We are excited to announce the winners of the Yearbook Cover contest. The selected front cover was designed by Nikki Finucane in Grade 8. The first page of the yearbook was designed by Hannah Kreckler in grade 2. Congrats to both winners!
This week, we also had our Spring Concert with our students performing several musical acts. Both the Concert and Jazz Bands performed, as well as six solo performances by Foster Neilson, April Ma, Audrey Cole, Lainey Gill, William Lenko, and Meryem Turan. Thank you to Mr Hoover for all the work you have done this year to prepare the students for their performances.
~ Mrs Smith and Ms Moazzam
Important Dates
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Monday, May 18th - Victoria Day - School Closed
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Tuesday, May 19th - Junior Track and Field Day at School (3-5)
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Wednesday, May 20th - Senior Track and Field Day at School (6-8)
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Friday, May 22nd - Jump Rope for Heart (K-6)
Lighthouse Race Fundraiser - Click Here to Register
Jump Rope for Heart
Our Jump Rope for Heart event takes place next Friday, May 22nd. Kindergarten to grade 6 students will get their hearts pumping outside for one period.
Why do we participate in Jump?
While research may be hard to see, its impact is impossible to ignore. Thanks to generous donations through Jump Rope for Heart, the Heart & Stroke Foundation is driving groundbreaking research led by Canada’s top medical minds, like Dr. Lori West. Her research has made it possible for infants to safely receive heart transplants from donors with different blood types—saving countless lives.
Please consider donating to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. You may use the QR code from the postcards sent home or our school’s Jump Rope for Heart webpage . Thank you for your support!
EQAO Webinars for Families
EQAO Literacy Session for Families: Focus on Reading (June 3)
Join us for a free live webinar about how EQAO assesses students’ reading skills at key stages of their education. EQAO staff will discuss reading samples and questions from the Primary & Junior Reading Assessments, and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. Participants will hear how these reading passages and questions help assess the skills students are learning in class. Staff will also highlight valuable insights & resources that can help parents and guardians support their child’s learning.
https://eqao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d5doLU_HSVad0Jmb_V7skQ#/registration
Webinar for Parents & Guardians: Screen Time & Academic Achievement on EQAO Assessments (June 9)
EQAO is pleased to welcome the TARGet Kids! Research Team (www.targetkids.ca) as they present their work examining the relationship between children’s screen time and other health behaviours and academic achievement over time on EQAO's large-scale assessments of reading, writing and mathematics. Team members from EQAO and TARGet Kids! will answer participants’ questions about this important research. Live English to French translation will be available to participants.
https://eqao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RuB0nCjLR3m5W9ygffFb9w#/registration
EQAO Literacy Session for Families: Focus on Writing (June 11)
Join us for a free live webinar about how EQAO assesses students’ writing skills at key stages of their education. EQAO staff will discuss writing prompts and questions from the reading component of the primary- and junior-division assessments and from the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. Participants will hear how these prompts and questions help assess the skills students are learning in class. Staff will also highlight valuable insights and resources that can help parents and guardians support their child’s learning.
https://eqao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F3XF343SQve5ZGR6fEfLoA#/registration