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