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Beaumonde Heights

Junior Middle

School

Beaumonde Heights Happenings

Beaumonde Heights JMS 70 Monterrey Drive

Toronto, Ontario M9V 1T1

Telephone: 416- 394-7790 – Attendance 416-394-7796 Principal: Andrea Roach Vice-Principal: Agnes Kochberg

Superintendent: Lorraine Linton Trustee: Harpreet Gill

SAFE ARRIVAL PROGRAM: (416) 394 - 7796 PRESS: 1

Message From the Office WELCOME BACK! Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! We are delighted to greet students returning for another year of learning and extend a warm welcome to our new students who are joining us for the first time. SCHOOL CODE OF CONDUCT

Beaumonde Heights is committed to providing a healthy learning and working environment by promoting respect, civility, safety, responsible citizenship and academic excellence. As parents, teachers and students, we are all responsible for fostering a safe, civil and mutually respectful school climate here at Beaumonde Heights. Equity, inclusion and respect are critical components embedded in the learning environment. Respect can only be fostered when our school environment is free of violence and abuse, be it physical or verbal. To this end, these standards of comportment and the commitment to combat oppression, discrimination and racism, falls to all of us. We all share the responsibility of an inclusive, empowering and equitable community where everyone feels safe, respected and heard.

SAFE & SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

The teachers and staff at Beaumonde are all committed to providing your children with learning experiences that will support high achievement in a well-balanced educational program. Our goal is to help our students develop into confident, knowledgeable, well rounded and responsible individuals who will be prepared for the challenges of the 21st century. We also know that your involvement in your children’s education is one of the most critical factors in their success. We want to work in partnership with you to ensure that each child at Beaumonde succeeds. At Beaumonde JMS we work diligently to maintain a safe & secure learning environment for our students. We kindly ask all parents/visitors to please respect our safe entry process and sign in at the main office upon entry into our school. Visitor passes must be worn by all parents/visitors at all times when in the school. We thank everyone for supporting our safe entry process. We ask all parents/visitors to respect this safety procedure and not to proceed into classrooms during school hours in order to prevent disruption of the learning environment. Parents must use the main office as a pick up and drop off point for students during school hours and not go directly to the classrooms. We are ready! We are excited! It is going to be a wonderful year at Beaumonde! Warmest regards, Ms. Roach and Mrs. Kochberg

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Arriving at School on Time It is very important that all students arrive at school on time. If they are just a few minutes late, they will miss very important aspects of each day’s lesson. Please assist your child(ren) to wake up, get ready and arrive at school on time. For safety reasons, all our doors will be locked including the FRONT DOOR. Children who are late for school must come through the front door and obtain a late slip from the office before going to their classrooms. School Hours Entry Time 8:40 am Instructional Time Begins 8:45 am A.M. Recess 9:55 am Lunch Begins 11:25 am Entry after Lunch 12:15 pm P.M. Recess 1:40 pm Dismissal 3:00 pm Teachers will be on duty in the schoolyard 10 minutes before the entry bell. Please do not send your child to school prior to 8:30 a.m. in the morning as your child will be unsupervised in the yard.

Volunteers

Thank you to our volunteers who have offered their

time to help in the classroom and all around the

school. We appreciate and enjoy having our parents

volunteer their time in our school.

There are a number of ways you can get involved in

your child’s education:

Attending school events

Volunteering in our snack program, or classrooms

Reading every day with your child

Communicating regularly with us

Participating in fundraising events.

If you are interested in being a volunteer in the

school, please contact us at 416 394 7790 or come

into the Office to get more information.

Remember that your help in the school will make

a difference in the lives of our children!

Curriculum Night Come and kick off the new school year! We look forward to meeting our families at curriculum night on: Thursday, September 12th, 2019. 5:30 p.m. Arrival of Corn Roast Truck 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Mingle and Munch 6:45 – 7:30 p.m. classrooms with teachers Cost: $ 2.50 for a burger (Halal) veggie or beef $ 1.00 for a roasted corn cob $ 1.50 for a hot dog (Halal) veggie or beef

September Forms Please note that your child is bringing

home an extensive package of forms and

information that is needed to start the

school year. Please take time to read all

the information carefully and return the

required paperwork as soon as possible.

