Principal’s Note: Welcome to a new year!

Hello everyone!  I hope that everyone has had a great summer. I was able to see many students this summer atChristie Lake Camp

we had a great group there this summer and it was wonderful to see how our emphasis on developing community partnerships translated into so many students having a great camp experience.

 

We continued to work with Ecology Ottawa andEvergreen this summer and we are currently adding soil and mulch in preparation for planting in our yard that will take place in September.

You can see in the photo above Carleton University students working on the yard in early August.

 

We have spent the summer working with a wonderful group of community volunteers to put together the first St. Anthony Gale/Reunion and fundraiser.  This will be a wonderful event that will bring former teachers administrators and students together to celebrate the heritage of St. Anthony School and Dante Academy.

The event will be held on September 26 and there is a wealth of information about the event here at this special website  designed for the event.

We continue to develop and improve our partnerships in the community.  We will continue to work with the Somerset West Community Health Center .

We also plan to work closer with Ottawa Community Immigrant Services OCISO to better serve the parent community.

 

We are in the process of developing programming for our students  again this year we will again be offering table tennis lessons, we will continue to have a very active Green Team and we will continue to develop our makerspace in our learning commons.  We hope to continue with arts programming based on our ability to raise funding.  

 

For daily information on what is going on at St. Anthony please check on social media feeds.

 

Facebook

 

Twitter  

 

Instagram 

 

St. Anthony Connects is our community blog where we put out weekly updates on what is going on in our classrooms and the school in general.  

If you need to contact me, you can reach me at my e-mail address:

 

paul.mcguire@ocsb.ca

 

I am looking forward to a great year at St. Anthony – I hope to get to know all of you better this year!

Please click on the link to access the full calendar

we are going to try this communication app this year to keep parents in touch with school.

Opening Assembly Format #ocsbfirstday

8:15 – students and parents enter gym – coffee and snacks available

• booths set up for School Council and YMCA program
• permission to disclose information
• computers showing web site, blog, passing out Bloomz info sheet

8:30 – teachers arrive, start organizing classes based on class lists on the walls – teachers will sit with their classes

8:50 – students sit in front, parents behind – principal’s opening address

• gala fundraiser
• new projects – (screen, continuation of greening, computer for every junior, device for every child)
• introduction of staff
• Bus/walk zone changes? since it affected about 30 kids. Mention they can apply for an Empty Seat (no guarantees) and I have the application form.
• Reminders for parents:
• Safety of the students is our #1 priority. We practice fire drills and lockdowns throughout the year. The rules below are all put in place to ensure the safety of all students and staff.
• School starts at 830: why you need to arrive before then and what consequences when you are chronically late. School ends at 3pm: no supervision provided after that. If you are going to be late picking up..please call the office. Occasional dismissal changes are fine BUT we need a note to the teacher and a phone call to the office.
• When your child is ill-don’t send them to school And call the school, it’s ok to leave a message. If they don’t call they will get an automated call home and email.
• For late parents: go to the office…why parents cannot take their kids to the classroom. Why Kinder parents are not to be in the hallway downstairs assisting their children in the am.  
• It is very important to keep phone numbers/emergency contacts, medical issues/allergies, up to date…please review, make corrections and return verification sheet asap.
• NO Scents, Peanuts or Nut Products-Anaphylaxis Policy and Asthma Policy
• We should put our school phone number on the website business card and hand those out to as many parents as we can…direct them to the school handbook online.
• format for morning – completing forms – focus on Routine Disclosure Form – will show brief video to illustrate the importance of getting permission for disclosure of photographs – see Krista to get this form.
• video https://youtu.be/T_1ILdhTWHg
• the entire school agenda can be foind on the website under ‘Our School’

Parents free to follow their sons and daughters to class to hear more about the new school year from their teachers.

 What is happening this week at St. Anthony – teacher Notes

Ms Draper’s Grade 2 Newsletter

Ms Draper’s plan for this week

Ms Myers’ class for this week:

Welcome back!  I’m looking forward to meeting all the “Wonderful Ones!”  This week we will spend time getting to know one another and reviewing classroom and school routines. You can help your child be prepared for the week by ensuring that they have a healthy lunch with nutritious snacks each day, a pair of indoor shoes that they can keep at school, and…a good rest each night!  To read more about the importance of a sleep for your growing child, click on this link: http://www.canadianliving.com/health/prevention/sleep_makes_kids_smarter.php

See everyone Tuesday, September 8^th!

M Girard’s Class notes: