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, January 19, 2016

Classroom News - Jan. 19

The annual ski/snowboard trip to Asessippi is coming - Thursday, Feb. 11 to be exact!  An extensive information package was sent home yesterday.  Please peruse the information and return the appropriate fee and form by Friday, Jan. 22. 

Also, our school is looking to post a picture of you and your family reading together on our school's bulletin board.  Feel free to email me a family picture or send an actual copy of the picture with your son/daughter!

Homework:

Math - Subtracting Integers (Wednesday, Jan. 20)
Art - x4 Color/Blending Wheels (Wednesday, Jan. 20)
Health - Family Relationships (Thursday, Jan. 21)
Math - Integer TEST (Thursday, Jan. 21)
Social - Social TEST (Thursday, Jan. 21)
ELA - Book Talk (Monday, Feb. 8)

Reminders:

- Badminton season is also upon us. Try-outs continue tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 20) and Thursday, Jan. 21.  The annual City Badminton Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3.
- Students will need appropriate gym clothing for the rescheduled Adventure Ed. class on Thursday, Jan. 21 (from 11:00-1:30).  Students will enjoy their lunches when we return back to the class around 1:30 pm.
- Friday, Jan. 22 is "Rainbow Day"!
- For those students who signed-up to the MC Knoll Curling Team, the curling bonspiel will be Friday, Jan. 22.

* The following people have OVERDUE work:       

- JC              - SD                TK                  - TR      

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