Here are a few dates to put on your calendar for upcoming field trips or intermediate special events:

TOMORROW:  Thursday, April 30th: Hike up to Lindeman Lake.  Meet us at the Lindeman Lake trailhead near Chilliwack Lake at 10:15.  We’d LOVE to have you join us!  Bring a picnic lunch and dress for mixed weather.

Monday, May 4th: Pro D Day.  No School

Thursday, May 21st:  Evening Art Gala & Talent Show.  More details to come.

Monday, May 25th:  Spring Sing:  our K-12 Annual Spring Celebration of Music.  (Evening event)

Tuesday, May 26th:  Track and Field Meet for those participating at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.

Wednesday, June 10th:  Intermediate Fun Day!  Noon Dismissal.

Friday, June 12th:  BRITANNIA MINE MUSEUM.  The grade 5/6 and 6 classes will be heading to the Britannia Mine Museum for the day.  PLEASE JOIN US!!  This is an amazing field trip that we do every other year and you will not be disappointed.  More details will be released close to the date but save the date now.  We will be leaving around 7:30 am and returning about 5 pm.

Monday, June 15th:  Intermediate Waterslides Day at Cultus Waterpark

Friday, June 19:  Last Day of School

Just a reminder that track practices are Mondays and Thursdays starting tomorrow. While we understand if your child can not make it to all of the practices, we would encourage them to come to as many as possible recognizing that it is a commitment. We would like to try and make sure that students are not deciding at the last minute that they are not interested as that makes planning very difficult for us.  If your child came home with a track notice, please return it asap.  Thanks!

Spelling lists for this week.

S3: doubt, motion, snooze, crawl, wound, design, tie, mention, assist, nickel, confession, emotion, moment, concert, sympathy, final, system, majesty, bankrupt, million

W1:  employee. athlete, multitude, bureau, heifer, vehicle, library, vicinity, confectionery, athletic, anniversary, opportunity, emergency, treachery, disease, calculator, calendar, isthmus, consequence, controversy

What a fun (and quite chaotic) afternoon!  We made muffins today to donate to the Cyrus Center.  Thank you to the parents that joined us, Mrs. Gao & Mrs. Mackie, and Mrs. Goosen – and she doesn’t even have a child in our class 😉

Here are the spelling lists for this week:

List 1: S2
century, centennial, centimeter, examine, examination, marry, marriage, condition, government, stopped, knowledge, theater, megaphone, belief, believe, ability, union, behave, behaviour, course

List 2: V3
weight, campaign, consciousness, controllable, organize, organization, sense, sensible, compression, experience, permitted, profit, arrangement, discussion, session, welfare, tying, resemble, resemblance, magnificent

Hi everyone,

Next Wednesday is Service Day at Highroad.  This is a time when we intentionally serve our community!  This year the grade 5/6 class will be baking muffins for the Cyrus Center.

Every student will be assigned one or two small items to bring on Wednesday.  Feel free to bring them in early, if you want.  I am also looking for 2-3 parents to help with the mixing on Wednesday afternoon.  Having 3 different recipes being mixed up at once may become a little, or a lot, overwhelming for me on my own.  😉  If you are able to help, please send me an e-mail at mderksen@highroadacademy.com.  We would love your assistance from about 1-3pm.

Below is the list of ingredients that each student has volunteered to bring.

Alison:  100 muffin tin liners

Sophia, Della, Lukas:  regular size muffin pans

Elijah:  8 eggs

Annika:  4 cups sugar

Halle:  2 cups oil

Brooke: 3 cups unsweetened applesauce

Lydia, Austyn: 5 cups flour each

Roan:  6 teaspoons baking powder

Jacob:  6 teaspoons baking soda

Kaetlyn: 3 teaspoons salt

Annie, Ivan:  3-4 ripe bananas each

Matthew:  1 cup brown sugar

Carys:  3 cups chocolate chips

Jenna:  2 cups sour cream

Brock:  1 cup butter/margarine

Thanks so much for all your help!

On Thursday, April 30, the grade 5/6 and 6 classes will be hiking up to Lindeman Lake in the Chilliwack River Valley.  We will be leaving by bus from Highroad at about 9:30am with our picnic lunches and returning at about 2:00.

