Events Next Week

  • Monday, January 13th: Cycle Meetings for Elementary teachers
  • Monday, January 13th: Last day to use any Windows 7 computers on the network
  • Monday, January 13th: Secondary exam in 3rd floor Computer Lab in PM
  • Monday, January 13th: Teacher Meeting at 16:00
  • Tuesday, January 14th: Secondary exam in 3rd floor Computer Lab in AM
  • Wednesday, January 15th: EV at EQLC all day
  • Wednesday, January 15th: Secondary exam in 3rd floor Computer Lab in AM
  • Thursday, January 16th: Secondary exam in 3rd floor Computer Lab in both AM and PM
  • Friday, January 17th: Secondary exam in 3rd floor Computer Lab in AM
  • Friday, January 17th: Grades 3 & 4 to Centre des Arts in AM

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • RB will be in for RY starting Monday!
  • MJM is coming back on Thursday!
  • Regular visitors to the Friday Focus online in 2019 came from more different countries than in 2018: they represented 12 different countries around the world, in addition to Canada! (Now you know why we use people’s initials for privacy…)

Bits & Pieces

  • Reminder to submit new tax forms to payroll (they sent an email in December)
  • Secondary Exam Week in Gym: January 20th to January 23rd
  • Secondary Ski Day: January 24th
  • Elementary Sliding Day: January 29th
  • We are CQ (secondary students): January 31st to February 1st.
  • Elementary Skating Days: February 7th (K-2) and 28th (3-6) (to be confirmed)
  • Next Teacher Meeting: January 13th
  • Next Outings & Fieldtrip request deadline: January 24th

Events Next Week

  • Monday, January 6th: PED Day for teachers [Grades 3-6 in Oasis at 9:00, Secondary Teachers at 13:00 in Library, School Council in Outer Office at 15:00 and individual work for the rest of the time].
  • Monday, January 6th: LV away
  • Tuesday, January 7th: Day 5 meeting for Secondary Teachers exchanged for extra meeting next week
  • Tuesday, January 7th: Students return including three new ones (two Grade 5 boys and one Sec 2 girl)
  • Tuesday, January 7th: Student teacher returns to Grade 6
  • Thursday, January 9th: Secondary 4 Bake Sale (for future Grad)
  • Thursday, January 9th: EV in BlueJeans meetings all afternoon
  • Friday, January 10th: EV away all day

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Our concert has become more up-to-date with headset microphones and new speakers!
  • Secondary 5 girls were a super surprise addition to the concert program!
  • New computers have already arrived!
  • First installation in the weight room project: exercise bikes!
  • Overheard from an elf on Elf Day: the kids at recess outside go crazy! Those teachers don’t earn enough money!
  • Seen: some very exhausted elves dragging their overwrought bodies home from school on Monday…

Clips & Tips

One of the first steps in successful teamwork is practicing the ability to hear what others have to say and respecting their point of view. Part of that ability is avoiding projecting what we think or feel on others that don’t think and feel the way we do.  Hearing the ideas of others and talking about them is one of the points in this helpful article:

Bits & Pieces

  • All schools in Quebec are having drinking water tested and results won’t be in until February, hence the signage to let water run before drinking.
  • The CQSB server is going to be changed, so we could expect changes in the way we log in and do email.
  • PED Day to return to school on January 6th [Grades 3-6 in Oasis at 9:00, Secondary Teachers at 13:00, School Council in Outer Office at 15:00 and individual work for the rest of the time]
  • School Council meets at 15h00 on January 6th
  • Students return on January 7th
  • Three new students on January 7th (two Grade 5 and one Sec 2)
  • Student teacher returns to Grade 6 on January 7th