{"id":1595,"date":"2019-03-15T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2019-03-15T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:21:51","slug":"next-week-at-kanaka-creek-march-18-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/next-week-at-kanaka-creek-march-18-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Next week at Kanaka Creek, March 18, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 18\n<ul>\n<li>3 &amp; 4 Stave Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>March 19<\/li>\n<li>March 20<\/li>\n<li>March 21\n<ul>\n<li>Student Conferences DISMISSAL AT 11:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>March 22\n<ul>\n<li>Student Conferences \u2013 CLASSES NOT IN SESSION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Early Dismissal <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thursday, March 21 dismissal at 11:30 for student conferences.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Classes will not be in session:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Friday, March 22 for student conferences.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Monday, April 29 for Pro D.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>March 29 is the last day of classes before break.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls\u2019 Basketball<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 A big congratulations to the Kanaka Girls Competitive Basketball on a spectacular week of basketball. On Wednesday the girls played Pitt Meadows Elementary in the championship semi-final and won by one point in the last 5 seconds of the game. This victory sent them to the championship game at Westview on Thursday. The girls played as a team with lots of hard work and heart but they came up short by 3 points to place 2nd in the district. We are so very proud of the following dedicated athletes Ava W, Molly B , Lauren F, Taylor M, Zoe B, Gabby G, Brooke B, Brianne L, \u00a0Nixin W, Alaina H, Sydney J And Hailey C. Thank you for an amazing season!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Fish Fundraiser<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 You have the opportunity to help support us with supplies for our fish tank.\u00a0 This can be done one of three ways:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; buy a wooden fish to be painted and fixed on the fence bordering Kanaka Way.\u00a0 You can go on the portal and pay for a fish if you want for $8 each.\u00a0 Fish will be given March 26-29.\u00a0 They can be taken home, painted over the break, and brought back to be attached to the fence after the break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; donate directly to the school. Donations over $25 can receive a tax receipt.\u00a0Cheques need to be made out to School District #42 and can be dropped off at the office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bring a toonie in the last week in March for a toonie drive.<\/p>\n<p>** if you submitted a wooden fish fee but did not select the number of fish you wanted, your order has not gone through.\u00a0Please email Mr. Raible for questions\/concerns. **<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Buddy Bench<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 Our Buddy Bench is now installed and being used at recess and lunch.\u00a0 The buddy bench is a great way to promote inclusivity on our playground.\u00a0 Need a friend? Sit on the bench and someone will come and ask you to play.\u00a0 We\u2019d like to thank the PAC for supporting this initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Yearbook Colouring Contest <\/u><\/strong>&#8211; For this year\u2019s school Yearbook, we are holding a contest to design the front cover.\u00a0 Any student can enter.\u00a0 Get out your crayons, pencils or paints and make a winning design!\u00a0 Make sure you do it in FULL colour.<\/p>\n<p>For your entry to be considered, it must follow these rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a regular 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper<\/li>\n<li>Make your cover is vertical (up and down, not side to side)<\/li>\n<li>Include the school name and \u201c2018 -2019\u201d in the design<\/li>\n<li>Include your first name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, make sure to put your whole name and Division or Teacher\u2019s name on the back of your design.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All entries are due by May 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Student Led Conferences<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 Our student led conferences are currently taking place.\u00a0 Please remember that this is one of our formal reports and, as such, parents\/guardians are expected to attend with their child(ren).\u00a0 Please contact your child(ren)\u2019s teacher should you have any questions\/concerns.\u00a0 Please also know that this time is meant to be dedicated around your child\u2019s success\/growth and so, if possible, please make arrangements for child care for any siblings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BC Wheelchair Sports Association<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 A huge thank you to Ms. Moore for donating and coordinating the coaching and use of wheel chairs at Kanaka.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have approximately ten wheel chairs in our building from March 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 March 29<sup>th<\/sup>to be used in games during gym classes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Lost and Found<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 We have a large number of items in our lost and found.\u00a0 We will be donating these items to charity during the April break.\u00a0Please make a point while you are in for conferences to wander past our lost and found located by the front door.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Grade 7 <\/u><\/strong>\u2013 next committee meeting March 25, 6:30 in the library.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PAC EVENTS<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>Cook books fundraiser<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 Mother&#8217;s Day is around the corner and we have the greatest gift for her! We are creating school wide contribution cookbooks! We are asking for your favorite recipes. Not the ones from pinterest but we&#8217;re talking about Nonna&#8217;s Famous Spaghetti Sauce or Granny&#8217;s Apple Pie!! We want your secret family recipes to share with your fellow students. Please write out your recipe(s) onto a recipe card and have your child give to their teacher NO LATER than March 20th. They will be collected and bound over the Spring Break, just in time for Mother&#8217;s Day. Cook Books will be $15\u00a0each and available for purchase online.\u00a0 Deadline to order is April 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coming up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 25\n<ul>\n<li>BC Wheelchair Sports Association ALL WEEK<\/li>\n<li>Cougar Eye Pizza Lunch<\/li>\n<li>Grade 6\/7 speeches 1:00pm<\/li>\n<li>Grade 7 Leaving Committee meeting 6:30pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>March 26\n<ul>\n<li>March assembly 9:30am<\/li>\n<li>Grade 4\/5 speeches 1:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>March 27\n<ul>\n<li>div 4 Probability Fair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>March 28<\/li>\n<li>March 29\n<ul>\n<li>div 4 Swimming<\/li>\n<li>Last Day \u2013 2:20 dismissal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>ww.sd42.ca <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 March 18 3 &amp; 4 Stave Lake March 19 March 20 March 21 Student Conferences DISMISSAL AT 11:30 March 22 Student Conferences \u2013 CLASSES NOT IN SESSION Early Dismissal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1597,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions\/1597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/kanakacreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}