Dear Glenhaven Families: March / April Edition

GLENHAVEN SR. P.S.

A. Zeleny: Principal P. Woods: Vice-Principal P. da Silva: Superintendent S. Lawton: Trustee

Key Dates:

Wednesday, March 7th Parent Information Night with Dr. Kristen McLeod Kids, Brains & Stress

March 12-16, 2018 Spring Break -School closed

Tuesday, March 27th Parent Workshop Presenter: Laura Gini-Newman Learn how to help your kids in Math

Wednesday, March 28th Gr.8 Graduation Pictures

Friday, March 30th Good Friday -School Closed

Monday, April 2nd

Easter Monday -School Closed

Tuesday, April 10th Speech Contest Finals

Thursday, April 12th Newcomer Family Information Night (5-8pm @ T.L. Kennedy SS)

Thursday, April 19th 6:30 pm Beauty & The Beast Jr. Musical evening show

Wednesday, April 25th

1st Annual Middle School Spelling Bee

Spring is in the air! As we head into our 2nd Term, staff and students at Glenhaven remain in high gear! From Intramurals, Chess and Robotics to the Musical Production and our Arts Night celebration, there are many activities and events for our students to showcase their interests and talents this Spring! Members of our School Success Climate Team recently shared with staff their learn-ing about Self-Regulation (helping students to recognize and reduce their level of stress) and about Restorative Practices, which include pro-active methods of devel-oping a positive classroom climate through the use of “Circles”. Ask your child if they have had the chance to participate in a classroom circle!

GLENHAVEN CELEBRATES 50 YEARS!!! Plans for our 50th Anniversary celebration are well under way. Our celebration will take place after school on Thursday May 10, 2018. We will begin at 3:30 p.m. with an official ceremony, where we are expecting several special guests, including our Local School Trustee Sue Lawton, PDSB Director of Education Peter Joshua, and Superin-tendent Paul da Silva. This will be followed by an “Open House” event, where all members of the Glenhaven community will be welcome to tour the school and re-connect with old acquaintances from their time at Glenhaven. Artifacts & Memorabilia As part of our Open House, we will be displaying artifacts and memorabilia from vari-ous eras. If you have any items (class photos, yearbooks, etc.) that you would be will-ing to lend to our display, please contact Mr. Woods via the Main Office. All items will be returned if requested. Commemorative T-Shirts 50th Anniversary T-shirts will soon be available for purchase. T-shirts will be pre-ordered online, and will be ready for our May 10th celebration. A flyer with more details about the May 10th event, including information on how to order your T-shirt, will be coming soon. You can also keep up to date with event details by viewing our school website and by joining our Facebook group “Glenhaven 50th Anniversary”.

Online parent portal to access important student in-formation.

The Peel District School Board is excited to announce the launch of ParentConnect, an online parent portal to access important student in-formation. The pilot program was introduced at select schools and phased in to all Peel schools on Feb. 23, 2018. What is ParentConnect? ParentConnect is a safe and secure website, created by the Peel District School Board, that acts as a single point to stay informed and to access all electronic services provided to Peel board parents and legal guardians. The parent-friendly website will allow you to:

view school-based alerts and information

access real time absence reporting

view current and historic elementary report card information

get up-to-date busing information

review secondary school credit history and diploma status and more

To learn more about the benefits of ParentConnect, visit our school website or www.peelschools.org/parentconnect

Important changes coming to SafeArrival system in May 2018

The Peel District School Board is currently using the SafeArrival system by Synrevoice Tech-nologies. As Synrevoice has been sold to West Communications, there will be slight chang-es to our SafeArrival system and how you will report your child’s absence from school. The phone number to report your child’s absence will stay the same, but there are a few other changes.

Beginning May 14, 2018, all elementary school parents/guardians need to report their child’s full-day absences, late arrivals and/or early departures from school via our new School Messenger SafeArrival system.

Please continue to use our current Synrevoice system until Friday, May 11, 2018. The new School Messenger SafeArrival will be live on Monday, May 14, 2018.

Important to note: The transition to a new company and system will require parents to set up a new account with School Messenger SafeArrival as data will not be transferred from the old system to the new. More information on how and when to set-up your new account will be coming in the next month.

“BE OUR GUEST” AT BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR.

Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR. Thursday, April 19th 7:00pm

The Glenhaven Music program is excited to announce that Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR. is playing right here in the Glenhaven Gym for 1 show only, Thurs-day, April 19th! The 60-minute musical, designed for middle-school aged perform-ers, is based on the 1994 Broadway production and Disney’s 1991 animated fea-ture film. The cast contains approximately 120 wonderfully talented and hard-working students led by our caring and outgoing staff members, Ms. Hambourg, Ms. Taubman, Ms. Trokeloshvili, Ms. Zubrickas and Mr. Mashinter. Beauty and the Beast JR. tells the story of Belle, an adventurous young girl, and the Beast, her hideous captor who is actually a young prince trapped under a spell. In order to break the spell, the Beast must learn to love another and earn her love in return – before time runs out. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, including a loving teapot, a charming candelabra, and a nervous mantel clock, Belle and the Beast find a beautiful friendship and love that neither knew was pos-sible. Beauty and the Beast JR. features classic songs from the Academy Award®-winning film score such as “Be Our Guest” and “Belle,” as well as original songs from the 1994 Tony®-nominated Broadway musical. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized materi-

als are supplied by Music Theatre International. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

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Intramural Basketball On Wednesday February 21st, Glenhaven had its first intramural day tournament for senior boys basketball. The tourna-ment was a huge success with over 80 athletes participating, and 10 student volunteers helping to set up, keep score, and facilitate the games. The day includ-ed the basketball finals with a traditional playoff format, a mini tournament, a

skills competition and a three-point shot competition. This intramural tournament was a fantastic opportunity for athletes at every skill level to have a chance to play and compete in a tournament setting. We feel that everyone should have a chance to play and we strive to create an inclusive environment that al-lows everyone who wants to play, an op-portunity to play. Thank you to all the players and helpers for showing dedica-tion and respect during the basketball intramural, as well as during the tourna-ment.

International Study On March 22nd & 23rd, Class 82 & 85 will complete the TIMSS assessment, an international study focussing on trends in Mathematics and Science. If parents have any questions about this study, please refer to the recent parent letter or contact Mr. Woods. Good luck to all students!

The phone number will stay the same: 1-855-209-6155

Website has changed to: go.schoolmessenger.ca

Download a new app: School Messenger App (from Google or Apple) (please be sure to delete the old Safe Arrival app after May 11) Speech Contest Finals

On April 10th, class winners will partici-pate in Glenhaven’s Speech Contest Finals which will take place in the Gym-nasium. Parents/Guardians are wel-come. Gr.6s will participate from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. and Gr.7/8s from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Congratulations to all finalists!