École Mary Queen of Peace Elementary School

Our grade 6 boys’ basketball team will be hosting a tournament at the school May 24-26. We will be raising funds to purchase new glass backboards for the school gym. We will be selling tickets on a “Kids’ Gift Basket” to support this fundraiser. The basket will be drawn for at the end of the tournament. Tickets are $2.00 each and three for $5.00. The team will also be going class to class at recess and lunch on Friday, May 25. Students who wish to purchase tickets can do so on this date.

The basket includes:
• Basketball Pro Mini Hoop, • Empire Theatres gift card, • ITunes gift card, • Booster Juice gift card, • Tim Horton’s gift card, Chapters Gift Card, • Squeeze Gatorade bottle, • 2 Gatorade drinks, • Frisbee, • Sidewalk chalk, • Bubbles Mix, • Jumping rope, • Chocolate -coated pretzels, • Pringles potato chips, • Sour patch kids candy, • Swedish berries, • Smarties, • Skittles, • Twizzlers, • Assorted chocolate Bars, • Popcorn, • Bubble gum, • Lindor Chocolate

Thank you in advance for your support.
Grade Six Boys’ Basketball Team

The Eastern School District, in partnership, with Eastern Health, produces a quarterly newsletter about living healthy.  The Spring Edition is linked below.

Living Healthy News

The May 8th Newsletter is now available.

Parent Newsletter

On Saturday, September 15, 2012 the workshop “Boys Smart Action Talk: How to Talk So Boys Will Listen and Listen so Boys Will Talk” will be in St. John’s. The workshop will be given by  Barry MacDonald an educator and a clinical counsellor specializing in understanding boys. We regularly send links to his newsletter to our parents and parents who have borrowed his book have found it very informative and useful. The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Do not be alarmed if you do not see this time frame on the registration page). Registration for the workshop has started through his website www.mentoringboys.com. If you are interested in attending register early to get the early bird registration fee. Also, registration is limited.

Note: While St. Bon’s is providing the venue for this event, it is not a fundraiser for the school.

The link below is a copy of the April 2012 Director’s Report as presented to the Board of Trustees April 18.

April 2012 Director’s Report