Safe Arrival We need your support to reduce the congestion in our halls and door-ways and to protect classroom instructional time. We appreciated every effort being made to ensure students arrive on time for school, ready to learn. Parents are asked if dropping off or pick-ing up their child(ren) please do so outside the assigned entry and exit doors or at another appropriate location in the yard. Remember if you drive please park along Lorne Ave or Avenue Rd. as our parking lot does not have adequate space to turn around. Whenever possible the scheduling of appointment outside of school hours would also be appreciated. Class time is very valuable and its pro-tection is a focus at Stuart Scott. Please remember to call the school each morning your child will be away.

Exit Routines All students will exit the school through their assigned doors. If older stu-dents are meeting younger siblings, neighbors etc they can pick them up from their classroom or establish an appropriated meeting spot in the yard. Students meeting parents are asked to establish a meeting place in the yard.

Front Door

Students should only use the front doors if they arrive late or are leaving early for an appointment.

Stuart Scott Buzz

Volume 1, Issue #1 Sept/Oct 2014

Message from the Principal Welcome back Stuart Scott Families! Can you believe that we are already approaching the Thanksgiving Week-end! We have had a very suc-cessful and busy start to our year and time seems to have flown by! Thanks to everyone who attended our opening BBQ. We had a super turn out and enjoyed socializing and reacquainting ourselves with family and friends. We also had a very successful Book Fair raising money for our library collection. Our annual Terry Fox Run is over and we are preparing for the upcom-ing cross-country meet on October 2nd. This week also marks the beginning of our Board wide Safety Week in which we will practice lockdown drills, fire drills and have a special presentation from Newmarket Hydro! Staff will take this opportunity to review standard safety protocols with all students. We look forward to our photo day on Monday October 6th and if the weather cooperates we will be taking our class photos outside!

Upcoming Events

September 29 Safety Week October 6th Photo Day October 8th Roots of Empathy Begins October 10 Regional Cross Country

- Bruce's Mill October 9th Parent Forum here at Stuart Scott 6:30 p.m. October 13th Thanksgiving—Holiday October 20th School Council Meeting October 27th Election Day October 31st Halloween

YORK REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Principal - Ms. T. Norman Administrative Assistant - Ms. L. Newberry Secretary - Mrs. T. Sadler Superintendent - Mr. C. Sarellas Trustee - Mr. M. Van Beek

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Health & Safety

ALLERGY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT Stuart Scott PS is an allergen sensitive environ-ment. According to the York Region District School Board Policy this means that we must provide our staff, students and parents with information and awareness about life threatening anaphylactic re-actions, do everything we can to avoid the aller-gens, and put emergency response procedure into place in the event of any accidental exposure. Your understanding and co-operation in this matter is most appreciated because we know that our safety procedures do cause inconvenience to some of our families. The specific concerns at Stuart Scott PS are cen-tered around peanuts, tree nuts, egg products. As a result parents are asked not to send obvious nut products to school in lunches or snacks. Should a student bring a product to school that contains al-lergens, a call will be made home to inform the par-ents of the situation. The Stuart Scott School Assistants, staff and lunch monitors will continue to work together to ensure the safety of everyone.

X-Country Team Heading

to Richardson Park

Under the tutelage of Coaches Strachan, van Nie and Guggino we have a team that is ready for the area meet on Thursday October 2, 2014 at Richardson Park. We have 46 students representing Stuart Scott ranging in age from 7 to 12 years old. Students are remindied to dress for the weather, bring a large healthy lunch, snacks, and a water bottle. Families are welcome to attend to cheer us on! Best of luck to all the competitors!

A special thanks to Mr. Pickering for working with his music classes on singing O’Canada. Each class has taken a turn signing our national anthem over the P.A. system for the entire school. We are now looking at recording our students so we can use our own versions of O’ Canada every morning!

TOUCHDOWN!

We are also currently running a Flag Football League for Intermediate students in which there are 4 teams: the Argos, The Ti Cats, Rough Riders, The Stampeders.

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EQAO Results

Presented here are the EQAO results for the 2013-2014 school year. The results show the percent-age of the students working at a level 3 or 4 in reading, writing and mathematics. In response to the results for our school and the school wide and classroom assessments com-pleted thoughout the year we will continue our work in the areas of literacy and mathematics. Our thanks to you, our community, and the School Council for their for their ongoing support of our initiatives. Please visit www.eqao.com for further informa-tion including parent resources.

Halloween Activities

Each year our students celebrate the long standing tradition of Halloween. At this time it is important to remember that the York Region District School Board’s Safe School Policy in accordance with the Ontario Safe Schools Act, does not allow students to bring any type of weapon or replica weapon to school. Brining these items to school can result in a mandatory expulsion from school. Costume accessories including but not limited to, toy guns, knives, axes, swords, etc…. are not in compliance with the York Region District School Board’s Safe Schools Policy #66.8. This policy ap-plies to all students at all levels, including Kinder-garten. We look forward to this fun day in school and know that our students and families will follow this important policy.

