Happy Holidays!

Cameron Street School Council wishes everyone a safe and Happy Holiday season!

And the winner is.....

Our Tis the Season of Giving - Food Drive Challenge has come to an end.  We are so proud of all the schools who accepted this challenge and all the staff, students and families that helped to make it such a success.

Before we announce the winning school we wish to congratulate ALL of the schools.  Because of you the Collingwood Food Banks will receive over 2900 items this holiday season!

Now the moment everyone has been waiting three weeks for, the winner of the first ever Tis the Season of Giving Food Drive Challenge ( issued to all schools in the area by Cameron Street Public School ), who will win a free pizza lunch for the whole school as well as bragging rights and be announced in the local papers as the winning school is.................

ADMIRAL

Admiral collected 1200 items 

with 446 students that = 2.7 items per student

( also featured in the photo with Admiral staff & students is local musician Aaron Garner who was at the school this morning to perform his song Give )

Cameron collected 842 items

with 342 students that = 2.5 items per student

( Cameron donated the items we collected to both the Heritage Community Church & the Salvation Army)

Mountain View collected 537 items

with 380 students that = 1.4 items per student

Connaught collected 363 items

with 290 students that = 1.3 items per student

CONGRATULATIONS again to all of the schools!  Maybe we can make this an annual challenge!  

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!

Today's Primary Christmas Concert is a go!

Today's Primary Christmas Concerts at the school are set to go.  The school has most of it's students there today so as of 9:30am this morning the Primary Christmas Concerts are a go.

Kindergarten A Day Concert is in the Kindergarten Classroom from 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Grade 1 - 3 Primary Concert will be in the Gym 

from 3:30pm - 4:30pm

* don't forget that the Tis the Season of Giving food drive challenge is ending on Friday.  So bring in a  non perishable food donation to put under the Christmas trees.  Let's show all the other schools just how much Cameron Cares!

School is closed due to weather conditions!

Attention Cameron Street Families!

 

All schools in SCDSB Area 5 (which includes Cameron Street Public School) are closed today, Tuesday December 14, 2010 due to the weather conditions in our immediate area. 

Please take care and stay off the roads unless it is extremely necessary to go out.

Tis the Season of Giving midway stats are in!

We are at the midway point of the Tis the Season of Giving challenge and the current standings are as follows...

Admiral - 600 items

Cameron - 400 items

Connaught - 147 items

Mountain View - 30 items

Going into the final week of the challenge and we have found out that the winning school will not only be featured in the EB and have bragging rights, but they will also receive a free pizza lunch for the whole school!  Congratulations and thank you to all of you who have been sending in food donations, while this is a fun and friendly challenge among the schools, we are really doing it to raise some food for those who are in need!  So thank you!  Good luck in the final week of the challenge.

To our Cameron families!  Let's step it up in this final week and show everyone just how much CAMERON CARES!  Remember it's also the perfect time to bring in a food item when you come to the school on Wednesday at 2:30pm for the A Day JK/SK concert, or at 3:30pm for the Primary concert ( grades 1-3 ) , or for B day families on Thursday at 2:30pm

( please note that to keep the "fun" in the challenge,  each school has been able to "fudge" there real number up to 20 items. )

Tremendous event!

If you were at Cameron's Christmas Surprise this past Saturday then you know what a tremendous success the morning was, we could not be happier with the turn out!

Cameron Street School Council wishes to extend a HUGE Thank You to all of the amazing people that helped to make Saturday such a great day.

Our Major event sponsors:

As well as all the other sponsors who made the event possible:

Curries Farm Market, Sobeys, San Fillipo, Masterpix, Pretty River Valley Country Inn, Metro, Smart's Flowers, Loblaw, and of course SANTA himself!

Each one of the local "celeb's" who came out to flip pancakes, Mayor Elect Cooper, Deputy Mayor Elect Lloyd, former Principal John Campbell, the Collingwood Fire Department, Drew Wright, Matt McLean, Councillor Mike Edwards, Members of the Collingwood Rotary ( Dr. John Miller, Deb Edgar, Todd Christensen and Todd's family ) Aaron & Heather Garner.  Aaron also performed his song Give. 

As well as the dancers from Fleetwood dance who put on a fabulous performance, all the Marketplace vendors who were on site with some great gift giving items, CSPS mom Michelle McCullough for volunteering her face painting talents, all our bakers who donated to the bake sale and of course the event would not have been able to run without the help of the fabulous staff at CSPS and all our amazing volunteers.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

( Check out some great pictures at www.mycollingwood.ca - Thanks to Julie Card & Dave West ) 

It is ON! Tis the Season of Giving - Food Drive Challenge

Ready, Set, it is ON!

