Archive for February 1st, 2010

Starting kindergarten is an exciting time for children and their families and is a wonderful opportunity to build a strong foundation for life-long learning.

Research shows that a high quality, play-based kindergarten program has long-term benefits for children’s academic and social skills and helps them to succeed in school and in life. Full day kindergarten is another step towards building a strong foundation for lifelong learning, in a nurturing, play-based environment.

A longer instructional day will enable kindergarten teachers to provide more opportunities for learning and success. The expanded kindergarten program will be play-based and designed to address all areas of child development: physical, social, emotional, language and cognitive.
[Kinds of Play]

More info: BC Ministry of Education Parent Pamphlet

For your information, listed below are various articles that can provide more information on the subject.

• Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control? (Inspiring!)
• Takes Time to Tend a Kinder Garten. Advocating for Kindergarten
• Chopsticks and Counting Chips. Do play and foundational skills need to compete for the teacher’s attention in an early childhood classroom?
• Play Early Years. Key to School Success
• Crisis in the Kindergarten. Why Children Need to Play in School

Teenagers who start smoking marijuana before the age of sixteen are four times more likely to become schizophrenic. That’s the startling conclusion of some of the world’s top schizophrenia experts, whose research is featured in the new documentary The Downside of High.

The scientists’ groundbreaking work on the connection between marijuana and mental illness also reveals that, for all young adults, smoking marijuana nearly doubles the risk of developing recurring psychosis, paranoia and hallucinations – the hallmarks of schizophrenia.

The Downside of High, directed and written by Bruce Mohun, tells the stories of three young people from British Columbia who believe – along with their doctors – that their mental illness was triggered by marijuana use. All three spent months in hospital psychiatric wards, and still wage a battle with their illness. Today’s super-potent pot may be a big part of the problem. Modern growing techniques have dramatically increased the amount of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana – ramping up the threat to the developing teenage brain.

view pdf article : Downside_of_High_PRESSKIT_WEB2

[The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 by families and friends of people with schizophrenia.]

For more information contact The Terrace Branch at:

Phone/Fax 250.635.8206
Toll free 1.866.326.7877
Email bcssterr@telus.net

I have attached the letter we received from Husky today.  It appears people are using their husky rebate cards.  It’s working as we received a cheque for $98.75 from 129 purchases.  Maybe if more people know this, they may too start to use their card.  Thanks to those parents who are using the card.

Janet Meyer, Principal

husky rebate letter

The Husky Community Rebate Program is a great way for your organization to raise funds. Since the program started, we’ve given out nearly $700,000 to more than 2,000 community groups.

Here’s how it works: Husky sends your organization a rebate of 2% of the purchases* your organization makes at Husky or Mohawk gas stations or Husky House Restaurants.