Learning Activities

Letter Lookout: Have your child list seven ran-dom letters on a piece of paper. While in the car, ask him/her to search for places that start with each letter. Example: for “P” your child might spot Pizza Pizza or Piano Studio. Name Game: Challenge your child to make as many sentences as possible. The catch? Each word of the sentence must start with a dirrerent letter of his/her name. Example: Lisa = Lizards in Sally’s apple. Save 12: Deal three cards to each player. Take turns drawing from the deck and discarding a card from your hand until someone can make a number sentence totaling 12 (5 x 4 -8 = 12; 4 + 9 - 1 = 12). That player scores a point. Play to 10. Note Aces = 1, and face cards = 10

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PROMOTING SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS OF FIRST NATION, MÉTIS AND INUIT ANCESTRY

The York Region District School Board provides an opportunity for students with First Nation, Métis and Inuit ancestry to self-identify. The process is voluntary and the information gathered will be kept confidential.

The self-identification process is the first step in providing: Culturally specific learning opportunities or activities; Additional support for academic achievement and well-being, including designated sup-

port staff; Communication between schools, First Nation, Métis and Inuit Education staff, Aborigi-

nal students and their families; Connections to post-secondary institutions, community groups, service providers and other part-

ners; More learning opportunities for all members of the school community to develop a greater under-

standing of Aboriginal perspectives, cultures and histories. New students can self-identify when they register with the Board. Current students can complete an Aboriginal Self-Identification Form which can be obtained from their school.

For further information, please see the Information for Parents and Students with First Nation, Métis and Inuit Ancestry brochure available from the school or speak with the

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Heart and Stroke Corner–October 2014 Edition

Tip of the Month

October is International Walk to School month. Is your child ready to walk to school alone? These tips will help you know when-and how to keep him/her safe: There are a lot of variables to consider. The first is whether your child is up to the task developmentally. This is why experts are reluctant to pinpoint an age — every child develops the necessary skills at a different pace. Parachute, a national injury prevention network, says a

child needs to master these skills before he can hit the streets without adult supervision: 1.Decide on and use a safe crossing route 2.Realistically assess a vehicle's speed 3. Judge safe gaps in traffic. But even once your child has these skills, there are still things to consider: Suss out the route- make sure it has safe crossing locations and lots of pedestrians Buddy up: Kids are safer when they walk together. Take a practice run: Walk the route with your child and point out high-traffic areas or blind corners and driveways. Keep iPods at home: Headphones take hear-ing out of play, meaning your child won’t hear a car pulling out or a driveway or a bike coming up behind him.

Recipe of the Month Scary Apple O’s Kids will love creating these apple rings with you, they’ll have as much fun making these Halloween treats as she had decorating holiday cookies. Nutritional Information (2 apple rings with 2 tbsps of cream cheese): Calories: 115, Protein: 3g, Fat: 6 g, Saturated Fat: 3 g, Dietary cholesterol: 18 mg, Carbohydrate: 14 g, Dietary fibre: 2 g, Sodium: 203 mg, Potassium: 139 mg

Ingredients 2 large apples (Granny Smiths work best) 8 tbsp (100 mL) peach flavoured light cream cheese (or your favourite flavour) Suggested toppings Sunflower seeds Dried cranberries

Diced dried apricots Dried blueberries or currants Rainbow coconut Directions

1. Cut each apple into 4 slices horizontally. Discard the top and bottom pieces. Use a paring knife or melon baller to remove the core in each piece.

2. Spread each apple slice with 1 tbsp (15 mL) of cream cheese.

3. Let your kids decorate each slice with the top-pings.

Question of the Month

Q: My son only goes for white bread and pasta. How good are the white breads and pastas that claim to have “whole wheat nutrition”? A: Processing grains removes fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants – the nutrients that made them so beneficial. Food manufacturers may add some of these nutrients back in, but the grain is not as nutritious as it once was. It’s impossible to replace the beneficial natural plant com-pounds such as antioxidants. the white with “whole wheat nutrition” items are better than the regular white products since they contain fibre. You just need to be aware that it’s a different type of fibre. Bread and pasta made with whole grain wheat contain insoluble fibre, which is vital for regu-larity and preventing constipation — key for the estimated

30 percent of children who suffer from painful or infre-quent bowel movements. The white with “whole wheat nutrition” products do not contain insoluble fibre. Instead, they are made with a powdered fibre called inulin, which is derived from the vegetable chicory. Inulin may aid diges-tion and calcium absorption, but it does not have the same beneficial effects on bowel habits. The bottom line? Whole grains are always a better choice, especially if your kids struggle with constipation. The “whole wheat nutrition” products have some fibre, so they are marginally better than white bread and pasta.