Hello Mahogany Families,

January is a month of new beginnings and reflection. For students it is about re-setting routines and finding their way back into the group plan each day while they dive into their learning. For teachers, it is a month of finalizing data and assessments and preparing report cards, IPPs and diving deep into a large body of evidence to demonstrate where students are in their learning. Working through the process of the final indicators on report cards is a large process involving calibration, connection and examination of many layers of student work. Our School Development Plan this year is focused on assessment, and while we are focused on writing as our data point, our work as a staff has been on creating authentic assessments and providing students with actionable formative feedback to move their learning forward. We know that feedback helps us to see things we may not see while in the work. It also provides us the opportunity to keep learning and improving each day. This ongoing cycle of improvement is what makes school such a rich environment of learning. We look forward sharing where students are in their learning journey with you on January 27, 2025, and with our ongoing conversations and work together. It takes a village and we are all in this together with one goal – student success.

Stay warm out there this weekend!

❤️

Tracy and Christine

Inspiration

“The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it." - S. Levitt

Weekly Wonder

How will you use formative feedback to learn, improve, make changes?

Staffing Updates

Congratulations to Mrs. Hewitt in her Assistant Principal extension to the end of June 2025!

Michelle Haylow will be away this week – Please welcome Adrienne Angers in the office

Updates and Administrivia

Request

Our in case of emergency ‘extra clothing’ in the office needs your help! We are looking for pants, socks and shirts for all sizes K-Grade 5. We use these items when a child requires a change of clothing. If you are cleaning our closets and happen to have a few items to donate we would happily take them off your hands

Report Cards

• Report Cards are available online beginning Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, through MyCBE
• CBE has moved to a new report card comment format, you will find your comments

School Council / Parent Society

We are looking for a teacher representative for our next school council meeting

Our next School Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 6:00pm at Mahogany School followed by our next Fundraising Association Meeting will follow, all parents/guardians are welcome to join! Doors will be open at 5:45pm. Please join us in the Gathering Space.

Look for information coming next week regarding a pre-Council event for families for our February Meeting

Healthy Hunger - January Fun Lunch

January Fun Lunch

Looking ahead to the second half of January, the Fun Lunch date is on Jan 23.  We are in need of 7 volunteers to help distribute it to the classrooms and to help clean up after the students are done eating.  If you have an active police clearance and you are able to volunteer your time, we would love your help!

Please use the following link to sign up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805054CA4AE29A2FC1-54188598-jan23#/

A friendly reminder to place your order for the upcoming week's snacks/lunches. Please go to www.healthyhunger.ca to place your order.

Happenings

Upcoming

Monday, Jan. 27, Day 1

• Regular day of classes
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Family Literacy Day

Tuesday, Jan. 28, Day 2

• Regular Day of Classes

Wednesday, Jan. 29, Day 3

• Wellness Wednesday
• Regular Day of Classes
• Lunar New Year – Year of the Snake
• National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack

Thursday, Jan. 30, Day 4

• Regular Day of Classes

Friday, Jan. 31, Friday Schedule

• Non-Instructional Day – No School for Students

Upcoming

• Feb 3 – Superintendent Read Aloud
• Musical – Wonka!
• • Performance will be April 29, 2025