March 1st Update 

This week, to celebrate our ongoing Literacy Month, we tried Drop Everything and Write! Students were well prepared and walked around their journals and pencils, reading for the announcement. It was great to have a moment to stop and write a reflection on the moment. Ask your child about what they decided to write during this time. 

Thank you to rooms 13 and 16 for the uplifting assembly for Pink Shirt Day. They shared poems, stories and songs to highlight the importance of kindness.  

On March 5th, LBS will be “going” to the Opera. We are excited to host a virtual performance by Calgary Opera. Mrs. Kawchuk sent out details through SchoolMessenger. 

We have a NEW website! We are continuing to work out the details of this new site and will add our stories to the site as soon as we are able to. 

LBS School Planning Survey 

There is an online engagement entitled Lake Bonavista School Planning Survey 2024 | K-9 that you have the opportunity to share your thoughts on until March 31, 2024 - 11:59 PM, when submissions will be closed.  https://lakebonavista.cbedialogue.com/en/projects/2023-2024-school-year/engagements/lake-bonavista-school-planning-survey-2024-k-9 

Montessori Tenet 

For the month of the March we will be exploring Practical life Skills are our Montessori tenet. There are many examples of ways we develop practical life skills such as preparing and packing lunch, taking care of our belongings, and setting up our space with a placemat to eat our lunch. Throughout the month of March, we will share more of what this means at LBS and ideas of how you can support this at home. 

Mark Your Calendars 

Student Led Conferences are coming soon and bookings will open up March 6th at 8:00am. Please use your MyCBE/PowerSchool login to book a conference. Please note that families can only book one conference time with each teacher. If your family requires more than one conference time with the classroom teacher, you will have to contact them directly to book. Thursday, March 21st in a NON instructional day for KINDERGARTEN to accommodate their conferences. Grade 1-6 students will still have classes on March 21st with conferences starting in the late afternoon. Student led conferences will continue on Friday, March 22nd.  We are also excited to have our Scholastic BOOK FAIR throughout this week as well. 

Upcoming dates 

March 5: LBS “goes” to the Opera 

March 6: Student Led Conference bookings OPEN 

March 7: Healthy Hunger 

March 12: School Council 

March 21: NO school for Kindergarten 

March 21-22: Student Led Conferences and Book Fair 

From School Council 

The next council meeting is Tuesday, March 12th at 6:00pm in the Learning Commons. A group of University of Calgary Nursing Students have been put on a Community Health placement within our school for this semester and tasked with implementing an intervention in the greatest area of need for the community. They will present for 5-10 minutes on their project involving students, teachers and parents aimed at developing growth mindsets and resiliency to try again. Mrs. Kawchuk will also be presenting a music update. 

Fundraising  

Any questions about fundraising can be sent to LBSCFundraising@gmail.com 

Family Dance 

Thanks again to our amazing volunteers who made this event possible. If your family stopped by for a family photo and you haven’t already viewed them, please check with the photography for the link: https://www.moonlightcanada.com 

Chocolate! 

Purdy’s Chocolates are available just in time for the holidays! This LBS favourite is open for shopping now until March 6th at 11:59 pm. Chocolates are to be picked up on March 21stbetween 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. Our goal is set at $2,500 this year! Thank you for supporting LBS council and school! Please see the link on the ad for more information. 

Papa Johns 

Join us for Pizza Night every Thursday from now until June 20th, 2024! Use promo code: LBS15 at papajohns.ca to get 15% off regular menu price order, and 15% net sales from the code goes to Lake Bonavista School! Offer valid at Papa Avenida, Copperfield, Bridlewood, Silverado and Seton locations. Feel free to share our promo code with friends and family too! 

 Please check out the Fundraising page to see more fundraising opportunities sponsored by School Council with all of the current and updated information.