Author: Ventura Park P.S.

A reminder that our November School Council Meeting will take place tonight starting at 7 pm in the Learning Commons. Here is the agenda: agenda-nov-7-2016

Parent-Teacher Interviews will be taking place on Thursday November 24, and Friday November 25 at VPPS.  Please take the time to read the letter which includes detailed instructions for signing up for interviews with your child’s homeroom teacher.

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Please read the latest attached letter to families about the possibility of service interruption for our students.  first-student-update11-2-16

Just a reminder that the Entertainment Book  sale ends tomorrow, Thursday November 3.

If you received a sample book and do not want to purchase it, please return it (in the plastic bag) to your child’s teacher by Thursday November 3.

To keep the sample book or order more books, simply go to School Cash On Line at  https://yrdsb.schoolcashonline.com/.  The additional books will be sent home with your child on Friday.

The more books you sell, the more money goes towards supporting and enhancing our school’s programming and initiatives.  Also, the more books you sell, the more prizes you get.

Questions?  Email:  venturaparksc@gmail.com

 

November at a glance…

1. Tuesday November 1 – Grade 3 VIP presentations
2. Wednesday November 2 – Grade 8 students to Vaughan Secondary in AM
3. Friday November 4 – Grade 7 vaccinations
4. Monday November 7 – School Council Meeting @ 7 pm
5. Friday November 11 – Remembrance Day – Assemblies @ 9:20 am for Grades 4 – 8; 11:30 am for Grades 1, 2, 3
6. Monday November 14 – Intermediate Girls Volleyball Tournament @ Brownridge PS
7. Tuesday November 15 – Intermediate Boys Volleyball Tournament @ Charlton PS
8. Wednesday November 16 – Intermediate Girls Volleyball Finals @ Brownridge PS
9. Thursday November 17 – Intermediate Boys Volleyball Finals @ Charlton PS
10. Friday November 18 – Roland Bibeau Presentation for Grade 1 & 2 classes
11. Wednesday November 23 – Progress Report Cards sent home
12. Thursday November 24 – Grade 6 VIP Session #1 today; Parent-Teacher interviews starting at 3:30 pm
13. Friday November 25 – PA Day; Parent-Teacher interviews starting at 8:30 am
14. Wednesday November 30 – Grade 6 VIP Session #2; VPPS Indigo Night (Highway 7 & High Tech location) – 6:30 – 8 pm

 

October 31, 2016

Dear Parents/Guardians;

Ventura Park Public School is having a fundraiser for The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) through a community fundraiser called A Kid Helping Kids. This fundraiser is led by one of our very own students in grade 6, Lexx, and the help of the student council, supervised by Mme Dakran.

Because of the support Sick Kids receives from A Kid Helping Kids and community initiatives like it, important advances have been made in child health research, new life-saving medical equipment has been purchased for our clinics and operating rooms, and our young patients continue to receive the best care that science, technology, and compassion have to offer – here in Toronto and around the world.

In order to ensure success, A Kid Helping Kids requires support from companies, organizations, and individuals who share their vision and hope for improved child health. It is my hope that you will consider supporting this initiative. Your commitment will not only ensure that A Kid Helping Kids is a fundraising success, it will also make a real difference in the lives of children today and for generations to come.

Lexx has been working hard with several companies that have generously donated the following items:

-four $5 gift cards to Yogurty’s

-a $25 gift card to Marble Slab Creamery

-package: two youth and two adult all-day passes to the Ripley’s Aquarium of Toronto ($100 value)

-$50 gift card to Vaughan Mills Mall

and more!

Between October 31 and November 18, for every $5 that you donate to SickKids, your child’s name will be entered for a chance to win one of the above prizes (e.g. $10=2 entries). Please send your donations, in cash or cheque, to school with your child to their homeroom teacher. All cheques are payable to “SickKids Foundation”. If you would like a tax receipt for $20 or more, please send a note with the donation that includes your full name and email address.

Your child is responsible to enter their name into the raffle for every $5 that they donate. Thank you for helping Ventura Park Public School contribute to this wonderful cause.

Sincerely,

Arin Otis

Principal

VPPS Character Award winners – October 2016

1A – MME BOVE-MORGANI	1B – MME CELLI	1C – MME KASMANI	1D – MME   KESISYAN	1E- MME MINCHOPOULOS
EVA T.	MARISA S.	JAKE B.	ALAHNA C.	SOPHIA W.
TYLER H.	KAITLYN L.	DANIEL C.	ANNA W.	HENRY S.
2A – MME MIHAI	2B – MME COWAN	2C – MME SHERMAN	2D – MME CUNNING	2E – MME GRAHAM
DAVID H.	CHENOA B.	MIKAYLA R.	NOYAN K.	EDAN K.
EMILIA G.	BRANDON E.	ELLIYA B.	KAMILLA D.	EMILY P.
		ROY S.	ISLAY C.	ELLA P.
		ANGELA C.
2/3 A – MME ROWLATT	2/3 B – MME RUBINOFF	3A – MME AZIZA	3B – MME MOCCIA	3C – MME MELANSON
JONATHAN K.	MEGAN C.	MIA B.	EDDIE B.	CORINNE L.
JAMES W.	CECILIA S.	ADI D.	ELLISE E.	NATANEL K.
			MATAYAH W.	MATTI S.
4A – MME WALTERS	4B – MS. LOFSKY	4C – MME TOTH	4D – MR. ARRO	4E – MME FREEDMAN
KADEN N.	ELIRAN I.	CRYSTAL C.	TUDOR B.	LUKAS K.
ETHAN S.	KEIRA P.	EMILY D.	SHANNON L.	ALMA K.
ALYSSA O.	RITA X.	TYLER Z.	LIYA A.	LATHIGA V.
MAYA M.			EVANDER J.
OLIVIA F.
HAILEY E.
5A – MME KWENDO	5B – MS. PHILLIPS	5C – MME DAKRAN	5D – MR. FELDMAN	6A – MME FORDE
ZOE B.	ALISHA B.	LIEL A.	To be presented next month	ALEXA W.
TANNER W.	EVELYN S.	BASHIR B.		SOPHIA P.
	JOSHUA B.	MATTHEW T.		DEEV P.
6B – MR. BABIN	6C – MME HIVERT	7A – MME GALLICCHIO	7B – MS. UGARENKO	7C – MME HOO
DANIEL E.	MADISON R.	ANDY G.	ALYSSA A.	MICHELLE K.
KATE K.	NICK T.	JACOB F.	DENNIS M.	JOSHUA Y.
NATE G.	LARA B.	VICTORIA M.	STEPHANIE N.	BRANDON W-D.
ELIZABETH L.	DANIELLE L.			URI S.
8A – MME SHIFMAN	8B – MRS. ARMSTRONG
NATHALIE N.	DANNY M.
ETHAN R.	GITTEL M.

 

International Student Exchange Ontario – www.iseontario.on.ca

A proud tradition of providing reciprocal exchange programs for Ontario elementary and secondary students with France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Germany and Quebec!

Information meetings will be held at Alexander Mackenzie High School on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 and Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.

A friendly reminder that tomorrow, FRIDAY OCTOBER 28, 2016 is a PA Day, and there are no classes for students.  School resumes on Monday October 31, 2016.  Students may choose to bring their Halloween costumes to school.  A reminder that students may not bring weapons or replica weapons as part of their costumes.

For your records, here is the year at a glance calendar with the PA days, and the cycle days:  5-day-cycle-calendar-2016-2017