GW Season of Giving
A grade 9 student led this initiative to give back and do charity work a few years ago with the whole school. It was a big success. She actually ended up winning an award for her work with our school community. Our school, led by our Community Care classes are a going to continue the tradition. Here are the details:
- Starts Monday Dec. 2
- Each class/grade will collect the items until Tuesday Dec. 17
- All materials collected go to the Drop-In Centre which helps Calgarians experiencing homelessness.
Grade | Class | Item |
|---|---|---|
Kindergarten | Molyneaux, Sabo | Travel size shaving cream, razors |
1 | Roll, Baines, Day, Beach | Travel size toothbrushes, toothpaste |
2 | Quennel, Peters, Bamford | Lip balm, travel size lotion |
3 | Papas, Niewdorp, Veitch, Ardell | Deodorant, Reusable travel mugs |
4 | Kearney, Roberts, Hoeksema | Travel size shampoo and conditioner |
5 | Sheen, McGinitie, Sawko Vitala | Gloves/mitts, hand warmers |
6 | McCann/Downey, Winter, Rathje, Barrie, | Throat lozenges, mints, water bottles |
7 | Hicks, Hutchison, Miller, Adams | Hairbrush, combs, wet wipes, kleenex |
8 | Chorney / Walter | Large zip up plastic bags, socks |
8 | Timming / Pidkowa | $5-$10 Tim Hortons Cards |
9 | Coderre, Sherts | Transit Tickets |
9 | Hyslop, Innes | Snacks - Crackers, chips, beef jerkey, protein bars, granola bars, sweets, etc. |
Food Bank Donations
Thank you for all of your donations this past month as it will be collected and donated to the Food Bank.
The School Store is live until December 7!
Check out the new Griffith Woods Merchandise, some of it designed by Griffith Woods Grade 9 student Tia C.!
https://merchee.ca/collections/griffith-woods-school
Upcoming Book Fair
The book fair is coming! This year we are having Owl's Nest Bookstore host the fair. They are a local Calgary bookstore located in Britannia Plaza and have been doing fairs with the CBE for a number of years. We are really excited to be supporting a local business who has an amazing selection of books for all ages.
This year the fair will be held from December 2 to December 6 in the library during school hours. Classes will come to the fair during their normal library time, and all other students can come down as permitted by their teachers.
On December 4 and December 5, the fair will remain open after school until 3:30pm. On Friday, December 6 the fair will remain open after school until 1:00pm.
Online sales have also started! The big detail when purchasing online is that you need to use the promo code GRIFFITH at checkout so sales are associated with our fair. Online orders can either be delivered to homes for free, or picked up from the store. The promo code is active until the end of the day on December 13th. All books purchased online, including adult books, can be put toward our fair as long as GRIFFITH is included in the promo code.
The website to order from is Owl's Nest Bookstore.
We are looking for volunteers for the Book Fair, please sign up if you can make it Griffith Woods School: Book Fair Volunteers
Upcoming Concerts
We have our amazing Junior and Senior Band performing Wednesday December 11 at 7pm and the fabulous Grade 3 and 4 choir performing on December 18 at 6:30pm. Both performances will be in the Main Gym.
Athletics Update
Good luck to our Junior Girls playing in the A final and to the Senior Boys playing in B finals on Monday night. We are hosting the A Final for Junior Girls at 5pm here at Griffith Woods. Come cheer them on!
Important Dates
Monday December 2 - GW Season of Giving Begins
Monday December 2 – Saucy Bread (Healthy Hunger)
Monday December 2 – Finals for Basketball
Monday December 2-6 – Book Fair in Learning Commons
Friday December 6 – M/W Kindergarten
Monday December 9 – Mucho Burrito (Healthy Hunger)
Wednesday December 11 – Evening Band Concert
Wednesday December 11 – Term 2 Complementary Courses Begin for Grade 8/9
Friday December 13 – T/Th Kindergarten
Monday December 16 – McDonald’s (Healthy Hunger)
Wednesday December 18 – Evening Grade 3 and 4 Choir Concert
Friday December 20 – M/W Kindergarten
Friday December 20 – Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
Monday January 6 – Classes Resume