Princess Margaret Public School

📚 Library Book Returns 📚 As we near the end of the school year, the library is getting ready for next year’s adventures! We kindly ask families to help ensure that all library books are returned by June 13th. No new books will be signed out at this time. Thank you for supporting our library and helping us keep our collection organized and ready for September! Warm regards, Mustang Library Team

Jump Rope for Heart Friday June 13th! Hey Mustang Families! Thank-you for helping support the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Our online Fundraiser page is: https://jumpropeforheart.crowdchange.ca/88081 OR jumpropeforheart.ca/registration and search for Princess Margaret School

A reminder that Wednesday, June 4th, is Pasta Day - our final one of the school year. We also have Pizza Day scheduled on Wednesday June 4th (the intermediates are away on their year end trip Thursday and Friday is a PD Day.). We may have an overlap of food orders for this date.

Good evening Mustang Families, It’s been a very busy week here as May wraps up (where does the time go?). Thank you to all of our families who have supported our Jump Rope for Heart so far. Please read below about how you can still support our school. Our grade 3 and 6 students are done writing EQAO and made us proud by how hard they worked. Our big event, Arts Night & Family Fun Nights is coming up on Tuesday, June 3rd. Please read below for more information as we are very excited to see all of our families out. We are looking forward to Monday and our ‘Bursting with Pride’ Pride Month kick off! We will have a flag raising and art activities that focus on kindness and inclusion. There is so much more coming up, please make sure to check the important dates down below. Compass Run: On Monday, June 9th we are having our annual Compass Run/Walk/Wheel. We are asking everyone to bring in a non-perishable food item for our local food bank. Please bring what you can. Support to Access Digital Report Cards for Parents/Guardians : To support upcoming report cards at the end of June, The Upper Grand District School Board has an online parent portal called Parent ConnectED. Parents/guardians are able to access their children's report cards digitally through this portal. To assist with access and support any technical challenges that families might experience, the UGDSB has created a support website for Parent ConnectED found here: UGDSB Report Card Support. This is also posted on our school website. Within this website there is support on the following topics: How to create a parent portal account How to access report cards A list of links to schools report card websites The parent-teacher interview booking process Information on 18+ students granting parental access What to do if you forgot your password Important Dates: -June 2nd: Bursting with Pride School Event & Flag Raising -June 3rd: Arts Night and Family Fun Night 5-7pm -June 5th: Grade 8 Intermediate Trip to Niagara Falls -June 5th: Last School Council meeting of the year: Elections for 25/26 & more 6pm -June 6th: PD day-No school for students -June 9th: Compass Run at School -June 10th: Rescheduled CMHA Presentations for Intermediates (new letters went home) -June 11th: Headwaters Farm Program Presentation- kindergarten (letter to go home) -June 12th: Headwaters Farm Program Presentation- grade ½ class (letter to go home) -June 13th: Jump Rope Event -June 16th: Healthy SchoolS School Wide Play Day (morning two blocks) -June 17th: JK Orientation-9-12pm approximately (more info to go home) -June 19th: Track and Field Board event (more information to come) -June 20th: Grade 1- 3 Trip to Orangeville Library: Author Visit (more info going home) -June 23rd: PMPS Grad!!! (more information to come) -June 25th: Public Health Fluoride Varnish #2 (more information to come) -June 25th: Intermediate walk to Island Lake -June 26th: Term 2 report cards go home & Last day with students -June 26th: Last Day morning assembly, intermediate bbq and dance -June 27th: PD day: No school for students Upcoming Spirit Days: -May 30th:Beach day (Dress like you are going to the beach - no bathing suits.) June 2025: -June 2nd: Colour Day!(Dress in as many colours as you can to celebrate Pride month) -June 13th: Share the Sunshine Day: Dress in yellow or bright colours to symbolize sunshine and positivity. Let your kind spirit shine -June 16th: School Colours to celebrate our PMPS outdoor playday!! Make sure to wear a hat and some sunscreen!! -June 26th: Celebrate Canada!! Dress in red and white or wear Canadian accessories Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Friday for another great learning day! Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

Family Fun Night is happening one week from tonight! On Tuesday, June 3rd, we will be hosting our annual Family Fun Night and all our PMPS families are welcome! We will have a wonderful display of student art in the library, our school choir and band will be performing in the gym, we will have free face painting and lots of fun games outside, Student Council will be selling freezies and hand-made bracelets (for cash), we will have a used children's book sale this year (for cash), and great raffle prizes from School Council! Every family who attends will be given a raffle ticket upon entry, for a chance to win one of three fantastic gift baskets! Avoid having to make dinner and order pizza and pop through our School Cash Online - all proceeds help to support our school! Please ensure you order your pizza and pop under ONE student's name per household, as this facilitates a faster and easier distribution process. Please bring correct change for the book sale (soft cover books are $1 and hard covers are $2), freezies, and bracelets. We hope you will join us for this fun night to celebrate PMPS! Thank you for supporting our school.

