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What's New
Club America is coming to Donnan School! This the New Soccer Program that will be starting up for the 2009-10 school year. We are excited to be apart of one of the largest soccer clubs in the world and invite you to join us in this new adventure. Club America please click here for the poster Club America Poster link to the Club America website http://www.clubamerica.ca/ 1) Training program sanctioned by CSA, ASA and EMSA (soccer authorities). 2) Professional youth training program rated by FIFA as 1 of the 3 most serious training programs in the world. 3) Direct affiliation with a professional soccer team, CLUB AMERICA, the best soccer team in Latin America, and one of the most important Clubs in the world, alongside teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Milan, River Plate, etc. This affiliation will lead to professioal tryouts for student who stay with Club America and who are the best players in teen years. 4) Professional trainers trained by the professional soccer club CLUB AMERICA. Some trainers, like me, played professionally in the past. 5) Access to professional Players and Coaches from Mexico and directly from CLUB AMERICA for special events in Canada, such as Camps, Seminars, Tournaments, etc. 6) Access to international tournaments and player exchanges (Summer) through the CLUB AMERICA academy system within Mexico, USA and Canada. 7) Right to use the logos of our sponsors: McDonald’s, Nike, Coca-Cola, and Office Depot, among others. 8) Nike clothing and products with the CLUB AMERICA logo and Donnan School logo. 9) VERY IMPORTANT: Access to our exclusive internet based software for the management of our soccer school activities, including players’ registration and records, payments, invoices, receipts, e-mail and messages communication, grading, attendance reports, and many other school applications. 10) MORE IMPORTANT: Seriousness, punctuality and professionalism. Please call us for more information and registration 780 466 8573
SchoolZone – Linking Classroom and Home Begins November 12 th at Donnan. An exciting new information system, SchoolZone, is ready to launch in November at Donnan School. SchoolZone provides parents and students with secure access to school and student information and is designed to enhance the re-lationship between school and home. SchoolZone users will find homework information, attendance records, news of school and district events, achievement results, timeta-bles, course history and access to selected online educa-tional resources. Using portal technology and the conven-ience of the Internet, it is available any time and any place. As of November 12th, teachers at our school will begin to use SchoolZone as an information sharing and communication tool. Many families have already registered and will soon be receiving their unique UserID and password. Families who have not yet registered should contact the office for the registration form and return it to the school as soon as possible. We will provide more information about SchoolZone and its features in upcoming newsletters or here on the website. As parents we can Watch things happen... Make things happen... or Wonder ...What happened! Get involved and join the PAC PAC Meetings are first Wednesday of every month starting at 6:30 pm See you at the meeting! For more information, please check the Parent Advisory Council heading on the left.
Terry Fox Run 2008
Students at Donnan School have been asked to continue their success of fundraising for the Terry Fox Foundation, in support of cancer research. Students may make a donation to this cause on behalf of their House team. The House team with the largest donation will have the opportunity to have a group picture taken with the firefighters from Hall 6. Donnan School will be participating in the annual Terry Fox Run/Walk on Friday, September, 26. All cheques must be made out to “The Terry Fox Run”. We are hoping to exceed our donation of $1200 from last year. Thank you for your support, Donnan Staff While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope. After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada's Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario. It was a journey that Canadians never forgot. However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22. The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning. To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world. We raised over $4,000.00 for the Terry Fox Run! Thanks to all the students and parents! Thank you to Fire Station No. 6 Thank you Megan Metcalfe Winning house team with the Fire Truck from Station No 6 Running with our Olympian, Megan Metcalfe Meet the Teacher Night was a huge success with the majority of our parents and students attending. Thank you for supporting your child's learning.
Thank you to all the volunteers who took the time to read to our students!
With this thought in mind, the staff and students of Donnan School invite you to share our commitment to reading by helping us celebrate literacy.
“Kaleidoscope of literacy”, through shared experiences, literacy creates a kaleidoscope of new, magical, and extraordinary images of our world. This year's theme, Kaleidoscope of literacy offers schools endless opportunities to be creative! To celebrate the evolution of literacy we can engage in reading print and include music, pictures, videos, online reading, television and the Internet. READ IN activities can be simple or complex. They can include many participants or few! It's all about sharing the joy of literacy! Donnan School, will be hosting READ – IN activities from October 6 to 10. Parents and members of our community are invited to drop in and to participate by reading to others.
The Sports Rec Program: Sport Rec offers the chance to learn about the values of long term athletic development early in life, and is an amazing incentive for getting out of bed in a hurry in the morning! Sport Rec is an opportunity for student-athletes to work on core subjects in the morning and to explore a variety of sports and activities in the afternoon. Focusing on health and wellness, and never wandering too far from fun, these activities include traditional sports such as soccer, tennis, and basketball, along with rock-climbing, canoeing, and archery. please click the link for the pdf information:
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU The Donnan School Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program is designed and coordinated by Mr. Curtis Malin in association with Arashi-Do Martial Arts. It is a Self Defense program that focuses on: self confidence self esteem physical fitness wrestling yoga pilates plyometrics body awareness lifelong sports participation For more information and registration, please contact Curtis Malin at: |
