Happy PALGRAVE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2016 It feels like we are in the midst of spring already (as I write this newsletter it is sunny and relatively warm and there is no snow). However, Spring in Canada can be a funny thing and a snow storm can be looming just around the corner. But we have had very little to complain about this winter. Palgrave Superstars We continue to get great feedback about our Palgrave Superstars. Students are nominated by their teacher for something great they have done in the past week or month. Their picture is taken and they get a certificate. The pictures of the Palgrave Superstars are featured on our TV monitor in the front hall and featured again in the assembly at the end of the month. Activities at Palgrave for March. February 26 – School Assembly starting at 10:30
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Happy March!
PALGRAVE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2016
It feels like we are in the midst of spring already (as I write this newsletter it is sunny and relatively warm and there is no snow). However, Spring in Canada can be a funny thing and a snow storm can be looming just around
the corner. But we have had very little to complain about this winter.
Palgrave SuperstarsWe continue to get great feedback about our Palgrave Superstars. Students are nominated by their teacher for something great they have done in the past week or month. Their picture is taken and they get a certificate. The pictures of the Palgrave Superstars are featured on our TV monitor in the front hall and featured again in the assembly at the end of the month.
Activities at Palgrave for March. February 26 – School Assembly starting at 10:30 February 20 – Le Masque et Le Message – French presentation for students in Grade 4-8 March 3 – Parent Council and Home and School Meeting starting at 6:00 in the Library March 14 – 18 – MARCH BREAK March 22 – Hearing and Vision ScreeningMarch 25 – GOOD FRIDAY – NO SCHOOL March 28 – EASTER MONDAY – NO SCHOOL March 29 – 31 Aussie X – Fusion March 31 – Aussie X – Fusion Evening for parents and students (6:30 p.m. in the gym)
Bus delays, cancellation information available on STOPR website
At the Peel District School Board, we are committed to providing safe and efficient transportation services for our students to and from school every day. Transportation staff do their best to ensure that buses arrive and leave on time, but sometimes, delays happen.
Information about delays may not always be available through the school, especially if they happen outside of the school day. The best place for find information about bus delays and cancellations, as they happen, is the Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR) website at www.storpr.ca. To find information specific to your child's bus, you will need the bus route number.
March Break Maple Syrup Days at the Jack Smythe Field Centre
Wednesday, March 16 to Saturday, March 19,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Enjoy the beauty and wonder of nature as Spring blossoms. Jack Smythe Field Centre offers an exceptional family experience with a visit to its maple syrup bush. Join in on an authentic Canadian tradition. For a number of years the Peel Field Centres have invited the public for an awe-inspiring visit to our outstanding Maple Sugar Bush during the March Break. Individuals and families are invited to get involved as Spring comes to life. Help empty sap buckets, tap trees or sample some freshly made maple syrup as we celebrate the new syrup season. Take a hike along our tranquil trails and feed the friendly chickadees by hand. A teepee and early settler site will also be set up to show how syrup was collected and produced in centuries past. Use pioneer tools or listen to an Aboriginal tale around the campfires. No visit would be complete without a trip to the sugar shack where the sap is boiling and clouds of sweet smelling steam billow out of the chimney. Learn how modern day syrup operations are conducted with an industrial evaporator and tap line system. Have a taste of the freshly made syrup. It's going to be sweet! The cost is $5/adult and $4/child 12 and under. Lunch will be available for purchase. It will include: hot chocolate, cookies and hotdogs for you to roast over an open fire. For more information, please contact the Jack Smythe Field Centre at 1-905-877-7771. Directions to Jack Smythe Field Centre, 14592 Winston Churchill Blvd., Terra Cotta: North on Mississauga Rd, Left on King Street (You will see Credit View P.S. on your left), Right on Winston Churchill Blvd (You will pass the Terra Cotta Conservation Area on your left) to the top of the hill and left into the Jack Smythe site.
Summer School 2016
Secondary School full and make-up credit classes will be offered at 12 high schools throughout the Board this summer. Peel eLearning-Summer classes and two-credit Co-operative Education programs are also available. Please visit www.peelschools.org/summerschool for more details.
Register today for Adult ESL or LINC classes Do you know an adult that is interested in improving their English language skills for work, study or daily life?
Through the Continuing & Adult Education department, the Peel District School Board offers a wide variety of English language classes that help parents experience success in Canadian English in both listening/speaking and reading/writing. Courses are designed for a range of basic, intermediate and advanced English (Levels 1 to 7) as well as the more experienced learner needing to prepare for an IELTS exam.
Classes are ongoing - Register anytime.
All learners that complete a session will earn a certificate of learning from the Peel District School Board.
Classes operate from six locations in Brampton and Mississauga with three specially designed adult centres at:
Bramalea - Adult Education Centre - 25 Kings Cross Road, Unit 3 Brampton - Adult Education Centre - #300 - 7700 Hurontario Street Mississauga - Adult Education Centre - 100 Elm Drive West, Room 117
To learn more or to register, call 905-270-6000
Also visit www.peelschools.org/adulteducation or follow us on Twitter: @PDSBLearnESL
Conference helps parents make a difference in numeracy and beyond
The Peel District School Board is hosting its annual parent conference on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga. Once again, the conference will focus on numeracy—26 out of 61 workshops help with math. Parents will still have the opportunity to attend workshops on other topics, including literacy, special education and science.
This free learning event is open to Peel parents of students at all grade levels.
Registration closes March 18.Stay up-to-date!For more information, look out for the conference flyer at your child's school or visit www.peelschools.org/parents/conference.
School closed for PA Day on April 11, 2016
As a result of labour settlements with various federations and employee groups, the Ministry of Education has directed all school boards to create an additional Professional Activity Day this year and for each school year going forward.
For the 2015-16 school year, the additional PA Day for the Peel District School Board will be April 11, 2016. All Peel board elementary and secondary schools will be closed to students on this day. The next day, April 12, will remain a Day 4 for students.
