Author: Ventura Park P.S.

Thanks to our amazing VPPS School Council, VPPS is pleased to offer some great pay-as-you-go programs starting in January 2017, and running until just before the March Break. Have a look below.  Any questions can be emailed to homes@danaglickman.com 

An information session for the French Immersion (FI) program will take place at Ventura Park Public School on Thursday January 19, 2017 at 7 p.m in the Gym.

French Immersion registration will take place from January 20 – February 10, 2017 

In order to streamline the registration process, parents or guardians of Senior Kindergarten students entering Grade 1 in 2017, and wishing to enrol in the FI Program, can visit or call their home school office (where your child currently attends) and request an Office Index Card – short version. The Office Index Card must be signed by the principal of the home school. Parents or guardians then take this form, along with one piece of identification showing their address to your designated French Immersion school to register between January 20 and February 10, 2017. This eliminates the need to provide duplicate enrolment information or to pre-register.

Families registering students who do not currently attend a YRDSB school will need to complete full registration paperwork at their designated FI school. Information required for registration includes:

• Proof of child’s age (Birth Certificate/Passport)
• Any legal documents related to custody arrangements if applicable
• Proof of Residency of the student – two documents, one from each of the categories below showing the home address;

• Category A – notice of tax assessment, current rental/lease agreement, agreement to purchase including proof of purchase provided before the pupil attends the school, or property tax bill, and
• Category B – utility bill, bank statement or other official document.

YRDSB’s FI Accommodation Plan provides long-term consistency and equity of access to all students in York Region and will enable YRDSB to continue to offer the FI program to all who wish to enrol. The FI program will be offered in Dual Track or Single Track settings, in a variety of configurations. In order to meet community needs and optimize available space in our schools, a community’s Grade 1-8 FI program may be provided over more than one school during the course of a student’s FI education. This will allow flexibility in addressing community needs and the opportunity to use existing space in schools. Please note: Some of the FI accommodation plans will require facility modifications or the development of new schools and will require short-term transition plans that might include overflow while we work toward the long-term vision. Overflow refers to situations in which the Board directs students to attend a school other than their community school or optional program for a specific period of time, as defined in Policy #108.

 

This is a final reminder that Trillium Photographers will be at VPPS on Monday December 19 to pick up orders.  If you have orders at home, please send them to school on Monday.  If your orders are received after the 19th they will be returned home and you will need to mail them directly to Trillium Photographers.

Thursday December 15 – Please note that buses are running, and some will be late.

 

Good afternoon parents;

We are receiving phone calls regarding buses running this afternoon.  Please note that if buses run in the morning, they also run in the afternoon.

Our buses are running as usual this afternoon.

Attention:  Ventura Park Parents

We have started organizing our annual Fun Fair for June 2017.

If there are any parents who have a service or skill that they would like to offer at the Fun Fair, please contact Danit and Julie at vppsfunfair@gmail.com.

Examples are any type of children’s entertainment such as a magician, photo booth, etc.  Ideas are welcome.

Thank you!

School Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow, Friday December 9 is another #epic VPPS Spirit Day!!!  Students and Staff are invited to wear their favourite NHL jersey.  Toronto’s own TFC is playing for the MLS Cup on Saturday vs. Seattle, so fans of the soccer team may want to wear TFC wear, or red to support the Reds!  #VPPSrules

​Attention VPPS Families!   YRDSB is experiencing an issue with Rogers which is causing an interruption to our phones and internet. There is no emergency here at school and we are having a great day! If there is a problem and you need to reach the school urgently, Mr. Otis can be reached by email arin.otis@yrdsb.ca . 
We will update you once services have resumed.  Thanks for your understanding.