We would love to have parents join us for this fun day enjoying God’s creation and giving our hearts a workout.  Parents will need to carpool to the trailhead, as we will not have enough room on the bus.  Permission slips will be going home some time next week.  We just wanted to give you a little extra heads-up.  Looking forward to a great day together!

Just a reminder that we have our class photos this Tuesday – please wear full dress uniforms!
Knight’s Day is on Wednesday.

Here are the spelling lists for this week:

List 1: S1
impartial, possible, total, particular, natural, temporary, pleasant, grateful, certain, serious, local, opposite, peculiar, brilliant, divine, fertile, original, handy, constant, anxious

List 2: V2
mysterious, relieve, advise, solemn, apparent, image, imagine, column, independent, evidence, testimony, individual, innocence, sacrifice, prejudice, coarse, leisure, reference, occasion, acre

Have a great week!
Mrs. Goosen

Talent Show:

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting an Intermediate Talent Show during out Annual Art Gala this year.  The event will be held in the evening of Thursday, May 21.

If students are interested in demonstrating their talent, AUDITIONS will be held on two different days: APRIL 16 & APRIL 24, from 3:15 – 4pm.  Students may leave as soon as they have tried out.

If students are auditioning with a piano, instrument, or dance number, they should attend on April 16.

If they are singing, doing a sport demo, or an other talent, they should attend on April 24.

ALL AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE GARAGE.

Please be sure to have rehearsed well in advance and bring all music, instruments, etc that you may need.

If students are unable to attend one of the two audition times, please contact Miss Warden and she will find a time that works for both of you.

Literature Circles:

This week we began our final novel study of the year.  The students have been placed into groups and are reading ONE of the following four novels:  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, Holes by Louis Sachar, Silverwing by Kenneth Opel, or Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo.

Each week students will complete their reading AT HOME or during Silent Reading time in school.  In class, they will complete three mini-assignments each week:  a ‘Thinking Page’, a post-it reflection of their favorite passage, and their favorite 1-3 vocab words from the passage.  They will be given in class time to do these assignments, but there may be times that they have some of it for homework.  After completing their assignments, they will meet with their group members to discuss the plot, characters, connections, and favorite parts of the novel.

Even after our first day of Lit Circles, the students are VERY excited about the books and are avidly reading them during their available time.  I think I may have to try and hold a few of them back from getting too far ahead. 😉  It’s so much fun to see them so excited about literature and about sharing their ideas and reflections with their peers and myself.

If you have any questions or concerns during the novel study, please don’t hesitate to contact me.  Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Derksen

HRA K-6 Running Club

Mrs. Folkerts and I are very excited to announce that we are ready to begin recess running club. This is open to all students from K – 6 and will take place during Monday and Friday morning recess. The first portion of running club will begin on Monday, April 13th and continue until early June.

All students in kindergarten to grade six are invited to join, regardless of fitness level or experience with running. Walking breaks will be encouraged when necessary and students will gradually build their stamina with each run they do.

Students will run around a portion of our field and laps will be recorded. At the end of the club we will give out awards based on the average laps completed and a special treat will be given to the boy and girl in each class with the highest number of laps.

Students who are interested in joining the running club will sign up with their classroom teacher. There is no cost to this club but we do ask that students who sign up stay committed and attend each session. All students will need is their water bottle, running shoes and a great attitude!

We look forward to encouraging your child in their journey towards health and physical fitness! Please email Mrs. Goosen at pgoosen@highroadacademy.com with any questions or concerns you may have.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Goosen & Mrs. Folkerts

I hope you all had a fantastic Easter! Below are some important dates this month as well as our spelling words. They will also be on spelling city.

IMPORTANT DATES:

April 7th- Little Hoopsters begins. 3:20-4:30
April 8th- Little Diggers begins. 3:20-4:30.
April 14th- Class Photos. Wear full uniforms.
April 15th- Knight Day
April 22nd- Service Day
April 21-23- Scholastic Book Fair
April 24th- Hot Dog Day

Spelling List: R6
feature, neighbour, beige, sleeve, poverty, visitor, toward, pickle, advice, tobacco, article, drown, liquid, decade, disaster, vessel, avenue, janitor, against, method

List: V1
cereal, principal, prairie, career, volunteer, association, yacht, missionary, mansion, surgeon, license, pianist, mosquito, secretary, artillery, grievance, berth, principle, spaghetti, superstition