Congratulations to our Grade 3 to 6 students who were part of the Fred A. Hamilton choir singing O’Canada at the Guelph Storm game on Sunday, January 22^nd. Our students sounded wonderful as they represented our school. Thank you to all who were there to sing and to parents who joined us for the game. The event was a great success, right down to our local Storm team defeating the Sarnia Sting. Félicitations à tous!

 

The Guelph Public Library is offering storytelling... En Français... Yes, in French!  Children aged 3 to 7 years are invited to the West End branch on Saturday, February 11th at 10:30 AM to meet some French storytellers.  Hope you can join us!

Kindergarten registration for the 2012-2013 school year has been scheduled for the week of February 6, 2012.  Eligible students for the Junior Kindergarten program must be four years of age on or before December 31, 2012 and students must be five years of age on or before December 31, 2012 to register for Senior Kindergarten.  If you have a child who will be eligible, please visit the school during the registration window or contact us at 519-836-0080 for further information.  Also, if you know families who will not be receiving this information and have children who will be attending JK or SK next September, please relay this information to them so that they may also register in a timely manner.  Please note that L'École Fred A. Hamilton is a French Immersion Centre and that we will be offering the Full Day Kindergarten program as of September 2012.

 

Our next School Council meeting is Thursday, January 12, 2012.  Meetings are held in the library and begin at 6:30 PM.  Everyone is welcome.  It's a great way to be involved in your child's education!

 

We are pleased to announce that FAH is participating in a “Healthy Choices”  initiative called 3 Up 2 Down.   The focus of this initiative is for students to reflect on 3 things they can do to improve their health and consequently their ability to learn.  Students will be encouraged to develop healthy eating habits, increase daily exercise and focus on getting enough sleep each night.  At the same time, we will enourage students to limit 2 things that can negatively impact their health and reduce their ability to learn.  These two things are sugar and junk food intake as well as TV/Video screen time.  In January, students will be tracking their sleep habits.  The class with the best sleep average over a two week period will win a salad party at the end of the month. 

The FAH Book Fair is coming!  The book fair will be open daily from December 14 to December 19 for student purchases.  All students will have the opportunity to visit the fair with their class and be given a chance to purchase some new French and/or English books.  The fair will also be open after school until 4pm from December 15-19 and also during the FAH Carol Sing on Thursday, December 15 from 6-8 pm.  This is a great idea for some holiday shopping!

 It’s almost holiday time and our second term is well underway. As always, December promises to be an extremely busy month both at home and at school.
Of particular interest will be our Community Carol Sing on December 15th. We’re looking forward to an evening of seasonal spirit with carolling, hot chocolate, a Winter Book Fair, Basket Raffles and plenty of fun for all!

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