34 Jones Road, New Minas

New Minas Elementary School

34 Jones Road, New Minas,

Nova Scotia, Canada, B4N 3N1

Phone: 902-681-4900 Fax: 902-681-4904

Website: newminaselem.ednet.ns.ca

Principal: Eric Trahan

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Vice-Principal: Diana Dunn

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Secretary: Mary Gammon

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Dear Parents/Guardians:

Hard to believe that we are already in the process of planning for the 2018-2019 school year!

That said, we will be holding our annual New Primary French Immersion Information Session for parents considering registering their child in our Early French Immersion Program on Wednesday, February 21st. Please note that this meeting is for new primaries and we strongly encourage you take part if you are considering enrolling your child in this program. The meeting is scheduled to take place @ 7:00pm in our school cafeteria.

Another important event on the horizon for New Primaries includes our Primary Registration process which is scheduled for March 8th and 9th. If you have a child who will be starting Grade Primary at New Minas Elementary School in 2018, please phone the school right away. Please note that the cut-off age for new primaries starting school is December 31st of the year they are to start school.

Please keep in mind that there will be no school for students in Mme Boudreau, Ms. Murphy/Bredin, Ms. Willoughby or Mme Peters on March 8th and 9th.

Furthermore, if you know of any child that will be coming to our school for the very

first time in 2018, please provide those families with our contact information in order to ensure that they are accounted for. Accurate student enrollment numbers is critical in order to create balanced and equitable classes for all students.

On another note, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight two additional events happening during the month of February which I strongly encourage students and families to take part in. The African Talent Show which takes place on February 21st and the Regional Science Fair, which takes place between April 3rd and 6th. Both of these initiatives allow students to show case their many skills, talents and interests and are always a big hit. Remember that whatever you do to support your child educationally, this interaction with you will help them grow emotionally, socially and academically. This in turn will foster enthusiasm and confidence about learning in general. Though our school will not be doing a school based project fair this year, we would be happy to facilitate your child taking part in the Regional Fair if they so desire.

PTA

Please come join us for our movie night on February 9th at 6:00. More information and pizza order sheets will be sent out next week.

During the week of February 12th – 16th we will be showing our appreciation to all school staff at NMES. We will make sure to do something special for the staff every day. We will post the details on the PTA Facebook page, but please feel free to e-mail for more details.

Donations and volunteers are always welcome J

Join us for our next PTA meeting February 8th at 7:00 pm where we welcome Dawn Hare from Nourish Your Roots to speak to our PTA about nutritious fund raising opportunities.

Remember to join our Facebook group ‘New Minas Elementary PTA’ to keep up with events in between newsletters.

Donations

Thank you to NMES PTA, Atlantic Superstore, St. James Anglican Women, Cora’s, House of Dough & McDonalds.

Community Events

Valley Bulldogs Winter Football Camp

Starting February 11 at the soccer dome in Kentville at 12 noon. All are welcome, boys and girls age from 6 to 15. To contact us email for more information.

Victory Taekwondo

Located in the County Fair Mall in New Minas,Victory Taekwondo has classes for ages 4 and up. Two instructors each have over 25 years’ experience in WTF Taekwondo. We are now offering a free Ladies only class on Saturdays at 11am. Come in and check it out for free! The ladies class is for ages 10 and up and no experience is necessary to participate.