June 2013 - Louis Riel School Division

THE PAW PRINT…
Dr. D. W. Penner School June 2013
Principal’s Message:
This school year has flown by quickly. In reflecting back on the school year many highlights come to mind, including
the Aboriginal Activity day, the Parent Advisory Council school events, the “All About Me” study about the
brain, the assembly of what students have learned from the Aboriginal 7 teachings and the winter concert to name a
few. The last week of school will be very busy. On Wednesday, June 26 th we will have the Volunteer Appreciation in
the library at 10 a.m., the Celebrate Our Successes at 10:45 and the Grade 6 Farewell at 1 p.m. On the 27 th the whole
school will be off to The Manitoba Museum for a full day field trip. Report cards will be sent home on June 27 th . Students
will be dismissed at 2:30 on the last day of school, Friday, June 28 th .
Our staffing picture has been settled with the following list of staff:
Kindergarten: Ms Marni Crymble
Grade 1: Mrs. Lois Mackay
Grade 2/3: Mrs. Lisa Bunkowsky
Grade 4: Ms Wendy Narozniak
Grade 5/6: Mr. Brian Graeb
Physical Education: Mr. Frank Bojarski
Music Teacher: Mr. Matt Funk
Literacy Teacher: Mrs. Kathy Grenier
Student Services Teachers: Mrs. Kathy Grenier & Marni Crymble
Library Assistant: Mrs. Tara Watt
Educational Assistants: Mrs. Cathy Kostenchuk, Mrs. Susan Russell, Ms Annalisa MacAlpine, Mrs. Debra Dandeneau
and Mr. Scott Lancaster.
We want to thank our term Educational Assistants that have helped out so much this year. We wish Mrs. Kerry
Milligan, Mrs. Enaka Melanson, Ms Elizabeth Bousquet and Mrs. Marian Amigable all the best in the future. We
would also like to thank Ms Christina Aarts who has been working as an Administrative Assistant Intern since May
27 th . Each one of you has contributed positively to our school and we thank all of you for your dedicated service to
our students and community.
We will be holding Opening Day Conferences on September 3 rd and 4 th . Conferences will be 15 minutes long
and will be scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, September 3 rd , beginning at 1 p.m. and for Wednesday morning, September
4 th from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Conferences will give parents and students a chance to meet with their teacher,
visit the classroom and bring their supplies. Appointment times will be sent in the June report cards. Classes will
begin Thursday, September 5 th with the exception of Kindergarten students who will be doing a staggered entry.
Personally, I would like to thank students, parents, staff and the community for an enjoyable year at Dr. D. W.
Penner. Dr. D. W. Penner School represents a wonderful community that definitely demonstrates an attitude of caring.
Thank you for sharing this community with me.
As a staff, we would like to wish students and parents a relaxing and safe summer holiday!
Ken Bartel
Inside this Issue
Homestay Families 2
Field Day 2
Glenlea Discovery Centre 3
Patrols Goldeyes Game 3
Spring Fling 4
Grade 6 Farewell - Class of 2013 4
PAC update 5
Humane Society Fundraiser 5
Freeze Kids Comics 6
Jelly Bean Day in pictures 6
Dates to Remember 6

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International Student
Program
The Louis Riel School Division has welcomed International Students to their community for many years. This year LRSD has
hosted students from China, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Senegal, Nigeria, Thailand, Taiwan, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, Ukraine,
South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Egypt, Syria, Honduras, Mexico and Singapore!
As the International Student Program continues to grow, so does our need for homestay families. A homestay family is a family
who are Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents. The province of Manitoba’s International Education Department defines a
homestay family as “A family unit, of at least one person, providing accommodation and sharing its home, hospitality and culture
with an international student, usually for a fee”. We embrace the diversity of homestay families as each family unit may differ
from one another in regards to nationality, number of adults, children, pets, etc. The commonality between families is their desire
to open their homes to students from another part of the world. Our hope is the students will learn about Canadian culture
and in return the homestay families will learn about the student’s culture. We hope homestay families will embrace the students
as “family” who are living far away from their biological ones.
International students may study in LRSD for various lengths of time. Some students are study for as little as 3 weeks (Summer
Program), some come for one semester, and some come for a whole school year and then return to complete their high school
studies in our Manitoban and Canadian universities.
If you are considering hosting an international student and would like more information, please call the Homestay Coordinator,
Evelyn Sieben, at the International Education Department. Please reach her at 204-223-0674 to discuss further details. You can
also send your questions or application request by email to evelyn.sieben@lrsd.net to see how this program could fit with your
family. You can view full program information at http://isp.lrsd.net where applications are available.
Thank you
Field Day by Kai
For the field day, the grade’s 5/6’s this year went to H.S. Paul School. There we did some
track like Javelin, 800 meter, hurdles, and shot put. Those were some of the events. It was
really fun, my favorite event was Javelin. For the two years I went they were really fun. It
was a good experience for me when I go into grade 7.

