It's been a wonderful week catching up with you and the children. Everyone seemed to enjoy the summer, even though many of our families were affected by the flood in some way. The clean up is still underway for some of our families.
It's been pretty busy this week as staff and students get back into the routines of school. As many of you know, our school runs with the help of our volunteers, especially our grade parents. Currently, we are looking for grade parents for the following classes: Mrs. Hall, Ms. Mandel, Ms. Sunde and Ms. Bradshaw. Also, we need one more parent rep for Mrs. Tyndall (AM), Mrs. Younger, Ms. Kim and Ms. Walker. If you would like to volunteer for this position, please email karen.p.miller@rogers.com. Thank you so much.
As of this post, we have approximately 650 students. We've had some new registrations and a few families have left the school. Right now, our class organization will remain the same and there is no need to re-organize. We will continue to work on this next week.
Our Special Education teachers including, Mrs. Dacyshyn, Mrs. Young, Mr. Blais and Mrs. Souter (formerly MacPherson) have been busy meeting all our students who receive resource and making final adjustments to timetables to allow maximum amount of support. We are also very fortunate to have back Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Najder and Mrs. Whale who will be working with the teachers and students.
Our library and computer room renovations are moving along at a good rate and we hope to be back in the rooms over the next two weeks. There ended up being limited damage to the computer room, with six needing repairs and all surfaces in both rooms have been cleaned and inspected by the Board. The shelving and books will be put back over the next couple of weeks in the library, and a new floor will be installed shortly. Mrs. McGee has been rotating to classes introducing the library program and the second computer room has been useful to accommodate all classes.
We are also happy to share that we received an additional 3 security cameras and a "buzzer" system for the front door. The new safety door was installed and funded as part of a ministry initiative. As of Monday, all the doors will be locked. You will have to "buzz" in order to enter the school. For this reason, we strongly encourage everyone to keep visits (i.e. dropping off lunch bags) to a minimum. Please continue to begin your visits at the office. We thank you in advance.
As we come to the end of the week, we ask that all monies and paperwork be sent back to the school as we will be going collecting them in the office for filing. We thank you in advance.
I'd also like to thank Mr. Kuru and Mr. Bracht for coaching football this year, and Mr. Ross and Mr. Littlejohn for starting up the softball teams. Mr. Ellerker, Mrs. Wilson and myself sent home Cross Coutnry permission forms this week, with practices beginning on the 16th. I'd also like to extend a warm thank you to Mrs. Gibson as she has been so busy getting ready for the Terry Fox kick-off assembly on Monday. I love the Terry Fox Walk as it really brings us together in such a positive spirit at the beginning of the school year. Yes, I've agreed to be sprayed with "condiments" if we reach $25 000 and Mr. Lanis is going to shave off his beard!
We hope to see you at Curriculum Night on Tuesday. A flyer has been sent home with locations and times of meetings.
September-Respect
9th-Terry Fox Kick Off Assembly
10th-Curriculum Night
11th-Student Safety Assemblies
13th-Cyber Busters Performance
16th-Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m.
24th-School Photos
26th-Terry Fox Walk (27th Rain Date)
27th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
30th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
October-Responsibility
5th-LKS Grade 6 Music Camp
11th-PA Day
14th-Thanksgiving
15th-IEPs sent home
16th-Grade 7/8 Hep B and HPV
17th-Family Movie Night-Despicable Me 2
24th-Photo Re-take Day
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
28th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
31st-Hallowe'en Parade
November-Empathy
4th-Parent Book Interviews On-line
11th-Remembrance Day Assemblies; Report Cards Go Home
15th-PA/Interview Day
22nd-Pizza Day
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
26th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
December-Kindness and Caring
18th-1-8 Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
19th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
20th-Holidays Begin
January-Teamwork
24th-PA Day
30th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
31st-1-8 Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
February-Fairness
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
March-Honesty
7th-PA Day
10th-14th-March Break
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
April-Co-operation
24th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
May-Integrity
19th-Victoria Day
26th-EQAO Begins
29th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
30th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
June-Perseverance
6th-PA Day
18th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
19th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
23rd-Report Cards Sent Home
27th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn (Last Pizza Day)
