December 4th will be Picture Re-Take Day at VPPS. This year, Sibling Photo Day will NOT be on Picture Re-Take Day instead it will be on April 7th, 2020. A reminder will be posted closer to the date.
Information Sessions
Information session for Grade 1 entry into the French Immersion (FI) program will take place at Ventura Park P.S. on January 16, 2020 at 7 p.m.
Please visit YRDSB’s website in January 2020 http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/fi/Pages/Program-Locations.aspx to find the FI program location for your elementary school location.
Registration
FI registration will begin on January 17, 2020. Parents or guardians of Senior Kindergarten students entering Grade 1 in 2020, and wishing to enrol in the FI Program, can visit or call their home school office and request an Office Index Card – short version. This 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 the designated FI program location to register, between January 17 and February 7, 2020. Registration during this period is not first come, first served.
Late Registrations
Late registrations are those submitted after February 7, 2020. Late registrations will be treated on a first- come, first-served basis and will be considered subsequent to registrations received during the registration period should overflow be necessary.
Accommodation Plan
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. Space requirements at some schools may mean that siblings are in different schools for primary dual track French Immersion programs due to differing grade structures. Like any of our schools across the Board, changes to school boundaries, and/or the accommodation model for the French Immersion program may need to be considered when new schools open, a school experiences enrolment growth, and program changes occur. This will allow flexibility in addressing community needs and the opportunity to use existing space in schools.
More information is available on the Board’s website: www.yrdsb.ca. 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.
* ONLY 8 TICKETS LEFT FOR PURCHASE! *
We welcome all Grade 3 through 8 VPPS students to join us for the School Day Game to see the Raptors 905!
Date: Thursday December 5th, 2019
Where: Scotia Bank Arena Toronto
Ticket Cost: $25 (for students)
Departure Time: buses leave at 9:00 am sharp from school so please don’t be late.
Arrival Time: students will be back in time for regular dismissal time.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 only.
December 5th is a regular school day for the students that don’t attend the game.
ONLY 8 TICKETS LEFT FOR PURCHASE! Tickets are non-refundable and when tickets sell out we will not have any more for purchase.
Please note that students will need to bring a lunch for this day. If your child gets pizza at lunch it will be given to him/her at the end of the day.
Thank you.
Thank you to everybody who ordered Terra Cotta Frozen Cookie Dough!
The cookies will be ready for pick up from school tomorrow, our volunteers will be there from 2:30pm until 7pm. Orders cannot be sent home with students on the bus.
Please don’t forget to pick up your order!
The following students ranked in the top twenty-five percent of contestants at Ventura Park, and received certificates of distinction:
Grade 4:
Alison Y.
Nyles J.
Deea P.
Daniel P.
Coco N.
Grade 5:
Hannah K.
Kamilla D.
Ella P.
Ilay R.
Max K.
Daniel C.
Grade 6:
Dianna K.
Matayah W.
Tickets for our lunch program “Frozen, The Broadway Musical” are now available for purchase.The show will take place on Thursday, December 12th at 7pm in the VPPS Gym. Please see flyer below for more information.
VPPS students are hosting a book drive to The Children’s Book Bank and The Toronto Public Library for the holidays. We will have a bin by the office where students can drop off their gently used or new books. Donations can be made from Monday, November 25 to Friday, December 20th.
Suitable Books
Book donations should be:
– Children’s books for kids aged birth to 12 years old
– In new or gently used condition, meaning no missing covers, torn pages, or pages with colouring/writing on them
– Printed within the last ten years, (2009 – present). Published date is not always the same as print date
Unsuitable Books
Books that are unsuitable:
– Adult or Young Adult books or novels
– School, library or text books and encyclopedias
– Self-published books
– Books printed more than ten years ago
– Magazines
– Damaged books
Thank you for your support!
The Mental Health Team at Ventura Park organized our first Mental Health week from Monday, November 18, 2019 to Friday, November 22, 2019. The purpose of the week was to raise awareness of mental health for both staff and students and provide students with tangible tools for coping with their mental health. On each day of the week, there was a proposed activity designed to help students and staff better address their mental health.
Thank you to all staff and students for participating and to the members of the Mental Health Team for helping to organize an amazing week!
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