Turner Valley School News

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New Staff Welcome
Welcome to Mrs. Aucoin who has joined us to teach grade 3 until Mrs. Muir returns. Mrs. Aucoin is originally from New Brunswick. She said that she was lured to Alberta by the mountains and her love of mountain sport.
Mrs. Aucoin graduated in Kinesiology from the University of New Brunswick and completed her Education degree at the University of Calgary.
You can find Mrs. Aucoin at Canada Olympic Park on weekends where she is coordinator for Ski/Snowboard School.
When she's not skiing or snowboarding Mrs. Aucoin loves to play soccer in the Calgary Women's Soccer League. She also enjoys hiking and camping.
We hope you enjoy being a part of our TV school community.
Ask the Principal
“What is Mathletics?”Mathletics is a web-based mathematics program that we use at Turner Valley School in addition to regular instruction. This program is the most used on-line mathematics program in the world. It is being used by over 3 million students in 7000 schools world-wide.  Alberta students are using a version that aligns with the Alberta Ed. Curriculum. We like Mathletics because:
 It is highly engaging and motivating for our students.
 It is on-line and accessible to students at school and at home.
 It is interactive and responds to student learning needs
 Students can test their math skills with students from all over the world.
Our parent council has provided logins for all Grade 1 to 6 students at Turner Valley School.
More information is available at www.mathletics.ca
Library News
Art Exhibit - FULL CIRCLE
Meeting Point Artists Association
Display Dates: MARCH 3rd to MARCH 30th.
Many immigrants have found Calgary a desirable destination despite the temperamental air mass that governs the city year round. Newcomers are attracted to the many economic opportunities and Calgary's high quality of life. In 1988, a group of ethnically diverse artists coalesced to form the Meeting Point Artists Association (MPAA). Their goal was to promote cultural exchange with no hidden agendas and only the purest of intentions. In the process they hoped to transcend traditional parameters and create a bridge between Canadian and Asian communities through art. To this day the MPAA reaches out to contemporary artists who are interested in blending Occidental and Oriental philosophies in art and life.
Full Circle implies no beginning and no end. A variety of concepts are explored in this exhibition, such as the symbiotic relationship between Yin and Yang. In the natural world this is illustrated by opposing forces (dualities) interconnected and interdependent within a greater whole, such as male and female; day and night; summer and winter. Cofounding member Simon Wong offers the following analogy, “The West is 'yang' and East is 'yin'… In Western art, you find rendering of external subjects with strong light and colour, but Eastern art is 'Yin' which tends to induce thoughts about places you don't see, which you have to find internally or through meditation. That is why East and West should meet and balance each other.”
The featured artists include Paresh Athparia, Billie D. Avery, John Chong, Honsun Chu, Helena Hadala, Winnie Ho, Morley Hollenberg, Catherine Huang-Tam, Isabelle Hunt-Johnson, Josette Khu, Lap Lam, Setsuko Onishi Moulton, Ferdinando (Fred) Spina, Pat Strakowski, Simon Y.S. Wong and Myken Woods.
This exhibition will be displayed at the Turner Valley School in Turner Valley from March 3rd to March 30th. We welcome your visit to this educational and entertaining exhibition. Full Circle is a touring exhibition developed by the Alberta Society of Artists for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program. This exhibition is currently circulating throughout the southwest/central parts of Alberta. The AFA Travelling Exhibition Program is financially supported by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.