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, November 4, 2013

Classroom News - Nov. 4.

Sorry for the many "no posts" last week.  As I am sure you heard, my wife and I our now proud parents of a wonderful baby boy!

In talking to the students, the Halloween parade, Halloween dance, Harvest Showdown and overall school days all went well.  I was sorry to have missed all of the fun...

Ask your son/daughter about today's Adventure Ed. - Curling.

As the end of term 1 is quickly approaching, all OVERDUE homework must be handed-in by Tuesday, Nov. 12.  Otherwise, students may earn a mark of 0%!

Homework
Math - 4.2 Food Labels (Tuesday, Nov. 5)
LA - Sandwich Book Report (Wednesday, Nov. 6)
Art - Term 1 Sketchbook (Thursday, Nov. 7)
Health - SMART Goal (Tuesday, Nov. 12)

Reminders
- Grade 7 students are responsible for this month's MC Knoll Bake Sale.  Please individual wrap your baking for Wednesday, Nov. 6.  Items will be sold for $0.50
- Thursday, Nov. 7 at 10:00 a.m. will be the MC Knoll/St.Mike's Remembrance Day service.  Students are encouraged to dress up and bring donations.
- There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, Nov. 8 (school in-service) and Monday, Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day). 
- If interested in ordering from the November Scholastic Book Order, please return the form and fee by Friday, Nov. 15.

* The following people have OVERDUE homework:
- NR                  - JW   

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