ENGLISH BOOK FAIR
We would like to give a big Thank you to the 23 people who volunteered to help out at the book fair. We sold roughly $6500.00 in books last week of which 60% of that will go back into the classrooms as books. Having books available in our classroom libraries is an effective way to stimulate our kids to pick up a book and read. Thank you as well to everyone who came out to support the book fair by purchasing books etc.
PUMPKIN PATCH
We will be holding our 2nd Annual Pumpkin carving/decorating contest this week at NMS. Students who wish to do so, can carve or paint a pumpkin and drop it off on Wednesday October 28th.
Pumpkins will be displayed and fellow students can then view the masterpieces on the 29th. All can vote for their favourites with pennies. Kids can vote as many times as they wish and all pennies collected will be donated to UNICEF.
Pumpkins can then be taken home on the 30th in time for Halloween.
Please note, pumpkins can not be taken on the bus but parents are more than welcome to drop them off at the office.
SCHOOL DANCE (October 29)
Our first school dance of the year will be the Halloween Dance on the 29th. Thank you to all those who volunteered to help out at the dance. The dance starts at 6pm and runs until 8:30pm. Volunteers will be notified this week as to what time they are scheduled to help out.
The admission to the dance is $3 with a donation of canned cat or dog food, and $4 without a donation.
We are also planning to decorate for the dance, if you are interested in helping with this, please let us know.
FIREFIGHTER"S CHALLENGE
This year's Firefighter's Challenge will be held in the Gym on Thursday, November the 19,2009. We are looking for Volunteers to help with the set up of the obstacle course on Wednesday evening as well as volunteers to help with the day long event on Thursday. This is a fun event that has all grade levels participating in an obstacle course challenge to simulate some of the many things our brave firefighters encounter on a daily basis. Please note: volunteers help at the various stations that are set up. You do not have to run the course. :)
H1N1 CLINIC
The school will be running the H1N1 immunization clinic on the 4th of November and is looking for a couple of volunteers who are familiar with the school to help with directing the kids. If interested in helping out, let us know.
MUNCHIE TABLE
For the past few years, we have been providing a "Pick Me Up" for our staff during Parent Teacher interviews. We set up a Munchie Table that the teachers can snack on during the interview period. Interviews take place the evening of the 12th and morning of the 13th. If anyone is interested in sending in some food items on the 12th to help us accomplish this, we would be very grateful. We would appreciate any contributions, particularly fruit, veggies, sandwiches, cookies, muffins, yogurt etc....
UPCOMING MEETINGS etc.
Next General Meeting : TBA
Nominations for the positions of the 3 Co Chairs will be accepted from December 7, 2009 until 3pm December 11, 2009. Nomination forms will be made available just prior to these dates and will be posted on the Blog.
Elections will take place January 13, 2010.
The Friends of NMS Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday January 14, 2010 at 7pm.
More information will be made available prior to these dates.
Sincerely,
Mary Rowe, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Leo Dick
Co Chairs of Friends of NMS
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Friends Update
Hi Everyone,
We are happy to report that our distribution list is now up and running. We want to ensure that everyone who provided an email to us does get contacted. If you know of anyone who provided an email address on their volunteer form but did not receive this, please have them contact us so we can verify receipt of their form.
Volunteer Forms
We wanted to thank each and every one of you who have taken the time to contact us or fill out a form. Our volunteer numbers are at an amazing 175. We are thankful for the growth of Friends over the past few years and that the momentum continues.
French Book Fair
Thank you to the volunteers we were able to come out and help with the French Book Fair on Sept 29,30 and Oct 1. We had a whopping 30 people come out to help us promote the love of reading to our kids and outlying community. Also, Thank you to everyone who stopped by to have a look and purchase books. The French Book Fair brought in over $10,000 of sales. That gave NMS a profit of over $ 5700 in books which will be used to build classroom libraries. The NMS staff is very appreciative. :)
Corn Boil
We would like to give a big Thank you to our Corn Boil Volunteers. This event was put on short notice (as is sometimes the case at NMS :) ) and yet we had such a wonderful turnout. We had 11 people who helped out during various parts of the picking/husking or boiling. The free corn was then served up to our 780+ students and staff. Special thanks to Harveys Big Potato for their generous donation of the corn. All remaining corn cobs were donated to the Food Bank.
