Monday Memo
Week of December 16th, 2019
In case you missed it.....
Lockdown Drill
Number Sense continues....
Festive Friday #3
Important Dates
Monday, December 16th - Day 2
- after announcements - Carol Sing in the gym (for about 30 minutes)
Tuesday, December 17th - Day 3
- am - Junior students to the Paper Bag Princess
Wednesday, December 18th - Day 4
- am - Primary students to the Paper Bag Princess
Thursday, December 19th - Day 5
- after announcements - Carol Sing in the gym (for about 30 minutes)
Friday, December 20th - Day 1
- after announcements - Carol Sing in the gym (for about 30 minutes)
- Festive Friday - Festive Holiday Sweater Day!
Some important information for this week....
OSR Reviews
On Monday, Heather and I reviewed every single Kawartha Heights OSR and created overview sheets for each of your classes. Well....almost! I have just finished Marsha's class, leaving just Cheryl to go. I hope to have these done by early next week and then I will get the overview sheet to you. Please take a peek when I do and let me know if there is anything that seems missed, wrong, etc. Heather and I will continue to update these on a regular basis moving forward.
In order to help us stay on track, now that OSR's have all had a make-over - please see the attached guidelines to ensure we can help keep them that way! In brief - the only thing that goes in front of the documentation folder in the OSR are the report cards. The only things that go after the documentation folder in the OSR is the registration/custody information. EVERYTHING else goes in the middle - all in half sized envelopes that are labelled. When putting new items in the OSR's please make sure you use the half envelopes.
And last but not least, the OSR cabinet has been rejigged a bit. I'm not quite done, but at this point we're trying to have Grade 1's at the top, working down to Grade 6 at the bottom. Some classes are split between 2 drawers (start at the back of one drawer and then continue at the front of the next drawer). The Kindergartens will now be in Sherry's long file cabinet. As soon as I know exactly who is where, I'll post for your reference.
The Paper Bag Princess
I have provided most of you with your permission forms for the trip on Tuesday and Wednesday (only if all your forms have been returned!). The only thing I need your help with still (and to my knowledge it's okay to ask you for this help - let me know if I'm wrong), can you please make sure you have all the volunteers you need for your trip and complete your bus seating plan? I can look anything up if you need to know about police checks....
Supporting the Butt Family
As you are aware, Jaxon and Jacob Butt's father (in Kelly/Jeanna and Carolyn/Deb's classes) suffered a serious injury last week in a terrible fall while working. He has been in ICU and has significant health concerns. This is a family that would already find the holidays challenging - but now it is much more so. In talking to the Kindergarten teams, we would like to propose:
Any staff that wishes can donate a gift card or toy/gift for the boys to the family. We'll collect any donations in the office (Jenn's office) until the end of the day next Wednesday. We'll then pass any donations/gifts to the family.
Please feel free to donate to help this family during this challenging time.
Attention: Permanent Elementary Teachers
HR is pleased to announce that the 2020-2021 Increase/Decrease form is now available on KPR on the Web. This form may be used to request:
- a decrease time (FTE) at your current school for September,
- a return to full-time (1.0 FTE) for September, provided you held a 1.0 position within the last five (5) years and previously decreased your time,
- an increase in time that is less than full-time for September, provided you held a 1.0 position within the last five (5) years (i.e. Increase from 0.6 FTE to 0.8 FTE),
- a non-mandatory increase in time for September.
All requests for the above must be completed and received by Human Resource Services by no later than 4:00 PM on February 28, 2020.
Festive Fridays
This Friday is the last of our official Festive Fridays. Let's show some end of 2019 great school spirit and rock the Festive Holiday Sweaters this Friday!
Just one more thing.....
Jennifer Sampson
Email: jennifer_sampson@kprdsb.ca
Website: https://kawarthaheights.kprdsb.ca/
Location: 11 Kawartha Heights Boulevard, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Phone: 705-742-7521
Twitter: @KawarthaHPS