Starting next week, there will be a bin outside of the main office for winter clothing donations – there is a school less than 10 minutes away from Willy that needs our help!
Coats, snow pants, and boots are desperately needed. Other winter accessories are also welcomed. Thank you!
Our Parent Social has been scheduled for Friday, Nov.15th at the Balmy Beach Club. Tickets are available on School Cash Online for $30 each. Ticket includes finger foods and a raffle ticket. There will be music and lots of room for dancing as the night goes on.
The social is a great way to meet new friends, catch up with old friends, and enjoy a local child-free night!
Please contact Lisa Shuttleworth if you would like to volunteer to help organize – we do need a couple of people to help with the planning and on the night of the event itself.
We are also looking for donations such as sports tickets or event tickets to offer as prizes. Do you have any connections or access to such tickets? If so, please contact Lisa at the link noted above.
Do you have any unused gift cards at home? We would like to build a gift card tree as a prize. Please drop off any unused gift cards to Frances in the office.
Wine!!!!!! Now that we have your attention, do you have a favourite bottle you would like to share? We would like to build a case of wine to offer as a prize. Bottles can be delivered to the office as well.
Thank you!! We look forward to seeing you there!
As part of our Eco-schools initiative, we are reminding students that we have a boomerang lunch at Williamson Rd. A boomerang Lunch means that everything in your child’s lunch goes home at the end of the day (leftover food, containers, recyclables or garbage). Please encourage your child to honor the boomerang lunch and take home all wrappers and garbage.
Who is involved?
Parents, students, teachers and education workers are registering their schools and joining this action to have participation at every school in Ontario!
Where?
We will meet at 8 am at Queen and Wineva, just outside Juice and Java – snacks and coffee will be served (BYO cup).
Why are we walking-in?
As the 2019/2020 school year begins, the real impacts of the cuts to the education system are becoming clear:
● Not enough education assistants to support children with special needs and ensure all students have the supports they need to thrive.
● Cuts to custodial staff resulting in classroom closures and unsafe building conditions
● Schools going without enough office administrative staff
● Not enough psychologists, child and youth workers, or social workers to nurture kids in need of support.
● Crowded high school classrooms with reports from students, families and teachers of classrooms with as many as 46 students, as a result of teacher layoffs.
● Reduced access to courses for high school students; Fewer choices, too many spares, students unable to graduate on time due to course cancellations.
