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Upcoming ...
NOVEMBER
- 19 - Progress Reports Home
- 20 - Grades 1, 2 & 3 Skating at Centre 70
- 22 - PINK SHIRT DAY
- 22 - 6-8pm Family Game Night
- 25 - Junior Boys' Volleyball Tournament at McArthur
- 27 - Grades 1, 2 & 3 Skating at Centre 70
DECEMBER
- 2nd to 6th - Value Village Drive
- 2 - Senior Girls' Volleyball Tournament at Frontenac Secondary School
- 4th to 6th - Poinsettia Pick Up in the Library
- 6 - Jingle Bell Run - Bring items for the Food Drive
- 6 - 5:30-8:30 pm FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
Christmas Hamper Campaign December 9th - 20th
Toy Drive December 6th - 18th
Winter Holidays December 21st - January 5th
Online payments coming soon!
"school-day Permissions & Payments"
Our school is one of several schools to launch a new secure online portal that will allow families to complete payments and permission forms online. Parents and guardians will be invited via email to view their student’s school-related events such as field trips, sporting events or activities such as hot lunch and yearbook purchases. Parents/guardians will then be asked to complete the required permissions (if applicable) and complete payment via credit card or electronic funds transfer from their bank account. Instructions on how to register for this new system will be shared once the system goes live in January 2020. This new portal will remove the risks associated with sending money to school with students, the frustration of lost or missing permission forms, and significantly reduce the amount of paper our school consumes. We look forward to sharing more information with you soon.
Student Census in Limestone
Lead Testing In Schools
New government regulations came into effect in October 2017 requiring lead testing for all fixtures used to provide drinking water and/or prepare food or drink at schools and day cares in Ontario . Schools in the Limestone District School Board have been regularly testing and flushing drinking water for the presence of lead since 2007. Lead testing is a requirement in schools because young children are more vulnerable to the effects of lead because they can absorb ingested lead more easily than adults, which can sometimes interfere with the development of the nervous system.
In March 2019, Health Canada recommended 5ppb as the maximum acceptable limit for lead concentration in drinking water, however, the provincial recommendation in Ontario (which governs schools in Ontario) remains at 10ppb. Should a school exceed the recommended 10ppb, the local Medical Officer of Health is notified, and corrective actions are taken which includes daily flushing of the water system. In Limestone, routine flushing is completed weekly as a matter of practice, and has been since 2007. Schools will also communicate this information with students (families) and staff.
It’s also important to note that students and staff do not drink from taps/fixtures if they are marked for hand washing only. All of our schools have water-filling stations for drinking water. Signs have been placed at each fixture to indicate if a fixture is NOT safe for drinking and/or preparing food or drink but handwashing only.
More information is available at https://www.limestone.on.ca/board/water_reports.