Good evening Mustang Families, Wow, what a great week here at PMPS! Our Special Olympians and peer coaches attended their meet on Wednesday and did a fantastic job demonstrating their skill and resilience. I am very proud of our older students who coached and encouraged our younger students. Our kindergartens cheered them out in the morning and our whole school cheered them back in at the end of the day. We have wonderful students at PMPS! All Olympians received ribbons and medals! Go Mustangs go! Our grade 3 and 6s started EQAO this week and I am proud of their hard work. EQAO continues next week, so it is important that all students attend school and arrive on time. Thanks for your help with this. Officer Amy came back to PMPS to work with our kindergartens about community safety. We are happy that we have a good partnership with our community officer. The grade 3s and 7s continue their Swim to Survive program. This program teaches our students the basic skills needed to survive while swimming and/or accidentally being knocked into the water. Thanks to our staff and parent/caregiver volunteers who organized and make these trips possible. Our junior students completed their track and field standards day this week and our intermediates do theirs next week. Public Health was also in to do a vaccination clinic with our grade 7s. Nobody likes needles, but our grade 7s did a good job. It’s safe to say it was another busy week at PMPS! Supervision: Please remember that students should not be arriving before 820am in the morning and need to be picked up/ or leave the school at the dismissal bell at 250pm. Morning supervision begins at 820am and end of the day supervision ends at 3pm. We have been noticing that some students are coming at about 8am. Breakfast Program: A quick reminder that breakfast club is open from 8am-825am. All are welcome to attend, but please do not arrive before 8am. Thank you. Professional Activity Day Description: June 6, 2025: Information for Elementary Parents/Guardians Date: June 6, 2025 Length: Full Day Elementary Topic: Curriculum and Report Card Writing Entity Hosting: Upper Grand DSB Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School Administrators and Online Modules prepared by Program Services Description: On the upcoming professional activity day, elementary educators across the school board will be engaged in targeted training to strengthen literacy instruction and student achievement. The morning sessions will focus on evidence-based practices, including the use of early reading screeners, vocabulary development, and effective writing instruction. Educators teaching French will also participate in professional learning designed to enhance instruction in both Core French and French Immersion programs, with an emphasis on supporting students’ oral language, vocabulary, reading, and writing skills. These sessions reflect our ongoing commitment to providing high-quality education and ensuring all students have the tools they need to succeed. The second half of the day will be dedicated to report card writing, as per the employee group collective agreements. Elementary Morning (150 mins) - Curriculum A choice of math and literacy topics and strategies to focus on with staff. Afternoon (150 mins) - Report Card Writing A half day for report card writing, as outlined in collective agreements Important Dates: -May 13th, 20th, and 27th: Grade 3 and Grade 7 Swim to Survive program (permission forms have been sent home by teachers of these grades) -May 21st to June 3rd: EQAO at PMPS grades 3 and 6: All students need to be at school well rested and ready to go! Our students will do great! (more information to come) -May 28th: Intermediate track and field standards day, middle block -May 29th: Indigenous Games Trip to Island Lake: Shaw, Fendley & Westlake (more info to come) -June 2nd: Bursting with Pride School Event & Flag Raising -June 3rd: Arts Night and Family Fun Night 5-7pm(more information to come) -June 5th: Grade 8 Intermediate Trip to Niagara Falls -June 5th: Last School Council meeting of the year: Elections for 25/26 6pm -June 6th: PD day-No school for students (more information to come) -June 9th: Compass Run at School(more information to come) -June 10th: Rescheduled CMHA Presentations for Intermediates (new letters going home) Upcoming Spirit Days: -May 30th:Beach day (Dress like you are going to the beach - no bathing suit.) Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Friday for another great learning day! Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

