Happy New Year! Our first week back has been jammed packed with activities. Intermediate students have been signing up to try hockey and badminton. Our Skills Canada teams have started. Both Triple S (Spencer Spirit Squad), SAA (Spencer Avenue Allies) and Eco-Warriors had planning meetings. Library clubs are up and running. The Willy Wonka cast has started rehearsing. We also had our first lunch time Zumba for grades 1-4 today thanks to an OPHEA Healthy Schools grant. Grade 5-8 will have a chance to Zumba next week. Spencer Ave is always a busy place.
This week we sent information out to students in our grade JK/SK, 2, 4 and 7 classes about the dental screenings happening at our school through Public Health on February 18. Please look in your child’s backpack for more information. The public health nurses are happy to see any child in our school for dental screenings. We will send information in next week's communication.
It is Kindergarten Registration Time! If you have a child who was born in 2021 you can register them to begin JK in September 2025. Information on registering is at: https://www.ugdsb.ca/page/kindergarten-registration Please share this information with neighbours who may have a child starting at Spencer in the Fall. We submit our numbers for next school year at the end of January and we want to have a sense of how many kindergarten students we will have, so don't delay.
We are in the home stretch as we approach the end of term one. Teachers are busy getting assessment pieces completed as they will be working on Term One report cards on the January 24th PD Day.
A reminder to all parents of our School Council meeting happening on Tuesday, January 14th at 6:30pm in the library. All parents are welcome to attend. Come learn about things happening in the school, discuss upcoming plans to support our students, and connect with other parents in our community.
Happening In the Next Few Weeks:
January 14 - School Council at 6:30pm
January 17 - Math Presentations - Manzerolle, Sy, Lopes and Scanlan
January 17 - Spirit Day - Sports Day
January 17 - Zumba - 2nd recess - grades 5-8
January 22 - Cross Country Skiing AM - Manzerolle, Perrie
January 23 - Cross Country Skiing AM - Wheeler, Hunter
January 23 - Cross Country Skiing PM - Sy and Kennedy
January 24 - PD Day - School Closed to Students
Have a fantastic weekend!