Information about Flu Season

Edsby Tutorial

School council is offering a hands-on session for parents to learn more about how to use the Edsby tool.  

The session will take place just before our School Council meeting this Thursday, November 1, 2018.

The Edsby session will start at 6:15 p.m.

We will cover: 

• logging on,
• reporting an absence,
• booking a parent/teacher interview
• using the translation tool
• communicating with teachers and making the most out of this communication tool   

Please bring a charged device and the EDSBY app downloaded. If you do not have an account, please contact the office. This will be a hands on session. 

Please contact the office to indicate interest.  Babysitting will be provided.

         

School Council Thursday, November 1, 2018

Please join us for our second School Council meeting, on Thursday November 1, 2018.  We will meet from  7:00 p.m  until 8:30 p.m. in the Learning Commons.  Babysitting will be provided.  If you are attending, please let the office know if you will need babysitting.  Included is a short video about school councils and the purpose of school councils.

We look forward to seeing you at the council meeting.

The Week Ahead for Parents

Winter Camp Registration

Parent Teacher Interview Schedule on Edsby for Parents of Senior Kindergarten Students (Year 2) to Grade 8 Students Only

Parent - Teacher Interviews will be held on Thursday November 22, 2018 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and again on Friday November 23, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to twelve o’clock noon.

Johnsview Village P.S.  is pleased to announce that we will be using an online process through Edsby to manage our Parent Teacher Interviews scheduling.

Edsby is an intuitive, cloud-based platform that will allow families to easily reserve times to meet with their child’s teachers. YRDSB in partnership with Edsby have created a secure platform that protects the privacy of information for our YRDSB families.

Families will need to create an Edsby account to access the online appointment scheduler for their child’s teachers. 

Only families who create an Edsby account prior to the schedule being opened on Monday November 12, 2018, will have access. For help signing up for Parent-Teacher interviews, please visit http://bit.ly/ptifamily.

If you have any questions about this process, please contact our main office.

Important Timelines

Nov 12	Parent - Teacher Interviews schedule opens for booking, an invitation to book appointments will be sent to your Edsby inbox with a notification to your email.
Nov 21	Progress Report Cards sent home
Nov 22 & 23 Nov 23	Parent-Teacher Interviews Interview/Conference Schedule Closes at the end of the day

If you have any questions about this process, please contact our main office and we will be pleased to help you create an Edsby account.

Mrs. Goldberg

Principal

Sign up for Edsby

JVPS will continue to send out invitations for parents to sign up for Edsby.

Please ensure that the office has your correct e-mail address.

Through Edsby, parents can submit student attendance.

This year we will be asking parents to sign up for Parent-Teacher interviews through Edsby.  More information will be coming out soon on how to book your parent - teacher interview through Edsby.

If you have any questions, please contact the office at 905-881-3360.

Hallowe'en Haunt Thursday October 25, 2018

Information for Grade 7 & 8 Students

NEW! 
Pathways Planning and Course Selection Platform: Grades 7 - 12

The York Region District School Board will be providing your child with an engaging and new interactive online education and career/life planning platform starting in November 2018.  Career Cruising will not be available to students after November 15, 2018. Students will be notified via their GAPPS account email of the steps required to save information, that has been stored in their Individual Pathway Plan (IPP,) from Career Cruising into their GAPPS account.

This new platform  will include a number of beneficial resources to support your child as they progress through high school, including:

✓      Who Am I – 6 unique assessments for self-exploration and discovery (including Learning Styles, Myers-Briggs Personality, Holland Interests, Knowledge, Motivations, and Compatibility)

✓      High School – A tool to visually plan courses, track progress toward graduation, and instantly identify post-secondary eligibility for opportunities in all pathways

✓      Post-Secondary – A database to explore post-secondary opportunities and compare detailed information on apprenticeships, college programs, university programs and workplace sectors across Canada

✓      Goals – An interactive goal setting tool to set S.M.A.R.T. goals and action plans

✓      Occupations – A database of over 500 occupations to compare comprehensive information on jobs

✓      Resumes & Cover Letters – Interactive tools to record personal experiences, build resumes and write cover letters

✓      Money – An engaging budget-making tool to help students track income and expenses and develop financial literacy

✓      Job Search – A tool to explore real-world job postings that relate to occupations of interest

✓      Portfolios – A portfolio builder to create multiple portfolios and share it with parents, teachers, or future employers

Schools will be receiving more information regarding the transition to this new platform in the coming weeks and will continue to provide students and parents/guardians with updates.

