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Parents are invited to attend
however there will be limited
space available.
The first assembly will be at
9:30 with the students from
classes with these teachers :
Ms. Law, Ms. Chun,
Mr. Bartzis, Ms. Rawlins, Ms.
Osiel, Mr. Leung, Ms. Rae
and Ms. Doherty.
The second assembly will be
at approximately 10:40 and
will include the students in
the classes with these
teachers:
Mr. Connelly, Ms. Tiernay,
Ms. Jenkins, Ms. Barnabe,
Ms. Weiner, Ms. Attard, Ms.
Crane and Mr. Lam.
F R O M T H E P R I N C I P A L N O V E M B E R
Monday — Day 3
Remembrance Day Assembly
Grade 1 trip to Forest Valley
Gr. 5 Boys’ VB Practice@
3:30 pm
School Council Meeting
@6:00
Tuesday — Day 4 Gr. 3-5 Choir @ 11:45 am
Gr. 1 Yoga Club @ 11:45 am
International Languages @
3:30 pm
Progress reports go home
Wednesday — Day 5
Chess with Mr. S @ 3:30 pm
Thursday — Day 1 Gr. 3-5 Choir @ 11:45 am
Gr. 5 Boys’ Volleyball tryouts
@ 3:30 pm
Friday — PA Day Parent Teacher Interviews
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
November is Indigenous
Month at TDSB 2
SAC meeting
Early French
Immersion 2
Early French Immersion 3
Remembrance Day 4
Pizza Lunch Volunteers 5
SAC Messages 6-8
R E M E M B R A N C E D A Y A S S E M B L Y S
The Elkhorn Express
November 11, 2019 2019-2020 School Year Issue 10
Y O U R S C H O O L ’ S I N F O R M A T I O N N E W S L E T T E R
Progress Reports / Kindergarten Communication of Learning: Initial Observations
You will be receiving your child’s report on Tuesday, November 12th. The report
is meant to highlight your child’s progress since September. It is an important indicator of whether your child is meeting the provincial standard in their academics as well as their learning skills and work habits. You will have the opportunity to meet with your child’s teachers on November 14
th and 15
th to
discuss your child’s work to date. It is also an opportunity to plan next steps in terms of areas of need or requiring attention. Please review your child’s report with him/her and let them share in the development of an action plan for growth academically and in work habits.
Remembrance Day
We will be holding 2 Remembrance Day assemblies on Monday, November 11
th, a
time for all to reflect and give thanks to all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Parents are welcome to join us and we thank Ms. Lee, Ms. Jenkins and Ms. Tiernay for coordinating this very important event for Elkhorn. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or concerns,
Danila Duliunas, Interim Principal
In November, we honour
Indigenous Education
Month at the TDSB.
This month provides an
opportunity to centre
First Nations, Métis and
Inuit perspectives,
histories and
contemporary realities. In
classrooms across the
TDSB, it is an
opportunity to learn
about treaties,
Indigenous leadership,
achievements, and
resistance.
Over the course of this
month, students, staff
and community members
will be recognizing a
number of important
days to deepen
knowledge and learn
together about our
shared history and
Please note the following dates/times of the
Virtual lnformation sessions listed below:
This year, there will be two virtual
(online webchat) information
sessions for parents/guardians
interested in the Early French
Immersion (SK entry) application
process.
November is Indigenous Education Month at TDSB
E A R LY F R E N C H I M M E R S I O N A P P L I C AT I O N
P R O C E S S
P a g e 2 T h e E l k h o r n E x p r e s s
build stronger relationships
between non-Indigenous
and Indigenous peoples in
Canada.
A number of these
important days includes
Treaty recognition Week
(Nov 4-8), Inuit Day (Nov.
7), Aboriginal Veteran’s
Day (Nov. 8), and Louis
Riel Day (Nov. 16).
Date Time
November 11, 2019 7:00-8:00pm
November 19, 2019 10:00-11:00am
School Council Meeting
The next Elkhorn School Council Meeting is scheduled for
Monday, November 11th.
All parents/guardians are welcome. The meeting will run from 6:00
pm—7:30 pm in the staff room.
Childcare will be provided.
P a g e 3 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 S c h o o l Y e a r I s s u e 1 0
Early French Immersion (Senior Kindergarten (SK) Entry)
Applications to the Early French Immersion program are made the year your child is in Junior
Kindergarten (or is of Junior Kindergarten age) for entry in Senior Kindergarten. It is an entirely online
process. All communication will be sent via the email address you provide. Please check your email
regularly, including junk mail folders.
Please visit the application site www.tdsb.on.ca/pars.
You will need your child’s date of birth and OEN. The OEN is a 9-digit number found on any report card
from the TDSB.
For non-TDSB students, please select the “Non-TDSB Student” option and follow the steps to generate
an identification number. You must then return to the PARS site and follow the application procedure
with this number.
Please select the Early Immersion Program (SK) from the drop-down menu, and complete the
application process.
On-time applicants will be offered a placement online via the email address you have provided. You
MUST take action to accept this placement by the deadline requested when you are offered a
placement.
Offers of placement will be ongoing throughout the weeks and months following the close of the
application period. Please check your email regularly, including junk mail folders, and follow any
instructions.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Application process opens: November 4, 2019
Deadline for applications: November 29, 2019
Please note:
While every effort will be made to place students in the school
identified as their area French Immersion school, this is not always
possible. In cases where the number of applications in a given area is greater than the number of
spaces in the school, students may be redirected to schools with available space.
Placements are made based on the address you provide prior to the application deadline. If your
address changes between the application deadline and the fall of the SK year, there is no guarantee of
placement in your new area.
Remembrance Day is a day for all Canadians to remember the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. It is a day we encourage every individual, young and old, to pause, to give thanks and to remember.
Every year, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we gather in memorial parks, community halls, workplaces, schools and homes to stand in honour of all who have fallen. Together, we observe a moment of silence to mark the sacrifice of the many who have fallen in the service of their country, and to acknowledge the courage of those who still serve. The Poppy as a symbol of Remembrance Day Poppies grew over the graves of soldiers in the area of Flanders, France. Fields that had been barren before battle exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended. During the tremendous bombardments of the war, the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble, allowing the “popaver rhoeas” to thrive. When the war ended, the lime was quickly absorbed and the Poppy began to disappear again.
The person who first introduced the Poppy to Canada and the Commonwealth was Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of Guelph, Ontario, a Canadian Medical Officer during the First World War. John McCrae penned the Poem “In Flanders Fields” on a scrap of paper in May, 1915 on the day following the death of a fellow soldier. Little did he know then that those 13 lines would become enshrined in the hearts and minds of all who would wear them.
Today, the Poppy is worn each year during the Remembrance period to honour Canada's Fallen. Thanks to the millions of Canadians who wear the Legion’s lapel Poppy each November, the little red flower has never died, and the memories of those who fell in battle remain strong.
I n F l a n d e r s F i e l d s
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae ~ May 3, 1915
REMEMBRANCE DAY