Sir John Thompson Weekly Updates - February 2021 Friday, February 4th, 2021 Happy positive Friday to all our families. Todays reading comes to us ...

Sir John Thompson Weekly Updates – February 2021

Friday, February 4th, 2021
Happy positive Friday to all our families. Todays reading comes to us from Hebrews (13:1-8).
“Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly
entertained angels. Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of
yourselves, for you also are in the body….. “. This excerpt reminds me of the true value to be had in
helping others and being mindful of other people’s situations. We certainly are fortunate to have such a
supportive community that has always thought of others. This past week Ms. Molyneux and I have been
doing grade 6 presentations to our feeder schools and forming next year’s cohort of students in grade 7.
In these presentations we show pictures of the many ways that we instill in our children the value of
helping others without any thought of gain for themselves. The social justice initiatives here at Sir John
Thompson certainly go a long way to form our children into champions of those in need. Whether it be
the Sign of Hope Campaign, snow shoveling in the community, or the February Food drive. Our future
grade 6 students are very excited to be a part of helping others. Thank you for raising great kids! We
certainly appreciate your support.

Take care everyone and stay warm in the coming week!
Kelly L. Kaup – Principal SJT.

Important dates in February
11th – SJT EAP Information evening
15th – Family Day – No school
17th – Ash Wednesday Celebration at SJT
18th – SJT Open House
25th and 26th – Teachers Convention – No School

February Leadership events
Special thanks to our Leadership Team who have been putting together these amazing events
for February! Let’s all get behind the February Food drive.
     Food Drive - February 1-24
     Class Challenge: You CAN Make a Difference - Bonk out Hunger this February.
        Each class will receive two posters (to track the food items donated) + a bingo bonker!
Extra activities:
     Be CHEESY, send a “Love” Note. Sold from common area February 1-10 (AM + lunch)
        Cost of Love Note = 1 Box of MAC & CHEESE
     Rubix Cube Tournament (common area)
     Valentine’s Day
     Friday February 12 - Dress to Impress Day - Photo Booth in AM and at lunch
     Valentine’s for every student!

EAP and General Open Houses

Parish information
From St. Edmund and St. Charles parish:
(Please see the two attachments for more information)
“Sacrament of First Eucharist”

As promised yesterday at our principal/pastor meeting- please find attached the sacramental
information for St. Charles and St. Matthew (all on one page) to send to your parents who may be in
their parishes.

Thanks,

Monica Murphy

Grade 6 Class Visit – St. Timothy and St. Angela
This week Mrs. Molyneux and Mr. Kaup continued our virtual presentation tour with our feeder
schools. We had a great time visiting the amazing students at St. Timothy on Monday. Thank
you to Mrs. Schmidt who always does an amazing job at preparing her students for a successful
transition to grade 7 at SJT.

Today we visited the in-school students at St. Angela and the online cohort of students from
both St. Angela and St. Lucy. It truly was an amazing experience to connect with our future

students in their classrooms and in their homes. We even got to say hello to several brothers
and sisters who graduated from SJT over the last two years. The SJT class of 2024 looks like a
great group that certainly is looking forward to joining our SJT family next year. Thank you to
Ms. Krausert and Ms. Clark for welcoming us virtually into their classes and their help in
facilitating all the great questions.

Student Teachers
On Monday February 8th we would like to welcome to our school community two student
teachers from the University of Alberta. Mr. Puffer will be joining Madame Berube in French
and Mr. Hoang will be joining Mr. Engebretson in Math. Each of our student teachers will be
working closely with their cooperating teachers in learning the art of teaching. We look
forward to their youthful enthusiasm in contributing to the Sir John Thompson community.

Extreme Weather expected next week
In times of extreme weather conditions our Division Transportation Services may need to send
information to families regarding the cancellation of Yellow Bus services. We certainly hope that this
will not be the case, but I wanted to let families know how they will find out this information should the
need arise. I have cut out an excerpt from our divisions Transportation department letter with
information regarding the Cancellation of Yellow Bus Services and how this will be communicated to
families should this happen. Please ensure that your child dresses warmly next week!

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Pictures from around the school