Good evening Mustang Families, What a week! Our Ultimate frisbee team has started up again, gardening club is busy prepping the community garden beds, drama club is rehearsing, our baseball team has started, our kindness rock garden is almost complete and already looks great in our front foyer, our Chess team competed at their tournament and played well showing great sports ‘people' skills, grade three and sixes are doing their final preparations for EQAO, and we had over 70 students participate in the bike rodeo! Thank goodness it is a long weekend, students and staff need some time to rest! A reminder we’ll see everyone back on Tuesday next week. Family Fun Night is Coming Back to PMPS!! We are excited to share that we will be hosting Family Fun Night again this year, on Tuesday, June 3rd, from 5-7pm!! Who wants to worry about cooking dinner on a fun evening out with the family? Order pizza and pop through School Cash Online and feed your family while helping to raise funds for our School Council!! Kindly ensure that you order under ONE student's name per household, as this facilitates a faster and easier distribution process. Thank you. At this year's Family Fun Night and Student Art Showcase, we will have a fabulous student art display in the Library, our school band and choir will be performing, we will have free face painting with lots of fun games outside, Student Council will be selling freezies and bracelets (for cash), we will have a used children's book sale (for which we are still collecting books - see the box outside the office), and great raffle prizes from School Council! Every family who attends will receive a free raffle ticket, for a chance to win one of three large gift baskets! We are selling pizza for $2/slice and pop for $1/can in advance through School Cash Online. These items are available online now. The book sale will have soft-cover children's books for $1 and hard-cover children's books for $2. Kindly bring correct change. Colour flyers will be sent home with students in the coming days. We hope you will join us for this fun night in support of our school! Jump Rope for Heart – Friday, June 13th, 2025: We are excited to announce that Princess Margaret Public School will be participating in the Jump Rope for Heart event on Friday, June 13th, in support of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada! This fun and active event encourages our students to get moving, have fun, and learn about the importance of heart health — all while raising funds for a great cause. Each jump contributes to research and promotes the health and well-being of Canadians. Event Details: 📅 Date: Friday, June 13, 2025 🪁 Note: Activities will take place throughout the school day. How You Can Help: 🔗 Register & Fundraise Online: Visit our school’s fundraising page: https://jumpropeforheart.crowdchange.ca/88081 Or go to jumpropeforheart.ca and search for Princess Margaret Public School – Orangeville 👟 Dress for the Day: Please ensure your child wears comfortable clothing, proper footwear, and brings a water bottle. Let’s make this year’s Jump Rope for Heart event our best one yet! Thank you for helping us support a heart-healthy future. Freezie Sales to Support Grad: Freezie sales will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Kindergarten up to grade 3 - ½ freezie only $1.00, and all other grades can buy ½ or full for $1/$2. Sales will be during second nutrition break (12:50-1:10). Thank you for your support. Important Dates: -May 13th, 20th, and 27th: Grade 3 and Grade 7 Swim to Survive program (permission forms have been sent home by teachers of these grades) -May 16th: EA & CYC Appreciation Day: We have the best team at PMPS hands down! Thanks for all that you do! -May 16th: Jump Rope Kick Off Event!(more information to come) -May 19th: Victoria Day, no school -May 20th: Track and Field Standards Day: Junior, first block -May 20th: Grade ⅘ & ⅚ in Library from 115-215pm: Moccasin Identifier Program -May 22nd: Catch up vaccination at PMPS (more information to come) -May 22nd: Kindergarten Officer Amy presentations (letter has been sent home) -May 21st: Special Olympics, Board Wide Event (more information to come) -May 21st to June 3rd: EQAO at PMPS grades 3 and 6: All students need to be at school well rested and ready to go! Our students will do great! (more information to come) -May 28th: Intermediate track and field standards day, middle block -May 29th: Indigenous Games Trip to Island Lake: Shaw, Fendley & Westlake (more info to come) Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Friday for another great learning day before heading into the long weekend. We’ll see everyone back at 830am on Tuesday morning. Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

