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Students had soooo much fun dancing at lunch on Friday. Our first Funky Friday Dance party raised $500 to go towards an accessible playground.

Next Funky Friday will be December 15th.

The English Grade 5's in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 thoroughly enjoyed their skating experience at ARC on Wednesday November 15th. Students had fun playing hockey, chasing their friends, and scooting around on seals. Even Mrs. Fetterly, Mrs. Bonk, and Mrs. Phillips got into the fun!

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who accompanied us and helped lace up skates and encourage kids - you were amazing! After more than two hours of skating, the kids even go to enjoy a well-deserved treat back at the school. What a great day!

Sandy Hill staff and students enjoyed a drumming performance from Uzume Taiko. The drummers perform choreographed martial arts based on taiko drum songs. Ask your child(ren) about it!

Sandy Hill was very lucky to have Puneet, Avneet, Keerit and Alisha from Rick Hansen Secondary's Bhangra dance team dance for our school wise assembly and teach us a dance. They also taught us a little bit about Diwali and shared some of their family traditions on Diwali. 

Following the Annual Organization Meeting on November 7, the Abbotsford Board of Education has elected its leadership team for the next year. Trustee Korky Neufeld will continue as Board Chair, with Trustee Preet Rai stepping up as the new Vice Chair.

Thank you to the students and staff who prepared a song or poem for our school wide assembly. Our trustee liaison, Stan Peterson, was so impressed with the performances, student behaviour and the whole assembly. Also thank you to Mrs. Phillips for organizing the lovely assembly. 

The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes from the public Board Meetings can be accessed through the District's Electronic School Board. Below is a summary of highlights from the meeting. 

Presentations

Yale Secondary - Student Voice Inquiry

Students from Yale Secondary speak to trustees about their Student Voice inquiry journey over the last few years and their ideas for this school year.

All classes have been covering some very basic volleyball skills and Grade 5's had a chance to try games during the lunch hours. I think our record was six times over the net in one rally!

Coach Smith

Welcome to Kindergarten - Learn Through Play Issue 6 is now available. 

You may access all the WTK Family Resources on their website  www.welcome-to-kindergarten.ca

Here are some other resources that families might enjoy together:

We are always proud of our Sandy Hill students. This past month our students earned some wonderful compliments from the Mountain West photographer. When he came to take retake photos, he told us that the other Mountain West photographers were envious he was assigned to Sandy Hill because the students are so polite and kind. As well, Yukon Dan was a guest in our school for 2 days, presenting on gold mining to our Grade 5 students. Yukon Dan told us that Sandy Hill students are amazing and awesome and  he loves coming to Sandy Hill as a result.