Dates to

Remember:

June 14 - Grade 1 & 2

PALS Trip

June 16 - Rugby Tourna-

ment at Niagara United

Soccer Field

June 17 - Fun Fair

June 21 - Intermediate 3-

Pitch Tournament

June 22 - Junior 3-Pitch

Tournament

June 23 - Junior Year End

Trip

June 23 - Kdg - Sliding into

Grade 1

June 27 - Grade 8 Gradua-

tion

June 28 - Report Cards Go

Home

June 28 - Grade 4/5 Pen-

Pal Picnic

June 29 - Year End Assem-

bly

June 29 - Last Day of

School

JUNE 2016

June always brings such excitement and sad-

ness at the same time.

In the month of June we celebrate the wonder-

ful things we have learned and accomplished

as a student, a class, a staff , a school, and a

community. We all have so much to celebrate

and be proud of.

But, June also brings about change which can

be sad. In June our Grade 8s graduate and

prepare to move on to high school. Although

we are sad to see them go we are also excited

about what lies ahead for them.

We also have some staff that will be leaving us

and moving on to other adventures. After

many years of teaching, Mrs. Vanderwater will

be retiring at the end of the year. We all wish

her the best as she begins a new chapter of her

life. Mrs. O’Connor will be changing schools in

the fall. She will be working closer to home at

Parnall Public School and Lincoln Centennial

Public School. We wish her all of the best and

know she will be a welcomed addition to both

of the schools.

Ms N. Robinson will be off traveling from Sep-

tember until December. While she is away we

will have a Long Term Occasional Teacher fill-

ing in. We can’t wait to hear all about her

adventures when she returns in January.

We welcome Mrs. P. Robinson to the Orchard

Park team. She is very excited to meet every-

one here. We also welcome Mrs. Adam who

will be joining us as our new Learning Resource

Teacher. She is looking forward to working

with everyone at Orchard Park.

During this month, time has been spent begin-

ning the organization of classes for the new

school year. Decisions are based on a variety

of factors including providing for a good gen-

der, personality, interest and ability mix. The

“primary class size cap” is also an important

factor which will delay our final class place-

ment decision-making until late August. How-

ever, here is our predicted DRAFT school or-

ganization for September 2016 given our cur-

rent enrolment:

Kdg - Ms Bigford and Mrs. Quiring

Kdg - Miss DiLibero and Ms Lambourne

Gr. 1 - Ms Prodger

Gr. 1/2 - Mrs. Child

Gr. 2/3 - Mrs. Anderson

Gr. 3 - Ms Pavone

Gr. 3 - Mrs. Vigna

Gr. 4 - Mrs. Glauser

Gr. 4/5 - Mrs. P. Robinson

Gr. 5/6 - Ms Priest

Gr. 6/7 - Mr. Mabee

Gr. 7/8 - Ms N. Robinson

Gr. 7/8 - Mr. Ott

LRT - Mrs. Adam

French - M Arseneau

Prep Teachers - Ms Lovasi and Ms Lane

**Please note, this organization is subject to

change should our enrolment or staffing change

in the fall.

Class lists will be avail-

able on the first day of

school.

IT’S THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!!

3691 Dorchester Rd.,

Niagara Falls, ON

905-354-3916

Principal -

H. Nunnenmacher

Secretary -

S. Mannella

ORCHARD PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL

ARE YOU MOVING??

Please make sure to let the office know if you will be

moving over the summer months. Thank you!

2016/2017

School Year

Calendar

Our year end

FUN FAIR is al-

most here. Our

School Council

has many things planned for

this night and everyone is

looking forward to it. Thank

you to everyone for sending

in items for the theme bas-

kets that will be raffled off,

for the jars filled with lots of

great things for The Jar

Game, to the numerous ven-

dors who donated prizes to

our

raffle table and to

Erin Freel for tak-

ing the lead and

organizing every-

thing! Don’t forget to order

your food for the BBQ

through School Cash Online

https://

dsbn.schoolcashonline.com/

It will be a fun night! See you

there!

Friday, June 17th

4:30-7:00 pm

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION

BEFORE AND AFTERSCHOOL DAYCARE

Orchard Park is very fortunate to have

wonderful volunteers that help in so many

ways. A volunteer may feel that their

contribution is small, but the staff and stu-

dents know that is not the case. As a to-

ken of our appreciation, a donation to

Woodend - Living Campus was made in

recognition of the Orchard Park Volun-

teers. Please know

that your contribu-

tion to our school is

greatly appreci-

ated and we thank

you from the bot-

tom of our hearts!!

The YMCA of Niagara is pleased to offer licensed before and after school child care at Orchard Park School in Sep-

tember of 2016. This site will be a shared site for students from Orchard Park, Martha Cullimore, Prince Phillip, Victo-ria and John Marshall schools for before and/or after school child care arrange-ments. Parents may register children to the age of 12 years for before school care, which opens at 7:00 a.m., and/or after school care available to 6:00 p.m. Fee sub-

sidy is available to eligible families.

