The Week Ahead for Parents

School Council

Thank you for a wonderful School Council Meeting.

The Council Executive positions for this year are:

School Council Chair:          Nari Ismail

School Council Secretary:    Namrata Barai

School Council Treasurer:   Sandra Parra Quevedo               

We have also established a fundraising sub-committee to be chaired by Samira Chagla.

Our next council meetings will take place on the following dates:

Thursday November 9 2017

Thursday January 25, 2018

Thursday March 8 2018

Thursday May 24, 2018

School Council

Please join us for our first School council meeting on Thursday September 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Learning Commons.

Babysitting will be provided in room 2 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

We look forward to seeing many of our parents at our first council meeting.

Pizza and Sub Lunch Reminder

EQAO Results

Today Johnsview Village P.S. sent home the results from the last EQAO primary and junior provincial tests.

If you have a child who was attending school last year in grades 3 or 6 and is attending Johnsview this year in grades 4 or 7, please look for your child's personal results in an envelope in your child's backpack.

School Council at JVPS

If you have a child attending Johnsview Village Public School, please join us for our first School Council Meeting on Thursday, September 28 at 7:00 in the Learning Commons.

Happy New Year

To all of our families who celebrate Jewish New Year we would like to wish you a happy, healthy and sweet New Year. 

 Shana Tova!!!

The Week Ahead for Parents

Cross Country Try-Outs Grades 4 to 8

On Wednesday September 20th, 2017  cross country try-outs will take place at the Junior/Intermediate field, during lunch recess. Try-outs will be run by Ms. Wong and Ms. Sottile. 

If your child is interested in participating, please make sure your child is prepared to participate.

In order to join, students must be in grades:  4,5 6, 7, or 8. All students must also wear running shoes and wear comfortable clothes for running. The weather will be hot so please ensure that your child  has a water bottle.

The Week Ahead for Parents

Pizza and Sub Orders Now Available on School Cash On Line

Parents can now order a sub lunch and a pizza lunch for their children.  All funds raised go towards supporting school initiatives for all of the students.

All orders for this session are due by September 29.

Parents are asked to place their orders through School Cash On Line.

Please follow this link:
https://yrdsb.schoolcashonline.com/

Sub lunch starts October 3, 2017

Pizza lunch starts October 6, 2017

Musical Theatre Lunch Program for Grades 2 to 5

We Had a Great First Week at School

We had a fabulous first week of school! Our students spent the week meeting their friends and getting to know their teachers and routines.

At our first day assembly, we talked about our goals for the year and our hopes for ensuring a happy and positive school climate for all our children and staff. To do this, we see ourselves as a community. A community is built on relationships where we are always looking out or standing up for each other. We understand how important it is to develop our own self-regulation skills. We work at being kind and patient with one another and we get help when we need it.

We talked about our school pledge and what that would look like throughout the year.

Here is the pledge for parents to review with their children:

As a JVPS Student I pledge to:

• Be kind to others
• Include people who feel alone
• Take care of others when they are sad
• Treat others the way I would like to be treated
• Stand up for others
• Use appropriate language to make sure that I don't offend others
• Never judge others based on their appearance, their personality, their size, their interests, their gender, their race, or their beliefs
• Say, "Not in Our School" when I see someone being disrespectful toward others

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 othersOur Goals: How to Achieve our Goals? 

·                    Take responsibility for yourself and your learning

·                    Understand and accept the consequences of your behaviour and your choices

·                    Follow the school safety rules

·                    Have a Growth Mindset and always do your best!

·                    Have fun!

  

Thanks Johnsview!

The Week Ahead for Parents

First Day Package

A great big thank you to all parents and students for a wonderful first day back at school.

All students in YRDSB have been provided with a Guide Book and Start-up Package that outlines useful information from the school and Board. All families are asked to read this along with the school information in the Start-up Package.

All students received a first day package to bring home.  Parents are asked to sign and return several important agreement forms that you will find in your first day package.  

Please also consider volunteering your time to benefit our school and returning the volunteer list and School Council form.

Most importantly, we ask that you carefully look over your child’s Personal Student Verification forms.  Please update all emergency phone numbers and home phone numbers which must be corrected, signed and returned to the school to ensure that we have  accurate emergency information. 

Please return these forms as soon as possible or by September 15th. Thank you for your cooperation.  

Upcoming...

Pizza and Sub Lunch:

These forms will be coming out shortly on School Cash On-Line. 

The Week Ahead for Parents September 4 to 8

Reminder of Parking Routines at JVPS

Dear Johnsview Village Families,

In our combined effort to keep our children safe and in being good neighbours with the Johnsview Village Co-op, we are asking for your continued support for our drop-off and pick-up procedures at our school.   We would just like to remind all families who drive of the following routines:

Street Parking:

·       Please park in legal street parking spaces only  

·       Please do not park on the north side of Porterfield

·       Please obey all street signs:  No U turns on Porterfield

·       Please do not leave your car running and unattended

·       Please do not park in spots reserved for residents of the

         Johnsview Village Co-op

Thank you for working with us to keep our students safe.

Morning Drop Off Routines

Dear Parents of Full Day Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 3  students:

This note is a reminder to all parents of FDK and primary students (Grades 1 to 3) to please drop off your children outside the kindergarten gate.   We are requesting that parents of all children not enter the kindergarten enclosed yard.  This will help the staff in the following ways:

·       Ensure that all children are accounted for as it is difficult to see the children with all the adults in the kindergarten yard

·      Help improve separation between parents and children

·       Reduce congestion at the entry gate to the kindergarten yard

Starting from the first day of school, Tuesday September 5, 2017, parents are asked to drop their children off at the kindergarten gate at 8:45 a.m. when supervision begins.  

Please note that there is supervision in the FDK yard and primary yard at 8:45 a.m. 

Thank you for your cooperation.

Mrs. Goldberg, the Kindergarten Team and the Primary Staff

School Supplies

The first day of school is very exciting for most children and parents.

 It is a time for new beginnings, new friends, new clothes and 

new school supplies. 

Although, schools provide basic supplies, some families like to go out to the dollar store or office supply store to get new personal supplies for their children. Often we are asked for advice on what to get. On the first days of school each classroom teacher usually provides an introductory newsletter with a list of things children will need age appropriate to their classes.  However, in case you are going out this week, here are a few things for your consideration.  

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

To get you started...below is a list of suggested (NOT mandatory) school supplies that will be used in school...   

• A pencil case
• pencils, pencils, pencils (1 class can use 500 pencils in a year)
• pencil crayons
• markers
• crayons
• pencil sharpener
• ruler
• glue sticks
• tape
• eraser
• scissors
• binder (for older students)
• reusable water bottle
• a box of Kleenex tissue (to be restocked during the year)
• indoor shoes
• sneakers to be worn for gym

We also remind you to label clothing with your child's name. Kindergarten and Grade 1 students should also have a change of clothing in case of accidents. As the weather gets wet, extra socks is always a good idea.        

Welcome Back JVPS Families

We are looking forward to welcoming back all of our students on Tuesday September 5, 2017. We would like to extend a special welcome to our new students and their families.

We hope everyone had a great summer and that you are all looking forward to another fantastic year at JVPS.

The school looks great.  Our  caretaker, Mr. Addesi, has worked diligently over the summer months to ensure that our school is clean.   Our teachers have been in to set up their classrooms so that our school is all ready to welcome our students.  You will notice that many of our classrooms have new millwork and our makerspace and learning commons have new additions as well!!!

Supervision starts at 8:45 a.m and we look forward to greeting our students in the playground.  

We are asking our primary students to gather on the back primary tarmac where the teachers will be outside to greet them and sort them in to their classrooms.  

We are asking the junior and intermediate students (grades 4 to 8) to gather on the back junior/intermediate tarmac where the teachers will be outside to greet them and sort them into their classrooms.

Just a final reminder for parents of Junior Kindergarten students ONLY that the first day of school (September 5th only) is a half day.  We are asking you to pick up your children at 11:30 a.m. from the kindergarten rooms.

We are also inviting parents of Junior Kindergarten students to come a bit earlier at 11:00 a.m  to meet with Oksana Majeski, our Community Resource Facilitator, in the learning commons to learn more about joining School Council for the upcoming school year.

Have a great long weekend.