Huron Happenings – Oct. 15, 2018

WASTE REDUCTION WEEK

Our first waste free lunch week of this year (our third overall) begins tomorrow, on Monday October 15th! We are encouraging students to bring ‘no garbage’ lunches that week – through bringing reusable containers, water bottles, whole fruits and other waste-free snack and lunch ideas. This initiative will be shared by our Eco student leaders in classroom presentations and on the morning announcements. We hope to catch many students being waste-free or as waste-reduced as possible. During our spot-checks, students have the chance to earn a stamp on their hand and have their picture taken (with their lunch or snack) on our wall of fame.

This project is part of Canada’s waste reduction week (https://wrwcanada.com/en). Huron’s school-wide focus last spring was on reducing single use plastic. We will continue our learning about plastic waste (like plastic water bottles or bags), its environmental impact and ways to reduce the amount of plastic we use. Last year, students in many classes made a personal plastic pledge for what action they could take to reduce plastic waste.

We are hoping you can join us in these activities by learning more about ways to reduce garbage in snack and lunch packaging or other eco-actions with your family. Waste Free Lunch.pdf

PHOTO DAY

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 is Photo Day. Full class and individual student photos will be taken today for all students. Make sure to bring your best smile to school today.

PIZZA LUNCH

Don’t forget to sign up for Pizza Day this year! Our first Pizza Day is Wednesday, October 24th, 2018. You must order by October 17th and you must order online (using School Cash Online) to receive your pizza. If you are having trouble setting up an account, please contact Ms. Vallely in the Main Office. Thank you.

SCHOOL CASH ONLINE

A reminder to all families that if you haven’t yet signed up for School Cash Online please do so as soon as possible. School Cash Online is the only payment option for our upcoming Pizza Lunches as well as for upcoming field trips in several classes.

School Cash Online is an easy to use, safe and convenient way for parents/caregivers to pay for their children’s pizza days, field trips, agendas, yearbooks, etc., and all other school activities.
As events occur, if they are applicable to your child, you will get an email from School Cash Online alerting you about the event and the cost. Payment can be made using a debit or credit card.

To register for School Case Online please visit https://tdsb.schoolcashonline.com select “Get Started Today” and complete the three registration steps. For more information on the registration process, please see the handout which is attached here: School Cash Online Registration information.pdf

If you have questions about the registration process or using School Cash Online, please select the “Get Help” option on the top of the School Cash Online web page. You can also contact the School Cash Online Parent Help Desk at 1-866-961-1803 and parenthelp@schoolcashonline.com The Parent Help Desk is available to assist parents/caregivers with the registration process, password recovery, accessing your account or payment issues.

Please remember that our School Office is now CASHLESS and we will not be accepting cash payments. If you haven’t yet, please register for School Cash Online as soon as possible.

BOOK FAIR

Our book fair is coming in November (a new time for us) from November 13th-16th, 2018. Please see the attached flyer. Bookfair – Huron (Fall 2018).pdf
Our Book Fair is run by Ella Minnow Bookstore and a portion of all sales helps support buying books for our Huron Library.

If you are able to help out at the Book Fair after school on Thursday, Thursday evening or Friday morning, please email me. I am also looking for setting up and taking down help on Tuesday morning and Friday afternoon.

QSP

Huron—you are amazing! We’re nearly at $2000 for our QSP Magazine fundraiser, which runs until tomorrow (Monday October 15th). Because of you, there will be brand new learn-to-read books for our children to read in the classroom, purchased with profits from this campaign.

But we’re still not at our fundraising goal—can you help us get there by our Monday October 15 deadline?? Your support of this campaign not only helps our school, but benefits your family literacy and knowledge of arts, culture and current events by bringing great magazines into your home. These subscriptions also make great holiday gifts—and gift cards are available! Remember too that QSP offers more than just magazines. Shop for chocolates, gifts, wrapping paper, kitchen gadgets and more at https://www.qsp.ca/Login/Index

Every item sold supports Huron when you use the HURON ONLINE ID: 3721180.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AS READERS

We are looking for parent/caregiver volunteers who are interested in volunteering their time once or twice per week to read with some of our primary students. The Early Reading Intervention program will be running Monday-Friday from 9:00am-10:00am. Our hope is to read with each selected student 15 minutes per day at their reading level. Please let me know which days and times you are available. If you’re available one day a week for half an hour please think about being involved. Interested volunteers can drop by Room 2 (the former Nurses’ office, across the hall from the Main Office) in the morning to touch base with me and I will be happy to train you.

FEEDBACK ON THE CURRICULUM

Provincial Consultation on Education Reform: Parents/caregivers, students, educators and community members are invited to provide feedback on several areas of the province’s education system, including updating the Health and Physical Education curriculum and improving student performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Closing date is December 15th, 2018. To learn more and how you can participate, visit fortheparents.ca.

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