Last Grocery Gift Card Order Deadline

The final round of grocery gift card orders is coming up.  The deadline for placing an order is Wednesday, June 4th.  Michelle will be in the school office on Monday and Tuesday to take credit card and debit cards from 3:30-4:30pm.

Thanks again for your support

Spring Carnival Info

Security Cameras at MidSun

Students may have noticed that a crew has been at the school working to install security cameras at MidSun.  This is a CBE initiative that will eventually see security cameras in all CBE schools.  Fish Creek Elementary had their camera system installed a couple of years ago.  The Calgary Board of Education is doing this as one of the measures they are taking to keep everyone safe at school.  The cameras are not operational as of yet, the workers assure me they have many more miles of cording to lay before anything will work but perhaps it will be finished at the end of June.  Our published Guide, Occupational Health and Safety lists the video camera’s under the question:

How is visitor safety dealt with at your work site?

Response:

 Sign-in

 Name tag

 Poster directing visitors to office

 Volunteer security check

 Unknown adults are approached by staff

 Specific orientation for field trips

 Volunteer handbook

 Notices posted for facility operators

 Fob security system (front door locked)

 Work safety bulletin board

 Supervision

 Volunteer orientation

 Posted information

 Volunteers Policy

 Video cameras

 Teach children to watch for name tags 

The CBE continues to make everyone's safety a top priority and this initiative is one way they are doing it.

As always, please feel free to call me at the school if you have any questions.

Veronica Saretsky

Grade 7's at Heritage Park

Midsun’s Grade 7 students visited Heritage Park this week to learn more about life as a new arrival to Western Canada. They took part in several activities designed to simulate the experience of settling a homestead in Alberta. The program was a great compliment to the learning we are doing in the classroom, and an awesome way to spend the day.

Staff Appreciation Lunch

This is a message from MidSun School Council.  The end of the school year is fast approaching and it is time to say thank-you to all of the staff at MidSun.

We are holding a staff appreciation lunch at MidSun on Thursday, June 5, next week.  we are in need of donations of food, money and time.  We are using a new online system this year to register.  Just go to perfectpotluck.com.  You will need to enter the co-ordinators name as SHIPLEY and the password 6430 (the last 4 digits of MidSun's phone number)

Any problems or questions can be directed to Jennie Shipley at jennieship@shaw.ca.  Anything you can help with is so appreciated.  Thanks so much for your support. 

MidSun Students Shining this Week

As the year comes to an end, our students have been out in our community, making us proud, with acts of outstanding citizenship and character.

•  Last week we celebrated our final LinkAges meeting with 26 students sharing fun and stories with their partner seniors at McKenzie Towne Centre. These students gave two hours every second week all year long to play games, share stories and laughter with the seniors they were partnered with. It was heart warming to see the touching goodbyes as the students finished the program for the year.
• On Tuesday, MidSun Athletes competed hard at the annual Track and Field event and placed 2nd overall!  There were many top finishes throughout the day.  A big thank you goes out to all of our coaches for supporting the athletes along the way.  Another big thank you goes to our volunteers without whom, this opportunity would not be possible for our students.
• On Thursday, leadership students volunteered at the Calgary Children's Festival and put smiles on the faces of thousands of Calgary youngsters.  They also were able to catch a great show "Frogs" while at the Festival.
• This week also was the culmination of many hours of extra work to present our Mainstage Play "The Wizard of Oz". Over 80 students, teachers, parents, volunteers and community members worked together under the direction of our very own Ms. Smith to put on this amazing production that was viewed by hundreds of people.  The acting, lights, costumes, singing, makeup, sets, props etc, were fantastic and a real highlight was a 15 foot puppet for the character of Oz!  Well done to everyone involved.
• Our ALP & ACCESS students with the help of several students in the regular program are working on some fence art that has begun to appear on the fence in front of our school.  Be sure to check out the way it develops over the next month.  Thanks to Mr. Reynard and Ms. Kaminski for spearheading this work.

There is still lots going on with our grade 9 band students off on a tour of BC next week and our grade 8 students touring down town following the steps of a character from the book "Tom Finder".  Our grade  7 will also be exploring Canadian history with a one day field trip to Heritage Park.  On June 5, we will hold our annual spring Carnival and raise money for tumour banking.  More information is coming about out about that shortly.

Have a great weekend MidSun Family, 

Veronica Saretsky

MidSun Spring Carnival

On Thursday June 5th MidSun will be hosting our annual spring carnival. This year we are raising funds to support a cause close to our MidSun Family with one of our students who has been courageously battling brain cancer this past year and has a goal to raise $5000 for Tumour Banking (a process of freezing the tumors so that researchers can gain access to cells removed from patients for their research in the fight against cancer). Our carnival this Spring will help Adam to raise these much needed funds.

Wristbands will be on sale next week in the Atrium at lunch $15 for a wristband for a great cause. $12 if students bring in a food bank item.

Individual tickets to play games will be on sale on the day of the carnival, but WRISTBANDS are the way to go! Wristbands give students unlimited play at the stations. Each game costs between 1-2 tickets to play. 2 tickets will cost $1.

Food will be on sale as well as a fundraiser but is an additional cost to the wristband and tickets.

 

Grand Prizes are HUGE! Over $1000 in prizes to be won!

PLEASE HELP support this great fundraiser.