[quote author=”Martin Luther”]Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth[/quote]
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE
Welcome to 2015! The truth of the old adage that “Time waits for no one” seems to increase in its veracity with each passing year! Do you remember when “Y2K” was the big concern? Can you believe that the whole “Y2K Scare” happened 15 years ago! We rarely, if ever, even think about the Y2K computer “issue”, but back in the day, it was a big deal and a big concern to many. What seemed like such a world-changing event has fizzled into oblivion. As I thought about this, I remembered the scripture verse that states, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever”. May this new year find us all pursuing those things that do not wither or fade away but that will stand forever.
Brett Bowers
Principal-at-Large, Home-based Learning
SCIENCE CENTRE FIELDTRIP
TALES TO TELL: A STORY WRITING WORKSHOP WHEN: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH
WHERE: TELUS World of Science
WHEN: 10:00AM TO 12:00PM
WHAT: Students will be able to choose their own adventure as they travel through stations completing activities and challenges dealing with concepts in writing, grammar, spelling and reading. Once students have finished their writing adventure, they will experience an IMAX adventure on Alberta’s largest screen. Featured film with be Island of Lemurs: Madagas- car 3D
COST: $11.00
RSVP: To TinaMarie at tinamarieb@thee.ca by Monday, Jan 20th. Please indicate if you will need a purchase order.
Writing stories can be just as much of an adventure as reading them!
SKI/ SNOWBOARD DAYS
Ski days have been booked for the remainder of the year at both SNOW VALLEY and RABBIT HILL.
SNOW VALLEY
The cost to participate is $35 per child. This includes a lesson, rental, and lift ticket. Cost for accompaning adult is now JUST $20. This includes ticket and equipment rental. Families must arrive by 10am to check in with Tina Marie.
January 15th—Cancelled due to NO RSVP January 26th
February 5th & 19th
March 2nd & 17th
RABBIT HILL
The costs are $21 for lift ticket (lessons for students included), and $17 for ski/ snowboard rental and helmet.
Parents are responsible for their own children and can get the same rates (minus the
lesson {although they can often follow along, especially with the younger students}) as students.
Families must arrive at the hill by 9:30 am and will pick up their lift tickets from Elise Twa. Families are welcome to ski until 4:30 pm.
January 30th
February 9th
March 11th
INTERESTED IN PLAYING ATHLETICS?
THEE is a member of ASAA—Alberta Schools’ Athletic As- sociation which allows Home School Students to participate in local schools athletic programs. THEE must know if any of your students are interested no later than November of each school year. Permission must be secured from the local school Athletic Director. THEE pays a membership on behalf of all students registered with THEE; however, there is an additional charge per student enrolled. This is based on the number of participants in the program. For more information please contact Noelle in the Accounting Department.
SCIENCE CUP!
WHEN: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH
TIME: 9:30AM—2:30 PM
WHERE: TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE
WHAT: Test your abilities to meet our challenges in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology!
Contact Tina Marie for more details and to sign up.
TEEN/ TWEEN TIME!
WHO: We are pleased to offer Tween/ Teen meet ups for any students ages 12-17. Non THEE Guests are welcome to attend as well!
WHERE: Millennium Place, Sherwood Park
WHEN: 10:00am—2:00pm Every 2nd Thursday of the month
First one will be Thursday, February 12th.
COST: $4.75 (12 yr) $7.25 (13-17)
Bring your skates (rentals available for addi- tional $4.50), swimming trunks, and lunch and hang with other THEE Homeschoolers your age. Students will be able to choose which activities they want to participate in that date.
Parents can drop and go as Tina Marie will be on hand to supervise. All students must be picked up by 2:00pm.
Registration is a MUST so that Tina Marie knows who will be in attendance. Register here
Call Tina Marie for more details or questions.
EDMONTON REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
The 2015 Edmonton Regional Science Fair will be held on April 11th and 12th at the main campus of the Northern Alberta Insti- tute (NAIT) of Technology (11762 – 106 Street NW, Edmonton).
Registration is open to all students in grades 4-12, inclusive, in the Edmonton area. Projects may have one or two participants.
The registration fee for students is $35.00 per project. Lunch will be provided in the cafeteria. Students can select either a hot dog or a veggie dog, and it will be served with chips, cookies, and juice. The registration fee also includes a Fair T-shirt. To receive one, please indicate your shirt size in registration.
Students will find useful information on the project information pages. Before registering, students should especially read the categories page and types page to see which competition cate- gory and project type would best fit their project, as they will need to choose one in registration.
TO REGISTER PLEASE CONTACT TINA MARIE. Registration deadline is MARCH 13TH.
For more information please go to http://www.ersf.ca/home
DO WE HAVE YOUR CHILDS CANADIAN DOCUMENTATION?
If you have received a letter from the office stating that we do not have proper documentation for your student, you need to contact Debbie at debbies@thee.ca immediately.
Proper documentation includes:
- Canadian Birth certificate
- Canadian Passport
- Immigration Card
Regulations require that we have a copy of this information in each student’s file. If we do not have the required documentation Alberta Education will deny funding to the student. As a result of the regulation we must suspend the remainder of your funding until we receive the required documents.
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