Year at a Glance, School Bus Cancellation Notice

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Message from our local Trustee

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Monthly Wellness Tips from our Partners at the Regional Municipality of York

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December 2019

Dr. M. Richmon Principal

Ms. R. Yeates Administrative Assistant

Ms. F. Iacovetta Secretary

Phone: 905-889-2448 Fax: 905-889-2578

BGPS Blog: www.bayviewglenps.com

Instagram & Twitter: @bayviewglenps1

Mr. B. Barrett Lead Caretaker

Mr. J. Somerville Caretaker

Mr. David Sherman Trustee

Ms. G. Gibbons Superintendent CEC West

905-764-6830

Ms. V. Kladis and Ms. M. Langer

2019- 2020 School Council Co-chairs

Inside This Issue…..

YORK REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

It’s almost time for Winter break! December is here and the New Year is just around the corner. The holiday season often brings out the best in people and Bayview Glen P.S. demonstrated considerable generosity this past month, collecting so many items for the local Fall food drive that the organizers had to load their truck and return to the school twice to transport it all! As the New Year approaches, we are now aiming to build a ‘Toy Mountain’ in the school office, as part of our involvement in a program to collect gifts for children in need this holiday season. Please consider having your child drop off an unwrapped toy at the school office anytime before Tuesday Decem-ber 17th. You can also watch CTV Weather Anchor Tom Brown broadcasting live from various ’Toy Mountain’ events during CTV Toronto’s News at 6 over the next several weeks.

With the holidays rapidly approaching, we would like to extend our warmest wishes for a healthy and safe holiday season to all of our students, parents, guardians and community members. We would also like to wish you a safe and wonderful New Year!

Administrator’s Message

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Year at a Glance December 19, 2019—Spirit Day (Details TBA) Dec 23, 2019-Jan 3, 2020—Winter Break Jan 17, 2020—P.A. Day Jan 20, 2020—School Council Meeting 7 p.m. Jan 31, 2020—P.A. Day Feb 17, 2020—Family Day Feb 21, 2020—Winter Wonderland Feb 27, 2020—School Council Meeting 7 p.m. Mar 16, 2020-Mar 20, 2020—March Break Mar 26, 2020—School Council Meeting 7 p.m. April 10, 2020—Good Friday April 13, 2020—Easter Monday April 30, 2020—School Council Meeting 7 p.m. May 18, 2020—Victoria Day May 28, 2020—School Council Meeting 7 p.m. June 1, 2020—P.A. Day June 11, 2020—Fun Fair Event June 26, 2020—P.A. Day

The most comprehensive and up-to-date list of im-portant dates is maintained on the Bayview Glen P.S. Blog. It can be found on the right side-bar widget of the web-site.

School Bus Cancellation Notice To ensure the safety of students, school bus service may be cancelled due to inclement weather, extreme temperatures and/or poor road conditions. In these cases, parents and students should develop alternate care/transportation arrangements.

Cancellation decisions will only be made after thorough consultation with the Safety Officers of school bus companies servicing York Region and are based on several factors including precipitation, air temperature, road conditions and weather forecast. Please note the following;

A decision to cancel school bus service will be region-wide meaning all school buses, vans and taxis will not operate.

School bus routes may be cancelled when severe weather may not be affecting all municipalities in York Region. Both the YRDSB and YCDSB operate many regional educational programs. Students attending these programs are transported over large attendance areas encompassing several municipal boundaries. This limits the ability to cancel bus service using a municipality or zone methodology.

When bus service is cancelled all school tests and/or examinations will be cancelled and rescheduled.

Student trips involving the use of school buses will also be cancelled. Unless otherwise stated, schools will remain open and parents can make arrangements to transport their chil-dren to and from school even if school bus service is cancelled. If buses are cancelled in the morning, they will not operate in the afternoon. Therefore students transported to school by parents will require the same transportation home.

Parents, students and school staff are asked to access the following radio and television stations after 6:00 a.m. to receive bus cancellation information:

RADIO 590 AM 640 AM 680 AM 860 AM 1010 AM 1050 AM 1540 AM 1580 AM 88.5 FM 89.9 FM 92.5 FM 93.1 FM 94.9 FM 95.9 FM 97.3 FM 98.1 FM 99.1 FM 99.9 FM 101.1 FM 102.1 FM 104.5 FM 100.7 FM 105.9 107.1 FM

TELEVISION CITY TV CTV Barrie CTV Toronto CP24 GLOBAL NEWS

A bus cancellation message will also be available at www.schoolbuscity.com and by calling 1-877-330-3001, or by following @YRDSB and @YCDSB on Twitter.

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One of our top priorities as a school board is creating an environment that enables our students to fo-cus on learning and be successful. That means creating environments where students are safe and feel safe, where all of our students know that they are welcome and supported, and where they see their identities reflected, valued and celebrated. Championing Equity and Inclusivity Championing Equity and Inclusivity is one of the priorities outlined in the Board of Trustees’ Multi-Year Strategic Plan. We are fortunate to live in one of the most diverse regions of Canada, and welcome students, staff and families with a broad range of identities and experiences. There has been much work underway at the Board in the past few months to ensure we are providing all of our students with a safe, equitable and inclusive learning environment, including:

Providing Board-wide training for over 12,000 school staff on anti-Black racism.

Bringing together over 250 students and staff at our annual SpeakOut conference for the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Acknowledging Treaties Recognition Week, and learning about the importance of treaties and trea-ty relationships in Canada from First Nations community members.

Hosting a labour market information night for parents to learn about current and future career op-portunities and employment trends.

Bringing together hundreds of members of the education community for three days of learning fo-cused on Indigenous Education and Equity at our world-renowned Quest Conference.

This is in addition to the ongoing work taking place in our schools. It is also important that our families know and feel that they are a valued, respected and important part of our school community. We re-cently held regional school council forums that brought together school council members from across the region to learn and share together on important topics such as engaging families, vaping and more. It was wonderful to see so many family members there. The Board of Trustees was also pleased to receive and commit to taking action on the recommenda-tions in response to the Anti-Black Racism, Antisemitism, Classism and Islamophobia community con-sultations. Winter Months With the winter weather already upon us, I also want to remind families that school transportation may be cancelled on extreme cold or inclement weather days, and there may be rare occasions when emergency weather conditions result in school closures. To ensure families are aware, last month, we tested a new system to send text messages to families in emergency situations only. Information about transportation cancellations and school closures will also be available on Board and school websites, Board social media channels and local media. Many of our students and families will be celebrating days of significance and holidays in the coming weeks and months, and I wish you all the very best for the season. I hope everyone has a safe and happy winter break and we look forward to welcoming students back in January.

David Sherman Trustee, Markham Ward 1/Vaughan Ward 5

Message from Our Trustee

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Monthly Wellness Tip … with Winter upon us, remember ...