The Week Ahead for Parents

March Break Camp at JVPS

Preparing for Inclement Weather

JVPS Spirit Wear is now on School Cash On-Line

The Week Ahead for Parents

PA Day Friday January 18 2019

This is a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, January 18 is a PA Day.

There will be no school on January 18 for elementary students.

We will see everyone back at school on Monday, January 21.

Please remember that there is supervision in both yards starting at 8:45 a.m.

Classes start at 9:00 a.m.  and we are reminding parents to ensure that their children arrive at school on time.

The Week Ahead for Parents

Movie Night at JVPS Thursday January 17, 2019

Register for Karate at JVPS Lunch Time Program

Karate will be offered on Tuesdays at JVPS during the lunch time recess. Registration is on line.

Mad Science Lunch Programs at JVPS Starting in January

Questioning in Math

Using effective questions when talking about math, supports the development

of your child’s mathematical reasoning. The use of questioning provides children
with opportunities to share and clarify their ideas, draw conclusions, and explain
and explore new strategies. With good intention, we often rush to provide our
children all the information they need to solve a math problem. By giving your
child this information too quickly, they may not think deeply about the problem
or engage in mathematical processes.

Here is a list of questions you can ask to support your child’s
mathematical thinking:

• How did you solve the problem? 
• What did you do?
• What strategy did you use?
• How did you estimate what the answer could be?
• What would happen if …?
• Tell me what is the same? What is different?
• How do you know?
• How did you know where …?
• How did you know which …?
• How did you know when …?
• How do you know your/our answer is reasonable?
• Would this work every time? Can you/we think of any examples that don’t work?
• Have you/we found all the possibilities? How do you/we know?
• What have you/we discovered about __________ while solving this problem?
• What have you/we learned?

Lunch Orders at JVPS

Lunch Programs at JVPS

We are offering two Young Rembrandt programs at lunch.

On Thursday, the program is for students in grades 1 - 5.

On Friday, the program is for students in Kindergarten only.

See registration information below:

Reporting Student Absences

In order to ensure that all students have arrived safely at school we are reminding parents and guardians of the following:

• It is very important for all parents/guardians to report a student absent to the school office. Our attendance line is open 24 hours a day.  If your child is going to be absent, parents and guardians MUST inform the school. Parents can also report student absences through EDSBY.

• Parents and guardians are also asked to report any vacation dates to the school office.

• Parents must ensure the school has complete and current emergency contact information;

If a student is absent from school,  the school will complete the following steps:

• contact parents/guardians as soon as possible when their child is identified as absent without explanation;
•  if all contact and emergency number have been tried and a student is still deemed to be absent without explanation, the school will contact York Regional Police 

Safe Arrival is very important.

Lunch Programs at JVPS

This term JVPS will be offering  Chess (Wednesdays) as well as  Karate (Tuesdays), Young Rembrandts (Thursdays and Fridays) and Mad Science (Mondays) as paid lunch programs for students.

If you need more information or another flyer, please contact the school office.