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McKee McNews February 2018
McKee Public School
35 Church Avenue Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X6
Telephone: 416-395-2680 Safe Arrival Program: 416-395-2688 Fax 416-395-4497
School Website: http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/mckee Twitter: @McKeeSchool
Linda Curtis
Superintendent
416-396-9172
McKee is a dynamic learning environment that has so much
to offer our students. To celebrate the year of the Dog,
McKee is having a Lunar New Year/Fairness Bee Assembly
on Thursday, February 22 at 12:50 pm. We are encouraging our students to wear their
own traditional clothing to the assembly. If you would like to add an authentic voice to the
planning of this assembly, please contact Ms. Kaderbhai at 416-395-2680. We are very
much looking forward to celebrating as a community. A very special happy Lunar New
Year to all those who celebrate.
As we begin our Kindergarten registration, we would like to share that we have developed
a special optional attendance process for a student registering for the first time at McKee
who has a home address that was impacted by our boundary change. This process will be
for those who currently have a sibling attending McKee and who wish to keep their
children together. If this applies to you, more information will be shared during the
kindergarten registration process.
We are also very excited for our Winter Olympic Play Day. Teachers will be discussing
the Olympics with their students and we will be having our own McKee Olympic celebra-
tion on February 27th for Kindergarten students and on Feb 23rd (a.m.) for students in Gr.
1-3 and Gr. 4-5 on Feb. 23 (afternoon only) for our Gr. 4/5 students. Our alternative
weather date is February 26th. Students need to dress warm for this activities as they will
be outdoors for half of the day participating in winter activities.
Thank you again for what you do to support our teachers each and everyday. Please know
that my door is always open and I look forward to hearing from you regarding ways to
ensure your child continues to have a successful school year at McKee.
Warmly,
Jeanette Lang
Principal
Jeanette Lang Maleka Kaderbhai
Principal Vice-Principal
416-395-2680
Alexander Brown
Trustee
416-395-8411
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, February 1
Pizza Day
Thursday, February 8
Hot Lunch Lady
Tuesday, February 13
Report cards go home
Thursday, February 15
Pizza Lunch
Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday, February 16
Lunar New Year
D Day / Interviews
No school for students
Monday, February 19
Family Day NO SCHOOL
Tuesday Feb 20
Prologue—Tribal Vision
Tuesday Feb 20 @ 6:45 p.m.
Trustee Brown’s Ward
Forum @ Lillian PS
Tues Feb 20—23rd
Kindergarten Registration
Wednesday, February 21
SAC @ 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 22
Hot Lunch Lady
Tuesday, February 22 @
12:45 Bee Assembly and
Lunar New Year celebration
Wednesday, February 28
Pink Shirt Day
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
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Dance-a-thon
Wednesday,
March 7th
Yes! McKee’s annual
dance-a-thon is going to
take place on Wednesday,
March 7th
For those who are new to the school, parents can make
donations through their children during our Spirit Week
and over the March Break. More information will be provid-
ed as we get closer to the date. Spirit Week is a fun filled
week, highlighted by our Dance a thon. Everyone looks
forward to this each year. There will be many wonderful
raffle prizes for the students and parents who participate
in this event. All funds are used to enrich the lives of our
students at McKee. Let’s open our wallets and make this
year’s Dance-a-thon the most successful one ever!
Skating at Mitchell Field Arena
Many of our students have been having fun skating at Mitchell Field Arena. The school has 2
sessions booked in February and 5 more in March. Parents are reminded to ensure their chil-
dren have coats and mittens while on the ice. Thank you to all the parents who volunteer to help
our students put on their skates and equipment.
On February 13, students will be receiving their First Term Provincial Report
Card. Teachers will communicate with those parents who require an interview.
If a parent would like to discuss their child’s report card, please communicate
with the teacher to request a mutual time for this discussion.
Dates 1:00—2:00 p.m. 2:00—3:00 p.m.
Monday Feb 5 Li-Wong, Kenedy,
Gagnon, Bitterhoff
Jung, E. Lee,
Trudel, Chu
Tuesday Feb 27 Lazarus, Rosenberg,
Chung, Coles N/A
Lunchroom Supervisors Needed - $11.40/hr.
(supply) or $18.96/hr. (permanent)
If you have experience working with children
and an ability to communicate in English sensi-
tively with our students, parents and others,
please consider joining our team. Your main role
will be to ensure the safety and security of our
students during the daily lunch period for 1 hour
and 15 minutes. Necessary skills include pa-
tience, understanding and the ability to encour-
age positive relations among students.
If interested, please apply online at the following
address or provide a resume to the School:
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/AboutUs/Employment/S
upportStaff/OnCallReplacementOpportunities.as
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Character Education
On January 31st we presented Team-
work certificates to our students in
Grades 1, 3, and 5. Congratulations!
In the month of February, your child will
be involved in learning activities de-
signed to develop “fairness”. Share a
story that will help your child understand
that sometimes “fair” does not mean
“equal”.
Beautiful Art at McKee
Mindfulness
We are so fortunate to be welcoming
Judy Reynolds, a trained Mindfulness
instructor, into 11 of our classrooms.
