A Message From The Principal
Easter is just around the corner and it looks like our Blast of Winter is giving way to spring. April and May will come with some standardized testing division wide. We will be participating in Sask. Ministry of Learning Assessment for Learning (AFL) Writing assessment in Grade 8. Also, each student will participate in Canadian Achievement Test IV or CAT IV testing in reading and mathematics for Grades 7, 8 and 9. These standardized tests provide an important checkpoint to help us gauge improvements in student achievement and set directions for further improvement actions.
Our chocolate fundraiser is in full swing with some phenomenal sales thus far. The money raised from this fundraiser pays for all of the extra and special activities virtually all E.S. Laird students benefit from. Please support the fundraising efforts of our students, your children.
Planning for the 2011-2012 school year has begun. Any parent requests need to be in writing, addressed to the attention of Mr. McLennan and submitted by the beginning of May. Student scheduling decisions are made with the students’ best educational interests at heart. Due to competing influences such as Band, special programs, classroom size balance, etc., not all parent requests will be met; however, each one is examined and we will exercise due diligence in our scheduling efforts. Transitioning grade 6 students into Middle Years begins in May. Toward this end I would encourage all parents of grade 6 students intending on entering E. S. Laird in September 2012 to attend a parent-student information evening on May 23 at 7:00 p.m. Students will be coming with their classes for tours during
the week of May 14 – 17th. Queen Elizabeth on May 15, Jack Kemp on May 17 and Winston Churchill on May 14.
E.S. Laird has gone Aerosol Free, at least with respect to cologne and perfume. In order to be sensitive to our fellow students and staff who have sensitivity to senses we are disallowing aerosol perfumes and colognes at the school. Feel free to use these products at home, but please leave them at home and remember with regards to cologne and perfume, Less is More.
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