We are excited to welcome our first week in December! Please remember that we have snow and maybe wet snow in the forecast moving forward, so it's important that students are prepared with proper attire to keep them warm and dry, and maybe some extra clothing as well! Please also review expectations at home around keeping snow on the ground, as well as respecting other's creations and forts on the yard. It's also important for students to be aware that all things made of snow are temporary. Thank you!

We are excited to host the SAC family movie night this Thursday Night! Please see the full message and details below!

We also have some some spirit days coming up as well. See the upcoming events section and the poster below for the dates and details.

Attention to all parents and guardians of grade 6 students! Choices at 7 information has been released, so please see the below information about dates and details. As always, you can connect with teachers if you have any specific questions!

We are looking forward to another amazing week!

The Ecole Maple Team

The Limestone District School Board's Choices at 7 programs offer opportunities for students entering Grade 7 to participate in a variety of unique learning environments. Depending on the availability of places in the programs, students currently in Grade 7 may also apply to join a program for their Grade 8 year. The Choices at 7 Programs that are offered include:

ATLAS (Applying Technology for Learning, Aptitude and Success)

Challenge (Gifted and Academic Enrichment Program)

LEAP (Limestone Education through the Arts Program)

Extended French Immersion Program

For detailed information about any of the Choices at 7 programs, please go to the Choices at 7 website

Application Process:

The application form for the ATLAS Program, the Challenge Program, LEAP, and Extended French Immersion for September 2025 will be open from December 13, 2024 until January 13, 2025. Application information and links are available on the Choices at 7 website.

Open Houses:

ATLAS, Challenge and LEAP Choices at 7 Program Open House, Calvin Park Public School

December 10, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Ernestown SS Grade 7/8 Challenge Program Open House

December 11, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Loughborough Public School Challenge Program Open House

December 12, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Please continue to check the Choices at 7 website for the Open House dates for the Extended French Immersion Programs at Harrowsmith PS, Module de l’Acadie, and Module Vanier.

Food Bank Collection Dec 2nd - 13th

Monday, December 2nd:

• Book Fair -Kindergarten purchase

• Gr 4-6 Girls Lunch & Learn - Queen's Connection in the Makerspace @ 11:15-11:55

• Student Council Meeting on the Stage @ 11:15-11:55

Tuesday, December 3rd:

• Book Fair -Primary purchase

• Gr 4-6 Girls Lunch & Learn - Queen's Connection in the Makerspace @ 11:15-11:55

Wednesday, December 4th:

• Book Fair -Junior purchase
• Book Fair -Family purchase after school @ 4:00-6:00
• Pizza Hot Lunch Day

Thursday, December 5th:

• Winter /Holiday Hat Spirit Day
• SAC Movie Night in the Gym @ 6:30

Friday, December 6th:

• 12/02-12/13 Food Bank Collection
• 12/05 SAC Fundraiser North Roast Coffee Sales Due
• 12/10 SAC Meeting @ 6:30
• 12/9, 12/11 - 12/13 Piano Recitals
• 12/11 Kindergarten Holiday Concert 5:00pm
• 12/12 Primary Winter Concert 5:00pm
• 12/13 Jingle Bell Walk 12:00-12:15
• 12/13 Holiday Winter Colours Spirit Day
• 12/18 Pizza Hot Lunch
• 12/20 Pyjamas Spirit Day
• 12/23 - 01/03 Winter Break

Members of SAC would like to invite the school community to our first movie night of the school year. We have changed our movie option to Despicable ME4, with the movie still starting at 6:30 pm in the Gym on Thursday, December 5th.

The gym doors will open at 6:15, and we ask all attendees to leave shortly after the movie to allow the staff to clean up. We look forward to seeing you there.

Questions on the activity can be directed to the SAC email ecolemaplecouncil@gmail.com

Thank you,

SAC

Registration Open November 18th-December 1st www.gouldlake.ca

In collaboration with the City of Kingston and KFL&A, Ecole Maple is excited to offer an opportunity for families to access established meet up locations for their student (s) who are walking from the neighbourhood indicated on the meet up location map. Families may decide to walk with the group, or set up a network where this could be scheduled with other families in the neighbourhood. At the end of the school day, students can also access the meet up location at the Gazebo for their walk home. As indicated, there is the advantage of increased safety when traveling in numbers as well as an opportunity to make friends and build community.

When you join SchoolMessenger, you will be able to:

• receive imporant information from LDSB
• join classrooms and extra-curricular groups
• report a student's absence (same day and in advance)

Reporting A Student's Absence:

The new student absence reporting system will let you use a mobile app, a website, or an interactive toll-free phone number to report an absence in advance. These options are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Future absences can be reported at any time.

If your student is marked absent and the absence hasn’t been reported in advance, our new SafeArrival system will attempt to reach the student’s priority contact by telephone to confirm the absence. If our system is unable to reach the designated contacts, school office staff will follow up.

Email: maple@limestone.on.ca
Website: www.maple.limestone.on.ca
Location: 529 St. Martha Street, Kingston, ON
Phone: 613-650-5478
Twitter: @Maple_LDSB