📣 Parent Announcement Jump Rope for Heart – Friday, June 13th, 2025 Princess Margaret Public School – Orangeville Dear Parents and Guardians, We are excited to announce that Princess Margaret Public School will be participating in the Jump Rope for Heart event on Friday, June 13th, in support of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada! This fun and active event encourages our students to get moving, have fun, and learn about the importance of heart health — all while raising funds for a great cause. Each jump contributes to research and promotes the health and well-being of Canadians. Event Details: 📅 Date: Friday, June 13, 2025 📍 Location: Princess Margaret Public School – Orangeville 🪁 Note: Activities will take place throughout the school day. How You Can Help: 🔗 Register & Fundraise Online: Visit our school’s fundraising page: https://jumpropeforheart.crowdchange.ca/88081 Or go to jumpropeforheart.ca and search for Princess Margaret Public School – Orangeville 👟 Dress for the Day: Please ensure your child wears comfortable clothing, proper footwear, and brings a water bottle. Let’s make this year’s Jump Rope for Heart event our best one yet! Thank you for helping us support a heart-healthy future.

We are reaching out to share a serious safety concern involving a recent trend circulating on social media platforms such as TikTok. This trend encourages students to insert metal objects into the charging ports of Chromebooks, causing sparks, short circuits, and in some cases, permanent damage or even fire. Unfortunately, we have already had incidents of this dangerous behavior attempted at some UGDSB schools. These actions pose a significant safety risk to students and staff and can result in severe damage to school property. Please be advised that any participation in these acts will lead to serious consequences in line with the school’s code of conduct. We ask for your support in discussing this issue with your child to help them understand the real dangers and impact of engaging in such behavior. Together, we can ensure the safety of our school community and prevent further incidents. Thank you for your attention and partnership.

Good evening Mustang Families, It’s been another fantastic week at PMPS. Our Special Olympic athletes and student coaches started to practice for their big day in a couple of weeks, the grade three and six students are busy preparing for EQAO, and in recognition of Mental Health and Education Week, each class participated in a kindness art activity that was organized by our Child & Youth Worker, Tania. Last week, the grades 4-8s enjoyed a presentation from GET REAL about inclusivity involving the 2SLGBTQ+1 community. Thanks to our School Council for supporting this work. Next week is the Bike Rodeo. We have many students who are participating. For those students please remember your bike locks, helmets, and permission forms on the 13th. Good luck to our school’s chess team who will be competing at Credit Meadows ES next week in our county tournament. Go PMPS Mustangs go! Important Information Re: Donut Pick Up: Donuts will be available for pick-up on Friday afternoon, May 9th, from 2:50pm until 4pm in the school library. Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser! Please be reminded that these donuts will arrive freshly baked from Quest for Cakes Bakery and can be frozen. School Council volunteers will have alphabetical lists for distribution on Friday afternoon. Kindly pick up your donuts before 4pm. Thank you. UGDSB Math@Home: The UGDSB Math@Home document which has activities and games for families. The document includes 30+ pages of templates. UGDSB Math@Home for Grades 1 - 3 Important Dates: -May 5th to May 9th: Education Week and Mental Health Week -May 9th: Whole group grade 8 visit to ODSS (more information to come) -May 9th: Donut pick up (if ordered, more details to come) -May 13th: Bike Roadeo at PMPS (information has gone home to interested students) -May 13th, 20th, and 27th: Grade 3 and Grade 7 Swim to Survive program (permission forms have been sent home by teachers of these grades) -May 15th: Chess tournament at CMES (permission forms going home to team members soon) -May 16th: EA & CYC Appreciation Day: We have the best team at PMPS hands down! Thanks for all that you do! -May 16th: Jump Rope Kick Off Event!(more information to come) -May 19th: Victoria Day, no school -May 20th: Grade ⅘ & ⅚ in Library from 115-215pm: Moccasin Identifier Program -May 22nd: Catch up vaccination at PMPS (more information to come) -May 22nd: Kindergarten Officer Amy presentations (letter has been sent home) -May 21st: Special Olympics, Board Wide Event (more information to come) -May 21st to June 3rd: EQAO at PMPS grades 3 and 6: All students need to be at school well rested and ready to go! Our students will do great! (more information to come) -May 28th: Intermediate track and field standards day -May 29th: Indigenous Games Trip to Island Lake: Shaw, Fendley & Westlake (more info to come) Upcoming Spirit Days: -May 9th: Sparkle and sunshine day! Wear glittery accessories, shiny and sparkly clothes, or wear shiny jewellery! -May 16th: ART in the classroom! Just like board games day- take a period during your day and create some class art work!! -May 21st: Special Olympics Day! Wear Olympic Red and Olympic grey in support of our PMPS Special Olympics team. -May 30th:Beach day (Dress like you are going to the beach - no bathing suit.) Don’t forget about our Mustang Spirit Cup!! Congratulations to Mrs Ditchburn’s and Miss Bonger’s class for being our award winners for March and April! Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Friday for another great learning day before heading into the weekend. Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