Today is the first day of the Tis the Season of Giving Challenge!
From today until December 17th the schools that have accepted our challenge will be collecting non perishable food donations.  The school that collects the most food will not only win bragging rights, but will also be featured in the EB and the Connection as the winning school!

The schools that have accepted our challenge are :

Mountain View Public School

Admiral Collingwood Elementary School

Connaught Public School 

Check back here on December 10th for a mid-challenge update on just how well the schools are doing!

Approx. 150 plus families will use the Collingwood food bank this holiday season.  Please don't forget to send in non perishable food donations with your children!  Let's have some fun, and collect a lot of food!

Tis the Season of Giving - Food Drive Challenge

Tis the Season of Giving and what a better way to kick off the holiday season then to give.  Our school is going to be collecting non perishable food from December 1st to the 17th.  We thought we would add a little friendly competition to the food drive and challenge ALL the other elementary schools in our area to do the same!  All participating schools will be featured in the Enterprise Bulletin with a photo of the students and all the food they have collected.  The winning school will have a larger photo announcing them as the winner, plus bragging rights!
Starting on December 1st please remember to send in a non perishable food donation and let's show everyone that Cameron Cares!

Our school we be donating the food that we collect during the Tis the Season of Giving Challenge to both the Heritage Community Church & The Salvation Army.

Check back next week to see what schools have accepted our challenge!
cameroncouncil@hotmail.ca

Cameron's Christmas Surprise Classroom Theme Basket Raffle...

As part of Cameron's Christmas Surprise we are doing a classroom theme basket raffle.  This raffle is much like the Carnival basket raffle that was done at the June Carnival last year.
We have asked each classroom to contribute a Theme Basket, and have asked each student to bring in an item for their classroom's theme basket, or a $2 donation to purchase other items for the baskets.
All items must be sent to the school by Tuesday November 30th, to ensure that we have time to to wrap the baskets.

The Classroom Theme's are as follows....

Ms. Nicholls - Creative Kidz   "Craft Basket"

Mrs. Sturch - ( A Days ) - Groovy Girl   "JK-Grade 3 Girls Basket"

Mrs. Sturch - ( B Days ) - Rockin' Boy   "JK-Grade 3 Boys Basket"

Mrs. Hutchinson - Mom's Rule   "Everything for Mom"

Mrs. Wegner - Dad's Rock   "Everything for Dad"

Mrs. McFarlane - Road to Reading   "Everything to do with reading"

Mrs. Hare - Lights, Camera, Action   "Movie Basket"

Mr. Potter - Build a Bigger World   "For Kids"

Ms. Berger - Winter Wonderland   "Christmas Basket"

Ms. Boone - Recaffinate   "Coffee & Tea Lovers Basket"

Mrs. Hall - Girlz Rule   "Grade 4-6 Girls Basket"

Ms. Kitchener - Boyz Rule   "Grade 4-6 Boys Basket"

Mr. Durie - Family Fun Night   "Games & Sports Basket"

Mrs. Hammond - Sweet n' Sassy   "Grade 7-8 Girls Basket"

Mrs. Lougheed - Smart & Sporty   "Grade 7-8 Boys Basket"

We wish to thank all the Cameron Street families who are so generously participating in the theme basket raffle!

Cameron's Christmas Surprise

On Saturday December 4th from 9am-12pm Cameron will turn into a Winter Wonderland.  We want you to come and take part in the magic of Cameron's Christmas Surprise.  Admission to our event is just $4 per person, this price includes a pancake breakfast with drink, Santa's Workshop with a special Christmas stories and crafts, visit with Santa himself, musical entertainment and so much more.  In the spirit of giving we would ask that each person bring a non perishable food donation for the food bank.  With your very generous donation we would like to offer $1 off the price of your Cameron's Christmas Surprise experience.

You will not want to miss this magical morning at Cameron Street Public School.  Enjoy the pancake breakfast, being served to you by some very special local celebrities.  Such celebrities include but are not limited to, Mayor Chris Carrier, Mayor Elect Sandra Cooper, Deputy Mayor Elect Rick Lloyd, Councillor Mike Edwards, The Peak FM's Matt McLean, Collingwood Fire Fighters, Aaron Garner, Drew Wright, former Principal of Cameron Street John Campbell, Member's of the Rotary Club of Collingwood - South Georgian Bay including Dr. John Miller and Deb Edgar....
You can also take a stroll through Cameron's Christmas Marketplace and do a little Christmas Shopping. 

