Mark Your Calendars

Sept. 5 - WELCOME BACK Sept. 8 - Student Verifica-

tion forms and Package due

Sept. 15 - Early Release Day Students dismissed at 12:15 pm.

Sept. 28 - Meet the Teacher Night - 5pm Sept. 26-29 - Book Fair Sept. 26 - Chocolate Bar Fundraiser begins

From the Office...

Welcome Back! Hoping all of our Edith Cavell families had a fun, enjoyable summer. The teachers have been busy preparing their classrooms and are ready to help your child succeed in his/her learning this school year. A Big Thank You to Mrs. Braund for doing an amazing job over the summer cleaning and preparing the school for the September start. The floors shine and the entire building looks amazing. This year, building on our theme of I Matter, we will focus on the idea of I Can, You Can, We Can. Later in the month, the organization Movement X will be at the school for 3 days. Each class will have the opportunity to partici-pate in a variety of activities focused on developing good self-regulation skills. Email: Please make sure to include your email on your child’s verification form. The school will be communicating by email this year to reduce our pa-per costs and be more environmentally friendly. For example, this will be the only paper copy of the Monthly Newsletter sent home. Each month you will receive the school’s newsletter by email. If you would prefer a paper copy of the newsletter, please let our secretary know. School Bell Times: The entry bell to start school will ring at 8:55am. Supervi-sion on the playground will begin at 8:40am. The dismissal bell to finish school will still ring at 3:15pm. Open House: The school Open House will be on Thursday, September 28 from 5-7pm. Please drop in to meet your child’s teacher. There will be a Book fair to purchase new books and Movement X will be here to show you some of the strategies your child learned about improving their Self-Regulation skills. As always, please do not hesitate to come on in and say hello, share your feed-back or offer suggestions. We welcome your thoughts and your active partici-pation in our school community! Looking forward to a great 2017-2018 school year.

September 2017

EDITH CAVELL PUBLIC SCHOOL

1 Monck Street

St. Catharines, ON L2S 1L5

905-684-6545

Please visit our website at http://edithcavell.dsbn.org

Principal Mr. D. Holmes

Vice Principal Mrs. D. Mikolic

EARLY RELEASE DAY

September 15th is our first Early Re-

lease day and there is no school for students

in the afternoon. This also affects transporta-

tion. Bus students will be dropped off approxi-

mately 3 hours earlier than their regular time.

Students will be dismissed at 12:15 pm.

Important Paperwork Please Return ASAP

During this first week of school, your children will be bringing home a multitude of papers containing

vital information. They are due back to the school by Friday, September 8th. This will include:

Verification Form

"Acceptable Use Agreement" Form which

must be signed in order for students to use

computers within the school.

“Lunch Permission” form

“Permission to Participate” Form

school year calendar and school bell

times, for you to keep and put on your

fridge for easy reference

Please take a few moments to carefully com-plete the required pages and return them with your child(ren) by Friday September 8, 2017. Thank you!

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Dismissal & End of Day Arrangements

We would like to review how important it is to make end-of-day arrangements for our students well in advance. Students can become confused or upset if they are not fully aware of where

they are supposed to go/be at day’s end.

From time to time, we understand that last-minute arrangements must be made in case of emergency, but we ask that such events be communicated to the teacher via the student

agenda and the office before the event occurs.

When picking up your child at the end of the day, please meet them outside behind the

fence.

We thank you for your support with this matter.

A Few Reminders... The whereabouts and safety of your child is important to us. It is essential for us to know

when your child is absent from school. Please phone the school at 905-684-6545. If we are

not able to answer the phone, and for after school hours calls, please leave a message on

our answering machine. Messages are checked regularly throughout the day. Your coopera-

tion is greatly appreciated.

Being on time for school is an important habit to teach your child. We stress the need for

every student to be at school on time in order to not miss important lessons or information

being shared and it disrupts the class who have already begun their lesson learning. Learning

time starts promptly at 8:55am. Students who are late must report to the office to get a

late slip for their teacher.

Students who need to leave the school during school hours must be signed out by a parent or

guardian at the office. There is a binder in the office for Sign Out purposes. When you return

your child to school you must accompany them to the office to sign them back in.

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Student Safety Reminders

1. School starts at 8:55 am and ends at 3:15 pm. Supervision for students starts at 8:40am.

Please do not send students to school before that time. 2. The upper parking lot will be blocked off at the end of the school day so our walkers can cross the driveway safely. You are welcome to park in the lower parking lot and along the street across from the school. The area directly in front of the school is posted as a no parking area and the parking enforcement will issue you a ticket. Please consider the safety of all students when you are driving on, off or around the property and SLOW DOWN.

3. The curved driveway is for the bus or drop off only. Do not park there or sit and wait for stu-dents there. Student safety is very important to us and you can assist by helping to enforce our safety proce-dures as part of the “Safe Welcome Program" (part of the Safe School Action Plan), the Ministry of Education introduced to sure student safety.

Visitor Sign-In

To ensure student safety, all parents and visitors must:

enter the school through the front door,

check in at the office to sign in by using "Visitor Sign In" book,

wear a visitor's badge during your visit with us

STUDENT MEDICATION & MEDICAL CONCERNS

Any prescribed medication that is to be administrated to students at school must have an

“Authorization of Administration of Oral/Topical Medication” form completed by a

physician and signed by parents/guardians. Forms are available at the office. All medi-

cations need to be in the original labeled containers. Please do not send any other medica-

tion including over the counter products in your child’s backpack. If your child requires any medication,

please send the medication to the office.

