11 Ross Street

11 Ross Street

Monday, December 21, 2009

The Secret Shop!

In the above picture, Kera, Mckenna, Denise, Harley and Kaylea wrap gifts in the shop full of secrets and help little shoppers find the perfect gift for Mom, Dad and siblings. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU goes out to everyone who sent in their gently used treasures to make this happen. Kindergarten to grade 3 students were able to find the perfect gift to surprise their family with on Christmas Day. The Secret Shop raised an AMAZING $547.00!! All money raised from the sale went towards our new playground equipment where it will be matched by our Let Them Be Kids, Helping Hand Award. That makes us $1,094.00 closer to our goal! THANK YOU GIRLS!! You've shown great spirit!
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Dot-mocracy at work...

Mrs Durocher's grade 4 class makes the big decisions...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Christmas Concert

Mrs. Kelly made an announcement to the HUGE crowd of parents who came to see this years Christmas Concert. The absolute best part was when two primary kids held up the cards at the end that said "with" and "help"... then the third little one squeezed in the middle and held up his card that read "YOUR". With YOUR help. It was a wonderful response. Thanks again Mrs. Kelly! We also want to sincerely thank our teachers who have offered to accept donations to the playground in lieu of the wonderful gifts their students give them at Christmas time.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Announcement!

On December 1st, 09 Mrs. Kelly, the Principal of Chimo Elementary School called an assembly. The kids didn't know what it was about, but were intrigued when they saw the three, large, gift wrapped boxes on the stage.

Mrs. Kelly asked for helpers and called several kids up on the stage. Two kids were asked to open the first (and smallest) box. Inside, they found two cards with the words "Big" and "News" written on them. (Hmmmmm)

The next box was opened by five kids. They found more cards and each held up cards labeled "We" "will" "build" "a" and "new". Once they got them in the right order, the buzz started... whisper, whisper, what?

The third (and largest) box was opened by the remaining seven kids. We were all so excited to figure out that it read... "play structure and fitness park this year" BIG CHEERS, applause, and LOTS of excitement!

Then Mrs. Kelly started the video of Rideau Vista's Build Day in Westport. 447 pair of eyes were glued to the screen and total silence filled the gym. Amazing!

Our build will be in the spring of 2010. The excitement has begun!

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Chimo Awarded

The Chimo Students, staff and school family are excited to announce that we have received a Let Them Be Kids Helping Hands award to assist in building our much needed playground. Stay tuned for more exciting details coming soon!
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Chimo Day At Walmart!



It was a perfect day! Lots of sun, lots of fun, lots of volunteers, awesome hosts. THANK YOU WALMART for helping us with our playground! Thank you to M&M's for donating burgers and hot dogs, Thank you Pepsi for donating pop, Thank you Coke for donating pop, Thank you Early Years, Thank you Katimavik Kids, Thank you Thompsontown Maple Products, Thank you volunteers!

Chimo kids tell us why it's important!

Ongoing Initiatives

Think Recycle

We recycle ink cartridges, toner cartridges and used cell phones, and the environment as well as our fundraising efforts benefit! (Digital cameras will be included soon, so don't throw an old one out!) Drop off at the school office or at Ta2u Studio across from the Smiths Falls Theatre.

To date... Chimo's Think Recycyling Program has caused 35 trees to be planted in our name, 1,400 lbs of waste has been diverted from the landfill and we have earned $1,091.90. Isn't that AMAZING???

Terracycle

We are also now recycling Kool-Aid Jammer & Delmonte Juice Pouches and the foil wrappers from small cookie packages.

QSP Magazine Sales

Magazine sales are active for the rest of the school year! They make a great gift any time of the year. Visit http://www.qsp.ca/ to order. Our school number is 10441

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Chimo!

Tuesday February 16, 2010
Our Pancake supper was a HUGE success!! Special thanks goes out to the ladies from Scotia Bank who helped serve. Thanks also goes out to Basswood Golf Centre for the loan of their warming dishes and to The Roosteraunt for all their help and use of their warmers. Kudos to our flapjack flippers! You all did a fantastic job! The title of "Fabulous Flapjack Flipper" goes to Vice Principal Mr. Hawthorn for his fantastic flipping finesse. Thank you to all who donated supplies. ALL our supplies were donated which makes the profit at 100%. Scotia Bank generously doubles that and of course Let Them Be Kids doubles that! We made a big leap towards the playground and filled our bellies at the same time! What a great night!



Chimo Elementary School was built in 1973 as a senior elementary school for students in grades 6, 7 & 8. It remained a senior elementary school for 27 years. In September 2000, the school was transformed into an elementary school for children from grades Kindergarten to 8, after the closing of Spooner Elementary School. Two years later, New Aberdeen School closed, transferring another group of young students to Chimo. In September of 2009, Chimo Elementary was once again reorganized, this time adding Early French Immersion for students in Kindergarten to grade 2 for the Smiths Falls family of schools. Our student population now exceeds 445 children.

Throughout these changes, a great deal of human and capital resources, time and effort have gone into planning and organizing effective educational programming for our students. To that end, I am pleased to say we have done a good job.

Throughout these changes, there has been little opportunity to put the same amount of human and capital resources, time and effort into planning and organizing effective outdoor recreational facilities for our students. Four single swings, one small slide and a couple of basketball hoops grace our large yard. To that end, I am pleased to say that the "Let Them Be Kids" foundation has granted our school a "Helping Hands" award that will assist us in redesigning our playground to better serve our students.

Our students, staff and indeed the entire school community are extremely excited about this project! We look forward to this opportunity to demonstrate our collective and collaborative determination, our positive community spirit, and our commitment to one another as members of Chimo's community. We look forward to welcoming and working with each and every one of you in achieving these goals as we plan for our build day on May 15, 2010.

Daryl Kelly, Principal