English Book Fair
Coming up on October 20,21,22, we will be having an English Book Fair. We will be running it from 10 am -6 pm on Tuesday the 20th, 10 am-6 pm on Wednesday the 21st, and 10am-4pm on Thursday the 22nd. If anyone would like to volunteer for this event, please drop us an email.
Dance
Mark your calendars....the first dance of the year will be October 29th. If you are interested in helping out, let us know and we'll pass your name to the dance committee.
Thanksgiving is the time of year when we all reflect on those things that we are grateful for. In addition to family and friends, we are grateful for an administration and staff that welcome parental involvement for our kids. We are also very grateful for such a fantastic group of parent volunteers here at NMS. We can't wait to see what we can accomplish throughout this year.
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving,
Mary Rowe, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Leo Dick
Co Chairs of Friends of NMS
We are happy to report that our distribution list is now up and running. We want to ensure that everyone who provided an email to us does get contacted. If you know of anyone who provided an email address on their volunteer form but did not receive this, please have them contact us so we can verify receipt of their form.
Volunteer Forms
We wanted to thank each and every one of you who have taken the time to contact us or fill out a form. Our volunteer numbers are at an amazing 175. We are thankful for the growth of Friends over the past few years and that the momentum continues.
French Book Fair
Thank you to the volunteers we were able to come out and help with the French Book Fair on Sept 29,30 and Oct 1. We had a whopping 30 people come out to help us promote the love of reading to our kids and outlying community. Also, Thank you to everyone who stopped by to have a look and purchase books. The French Book Fair brought in over $10,000 of sales. That gave NMS a profit of over $ 5700 in books which will be used to build classroom libraries. The NMS staff is very appreciative. :)
Corn Boil
We would like to give a big Thank you to our Corn Boil Volunteers. This event was put on short notice (as is sometimes the case at NMS :) ) and yet we had such a wonderful turnout. We had 11 people who helped out during various parts of the picking/husking or boiling. The free corn was then served up to our 780+ students and staff. Special thanks to Harveys Big Potato for their generous donation of the corn. All remaining corn cobs were donated to the Food Bank.
English Book Fair
Coming up on October 20,21,22, we will be having an English Book Fair. We will be running it from 10 am -6 pm on Tuesday the 20th, 10 am-6 pm on Wednesday the 21st, and 10am-4pm on Thursday the 22nd. If anyone would like to volunteer for this event, please drop us an email.
Dance
Mark your calendars....the first dance of the year will be October 29th. If you are interested in helping out, let us know and we'll pass your name to the dance committee.
Thanksgiving is the time of year when we all reflect on those things that we are grateful for. In addition to family and friends, we are grateful for an administration and staff that welcome parental involvement for our kids. We are also very grateful for such a fantastic group of parent volunteers here at NMS. We can't wait to see what we can accomplish throughout this year.
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving,
Mary Rowe, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Leo Dick
Co Chairs of Friends of NMS
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
WELCOME BACK FRIENDS
Welcome to the 2009-2010 School year at NMS. We are really excited to welcome back past volunteers and to embrace those new to our school. It was nice to see so many familiar faces and to meet new ones, at Meet the Teacher Night.
Thank you to all who have filled out Volunteer forms for our Friends of NMS group. We now have over 164 names on our list. If for some reason you did not receive a form, let us know and we will get one to you. Simply fill it out and return it to the office.
Some events already scheduled include the French Book Fair (September 29,30 and October 1) and the English Book Fair (October 20,21....). (You do not have to be able to speak French to help out with these). Profits from the Book Fairs are used to supply books for our English and French Classrooms as well as Methods and Resources. If you have any questions or have the time to help out, feel free to contact us m.rowe1@rogers.com, jmacfarlane1@rogers.com and dickrogr@nbnet.ca .
Volunteers are needed to help the Resource Department with Lunch Hour Activities in the Methods and Resources Room. This room offers a safe zone for children as they adjust to their new school year. This would be a great opportunity to provide fun activities in a small group setting. Contact Cecilia Birney by phone 453-4243 or email Cecilia.Birney@nbed.nb.ca.