We cannot administer medication without an authorized form completed by a physician. A form

entitled "EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN" needs to be completed for highly allergic anaphylactic children

and asthmatic children. These forms are kept with the necessary medication in the office and the names

and photographs of affected students are compiled so that all staff are aware of our students' medical

concerns. Epi-pen training is provided to our staff by our school nurse from the Niagara Regional Health

Department.

Any medical conditions or concerns MUST be brought to the attention of the Office Administration staff.

If you have any questions please call the school office.

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Volunteers

We are needing some volunteers to help around the school this year. If you are available to help out in the library shelving books, or are able to cook hot dogs on “Hot Dog” day please contact the office. If you would like to volunteer in the classroom, please contact the teacher directly.

Parent Computer...

…. There is a computer for parent use in our front foyer. Please feel free to use this computer to check your email for school updates or to look at the school or Board website.

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Breakfast Club will start on Monday, September 11th.

Just a reminder—for your child’s safety, please do not drop your child off for

Breakfast Club before 8:30am. There is no supervision in the school or in the

room for your child before Breakfast Club opens at 8:30am. Students are to

wait outside and then when invited in, they will enter the school via the kin-

dergarten doors at the west side of the school.

Jr. Coed Soccer Team will be having

tryouts starting Thursday, September

7th. Our team will be chosen before

September 18th for our tournament

around mid-October. All tryouts and

practices will be scheduled for

8:00AM.

LUNCHES

This year there will be Pizza, Pita and Hot Dog Days. We are looking at offering pizza every Thursday and

alternating Pita and Hot Dogs on Mondays. Stay tuned for more information later in the month .

CHOCOLATE BAR FUNDRAISER

Back by popular

demand! This

year’s Chocolate Bar Fund-

raiser begins September

26th and runs until Friday

October 11th. Please sup-

port your school. The prof-

its are put toward school ac-

tivities and/or student edu-

cational resources.

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School Cash Online Pay for Student Items Online

Benefits: Convenient: Make payments Anytime…Online!

Easy to Use: Fill a shopping cart and check out

Safe: No more need to send Cash to school

Secure: Our website is protected and PCI compliant

Saves Time: It takes Less than 5 minutes to register

http://dsbn.org/schoolcash/

Thank you to all our families who have already registered.

School Cash Online is an easy to use and safe way to pay for your children’s school fees. Now, with a few clicks, you can pay for your child’s lunch days, class trips and so much more from your own home. All you have to do is regis-ter an account, attach your chil-dren and in no time you will be able to make payments online.

We accept many different pay-ment forms so check us out!

Step 1: Register If you have not registered, please go to the School Cash Online home page http://dsbn.org/schoolcash and select the “Register” option. Complete each of the three Registration Steps. *For Security Reasons your password, requires 8 characters, one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and a number.

Step 2: Confirmation Email A registration confirmation email will be forwarded to you. Click on the link provided inside the email to confirm your email and School Cash Online account. The confirmation link will open the School Cash Online site prompting you to sign into your account. Use your email address and password just created with your account. Step 3: Find Student Note: Student Number is Not Required This step will connect your children to your account. Enter the School Board Name Enter the School Name Enter Your Child’s Name & Birth Date Select Continue On the next page confirm that you are related to the child, check in the Agree box and select Continue. Your child has bee added to your account Step 4: View Items or Add Another Student If you have more children, select “Add Another Student” option and repeat the steps above. 5 children can be added to one parent account. If you do not wish to add additional children, select “View Items For Students” option. A listing of available items for purchase will be displayed.

Mrs. S. Vaughn ELP1

Mrs. L. Phillips - ELP2

Mrs. M. Morandin - Gr. 1/2 –1

Mrs. L. Torigian - Gr. 1/2 –2

Mrs. L. Rossi - Gr.2/3

Ms. C. Foster - Gr. 3/4

Mr. W. Blanchette - Gr. 4/5

Mrs. T. Benson - Gr. 5/6

Mrs. G. Korosis - Gr. 6/7

Mr. T. Thorne - 7/8

Mime J. Dunsford– French

Mrs. K. Blackburn- Prep Coverage

Mrs. R. Topp - Prep Coverage

Mrs. D. Little – ECE

Mrs. C. Mooney- LRT

Mrs. H. Duncan - E.A.

Mrs. Y. Hurst - E.A.

Mrs. C. Pauls - E.A.

Ms. S. Ward - E.A.

Mr. D. Holmes - Principal

Mrs. D. Mikolic - Vice Principal

Mrs. P. Naylor - Administrative Assistant

Mrs. K. Braund - Custodian

Please be aware classes can still change within the first two weeks of school, depending on last

minute enrollment. All classroom information will be finalized by Friday, September 15.

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It’s that time of

year again!

As summer ends,

school busses

return to the road

once again. Let’s

start thinking

about school bus

safety.

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Child Care Spaces Available at

Western Hill Child Care Program Located in Edith Cavell School

Toddler, Preschool and School Age Spaces available

Program Includes:

* Play Based Learning * Qualified Registered Early Childhood Educators

* Healthy Meals and Snacks

* Developmental Programming * Natural Play Spaces

Please Contact Jamie at (905) 684-6288 for further information

September 26 - 29, 2017

Encourage your child to develop literacy skills by purchasing Scholastic book titles

that they will enjoy. Our book fair has a wide selection of books for all interests

and reading levels.

Discover what Canadian Children have to say about reading at:

http://www.scholastic.ca/reading report/