lester b. pearson p.s october 2018 - yrdsb...the slideshow will be played during our remembrance day...
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Lester B. Pearson P.S October 2018
15 Odin Crescent Aurora, Ontario L4G 3T3 Phone: 905-841-3030 Fax: 905-841-3493
Principal: Shannon Philp Vice-Principal: Renee Laflamme-McNally Admin. Support: Helen Thorne & Ingrid Clarke Superintendent: Elizabeth Davis Trustee: Peter Adams-Luchowski
Upcoming Dates
Oct. 5 Orange Shirt Day
Oct. 8 Thanksgiving – no school
Oct. 9 QSP Spirit Day – Hat Day
Oct 10 Area Cross Country
Oct 16 Regional Cross Country
Oct 17 IB Presentation for grade 8 students
Oct 19 Grade 6 VIP Program
Oct. 22 PA Day – NO SCHOOL
Oct. 26 Grade 7 Immunization Hepatitis B & HPV-9 vaccines for all grade 7 students
Nov. 9 Progress Reports go home
Nov. 22 Evening Interviews
Message Mr. Philp & Mme Laflamme
Thank you for a great start to the year. It’s clear that LBP is a
wonderful school, with delightful kids and an amazing staff. It has
been a pleasure getting to know some of our community,
especially through our successful Meet the Teacher evening that
happened in early September, as well as, during our first School
Council meeting that took place this week. We look forward to
continuing to build a partnership with families, as this connection
is extremely important as we move forward in the school year.
After a month of school, it is clear that our staff and students have
settled into school and classroom routines. We continue to
establish an understanding of the expectations in the school and in
classrooms, promoting a sense of kindness throughout the school.
Over the next few months we continue to encourage families to
keep in contact with teachers to monitor student progress and
their wellbeing.
We look forward to a great month ahead!
LBP Families - WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Many of our School Council programs depend on our annual QSP fundraising campaign…. this year we have had a bit of a slow start to
our campaign and we are hoping you can help turn things around.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend – we ask you take some time with your student to visit www.qsp.ca or complete your paper forms with your
QSP orders for magazines or cookie dough. Remember – our School ID is 3725553. By ordering through QSP – your student is eligible
to collect fun prizes throughout the campaign – and all students who place orders are also eligible for some fantastic end-of-campaign
prizes, including gift cards and other special prizes too! Ask your friends and family if it is time to renew their favourite subscription or stock
their freezer with some yummy treats.
For those that might not use these products themselves – there are many items that make great gifts for upcoming birthdays or holidays!
We have set a sales target for the school of $35,000 - and as of today we have only reached $4,000. We are still striving to reach this goal
so we don’t have to adjust any of our planned School Council supported activities throughout the year.
QSP
Last spring, grade 3 and grade 6 students participated in writing the EQAO assessment. This assessment is conducted on a yearly basis and is a standardized measure of both the math and language curricula. At the conclusion of a testing cycle, EQAO provides schools with school based results, as well as, with individual student results. The public school report provides an overview of contextual information and student performance data, including the results for the board and province. This school based assessment information will be used as an additional source of information to support school improvement and overall student achievement. It is also important to know that this information is not used by the board to rank or compare schools. Outlined above are our school based results (DARK BLUE are school based results).
EQAO RESULTS
A full school
report is
provided to
the public
on the EQAO
website
using the
following
link.
School Council
This week school council met for the first time. Discussed at the meeting were details connected to the function of council, membership, and potential goals/initiative for this school year. All
families are welcome throughout the year at any of our council meetings. We will share upcoming meeting dates with our community through our monthly newsletters, and our Friday communication. Thank you to everyone who came out to contribute to the positive discussions
at council.
Electronic Transmission of School Materials
As we are an Eco-Friendly school, once again this year we will be sending as much correspondence home electronically as we possibly can. If you have not already provided us
with your email address(es), or if you wish to remove/update your existing email address(es), please send an email to Ingrid Clarke at [email protected] indicating your child/ren’s
name as well as the new email addresses you would like us to keep on file.
If your family requires hard copies of school based information, please speak to the office.
Council
Co-Chairs
Reaghan F. &
Jennifer B.
LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS & STUDENT SAFETY Reminder
While most of our students eat lunch at school, some of those who live close to the school, go
home for lunch.
Some students in grades 7 and 8 occasionally purchase their lunch off school property. As administrators, we are entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring student safety.
The school’s responsibility is clear in this regard. While we can monitor behaviour and ensure safety while students are on school property, it is impossible to do so for students who leave
the school premises.
We encourage parents to carefully consider any decision to allow their child to leave school grounds for lunch, especially if direct adult supervision is not available.
Parents who periodically make arrangements for their child to leave for lunch are asked to send a signed note to the office. Please note that we are unable to accept/manage email
messages regarding lunch arrangements. Students are expected to sign out at the office at the beginning of the lunch hour and return to school to sign back in, in time for afternoon
attendance.
