We
hope the attached handout will be helpful.
Please
feel free to drop by, telephone or write us a note.
We
welcome your questions, comments and/or suggestions.
Kevin
Yeske- kevin.yeske@rbe.sk.ca
Angela
Scott-angela.scott@rbe.sk.ca
Jack
Mackenzie School #: 306-791-8585
Where Effort and Kindness
Count
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Teacher Bios
Kyle DuMont
Hello,
my name is Kyle DuMont and I continue to teach Gr. 8 Mathematics and Gr. 7/8
Science. Looking back at last year, I am excited about the new group of
amazing senior students we have this year at Jack MacKenzie. I am looking
forward to a fun, exciting and successful year. I have been teaching in
the Regina Public School system since 2009. I spent five years at Thomson
Community School and last year at Jack MacKenzie, all the while teaching grade
7 and 8. I am very excited to be working with you and your children this
year on their education journey. Please feel free to actively participate
in the journey with your child. I look
forward to meeting you all and working closely with you this year.
Angela Scott
My name is Angela Scott and this is my
third year on the Jack MacKenzie team. I have the opportunity to teach Grade 7
Math and Grade 7/8 Health/Careers. I
absolutely love teaching and have been at it for eight years now. My family and I have been living in Regina
since 2007. I have a daughter in high
school and our little guy is in Grade One this year. I look forward getting to know each of my
students as well as their families.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. I appreciate your input and value open and
regular communication. I am looking
forward to another great year.
Kelley Reoch
Hello, my name is Kelley Reoch and I continue to
teach Gr.7 Math and Gr. 7/8 Social Studies. I know from my seven previous years
at Jack MacKenzie that this is a wonderful group of senior students, and I look
forward to a fun and successful year.
A bit about myself: I have been teaching in the
Regina Public School System since 1991. My primary focus as a teacher has been
on Gr. 7 and 8, although I have experience with primary as well. My husband, Shane, and I have four
children. Haley is at the U of R and on
the Rider Cheer team. Ethan is in his
first year of Engineering at the university this fall, Levi is working at Tiki
Room full time, and Zoe, our dancer, is in grade eight at Ecole Massey. I am
eager to work with your children and welcome your participation in their
education at Jack MacKenzie. Please contact me for any reason during office
hours. Again, I look forward to a terrific year!
Kevin
Yeske
Welcome
to another exciting school year! My
name is Kevin Yeske and I am very pleased to be working with your son/daughter
during their grade 7/8 year. This will
be my sixth year at Jack MacKenzie School and I have thoroughly enjoyed every
year. What a great group of teachers,
students, and parents! I have had
numerous experiences, during my teaching career, as a result of teaching in a
number of different communities from rural to urban, teaching a number of
different subjects from Kindergarten to High School.
My
wife Trudy and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this past
summer. She is also employed by the Regina Public School Division, teaching
part time at Thompson School and substitute teaching wherever she is needed on
that particular day.
We
have two sons that both attend Campbell Collegiate. Our oldest boy, Jason is in Grade 11 and my
younger son just started grade 9. Wow,
two high schoolers in the family! I can’t believe how quickly each year passes
into the next. It seems like only yesterday that I was sending them to their
first day of school. Our boys keep us very busy with all the different sporting
activities they are involved with, especially hockey, and we enjoy every minute
of it. I continue to play hockey as well so between my hockey, and
driving the boys off to their hockey, our winter schedule can get pretty busy.
I am
anticipating this school year to be an exciting time filled with many
opportunities to learn and grow, both for the students and for myself. I look forward to meeting and working with
you throughout the school year!
If you have any questions
feel free to phone or e-mail us. A positive
working relationship requires a clear line of communication.
