Principal’s Message/Un Mot de la Directrice:

School Priorities: Curriculum Implementation: Effective Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills School Climate Positive, Safe and Inclusive Learning Environment and School Community Student Engagement: Student engagement in explicit and purposeful learning

Principal: Kimberly Walke

Administrative Assistant:

Cathy Consiglio

Secretary: Suzana Kil

Lead Caretaker:

David Nonis

Superintendent of Schools CEC West:

Becky Green (905)764-6830

Trustee:

Anna DeBartolo (905)727-0022 Ext 2829

120 Napa Valley Avenue, Woodbridge, On L4H 1L1 www.eldersmills.ps.yrdsb.ca email: elder’s.mills.ps@yrdsb.ca

Tel: 905-893-1631 Fax: 905-893-7371 juin 2015 final

Dear Parents & Guardians, What a wonderful June we have had! Our Annual Fun Fair, Dufflebag Theatre, Track & Field, Pierre Burton Public Library Presentations, Spelling Bee, Public Speaking, Science Fair, and our Aboriginal Day Assembly were terrific highlights and great opportunities for us to celebrate the end of this year of learning! Thank you to all School Council members and school staff who took part in the organizing of all these special events! Merci beaucoup! We are very proud of all of our students’ growth, accomplishments and success this year! We look forward to working with all those students who will be returning to us in the fall. All the best to our families who will be moving onto Julliard Public School and to other schools in the district and beyond! On behalf of all of us at Elder’s Mills, I wish you and your families a safe, happy and enjoyable summer! See you on September 8, the first day of school! Bonnes vacances! Happy holidays! Mme Kimberly Walke

SCHOOL OFFICE Our School office closes for the summer on Friday June 26, 2015.

It will reopen on Monday August 31, 2015 from 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Any questions over the summer can be referred to the area

office at 905-764-6830.

We would like to wish you all a safe and happy summer!

Mrs. Consiglio and Mrs. Kil

Dates to Remember:

Labour Day: Monday, September 7, 2015 Thanksgiving Day: Monday, October 12, 2015 Christmas/Winter Break: Monday, December 21, 2015 to Friday, January 1, 2016 inclusive Family Day: Monday, February 15, 2016 Mid-Winter Break: Monday, March 14 to Friday, March 18, 2016 inclusive Good Friday: Friday, March 25, 2016 Easter Monday: Monday, March 28, 2016 Victoria Day: Monday, May 23, 2016

ATTENTION PARENTS

Are you interested in volunteering in the classroom, or on a school field trip? If so, you will need to provide the school with a current, (issued within the last six months) Vulnerable

Sector Screening (Police Check). Any parent who does not complete a Police Screening, will not be permitted to join their child’s classroom on any field trip throughout the year. Please pick up a form from our school office. If you have any questions please contact us at 905-893-1630. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

A message from the Trustee

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As the 2014-15 school year winds down, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize our parents and guardians for their ongoing support of our students throughout the year. We know that parents are our most important partners when it comes to educating your children. Good schools become better schools when they are connected with parents and families. During the year, I hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy some of the many student performances, sporting events and cultural celebrations that take place in schools across our region. These events would not take place without the support of our school staff. I would like to thank the staff for their work to support student achievement and well-being. Summer is a great time to relax and pursue hobbies or activities that complement the learning that took place over the school year. Whether you visit a museum, enjoy nature or just catch up on some summer reading, I wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable summer. Anna DeBartolo YRDSB School Board Trustee

On behalf of the Parent Council thank you for your support and for another successful year!

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We are very happy to announce that this school year, Elder's Mills P.S. was granted a Gold Award from the Ontario Eco Schools program for all of the Eco initiatives the students created and participated in. The Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education and certification program for grades K-12 that helps school communities develop both ecological literacy and environmental practices to become environmentally responsible citizens and reduce the ecological footprint of schools.

Keep on RRRollin’ with our Eco-Challenge! During this season of spring cleaning and hosting summer outdoor events, we encourage you and your families to keep the Elder’s Mills ECO momentum by practicing the 3Rs. Practicing the 3Rs keeps materials useful, reduces waste and helps the environment. Whenever we save materials from going to waste, it is good for the environment. The 3Rs Reducing means paying attention to the things we get – careful shopping is one way to reduce waste. It also means trying to avoid things we will want to throw away later, like packaging. Reusing reminds us that things can be used over and over again and doing this means we create less waste. If we reuse half-used paper we save trees and forests and animals’ homes. When we bring a reusable shopping bag to the store, we don’t get a plastic bag to throw away. When we package lunch in reusable containers we save a lot of wrapping materials. Toys and books can be reused by giving them away when we no longer need them. In this way they don’t need to be thrown into the garbage. Recycling is a way to sort paper, cardboard and newspaper, and packaging made of glass, plastic or aluminum so that it can be re-manufactured into new things. Recycling saves lots of materials from being wasted, but uses lots of energy. We will continue our Eco school initiatives next year! Thank you for your support. Special thanks to our caretakers for their ongoing work of weeding and maintaining our school grounds! Thanks to M. Ghomffo and Mme Colonna and the Eco Club for all their work to promote awareness this year!

