Learning More in Grade 3/4!
Ms. Barrington's Weekly Newsletter
Week of April 8th, 2024
The Week Ahead
Monday (Day 4):
- Take Me Outside
- Leader in Me
- Inclusion Leaders Meeting (1:20 pm)
- Music
- Guitar Club (3:15-4:15 pm)
- Robotics (3:15-4:30 pm)
Tuesday (Day 5):
- Hot Lunch: Chopped Leaf
- French
- Gr. 3 Tech Time
- Gr. 4 Options
Wednesday (Day 1):
- Eid
- Inclusive Phys. Ed.
- Music
- Library Leaders
Thursday (Day 2):
- Hot Lunch: Pizza Hut
- Library (Return Library Books and Book Bags)
- Phys. Ed.
Friday (No School):
- Staff PLF #11
Upcoming Events
- April 10th - Eid
- April 12th - No School (Staff PLF #11)
- April 15-19th - No School (Spring Break)
- April 20th - May Hot Lunch Orders Close
- April 23rd - PEAK Registration Opens
- April 24th - Administrative Professionals Day
- April 27th - Volunteer Appreciation Brunch
- April 28th - Autism Acceptance Concert
- April 30th - Kindergarten Graduation Photos
- April 30th - Spirit Day: Dress to Impress Day
- April 30th - Spring Photo Day
- May 1st - Hot Lunch Orders Open
- May 3rd - No School (Staff PLF #12)
Notes From the Office
CGSF Popcorn Days: We are gearing up for another successful fundraising year with Popcorn Fri-yays. Popcorn is $2.00, and we aim to have popcorn delivered to classrooms before 10:30 am on Friday. Last year popcorn days provided approximately $7 000 to our Fundraising Association. As our student population continues to grow, we know the support is needed more now than ever. We are working with our Hot Lunch ordering platform to hopefully have popcorn orders streamlined through that, for families who wish to do so. If you have any questions: please email Barb (cgsfundraising@gmail.com).
Hot Lunches: Ordering will be open from the 1st to the 20th of each month to order for the following month. Please note that there is no hot lunch ordering for ECDP or Kindergarten students. To open your 2023/24 hot lunch account (the system does not retain information from the previous year), follow the detailed instructions provided in the attached graphic (Digital Take Home Folder). When you log in, you may notice a new button to volunteer for hot lunch. Please consider volunteering to help sort and organize hot lunches from 11:30 am-12:30 pm. If you have any questions you can contact our hot lunch team at: cgshotlunch@outlook.com.
CG Gear: Our online store is back up and running for the year. Check out: https://christinagordon.entripyshops.com/ to order school clothing. There is a wide variety of styles, logos, and colours to choose from!
Vehicle Safety (Bikes, Scooters, etc.): As the weather slowly starts to warm up, we will soon be seeing students riding various vehicles to school such as bikes, scooters, ebikes, electric scooters, etc.. Students and families need to be aware that:
- Students MUST be wearing helmets. It’s the law!
- Students should be walking their vehicles when on school property. This includes the inner field and in and around the school playgrounds. These are high traffic areas where accidents occur.
- Vehicles should be chained up. We are not responsible for theft. We understand that some scooters are hard to chain up; those should be left at home.
- We cannot store electric scooters or ebikes inside the school. The batteries can be a fire hazard and do not meet the standards set for our building by the Fire Marshall.
Student Demographic Confirmation: If your student is a current FMPSD student, you can now do their demographic confirmation to register for the 2024-2025 school year at: https://www.fmpsdschools.ca/registration/confirm2425.
2024-2025 FMPSD Calendar: The 2024-2025 Division Calendar is available on the website and a copy is attached to this newsletter (Digital Take Home Folder). To view online, go to the home page of the FMPSD website, scroll down to the View Calendar arrow, and select the 2024-2025 year.
Entrances/Exits: Please take note of some of the changes to the school's entrances/exits for the time being, due to construction (Digital Take Home Folder). Our classroom entrance/exit door has not changed.
Spring Weather: Please make sure students are dressed appropriately for the weather. Since we go outside daily, please provide items such as: rain boots, a waterproof jacket, and splash pants. Also, kindly pack an extra change of clothes, including socks.