Overview of the Grade 7 and 8 Program:
- Language Arts - Language Arts
consists of reading, viewing, representing, writing, listening and
speaking. The programs will consist
of writer’s workshop, short stories, reader’s workshop, novel study, and
reading strategies. Reading and
writing will be the focal point again this year. The RAD assessment in reading and a
writing assessment, the VAAW will be given to every student in the fall
and spring to help guide the teachers to effectively administer
appropriate reading/writing programs for their students. Not only will we be working on enriching
our vocabulary, but also we will be working on our comprehension
skills. The following reading/writing
strategies will be emphasized ( RAD/VAAW assessment driven):
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Tapping into prior knowledge
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Setting a purpose
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Predicting
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Making connections
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Recognizing important ideas/details
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Creating visual images
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Inferences and conclusions
- Mathematics- In Mathematics, we
will be using the text called Math Makes Sense, which correlates with the
new math curriculum. Mr. DuMont and
Mr. Yeske will be teaching the grade 8 program and Mrs. Reoch and Mrs.
Scott will be teaching the grade 7 math this year. This is an outcome based math program.
- Social Studies - The units studied this
year will be Our Land, Cultural Diversity, Power and Authority through
Democracy and Resources and Sustainability. We will also be working on current
events and What In the World to examine global events. In addition to
this, each month every student will provide a one to three minute oral and
written overview of a news event.
Mrs. Reoch is the educator of this course.
- Science- The
science course this year consists of the Grade Eight course. We will be learning about Cells,
Tissues, Organs and Systems; Optics and Vision; Forces Fluids and Density;
and Water Systems of Earth. Mr. DuMont
will be the educator of this course.
- Health- We will be covering
the concepts of decision-making and personal values, healthy relationships,
violence, and sex education. This
course also includes a unit focusing on career preparation. Mrs. Scott is the educator.
- Arts Education –Mrs. Reoch, Mrs.
Scott, Mr. DuMont, and Mr. Yeske will be instructing Visual Arts
throughout the year. Mrs. Hinz will
be teaching Music, Dance, and Drama.
- Physical
Education-
Skills and rules of team sports, and games will be emphasized. Participation,
attitude, effort, and changing into appropriate attire in physical fitness
are heavily stressed. Mr. Yeske
will be the educator. There will
also be a Fitness class taught by each teacher.
- French – Madame Cross
teaches the core French program in the grade seven and eight classes. The students receive three periods in a
five-day cycle.
Key Dates:
- September 24th – Track and Field at Douglas Park all day
(pack a healthy lunch and dress appropriately for the weather);
- September 24th – Back to School
barbecue and Meet the Teacher night;
- September 25th- Terry Fox Walk at
school at 2:45 pm;
- October 2nd – Pancake birthday breakfast for Mr. Jack
MacKenzie at 7:30 am;
- October 2nd – Gym Blast for grades 6 – 8;
- October 9th – Professional Day (no
school for students);
- October 12th – Thanksgiving Holiday;
- October 30th – Halloween Dance;
- Every Friday is Green Day until Grey Cup!!!
We would like to stress the
importance of completing work during school hours, as daily work will drive
assessment. ALL ASSESSMENTS WILL BE OUTCOME BASED. Students will occasionally have homework, if
they do not finish daily work in class.
Sufficient class time is usually given for those students who use their
time appropriately. Students will be
asked to take home tests to be signed and returned to school. The STUDENTS
AND/OR PARENTS are to use our CLASSROOM
BLOGS to check homework and important dates.
We would like to request
you to encourage reading in the home.
Good readers are usually better students. Fifteen minutes a day is not a lot to ask.
In order to encourage
organizational skills with our students, we are implementing a regular clean up
period. This will occur at the end of
every week and is referred to as Tidy Friday.
Throughout the year, we
have many opportunities to take our students on various field trips. These of course cost money and thus the
teachers become bankers. In order to
free up this money maintenance time it is much preferred that the online
payment method is used whenever possible.
We appreciate the
opportunity of teaching your child for one short year. We cannot do it all. It takes both the home and school working for
the common good of the student to gain success.
In addition to our course
work, we will develop:
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We are looking forward to
working with your children, and we know that this will be a great year for all
of us. If your son or daughter is in
grade eight, please pay $10.00 online
to cover the cost of their grade eight group photograph. Thank you!
Your partners in education,
Kyle DuMont, Kelley Reoch,
Angela Scott, Kevin Yeske.
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We are working to improve
our communication between home and school.
Please provide your child’s homeroom teacher with an email address that you
access regularly, by Monday, September 28th.
Thanks you for your
participation.
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