St. Martin News Школа Св. Мартина
October 9 - 13, 2023
Principal's Message
Happy Friday!
With Thanksgiving upon us, we give thanks for all of God's blessings. We were thankful to gather as a school community for our Thanksgiving Celebration on Thursday with Fr. Julian leading us in prayer and blessing apples for all of our students and staff. We were also honoured that Trustee Alene Mutala was able to attend our celebration with us.
This past week has been action packed as we celebrated 'Read in Week' with over 25 guest readers including: Consul General of Ukraine in Edmonton Oleksandr Danyleiko, Nataliia Naiavko (Ukrainian Language Advisor for AB. Education), Edmonton Police Service, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services and so many family members from our St. Martin community. Thank you to all who shared their love of reading with us this week!
A reminder for students to wear their Ukrainian shirts or colours at our Ukrainian Bilingual Opening Liturgy at St. Basil Parish on Friday, Oct. 13th.
Enjoy the weekend and the time to be thankful for our families - God Bless!
Paul Begoray
Upcoming Events!
Thanksgiving - No School - Monday, Oct. 9
Ukr. Bilingual School Opening Liturgy @ St. Basil Parish - Friday, Oct. 13
Sport Ball - Monday, Oct. 16
Picture Day - Tuesday, Oct. 17
School P.D. Day - No School - Nov. 1
Book Fair - Oct. 30 - Nov. 3
Parent - Teacher Interviews - Thursday, Nov. 2
Remembrance Day Service Gr. 1-3 / No Stone Left Unturned Gr. 4-6 Nov. 8
Staff Faith Development Day - No School - Nov. 9
Fall Break - No School Nov. 10 - Nov. 14
School Council Casino - February 22 & 23 (Volunteers needed)
Social Justice - 'Lend a Hand, Give a Can - A Time of Giving Back'
Dear parents & guardians,
for the month of October, St. Martin School will be working on the social justice project "Lend a Hand, Give a Can - A Time of Giving Back." Throughout the month of October, each grade will be responsible for collecting various food items. At the end of the month, collected items will be given to the Edmonton Food Bank. If possible, please support our social justice project in helping those less fortunate.
School Council News
Book Swap
Students wishing to participate, are encouraged to bring 1-3 books (max 3 books) to the book SWAP to "trade" their books for new ones, Wednesday October 11!
Students will be called down at their scheduled time during recess to SWAP their books. Here they will have the opportunity to trade books to take home or if they wish they can leave their books for a donation.
Also, once again we would like to thank all of our guest readers that came into our school this week! The children loved the gift of reading you provided them! Thank you!
Happy reading!
Parent Corner
October Message from Chief Superintendent Lynnette Anderson
We invite you to take a moment to read and reflect upon this October message shared by our Chief Superintendent, Lynnette Anderson. It touches upon significant themes of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in education, as well as the vital role our students and staff play in our school community. Click here to read Chief Superintendent Anderson’s message.
St. Martin Ukrainian Bilingual School
Email: Paul.Begoray@ecsd.net
Website: stmartin.ecsd.net
Location: 11310 51 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Phone: (780) 434-4848
Facebook: facebook.com/stmartinukrainian
Twitter: @ourschool