This week at SIB
Dear SIB families,
Welcome to November! Hopefully everyone remembered to fall back an hour on Sunday, that extra hour of rest can come in handy. Here are this week’s important announcements:
#1 Absent or Late? Due to COVID protocols and to ensure every child is safe and accounted for, we ask that if you drop your child off at school anytime after 8:40AM to please take them to the front doors of the school. We have a greeter there for the first hour that can welcome your child in and make sure they safely get to class and are accounted for. After that first hour, you can call our school’s main number and a staff member will help them get to class safely.
If you know that your child(ren) will be absent or late please call the school 519-824-1442, as you can leave a message 24 hours a day. If you leave a message on our machine and you know that your child will be absent for longer than one day please leave those details as well so the office can be as accurate as possible. Thanks!
#2 DROP OFF AND PICK UP – PLEASE WEAR A MASK: To help ensure that everyone is safe at SIB we are asking that ALL students and parents/guardians please wear a mask at all times while on the school grounds (tarmac, sidewalks, grass areas, etc.) during DROP OFF (AM) and PICK UP (PM). We also encourage students to not arrive on the school grounds before 8:35am to help avoid unorganized large groupings. We have many people in this area and this will help protect everyone. Parents/guardians we also need your help reminding your children the importance of staying socially distanced from peers inside the school and outside on the school grounds. If we are all reminding students of this important measure it will really help. Thanks!
#3 Parent Information: Monitoring and Managing COVID-19, this is an important reminder from Public Health about how we can all work together to help stop the spread. Click the link for information: https://www.ugdsb.ca/sibps/2020/09/18/parent-information-monitoring-and-managing-covid-19/
#4 Dress for the weather: Teachers K to Gr 8 are taking their students outside as much as possible and to be ready for that we are asking that students come to school prepared to be outside. The weather has turned to fall and wet/cold days are on their way, so please ensure that enough clothes are packed to get your child through the day. Also, we can now add a pair of dry indoor shoes to items brought to the school so no one has to have wet feet. So please feel free to pack an extra pair of shoes on those rainy days. Snow and rain won’t stop us from having fun and learning outside!
News regarding school is constantly being updated. SIB will continue to communicate with families step by step with information when it becomes available as we move through the school year. Please continue to check your email, twitter and our website https://www.ugdsb.ca/sibps/ daily for updates.
Stay a safe distance and stay positive!
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