Each classroom is collecting items for a theme basket raffle, you will be able to purchase raffle tickets to win some great baskets ( perfect with Christmas just around the corner! )  Our library will be turned into Santa's Workshop for the morning and will feature readings for 3 very special Christmas Stories followed by a Christmas Craft.  Santa will be stopping by from 10am-12pm to join in on the fun and with Santa Masterpix will be taking photo's for those who wish to have the special moment with Santa captured on film, you can purchase a 4x6 for just $10 and take it home with you that day.  A magical Christmas Surprise just would not be complete without a visit from some real reindeers!  Thanks to Pretty River Valley Country Inn, from 11am-12pm we will have some real reindeers on hand for the children to see.  As mentioned in the spirit of giving please don't forget to bring a non perishable food item.  Not only will you receive $1 off of your Christmas Surprise experience, but at 11:30am Aaron Garner  will be performing his song GIVE.  This is one Christmas Event you are going to want to mark on your calendars now!
Join us on Saturday December 4th from 9am - 12pm and experience this magical Morning at Cameron's Christmas Surprise.

Cameron's Christmas Surprise couldn't take place without the support of everyone involved.  Cameron Street School Council would like to extend a HUGE Thank You to Blue Mountain Resort & Starbucks Coffee for their very generous sponsorship of our event, along with all of our special guests!

We will also be holding a random draw,

Curries Farm Market is very generously donating a gift certificate for 1 Christmas Tree Valued at $65.  

For more details email cameroncouncil@hotmail.ca , BAKERS are also needed for the Cameron School Council bake sale table, or if you wish to book at table for the marketplace email school council and add Marketplace to the subject line.

Reminders and Updates.... What's happening in our "fun"draising?

Just a few friendly reminders....

This coming Friday November 19th is the end of the ecofundraiser.  All forms must be back to the school.  There are some fabulous prizes for participating as well.   Each student that participates in this fundraiser by collecting orders will be entered into a random draw for the following prizes. ( Photo Below )

                         1 Hydrapak ( $70 value )
                         2 ecoJOT gift packages ( value of $50 each )
                         4 Day passes to Exploration Green Day Camp ( valus of $40 each )

Coming up we have our PA Day "FUN"draiser ( Monday November 22nd ) at Crock A Doodle in the Village at Blue.  Each student will be going home with a coupon for this, this week.  For more detail click here.

Also each student will be coming home today or tomorrow with an important newsletter about Cameron's Christmas Surprise.  A "fun"draising event that the school council has been working hard on putting together.  Please check the newsletter as each classroom has their own theme basket on the back.  More details will follow in an upcoming blog within the next day or so.

Are lunches getting to be the same old, same old....

When it comes to school lunches does it feel like you are making the same thing day after day?  We thought we would help a little...  I picked up a book this past weekend called Healthy Lunchboxes for kids by Amanda Grant.  It has some great idea's for kids lunches that I had never thought of and thought I would share a few idea's with you....

Here are a few Sandwich ideas...

Cheese & Apple - Grate some of your child's favourite cheese and mix it with grated apple, 1 chopped scallion, a squeeze of lemon and a little mayonnaise.  Choose your child's favourite bread ( this combination is particularly good on a wholewheat bread )...

Hummus, Tomatoes & Lettuce - Spread some hummus onto your chosen bread, and top with thin slices of tomatoes and lettuce leaves ( I tried this one and instead of lettuce used baby spinach )...


Avocado & Red Bell Pepper - Mash 1/2 ripe avocado with a little lemon juice and spread onto your chosen bread.  Finely chop 1/4 red bell pepper ( you can use orange or yellow as well ) and sprinkle it over the top of the avocado.....  


Tuna with Cucumber - Mash some canned tuna, spread onto your chosen bread, and top with thinly sliced cucumber.  ( canned salmon could also be used ) 


A couple Fun Salad ideas.....

Pick 'n' Mix Salad -  Let your child help you decide what to put in the pick 'n' mix salad...  Into a bowl add your cut up veggies, fruit and cheese...  Send with some crackers, a roll or a rice cake if you wish...
Idea's for the salad can be....  Chunks of Cucumber, Celery, Carrots, Red Grapes, Cheddar Cheese ( squared ) and a handful of raisins...
( make it colourful so it's not only healthy but fun so your child will want to eat it, and if they help you pick out what goes in it that's even better! )

Coleslaw - Thinly slice some cabbage ( a small head or 1/2 large ) and whatever colour your child would rather eat, or mix it up and add both...  Peel and grate 2 carrots, thinly slice 1 red bell pepper, add 1 handful of raisins.  For the dressing 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon of plain yogurt, and a tablespoon of honey ( I use agave instead of honey ).  Mix dressing and pour on the salad.  Put it in the fridge and you are ready to serve.

Green Salad - Cut up chunks of lettuce or use baby spinach, then give your child ( children ) the choice of what they wish to add to it...  cucumber, carrots, radishes, cherry tomatoes, or maybe they would rather fruits in their salad, thinly sliced, apples, pears, or berries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries...
For the dressing you can use your child's favourite ( but send it with them in a different container and let them put it on at school...  It might even be fun to let them make the dressing..  Idea's 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 - 1 tablespoon lemon juice or red or white wine vinegar or even balsamic vinegar and for more flavour you can add any of the following, 1 tablespoon or honey or agave, 1/2 small garlic clove ( crushed ) or 1/2 teaspoon of mustard.

