Good evening Mustang Families,
Last Friday, our school held our Olympic Play Day, complete with an opening and closing ceremony featuring an Olympic cauldron and torch. The activities kept students physically active, excited, and having fun all morning long.
I was incredibly impressed by the outstanding leadership of our two teachers, Mrs. Christie and Mrs. Mikulik , who planned the entire event, as well as all of the student leaders who guided our teams. They kept everyone engaged, energized, and safe throughout the day.
It was truly one of the best days I can remember at Princess Margaret. The kids were thrilled and so appreciative—seeing them proudly waving the flags of our PMPS family nations around the school was heartwarming and included countries like the Philippines, Jamaica, Italy, and many more. It was a core-memory day for sure.
This week we also had our junior and intermediate speech speak off in the library. Everyone was impressed with the pose, confidence, and knowledge of our speakers. Public speaking is an important skill and all of our students worked hard over the last two months to prepare and present their speeches. Our winners will present our school at the Lions Club.
-Ongoing Grade ⅞ Trip Fundraising: Our intermediates are busy selling chocolates and popcorn to earn money towards their year end trip. Please support them if you are able to. Thank you.
Important Dates:
-20th: Olympic Guest Speaker (in person) 130pm
-25th: Pink Shirt Day- Across Canada. Stand Up Against Bullying
Upcoming Spirit Days:
-Friday, Feb. 20th: Wear Canadian memorabilia or red and white! Olympian guest speaker will be at our school to share with us (more information below)
-Friday, Feb. 27th: Board Game day! Bring in your favourite board game and enjoy game stations in your classroom.
Reminders:
Reminder: Report Cards & IEPS Went Home the 18th: As with Student Progress reports in the Fall, the UGDSB is continuing to use the online report card system. If you previously accessed our Electronic Report Card system in the last few years, no action is required at this time for you to access your child(ren)’s term one report. Please note, we have also chosen to send home paper copies of the report card as well with each child. Elementary reports are available for parents to download from the Parent Portal. Please check your child’s backpack for the paper copy.
To access reports;
Please visit the UGDSB website at https://sites.google.com/ugcloud.ca/parenthelp/report-cards-parent-portal and see https://www.ugdsb.ca/parents/connected/ for further help in accessing and downloading student reports in the portal (if the links do not work, please try cut/copy/paste into your browser)
If your email address has changed, or you are new to our school board since the November progress reports, please contact your school office coordinator, Mrs. McKenzie at 519-941-3731 ext 221 or push 0.
IEPS (modified and alternative goals only) also went home on the 18th as well. Please remember to read the IEP, keep it, but to send back the signed consultation page please.
Attention Parents/Caregivers Public Health Immunization Notices: Immunization notices have been sent for elementary students who do not have up-to-date immunization records. To get missing vaccines listed in the notice, you can book an appointment with your healthcare provider or with Public Health at wdgpublichealth.ca/appointments. To check or update your child's immunization record, visit immunizewdg.ca. Visit wdgpublichealth.ca/vaccination for more information about receiving a notice. Please note all inquiries and concerns go through Public Health. As a school we have no control over the immunization notices.
Free webinar series for parents/caregivers: Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health from School Mental Health Ontario:
We are excited to share a valuable opportunity to support your child’s well-being. School Mental Health Ontario is offering a free webinar series as part of the By Your Side Learning Hub, designed to help parents and caregivers navigate important topics to support their children’s mental health.
This expert-led series will provide insights and practical strategies on:
✅ balanced device use
✅ vaping
✅ body image
✅ anxiety
The webinars will also include answers to questions that parents/caregivers can provide ahead of the webinar, giving you the chance to ask questions and gain practical guidance.
📅 Sessions run March to June
English and French sessions will be offered on each topic. All webinar recordings will be uploaded to the By Your Side Learning Hub.
Parking lot reminders: Our parking lot is closed from 815am- 310pm everyday- all vehicles except for school buses and those with special needs parking permits, may not enter during this time . Please no parking in special needs parking without a permit, no stopping, no parking in the bus loop or no parking zones, do not block the exit from our parking lot by parking across the exit to the street and please be kind to staff who are helping to enforce these rules, including By Law who come out consistently but randomly.
Milk Sales: Our wonderful Student Council continues to sell milk. The milk costs $1.25 each.
We have a great day of learning and fun planned on Friday! Have a great weekend once it gets here.
Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal