Principal’s Message Wednesday November 18, 2015 Volume 3, Issue 9 Whiteoaks Wednesday Weekly Whiteoaks Public School 1690 Mazo Cres. Mississauga, Ontario L5J 1Y8 Phone: 905.822-0451 Fax: 905.822-5973 http://schools.peelschools.org/1259 Follow us on Twitter: @whiteoakspeel Principal: Greg Lorentz Vice-Principal: Christine Barnes Office Manager: Jolanta Nolevski Office Assistant: Grace Piatek Superintendent: Patricia Rossall Assistant: Lisa Ellis Phone: 905-366-8800 Trustee: Brad Macdonald Phone: 905-593-3547 Inside this issue: Principal’s Message 1 Upcoming Events 2 Celebrating Faith and Culture 2 Lost and Found 3 The Giving Tree 4 QSP Update 5 Junior Musical Update 6 French Immersion Information Night 7 Nutrition Nibble 8 Active Living Idea 9 Dear Whiteoaks Families, This week is Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week. I am pleased to announce that this year we have partnered with the Toronto Argonauts' "Huddle Up" Bullying Prevention Program. Mme Bird has been working with our student leaders; and they are in the process of spreading the Huddle Up message this week. Our 2015-2016 Leadership Crew and Oakie and the Acorns have worked together to come up with a presentation about bullying. They are working to create a school-wide pledge with the message: Be a Friend - Stand Up, Support and Defend! We will also incorporate messages from the Peel board’s #ChooseAction campaign and our Whiteoaks TEAM philosophy! School Council is a very important parent advisory group at our school. Our School Council elections are scheduled to occur on Thursday, December 3 and Fri- day, December 4 at Whiteoaks. We are seeking new members. Make your voice count and please get involved. You will receive information about the School Council election via email. If you are interested in filling a position on Council, I would ask that you complete the School Council Nomination form attached to the email, and return it to the school no later than November 25th. Hardcopies of this information will also be sent out to our families. Just a reminder that if your child will start grade 1 in September 2016, one of the important choices you will make is whether you want to apply for the French Immer- sion program. To find out if French Immersion is right for your child, plan to attend our parent information meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening, Thursday, Nov. 19. The meeting will take place in the gym. I would like to remind you again that our caring community of volunteers will be proceeding with the annual Giving Tree initiative this year. This is a program that seeks to anonymously help families in need. I am including again two information pieces about student safety from last week’s WWW to stress their importance and the need that they be adhered to by all members of our school community. Please see the notes below regarding visitor sign-in and safe use of the crosswalk. Just a reminder that as in all Ontario schools, it is a requirement that all visitors sign in at the office when they arrive at the school. Parents, guardians and care giv- ers are not to proceed to their child’s classroom nor enter the school hallway with- out signing in and receiving a visitor’s badge. Thank-you for your cooperation re- garding this safety procedure. In the interest of student safety, we ask that all pedestrians entering school prop- erty at the beginning of the school day use the sidewalk. There are many vehicles entering and exiting the school grounds at the beginning and end of the day. When individuals cross through the vehicle and bus lanes, they put themselves at risk. Modelling safe behaviour by using the sidewalk is critical to teach our students
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Principal’s Message
Wednesday November 18, 2015 Volume 3, Issue 9
Whiteoaks
Wednesday Weekly Whiteoaks Public School
1690 Mazo Cres.
Mississauga, Ontario
L5J 1Y8
Phone: 905.822-0451
Fax: 905.822-5973
http://schools.peelschools.org/1259
Follow us on Twitter: @whiteoakspeel
Principal: Greg Lorentz
Vice-Principal: Christine Barnes
Office Manager: Jolanta Nolevski
Office Assistant: Grace Piatek
Superintendent: Patricia Rossall
Assistant: Lisa Ellis
Phone: 905-366-8800
Trustee: Brad Macdonald
Phone: 905-593-3547
Inside this issue:
Principal’s
Message
1
Upcoming
Events
2
Celebrating Faith
and Culture
2
Lost and Found 3
The Giving Tree 4
QSP Update 5
Junior Musical
Update
6
French
Immersion
Information Night
7
Nutrition Nibble 8
Active Living
Idea
9
Dear Whiteoaks Families,
This week is Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week. I am pleased to announce
that this year we have partnered with the Toronto Argonauts' "Huddle Up" Bullying
Prevention Program. Mme Bird has been working with our student leaders; and they
are in the process of spreading the Huddle Up message this week. Our 2015-2016
Leadership Crew and Oakie and the Acorns have worked together to come up
with a presentation about bullying. They are working to create a school-wide
pledge with the message: Be a Friend - Stand Up, Support and Defend! We will also
incorporate messages from the Peel board’s #ChooseAction campaign and our
Whiteoaks TEAM philosophy!
School Council is a very important parent advisory group at our school. Our
School Council elections are scheduled to occur on Thursday, December 3 and Fri-
day, December 4 at Whiteoaks. We are seeking new members. Make your voice
count and please get involved.
You will receive information about the School Council election via email. If you
are interested in filling a position on Council, I would ask that you complete the
School Council Nomination form attached to the email, and return it to the school
no later than November 25th. Hardcopies of this information will also be sent out to
our families.
Just a reminder that if your child will start grade 1 in September 2016, one of the
important choices you will make is whether you want to apply for the French Immer-
sion program. To find out if French Immersion is right for your child, plan to attend
our parent information meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening, Thursday, Nov. 19. The
meeting will take place in the gym.
I would like to remind you again that our caring community of volunteers will be
proceeding with the annual Giving Tree initiative this year. This is a program that
seeks to anonymously help families in need.
I am including again two information pieces about student safety from last
week’s WWW to stress their importance and the need that they be adhered to by
all members of our school community. Please see the notes below regarding visitor
sign-in and safe use of the crosswalk.
Just a reminder that as in all Ontario schools, it is a requirement that all visitors
sign in at the office when they arrive at the school. Parents, guardians and care giv-
ers are not to proceed to their child’s classroom nor enter the school hallway with-
out signing in and receiving a visitor’s badge. Thank-you for your cooperation re-
garding this safety procedure.
In the interest of student safety, we ask that all pedestrians entering school prop-
erty at the beginning of the school day use the sidewalk. There are many vehicles
entering and exiting the school grounds at the beginning and end of the day.
When individuals cross through the vehicle and bus lanes, they put themselves at
risk. Modelling safe behaviour by using the sidewalk is critical to teach our students
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November 19, 27—Intramural Basketball during Nutrition Break #1 for Grades 4-5
November 19—Kidssentials Lunch Nutrition Break #1
November 19—French Immersion Information Night 7pm
November 20, 27-—Karate Kids during Nutrition Break #2 for Grades 2-4
November 24—Gr. 5 Computer Coding Club
December 3 and 17—Kidssentials Lunch Nutrition Break #1
Upcoming Events
Celebrating Faith and Culture
At Whiteoaks, we continue to work to be an inclusive school. To honour the fact that at Whiteoaks our student
body represents many cultures and faiths, we celebrate the faith and cultures at Whiteoaks regularly as they
occur, by reading messages about cultural celebrations over the announcements. In addition, we insert a
chart in each week’s newsletter indicating Days of Celebration, their dates and the Faiths and Cultures that
observe them. We have included the chart of celebrations for the upcoming weeks in this newsletter.
November Gwilatkw Aboriginal Spirituality
November 4 -22 The month of Qudrat Bahá'í
November 23 - December 11 The month of Qawl Bahá'í
November 24 Martyrdom of Guru Teg Baha-
dur
Sikhism
November 25 Dev Diwali or Lokashah Jayanti Hinduism and Jainsim
November 25 Birth of Guru Nanak Sikhism
November 26 Day of Covenant Bahá'í
November 28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í
November 28 (J) or 29 First Day of Advent (Christmas
fast)
Christianity
November 29 First Sunday of Advent Christianity
December Luut'aa Aboriginal Spirituality
Sunset of December 6 to 14 Chanukah Judaism
safety in the Kiss and Ride area. For this reason, and for personal safety, we ask that pedestrians do
not walk across the driveway to gain access to school property. Thank-you for keeping our stu-
dents safe by always modeling safe use of the sidewalks.
