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Congratulations Division 8,

It has been such a fun and exciting year of learning and growing! This is the last week of school, and as such you should be really proud of your progress and accomplishments throughout this year. We want to say a big thank you from Ms. Watt and Mr. Ewert for your learning efforts in spite of the unique circumstances of term three. Just a few reminders before the end of this week:

1. I will post a few assignments for this week on the blog that you can work on if you would like.
2. Report card pick up will be on Thursday in the gym. Please read over this letter from Mr. Hamilton (principal) about your pick-up time (June 2020 newsletter).
3. If you do not pick up your report card, it will be mailed to you in the upcoming weeks.

Once again, thank you from Ms. Watt and Mr. Ewert for being a wonderful class and a positive contribution to the Nelson Elementary Community.

Have a great summer!

Good morning students and families!

Just a quick reminder that Monday June 8th is a Pro-D Day, so your new online learning content for this week will be posted tomorrow – Tuesday June 9th.

I had a lot of great assignments handed in last week, and I am looking forward to seeing more this week!

Our Zoom meeting is still scheduled for this Wednesday at 10am!

Wishing you all a great day!

Please complete the form below (new one!) and email a picture or the answers to grant.ewert@burnabyschools.ca and every Friday one will be randomly selected for a prize! 
This week’s number is: 638
Click on the link to print off a copy of the sheet! Number of the Week

Dear Division 8, 

As most of you have already been introduced to me from the last few online class meetings, my name is Mr. Ewert, and I am excited to be your teacher for the remainder of the school year!

I know that you have had a wonderful year so far with Ms. Watt. As you know, Ms. Watt is taking a bit of time off in order to have her baby and spend this important time with her family. We wish her all well and will keep in touch with her as we can! She is sure to send us some updates too.

I am looking forward to spending the remainder of the year as your teacher. At this time, we are still going to be doing online learning, and if there are any changes or updates to this, we will let you know as soon as we can!

I am looking forward to seeing you all on our Zoom meetings and to reviewing your assignments in order to get to better know you.

A little bit more about me:

I have been a teacher with the Burnaby School District for the last 12 years (which is since before you were all even born!). I taught at a school called “Cascade Heights” in Burnaby, with Ms. Kwok (your previous principal!). 

I have a daughter who is almost 2 years old, and her name is Altheya. You might occasionally see her in the background at our Zoom meetings. My wife, Mrs. Ewert, is having our second baby soon, but not until the end of the school year. 

I have a dog named Winston, who loves to swim and chase the ball. We take him outside every day, and he makes sure we always get our daily exercise. 

My favourite hobbies are running, biking, and swimming, and in the summertime I often compete in a type of sport competition called “Triathlon” that combines all of these individual sports together. I also love to read books, to go hiking, and learning to play the guitar.

As a fun extra activity for this week, if you have time, I would love for you to share a little bit about yourself with me (interests, hobbies, pets, family, and anything else you would like to share), so that I can learn more about who you are!

Looking forward to hearing more about you!

Mr. Ewert                                                                 grant.ewert@burnabyschools.ca

June at Nelson always involves gymnastics equipment in our gym, but this year we are incredibly lucky to have a teacher come in and give us special instruction. I’ve already learned new moves to share with my classes for years to come and I hope everyone is having lots of fun!! What is your favourite circuit you’ve been on so far?! Click on the picture for a closer look!

Happy ❄️ Day everyone!! I hope everyone can stay home and safe and enjoy this fabulous snow fall!