ECO CORNER

ARE YOU LEAVING EARLY FOR SUMMER

HOLIDAYS ? Please let the school office and the homeroom teacher know if your child is leaving on holidays before the end of the school year. Please leave a large (81/2x11) self-addressed stamped envelope with the office indicating where you would like us to mail your child’s report card. Merci

Please arrange to pick up your child's epi-pen and puffers by Thursday June 25, 2015. Any medication left at the school after this date will be discarded.

For our new students, parents/guardians are asked to please come by the office before September 8 and pick up the appropriate forms

If you have lost an item of clothing, please drop by the school before Thursday June 25, 2015 to look through our box. Any unclaimed articles of clothing will be donated to a clothing shelter.

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Character Assembly: June’s Character Trait Recipients for “Optimism/l’optimisme

1 Mme Yususf Jeziah, Aleesa, Michael P. and Ding Ding

3 Mme Konjikusic Amel, Juliana and Marie

1 Mme Bergeron Jalah and Jason 3 Mme Colonna Colin, Ana, Omid, Noah, Huda and Chantal

1 Mme Sampogna 4 M. Ghomffo Saina, Sarina and Lynette

1 Mme Trivedi Mona, Vera and Imran 4/5 Mme Fancy

1 M. Villa Eva and Jessica 5 M. Petrilli Angela, Brandon and Sophia O.

1 M. Kouri 6 Mme Ing Samara and Aidan

2 Mme Constantin Simon, Anastasia and Ana

6 Mme Bassett Furat and Nana

2 Mme Bianchi Divnoor and Mannat

2 M. Thompson Lucas

3 Mme Nakhla Manel, Zakai and Kennedy

Join the Summer Reading Club

On Monday, June 15, Mrs. Sekoia Johnson, the Youth Librarian from Pierre Berton Resource Library visited EMPS to talk to all our students about participating in the Summer Reading Club. All students can register for the program at any Vaughan Public Library throughout the summer! She also talked about several fun programs offered at the public libraries this summer! Join the Reading Club and keep reading over the summer! Students can bring in their Reading Club booklets in September to show their teachers what they have read, and Mme Esposito will display the booklets at the library! Have fun reading!

Library News

Public Speaking Competition

On Friday, June 19, the Junior students participated in the Public Speaking Competition. Fifteen students represented their classes from grade 4 to 6, speaking on a variety of interesting topics. Congratulations to all the students who participated, especially Helya in grade 6 who won first place, Alison in grade 6 who won second place and Abby in grade 5 who won third place.

Bravo!

On behalf of all the Staff at Elder’s Mills We would like to wish you a Safe and Happy

Summer Vacation!

Class Organization & Staff School Day Organization

Elder’s Mills School Organization: 2015-2016

Grade

Room

Teacher 1A 110 Mme Bergeron

1B 111 Mme Yususf

1C 112 Mme Trivedi

1D 113 Mme Nocera

1E 116 Mme Sampogna 1F 129 M. Kouri

2A 122 Mme Bianchi 2B 124 Mme Constantin

2C 117 Mme Martins

2/3A 127 M. Grenier

3A 223 Mme Konjikusic

3B 222 Mme Nakhla

3C 221 M. Villa

4A 224 Mme Colonna

4B 202 Mme Mula

4/5A 211 Mme Fancy

5A 209 Mme Nursimulu

6 207 Mme Bassett

6 206 Mme Ing

7 210 M. Thompson

7 217 M. Petrilli

Teacher Librarian: Mme Esposito

Student Services: Mme Zuccaro

Prep Coverage: M. Ghomffo

Music & Drama Dance: M. Eakins

Prep Coverage: Mme Mutrie

Prep Coverage: TBA

Educational Assistant: TBA Administrative Assistant: Mme Consiglio Secretary: Mme Kil Lead Caretaker: M. Nonis Caretaker: M. Luciani Caretaker: M. Murray Principal: Mme Walke

TIMES PERIOD

8:30 A.M. SUPERVISION IN THE

YARD BEGINS

8:37-8:45 STUDENT EN-

TRY

8:45 START

8:45-9:25 PERIOD 1

9:25-10:05 PERIOD 2

10:05-10:25 PERIOD 3

10:25-10:55 RECESS

10:55-11:35 PERIOD 4

11:35-12:15 PERIOD 5

12:15-12:35 PERIOD 6

12:35-12:55

12:55-1:35

LUNCH

RECESS

1:35-2:15 PERIOD 7

2:15-2:55 PERIOD 8

2:55-3:15 PERIOD 9

3:15 DISMISSAL

TIMES PERIOD

8:30 A.M. SUPERVISION IN THE

YARD BEGINS

8:37-8:45 STUDENT ENTRY

8:45 START

8:45-9:25 PERIOD 1

9:25-10:05 PERIOD 2

10:05-10:25 PERIOD 3

10:25-10:55 RECESS

10:55-11:35 PERIOD 4

11:35-12:15 PERIOD 5

12:15-12:35 PERIOD 6

12:35-12:55

12:55-1:35

LUNCH

RECESS

1:35-2:15 PERIOD 7

2:15-2:55 PERIOD 8

2:55-3:15 PERIOD 9

3:15 DISMISSAL

First Day of School: September 8, 2015

*If it is a rainy day, grade 2-7 students will enter

the gym between 8:30-8:45 a.m.

Grade Location

1 Library

2-3 East Pavement

4-5 South Pavement

6 South Pavement

7 South Pavement