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, December 16, 2008

Classroom News - Dec. 16

Tuesday Reminders:
- Grade 7 students should remember to bring their 'swimming gear' tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec. 17) as they will be enjoying the Adventure Education program at the Gallagher Center.
- Also, tomorrow is the Christmas Concert. Showtime is approximately 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm.
- On Thursday, Dec. 18, our class will be enjoying (weather pending) a sleigh ride around the M.C. Knoll community.
- Lastly, on Friday, Dec. 19, our entire school will be watching a movie in the gymnasium - students are invited to bring snacks.
- Their will be an early dismissal on Friday, Dec. 19 (2:30 pm).

Also, our classroom November/December Rewards Program will be sometime Thursday!?!?!

Only 3 days of school left until Christmas Holidays!!!

For Homework:
Art - Wacky Animal Sketches (due Wednesday, Dec. 17)
Career Guidance 6 - My Life So Far PowerPoint Timeline (due Wednesday, Dec. 17)
Health - Resisting Peer Pressure Vocabulary and Questions (due Thursday, Dec. 18)
Social - Social Studies Test (Thursday, Dec. 18)
Social - December "What in the World" (x3 sheets) (due Friday, Dec. 19)

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