Lunch Assistants
This
This week Mr. Philp and Mme. Laflamme met with our school lunch assistants to review a variety of school safety protocols, as well as, our approach to school based restorative conversations. We thank the team of lunch assistants for the work they do each day.
Although it may feel premature, we are already beginning to plan for
Remembrance Day. If you have any pictures of family members who have
served in the military, please take digital pictures of the pictures and email to
[email protected] for it to be included in a slideshow. Please add their
name and any information about the person you want to share. The slideshow
will be played during our Remembrance Day assembly.
This year we will be having two assemblies. The assembly for grades 3, 4 and
5's will take place at 9:15 on Friday November 9th, and the assembly for the
6's, 7's and 8's will take place at 10:15 on Friday November 9th. If you have
any memorabilia that you can loan the school, we would be honoured to place
it in our locked and secure showcase for the students to look at.
Thank you!
The Remembrance Day Committee
Remembrance Day
Halloween
Each year, some of our students celebrate
the long-standing tradition of Halloween.
Students celebrating this occasion in costume
at our school must comply with the Safe
School’s policy.
Costume accessories including, but not
limited to, toy guns, knives, axes, swords, etc.
are not in compliance with York Region
District School Board’s Safe Schools Policy
#668, and thus are not allowed at school.
More direction around Halloween will be
shared through our weekly Friday
communication throughout the month of
October.
Terry Fox Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who supported our Terry
Fox Fundraiser. This year we raised over $600 in
support of the Terry Fox Foundation.
Doing Mathematics with your Child, Kindergarten to Grade 6 – A Parent Guide
Available in a variety of
languages….
Parent Information – How can I support my child’s learning?
HEAD LICE
Like everywhere else, there is the potential for head lice in York
Region and at Lester B. Pearson. It’s important to check your child’s
head if they’ve been in contact with someone who has lice or if they
appear to have an itchy scalp and are scratching a lot. Don’t panic!
Be sensitive to your child’s feelings and check your child’s head right
away. Checking for lice takes patience, diligence and plenty of time.
Effective treatment means:
Check all family members
Treat only family members that have head lice
Apply a head lice treatment as directed Remove all the nits
(eggs)
Know the facts – talk to a Public Health Nurse. If your
children have lice, please let the school know, there is a
policy we need to follow regarding lice.
SCHOOL BUS SERVICE
School bus service may be cancelled from time to time due to inclement weather, extreme
temperatures and/or poor road conditions. In these cases, parents and students should develop
alternate care/ transportation arrangements. Since some bussing schedules begin by 7:00 a.m.
or earlier, all cancellation decisions must be made by 6:00 a.m. to ensure the safety of our
students. Cancellation decisions will only be made after thorough consultation with school bus
companies servicing York Region.
Decisions are based on several factors including precipitation, air temperature and road conditions. Please note
the following:
• A decision to cancel school bus transportation may be system wide (where all buses in York Region are
cancelled) or municipality specific (where buses in one or more municipalities are cancelled).
• If school bus transportation in your municipality is cancelled and your child attends school in a different
municipality where service is operational, your child will not be transported to/from school.
• If school bus transportation in your municipality is operational and your child attends school in a different
municipality where service is cancelled, your child will not be transported to/from school.
• 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 107.1 FM TELEVISION CITY TV THE A-CHANNEL CFTO TV CP24 GLOBAL NEWS
October 26th – Dose 1
Lester B. Pearson P.S.
QSP Orders are due next week.
Please support our fundraiser.
Place your order online now at www.QSP.ca
Hover your phone’s camera over the QR code square and START SHOPPING
at www.QSP.ca & supporting our school! Thank you!
Hundreds of Magazines - both print and digital
Gourmet Cookie Dough & Tasty Treats
Canadian Sports Team Tervis Tumblers &
York Region Community Savings Pass
with over $240 in instant savings and other discounts that can be
used every day for an entire year!
$75 Off A Birthday Party at Glama Gal Tween Spa & 20% Off All Day Spa Packages
$45 Off A 6 Person Bullseye Axe Throwing Event
$10 Off at Lone Star, Montana’s & Kelsey’s
$20 BOGO Game Play at Dave & Buster’s
$10 BOGO Game Play at Dave & Buster’s – all year
$10 Off A Jiffy Lube Oil Change – all year
Free ½ Hour Extra Bowling at Stellar Lanes (value $22.59)
Free Shoe Rental at Stellar Lanes (value $4.00) – all year
$10 Off Regular Priced Hourly Bowling at Splittsville
10% Off A Funville or Blastville Birthday Party at Splittsville – all year
15% Off Freshii, Kelsey’s & Montana’s – all year
Double your time at Skyzone – all year
Plus, discounts at Booster Juice, Hero Burgers, Mucho Burrito, Cobs Bread, Firehouse Subs
And MORE – All for $25
We appreciate your help – THANK YOU!