Tiger Tales Mar. 2019

Happy First Month of Spring!

Did you know our Breakfast Club serves dozens and dozens of students every morning? Students can simply grab’n’go a nutritious breakfast and bring it to class. It does not matter if they have had breakfast already or not. Our Tigers appreciate all of our Breakfast Club volunteers who dedicate their time. Simcoe Community Services, parents, grandmothers, and of course teachers all dedicate their time to this important initiative. Thank you for making sure our Tigers are prepared to take on the day!

Mr. K. Crozier

Want to get reminders about

school events?

Want to be reminded of things

going on?

We are now on the Remind app as a school!

On your iPhone or Android phone open your

web browser and go to the following link:

rmd.at/hilltigers

Follow the instructions and you will be all set!

Simcoe County

District School Board

Safe Arrival Number: 705.728.5246 press 1

hiloffice@scdsb.on.ca

Follow us on Twitter: @HillcrestTigers

Website: hil.scdsb.on.ca

Principal: Mr. K Crozier Vice-Principal: Ms. C. Best

IMPORTANT DATES Mar. 1 - PA Day

Mar. 11 - March Break Begins

Mar. 18 - Return to School

Mar. 22 - Twin Day

Mar. 29 - Character Ed Assembly

A Reminder that students should not be at school before

9:10am. That is when staff supervision begins on the yard.

And if you are signing out your child early, please make every

attempt to do so before 3:30pm. If it is after this, it becomes a

challenge to bring your child to the office as the students are

getting ready for the end of the day.

Follow us on Twitter @ HillcrestTigers

Visit our website at hil.scdsb.on.ca.

School events will be on the calendar.

New Path offering child and youth mental health walk-in clinics

New Path offers Child and Youth Mental Health Walk-In Counselling Clinics in Alliston, Barrie,

Bradford, Collingwood and Orillia. The Walk-In Counselling Clinics provide a single session to

children, youth and families seeking support for emotional, relationship or behavioural

challenges. They can be accessed by children, youth and families as often as needed. Children,

youth and families can self-refer by attending any location across the county. Dates and times of

the clinics are posted on the New Path website at www.newpath.ca under ‘Services’. For more

information, contact New Path’s Central Intake Department at 705-725-7656 or 1-866-566-7656.

Council Corner

Please join us for our next School

Council Meeting!

Tuesday, April 2 @ 6pm in the

library.

All welcome!

Immunization records

The Ontario Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires the health unit to have up-to-date immunization

records for all students attending school. According to the ISPA (2014), by the time students reach high school,

they are required to be vaccinated against:

tetanus, diphtheria, polio and pertussis (whooping cough) – booster required between 14 – 16 years old

measles, mumps and rubella – must have two doses after first birthday

meningococcal disease – must have one dose after the first birthday and Men-C-ACYW in Grade 7

The health unit does not receive immunization information directly from doctor’s offices. Please contact the

health unit each time your child receives a vaccine from their health care provider. If your child’s immunization

record on file with the health unit is not up to date, they may be suspended from school.

What you can do:

check – your child’s yellow immunization card

contact – your child’s health-care provider to obtain records, or to get missing vaccinations

share – go to immsonline on the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s (SMDHU) website at

https://smdhu.icon.ehealthontario.ca to enter the complete record, or fax a completed record to 705-726-3962

For more information visit the SMDHU’s school immunization page at

http://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/Immunization/Immunization-Records/SchoolPrograms.aspx.

Hillcrest will be providing a

RAINBOWS support group starting in

March. RAINBOWS helps children

and teens grieve and grow after a

loss, whether from death, divorce,

deployment or other trauma.

If you feel your child would benefit from attending

RAINBOWS, please contact the school at (705) 728-5246

and ask to speak to Ms. DesRochers.

Kindergarten registration for children turning four this year

Is your child turning four in 2019? If so, it’s time to register them for

Kindergarten in the SCDSB! Simcoe County’s public elementary schools are

now registering children for Kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year. New

this year, the registration process begins online! Visit:

www.scdsb.on.ca/elementary/planning_for_school/kindergarten for more information.