Newsletter run by: Ms. Kristin Landry and the Skupe Committee For Students, By Students Issue 4: december/ january 2014 News
February 3 Ped Day (Babysitting course in 6L) February 14 Mid Term Holiday February 24-28 Carnival Week March 1-16 Spring Break March 17 Classes Resume CONTEST OF THE MONTH: Classes in the elementary school must decorate their class doors in time for Valentine s Day. The class with the best decorated door will receive a FREE DRESS DAY! Good luck! ARTIST OF THE MONTH Ronan Evans K5J
By: Evelyn Bojkov and Audrey Lamothe This month in French class the grade 1s are learning how to make New Year s resolutions. They said that they will try to speak more in French, that they will tuck in their shirts and that they will participate more in c l a s s. G r e a t j o b g r a d e 1! The grade 1s and 2s are learning about all the celebrations of the world, each religion and country. Each religion is different so their celebrations are different. They got to learn a lot. Also the grade 1s are learning about Franklin the turtle. They read a lot of stories about him and learn more after each book. Keep it up! You are doing a great job. This season the grade 1s and 2s had a great holiday concert. They sang many popular Christmas carols. Everyone thought that they were super and into the holiday spirit. The grade 1s also wrote letters to Santa and got answers from him! We bet they received many presents because they were good boys and girls this year.
By: Amelia Marcellus and Dia Khoury For International Night, the grade 3 students are doing an Iroquois play. Mme Racine will be directing the play. The play will require costumes and decorations. Mme Racine will put the play on video. There will be chairs lined up in the classroom for guests to watch. You will watch it on a screen. Hope you are looking forward to International Night on April 10 th! This month, the student of the month is Emma Isabelle Lunasolla. Her favourite animal is the dog. Her favourite colour is purple. Her favourite sport is basketball. Her favourite T.V. show is Jessie on the Family Channel. Her favourite song is Demons from Imagine Dragons. Her favourite movies are Despicable Me 2 and Frozen. Her hobbies are d a n c i n g, p l a y i n g g a m e s a n d e x e r c i s i n g s o m e t i m e s. A n d l a s t l y, s h e l o v e s K u p e r.
By: Lauren Gale and Diana Maltezos 6B and 6N have made i-books using the i-pads. They used pictures and sounds from the internet to make fantastic stories in French. They presented them to the grade fours and I am sure they loved them. I am sure they were amazing. In previous years, many Kuper students performed on stage for the presentation of The Nutcracker. This year, one of our grade 6 students, Andrea Kapusy, played a lead role. Click on the link to see her interview on the air for CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/player/news/canada /Montreal/Arts%2B&%2BEntertainment/ ID/2422640606/ The grade six students raised money for the West Island Mission by doing chores. They bought them gifts ranging between $20-25 for both boys and girls. They also wrote an essay on what they can do in their community to make someone s life more comfortable and discussed the importance of giving back to others. In a d d i t i o n, t h e c l a s s of 6 L purchased and wrapped additional gifts that were donated to two families in the West Island. The students of 6L joined in to help a local business, Imagine Esthetics, to provide these two families with lovely baskets for an enjoyable holiday. The students also prepared h eartfelt c a r d s f o r e a c h c h ild.
By: Victoria Tran and Anika Singh Once again, our annual library fundraiser was a tremendous s u c c e s s. We r a i s e d a t o t a l of $ 5, 9 8 7. 30! We would like to thank all the parents who volunteered their time by baking and helping out at the Book Fair and Bake Sale. This includes those parents who contributed so freely and generously when asked to donate raffle prizes. Without your participation this fundraiser could not have happened. And to all the high school students who helped, a huge thank you! A very special thank you goes out to the Book Fair committee members and all the wonderful volunteers who had the mammoth task of organizing the Bake Sale, Raffle, Used Books Sale and the Donation Table. They went far above the call of duty to make this year s Book Fair a phenomenal success. The generous donation of their time and effort is very much appreciated. Best regards, Surbhi Kaul & Kelly Meehan Elementary Library
By: Anna Droppert and Taylor Nix The division 1 boys basketball team and the division 1 hockey team went to the UCC tournament last week. The team was tired after the long bus ride. The players were billeted during the tournament. For the basketball team the lead scorers were Tommy and Francis, and the top defenders were Matty, Andrew, and Rory. During their free time, the players went to see tourist sites such as Wayne Gretzky s restaurant. The basketball team ended up in third place overall in the tournament. All the players had a great time on the trip but all good things come to an end. On their way back, the teams had a lot of fun playing on the bus. The division 1 hockey team did the same activities as the basketball team. They had lots of fun in Toronto and also finished third in the tournament. This month we have chosen Honor Evans and Tommy Simard to be our athletes of the month. Honor has been playing sports for 8 years, and she has been playing sports at Kuper since Grade 4. Honor does skating, basketball and fencing. She LOVES playing sports. Her team for basketball at Kuper has been improving. They have been working on stamina and agility. Her team has been working hard and always gives 100%. Honor says that one goal she has is to get more baskets. She says she also needs to work on l o n g s h o t s a n d s t a m i n a. Next, we interviewed Tommy Simard. He plays division 1 basketball for Kuper Academy a n d r e a l l y e n j o y s it, e s p e c i a l l y the tournaments. He also plays hockey during the winter and soccer during the summer. His favourite sport is go karting. He often goes to races around North America. His hobbies are going to the rink and playing at a trampoline place called I Saute. He has three siblings.
By: Brittanie Murray and Prakriti Dixit Ms. Josee is our teacher of the month. She is a K5 teacher and has been teaching for 7 years at Kuper Academy. Ms. Josee has been teaching K5 for two years. There a r e 15 k i d s in h e r c l a s s. She has a two and a half year old baby and is happily married. Right now they are learning about winter, penguins, polar bears, and the arctic. She loves teaching and loves h e r s t u d e n t s v e r y m u c h. Ms. Aline is the yoga teacher in the Mini. She has been working at Kuper Academy for 4 years. In her class there are 15 students. This year they started yoga in S e p t e m b e r. T h e y practise breathing and they learn how to keep calm. They learn how to do sun salutations and how to balance their feelings to make them feel happy and positive. She teaches children f r o m a g e s 5 to 12.
By: Andrew Vandenbussche and Alvaro Rubio Sony s new PlayStation 4 has stunning high resolution graphics, texture detail and applied effects. The biggest downside is that it s short on triple A titles and it s not backward compatible with the PlayStation 3 console. What are the latest electronics that students of Kuper Academy received over the holidays? The high-tech Xbox One is not backward compatible either but its console integrates live TV and acts like a controller for your entire entertainment system.