Important Information Re: Donut Pick Up at PMPS : Donuts will be available for pick-up on Friday afternoon, May 9th, from 2:50pm until 4pm in the school library. Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser! Please be reminded that these donuts will arrive freshly baked from Quest for Cakes Bakery and can be frozen. School Council volunteers will have alphabetical lists for distribution on Friday afternoon. Kindly pick up your donuts before 4pm. Thank you.

Good evening Mustang Families, Happy May! The school year is flying by. Please be sure to check out important dates that are coming up down below. . PMPS is very busy in the coming weeks. This past week, PMPS was a polling station during the federal election and things went very smoothly, while students learned a little bit about the voting process. We also enjoyed a fun but competitive student versus staff basketball game last Friday which involved so much cheering. It’s safe to say that everyone had fun supporting their favourite team. The students are also enjoying the playgrounds being open as well as all of the equipment that has been provided to them from the School Council to support recess and DPA (daily physical activity). Thanks Council! Council would also like to thank all of our families for participating in our latest fundraiser. Your support means that the Council can continue to support initiatives at PMPS. Thanks PMPS families! As of today, we also completed all of the required drills for spring. Students and staff responded well and are prepared for emergencies. Tomorrow the grades 4-8s welcome GET REAL presenters. This will be a great experience. Thanks to our CYC Tania, for setting this up! Who wants a garden plot… Going , going, gone: All of our garden slots have now been spoken for the 2025 growing season. Attendance at PMPS: Did you know that April 29th we had 9.5% of our total student population absent and 6.6% were late to school? Our most absent day of the week is Fridays with 10.4% of our students away, followed by Mondays with 10.2% of our students away. Monday and Fridays are also the days of the week when most students are late. Grade 8s are the most absent grade and grade 1s are our most late grade. Grade 5s have the best attendance and grades 4s and 5s are the least late. Spring is a great time to recommit to making it to school every day and to do so on time. Attendance letters will be going home to all parents and caregivers next week whose child(ren) are absent or late for more than 10% of the school year. As of April 29th, there have been 126 days of school. Please reach out to your child’s teacher or myself, if we can support you and your child(ren) with attendance. We are here to help. The letter will have more information. May Communications Newsletter:The May Communications Newsletter is out! This is the monthly public-facing newsletter from the communications department. In this month's issue we have information about: Mental Health and Education Week Upholding Human Rights Empowerment Day And more! can view the newsletter here: https://www.ugdsb.ca/page/communications-newsletter Primary & Junior EQAO Math Webinars **Parent Info for Grade 3, 6, and 9** EQAO Math Night for Parents and Guardians: Join us for a free live webinar where EQAO staff will discuss math questions that Ontario students encounter when they participate in Ontario’s large-scale assessments. These assessments are taken by all Ontario students in Grades 3, 6 and 9. During the webinar, EQAO staff will show how these math questions help assess the skills students are learning in their math classes. Staff will also share valuable insights from the past three years of assessment results, which can help parents and guardians support their children’s math learning. Register EQAO Language Webinar for Parents and Guardians of Elementary School Students: Register for this free live webinar and learn about EQAO’s primary and junior Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics. Participants will learn about the purpose of Ontario’s large-scale assessments. EQAO staff will explain the assessment format, highlight resources to support students, and answer questions from participants. The session will be approximately 45 minutes, followed by a live Q&A with EQAO staff. Register Important Dates: -May 1st: School Council meeting 6pm in the library: New members are always welcome! -May 2nd: GET Real Presentation at PMPS (grades 4-8) (letters have gone home)-Parents welcome -May 5th to May 9th: Education Week and Mental Health Week -May 9th: Whole group grade 8 visit to ODSS (more information to come) -May 9th: Donut pick up (if ordered, more details to come) -May 13th: Bike Roadeo at PMPS (information has gone home to interested students) -May 13th, 20th, and 27th: Grade 3 and Grade 7 Swim to Survive program (permission forms have been sent home by teachers of these grades) -May 15th: Chess tournament at CMES (permission forms going home to team members soon) -May 16th: EA & CYC Appreciation Day: We have the best team at PMPS hands down! Thanks for all that you do! -May 16th: Jump Rope Kick Off Event!(more information to come) -May 19th: Victoria Day, no school Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Friday for another great learning day before heading into the weekend. Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

