March 2018 K wa la nx (Salmonberry Sprouting Season) Check out our website at www.sunsetschool.ca Principal s Message Gilakas'la Students at Sunset Elementary School have continued to deepen their understanding of First Nations peoples and culture. Ms. Margaret Wilson visited our classes to speak about her experiences at residential school. Our grade 3/4 class has been learning about residential school and was able to deepen their understanding with a more in-depth visit by Ms. Wilson. Our grade 3 class has been comparing the Potlatch and the Pow Wow. They had a day-long celebration of Ojibwe culture which included students sharing what they have learned and culminated with a meal of corn, beans and squash (the three sisters). We continue to make our regalia and are expecting Mrs. Sharon Whonnock to be an ongoing integral part of this. We now have varied sized tunics and sashes sewn and will be adding our designs and buttons this spring. Sunset takes pride in the fact that we are creating our own treasure chest for our students. Dzunukwa is on the minds of some Sunset students. A number of classes are learning about and comparing the stories of her. Some of our younger students are hearing about her for the first time and our older students are re-familiarizing themselves with her legend. I would also like to take this time to acknowledge our First Nations team. Janice Ellis, Shayla Fraser, and Rosalind McKinnley are an innovative, dedicated team that work collaboratively with classroom teachers to create and support opportunities to embed First Nations learning in our classrooms, and bring aspects of Kwakwaka'wakw culture to life in meaningful ways. Some projects they are working on include developing a Lahal team for an upcoming tournament, a field trip using the Galtam canoe, and a feast hosted by our grade one class. Gilakas'la Kelly Amodeo Tunic sewn by Sharon Whonnock Mar 13..Robinson Crusoe & Friday (Theatre) Mar 14......Tacky Tourist Day Mar 16......Green Day Mar 16.....Report Cards Home Mar 17.....St. Patricks Day Mar 19-23.......Spring Break -NO SCHOOL Mar 26.....School re-opens Mar 29...Easter Egg Hunt Mar 30......Good Friday-NO SCHOOL Mar 31...PAC chicken fundraiser pick up SAT April 2....Easter Monday-NO SCHOOL April 3......Non-Instructional Day-NO SCHOOL April 5......Sunset Science Fair Apr 9-14........Missoula Theatre (see insert for full details) April 20.....Fun Fair
Everyone enjoyed the Stone Soup made by Ms. Soltau s & Ms. Lok s Classes A big thank you to Mr. John Bramham and NISS for hosting some of the boys from Sunset. It was great for the boys to get to do wood working at the high school before going over for Grade 8. Please drop in and see our Student Wall of Fame just outside the office. We showcase work from our students monthly from art to academic accomplishments.
We had a special guest come to the school to help clean up the garbage and the students loved it. What a fun way to clean up the school yard! Art by Tea Turner
Pink Shirt day Feb 28, 2018 Afternoon assembly was a Sea of Pink. Student Council News Student Council has planned the following Spirit Days and activities for March: 1) Wednesday, March 14 - Tacky Tourist Day to celebrate Spring Break! - Bright shirts, shorts, straw hats, sunglasses, flip flops, etc.! 2) Friday, March 16 - Green Day for St. Patrick's Day - Wear as much Green as possible! 3) Thursday, March 29 - Easter Egg Hunt Mr. Ogren and Mrs. Brooks Pink Shirt day project done by Mrs. Soltau s class
2018 FUN FAIR Cake Walk
PAC Just a reminder that the chicken fundraiser order forms/money is due March 5th (Monday). Delivery day is Saturday, March 31 at the Sunset School. Please keep this in mind as we do not have the ability to store frozen food so orders will have to be picked up. Fun fair date is April 20th due to scheduling conflict with Missoula theatre. Sign up sheets will be coming out shortly. PAC is looking for someone to take over the prize ordering. If you are able to help, please email the PAC chair at jaimegabrielle@icloud.com Are You Going Away? Is Your Child Sick? Please give Ms. Greenlees a call at the office if you know your child(ren) will be absent from school. As part of our safety plan, we call home if your child is not at school without an explanation. Please call us at 250.956.4434 email dgreenlees@sd85.bc.ca Jaime Gabrielle, PAC Chair Sunset School Science Fair will be April 5th, 2018 We would like to welcome Shayla Fraser to Sunset school filling the position of First Nations Education Assistant. Please join us in welcoming Shayla to the Sunset School team. Audition information: Missoula Announcement Gulliver s Travels Sunset Gym April 9, 2018 (Monday) 9:00 11:00 (two hour audition) Rehearsal to follow Approximately 50 to 60 roles are available for local students. All students, grade 1 to 7 are encouraged to audition. No advanced preparation is necessary. Most students rehearse approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes each day, Monday through Friday. Performances are scheduled for Friday, April 13 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, April 14, at 3:00 pm. For more information call Kathy Martin at 250-230-4234 Gulliver s Travels is part of the Missoula Children s Theatre s unique international touring project and is presented in Port McNeill by Gate House Community Association.
Lots of activities were planned this month around the Olympics. We had a school assembly with a flag ceremony for opening day and each class chose a country to represent from the events. There were games and contests including a door decorating contest that Ms. Zydyk s class won. Congratulations! Library Corner We have a lovely new addition to the Learning Commons. We have been gifted a beautiful coffee table made by the talented Anca Fraser. It has made our quiet reading spot complete, with space to showcase some books, and also to store our supply of comfy blankets and afghans. Thank you so much Anca for your contribution toward making our Learning Commons a happy and comfortable place to spend time in. We continue to get new books in on a regular basis, and are anxious to get them into the hands of our students. Thank you to the parents who have been helping us to find and return overdue library books. If you get a printout sent home with your child and are truly unable to find a book, please send the printout back to us with a note to that effect and we will enter the book as lost, so that your child is able to sign out new books. Ms. Olson and I wish one and all a happy and safe spring break.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Robinson Crusoe & Friday Theatre 2:00 pm March 2018 14 Tacky Tourist Day (dress in bright shirts, shorts, straw hats, sunglasses, flip flops etc.) 15 Hot Dog Day 16 Report Cards Home -Green Day (wear as much green as you can) 18 19 Spring Break 20 Spring Break 21 Spring Break 22 Spring Break 23 Spring Break 24 April 2...Mon.Easter Monday April 3...Tues...Non-Instructional Day April 4.Wed.School Re-Opens 17 St. Patrick s Day 25 26 School Re-opens 27 28 29 Easter Egg Hunt 30 Good Friday 31 PAC chicken fundraiser pick up (watch the PAC page for pick up time)