Stimulating and fun learning experiences are offered to enhance your child’s social, intellectual, physical and emotional development. Programs are based on the

YMCA values of caring, honesty, responsibility, respect, inclusiveness and health.

The YMCA will contact parents who have previously submitted interest on the inten-tion form through the school. Parents who have not filled out the form, may go on the Region’s wait list, www.niagara.onehsn.com and enter information on the YMCA Child Care - Orchard Park lists. If you have questions, please contact the YMCA at

905-646-9622. Further details will be sent home as information becomes available.

A BIG Thank You to the staff,

students and parents. You

helped in so many different

ways to make this school such

a wonderful place to be. We

are lucky to have such a

GREAT team to work with

EVERY day!!!

SCHOOL VANDALISM

If you notice

any unusual

activity at our

school, please

call either of

the following emergency

numbers: 905-682-8065 or

905-563-1293. Also, if you

ever notice children on the

roof, please contact Niagara

Regional Police immediately

as this is extremely unsafe

and those engaging in this

behavior are trespassing on

DSBN property. We appre-

ciate your assistance with

these matters because graf-

fiti and other damage can

be very costly to remove or

repair. Thank you!

Please ensure ALL library

books are returned before

the last day of school. Late

notices will be sent home as

reminders for students.

YEAR-END ASSEMBLY

Our final assembly of the

year will be on Wednesday,

June 29th at 11:30 a.m.

Parents are invited to attend

this assembly that will bring

another successful year to a

close.

Congratulations to the following students

who made the Orchard Park Intermediate 3-

Pitch Team:

Keagan T. (captain), Landon M. (captain),

Ava C. (captain), Christina G., Noah W.,

Abby M., Paul A., Emma B., Isaiah V.,

Julianna M., Nathan O., Grace C., Ethan R.,

Ella C., Michael M., Lucas R., Miles B. and

Ms. Lane (coach)

Best of luck at the tour-

nament in Chippewa on

July 21, as we defend

our championship title

from last year!

DSBN TRACK AND FIELD

We’ve had a very successful track and field season, from our school meet to some great successes (including 3, 1st place relay teams)

at the Area Meet, culminating in 23 athletes attending the DSBN Championship Meet on June 10th.

Team Members were: Kaydence K., Emma B., Josh H., Mariah V., Isaac M., Isaac P., Troy N., Paul A., Grace

C., Christina G., KJ G., Noah W., Isaiah V., Kasey G., Avery T., Madison M., Danielle S., Tatum M., Lauren S.,

Gabe H., Lukas P. and Julianna M.

Congratulations to Paul A. on his bronze medal in the Midget Boys Shot Put and Kaydence K. for her bronze

in the Atom Girls 800m.

Special Thank You to Ms Robinson for overseeing all of the Track and Field events and being the cheer-

leader for our students at each one!

PRIMARY ARTS WEEK CELEBRATION THIS FALL!

We know with summer vacation rapidly approaching that it is hard to think

about school in the fall, but we have some exciting news that just can’t wait!!

In the fall of 2016, our Kdg to Grade 3 students will be having an “Arts

Week Celebration”! For one whole week, our primary students will have visits

from local artists in Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts culminating in an

Open House Arts Café to share what our students learned and made with our

family and friends!

This even is taking place part thanks to generous support from Orchard

Park’s School Council and a fundraising campaign underway on the “My

Class Needs” website. If you would like to share the link and/or contribute to

our Arts Week campaign, please go to:

https://myclassneeds.ca/en/project/7044

Thanks for your on-going support...this is going to be a great event!

SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATE

able or know someone who

is, please email Donna

(donna_d_13@hotmail.com).

We have a Bingo time slot

on Saturday morning

throughout the year which

brings in extra money for us

to use to purchase and up-

grade technology used in the

school. If you are interested

in getting more information

about how you can help out,

please contact Melissa

(mprocopio@assante.com).

As the year comes to a close,

we want to thank all the par-

ents who have volunteered

their time in different ways

to help accomplish great

things at Orchard Park! Be-

cause of your dedication and

commitment we were able to

achieve much and upgrade

many things for our children

to use. With the fundraising

money we were able to pur-

chase 20 Chromebooks, For-

est of Reading Books, maga-

zine renewals for the library,

fund most of the cost of the

“Pink Shirts”, put money to-

wards the school play, host

the cake reception, help out

with the Young Author’s Day

and Graduation, give the

teachers some money to use

in their classrooms, pur-

chased 6 more iPads for the

librarian to use with the dif-

ferent classes and will help

fund the Primary Arts Week

Celebration in the fall.

We are looking for volun-

teers to hand out pizza on

Thursdays. If you are avail-

INTERMEDIATE 3-PITCH TEAM

A special thank you to the

teachers and staff who have

put their time into extracur-

ricular activities during fit-

ness breaks, after school

sports and to those who have

gone the extra mile for the

students. Your caring hearts

make this school a better

place!

Have a wonderful summer

and we’ll see you in Septem-

ber!

Busing for 2016/2017

Check out our Website!!

http://orchardpark.dsbn.org/

Visit efnniagara.ca to make an online secure donation!

