We wanted to send our weekly update out early this week as Monday is a holiday. We hope that everyone is able to enjoy some time outside with friends and family doing things that bring joy this weekend.

We are deep into learning and focusing on the Science of Reading at Glenburnie. Many new resources have made their way into our classrooms and our educators are learning and working to bring researched based teaching techniques and strategies that target literacy gaps in reading and writing. Big thanks to our dedicated team for their passion for continued learning and diving into resources so that we are doing what is best for kids. See below for online and free decodable books that children can use at home, if interested.

Track and Field

Pratices will continue to take place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:15 and during some recesses. We just have one more week to get ready for the regional tournament on May 26th.

In addition, two practises will take place at the Caraco field for our kids to practice the running events, as well as the pit jumping and shotput. We will not be practising high jump at these practices, but will continue to practice high jump at our school. The dates for these practises will be this Friday, May 19 from 5:30 to 7 PM and next week Tuesday, May 23 from 5 to 6 PM. We are hoping to get as many kids to these practices as possible as it will make our meet day much easier for them as they will have had practice time on the actual track and pits. Parents are asked to drive their children to and from these practices at Caraco.

The Regional Track Meet for GPS is on Friday May 26th. Remember to cancel your pizza order if your child will be away that day. The top 5 in each event will move on to the District Meet on Monday, June 5th!

Please return all permission forms ASAP if you haven't already.

Fun Fair

Save the date!!! On June 17th our School Council and leadership team are planning an amazing day of free fun for our families and community. There will be games, prizes, food, inflatables, face painting and so much more. What a wonderful way to come out and enjoy time with friends and family at our beautiful school. And the best part...the only cost will be the food. Please feel free to bring family and friends with you to enjoy the day. In order to plan better, we are hoping to get an idea of numbers. Please complete this form to indicate how many people will be attending and how many hamburgers/hot dogs you anticipate them wanting. We also want to make sure that we know of dietary restrictions so that we can provide appropriate options for all.

https://forms.gle/iySqCV5kGyQSbqwy6

Hot Dog Days

As part of fundraising for Grade 8 Graduation, we had one hot dog day on Thursday and will have another on June 8th. Hot dogs will be available for order on School-Day the week before.

EQAO

Our Grade 3 & 6 students began EQAO testing this week. Although the majority is now finished, the remaining pieces will be finished up over this week and next.

Glenburnie Gives

Glenburnie is starting a new project called “Glenburnie Gives”. Every year Glenburnie will choose a new charity and do a fundraiser. This year Glenburnie chose the Kingston Food Bank, Partners In Mission. Their goal is: “To provide nourishment, hope and support in our community with an opportunity for all to share”. Monetary and food donations help them to nourish local families by providing groceries through their food hamper program. Being the food distribution centre for this area, they also donate surplus provisions to over twenty local hot meal and shelter programs in the Kingston area. Both canned goods and money donations are welcome. If you would like to donate money donate to this website: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/glenburnie-ps-gives-partners-in-mission-food-bank/

If you would like to research more about Partners In Mission here is link to there website:

https://www.kingstonfoodbank.ca/

Freeze Fridays!!

In order to raise funds for our Grade 8 graduation, Freezes will be on sale every Friday in May & June. $1 for half a jumbo and $2 for a full jumbo. Due to the large number of students away at Track & Field on Friday, there will no Freeze sales this week.

Looking forward to a great week ahead!

Jean Paquin, Principal & Amie Domingo, Vice Principal

paquinj@limestone.on.ca ; domingoa@limestone.on.ca

Monday, May 22:

Victoria Day Holiday - No School

Tuesday, May 23: (Day 1)

After school Track & Field practice at Caraco Field 5:00-6:00pm

Wednesday, May 24: (Day 2)

Track & Field Practice 8:15

Baking Club

Hot Lunch Day (Pita Pit)

Thursday, May 25: (Day 3)

Friday, May 26: (Day 4)

Regional Track & Field Day at Caraco Field

Pizza Day

No Freeze Friday this week, as so many are away at Track & Field

Currently, the program is open Fridays, 9:30am - 3:00pm, at Glenburnie Public School. Visit www.keyon.ca to register; drop-ins are also welcome! Spread the word. We hope to see you there! You can email earlyon@bgcsoutheast.ca for more information. Follow BGC EarlyON Kingston on Facebook for EarlyON Drop-In program updates.

Derek is a full time Guitar/Bass/Ukelele teacher with over 30 years experience, teaching all pupular stules of music from Pop, Hip/Hop, Country, Blues to Hard Rock. If you're interested in signing up your child; please contack Derek directly for more information at .905-699-3121

derekmcgowanmusic@gmail.com

Our fabulous parent council is looking for new members! If you would like to be a part of this great team, come to our next meeting on June 7th at 6:30pm. We are looking forward to meeting in the library. We hope that many new and returning members will come to say hello and plan ways to make our great school even better! Please let us know if you can make it and if you will require childcare. We are pleased to be able to provide it during the meeting (outside & masked) for those who require it.

Glenb.council@gmail.com

You also can follow us on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/GlenburnieSchoolCouncil

or on Twitter at @GPScouncil

We would love to have you as part of our council!!