Chers parents,
This past Monday was Earth Day where students were reminded of the small ways we can protect our planet and do our part to leave our environment in a better condition than we found it for the generations of the future. Also, Wednesday was Administrative Staff Appreciation Day. We are so very lucky at EJPS to have Mme McLeod be the first voice and face that meets and greets our community. Not only is she incredibly organized, quick thinking, and accurate but she is extremely understanding, kind and supportive to all who have the pleasure of interacting with her. She makes a tremendous difference at EJPS and I know the staff, students, and parents all give her top scores for her daily performance as our office coordinator. She shoots! She scores! THANK YOU, Mme McLeod!
In other news, it is hard to believe but we are already starting to plan our organization for the 2025-2026 school year. If you are planning a move to another school this summer, or know of someone moving into our school area for the 2025-2026 school year, please notify the office as soon as possible. Moreover, I wanted to comment that in the past, we have received a number of class placement requests for the coming school year. This can make class building very difficult and sometimes hinder the process significantly. We will not be taking any class placement requests for September 2025. If your child has some exceptional circumstances that require consideration when doing class placements, please email me directly at olivier.cutz@ugdsb.on.ca. Please know that when placing your child in a class, we consider their ability, personality, productive and supportive learning friendships, learning style, and behaviour. Class building is a lengthy process that is given a great deal of thought by the staff. Thank you for recognizing that we do our very best for each and every student.
Here is a request from one of our Phys Ed. teachers, Mme Ammon:
Hello EJ hockey fans! Our school is looking to replace some of our aged and broken floor hockey equipment. We are looking for any "regulation plastic ball hockey, cosom (fiberglass) hockey sticks or a wooden/composite shaft with a full blade or plastic blade"- in particular sticks of a suitable size for our grade 5 and 6 students. If you happen to have any equipment, including goalie pads and gloves, that you are no longer using and would like to donate to our school, we would be very grateful! Thank you for your support. Enjoy the playoffs!
-Mme Ammon
Below are some important dates:
April 30 - River Run AM: 1A, 12B, 12C
May 5 to 9 - Education/Mental Health Week/Book Fair
May 7 - Willy Wonka Evening Performance #1 @ 6PM
May 8 - Willy Wonka Evening Performance #2 @ 6PM
May 12 - Jump Rope Assembly
May 14 - Class photo day
May 19 - Victoria Day (Holiday)
May 16 - EA and CYC Appr. Day
May 19 - Victoria Weekend (Holiday)
May 20 - School Council
May 22 - EJ Track Day (rain date)
May 23 - EJ Track Day
May 27 & 28 - Gr 6 EQAO
May 30 - Jump Rope Day
June 3 to 5 - Gr 3 EQAO
June 6 - PA Day
June 9 - Grade 6 Museum Trip
June 17 - Junior Kindergarten Orientation for 2025/26
June 17 - Volunteer Appreciation Tea
June 18 - Police Presentations
June 20 - Grade 6 Camp
June 24 - Grade 6 Grad
June 24 - Term 2 Report cards available online
June 25 - End of Year Assembly
June 26 - Last Day of School
June 27 - PA Day
Here is a repeat of information sent out earlier this week regarding Education Week and our Willy Wonka presentation.
EJPS PRESENTS: Willy Wonka Musical & Education Week 2025
Get your tickets for the highly anticipated Ecole Edward Johnson presentation of Willy Wonka!
PLEASE READ BELOW FOR TICKET PURCHASING INFORMATION.
There will be 2 evening performances. TICKETS are required for evening performances and available on Cash-online.
Wednesday, May 7th at 6 pm
Thursday, May 8th at 6 pm
PLEASE NOTE: There is limited seating per show due to capacity restrictions.
For evening performances, we ask that families book tickets for the evening performances using the following schedule:
last names that start from letter A to letter M to purchase tickets for Wednesday, May 7th at 6 pm.
last names that start from letter N to letter Z to purchase tickets for Thursday, May 8th at 6 pm.
Tickets are $5 each with a maximum of 4 per family. Funds raised will help to cover the costs and fees associated with running this production. For inquiries about purchasing tickets please contact our office coordinator, Mme McLeod at tina.mcleod@ ugdsb.on.ca.
What else is happening at EJPS during Education Week?
Book Fair in the Library:
May 8th from 3-5:30 PM and 7-8 PM, (closed during the show)
May 9th, during 2nd nutrition break (12:30 PM)
Student Visual Arts display in the hallways:
May 7th from 3-5:30 PM (closed during the show)
May 8th from 3-5:30 PM & 7-8 PM (closed during the show)
IMPORTANT REMINDER: During our after school Education Week events, ALL students and children must be accompanied by an adult. For those not watching the Willy Wonka musical, we ask that parents and students not attempt to visit the Library or Visual Arts display from 6 to 7 PM as staff supervision will be limited to supporting the Willy Wonka presentation.
Note: There will be two 2 daytime Willy Wonka performances for EJPS students. NO TICKETS for daytime performances.
Monday, May 5th at 11 AM for Kindergarten students
Tuesday, May 6th at 11 AM for Grades 1-6 students
Have a great 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/johnson/category/newsletter/
Olivier Cutz (he/him), Principal
École Edward Johnson
397 Stevenson Street North
Guelph, Ontario N1E 5C1
519.763.7374 ext. 223