Nut Free Environment Beaumonde Heights JMS is a nut free environment.

Some of our students suffer from a severe allergy to nuts

and nut products. These children need to maintain

constant vigilance in their daily lives as they can develop

potentially life threatening allergic reactions to some

foods. Some children are so sensitive to these products

that even touching or smelling the food may trigger a

severe reaction.

The following is a partial list of the prime possibility

danger foods that may be hazardous to these children and

must not be sent to school. This list is a composite list of

allergens and not specific to any one child: peanut, nuts,

sesame seeds, peanut oil, nut oils, sesame oil, peanut

flour, and nut flower. For this reason we ask that you

do not send food to school for your child’s birthday or

special occasions.

International Languages Elementary and African

Heritage Program

Registration (in person)

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Time: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Where: School Foyer

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Snack Program

Our snack program continues this year. Each day

a healthy delicious snack is provided for the students

and we encourage our parents to have their children be

a part of this program. A $5 donation fee is being requested

each month to help support the cost of the snack program.

Please be sure to fill out the snack form that is sent home

each month and return it to school with the $5 payment.

Date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 2019

RETAKE DAY: NOVEMBER 6th

, 2019

STUDENT ABSENCE AND SAFE ARRIVAL PROGRAMME If your child is going to be late or absent for any part of the school day, we urge you to phone the School’s Safe Arrival line at (416) 394 - 7796 (PRESS: 1) and leave a message. Please state clearly your child’s name, the teacher’s name, and the reason for the absence or lateness. Our voicemail system can take the call at any time that is convenient to you, including weekends and early morning hours. The system will call out to contact the parent or guardian of a child who is absent and for whom we have not received a phone call. LOST AND FOUND

Each year a large number of items are lost by our students. To avoid the loss of expensive clothing items, please label your child’s clothing (sweater, jacket, hat, mittens, etc.) and the staff will do their best to help your child locate his/her missing clothing.

INDOOR/OUTDOOR SHOES Cleanliness in schools is essential. It conveys respect to students, creates a more pleasant learning environment, and tends to improve student behaviour. You can assist us in maintaining the cleanliness of the school by ensuring that your child has two pairs of shoes enabling him/her to change after entering the building. This will prevent student from unnecessarily tracking dirt and mud onto the classroom floor and carpeted areas. Indoor shoes should be kept at school.

School Council

Each TDSB school is required to have a School Council made up of the principal, parents, teachers, support staff, students (secondary schools), and community members. The purpose of the council is to actively engage parents to improve student success. It also provides a regular opportunity for its members to discuss how to make the school a better place for learning for its students. The principal brings important information about the school to the School Council. The School Council, in turn, advises the principal on matters related to the learning goals of the school, the school’s policies and procedures, students’ needs, activities and resources for students and parents, and ways of involving parents in the life of the school. The School Council is required to hold at least four general meetings each school year that are open to all parents in the school. The elected chair of the council is a parent of a child in the school. More information along with the nomination form for the School Council Executive (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) will be sent home on Monday, September 9th 2019.

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September 2019

RESPECT Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Labour Day

3 Day 1

4 Day 2 5 Day 3

6 Day 4

7

8 International Literacy Day

9 Day 5

10 Day 1 Ashura*

11 Day 2 Terry Fox Assembly –a.m. Ethiopian New Year

12 Day 3 Curriculum Night starting at 5:30pm & International Languages Registration Anant Chaturdashi Coptic New Year

13 Day 4

14 Holy Cross Day

15 International Day

of Democracy

16 Day 5

17 Day 1 International Languages Registration 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

18 Day 2

19 Day 3 Powley Day

20 Day 4

21 International Day of Peace Mabon (Autumn Equinox)

Nativity of Mary

22

23 Day 5 Ohigan (Fall Equinox) Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network Ally Week

24 Day 1 Classes begin for International Languages 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

25 Day 2

26 Day 3 Terry Fox Walk – 1:00 p.m.

27 Day 4 Elevation of the Holy Cross Feast of the Cross

28 29 Day 5 Mahalaya (Durga Puja Festival)

Navratri (Autumn)

30 Day 1 Rosh Hashanah Orange Shirt Day Navratri (Autumn) Classes for International Languages 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Group Art

Bowling

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Knitting Karate