WELCOME!!!

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Mr. McDowell's classroom blog. I am very excited to have a classroom webpage and I hope that you will find it useful. The purpose of this blog is to provide a convenient (and reliable) communication link between students, parents, the school and Mr. McDowell. I invite you to check this blog on a daily basis as I will be posting valuable information about the classroom and the school - including daily homework assignments, important dates, classroom/school news, etc.

For your convenience, you can also sign-up to receive "daily updates" from this blog that automatically gets sent to your email every day there is a new posting. Simply type in your email address into the 'submit' box found on the right side of this blog.

More importantly, if you ever have any questions or concerns about your son/ daughter, please do not hesitate to contact me via phone, email, or this blog:

M.C. Knoll School - 786-5540
Email - benson.mcdowell@gssd.ca



Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Classroom News - Oct. 14

Welcome back,

I hope that everyone enjoyed the extra long weekend - visiting with friends and family, enjoying the extra day off, and eating, eating, eating.

As a reminder: picture order forms are due Monday, Oct. 20. Please ensure that you send everything (form, money, etc.) on or before that date. In addition, the entire 6/7M class will be attending the Secrets of the Underground Railroad exhibition in Melville on Friday, Oct. 17 (a.m.). Please ensure that you have sent back the parental consent forms for this field trip.

For Homework:
Language Arts - Island of the Blue Dolphins questions and definitions: Chapters 1-4 (overdue on Tuesday, Oct. 14)
Spelling 6 - Spelling #5 Lesson and Test (Thursday, Oct. 16)
Spelling 7 - Spelling #6 Lesson and Test (Lessons #1-#6) (Thursday, Oct. 16)
English 7 - English #5 Lesson (due Friday, Oct. 17)
Health - Adult Interview Form (due Friday, Oct. 17)

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