Principal’s Message

Thanks for a fantastic first month of school! With a pancake breakfast, assemblies, field trips, the
Terry Fox Run, and other great things happening at Forest Green School, it took no time getting
right back into the swing of things. We have really appreciated all of the support parents have
given us at school.

As a school community, we have really focused on connecting parents, students, and staff with each
other. All classrooms now have their own blog website, which can be used as a classroom tool to
improve critical thinking, while also communicating openly with parents what is happening in each
classroom. We really want to encourage you to not only read your child’s classroom blog, but to
also comment and let each class know that you are reading it! We really want to encourage open
dialogue in our school and hope that as adults, we can all show our kids how to interact using social
media in a positive forum. Parents are our partners in the school and it is very beneficial if we can
communicate continuously throughout the school year. (I will list all of the classroom blogs within
this newsletter) We will even have a “community” computer in our front foyer in the next month.
September 2010 Newsletter

If you do not have Internet access at home, or would like to use it, please ask for a PSD Computer
Use Agreement from the secretary.
Forest Green School

You can also follow our Twitter account (yes we have a school Twitter account!) at: http://
twitter.com/fgdragons. This is a quick way for us to let you know what is happening at the school!

With that being said regarding communication, this year Parent-Teacher interviews will be held
prior to report cards on October 12th and 14th at Forest Green School. We are having these inter-
views before report cards so that we can work together as teachers and parents to help students
along before their first formal assessment. The report card should hold no surprises if we are com-
municating effectively before they are sent home. This gives us the opportunity to work together
with our children, to help them continue to build upon their strengths, as well as their areas of
growth. We are looking forward to having you join us on those two nights. A form will be sent
home for booking interviews in the near future.

As we try our best to be open and transparent with our practices, I really encourage you to come
and talk to me about either the positives or negatives of our school. I can never solve a problem
that I do not know exists. Don’t ever hesitate to call or make an appointment to see me!

Thanks so much for your support at the beginning of the school year! We hope that we always
make you feel welcome to our school. I wish you and your child a great year!

Sincerely,
George Couros
Principal, Forest Green/Connections for Learning

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KEY DATES FOR OCTOBER

October 5th (3:30 PM) - Parent Council Meeting at Forest Green School!

October 12th and 14th - Parent Teacher Interviews. Forms will be sent home to make an appointment.

October 22nd - Forest Green New Playground Grand Opening! More details soon!!

October 29th - Halloween at Forest Green School! Costumes will be worn in the afternoon and we will be
having a parade!

Running Dragons! Recycling Club

The Recycling club is looking for

The Running Club is having a great season so far! We have many mem-
a new parent helper to haul our
bers who practice running on a course around the school on Days 2, 3, and juice containers to the bottle de-
4 to prepare for our races. Our students have shown great determination pot each month. If you are inter-
and success at the Entwistle and Millgrove Races this year! Congratula- ested please contact Miss
tions to all Running Club members and good luck in the coming races at Mahan or Mrs. Cameron.
Chickakoo Lake (Sept. 30) and Seba Beach (Oct. 7)!
Thanks to all of the helpers for
the month of September! We
are really appreciative that our
Mr. Irvine and Mrs. Cameron school does such a great job
taking care of our environment!

Miss Mahan and Mrs. Cameron

What HAPPENED at Forest Green!

Forest Green School
5210 - 45 Street September 1st - Students returned to school!
Stony Plain, AB
September 17th - Parents put on a pancake
T7Z 1R5 breakfast for Forest Green School! Thanks to
McDonalds for sponsoring this!
Phone: 780-963-7366
Fax: 780-963-0341 September 30th - Forest Green School ran in
the Terry Fox Run! Thanks for all of the dona-
tions to this awesome cause!
If you have questions about
weather cancellations or route
delays, schedules or any other
bussing concern, check out
the Parkland Transportation
web site @
www.parklandtransport.ca/

Administering Medication
Parents are responsible for informing the school if their child is known to have a life threatening or serious
allergies. It is critical that the school has current information regarding any serious medical conditions.
PSD forms with updated information must be completed yearly and are available at the school office.

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How our staff is getting better! Forest Green School Professional Development
(September)
 Mr. Usiskin has been working with all staff to help build capacity in the area of technology integration/
critical thinking in the classroom. This program is used for in-class professional development so Mr.
Usiskin can both work with students and teachers at the same time to improve learning.
 Mrs. Cameron and Miss Mahan have been training this year with Mrs. Wandio in the area of Balanced
Literacy.
 All Forest Green teachers have been working in sessions with Diane Lander from Parkland School Divi-
sion to learn more on how to use Critical Thinking practices more effectively in the classroom.
 Mr. Couros has run professional development opportunities for international administrators through the
use of video conferencing technology. This same professional development is happening with other ad-
ministrators in Parkland School Division.
 All staff created their blogs with the help of Mr. Usiskin. This project will continuously be developed as the
year continues to help improve student learning outcomes.
 Forest Green staff will be starting the second year of their professional development plan this includes
working with all staff from Forest Green, Connections for Learning, and Brightbank Academy. This pro-
fessional development directly focuses on the goals of Technology Integration, Critical Thinking, Special
Education, and Citizenship and Social Responsibility.
 Mrs. Wandio attended a Webinar by Jim Knight on Instructional Coaching Sept. 28th, put on by the Ed-
monton Regional Learning Consortium. This Professional Development opportunity helps with the effec-
tive practice of delivering Professional Development to other staff.

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Forest Green School Blogs

Forest Green Main Blog —http://forestgreenschool.ca

Connections for Learning—http://cfl.forestgreenschool.ca

Forest Green Kindergarten News—http://

kindergarten.forestgreenschool.ca/

French—http://french.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 1 News—http://grade1.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 2 Miss Heward—http://grade2a.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 2 Ms. Hobbins - http://grade2b.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 3 News! - http://grade3.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 3/4 News—http://grade34.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 4 News—http://grade4.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 5 News—http://grade5.forestgreenschool.ca

Grade 6 News—http://grade6.forestgreenschool.ca

Music—http://music.forestgreenschool.ca

SNAP Program—http://snap.forestgreenschool.ca

The EYALT Programhttp://eyalt.forestgreenschool.ca

Buzz About Books—http://bwandio.forestgreenschool.ca

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