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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



Friday, March 7, 2014

Classroom News - March 7

Another batch of "Scholastic Book Orders" were sent home today.  If interested in ordering, the forms and appropriate money is due by Thursday, March 13.

Any girls interested in receiving some extra basketball experience, a "First Step Basketball" pamphlet was sent home yesterday.  If you are interested, please return the form and $25 by Thursday, March 13.

Have a wonderful (warm) weekend!

Homework
Art - Find a 20 cm x 20 cm Picture (for Grid Art) (OVERDUE)
Music - "Produce a Record" Flowchart (OVERDUE)
LA - Reader Response #3 (pg's 1-6 and 56-64) (Monday, March 10)
Math - 8.2 Mode and Median Worksheet (Monday, March 10)
Art - Term 2 Sketchbook (Monday, March 10)
Career G. - Reality Check (Budget Graph) (Tuesday, March 11)
LA - Book Talk (Monday, March 17)
Music - Band/Musician PowerPoint (Tuesday, April 1)

Reminders
- Our "We Act" group is asking for students to collect any old phonebooks.  For every phonebook collected, donations will be given to help build the school in Haiti.
- Students will need appropriate outdoor clothing for the Tuesday, March 11 Adventure Ed. class.
- Also, Tuesday, March 11 is the "pizza hot lunch".
- There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 14 (school in-service)

* The following people have OVERDUE homework:
- SD               - KHa             - CJ               - KSP                - JW        

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