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Cafeteria Menu
Chartwell’s has updated its daily menu with more and upgraded
offerings. The new menu can be viewed here. The menu will go
into effect on Monday, April 16, 2012.
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Breakfast Donations
A
big thank you goes out to all those who support our Breakfast
program. Your financial and in kind support has been
tremendous. We have on average over 100 students each day
partaking in the Breakfast program. We would very much like to
continue the success of this program, however, the costs seem to
be rising. We are once again requesting that any support you
can provide for this program would be tremendously appreciated.
Afterschool Activities
The afterschool activities have been a tremendous success. The
activities take place each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and we
have over 100 students participating each day. Some of the
activities include; badminton, cheerleading, yoga, tap dancing,
guitar, parachute games, skipping, hula hoop, fitness club,
weight training, cake decorating, karate, knitting and
crocheting, girl power activities, old time games, and there
will be other activities offered in the future.
New Teamboards
Over the past week there have been 8 new Teamboards delivered to
the school. This delivery allows for a placement of a
Whiteboard or Teamboard in all classrooms. We are presently
waiting for all to be connected and operating and this should
take place this coming week. Along with the Boards, 23 new
computers were given to the school. This now allows us to set
up a completely stocked second computer lab. All of this
technology equipment was a part of the provincial government’s
initiative to ensure all schools were adequately supplied with
technology hardware.
Afterschool Activities
The afterschool activities program at Baltimore School is having
tremendous success. On Tuesdays and Thursdays after school
there are over 100 students taking advantage of the activities
offered. Activities such as tap dancing, guitar,
knitting/crocheting, weight training, old time games,
baking/decorating, yoga, karate, badminton, cheerleading, dance,
skipping, parachute games and lancers are all being offered and
the students are enjoying them immensely. Many thanks to the
following community members who are offering their time; Wendy
Walsh, Ruth Walsh, Gerry O’Neill, Donna Dinn, Tommy Dalton,
Tracey Horwood, Nikki Hawkins, Andy Perlis, Annette Mooney,
Madeline Clowe, Brenda Ryan and Anne O’Keefe. Also great thanks
to all the staff members who are helping with an activity; Ms.
Moore, Ms. Pike, Ms. Lushman, Ms. Chidley, Ms. Aylward, Ms.
Clarke, Ms. Fennelly, Ms. Budgell, Mr. Foley, Mr. Finn, Mr.
Matchem, Ms. Kavanagh and Mr. Pender.
View pictures here.
Evaluation Policy
The school evaluation policy is posted on our website. A note
containing the important points was sent home earlier this
year. It is important to know that a student is allowed to only
miss one test due to sickness. The second time they are absent
for a test, a doctor’s note must be provided upon arrival back
to school, otherwise the mark is a ‘0’ for that test.
For a copy of the
Student Evaluation Policy - click here
Cell Phone Use
Until this year cell phones have been a non-issue at our school,
however, with improved technology we now have cell phone service
at the school. This has created a problem in that student use
of the cell phone during class time generated undo distractions
to others. The school policy is that for the first offense,
students will have the phone confiscated by the teacher and sent
to the office. The phone will only be returned when a
parent/guardian drops by the school to retrieve the cell phone.
The second offense will result in the suspension of the student
for one day. The purpose of this policy is not to enforce
punishment, but to ensure the classroom learning environment is
safe from disruptions. Students are encouraged to use their
cell phones during recess, lunch and after school.
Parents Dropping off Students at School
To ensure the safety of all students, we ask that parents not
drive onto the school parking lot during arrival and dismissal
times for students. No private vehicles are permitted to travel
on the road at the rear of the building. Busses are expected to
arrive at school at 8:15 in the morning and depart at 2:55 in
the afternoon. For no reason is any vehicle to be parked in the
fire lane at the front of the building. Parents have often
neglected this emergency lane as they park there to pick up
their child or to drop something off at the general office. Any
vehicle found to be parked in this emergency lane, with a driver
still in the vehicle or not, and for any length of time, will be
reported to the local RCMP. The safety of your children is our
greatest concern.
Parents Visiting School During the Day
All parents and visitors who come to the school to see their
children or to drop off items to them during the school day are
to check in at the general office. No parent is permitted to
move throughout the building to classrooms. Once again, the
safety of your children is our greatest concern. An environment
where adults are moving freely about in and out of a building
filled with young children is not safe.
Phone Use:
The school has a public pay phone in its lobby area. This is
the phone that students are expected to use. The phones in the
general office are for teacher use only, except in cases where a
student is sick and needs to call for a parent to pick them up.
The school has only two lines and neither of these should be
tied up with students placing orders at restaurants and calling
home asking for permission to leave school early and the like.
Cell phones are becoming more of an issue each year. The cell
phones are not to be used during class time. They become a
distraction for all students. Please do not phone or text your
child during school time. If a student is using the cell phone
during class time, the phone will be confiscated by the teacher
and it will only be returned to a parent/guardian. We must work
together to ensure this issue does not become a distraction.
