Ventura Park PS BLOG

Dear Families,  

On Tuesday October 20th you are invited to join us for our Curriculum Night.  Due to Health and Safety priorities, this year’s event is being held virtually (online).  Each family will be invited (via email) by their child’s teacher(s) to a Google Meet where they will have an opportunity to meet the teacher, hear about the upcoming year, take a peek into the school/ classroom, and have an introduction to the new Ministry Math Curriculum.

Teachers will be conducting their Google Meets between 6:00-7:30pm. Specific times for each teacher’s Meets will be communicated in their invitation to you. You will receive an email from your child’s teacher with information about how to join the virtual event. A stable internet connection is needed to join.

Once you join the meeting, please follow the meeting guidelines below: 

• Please keep your audio on mute so all participants can hear  
• Please turn your camera off

Please be aware that during the Curriculum Night you must refrain from:

• recording any aspect of a Google Meet (including pictures, voices or video) using internal or external recording devices;
• taking photos or screenshots of anything other than when given explicit permission or direction by the teacher to do so (e.g. a visual used for instructional purposes that won’t be reposted later);
• distributing/posting any recorded, copied or distributed materials in any way, including to all social media platforms; 
• and editing or manipulating materials in any way.  

Here are step-by-step instructions for logging into the Google Meet from a computer or chromebook. If you are using a mobile device, use the Google Meet guide for mobile devices. You will need to use your child’s YRDSB Gapps login to participate in these Google Meets.

We hope that you will be able to join us!

Greg Farrell and Melanie Chamberland

Our official school approved web store for Ventura Park Public School spirit wear is up and running again!

To view and order the Merchandise visit https://www.schoolwear.ca/VPS/

Order your gear online and have the order shipped directly to your home at a flat rate of $10.99, or you can select curbside pickup at our Marchant’s office location – 849 Progress Avenue, Toronto, ON, M1H 2X4.

We are excited about the new options for Ventura Park Public School gear wear which students and parents can wear with pride!

* SchoolWear.ca is the School Spirit Wear Division of Marchant’s School Sport ltd. Click here for Ordering Guidelines.

We will be having our first virtual school council meeting for Ventura Park on Monday October 19th from 6:30pm until 7:45pm. Any families interested in attending are asked to please email Ms. Fantauzzi at sabrina.fantauzzi@yrdsb.ca for the link to our virtual meeting.

We would like to thank you, our Ventura Park families, for your support during our recent reorganization. We recognize that class changes can be difficult for students to handle, but have been so proud of how our students have shown flexibility, adaptability, and confidence in their new classrooms. Our new school organization is as follows:

Grade 1:

Mme Bove-Morgani

Mme Minchopoulos

Mme Kassam

Mme Ghitulescu

Mme Ho

Mme Mandlsohn 

Grade 2:

Mme Andre

Mme Kasmani

Mme Tadrisi

Mme Lemieux

Grade 2/3:

Mme Moccia

Grade 3:

Mme Papadakis

Mme Lyon

Mme Bellman

Mme Denis

Grade 4:

Mme Avagyan

Mme Barkin

Mme So

Grade 4/5: 

Mme Matheson

Grade 5:

Mme Dakran

Mr. Johnson

Grade 5/6:

Mr. Liu

Mr. Arro

Grade 6:

Mme Critch

Mme Cerullo

Mme Ioffine

Grade 7:

Mr. Maisel

Mme Gallicchio

Mme Gold

Grade 8:

M. Adibi

Mr. Cohen

Mme Bracken

Mr. Nemerofsky

We wish all of your families a happy Thanksgiving and hope you have a safe and relaxing long weekend.

Monsieur Farrell and Mme Chamberland 

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A friendly reminder to all parents to fill out the Start-Up Package forms that were e-mailed to you a week ago.

Thank you so much for your support.

Dear Intermediate Families,

After connecting with our Public Health Nurse regarding our past sign out process for students at lunchtime we have chosen to not permit student sign out for purposes of going to retail stores/ restaurants for lunch.

Please know that this was a tough decision to come to but we believe that it is in the best interest of all members of our Ventura School Community. We are working hard to keep everyone as safe as possible during this pandemic and we are grateful for your support.

Thank you so much for your support on this matter.

Be well and stay safe.

Greg Farrell

Principal, Ventura Park PS.

Hello Ventura Families and Friends,

Welcome to the official, school approved web store for Ventura Park Public School spirit wear. To view Merchandise visit www.schoolwear.ca/vps . Order your gear online and have the order shipped directly to your home at a flat rate of $10.99, or you can select curbside pickup at our Marchant’s office location – 849 Progress Avenue, Toronto, ON, M1H 2X4.

We are excited about the new options for Ventura Park Public School gear wear which students and parents can wear with pride!

* SchoolWear.ca is the School Spirit Wear Division of Marchant’s School Sport ltd. Click here for Ordering Guidelines.

Our Virtual store will be open until October 21, 2020

Good morning everyone. As many of you know it is “Orange Shirt Day” today. This initiative designed to inform students about the Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families and incarcerated in “schools” where they suffered multiple forms of abuse, resulting in generational trauma:

The annual Orange Shirt Day on September 30th opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind.  A discussion all Canadians can tune into and create bridges with each other for reconciliation.  A day for survivors to be reaffirmed that they matter, and so do those that have been affected.  Every Child Matters, even if they are an adult, from now on. 

The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year. It is an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.

From the website: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/