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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.

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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



Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Classroom News - Oct. 13

Sorry about the no post yet again - I have been fighting a bad cold for the last couple of weeks.

Grade 7 students will be participating in Adventure Ed. for the next five weeks (as opposed to going to P.A.A).  For their first activity on Friday, Oct. 15, students will need to bring a bike and helmet as we will be doing 'mountain biking'.

There were two newsletters sent home today including information about an MC Knoll open house on Wednesday, Oct. 20 (yellow), as well as information about electronic newsletters (orange).

Tomorrow is another noon hour early dismissal...Yahoo!

Reminders:
- "Drive Away Hunger" food bag, along with any non-perishable food donations, are now OVERDUE.  Students will be loading up the food tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 14)
- If you would like to order any photos, please sign and return the picture order form and money by tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 14).

Homework:
LA - "Ears Wide Open..." Questions and Activities (OVERDUE)
LA - In the Wild Jungle Descriptive Story (OVERDUE)
Math - Division Worksheet #1-8 (due Thursday, Oct. 14)
Math - Robot Factory Problem Solving (due Monday, Oct. 18)
LA - October Writing Folder (Thursday, Oct. 28)

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