The Halloween Howler

Thank you everyone for coming to our second annual Halloween Howler.  I thank our school council for planning and organizing this event for us.  The evening was well attended.  The costume parade and the haunted hallway were popular especially for our young gouls and goblins.  Thank you Cameron Street staff who were able to come and volunteer their time.  Mr. Comish's horse is safely back in its stable after a busy evening.  If your children are going out for Halloween, please encourage them to stay safe.  It is best to travel with friends and to cross at street corners rather than criss cross the streets.  Being safe, respectful and responsible in our community on Halloween night is extremely important for us all.  

A Day in the Country

Yesterday, students in Mrs. McFarlane's and Ms Boone's classes enjoyed a day in the country at the Giffen Farm.  Our day included a walking tour through the apple orchard and the gardens to learn more about apples, how apples grow, how they are picked and how they are stored.  Also, students had the opportunity to walk to the "top of the world" in the orchard.  We visited the storage, packing and produce distribution centre as well as the market.  The students made great observation about their surroundings and we compared rural and urban characteristics while on the tour.  There were great questions and great stories shared.  We enjoyed our day in the country.

SCDSB County Cross Country Run Championships

Congratulations to our Cameron Comet Cross Country Running Team for participating in the 2011 County Championship yesterday at Mt. St. Louis ~ Moonstoone.  Here are all SCDSB Grade 4 Boys at the starting gate.  Tyler and Ethan represented us well.  Also Jayden, Ryan and Cree represented our school and thank you to them.  Special mention and congratulations goes to Tyler for his 4th place finish in his Grade category.  We are proud of our team members!

Thank You Tube

When you cast your vote today http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11585
for Cameron Street Public School , click on this link below and check out our own Nick and his mom Deb on Rogers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1yOXVDmkC0&hl=en&fs=1

Boys on the Move at Blue

This morning, Sam, Brayden and I finished the 5 km run at the 2011 Blue Mountain Half Marathon.  The weather for running was much better than I had expected.  After experiencing the wind and the rain on Saturday, and looking at the weather forecast for this morning, I thought for sure we would be running in the rain.  Thanks to Sam's mom, dad and brother and to Brayden's dad for cheering the boys across the finish line.  We enjoyed the run while working on our breathing and pacing throughout.  More important in my mind, is the sense of accomplishment - finishing what we started!  As run registrants, the boys received a take away bag with many goods and a running shirt they proudly wore.  They realized that they had too many layers on after the start!  One of our goals for the Boys on the Move, was to enter the 5 km run at this year.  I am pleased to say that we met this goal with the members of our team who could come and run.  There are many other commitments including hockey and family time on the weekend for our boys.  Thanks again to everyone who cheered us on!  It was a great run and a great morning.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  The weekend weather is forecast to be beautiful.  I am thankful for that.  Before you know it, we will be shoveling snow again, so we will take advantage of the weather while it lasts...Enjoy!

Today in my blog, I am sharing a message from our School Council with you.

 

We are writing to ask you to please take 1 minute and VOTE for Cameron St. Public School Yard Revitalization. Our school council is trying to win a grant for $100,000 from Aviva to revitalize the school yard.  It is an incredible school, great students, a fantastic staff, a very motivated and incredible school council, we just need to revitalize the outside, to make the outside match what goes on, on the inside! You can vote once a day, for up to 15 days (15 votes ).... Please help us get past the first round!

 

Click here (or copy and paste the link in your Internet browser) to vote! 

 

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11585

 

It really only takes 1 min to vote, and you could be helping children for YEARS to come! The first time you vote you will need to do a quick and easy registration - all you need is an email and a password....once you are registered it only takes seconds to vote - click on the link, then click the vote button and you're done!

 

Please share this link with everyone you know!