G RETNA SCHOOL

NEWS

Gretna School, Box 90, Gretna MB R0G 0V0

Phone: 204-327-5344

June 2015
Newsletter #11

Website: www.gretnaschool.weebly.com
Email: Gretna@blsd.ca

Gretna School Mission Statement

We, the parents/guardians, students and staff of Gretna School work together to create a positive
and safe environment which fosters academic, social and extracurricular achievement.

Dates to Remember
June 24 Athletes in Action (AIA)
June 25 Move Up Day (period)
June 26 Picnic/Hot Lunch/Swimming
June 29 Year End Celebration/Last Day of School
June 30 Administration Day No School
Sept 9, 2015 First day of next school year

Athletes in Action
On Wednesday June 24 the Grade 1-8 classes
will be taking part in a mini soccer camp
organized by Athletes in Action. Each class will
have one period with the instructors.
School Renovations
Over the summer, 2 classrooms will receive
some much needed updates, and the office area
will be reconfigured. We look forward to the
new look!
Move Up Day
On Thursday June 26, our returning students
will spend one period in their 2015-2016
classroom where they will meet their teacher,
classmates, and spend time in their new
classroom. For those Kindergarten students for
whom it is not their Kindergarten day, they will
receive a special note indicating the time they
will be invited to attend for this event.
Year-End Celebration
Monday June 29th at 9:30 am we will be
having a Year-end Celebration. Parents are
invited to this celebration in our school gym.
All students in K-8 will be honored with a
certificate indicating some of their
achievements this year. The program will also
include some music and other tributes.
Students are welcome to go home with their
parents after the program. Students who are
not going home will be dismissed at the end of
the school day.

School Picnic Day

On Friday June 26, all students are invited to take
part in our annual school picnic. This event takes
place on the Grade 4-8 playground. There will be 5
event stations each for grades K-4, and grades 5-8
that students will rotate through during the
morning. Students are asked to report to their
homerooms in the morning for attendance, and then
they will head to the gym where they will be
grouped according to house groups. The first
activity will start at 9:15 am. When the students
have completed the stations, there will be some
large group games. For those that ordered lunch, it
will ready at 11:45 am on the east side of the
school. Watermelon will be provided for everyone.
Students will be asked to start getting ready
(change into swim wear) at 12:30, and students will
board the buses at 12:45.
IF parents are transporting their own children to the
pool, please inform the classroom teacher.

2015-2016 Staffing
Kindergarten/Smart Start Stephanie DeGroot
1/2 Victoria Braun/Stephanie DeGroot
1/2 Sandra Mae Reimer
3/4 Megan Regier
3/4 Cheryl Falk
5 Marlo Hildebrand
6 Sharon Goertzen
7 Jessica Riddell
8 Jeff Norris
French - Megan Regier
- Jessica Riddell
Resource - Barb Rempel
- Stephanie DeGroot
Reading Recovery Sandra Mae Reimer
PE/HE Peter Reimer
PE/HE 7/8 Girls Nancy Ratzlaff
Arts Nancy Ratzlaff
Band Derek Klassen
Guidance Jill Weber Friesen
Principal Barb Kehler