On Monday, August 22, 2016 Niagara Student Transportation

Services (NSTS) will post specific back-to- school transportation

arrangements for each student enrolled at the school.

Please visit www.nsts.ca and sign-in to the secure parent portal

to get your child’s student transportation information. To sign-in to

the portal you will need your child’s Ontario Education Number

(OEN) which can be found on their report card. While you are

there, please subscribe to the delay and cancellation module for

direct and timely emails regarding student transportation that im-

pacts your child.

Changes to home, pick-up and/or drop-off addresses must be

made through your child’s school. During the summer you may no-

tify NSTS of address changes so a bus stop is available for your

child to start the school year, however, NSTS is not authorized to

change student address information.

With the availability of the secure parent portal, NSTS will not

mail student transportation notices with the exception of Kindergar-

ten students or new students to the system who do not have an

OEN to sign-in to the portal.

Please contact your school or NSTS if you

have questions regarding your child’s trans-

portation arrangements.

Our Buddy Bench has arrived! A BIG thank you to Meridian Credit

Union, Westlane Secondary School and the DSBN for making this

gift a possibility. Our students are already enjoying it!

HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL SUM-

MER!! SEE YOU ON

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

AS WE BEGIN A WHOLE NEW YEAR!

YOUNG AUTHOR’S DAY AUTHOR - MARTY CHAN

Thanks to Ms Lovasi for organizing a great day for the stu-

dents!

WEIGH IN FOR

CHANGE -

FUNDRAISER FOR

EFN

Thank you to Mrs. Van-

derwater for organiz-

ing another successful

fundraiser for EFN and

to everyone for sup-

porting it!!!

CAR WASH FOR FORT MCMURRAY

Thank you to everyone for helping make our Car Wash Fund-

raiser a HUGE success. We were able to donate $2000 to The

Red Cross for those in Fort McMurray. Thank you to our Inter-

mediate students for organizing and to Mr. Ott and Ms Robin-

son for taking the lead!

Intermediate Year End Trip to

Toronto

Thank you to Mr. Mabee, Mr.

Ott, Ms Robinson, M Arseneau,

Miss Arnold and Mr. Smith for

chaperoning the trip.

WALKER LIVING CAMPUS

Ms Robinson’s Grade 7/8 Class had a great time at the

Walker Living Campus!

KINDERGARTEN SUPPLY LIST

- Headphones in a labelled ziplocked bag (no ear buds) - Pencils with attached eraser - Erasers - Primary scissors (blunt) - 3 boxes of Kleenex - Box of 8 crayons (skinny) - 3 glue sticks - Box of assorted pencil crayons - Box of 8 Crayola markers (washable) - Box of small and large ziplock bags

PRIMARY SUPPLY LIST

(GRADES 1 TO 3)

- Pencils with attached eraser - Erasers - Pencil sharpener with enclosed case for catching the

shavings - Primary Scissors (maximum 12 cm) - 3 boxes of Kleenex - Box of 8 crayons for Grade 1 & 2 - Pencil case (appropriate size) - Glue stick (1 per month) - 6 Duo tangs 1 of each colour red, yellow, blue and green and 2 other colours - No binders - Pencil crayons - Markers - Ear buds or Headphones in large ziplock bag labeled with name on it

JUNIOR SUPPLY LIST (GRADES 4 TO 6)

- Pencil case (thin) - Pencil crayons (maximum of 24) - 30 cm ruler - Scissors (max 12 cm) - 3 boxes of Kleenex - Glue Sticks - Erasers - HB Pencils - 4 assorted coloured Duo tangs - Package of lined and graph paper - Pencil sharpener with enclosed case for catching the shavings - Calculator for Grade 4 and Scientific Calculator for Grades 5 & 6 - Two 1 inch binders and 2 packages of dividers - Ear buds or Headphones in a labelled container - Math Compass and Protractor for Grades 5 & 6 - Dudley Lock or carabineer clip for locker - Indoor shoes and outdoor shoes - Change of clothes for phys. ed (shorts, t-shirt and indoor

running shoes)

INTERMEDIATE SUPPLY LIST

(GRADES 7 & 8)

- Scientific Calculator-quality calculator you will need it in high school - Backpack/Carry-all bag (for school supplies, books, gym clothes etc.) - A DUDLEY brand combination lock. No key locks. - Five 1 inch binders – NO BIG ZIPPER BINDERS, PLEASE - Large package of binder paper - Package of 8 dividers - Pencil case or Pencil box - Red and Blue Pens - Pencils - Pencil sharpener with enclosed case for catching the shavings - Pencil Crayons - Erasers 30 cm metric ruler - Math Set (compass, protractor etc.) - Glue stick - Scissors - 3 different colored highlighters - Ear buds or headphones in a labelled container - 3 boxes of Kleenex - Change of clothes for phys. ed (shorts, t-shirt and indoor

running shoes)

BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Below is the list of recommended items for students when Back to School Shopping. Please note that some

items may need to be replenished throughout the school year.