Healthy Lunch Options on Short Days

In order to provide students with a healthy lunch option on short days, we have signed up with Healthy Hunger (www.healthyhunger.ca). This site allows parents/guardians to pre-order students’ lunches from various restaurant choices, and pay online or send payment to school. Cheques can be made payable to ‘MidSun School’. Please print order confirmation and submit to the office or to Room 35. Orders and payment must be completed 3 days prior to the scheduled lunch. Upcoming lunches For more information, contact Mrs. Ryall at taryall@cbe.ab.ca.

Upcoming lunches

Sept.28 – Booster Juice

Oct.5 – Subway

Oct.12 – Extreme Pita

Oct.19 – Quiznos

Parent info night at Ian Bazalgette

We have an opportunity to join with other parents in our city to discuss how we can help keep our kids safe on line.

Ian Bazalgette in conjunction with Valley View Elementary will be hosting Mr. Paul Davis from
www.socialnetworkingsafety.net on October 2nd.    We have been invited to to attend the evening presentation to personally hear Paul's message.
  
During the parent evening presentation Paul demonstrates to parents what he has learned from students and how that might impact their future, their family and household.   He provides a 8 page handout to parents on Tips and Tricks to keep their child safe online.

• Topics discussed:  Cyber bullying/Facebook Safety and Security/MSN Safety/Webcams/iPhones/Legal Matters/Picture Sharing/Emerging Trends: formspring/Phishing Links & Websites.

Paul will be drawing for a copy of McAfee Total Security ($59 value) and a Linksys Wireless Router ($109.00 value) to two of the attendees in the evening.  He asks parents to fill out a feedback form to submit before they leave, and you can randomly pick the winners and distribute the prizes (from those forms).

We welcome you to join us at Ian Bazalgette (3909 - 26 Avenue SE Calgary AB T2B 0C6)

October 2nd, 2012 ~ 6:30-8:00 p.m.

MidSun info on buses and attendance

Attendance request
Already we have had some students who have needed to miss school.  Please call our absence line (403) 777-6430 extension 1 to report the absence.  A reason for the absence is required or it will be recorded as an unexcused absence.  Thank you for your help with this.

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Bus students are no longer able to change buses.  Non bus students are no longer able to travel on a school bus to go to a friend's home after school.  Please make alternative travel arrangements for this.  Each of our bus students have been given a seat on the bus.  They need to stay in their seating plan.  Some of our buses are very full with three to a seat riders.  Thanks for your help with this too.

This Friday, our staff is meeting to discuss safety at our school and to meet in professional learning groups and plan activities together.  We strive to have common pacing for our curriculum, and common exams so that each student is on track with the curriculum and teachers can work together to support all of our students.

Have a great weekend!

This week at MidSun

We have had a great week at MidSun!

Volleyball tryouts have started and many students are anxiously awaiting the posting of the team lists.  If students are unsuccessful in making our volleyball team they are welcome to join our cross country running team.  See Mr. Harris for more info.

As you can see from the picture above, many students came out to apply for our LINKages program. This is a great opportunity for our students to reach out to the community and become friends with a senior.  The students travel twice a month to the McKenzie Care Centre and visit with one of the residence.  Application forms need to be handed into Ms. Amirault.

We had a great turn out for our "Meat the Teacher" BBQ.  Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the event by bringing your bottles for our reverse bottle drive in support of student activities. The evening was a beautiful one and it was great to meet with friends and neighbours.  Parents had the chance to attend a grade 7 band parent meeting and a grade 8 riverwatch meeting as well as meet their child's teachers.  Our School Council chair spoke and encouraged parents to come out to our meetings.  We usually have less than ten parents and we would like a greater number of experiences and opinions to help us improve our school.  Please consider attending the next council meeting on Thursday Sept 20th at 7 pm in the Library Commons.

We hope you have a great weekend and don't forget that Monday is PICTURE DAY! bring your smiles and comb your hair!

First School Council meeting

The first School Council Meeting is changed from September 13, 2012 to Thursday September 20th at 7:OOPM.  It will be held in the school library.  Find out how you can work together with other parents and staff to make MidSun a great place for all learners. See you there!

"Meat" the Teacher Event

Be sure to attend our "Meat" the Teacher BBQ on Thursday September 13 from 6-8PM.

• Bring your bottles and cans for our reverse bottle drive fundraiser in support of student activities
• Buy hotdogs, pop, chips, and popcorn for a dollar each.
• Meet your child's teachers!
• Learn how our school works and how you can help your child be successful
• Hear from your School Council
• Learn how to log on to D2L 
• Have your child take you to their classes, lockers and our library.
• Attend important grade 7 band parent meeting
• Attend important grade 8 Riverwatch meeting. 

See you at MidSun from 6-8PM

SEPTEMBER BAND FUNDRAISER

SEPTEMBER BAND FUNDRAISER

Entertainment Books $40

SUTP Books $20

Local and out-of-town books available.

Please contact the band room at 403-777-6430 ext. 2104 or e-mail sacampbell@cbe.ab.ca if you’re interested.

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SUPPORT BAND CAMPS IN THE SPRING.