Who wants a garden plot? We have 4 plots available at the school’s Community Garden for this summer. If you've walked past our school during the summer months, you've seen how successful this space can be for growing veggies (and sunflowers!). These plots will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that all gardeners are asked to take turns watering all the beds throughout the summer, using our rotating schedule. Our garden is a chemical-free, natural plot. We have plenty of seeds available to share! If you are interested, please e-mail Emily, our School Council Chair, at indianajane24@yahoo.ca for more information. Thank you.

Good evening Mustang Families, It’s been another busy week here at PMPS. Thank you to Ms Ellis for coordinating this year’s Earth Day assembly. It was a great showcase of the wonderful things that are happening here at PMPS; choir, band, drama, poetry… the list goes on! A final reminder, please come in and check out our lost and found display. Items will be out until April 25th and then remaining items will be donated. On Monday, April 28th, our school will be used as a polling station for the federal election. This means voters will be coming in and out of our school to cast their ballots. Please rest assured that student safety is my top priority. Classes will continue as normal, and Elections Canada will have extra staff at all schools for security. The extra staff will be present at the entrances and in the hallways to ensure that people go directly in and out of the polling area and nowhere else in our school. We also see this as a great educational opportunity for students to learn about elections and the electoral process. It’s a chance for them to learn how voting works and why every voice matters. National Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace Monday, April 28, 2024: Our flags will be lowered from sunrise until sunset on Monday, April 28th, 2025, to mark the National Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace. Running Shoes/ No necklace/ No bags etc on Play Structures: Our playgrounds are now open for the spring! A reminder that children can only use them if they have proper footwear. Proper footwear is running shoes that have a good tread on the bottom. Sandals and Crocs are not allowed. Please no necklaces, small purses, or bags, this can get caught and lead to choking. Thank you. Important Dates: School Council Donut Fundraiser: Friday, March 28th to Thursday, April 24th. Pick up May 9th- more details to come. Thank you for your support. -April 25th: CMHA presentations: grades ⅞ -CANCELLED By CMHA/We are working on rescheduling. -May 1st: School Council meeting 6pm in the library -May 2nd: GET Real Presentation at PMPS (grades 4-8) (letters have gone home) Upcoming Spirit Days: TBD Please remember to stay connected in the following ways: -Downloading the new mobile app - it’s everything Upper Grand in your pocket. For the latest updates, please sign up for notifications! Download for Android https://aptg.ca/V7pmln Download for iPhone https://aptg.ca/370LCh . -checking our NEW Princess Margaret website once https://uppergranddsbon.sites.thrillshare.ca/o/pmps. -Our Twitter/ X page is: @margaret_ps, we also have a Facebook and Instagram page. -your phone messages and text messages Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Friday for another great learning day before heading into the weekend. Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

School Council has asked us to share these three announcements: You have just four days left to participate in our School Council's donut fundraiser!! Did you hear that we added incentives? The class that sells the most donuts will receive a classroom donut party!! AND the individual student who sells the most donuts will be awarded an extra order of donuts, for free! Together with our local Quest for Cakes Bakery, School Council are selling packs of 12 small donuts for $15. There are three delicious flavours, all nut free, Kosher dairy, with a full ingredient list on each pack: chocolate dip, celebration vanilla dip with sprinkles, and maple dip. A colour flyer was sent home with students earlier this month. There are a few copies left in the school office if you would still like one. This fundraiser is LIVE now on School Cash On-Line and runs until this Thursday night. Orders must be placed by PMPS families through School Cash On-Line. The donuts will be available for pick-up at the end of the school day on Friday, May 9th, just in time for Mother's Day!! These donuts are made fresh and can be frozen. Thank you for your support. Please join us this Saturday, April 26th, at 10am, for a school yard clean-up! In celebration of Earth Day this week, together with our local Hughes Real Estate Team, School Council is hosting a garbage pick-up, to help clean up our school grounds! Hughes Team will be supplying all the bags and gloves required, as well as bringing treats for all the helpers! We will meet outside the front of the school at 10am on Saturday and will form teams to work around the school yard. Please bring your families - everyone is welcome! Used book sale! On Tuesday, June 3rd, PMPS will be hosting another Family Fun Night! More details will come home soon, but in the meantime, School Council is asking you to please consider going through your child's home library and donate any gently used books you no longer need to this event. School Council will be hosting a book sale table, at which we will sell these donated books for $1 (soft covers) and $2 (hard covers). This is recycling at its best! And helps to keep books in children's hands, inspiring and educating young minds! We will have a box in the school office to collect these books, starting this week. Thank you! School Council thanks you for your support of these initiatives!

