April 28th, 2016

Hello Parents,

Here are this week’s updates:

1. Upcoming Dates to Note:

  • April 28 to May 12 – Used Book/CD/DVD donations being accepted
  • May 5/6 – Bake Sale Donations Due
  • May 6 – Me-to-We Club Bake Sale
  • May 11 – Kindergarten Info Night for New Kindergarten Students and Parents
  • May 13 and 14 – Used Book Sale
  • May 25, 26 and 27 – EQAO Testing for Grades 3 and 6 Students

2. Bake Sale

This year the ME to WE Club has taken a more community based focus in our projects and fundraising.  We will once again hold our 3rd Annual Bake Sale on Friday, May 6th with all proceeds being donated to the May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo.  For more information on this local organization please visit their website at http://www.maycourtclubofkw.org. Our Bake Sale will offer NUT-FREE baked goods for sale, as well as a Cake Raffle.  Our ME to WE Club students have also been busy making bookmarks, charms and other items that will also be sold that day.  To ensure that this event is a success, we are asking our Williamsburg families to consider donating NUT-FREEbaked goods for our sale, or a cake for our raffle.  If you are able to contribute, please sign and return the form below.  We ask that baked good donations be sent to the school with your child on May 5th or before 9:00am on May 6th.  All proceeds will go directly to the May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo.

We are looking for parent volunteers to help us out with the Bake Sale on Friday May 6th at the following times:

  • 8:30-9:30
  • 9:30-11:00
  • 11:30-12:30
  • 12:30-1:10
  • 1:45-2:45
  • 2:45-3:45

If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to Laurie Starra (laurie_starra@wrdsb.on.ca) and make note of which time slot you are available to help out.

Once again, thank you to all of our families for your continued support. Together WE are the change!

3. Kindergarten Information Night for New Kindergarten Students and Parents

New Kindergarten students and parents are welcome to join us for an Info Night on Tuesday, May 11th from 6:30 to 7:30pm at Williamsburg to learn more about our school. Siblings are not invited to this event.

4. Used Book Sale

School Council is accepting gently used book/CD/DVD donations starting today Thursday, April 28th to be sold at our first Used Book Sale on May 13th and 14th.  The class that collects the most books will win a pizza party.  Parents may also bring donations to the office beginning today.

The money raised through this sale will go towards school yard improvements and other items like class trips, planners and more!

5. Our Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success!

Thank you to all our Williamsburg families for coming out and supporting our Book Fair. Our goal was to reach $7,000.00 in total sales. I’m happy to announce that we were able to reach our goal and go beyond it! Total sales at the Book Fair reached $7,927.35! Wow, that means our profit will be close to $2,000.00 which will be used for future library initiatives.

There were also many winners of our draws during our Book Fair. Poster Draw winners: Dylan R. in Rm.16, Jasmina J. in Rm 16, Kylah G. in Rm 2, Roderick H. in Rm 2, Faisal A in Rm 4, Sayyid R in Rm 22, Dilraj B. in P2, Dylan P. in Rm 26, Chitra S. in Rm 23, Isabela A. in Rm 31, Cameron R. in Rm 13, Connor W. in  Rm 19 and Braeden K. in Rm 14. Our winner for the Family Draw of $25 worth of books for themselves and their classroom teacher was Lily Ursu in Mrs. Kennedy’s Gr. 1/2 class. Winners of a free book from the Book Fair worth $10 or less: Thomas B. in Rm 42, Aiden W. in Rm 45, Ryan T. in Rm 28, Beyza U. in Rm 13, Emily O. in Rm 4 and Sara A in Rm 43.

Congratulations to all our winners!

We could not run our Book Fair without the help of our volunteers. A huge thank you goes to: Erin Jamieson, Susan Lawrence, Gen Brown, Audrey Butt, Keyuri Patel, Patti Lunnie, Lauren Shaver, Mrs. Owen and some of our former students, Dewei Bhalla, Selena Ramlakhan, Kaitlyn and William Smale.

Again, thank you for all your support. I look forward to seeing everyone at next year at the Book Fair.  Mrs. Branje, Library Clerk

Have a great week!

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