Learning Together, Friends Forever. 同窗四季，挚友一生
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In this message…
- Lunar New Year Residency and After School Celebration
- Upcoming Field Trips / School Activities
- Marion Carson School Open House…Please Spread the Word!
- A Message from School Council and Parent Association
A warm welcome back to all families. We hope you were able to enjoy the time on break with family and friends. Students came back to school this week full of joy and were able to quickly return to their daily routines focussing on their next steps in learning.
A few items of note…
Lunar New Year Residency and After School Celebration
We are very excited to share that from February 3-7, 2025 we will be having our Whole School Lunar New Year Multi-Cultural Residency and Performance. This year, it will be a whole school residency for all students at the same time during this weeklong process, which will culminate with students performing at one of the two after school performances on Friday, February 7, 2025. Each homeroom class is assigned a specific performance to attend (see below) at which they will perform. These performances will be in the Marion Carson School gymnasium.
The purpose of the residency it to bring our school community together for the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake, to learn about and celebrate “Belonging” and our connections through “New Beginnings” at Marion Carson School, while also learning about the process of the art of theatre. We are thankful for the Marion Carson Parent Association who has provided $5000 in funds to reduce the residency cost. This has reduced the parent cost to $25/student. You will receive a message from the school once this fee is uploaded to your MyCBE Account.
Please plan on having your child being in attendance for their performance to celebrate this learning. We expect a full building on this evening during both performances, therefore to ensure that we’re not overcrowded, stay within our building capacity limits, and ensure that all families are provided an opportunity to attend their event, we ask that families limit their attendance to a maximum of two parents/guardians per family and their sibling(s).
When is my child’s performance?
February 7th 4pm Performing Classrooms - Doors will open at 3:30pm. Students should arrive no later than 3:45pm
Kindergarten: Ms. Tsai Group B (Tu/Th),
Grade 1: Ms. Blair
Grade 1/2: Ms. Hoglund
Grade 1/2: Ms. Holm
Grade 2: Ms. Wang
Grade 3: Ms. Buller
Grade 3: Mr. Wang
Grade 4: Ms. Eastly
Grade 4: Ms. Wilcock
Grade 5: Mr. Ledene
Grade 6: Mr. Wiedener
*Families are also welcome to choose to come to the dress rehearsal for this group instead of the evening performance starting at 10:00am (doors open at 9:50am)
February 7th 6pm Performing Classrooms - Doors will open at 5:30pm. Students should arrive no later than 5:45pm
Kindergarten: Ms. Freestone
Kindergarten: Ms. Tsai Group A (M/W)
Grade 1: Ms. Wu
Grade 1/2: Ms. Schnell/Ms. Weir
Grade 2: Ms. Lee
Grade 3: Ms. Saretsky
Grade 3: Ms. Spray
Grade 4: Ms. Zhang
Grade 4: Ms. Hay
Grade 5: Ms. Baldwin
Grade 6: Ms. Cole
*Families are also welcome to choose to come to the dress rehearsal for this group instead of the evening performance starting at 12:00pm (doors open at 11:50am)
West Entry Doors will be opened 30 minutes before each after school performance (10 minutes before for dress rehearsals). If waiting outside, please line up down the sidewalk towards Varsity Drive. Please ensure that if you are driving to this event, you park in designated parking spaces and avoid the staff parking lot or impacting any of our surrounding community homes. Parents who have siblings performing at different times will be asked to leave the gym in between performances with all of their belongings as they pick up their children following the first performance, but are welcome to stay inside the building outside of the gym, awaiting the second performance.
Upcoming Field Trips / School Activities
A separate message has been sent home today by School Messenger to each grade about field trips/activities for the remainder of the year. We hope that this will help families to best plan for the costs of these trips as well as for volunteer opportunities. Watch your email and your child’s Google Classroom in the near future. Please note that the costs listed are approximate at this time, and the confirmed amounts will be stated on the cover letter of the consent forms/letters sent home for each activity, and loaded to your MyCBE account for payment once details for each trip are finalized.
Marion Carson School Open House…Please Spread the Word!
We had our Marion Carson Open House on January 9th for new families considering Marion Carson School beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. We had a great turnout of parents interested in both our Mandarin Bilingual and Community English Programs. Please continue to spread the word to family and friends about the great things happening at Marion Carson School. Community English Kindergarten Program registration opens Jan. 13, 2025 and is ongoing.
Our Mandarin Bilingual Program is identified as being at capacity, therefore a lottery process is in place. New families interested in joining Marion Carson School in the Mandarin Bilingual Program to start the 2025-2026 school year should submit an expression of interest between January 13 and February 11, 2025 at 12pm noon. All registration information and forms are to be completed online through the CBE Registration page here. For information specific to Marion Carson School, our Jan 2025 Open House Presentation will be posted here once finalized and ready for posting. Please share this information with interested families and friends.
A Message from School Council and Parent Association
Bottle Drive/Signup - January 18, 2025 from 10:00am to 2:00pm
Bring your recycling to the school parking lot! We do need some people to help supervise the truck/help with loading it. Signup here: Marion Carson Parent Association: Bottle Drive Volunteers.
You can also drop off your bottles on the morning of Friday, January 17, 2025 during soft entry (9:00am – 9:05am) by coming to the front west doors with your donation.
School Council and Parent Association Meeting – January 21, 2025
Our next School Council and Parent Association Meeting is this Tuesday, January 21 at 6:30pm in the Library Learning Commons. You can view recent meeting minutes and agendas posted here on our school website.
Marion Carson at Matador Pizza Night - January 30, 2025
Matador’s Pizza has offered to allow us to host a Pizza fundraiser in support of our Marion Carson Parent Association (MCPA). $5 from every pizza will come back to the school! This is for dine in and take out. Tell your neighbors and friends!
Sincerely,
Mr. Dustin Turner
Principal, Marion Carson School
Important Dates:
Jan. 13: 2025-26 Kindergarten Community English Registration and Mandarin Bilingual K-4 lottery expression opens online here (tell your friends and family)
Jan 17: Fun Lunch (Subway) – www.healthyhunger.ca
Jan. 18: Bottle Drive (drop bottles at Marion Carson School parking lot from 10am -2pm)
Jan. 21: School Council and Parent Association Meeting (6:30pm)
Jan. 23: K-6 Class Photo day (MB Kindergarten photo on Jan 22, 2025)
Jan. 24: Spirit Day – Dress as Your Favourite Book Character
Jan. 27: Report Cards go live for online viewing through MyCBE account
Jan. 29: Lunar New Year Activities
Jan. 30: Fun Lunch (Papa John’s) – www.healthyhunger.ca
Jan. 30: Matador Pizza Fundraising Night - $5 from every pizza goes towards our school
Feb. 3-7: Lunar New Year Residency
Feb. 7: Lunar New Year Residency Performance (4pm and 6pm) – see schedule for details