WANTED: Scientists for the St. Philip Science Fair

The deadline for our St. Philip scientists to submit their forms for the science fair is today: Thursday April 12. We will extend the deadline to accept forms until end of day tomorrow for late entries.  Please contact cmpiercey@hotmail.com with any questions or concerns.  Don't forget to pencil in your t-shirt size on your form to get your highly coveted St. Philip Scientist t-shirt!!!

Happy exploring!

Sign up link for Paul Davis presentation: Space is limited!

The School Council is hosting a very special event. As part of our Parent Reaching Out grant we are very happy to have joining us TED speaker Paul Davis presenting on Social Networking Safety. This is a presentation that all parents should attend who have a child who has access to any electronic device. Paul will be sharing information about Snapchat, Instagram, Cyber-Bullying and more and how to protect your children.

Do you understand everything about these apps or what our children can be exposed to on the internet? If not this event is a must see.

When: Monday April 23 at 6:30pm in the school gym.

The evening parent session will run 90 minutes followed by Q&A. 

Please plan to attend this very highly reviewed, informative and important session. 

All parents are welcome even from outside our school. Lets work towards making our community safer for all of our kids. 

Space is limited so order your your free tickets now at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-networking-safety-with-paul-davis-tickets-44680325055

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.

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