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ENGLISH VERSION

It’s anew school year at Anne-Hébert! Back-to- school went
very well despite a few hitches due to the late (but welcome)
addition of a new teacher, prompting a redistribution of
classes in mid-September. The arrival of new students over
the summer brings the school population to 315, allowing
no fewer than 14 sections.

The APE elected its new executive during the September 23
general assembly. There’s been a major renewal following
the departure of several parents of graduates last June, and
we are pleased to welcome all of our new parent members.

We will continue to make the school a dynamic, welcoming
community by organizing celebrations, such as Halloween
and Christmas parties—always a big hit with parents and
children alike. We will also continue to encourage training
for parents; for example, special aid for anglophone parents,
drug prevention seminars, etc. This year, we will also offer
after-school daycare. This project began during the summer
and can accommodate up to 30 children. Lastly, one of our
biggest projects at this time is to upgrade email services to
send documents to parents and improve communications
among the school, the APE and parents.

TERRACE

#—— Par Anorea GELLER, PRESIDENTE DE L’APE 2

A l’école Jack Cook, I’automne a été bien occupé. Compa-
rativement a l’année passée, |’augmentation du nombre
d’inscription est de toute évidence le changement le plus
marquant. Avec 17 nouveaux étudiants, nous avons un total
de 42 étudiants, un record pour le programme francophone
de Terrace ! C’est excitant de voir autant de nouveaux
visages, preuve de tous les efforts investis dans le recru-
tement.

Notre premiere activité de l’année fut l’épluchette de blé
d’Inde. Aprés que le Roi et la Reine aient officiellement
annoncé |’ouverture du festival, le festin a débuté.

Nous avons eu l’agréable surprise de rencontrer plusieurs
nouveaux parents lors de notre premiére rencontre de I’ APE.
Nous avons discuté de nos besoins d’espace dt a l’aug-
mentation des éléves dans |’école, des repas chauds et de la
semaine a quatre jours. Nous avons aussi prévu de refaire
une levée de fond « sirop d’érable » qui a connu un succés
monstre l’an passé. Nous sommes vraiment chanceux de

ENGLISH VERSION

We’ve had a busy fall at Ecole Jack Cook in Terrace. The
most obvious change from last year is our increased
enrollment. With seventeen new students Jack Cook’s total
population is now 42, an all time high!! It’s wonderful and
exciting to have so many new faces and shows that our
recruitment efforts have paid off.

Our first organized school event was the annual ép/uchette
de blé d’inde. The king and queen officially pronounced the

voir revenir a l’école le méme personnel que celui de |’année
derniére. Leur passion d’enseigner et leur dévotion a |’ égard
de nos enfants et de la langue frangaise fait de Jack Cook
une merveilleuse école !

festival open which started the feasting. Our first PAC
meeting brought out lots of new faces which was very
exciting. We discussed our space requirements given our
increased population, hot lunches, the four day school week
and we plan on repeating our very sucessfull “maple syrup”
fund raiser. We are extremely lucky to have the same staff
returning to Jack Cook this year. Their love of teaching and
dedication to our children and the french language is what’s
making Jack Cook the wonderful school that it is!

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