Monday, March 26, 2018

Save the date Monday April 23rd "Social Networking Safety"



Please save the date for an upcoming parent session presented by TED speaker Paul Davis on the topic of Social Networking Safety.  This event is brought to you by the St. Philip Parent Council with help from a PRO grant.  Grade 4-6 students will have a session with Paul in the afternoon and a parent session will be held starting at 6:30PM in the school gym.  The session will run 90 minutes followed by Q&A.  Please plan to attend this very highly reviewed, informative and important session.  A sign up link will be shared shortly for this free event, so we can make plans for seating etc.

Friday, March 16, 2018

Calling all scientists!

Registration is now open for the 2018
St. Philip Catholic Elementary School Science Fair!!

Date: Thursday May 10th, 2018 6:00 pm

Rules:
➢ No more than 3 students per project
➢ Registrations must be signed by one of the parents/guardians of each participant
➢ Please indicate if the project has any special requirements such as a dark room or electrical outlet. If this is not indicated on the form, it may not be possible to accommodate the request
➢ Registration forms with signatures are due by Thursday, April 12th. Space for late entries is not guaranteed. Please enter only one form per project
➢ Animals may not be brought to the Science Fair. Also applies to any displays using flames or other ignition sources unless permission is obtained from the Fair organizer (Colleen Piercey cmpiercey@hotmail.com).
➢ Each project is assigned a space of 90 cm x 90 cm. Please design the display to fit in this space. Office supply stores sell fold-up display boards that can be reused provided non-permanent adhesives (e.g. Blue tack) are used. The display should generally present the hypothesis (the question being asked) or theme of the project, followed by the experimental method (if experiments are done) then the data or information obtained, and is finished with a general conclusion. For a helpful online Science Fair resources, visit Education.com or Discovery Education Canada.
➢ Set up time is 5:30 – 6:00 pm

 Any questions please contact cmpiercey@hotmail.com

Link to registration forms: Download forms