Each Person Excels - Elizabeth Park Elementary

ELIZABETH PARK
ELEMENTARY
Ms. Elizabeth Churchill, Principal
Ms. Leanne Morrissey, Asst. Principal
A Gold Medal for the EPE Olympics!
Each Person Excels
School Newsletter
March 2014
OPTIS
As we did in the first term, the OPTIS
system of booking parent/teacher
appointments will be used again. The
system will be open to parents on
Monday, March 10th at 4:00 pm. Just
log on to:
www.parentinterviews.com/elizabethpark
Further information about OPTIS will be
sent home this week.
Olympic Week, at our school, was a
great success! Running from Friday,
February 7th to Friday, February 14th,
there was a wide range of special
activities for our students including each
grade level representing a country.
Everyone was introduced to various
sporting events, while gaining a true
appreciation for the Olympic Games
ongoing in Sochi.
Our Grade four
students led us
through the
"Friends
Around the
World" themed
Opening
Ceremony.
Thanks to all for their participation in this
great week of fun and learning.
Report Cards
Term II is coming to
a close. Students
will receive their
report cards on
Tuesday, March
11th with ParentTeacher conferences
scheduled
for Thursday, March 13th.
Kindergarten classes are cancelled
on this day and students in Grades 1
– 6 will be dismissed at 11:30. Please
take this opportunity to celebrate your
child’s academic accomplishments.
Professional Development/School
Holiday
Please note that
teachers will be
taking part in a
professional
development
opportunity on Friday, March 14th.
Students will not have school on this
day.
Also, there are no classes on Monday,
March 17th as this is a district school
holiday.
All students will return to classes on
Tuesday, March 18th, which will be
Day 6 on our school calendar.
Book Fair – “Spring” in to Reading
Elizabeth Park Elementary is pleased to
be holding a Scholastic Book Fair
March 10th - 13th This year we are just
holding one. Keep an eye out for further
information. “Spring” in to some great
reading and help support our school! All
monies raised are taken in book value to
continue enhancing our Learning
Resource Center and Classroom
Libraries.
SQUAWK Squad Alert....St. Patrick's
Green!
Our next SQUAWK
Squad theme dress
day will be Tuesday,
March 18th. Be sure
to wear green, lots of
lucky shamrocks and
be as creative as you can for our St.
Patrick's Day SQUAWK Squad.
KinderStart Session #3
Our third KinderStart
session will be held
on Friday, March
21st. Regular
Kindergarten
classes are
cancelled on this
day.
School Dress
In keeping with our school goal of
maintaining a respectful learning
environment for all, a reminder that Tshirts with inappropriate
words/messages and tank tops, with
only spaghetti straps, should not to be
worn to school.
Janeway Day
$312. 66 was raised for the Janeway
Children's Hospital during our "Janeway
Day". Thank-you to everyone for their
donation.
School Council News
A big thank-you to all for the support of
our first "Chapters Night"! Despite the
winter weather, we had quite a turn-out
with our school receiving a Chapters Gift
Card of just over $1000.00 dollars. We
can now do some shopping for new
books! Thank-you, as well, to our own
council member Damian Follett for
providing some wonderful music
throughout the event.
Our School Council is also planning a
"Family Movie Night" for March. Please
keep an eye out for an expression of
interest call that will be forthcoming
very soon!
Recycling Reminder
A reminder that the following items are
not accepted with the School Recycling
Program:
 Glass
 Milk Cartons
 Caps/Straws
 Items with liquid still inside
Our school does not receive credit when
these items are included.
Easter Holidays
School will be closed for
students from April 18th
– April 27th (inclusive)
for Easter holidays.
School will reopen on
Monday, April 28th
which will be Day 1 on
our school calendar.
Clip and Save: March Dates
Tuesday,
March 11th
Thursday,
March 13th
Term 2 Report Cards
Released
Parent Teacher
Conferences
No K classes
Grds. 1-6 dismissal 11:30
Friday,
March 14th
Professional Development
Day - No Classes
Monday,
March 17th
Tuesday,
March 18th
Friday,
March 21st
School Holiday
SQUAWK Squad: Dress
"St. Patrick's"
Kinderstart Session # 3
No reg. K Classes
Year End - Advance Date Notice:
"The Best Little Theatre
in Town" Musical
Grades 4/5
Tues./Wed. May 13th and
14th
Kindergarten Celebration
Tuesday, June 3rd
Grade 6 Farewell
Tuesday, June 24th

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