Keep in mind all the idea's above can be made to suit your child...   They are also just a few idea's I happened to pick out of the book.  There are lots of websites as well that have useful information on them about just what we should be feeding our children.  Should you wish to get a list of the websites contact the school council email at cameroncouncil@hotmail.ca
We would also love to hear what healthy lunches and snacks are your children's favourite....  Please let us know by leaving a message in the comments section...

P.A. Day "fun"draiser.....

Thinking about what you're going to do with your children on the next P.A Day?  Monday November 22nd..... 

Well Cameron Street School Council has come up with a fantastic idea for you!  We have arranged with Crock A Doodle  in the Village @ Blue Mountain a "fun"draiser...  Spend some time with your children at Crock A Doodle painting, making fun memories and possibly even taking care of some of the gifts on your Christmas list!  Crock A Doodle has a ton of great pottery pieces for you to choose from!  ( You can click here to view many of their products online... ) 

Students will soon be coming home with a coupon/flyer that will let the staff at Crock A Doodle know that you are part of the Cameron Street family.  All you need to do to take part in this "fun"draiser is to head up anytime between 10am - 7pm on Monday November 22nd, check out all the great pottery pieces, pick out what piece or pieces you wish to paint, paint them, pay for them and head back up in a couple days to pick it up after it's been fired.  It is so much fun, you are going to want to join your children and paint a piece yourself!
How is this a fundraiser you ask?  Well, Crock A Doodle has generously offered to give our school a % from every piece of pottery that our Cameron Street families paint on the 22nd of November!  How great is that!!  You get to spend some time having fun creating special works of art with your children, possibly even creating some beautiful Christmas presents if you so wish, and at the same time you are raising money for our school!  Fantastic!
Huge thanks from the Cameron Street School Council to Crock A Doodle for allowing us to set up this great "fun"draiser! Happy Creating!

            

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the School Council - cameroncouncil@hotmail.ca 
( photo's all from the Crock A Doodle website )

Our exciting ecofundraiser.....

                                                              (image of front and back of the catalogue )

Cameron Street School Council is extremely excited to share our ecofundraiser with you!  The students should have now all gone home with a catalogue of products for our new fundraising campaign with the Environment Network here in Collingwood.  We are THRILLED to be teaming up with them for this truly GREEN fundraising campaign.  This is the first time the Environment Network has ever done this, and we are so happy that we are first school to be doing this with them!

In the catalogue you will find a selection of fantastic products that the Environment Network sells in their shoppe.  Quite a few of these products have been marked down to a special just for you price!
Our campaign will last from November 1 - 19th so that you will have your products just in time for Christmas.  There are some great gift idea's inside the catalogue!

Should you wish to see, smell, touch any of the products, please head over to the Environment Network at 44 Saint Marie Street and check them out....

Did you happen to notice the Creemore Coffee...  It's our "Very Own Blend" complete with the Cameron Comets Logo on the bag!

Why take part in this ecofundraiser?  Here are a few of my own reasons...

- These are incredible GREEN Products....  The Environment Network has researched all their products extensively to ensure that they are truly green and manufactured in a way that supports the people and the communities they are created in.

- It's fundraising for our school!

- It's giving back to the community by supporting a fantastic local business!

- The Environment Network has also offered some great prizes..  For all students who participant, their names will be entered into a random draw to win..  You can see the list of prizes on the back of the catalogue.

- Did I mention it's GREEN and that they are incredible products?

Together our choices can change the world!

Cameron Street School Council wishes to extend a huge thank you to the Environment Network for teaming up with for the first ever ecofundraiser with them!

( If you need another catalogue please contact the school council - cameroncouncil@hotmail.ca ) 

FANG-TASTIC Night.....

The Cameron Street School Council would like to send out a HUGE Thank You to all who came out and supported our school at The Haunted Halloween Howler last Friday night.  We had a SPOOKTACULAR turn out.  A big thanks to all our FANG-TASTIC volunteers ( staff, parents and grade 8 students ) for helping with all the Ghostly games, BOO-TIFUL costume parade and the fabulous sound crew who keep everyone dancing.  We would also like to Thank JD's Scrumptious Lunches for bringing tasty treats for everyone to sink their teeth into...

Welcome to The Cameron Council Communique....

The Cameron Street School Council would like to welcome you to our blog...  The Cameron Council Communique.  It is here that you will find out information about what is happening with our school council, our fundraising, and so much more.....  

Check back often, we have lots of information and exciting happenings coming your way!