September 26th, 2019

Hello Parents,

Here are this week’s updates:

1. Last Call for OCTOBER Pizza Orders: Pizza orders for each Thursday in October are due by today on School-Day. No late orders will be accepted. Also a reminder that any cash payments must be submitted in exact change to the office by 3:30 today. Unpaid orders cannot be processed. You are welcome to call the school office if you have any questions – 519-742-1848.

2. School Council – Thank you to all who sent back their self nomination forms and declared their candidacy for elected positions. We are able to declare the following positions:

• Co-Chairs – Jamie Russell Reilly, Kimberly Thompson
• Treasurer – Sue Lawrence

We hope to hold an election for the position of secretary at our first meeting. Our first school council meeting will be on Monday, September 30th at 6:00pm. We look forward to welcoming our new members.

3. Drop Off and Pick Up – We encourage parents to walk children to school as we have a shortage of parking near the school. If you do drive your children to school, please remember that the school parking lot is for staff and daycare parking only. There is no parking on Commonwealth Crescent and the manager of Goodlife has also asked that parents not use their lot for pick up and drop offs. Please look for space on other side streets where parking is permitted.

4. Photo Day – September 27th – A reminder that individual photos are being taken for all students on Friday, September 27th. Class photos will be taken in the spring.

• What to wear: For best results, we recommend wearing bright, solid coloured clothing, but do not wear green
• You will receive a portrait pass code a few weeks after photos are taken and can order packages online at that time. There are no orders being taken on photo day.
• On-line Ordering: You can view your child’s photos on over 40 different backgrounds before ordering after receiving your portrait pass code.
• If you wish to get email notifications from Edge Imaging about photo day, go to https://photoday.edgeimaging.ca/ and enter our school code: BUG.

5. Pizza Day Details – Pizza is delivered to classes on Thursdays from October through June at first Nutrition Break (11:00/11:20 am) for those students who have pre-ordered and pre-paid. Orders are placed on a monthly basis on School-Day. Note, if your child is absent on pizza day, they will miss their order that day. The pizza will not be saved or re-distributed to friends or siblings.

6. Police Checks – Thank you to those people who have already submitted their Police Checks this September. A reminder that individuals wishing to volunteer at Williamsburg Public School for our Strong Start Reading Program, field trips or other interactions with students must have a Police Vulnerable Sector Check completed for the 2019-2020 school year.

To help make this process easier, we will provide parents wishing to volunteer with a letter from Ms. Noonan on school letterhead that indicates the reason that you are requesting the Police Vulnerable Sector Check. This will allow you to obtain the police check at a reduced rate of $10.00. Letters can be printed from School Files in School-Day or from Office Forms on our school website https://wlm.wrdsb.ca/forms/volunteer-letter-for-police-check/ OR you may pick up a letter from the Williamsburg office.

If you go to the Police Reporting Centre at 150 Maple Grove Road, Cambridge, most police checks can be completed while you wait. Police checks can then be submitted to the office and will be valid for the entire school year. (You may also apply on-line; however there is about a 3 week waiting period for on-line checks. Once the on-line request is processed, you can pick it up from several WRPS locations – www.wrps.on.ca/en/services-reporting/police-vulnerable-sector-check.aspx )

7. Hero Gems – We have been focusing on Mindfulness at Williamsburg for the month of September. “At Williamsburg we are positive. We know that if we work hard, we can do anything. When we struggle we know we just haven’t got it ‘yet’.” Ask your child about what mindfulness means to him/her?

8. Public Health Update – Parents, please remember to keep your child’s immunization records up-to-date with Public Health.

How to provide your records to Public Health:

On-line: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/ph

Phone: 519-575-4400 x 5001

Fax: 519-885-7260

The annual enforcement of the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) helps to keep our students and schools healthy. Immunization protects children from many diseases that are easily spread in schools.

Public Health will mail letters to those students with incomplete records. If you receive a letter, please arrange a visit with your health care provider to assess and update your child’s immunizations, and contact Public Health to update your child’s record or to place a legal exemption on file.

9. KW Counselling Services – KW counselling services fall 2019 schedule for their Parenting with Passion courses and workshops is now available online. Please click on the following link for more information. https://www.kwcounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Fall-2019-email_flyer.pdf

10. Stay Connected!

– Williamsburg Website – Keep Up to Date!

Follow any new posts that get added to the Williamsburg website by going to http://wlm.wrdsb.ca/, scroll to the bottom of the page and add your email address in the box under “Get News From This Website” and click Submit

-Twitter – Follow us on Twitter @wlmwrdsb

11. Upcoming Dates to Note:

• September 27 – Picture Day for All Students
• September 30 – First School Council Meeting (6:00pm in the Library)
• October 3 – First Pizza Day
• October 14 – Thanksgiving Day Holiday. No School
• October 17 to 24 – November Pizza Orders Open on School Day
• October 21 – Federal Election Day. Williamsburg is a polling station.
• October 24 – Photo Retake Day
• October 25 – PD Day. No school for students
• November 11 – Progress Reports go home
• November 15 – Parent – Teacher Interview afternoon

~ How-To-Order Guide for Pizza:

– Log-in to School-Day (www.school-day.com/ )

– Click Products at the top of your Dashboard and select October 2018 – Pizza Orders

-Order Pizza as you wish adding the items to your cart. Use the drop-down boxes to select the child, week and topping you wish to order. When you are ready to complete your order, click My Cart

– Click Check Out to pay on-line and complete the payment process

– If you prefer to pay by cash, click Will Pay By Cash. Print receipt or make note of the Order Number and send to school with your payment by the order deadline date. Your order is not complete until payment is received at school

– Contact Kate Lovell in the School Office with any School-Day questions:

Phone: 519-742-1848 / E-mail: kate_lovell@wrdsb.on.ca

Have a great week!

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