Yours in education,
G. Lorentz
Principal
Principal’s Message…continued
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Our Lost and Found is overflowing! Please drop by to take a look at our Lost and Found collections. They are overflowing with clothing and other items. There is one down by the gym doors and a second one in the primary wing. Lost and Found will be donated to a local charity after:
November 20th Thank you
Lost and Found
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Volunteers Needed
We are in the process of getting our Giving Tree up and running. The Giving Tree supports families in our community during the Christmas season. We are looking to assemble a team of helpers for the following jobs. Mitten cutting - can be done at home. We will also host a mitten cutting coffee morning on Friday, November 27th - 9:30 at Jennifer Latimer’s home, please email to RSVP [email protected] Gift wrapping - dates to be announced, usually during the morning at the school. Likely to com-mence first week of December. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions Thanks Jennifer Latimer - [email protected]
The money raised through our fundraiser benefits all our children with the many enrichment activities throughout the school year.
Delivery of your magazines!!! Many magazines will start arriving shortly! Please keep in mind that some sub-scriptions may take longer to start depending on the magazine ordered and the number of issues per year.
Questions? Contact QSP Customer Service:
1-800-667-2536
Even though our deadline for sending in orders and getting prizes has passed, you can still order online anytime at great prices and our school still benefits! If you want to renew other magazines, or order a new magazine, or order gift subscriptions you can still take advantage of QSP’s great prices all
year long, just go to:
www.qsp.ca and click on “Shop Now” Our group number is 3719135
Our Junior students are pleased to announce they will be performing
this fun and energetic musical during the week prior to the December
Break.
There will be a matinee and a 7:00 evening performance for each cast.
The performance date for each class is as follows:
Junior Musical Update
Wednesday December 16 Thursday December 17
4B Mrs.Ghaffarpour/Mme Wilson
4/5A Mme Goulden/ Mme Gregory
4/5E Mrs. Chandler
5A Mrs. Degroote/Mme Marin
5E Mr. Mcdonald
3/4E Mrs. Attanassova
4A Mme Bird
4C Mme Wilson/Mrs. Ghaffarpour
5B Mme Marin/Mrs. Degroote
5C Mme Gregory/Mme Goulden
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Is French Immersion right for my child? If your child will be starting grade 1 in September 2016, one of the important choices you will make is whether you want to apply for the French Immersion (FI) program. What is the program like? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the program? One way to help answer these questions is to attend the information meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the French Immersion school your child would attend. To find out the FI school your child would attend:
visit our website www.peelschools.org/French
call the school in your area
call 905-890-1010 or 1-800-668-1146 ext. 2212
Online application The application form for Grade 1 French Immersion for the 2016-17 school year will be available online at www.peelschools.org/French on Monday Nov. 23, 2015 at 1 p.m. The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at 4 p.m. Applications received after that date will be put on a waiting list. A French Immersion enrolment cap is in place. This means that a specific number of spots are available for students entering grade 1 French Immersion. A random selection process will be used to identify stu-dents gaining entrance into the program. For more information about the random selection process visit www.peelschools.org/French. Important dates Information meeting Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 at 7 p.m. Registration opens Monday Nov. 23, 2015 at 1 p.m. Registration deadline Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at 4 p.m. For more information visit www.peelschools.org/French call your nearest French Immersion school talk with parents who have children in the French Immersion program visit the Canadian Parents for French website at http://on.cpf.ca/
French Immersion Information
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Nutrition Nibble—A New Weekly Feature!
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Our Healthy School Community—Active Living Idea
ADAPTED FROM: PDSB “DPA Ideas of the
Week”
Power Jumping
Equipment: DVD player Instructions: Have family members brainstorm various ways to jump (e.g.,
Jump on the spot; Jumping jacks; Elbow to knee jumps; Jump and twist your
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