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



Monday, March 16, 2009

Classroom News - Mar. 16

Welcome back! Hope you had a great weekend.

There was a lot of 'organized commotion' today with the watermain break outside of our school. At this point in time, school will continue tomorrow as usual. However, please listen to Fox FM tomorrow morning for possible school-day cancellations.

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. If school is on as usual, wear as much green as possible to show your school spirit!

Reminders:
- I am still collecting $2 for the "Habitat" birdhouses...
- Parent-teacher interviews are on Wednesday, Mar. 18 and Thursday, Mar. 19.
- There will be no school on Friday, Mar. 20 in lieu of parent-teacher interviews.
- The 'purple-colored' progress report form, along with the report card envelope, are to be signed and returned ASAP.

For Homework:
Social - Landforms Handout (overdue Monday, Mar. 16)
Math 6 - Division pages R107 and R108 (bonus) (due Tuesday, Mar. 17)
Science - "Measuring Force and Review" Handout (due Wednesday, Mar. 18)
LA - "Who" questions and activity (due Thursday, Mar. 19)
Art - 6-Color and 3-Color Color Wheels (due Thursday, Mar. 19)
Health - Goal Setting Rough Copy (due Wednesday, Mar. 25)

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