A Few Reminders

We are still looking for interested people to work as Lunchroom Supervisors.

The hours are from 12:50 to 1:50,  five days a week.

This is a paid position, so if you are interested or know someone who might be interested, please contact the school office.

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More information will be coming out around the School Council Halloween Event on October 25.

All JVPS families are welcome to attend. Families can still purchase pizza for the event on school cash on-line.

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Parents continue to be encouraged to sign up to Edsby.  If you are unsure what to do, please call the office.  All parents should have received an invitation to sign up.  If you have not received the invitation via e-mail, please  call the office.

The Week Ahead for Parents

Promoting a Growth Mindset in Mathematics

“In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment,” (Dweck, 2013)

Before your child can learn mathematics, he or she needs to believe in his or her ability to do so.
That’s where you come in. You can be your child’s 1st role model for learning. When you engage
with your child in a supportive, relaxed atmosphere, your child will enjoy exploring the world of
mathematics.

Doing Mathematics with Your Child, Kindergarten to Grade 6

Activities:

Primary/Junior/Intermediate

Which One Doesn’t Belong is a great activity that promotes mathematical thinking because
there are many “right” answers - it all depends on their reasoning.

Show your child this picture:

Ask them, “which one doesn’t belong? Why?”

For additional images, check out: http://wodb.ca

Another great way to get your child talking about math is using images and questions from
Estimation 180. This website has a series of images and encourages children to think about
answers that are too high, too low and just right (Goldilock estimates).

Here is an example:

How many total cheese balls in the six containers?

For additional images and prompts, please see: http://www.estimation180.com/

To find out what your child will learn in math this year or to find other fun activities that you can do together

as a family, please visit http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/Math/Pages/default.aspx.  Be sure to also try our:

Problem of the Month

Roots Of Empathy

Johnsview Village P.S. is currently in search of a family to participate in a wonderful program that Mrs. Schiavo has had the pleasure of teaching for the past 2 years. The program is called "Roots of Empathy".

Roots of Empathy focuses on raising the levels of empathy among our students, which results in more respectful and caring relationships.

 A Roots of Empathy Family volunteers in the classroom with their baby who is two to four months old at the beginning of the program. Families commit to visiting the classroom once every three weeks during the program year.  Each visit would last approximately 30-40 minutes. Day and time can be discussed to make sure it works into the parent(s) and baby’s schedule.

The baby is the "teacher" in our classroom, and Mrs. Schiavo,  as the trained instructor, coaches students to observe the baby's development, emotions and intentions. With the parent(s) and baby, Mrs. Schiavo will help students be able to identify and reflect on their own feelings and the feelings of others.

If you or someone you know has a baby between 2 to 4 months of age, and might be interested in taking part in this program, please feel free to contact the school.

You can find out more information about the program at this website: https://rootsofempathy.org/

We are looking forward to another wonderful year with Roots of Empathy.

PA Day Monday October 22

A reminder for parents that this Monday, October 22, 2018 is a PA Day and there will be no school for students.

We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday, October 23.  

The Week Ahead for Parents

Lunch Time Program

Parents please note the Mad Science program dates have been changed and there is still time to sign up for this program.

The flyers have been sent home again and parents are asked to register on line.

Halloween Haunt on Thursday October 25 at JVPS

The Week Ahead for Parents

Hallowe'en at JVPS 2018

Hallowe'en Haunt at JVPS

Please join us for this fun evening hosted by School Council.

Just a reminder that all costumes must comply with the Safe Schools Policy,  which does not allow for any replica weapons to be part of your child's Halloweeen costume.  This includes but is not limited to guns, knives, axes, swords, spears, bows/arrows etc...  

Please note that wearing any type of face mask is also not permitted.