome to attend!  We hope to see you there.

Christmas Potluck/PJ Day ~ 

In keeping with tradition, we will be having our School Christmas Potluck/PJ Day on the last Friday before the holidays, December 20th.  Students are encouraged to wear their pj's and slippers to school this day. 

Mrs. Austin will be sending home the list of what each family is asked to send in for the potluck.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation in sending in food for the potluck!

Christmas Vacation ~

Christmas Vacation will be from Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 until Sunday, January 6th, 2019 inclusive. 

New Humble Centre School wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!