EJPS Week at a Glance (Nov 4-8)
Chers parents,
We had a very fun day on Oct 31st this week. Many students enjoyed dressing up in Halloween costumes, wearing black and orange, or just taking in and seeing many classmates and staff members participate in creative dress up. I also know many parents enjoyed Halloween as well either as trick or treat chaperones or as costume participants. I even saw The Incredible Hulk drop off a student on Thursday morning! Moving forward, as Halloween treats start to get consumed, please monitor and manage how many sugar filled treats are coming to school as eating too many sweets throughout the day can negatively impact students’ learning, well-being, and sleep patterns.
In other news, the month of November is here and we have many exciting things planned. Just to mention a few….on Nov 18, our Junior soccer teams will participate in a tournament. Thank you to Mme Ammon, and parent coach, Mr Perez for helping prepare our teams to do their best. Also, students in Mme Robert’s class will lead the Remembrance Day service on November 11th. Parents and family are welcome to take a seat at the back of the gym and observe the service. The gymnasium will be open at 10:30 AM and the service will start at around 10:50 AM. Please sign in at the office before going to the gym. Mme Anselmini-Lofton’s class will lead our Anti-Bullying Week assembly on Nov 15th and this year’s Progress Reports will be available online on Nov 13th. It’s great to see our students getting involved and being leaders in many areas of school life.
We have been lucky to have some wonderful parents join as noon hour supervisors this fall. Understandably, sometimes folks need to take on bigger opportunities that come their way. With that said, one of our team members will be moving on and EJPS needs one or several people to fill a permanent noon hour supervisor position. The job could be offered to one person or shared by several people. The paid position requires you to help supervise students outside and inside the school from 10:10 AM to 10:50 AM & from 12:30 PM to 1:10 PM. Please contact me at olivier.cutz@ugdsb.on.ca if you are interested in applying. Also, please see the attached application form should you wish to apply. 24OTH11 - Noon Hour Supervisor.pdf . We are hopeful we can hire a vetted candidate as soon as possible.
Below is a message from EJPS School Council:
Great news! Our Edward Johnson School Council is running a gift card fundraiser through the month of November to support our new playground. Please see the attached flyer for additional information or visit fundscrip.com and use Use Invitation Code: SJBM46 to support the fundraiser. If you have any questions, please reach out via email: ejschoolcouncil@gmail.com
Below are some important information items and updates:
Nov 11 > Remembrance Day Ceremony @ 10:50 in the Gym (parents welcome)
Nov 13 > Progress Reports available online
Nov 11 > Anti Bullying Week (Nov 11-15)
Nov 15 > Anti Bullying Assembly @ 10:50 in the Gym (parents welcome) **Note date change
Nov 18 > Junior Soccer Tournament
Nov 19 > Picture Retake Day
Nov 28 > Parent-Teacher Interviews Evening
Nov 29 > PA Day for Parent-Teacher Interviews
Dec 11 > JK-Gr 6 Holiday Extravaganza (Times TBD) in the Gym (parents welcome)
Dec 23-Jan 5 > WINTER BREAK
Next week is Treaties Recognition Week (Nov 3-9), November 7th is Inuit Day, and November 8th is Indigenous Veterans Day. We will be sure to acknowledge and take a moment to highlight the significance of these days starting with some information shared over the morning announcements.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Olivier Cutz
(Principal)
** This and all past EJPS Week at a Glance emails are also posted on our school website here: https://www.ugdsb.ca/o/ejps/news
Olivier Cutz (he/him)
Principal École Edward Johnson
397 Stevenson Street North
Guelph, Ontario N1E 5C1
519.763.7374 ext. 223