Innisbrook Fundraiser

As your Fundraising Coordinator, I wanted to thank all of you who participated in our Fall fundraiser with Innisbrook. We were looking to raise $5000 with approximately half of those proceeds going to the school... and guess what... we raised over $6000!!! Way to go Haultain!!! Your support means more activities, supplies and fun extras for our school this year!!!

Look for delivery of your product around the 3rd week of November.

Thanks again!

Our Outdoor Rink Needs You!

The Queensland Community Association is looking for volunteers to help with the outdoor rink next to the school. Last winter the rink was in top shape because of some talented and dedicated volunteers.

They are asking for some assistance this year. The time commitment is flexible, from October to March: 2-6 hours per week. The pros from last year will provide training on site so you don't need any previous experience.

So if you don't mind working outside, can stand a little cold and want the opportunity to help out the community in a very real way, contact Aaron at pangstar@gmail.com.

For more information follow this link.

Great Meeting

Susanne Allan and Shona Foster are officially bloggers as Co-Key Communicators on the Haultain Parent Executive School Council. Thanks to Nick and his expertise. We will be reporting as much information of interest to the parents of the children at Haultain Memorial as possible, and welcome any comments and questions you may have. Thank you, from us both, for the wonderful opportunity.

Don't Forget!

... it's time for our monthly Parent Council/Association meeting tomorrow night in the Haultain library at 6:30pm.

Shane is out of the country, and won't be back in time to chair - so as my newly minted position of Vice Chair dictates, I'll be filling in.

Feel free to attend, with your questions, comments, or concerns - our meetings are always held to a punctual time schedule, and don't run over time. It's great to see what the Council/Association does - how it's run, and how your student benefits from the decisions that are made.

Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Welcome Back Ms. Bazinet!

It appears the bulk of our Board will look the same... Click here and here for more on the election results for the board of trustees.

Haultain Casino Update

Hi Parents,

I just want to give a very short update on the upcoming Casino we are running in November.

We needed a total of 40 volunteers to run the cash cages, count rooms, and various other casino jobs. The response from parents have been amazing, and we already have a full schedule!

I still need a few people "on-call" to cover sickness or emergencies, but this is on track to be a very successful fundraiser for us.

Thanks Volunteers!


Steve Antonchuk
HMSPA Casino Chair
403-651-1755
santonchuk@westjet.com

Another article of interest

Articles posted on this blog are posted to encourage comments and feedback. Yours are greatly appreciated!

This article was from today's CBC website postings. Are you concerned about this perceived shift? What do you think about standardized testing, and the use of the results as educational benchmarks?