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, April 19, 2011

Classroom News - April 19

Just about there - keep up the hard work!!!

Reminders:
- The Basketball City Championships continue Tuesday and Wednesday this week (at MC Knoll, St. Mikes, and Columbia). Come on out and cheer on our great athletes.
- Wednesday, April 20 is "milk and cookie" day (if you pre-ordered).
- Thursday, April 21 is bullying-awareness day. Wear pink in support of this cause.
- Students WILL NEED crayons and a couple of hard-boiled eggs for the Thursday, April 21 Easter activity with grade 1B.
- There is NO SCHOOL Friday, April 22 (Good Friday).
- There is also NO SCHOOL Monday, April 25 until Friday, April 29 (Easter Break). School resumes Monday, May 2.

Homework:
Social - April "What in the World" (OVERDUE)
Math - Type 2 Equations (selected questions) (Wednesday, April 20)
Math - Algebra Unit Test (Wednesday, April 20)
LA - Sandwich Book Report (Thursday, April 21)
French - French Calendar (Thursday, April 21)
Art - "Your Picture" Pointillism Art (Monday, May 2)

* The following people have OVERDUE homework:
- AC            - MF             - SO               - DP           
- SP             - JP                - JSP             - KSM

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