Good evening Mustang Families, It’s been another busy week here at PMPS. Our intermediate students played their final basketball games (thanks to Mr. Navarro and Mrs. Mikulik for coaching), some of our classes are busy growing seedlings, our new front hallway earth day display looks grea,t small groups of grade 8s are heading over to the high school for transition visits, our kindergartens visited the library this week, all classes received new outdoor equipment for DPA and recess (thanks School Council), and we are preparing for school wide Earth Day assembly on April 22nd (Thank you Ms.Ellis). Please come in and check out our lost and found display. Items will be out until April 25th and then remaining items will be donated. For all of our families who celebrate Easter, we wish you a joyous weekend. We have another great day of learning tomorrow, but a reminder that there is no school on Friday or Monday due to the Easter holiday. We’ll see everyone back for learning April 22nd (where is April going?). Donut Fundraiser Update: We have added incentives to our delicious donut fundraiser, from School Council and our local Quest for Cakes Bakery! For the class that sells the most donuts, they will receive a classroom donut party! And also, to the individual student who has the highest sales, they will receive an additional package of donuts for free! We are selling packs of 12 small donuts for $15, featuring 3 flavours: chocolate dip, celebration vanilla dip (with sprinkles) and maple dip. These donuts are nut free, Kosher dairy, and the full ingredients will be listed on each pack. This fundraiser is live NOW through School Cash On-Line and and will run until Thursday, April 24th. The donuts will be available for pick-up at the end of the school day on Friday, May 9th. If you have not yet received a color flyer for this fundraiser, please pick one up at the schools’s front office. School Council fundraisers help to support our school with things like important student programs, sporting events and gym equipment, and outdoor education materials, to name a few. Thank you for your support! Please remember to stay connected in the following ways: -Downloading the new mobile app - it’s everything Upper Grand in your pocket. For the latest updates, please sign up for notifications! Download for Android https://aptg.ca/V7pmln Download for iPhone https://aptg.ca/370LCh . -checking our NEW Princess Margaret website once https://uppergranddsbon.sites.thrillshare.ca/o/pmps. -Our Twitter/ X page is: @margaret_ps, we also have a Facebook and Instagram page. -your phone messages and text messages Supervision: Please remember that students should not be arriving before 820am in the morning and need to be picked up/ or leave the school at the dismissal bell at 250pm. Morning supervision begins at 820am and end of the day supervision ends at 3pm. Attendance/ Lates/ All Visitors: If your child is not going to be at school, please call our school office and report the absence on our attendance line. Please also do this if your child is going to be late. If a student is late, they must check in with the office and get a late slip. This allows the teacher to know that the student has checked in with the office, so attendance can be accurate. Our school day is from 830am to 250pm every day and it is important that students arrive on time, as there are important routines and announcements that they will miss if they are late. Thank you for your help. If you are coming into the school, please check in with the office. All visitors must check in with the office. Important Dates: School Council Donut Fundraiser: Friday, March 28th to Thursday, April 24th. Pick up May 9th- more details to come. Thank you for your support. -April 18th- 21st: Easter weekend for those who celebrate -April 22nd: Earth Day Assembly (Mrs Ellis is organizing) -April 23rd: OC Appreciation day! Thank you for all that you do Mrs. Mckenzie! -April 25th: CMHA presentations: grades ⅞ (letter has gone home) -May 1st: School Council meeting 6pm in the library -May 2nd: GET Real Presentation at PMPS (grades 4-8) (letters have gone home) -May 5th to May 9th: Education Week and Mental Health Week -May 9th: Whole group grade 8 visit to ODSS (more information to come) -May 13th: Bike Roadeo at PMPS (more information to come) -May 13th, 20th, and 27th: Grade 3 and Grade 7 Swim to Survive program(more information to come) Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails and your continued support. We’ll see everyone on Thursday for another great learning day. A reminder that there is no school on Friday or Monday. We’ll see everyone back on the 22nd at 830am! Have a great long weekend! Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

