FANTASTIC FIVES

Just realized that I forgot to post the pics I took from our Lindeman Lake hike.  What a fabulous day!  Thanks so much to the parents that joined us.

Good morning!  We are in the process of working out the finer details of our upcoming track meet.  If you have not yet paid and returned your child’s permission slip, please do so this week.  Payments can be made at the office.

Thanks!

Here are the spelling lists for this week:

List 1:  S4

sleigh, affair, paragraph, island, ambition, temperature, opinion, difference, onion, pistol, recess, canvas, dictionary, community, vanity, grocery, yourself, mushroom, celery, gallows

List 2: W2

appreciate, cordial, sincere, separate, extreme, accurate, proceed, instantaneous, practical, artificial, antique, character, architect, grease, associate, resource, persevere, opportune, adequate, rhyme

SUPERHERO DAY – WED, MAY 13TH

Are you ready for our Superhero Day on Wednesday, May 13th? On that day students are invited to come to school dressed as a Superhero.  Use your creativity and imagination! You may want to tweak your appearance to give just a hint of the super powers that you possess. On the other hand you may have a whole wardrobe of Superhero outfits and paraphernalia that you would like to display to the world. In other words, you can dress up as your favorite superhero or create one from scratch. Use your creativity and imagination! Please leave weapons at home, even if they are a part of your costume. However you want to do it we look forward to seeing you, full of learning power, on Wednesday!

ART GALA – MAY 21ST

Mark your calendars! On Thursday, May 21st, Highroad Academy is holding the Second Annual Art Gala. Families and friends are all welcome to come out and see some great pieces of art created by the Grades 4-6. The Art Gala will be held in the Chapel from 6:30-8:00. The Church Cafe will also be open, so come on out and see some great art. A new addition for this years Art Gala, will be a talent show with Grades 4-6 students displaying some of their wonderful talents. Please join us for a wonderful evening with the Arts!

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