We are proud to present to you the literacy journey that GMS has been on this past year. We have implemented a Balanced Literacy Structure called the Daily 5 into our daily teaching, planning, and assessment practice. Both students and staff have undertaken this learning task with commitment, dedication, and passion. Please check out our iMovie comprised of photos, song, and both teacher and student interviews to demonstrate how “Literacy has come to Life” at Gladys McDonald School. Part 1: Part 2: |
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Please join us for our Family Literacy and Year End BBQ Evening taking place on Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Doors open at 5:15 and the special events will begin at 5:30 – 7:00 pm in the gymnasium. Bring a Book – Take a Book Please bring a book or many books for our book swap tables set up in the hallway. We will have an Easy Read, Middle Years and Adult “Book Swap” table set up. Each family member must bring something to read for this evening. Once you have exchanged books you can head into the gym and read as a family. We ask that you bring a blanket for your family to sit on for the Literacy event and the Barbeque. Literacy at its Finest We will share a few family literacy activities and a video we’ve created entitled ``GMS Balanced Literacy – The Daily Five Way.`` Finally, the kids will be showing off their work in their rooms and then we will all be sharing a BBQ meal together. The students and staff have been working really hard at preparing this special evening for you, so we hope you will make every effort to be here for the event.
The Order Form is attached below. |
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PLEASE NOTE: There is an error on the May Calendar. There is NO school on May 18th & May 21st - there IS school on June 18th and June 21st. Our May Newsletter & Calendar have now been posted on the website. Please click here to be forwarded to the link. If you would like to be added to our email list, please call Mrs. Ash at the office, 791-8500. |
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The GMS Staff would like to wish our community the best of the best over the break! Please take time to enjoy quality family moments and celebrate the many positives we are all blessed with. We are working with our students to focus on the 90% of life that is great. We are asking them to become problem-solvers as opposed to problem-dwellers. Please encourage your child to share at least 3 positives every day. Also, if you know this school, you know we can not send a message without it being attached to our goal of Literacy and Numeracy Excellence for All. We are in the home stretch and are counting on you to help us over the holiday providing many reading, writing and math activities connected to what you are doing over the break. Writing a letter, sharing a book with a family member, writing a script to a play and acting it out, reciting their oratory piece at a family gathering, playing Scrabble or Cribbage, practicing math facts, working with fractions while doubling a recipe are all activities would help us keep the momentum going in preparation for their year end assessments. It is an honour to serve as a leader in a community that is focused on kids first! I am looking forward to seing everyone after the break! ~ Mrs. Daelick and The GMS Team |
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The Gladys McDonald School April newsletter & calendar are now posted on the website. Click here to be forwarded to the link. |
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Spring photo's are back and were handed out to students last week. If you would like to order please return the form along with your payment on or before May 3rd.
PICTURE DAY IS COMING!!! Lifetouch will be at Gladys McDonald School on Tuesday, April 17th in the morning to take the Grade 8 Grad Photo's and our school Spring Photo's. Flyers are being sent home with each student. Please select a pose and return the flyer to your classroom teacher on or before Tuesday, April 17th. Siblings will be photographed individually and as a pair or group. |
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To register your child for Kindergarten at Gladys McDonald School, please fill out this Kindergarten Registration Form. To register your child in Grades 1 through 8 at Gladys McDonald School, please fill out this Registration Form. To include your child on the bus, please fill out this Transportation Form. Please bring all completed forms and proper documentation (Hospitalization and Birth Certificate) with you when you come to register.
Regina Public Schools values the importance of safe and secure schools for students and staff. It is for this reason that Regina Public School maintains Administrative Procedures for Communications. These procedures include a Release Form that gives you the ability to designate whether you allow or do not allow your student to participate in any activity or publication and advertising, student directories and any contact with the news media. |
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From our family to yours, we wish each of you a very Happy New Year. We are honoured to be a part of your students learning journey and will continue to strive for academic excellence. Daily Five Structure, Monthly Comprehension Strategy Focus, Numeracy Challenges and Monthly Virtues Focus have become part of the fibre that makes up our day to day operations at GMS. If you have questions about any of these or anything else please remember our door is always open. It is through your partnership and support that we are able to give our students, your chidlren, a top quality education. I can genuinely say I am so thankful to lead in this community alongside such a talented group of students and staff. |
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Our 1st Family Fireside Festival...WOW! It is powerful...the feeling a community can create when we are all singing together! Thank-you to everyone for the great feedback, we genuinely appreciate your support! The evening will go down in my books as a memorable GMS moment I will always treasure. "The best of all gifts around any Christmas Tree; the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." Please remember to read EVERY day and fill out your Holiday Reading Challenge Sheet to be eligible for many great prizes. (This is also included in the document Library if yours is lost.) From my family to yours we send you wishes of peace, health and happiness this holiday season. See you on January 5th! Stay Gold, Mrs. Daelick |
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Our Comprehension Strategy for December is Creating Mental Images. (making pictures in your head about the text you are reading) A recent article in Education World states that students are bombarded with the visual images on TV and video games. As a result, they often view reading as a passive activity. A simple technique -- visualization -- can help transform students from passive to active readers while improving their reading comprehension. Please check out the following website with your children. By visiting the visualizing link with your child you can help reinforce our comprehnsion strategy at home. http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html
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