Oct. 23, 2019
Neilburg Composite School Newsletter
IMPORTANT DATES
Oct 24 Jr. Girl's Volleyball League Playoffs in Hillmond Oct. 28-31 BOOK FAIR IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY! Oct. 28 & 30 Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews from 4-7 pm Nov. 2 Sr. Girl's Volleyball Conferences Nov. 4 See Your Future – Grades 9,10,11 Nov. 7 Grade 10-12 report cards home Nov. 8 School holiday – no classes Nov. 9 Sr. Boy's Volleyball Conferences Nov. 11 Remembrance Day – no classes Nov. 13 School picture retake day Nov. 15 Grade 1-9 report cards home Nov. 25 PD day – no classes Dec. 20 Last day of classes Jan. 6 Classes resume
Please be advised that effective Monday, October 21, 2019, NCS will be locking all exterior doors between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:15 with the exception of the main school doors. Visitors will be required to check in with the school office. We are asking parents to drop off their children at the main doors if they are arriving late. This will bring us in line with best practices and with school division policy.
LIBRARY WEEK – Oct. 20-26
This week is Library Week in Saskatchewan. Are you a member of the Neilburg or Marsden Lakeland Library? Did you know that it is free to join? This allows you to borrow any book, magazine or DVD from any library in Saskatchewan! You can browse the library or go online and order any movie or book you like. It will be delivered to your local library where you can pick it up. You also have the option of ordering an e-book online. There are computers with internet in the library that you can use free of charge as well. Stop in and sign up!
BOOK FAIR – Cathy Ducherer- Librarian
The school library is hosting their annual Book Fair! The theme this year is Arctic Adventure. The school gets a percentage of sales to purchase new books for the library. The Book Fair is open to the public. You can stop in at the Book fair starting Oct. 28 through to Oct. 31. The Book Fair will also be open during parent teacher interviews on Oct 28 and 30 from 4-7 pm.
Did you know that reading:
Increases your knowledge and vocabulary by 50%
Lowers stress by 68%
Can lengthen your life by 2 years
It can boost your mood and help you relax
It is a workout for your memory, imagination and your heart
A student who reads 20 minutes per day will be exposed to 1.8 million words per year!
Please help our library earn books while helping provide your child with all of the benefits of reading!
LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
We have started a "Little Free Library" at the school. Students may take a book to keep. If they have one that they want to put in its place, that is great, but not required.
Most of the books are geared towards teenagers, but as we get books donated or are culled from the library, it will be filled with all different kinds of books. If you have any books at home that would be suitable and you would like to donate them, we would very much appreciate it.
Caution! Caution!
Due to severe allergies among the students at NCS, the school requires that everyone avoid bringing any items with nut products, eggs that are not baked into an item or animals to the school. Our students' health depends on your cooperation. Thank you.
SCHOOL MESSAGES
Parents PLEASE sign up for SchoolMessenger so that you receive messages from the school. This is the way we communicate important messages. Text to the number 724665 and then reply Yes and you will be set up to receive messages.
STUDENT ABSENCES Parents please notify the school if your child is going to be absent. The school will no longer be using the automated phone call system. Parents will be receiving a phone call if their child is absent. Please call or email the school for all absences. Voice messages can also be left at the school. Call 306-823-4313
PARENT/STUDENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Report cards for grades 10-12 will be sent home on November 7th and for grade 1-9 on November 15th. Interviews will be held prior to report cards being sent home. They will be on Monday, Oct. 28 and Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 4:00-7:00 pm. Parents of elementary students are asked to call the school office at 306-823-4313 to set up an interview time that works for them. High School parents do not have to set up an appointment but can meet with the teachers when they become available as they have numerous teachers. We ask that you keep interviews to 10-15 minutes per teacher so that everyone has an opportunity to meet with each teacher. Please encourage your son or daughter to come to the interview with you. Research shows that students who attend interviews with their parents "buy in" to the process more effectively. This helps to make interviews more productive for the teachers, the parents and the student.
Once again the Prairie North Health Region will be offering flu immunizations to students and parents on Oct. 30th from 4:00-7:00 pm.
STUDENT FEES
You will be notified what student fees are owing if you have signed up for SchoolCash. We encourage parents to pay fees, buy milk cards, yearbooks, etc through SchoolCash. If you are not signed up, you can get instructions on how to do so by calling the school office.
2019 Battle River League - Junior Girl's Volleyball Playoffs on October 24 @ Hillmond Playoff Format = 1 pool of 5 – round robin – 2 set matches 1st out of pool gets a bye to final 2nd plays 3rd in a best-of-3 semi-final Best-of-3 Final
Schedule: 9:50 Lashburn vs. Hillmond 10:40 Marshall vs. Maidstone 11:30 Hillmond vs. NEILBURG 12:20 Lashburn vs. Marshall (Neilburg = minor officials) 1:10 NEILBURG vs. Maidstone 2:00 Hillmond vs. Marshall (Neilburg = minor officials) 2:50 Lashburn vs. Maidstone 3:40 Marshall vs. NEILBURG 4:30 Maidstone vs. Hillmond 5:20 Lashburn vs. NEILBURG 6:00 2nd place vs. 3rd place (1st place = minor officials) 7:00 Winner of 6:00 game vs. 1st place
Grade 5 and 6 Sports – Mrs. Perkins
Football
The Flag Football Season has come to an end. We had 19 players on our team this year. It was a short season due to yucky weather. We played 2 league games and then ended the year with the tournament. The kids had a lot of fun and are ready to move on to Volleyball.
Volleyball
The Volleyball Season is about to begin for grade 5 and 6. We have 24 students who are interested in playing, therefore we will be having 2 teams this year. We will be having practices at lunch time and the games will be after school on Monday's and Wednesday's.
2019 Schedule
Monday, November 4 – Maidstone 3 @ Neilburg
Wednesday, November 6 – Maidstone 2 @ Neilburg
Monday, November 11 – No School
Wednesday, November 12 – Neilburg @ Maidstone 1
Monday, November 18 – Marshall @ Neilburg
Wednesday, November 20 – JH Moore @ Neilburg
Wednesday, November 27 – Tournament in Maidstone
Cross Country
This year the Cross Country Team consisted of 21 athletes. We had a fun season and the runners improved greatly. A big shout out to Aly Hein who placed 1st and Georgia Goodfellow who placed 2nd at the meet in Lloydminster. All the runners who ran at Districts in Sandy Beach did an amazing job! Great work kids!
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS The Manitou Pioneer Museum is in the process of publishing a community directory (Little Blue Book) with the cell phone numbers and/or box numbers of community members. You can drop off your information at many of the Neilburg and Marsden businesses or you can email your information to littlebluebook@sasktel.net Each entry will have a chance to win a $50 gift card. Books will be available for sale at a later date.
