We are looking forward to our Parent Teacher Interviews coming up tomorrow evening and Friday morning of this week.
If you requested a virtual meeting please reach out to your child’s teacher for the link. Otherwise we will see you at Ventura Park PS for your interview.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Dear families,
With yesterday’s announcement from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health regarding masking and winter weather approaching, we want to provide families with an update on masking and the steps we take to keep students safe when severe weather occurs.
Masking in Schools
Yesterday, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health strongly recommended that individuals wear masks in indoor settings. We continue to consult with York Region Public Health, who are strongly recommending masking in indoor settings. York Region schools and workplaces continue to be mask friendly environments and masking is strongly encouraged in YRDSB schools and buildings, and on all forms of school transportation. All students, staff, families and visitors who choose to wear a mask, or who are advised or required to wear a mask will be supported in doing so. A limited number of masks are available; children who wish to wear a mask but do not have access to one, may contact their school.
School Transportation Cancellations
School transportation (buses and taxis) may be cancelled due to extreme cold or inclement weather. On these days, schools will remain open unless otherwise stated. If school transportation is cancelled in the morning, it will also be cancelled in the afternoon. Any special or hot lunch days and field trips will also be cancelled.
Families should use their best judgment to decide whether to send their children to school on extreme cold or inclement weather days. Students will not be penalized for missing school on those days. For safety reasons, please let the school know if your child will not be attending school that day.
School Closures
Emergency closures will be considered when conditions may not be safe for students and staff members to attend school for the full day. This may include events that significantly limit school operations or access to the school site (e.g., widespread, prolonged power failures or downed power lines).
In keeping with our current practice, we will continue to keep our schools open as much as possible. However, it is important that families have alternate childcare arrangements planned for the rare occasions when schools may be closed. Before and aftercare programs will not operate if schools are closed.
Communication to Families
Decisions about school transportation and school closures will be made as early as possible and no later than 6:00 a.m. We will do our best to notify families in advance when we may be considering closing school and Board offices. Transportation cancellations or school closures are communicated through:
For more information on severe weather days, please visit our website www.yrdsb.ca.
As per popular demand our Cookie Sale has been extended.
Grade 8 Students will be selling cookies during morning recess.
It will be a toonie for a cookie. 🙂
Our next School Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022. It will take place at Ventura Park PS in the school library at 7:00 pm.
For those who are unable to attend, a link can be provided for you to join us virtually. Please email Ashley Hill at ashley.hill@yrdsb.ca and a link to the meeting will be forwarded to you.
Thank you,
M. Farrell and Mme. Cucullo
Joel Katzberg is the founder and CEO of 3GTO, Toronto Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors. Katzberg believes that, “As a living link to these experiences, our 3G (Grandchildren) community of survivors preserves the legacies and the lessons of the Holocaust. (Their) objective is to advocate about the dangers of racism and intolerance, and to build relationships with community and educational institutions.”
Irene Kurtz was born in 1928 in Warsaw, Poland. At 11 years old, Irene and her family were forced into the Warsaw ghetto. In 1941, her mother and her sister were taken away. Her two older brothers fled to Russia to join the army and Irene was left alone with her father. In April 1943, during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, her father hid her in a bunker while he went out to work, and he never returned. Irene escaped was caught by a Nazi officer and put on the next transport to Majdanek. After spending two months in Majdanek, Irene was then selected for a transport going to Skarzysko ammunition factory. She worked there until liberation in 1945 by Soviet troops. Irene is a Holocaust survivor and shares her stories with school groups to help educate others through her lived experiences.
Our Grade 8 Students will be selling cookies during morning recess.
It will be a toonie for a cookie. 🙂
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