We have added incentives to our delicious donut fundraiser, from School Council and our local Quest for Cakes Bakery! For the class that sells the most donuts, they will receive a classroom donut party! And also, to the individual student who has the highest sales, they will receive an additional package of donuts for free! We are selling packs of 12 small donuts for $15, featuring 3 flavours: chocolate dip, celebration vanilla dip (with sprinkles) and maple dip. These donuts are nut free, Kosher dairy, and the full ingredients will be listed on each pack. This fundraiser is live NOW through School Cash On-Line and and will run until Thursday, April 24th. The donuts will be available for pick-up at the end of the school day on Friday, May 9th. If you have not yet received a color flyer for this fundraiser, please pick one up at the schools’s front office. School Council fundraisers help to support our school with things like important student programs, sporting events and gym equipment, and outdoor education materials, to name a few. Thank you for your support!

Good evening Mustang Families, What a busy week! We held a basketball tournament for our junior and intermediate players at PMPS, completed special education meetings with awesome parents and students, and tomorrow we wrap up the week with Police Officer Amy presentations for grades 1-3! In the next couple of weeks, we will start with our spring safety drills that are mandatory. This spring, we have to complete three fire drills, one lockdown drill, one evacuation drill and a tornado drill. Officer Amy will be invited to participate in the lockdown drill at our school. This helps the officer learn the layout of our school. Over the last couple of weeks, students have noticed that we have had new lights and signs installed in anticipation of a new lockdown system that is automated. This is a great addition to our school because sometimes places like the shop, the gym, or library may be too loud for announcements. The lights alert students and staff to stop and listen to directions. Staff will receive training in the coming weeks. We are also in queue for a new front door system that will have our front door locked during the school day, but with an intercom buzzer system that allows parents and volunteers access. We are in phase 2 of this project so the change will be happening in the next year or so. More information will come as we receive our date of installation. April Communications Newsletter: The April Communications Newsletter is out! This is the monthly public-facing newsletter from the communications department. In this month's issue we have information about: Practicing gratitude Free dental health services And more! You can view the newsletter here: https://www.ugdsb.ca/page/communications-newsletter Dogs on School Property: As the weather slowly starts to improve, please remember that dogs are not allowed on school property. Some of our students have a fear of dogs. Please wait with your dog off school property for your child(ren). Thank you for your support. School Council Donut Fundraiser: Have you heard?! School Council is selling delicious donuts with our local Quest for Cakes Bakery! We will be sending a colour flyer home with students later this week, so you can see them for yourself! We are selling packs of 12 small donuts, featuring 3 flavours: chocolate dip, celebration vanilla dip (with sprinkles) and maple dip. These donuts are nut free, Kosher dairy, and the full ingredients will be listed on each pack. This fundraiser is live NOW through School Cash On-Line and and will run until Thursday, April 24th. The donuts will be available for pick-up at the end of the school day on Friday, May 9th. School Council fundraisers help to support our school with things like important student programs, sporting events and gym equipment, and outdoor education materials, to name a few. Thank you for your support! IMPORTANT MESSAGE: JK Orientation This email went home to all of our new JK students for next year. Please pass along to friends who may have missed it: Thank you for pre-registering your child for junior kindergarten September 2025 at Princess Margaret Public School. We are excited to welcome them! Please see the attached link for important information on our Kindergarten Orientation that is coming up on June 17th, 2025.We hope to see everyone then! 2025 kindergarten orientation information https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13YUPVAn1eYSqaofYs9WoV91BDdgYIwvy9Q3vHnExwpU/edit?usp=sharing Thank you. The PMPS Kindergarten Team Thanks for taking the time to read through my weekly emails. We'll see everyone for another great day of learning tomorrow, before the weekend starts. Andrea Papavasiliou, Principal

Check out the attached pictures for some exciting courses for students offered by the UGDSB continuing ed department.

Tomorrow, April 9th, is the International Day of Pink. This is an annual event where people wear pink to show their support for anti-bullying and promote inclusivity, particularly for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. The day aims to raise awareness about the negative impacts of bullying and discrimination, and to foster a culture of respect and understanding. We encourage students to wear pink shirts, paint their nails pink, wear pink accessories etc. their support tomorrow. On a different note, popcorn sales will continue on Thursday for $2.00 per bag.