Also, if anyone is interested in helping out with Math or Language Arts, please contact Cecilia Birney.
All volunteers are asked to familiarize themselves with Policy 701 and complete the validation questionnaire. This can be accessed at http://701.nbed.nb.ca/toc-e.asp .
As well, any volunteer working directly with children will need a criminal record check.
Here's to a great year at NMS with FRIENDS,
Mary Leo Dick, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Rowe
Friends of NMS Co Chairs
Thank you to all who have filled out Volunteer forms for our Friends of NMS group. We now have over 164 names on our list. If for some reason you did not receive a form, let us know and we will get one to you. Simply fill it out and return it to the office.
Some events already scheduled include the French Book Fair (September 29,30 and October 1) and the English Book Fair (October 20,21....). (You do not have to be able to speak French to help out with these). Profits from the Book Fairs are used to supply books for our English and French Classrooms as well as Methods and Resources. If you have any questions or have the time to help out, feel free to contact us m.rowe1@rogers.com, jmacfarlane1@rogers.com and dickrogr@nbnet.ca .
Volunteers are needed to help the Resource Department with Lunch Hour Activities in the Methods and Resources Room. This room offers a safe zone for children as they adjust to their new school year. This would be a great opportunity to provide fun activities in a small group setting. Contact Cecilia Birney by phone 453-4243 or email Cecilia.Birney@nbed.nb.ca.
Also, if anyone is interested in helping out with Math or Language Arts, please contact Cecilia Birney.
All volunteers are asked to familiarize themselves with Policy 701 and complete the validation questionnaire. This can be accessed at http://701.nbed.nb.ca/toc-e.asp .
As well, any volunteer working directly with children will need a criminal record check.
Here's to a great year at NMS with FRIENDS,
Mary Leo Dick, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Rowe
Friends of NMS Co Chairs
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Year End Wrap Up
Hi Everyone,
Grade 8 LUAU
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year's Luau the most fabulous send off.
Everyone was in party mode from the set up of the BBQ early in the morning, to the afternoon decorating, to the big bash in the evening, until we finally had to take down the decorations and call it a night.
The kids caught the excitement and had a blast. Dancing, Food, Fun, Games and Prizes...... you name it, we had it all. This was all thanks to the parents and staff who donated their time, expertise, food and party attitude!! (Special thanks to the Northside Superstore for their donation to the Luau)......Mahalo
SPORTS AWARDS
Thank you to the parents who turned out for the Sports Awards decorating and our June meeting. We had a great time putting up the decorations and we received many positive comments from students and teachers alike. The auditorium reflected the many sports in which the children were involved with....
VOLUNTEERS
We would like to take the time to thank each and everyone of you who were able to offer your time, expertise and encouragement throughout the course of the 2008-2009 School Year. With your help, we were able to grow both in our numbers and in our activities this year. We hope you enjoyed being part of our "Friends" Community. Together, we made a positive difference to our kids and the staff at NMS.
For members who will be at the school next year and wish to get a jump start on things, drop us an email requesting that we keep you on the list for the 2009-2010 school year. This will allow us to keep you informed and get things underway sooner in the new school year.
YEAR END REPORT
For those of you who are interested in the summary of this years events, please refer to our year end report.
We hope to see you all out again next year and wish you all a safe and relaxing summer!!
Mary Leo Dick, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Rowe
Grade 8 LUAU
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year's Luau the most fabulous send off.
Everyone was in party mode from the set up of the BBQ early in the morning, to the afternoon decorating, to the big bash in the evening, until we finally had to take down the decorations and call it a night.
The kids caught the excitement and had a blast. Dancing, Food, Fun, Games and Prizes...... you name it, we had it all. This was all thanks to the parents and staff who donated their time, expertise, food and party attitude!! (Special thanks to the Northside Superstore for their donation to the Luau)......Mahalo
SPORTS AWARDS
Thank you to the parents who turned out for the Sports Awards decorating and our June meeting. We had a great time putting up the decorations and we received many positive comments from students and teachers alike. The auditorium reflected the many sports in which the children were involved with....
VOLUNTEERS
We would like to take the time to thank each and everyone of you who were able to offer your time, expertise and encouragement throughout the course of the 2008-2009 School Year. With your help, we were able to grow both in our numbers and in our activities this year. We hope you enjoyed being part of our "Friends" Community. Together, we made a positive difference to our kids and the staff at NMS.
For members who will be at the school next year and wish to get a jump start on things, drop us an email requesting that we keep you on the list for the 2009-2010 school year. This will allow us to keep you informed and get things underway sooner in the new school year.
YEAR END REPORT
For those of you who are interested in the summary of this years events, please refer to our year end report.
We hope to see you all out again next year and wish you all a safe and relaxing summer!!
Mary Leo Dick, Janice MacFarlane and Mary Rowe
Monday, June 15, 2009
Luau Information
Aloha Everyone,
As we begin counting down to the Grade 8 Luau, we thought we would send out a summary of the day's events to help everyone get organized. :)
The forecast for Wednesday is 26 degrees and sunny. (Don't forget the sunscreen).....
The students will have a chance to work up their appetites while involved in outdoor morning activities. At ~11:00 am they will make their way to the LUAU BBQ area. We are asking anyone who indicated they can help with the BBQ to please come for ~ 9:30 am (when we begin set up). We will set up, BBQ and serve food & drinks to the 275 hungry Grade 8 students.
At 12 noon the kids leave for Killarney Lake for an afternoon of fun in the sun and swimming. While they are gone (beginning at 1pm), we will be in the field house creating a tropical paradise for the kids to return to.
The children are due to arrive back from Killarney Lake at 2:30pm. They will go home at regular time to get ready for the dance. (Don't forget to tell them to dress Tropical casual).
The LUAU Dance is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm. Parents who would like to come help out are being asked by the school to come between 5:30 and 5:45pm in order to get everyone organized. In addition to the dancing, fun tropical activities and delicious food will be part of the festivities. (For those donating food, please remember to avoid nuts, seafood and kiwi due to allergies).
The sun will set on our Luau at 8:30pm at which time the dance will end and we'll do a quick takedown of decorations and a cleanup.
We would welcome all NMS parents who may be interested in helping out, to come and join the fun. What better way to send off our grade 8 students than with a strong sense of community as they prepare to sail off in the sunset to LHHS.
Thank you in advance for your help and let the fun begin.....
Mary Leo, Janice and Mary (Co Chairs of Friends of NMS)
As we begin counting down to the Grade 8 Luau, we thought we would send out a summary of the day's events to help everyone get organized. :)
The forecast for Wednesday is 26 degrees and sunny. (Don't forget the sunscreen).....
The students will have a chance to work up their appetites while involved in outdoor morning activities. At ~11:00 am they will make their way to the LUAU BBQ area. We are asking anyone who indicated they can help with the BBQ to please come for ~ 9:30 am (when we begin set up). We will set up, BBQ and serve food & drinks to the 275 hungry Grade 8 students.
At 12 noon the kids leave for Killarney Lake for an afternoon of fun in the sun and swimming. While they are gone (beginning at 1pm), we will be in the field house creating a tropical paradise for the kids to return to.
The children are due to arrive back from Killarney Lake at 2:30pm. They will go home at regular time to get ready for the dance. (Don't forget to tell them to dress Tropical casual).
The LUAU Dance is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm. Parents who would like to come help out are being asked by the school to come between 5:30 and 5:45pm in order to get everyone organized. In addition to the dancing, fun tropical activities and delicious food will be part of the festivities. (For those donating food, please remember to avoid nuts, seafood and kiwi due to allergies).
The sun will set on our Luau at 8:30pm at which time the dance will end and we'll do a quick takedown of decorations and a cleanup.
We would welcome all NMS parents who may be interested in helping out, to come and join the fun. What better way to send off our grade 8 students than with a strong sense of community as they prepare to sail off in the sunset to LHHS.
Thank you in advance for your help and let the fun begin.....
Mary Leo, Janice and Mary (Co Chairs of Friends of NMS)
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