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, January 16, 2012

Classroom News - Jan. 16

Happy Monday!

The weather finally (unfortunately) seems to be turning for the worse.

The annual "Asessippi Ski/Snowboard Trip" has arrived - some information was sent home today. If students are interested in making the Thursday, February 16 trip to Asessippi, the appropriate fees and forms are due by Thursday, January 26.

Reminders:
- The Survivor Permission form (purple colored) and appropriate $25 fee (to off-set the activities, meals and transportation) are due by Monday, January 23.
- In addition, the Survivor fundraiser form (pink colored) and donations are also due by Monday, January 23. Remember, for every $10 a student fundraises, they will get an entry into a draw to win either an iPad or iPod Touch.

Homework:
Art - 20cm x 20cm Magazine Picture (OVERDUE)
Math - "Positive and Negative Integers" Worksheet (Tuesday, Jan. 17)
Social - Latitude/Longitude Fun Activity Sheet (Wednesday, Jan. 18)
Art - Practice Grid Art (boat/dinosaur) (Thursday, Jan. 19)
LA - "Birdman" Questions and Activity (Thursday, Jan. 19)
French - Unit Project (Friday, Feb. 3)

* The following people have overdue homework:
- BF

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