ILPS April 2019 Newsletter

Posted April 8, 2019

Principal and Vice-Principal’s Message – April 2019 Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Thank you for your patience.  We have been holding off on writing our April Newsletter until we received our tentative class information from the Board for next year.  Please see the details below.

Thank you to all of our families for their participation in the Dance-a-thon this year—we appreciated all of the support for our Scientist in the School program!  Congrats to Mackenzie M. who will be our Principal for an afternoon and all of the students for their participation!

Parents and guardians, please monitor the changing weather at this time of year and encourage the children to dress in layers.  Please label all items of clothing to reduce the number of items in the lost and found box.  The BAG 2 SCHOOL clothing drive continues to be very successful – thank you for your participation and many thanks to Mrs. Hughson for organizing the event.

Mr. Sean Singh (x223)      Mrs. Janice Dampier (x 224)

Principal                          Vice-Principal

Grandpals and The Wise Ones at ILPS!  

The purpose of these intergenerational programs is to foster cooperation, understanding and friendship between the generations. The program impacts  youth’s attitudes towards aging and understanding the past.  It also promotes feelings of life-satisfaction and self-worth for the older adult. We are very pleased to have our Wise Ones visit us once a week to participate with the Grade 8’s in conversation and learning.  One of our grade 5 classes goes to the Lord Dufferin Centre to visit their Grandpals.  Thank you to Mrs. Hughson, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Manzerolle.

Staffing and School Organization for 2019-2020

Question for the Principal

 Question: How does staff decide which class to place my child in?

Answer: When school staff draft class lists, a  variety of factors are taken into consideration. Some of them are as follows:

• Total number of students (must meet Ministry and contractual guidelines)
• Balance of female/male students
• Balance of abilities
• Number of students identified with special needs
• Combinations of students (positive and challenging)
• Formation of interactive learning groups
• Teacher experience
• Parent requests

If parents/guardians wish to make a request for a particular class, it must be supported by specific and detailed reasons and must be sent by email to the Principal’s email address:   [email protected]

Our deadline for requests to be emailed to the Principal is FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2019.

 email address:   [email protected]

Another email reminder will go out in May.  The request must specify the reason for the request.  We will make every effort to honour parent requests, but please realize that we cannot guarantee that requests will be met, due to the number of variables involved in student placement. 

Information from Public Health:

Free dental care for children and youth (17 and younger)

If you can’t afford dental care, we have FREE services for your children at Public Health. We provide free basic dental care, including cleanings, x-rays, check-ups and treatment to children and youth.

Our dental hygienists provide preventive services (e.g. cleanings) out of all Public Health locations. Our dentist also provides dental care to children and youth enrolled in the Healthy Smiles Ontario program, and is located in Guelph at our 160 Chancellors Way office.

Do you have a Healthy Smiles Ontario card? Call Public Health to book an appointment.

For more information about our dental services or to book an appointment, call our Dental Line at 1-800-265-7293 ext. 2661. Visit our website for more information: https://www.wdgpublichealth.ca/your-kids/dental-oral-health

Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd!

Founded in 1990, Earth Day Canada inspires people of all ages across the country to connect with nature and build resilient communities as well as foster an intrinsically motivated, enduring commitment to stewardship and conservation. https://earthday.ca/about/

Earth Day 2019 Theme: Protect our Species

All living things have an intrinsic value, and each plays a unique role in the complex web of life. We must work together to protect endangered and threatened species. Go to https://earthday.org for some quick facts on the current wave of extinction and additional information about this problem.

We wish all of our students and families a productive Term 2 here at Island Lake – the Home of the Ospreys!

Sean Singh

Principal

Island Lake Public School

519-941-3292 x223

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