We have begun by having all of our
Kindergarten classes along with 2 of
our Gr. 1 and 2 of our Gr. 2 classes
involved with this initiative. These clas-
ses help teach our students the lan-
guage they need to better understand
their emotions and develop their self
regulation skills. Ms Reynolds uses a
Monkey puppet to help teach these
concepts. WE have
already seen stu-
dents using these
strategies when deal-
ing with frustration.
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Full Day Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten registration will officially begin the week of February 20—23rd. Please encourage your
neighbours who have children born in 2014 (Junior Kindergarten) and 2013 (Senior Kindergarten) to call
the office to make an appointment. The office is booking registration appointments. In order to register,
parents will need to present the following:
identification to prove residency (NOT a cell phone bill or driver’s license)
a letter from the Property Management Office indicating the names of the people who live in your unit
child’s birth certificate or passport or permanent resident card
immigration papers, if necessary
record of immunization and health card
Please know that our boundary change will take effect September 2018. Please contact the office if
you would like to apply for optional attendance.
Attention all Parents of Preschool Children
McKee McKids has started to take waiting list forms for their
fulltime and part-time preschool programs for September 2018
McKee McKids is the childcare located in McKee Public School.
If you have a child who will be 31 months by September 2018,
and you want a high quality learning environment please call us
at416-222-1414. You can also email us at
mckeemckids@bellnet.ca or come and visit us when you are at
McKee Public School.
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The Grade 3 Drama Club presented their
own version of the story "The Three Little
Pigs". They worked very hard and demon-
strated excellent cooperation in order to pre-
sent this wonderful play during our Bee as-
sembly. Well done Drama Club! And a spe-
cial thank you to Ms Bose for her work with
leading this Drama club.
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Scientists in the School
Scientists in the school was really awesome
and fun. The class and I learned about
force, Scientist Fariba taught us about all
kinds of forces like gravity force. We also
got to play with magnets. If you put 2 mag-
nets 6 cm apart, they would roll to each oth-
er and stick! We also tested out catapults!
We also tested which material had most
friction: force; wood, rubber or wall paper. It
turns out it was rubber. We also got a free
cup, card and a poker chip! Scientist in the
school was awesome!
Chengxing
Gr. 3, Ms. Chung’s class
Scientist in the School—Gr. 3—Thanks to SAC for covering the cost!!
Scientist in the School
Last week we had Scientist in the School. Scientist
Fariba came to visit and talk to us about different
types of forces. We learned about gravity, push &
pull, static electricity, friction, and magnetic force.
My favourite forces are static electricity, and push
and pull.
For the push and pull group activity, we placed a
lego man on a car and pushed it towards a ruler.
The man fell off. Then we tried the same thing
again, but with an elastic band over the man’s
waist and the pole. This time he didn't fall off! That’s because the rubber band was holding him down. For our
static electricity activity we used a static octopus and fabric. First we rubbed the octopus with fabric, it started
to stick to everything (like our arms!). Then when we put water on the static octopus, it calmed right down.
Scientist Fariba taught us a few cool magic tricks.
The first trick was about magnets. She placed one magnet under her paper, and then another magnet on top
of the paper. Wherever one magnet went, the other followed! For her next trick, she poured water in a bucket
and swung it in a circle. The water didn't fall! That’s because she wasn't too fast or too slow. Finally, Scientist
Fariba did a trick about friction. She put a card on a cup, and then put a poker chip on top of the card. Then
she pulled the card slowly. The poker chip stayed on top of the card. But when she pulled the card away
quickly the poker chip fell in the cup.
When it was over, I wanted to do more science, because it was so much fun!
By Sawon & Brooke (room 210)
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From the Library:
Hello Parents,
It seems like we never had a Winter break. No sooner did we get back to school, we had the highly anticipat-
ed “Book Fair”. It was a mammoth event to set up and run, but the children loved it. The book fair was not
just about buying books, but it gave the children opportunities to apply real life skills. For the kindergarten,
they chose books they wanted to buy and then learned to ask for help to write down titles. The grade ones
and twos had to write their own lists, applying their printing and adding skills, while the older children learned
to make responsible choices with the money they were entrusted to spend.
It was so nice to see the interaction between the parents and students as they discussed the books they
were choosing. We are not talking about the monetary value, but the content, the readability, making good
choices for educational purposes and for the pure enjoyment of reading.
Thank you, parents for making this the most successful book fair ever. Your donations to the classroom wish
lists were so appreciated. As well as the parents, Mrs. Lang gave $100 from the school budget to support
every classroom library, totalling $3 300! She truly believes that the love of reading is fostered when children
have books they enjoy. The feedback from the children has been so positive. Thank you, Mrs. Lang and
Parents!
When you purchase books from this fair, we get a portion back for the library. We made a total of $15 100
before taxes and deductions. Scholastics allowed us to take $1 410 in books directly from the fair and we
still have almost $3000 to spend in the future. I have always said we had one of the best libraries around
and that is because we have some of the most supportive and generous parents and administrators.
Now that January is almost over, we will get back to exploring the Virtual Library in February. Until then, enjoy
all the books bought from the book fair! Happy reading!
Nancy Charron
January Teamwork Bees
Congratulations to the following students who demonstrated teamwork during the month of January. We are very proud
of you.
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