Grades 3, 5 and 6 Visit to Farm Food Discovery Centre
Hello Dr. Penner people!
The grades 3’s and 5/6’s went on a pretty awesome field trip. It was The Farm Food Discovery Centre.
We went on Friday, June the 7 th 2013. We went to learn about plants and animals, in other words, science.
We made bread. We made Bannock and White bread. Later in the day we ate the bread we made. How we made
the bread: We made yeast,
We added sugar and flour and kneaded it. Then we put it in the oven.
Later we learned all about wheat. We learned how wheat is made into food. There was yucky wheat. It
even had a screw inside the wheat. The farmer had to clean the wheat.
There was a potato chip v.s carrot exercise bike.
There was a breeding place for the boar pigs and a place for the sows (pregnant pigs.) There was a place
for feeding baby pigs and a place for baby pigs.
The shopping was a place where you would scan the food and it would give you fun facts about the food
and how much you should have every day.
There was a display of good and bad microbes and there was even a little air shower. There was a drawer full of
cooking spices and so you had to smell them and guess their names.
There was a little (ok not that little) game that help you go poo. You’d pick an avatar and choose a food you’d
pick the fiber and small poo means good, medium means great, and big means AWESOME!!!
Alfalfa roots can grow up to 3.5 meters! Photosynthesis is a process that the sun makes food for the plant. There
was also a photosynthesis game.
There was a little place where soybeans, wheat and other seeds could be touched. There was a tractor simulator
where there was a toy tractor and a video of a tractor moving in the field. There was a hand-moving grinder which
would make flour. There was a system where you would vote what you would only want to eat. Caramel won!
Pigs are used to make products like gummy bears, crayons and other stuff. Bacon was also there!!!
There was a diagram of where different cuts of meat would come from. There was a display of where Canadian
farm food would be exported. Asia and Mexico were the greatest consumers.
We learned farm machinery is very expensive.
It showed the process of Wheat seeds to food.
This is the end of our article.
By Madison Mosher and Muhammad Abdullah
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Patrol Goldeyes Game – June 12 th
The Patrols had an excellent day to watch the Winnipeg Goldeyes and the Wichita Wingnuts play baseball.
The weather was warm with some clouds to give relief from the sun. The Goldeyes won the game
in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-3
victory. The students loved the
food and getting autographs at the
end of the game. Thank you to the
PAC for helping in the purchasing
of these tickets.
A big thank you to our Patrols for
their work this school year!

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“It’s an Old Fashioned Picnic Spring Fling” occurred on June 7 th . Whether it was the Cake Walk, Jar
Bar, Donut Game, Balloon Animals, Photo Booth, Face Painting, Double Trouble Jigging group, games
or the Petting Zoo, a great time was held by all. The rain tried to spoil the activities, but even with the
rain the soccer game was going no matter what. Of course the water balloon activity and the candy
toss had everyone having a great time.
A big thank you needs to go out to Joy Onyschak, Tanya St. Laurent, Jodie Zurbyk and Sam Sirtonski
for their planning of the Spring Fling and the many volunteers that helped out with this event. Thank
you to the student from Dakota Collegiate and former students that volunteered their time to help
out at face painting that evening. It was a wonderful evening with so much to do!
Class of 2013
Front row: (L to R): Anthony, Alfred, Nelson, Jake, Kai, Lucas, Derek, Keaton, Brooke,
Back row: (L to R): Nick, Regan, Cam, Cheng, Keeyaanii, Ryan, Morgan, Lyric, Brian, Mr.Graeb

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PAC News
Thank you to parents and staff for helping make the Spring Fling a huge success. It was
so much fun. We’re looking forward to next year already!
Thanks to parents and staff, especially Mr. Bartel, for making our jobs easy and fun. Next
Year’s PAC meetings Dates are set for Sept 11 th, Oct 7 th , Nov 13 th , Jan 14 th , Feb 10 th ,
March 10 th, April 8 th , May 12 th , June 11 th. We welcome you to come join the fun.
For the children and parents graduating from Dr. Penner, we wish you all the best on our
journey.
Have a safe and happy summer!
Winnipeg Humane Society Report
Hello Fellow Animal Lovers,
Some students from the grade 5/6 class decided to carry
on a recent tradition of raising awareness and funds for
the Winnipeg Humane Society. The group contacted the
society to determine the level and type of need and then
made posters and announcements to call for support
from other classes and the community. The group was
able to bring in pet supplies sufficient to fill 5 medium
boxes. The total money raised was $ 92.17.
By Brooke Gilmour

Freeze Kids Comic Books
We welcomed Anthony and Justin to school on
Monday, June 17th and they helped the grade 3-
6 students develop their skills of drawing comics.
The students were extremely attentive during
this session. If interested in Anthony and Justin’s
work, check their website:
www.freezekidscomicbooks.com
Dates to Remember
June 26: Volunteer Appreciation 10am
June 26: Year-end Celebration Assembly
10:45am
June 26: Grade 6 Farewell 1pm
June 27: Year-end Field Trip —
The Manitoba Museum
June 28: Last day of school —
Early dismissal 2:30pm
Sept 03: Opening day Parent/Teacher
Conferences (1pm-5pm)
Sept 04: Parent/Teacher Conferences
9:00am – 11.00am
Sept 05 & 06: Kindergarten staggered entry
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Jelly Bean Day
2013
Call to Report Absence
Please call the office @ 256-1135 to notify us of your child’s absence. A message can be left
on the school answering machine at any time.
Your help with this important process eliminates time spent communicating redundant information
and expending unwarranted concern regarding your child’s whereabouts.