Welcome back after the Break and Happy New Year!! Just some important reminders of upcoming items that parents and students should be aware of and working towards.

1) Gr. 7 Speech Booklets and Speech presentations will begin in class January, 24th, 2012.  The students should be working on this nightly.  Students have an option of a 1 minute plus oral presentation of a 3-5 minute speech.

2) Grade 7's final history assignment is a take home test covering the first 5 chapters of the text.  Students may use any

resources at their disposal.  Test booklets are due on January 20th, 2012.

3) Due to the ski day, the grade 7 & 8 pizza will be delivered first break on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012.

4) The final 2 ski days will be January 27th and February 10th, 2012.

5) Swimming for grade 7 and 8 will begin shortly after the conclusion of the ski program as part of phys-ed at East Gary.

6) BIG REMINDER:  Monday, January 23rd, 2012 is a PD day  which means report cards will be heading home the 2nd week of February.