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Student Council Student Council actively pursues global citizenship through supporting worthy initiatives. During the 2010-2011 school year, the Mount Pleasant community donated funds toward Free the Children on several occasions.
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Classroom Presentations In-school field trips provide stimulating experiences for children. Kindergarten students explore adaptations that animals make during different seasons through a presentation by the Strathcona Wilderness Centre.
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Buddy Systems Students are organized in buddy systems to support skill development. Older students develop good character traits by mentoring and tutoring their buddies. Younger students benefit from their peers’ expertise and the strong relationships built during the year.
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Music Music is embraced by Mount Pleasant students through singing, playing instruments, listening, moving, and reading and writing music. A brand-new set of Orff instruments complemented by recorders, handbells and drums give the students a wide range of musical experiences.
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Goal Setting Students set individual goals in the fall together with their parents and teachers. The goals are monitored throughout the year during classroom activities, learning conversations with the teacher, and Thomsen Treats meetings with the principal.
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Grade 5 Pond Study Academic learning is supported by hands-on activities, such as field trips. Grade 5 students are collecting and identifying species in a wetland through a pond study at the Bennett Centre.
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French Study Grades 1-6 Students engage in French study, starting in grade 1. Instruction comprises diverse pedagogical approaches such as AIMS (students learn gestures in association with words), and the use of drama and music in order to solidify second language skills.
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Welcome

Welcome to the 2011 - 2012 school year at Mount Pleasant School where students, teachers and parents work together to ensure a quality education. The Cogito alternative program at Mount Pleasant upholds academic excellence for all students and encourages and expects their best possible work.

Striving For Excellence!

We are a capable, connected school community.

We practice outstanding achievement and foster leadership.

We believe in consistent behavioural expectations that promote safety, pride, respect, and honesty.

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Principal's Message

The staff of Mount Pleasant School welcomes you to the 2011-12 school year. At Mount Pleasant, we believe that the quality of education is enhanced when home and school collaborate. Successful collaboration requires ongoing communication. The Cogito Alternative Program handbook is designed to give parents an understanding of the daily operation of the program and school. Please read and retain this handbook as a reference throughout the year, and if you have any questions or concerns, please call the school at 780.434.6766.

Our school community is the result of care and the collaborative work of students, parents and staff. High standards of student conduct are supported by school-wide practices such as a positive behaviour and conduct policy, student clubs and services that foster participatory skills, a character education program, and monthly student assemblies. Our policies and practices reflect the rights of students to learn and of teachers to teach. We encourage our students to accept responsibility for their learning and conduct.

Our most important work is student learning. Our student achievement results provide strong evidence to support this belief. This year, our school, along with all schools in Edmonton Public Schools, will engage in action research related to the following question:
How does a focus on student engagement, through the teaching of 21st century literacies across the curriculum, positively impact student learning?

This is Cycle Four of the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) project and this work will continue to build on previous years' instructional focus work. Teachers will work collaboratively to ensure we are demonstrating evidence to support the bolded question above. In addition, teachers will continue to enhance their skills in using research-based assessment strategies and educational technology as tools with which to support student learning.

We will continue to focus on improving our students' abilities to use higher-order thinking skills across all subject areas. We will also continue with the following best practices:

  • Developing metacognitive awareness
  • Use of questioning strategies
  • Improving problem-solving
  • Vocabulary acquisition, and
  • Writing

At Mount Pleasant School parents and staff have common aims. We want our students to know what is expected of them and we provide them every opportunity to do their best and succeed. Supports include excellent home and school communication, structured learning environments, and a focus on academic excellence.

Our students and parents bring their hopes and dreams for the future, and they will depend on us to provide them with an outstanding education.

We look forward to working with you to ensure superb results from all students.

Sincerely,

Elisabeth Thomsen
Principal

   

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