Kinder Portfolios

This year we will be using FreshGrade to document, communicate, and assess learning during the kindergarten year.  The suite of apps makes learning visible in real time through the use of digital portfolios and assessment tools. With the FreshGrade for Parents app, parents have secure access to view an comment on artifacts in the student’s portfolio.

We will be capturing and sharing your child’s learning through photos, videos, audio, and notes. Captured artifacts and activities will build a Portfolio that will show your child’s progress throughout the school year. Notifications and emails will let you know when your child’s portfolio is updated and share their learning in real-time. It’s like having a window into the classroom.

An email has been sent with a link to your child's portfolio.  

To access your child’s portfolio visit:

web: parent.freshgrade.com

iTunes app store: FreshGrade for Parents (free app)

Google Play: FreshGrade for Parents

As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Macdonald Drive Elementary is proud to once again partner with Vesey’s Bulbs to run a Fall Fundraising Campaign selling quality bulbs and seeds for your garden. Bulbs will be delivered in time for fall planting for lovely blooms in the spring of 2017!

This is a fantastic fundraiser as Vesey’s graciously gives us back half the money raised from all orders collected. We will be treating this fundraiser as a Kindergarten Fundraiser with 50% of all sales going directly back to developing the outdoor component of our program .

The deadline for submission of orders is Friday, October 7th, 2015. Please ensure that all order sheets are totalled and if you have multiple sheets, they are stapled together. Payment may be in the form of cash or cheque, with cheques made payable to Macdonald Drive Elementary School. Bulbs will be delivered to MDE for pick up by families. We will notify you of pick up times once the orders arrive.

MDE thanks you for your support!

Our September Adventures...

We will continue to add photos to this slideshow to showcase some of our activities and interactions throughout the month. Keep checking back!

Created with flickr slideshow.

It's Almost Time...

Our classroom is ready and our book friends are excited to meet new friends!  Looking forward to seeing all of my kinder kids in the morning! Just one more sleep...

Student of the Week

We have celebrated so may of our Kinderkids with our Student of the Week activities. We always interview each Student of the Week to find out about their favourites. You can see the results from the interviews by looking at the word cloud slides below. We hope you enjoy them!

Our Blue Group...

Our Red Group...

We exercise to keep our body healthy.

We have been talking about how we keep our bodies healthy.  Exercising helps keep us healthy.  

Mrs. Fennemore loves to go for long walks.
Ciara likes to swim and stretch.

Zachary likes to kick.

Jake likes to surf.

Logan likes karate and swimming.

Haydn likes to run.

Brayden likes to ride his bike.

Jerry likes swimming.

Kingston likes to swim and ride skateboards.

Paul likes to run and skate.

Siefaddeen likes to run, swim, and play soccer.

Grace likes to swim and ride scooters.

Evie likes to run and swim.

Maria likes to swim.

Liam likes to run and swim.

Mohammed likes to run.

Anna J. likes to swim.

Seth likes to do a back-bend.

Aiden likes to swim and run.

Grayson likes to do back-bends.

Sreya likes to ride bikes.

Sara likes to swim and bike-ride.

Leo likes to swim.

Nicole likes to rollerblade, swim, and do back bridges.

Lucy likes to swim.

 Ayden likes to ride his bike and swim.

Mason likes to play basketball, swim, soccer, and do handstands.

Jayden likes to swim and run.

Erika likes to swim.

Miley likes to go for walks.

William likes to run and ride bikes.

Audrey likes to ride her bike and go for walks.

Addison likes to ride her bike and go swimming.

Natasha likes to run and play soccer.

Anna L. likes to swim.

Ayham likes to swim, climb, and do push-ups.

What is your favorite way to exercise?

Introducing Our New Student of the Week

The word cloud for our Red Group superstar ....

and our Blue Group superstar....