Dec 1, 2025
Newsletter:
Please see the attached December newsletter highlighting important upcoming events. Dec/Jan newsletter
Playground/Weather:
Please remember that our playground equipment is closed for the season and this includes after school hours for safety as insurance is from April 1-Oct 31. We will try to keep gaga ball open as long as weather conditions allow. Please ensure students are dressed for outdoor weather as it changes and gets colder.
Parent Teacher Interviews:
Please check with your child’s teacher regarding your interview if you haven’t had one already. Most have been rescheduled to Thurs. Dec 4th if staff/parents were available. If not, staff will try to reschedule. Thanks for your flexibility with rescheduling due to the weather.
Gr 8 Grad fundraiser-Bake sale-Dec 16:
We are planning a bake sale to raise funds for our gr 8 grad fundraiser. We would love any parents/guardians in our school community who are interested in helping to donate baked items on Monday, Dec 15th or Tuesday Dec 16th. Please send in items that are peanut free and include an ingredient list in the morning by 8:30am either with your child or send it in to the front foyer. Please label any containers with your child’s name if you would like them returned. Items will be sold for $1, 2 to $5 depending on size and quantity. We appreciate all of your support with our bake sale!
Food orders: As we get ready for the next block of pizza, subs, and milk orders, we’re asking families to consider pitching in a few extra dollars to support our school’s Food Program. When you place your order on School Cash Online, there’s an option to add a donation. These funds go straight toward covering pizza and milk for students who could use support. For block one, we raised $1000 and spent $745 to make sure all students could be included in our milk and pizza programs. We need to raise $500 (less than $2 per student) to help cover block 2 of our food programs. Thank you for helping us make this possible!
Food Support is being opened up as well for all families to donate from Dec 1st until Jan 9th
Food/milk order schedule:
Open Date: Monday Dec 1st
Closing Date: Thursday December 18th
Pizza Days Run Tuesday January 6th - Tuesday March 10th
Milk Days Run Mon through Friday starting Monday January 5th to Friday March 13th
Sub Days Run Monday January 5th - March 9th
Finally, a huge thank you to Gino’s Pizza for their generous $750 donation to our school. We’re grateful for their ongoing support.
French Immersion Program Review Parent Survey
The UGDSB in partnership with Matatest Inc. has sent a French Immersion Program Review survey to parents. Please check your email (including your junk mail folders) and complete the survey if you have not done so yet. Thank you for your feedback, your input is valued as we look ahead to future programming needs.
Winter concerts:
We are looking forward to showcasing our students’ special musical talents with all of the hard work and practicing with Mme Rafalalowski!
Kindergarten winter gathering: Thursday, December 11th. 2:00pm in the gym. The kindies will perform a few songs followed by treats and refreshments. Parents/Families are invited to attend. The John F. Ross band will be playing on December 11th at 11:10am.
Daytime concert: Tuesday, December 16th. 9-10am. Each primary and junior class (gr.1-6) will perform as well as a short performance by each extracurricular music club (grade 6 band, intermediate band, grade 1-5 choir and grade 6-8 choir). Parents/Families are invited to attend.
Evening concert: Tuesday, December 16th 6:30-7:15pm. The extracurricular music clubs (grade 6 band, intermediate band, grade 1-5 choir and grade 6-8 choir) will perform. Parents/Families are invited to attend.
Intermediate Volleyball tournament-Dec 2nd
Thank you to Mr. Dembek-Blair, Mrs. Soper and Mrs. Caverly for giving up their time in the early mornings, recesses and after school practices to prepare our students for volleyball!
Chess Club: Mrs. Smith will soon be starting chess club for our students.
Have a great week!