Fairfield Elementary School

Ontario Provicial Government - new policy

Parents

Please help your child with our new policy by refraining from texting them during the school day. If you need to contact your child please call the office and we will relay the message to your child.

Kindergarten to Grade 6

No cell phones from 8:55 – 3:15

Cell phones must be in a closed backpack turned off or on silent mode.

Grade 7 & 8

No cell phones from 8:55 – 3:15

- Cell phones must be in closed backpack turned off or on silent mode

- If worried about theft, bring phone to the office each morning after first bell

- Before school – student can use phone on the yard

- When the first bell rings at 8: 53 phones must go in backpack on silent/off

- Cell phones will not be used for free time, nutrition break, in the halls or in the washrooms

- Grade 7 & 8 students who leave school property may take their phone out as soon as they exit the building

- Grade 7 & 8 students who return to school after nutrition break are not permitted to have cell phones visible on school property

Consequences

1. First Time – Verbal Warning

2. Second Time – Verbal warning from Principal/Vice Principal and a call home to inform parents

3. Third Time – Student sent to office, call home and cell phone taken until the end of the day

4. Subsequent times – cell phone will stay at home or be dropped off at office each morning.

Junior and Intermediate Students line up at the Intermediate doors/north doors (Beckstead, Doherty, Scott, Stover and Argyle)

Primary Students line up at the Primary doors/East doors (Mercanti, McMurter, Pennell, Bateman and Norman)

Kindergarten Students will be in the enclosed Kindergarten yard.

A reminder that we do not use the new track field before school. It will only be used for recesses.

BEFORE SCHOOL

Kindergarten's will be in the Kindergarten yard, Primary, Junior and Intermediate students will be on the pavement. The new school yard will not be used before school.

RECESS

Kindergarten students - will be on the fenced in Kindergarten Yard (the yard will be completely fenced by the end of the first week of school)

Primary students - Grade 1 - 3 - will use the fenced in yard this year. If your child is in a grade 3/4, the grade 4s can choose the primary yard or the junior yard

Junior students - Grade 4 -6 - will be on the new yard (track, new climber and old climber)

Intermediate students - Grade 7 & 8 - will be on the new yard (track, new climber and old climber) but can also go past the old climber and play in the field above.

8:40 Yard Supervision and Bus Supervision commence - no playing in the new field before school

8:55 School Start Time

10:35 - 10:55 Kindergarten Nutrition Break & Primary/Junior/Intermediate Recess

10:55 - 11:15 Kindergarten Recess & Primary/Junior/Intermediate Nutrition Break

12:55 - 1:15 Kindergarten Nutrition Break & Primary/Junior/Intermediate Recess

1:15 - 1:35 Kindergarten Recess & Primary/Junior/Intermediate Nutrition Break

3:15 School Dismissal Time

Welcome back Falcons! We are excited to get our 2024 cross country season underway! Cross Country is long distance running that involves hills and is traditionally run on grass. Students in Grades 3-8 are invited to sign up and join our Fairfield team! Permission forms will be on School Day this week.

Practices will be:

Mondays (3:15pm-4:00pm)

Wednesdays (8:00-8:40am)

Fridays (8:00-8:40am)

First practice will be Wednesday, September 11 at 8:00am. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Pennell (pennelldi@limestone.on.ca). We hope to see many Falcons out this season!!

If you are driving your child to school you can park in the parking lot and walk them to their yard OR you can use our Drop and Go! Drive through the bus loop for easy drop offs. No parking in the loop as we need to keep the traffic moving.

Please, no drop offs at the front door either. When you stop there students can run in front or behind the car and get hit by an incoming car. If we ask you to move, remember it is not to be mean, it is to save lives.

Students will NOT be in the track/soccer field area before school. All students will be on east side and north side of the school.

If you are picking up your child early please be at the school before 3:00. At 3:00 we will ask that you find your child outside at dismissal time. It is extremely hard to locate students from 3:00 to 3:15 when they are packing up their belongings, switching classes and heading outside.

Classroom Teachers - All class placements are subject to change in two weeks if our school population increases or decreases

Kindergarten Ms. Dos-Santos and Ms. McKinnon (ECE)

Kindergarten Ms. Dafnas and Ms. McIlroy (ECE)

Grade 1 Ms. Mercanti (Ms. Kelly/Maternity Leave/Returns Term 2)

Grade 1/2 Ms. McMurter

Grade 2/3 Ms. Pennell and Mr. Anderson

Grade 3 Ms. Bateman

Grade 3/4 Ms. Norman

Grade 4/5 Ms. Beckstead

Grade 5/6 Ms. Doherty

Grade 6/7 Mr. Stover

Grade 7/8 Ms. Scott

Grade 8 Mr. Argyle

French Team

French Mr. Wenkoff

French Ms. Samifanni

French - Mr. Mitchell

Special Education Team

Student Support Teacher - Ms. Onyskiw

Student Support Teacher Ms. Pennell

Intensive Support Teacher - Ms. Sullivan

Educational Assistant - Ms. Cobb

Educational Assistant - Ms. Quinn

Educational Assistant - Ms. Pilon

Educational Assistant - Ms. McNeeley

Educational Assistant - Mr. Roberts

Educational Assistant - Ms. Thompson

Educational Assistant - Ms. Finn

Math Coach - Mr. Anderson

Planning Time

Planning Time - Mr. Anderson

Planning Time - Ms. Frank

Custodial Staff

Head Caretaker - Ms. Hickey

Caretaker - Mr. Wilson

Administrative Team

Principal - Ms. Duncan

Vice-Principal - Ms. Onyskiw

Office Manager - Ms. Good

September

Wednesday, September 4 - First Day of School

Wednesday, September 11 - Running Club Begins

Tuesday, September 24 - 27 - Scholastic Book Fair

Thursday, September 26 - Open House & Book Fair 4:00-5:30

October

Tuesday, October 8 - Bus Presentations Kindergarten/Primary 1:45, Junior/Int. 2:30

Friday, October 11 - PA Day

Monday, October 14 - Thanksgiving Holiday

November

Wednesday, November 6 - School Frontenacs Hockey Game

Monday, November 11 - Remembrance Day

,November 22 - PA Day

December

Winter Break - Monday, December 23 - January 3

January

Monday, January 6 - First Day back 2025

Friday, January 31 - PA Day

February

Monday, February 17 - Family Day Holiday

March

Monday, March 10 - 14 - March Break Holiday

April

Friday, April 18 - Good Friday Holiday

Monday, April 21 - Easter Monday Holiday

May

Monday, May 19 - Victoria Day Holiday

Friday, May 30 - PA Day

June

Thursday, June 26 - Last Day of School

Friday, June 27 - PA Day

Principal: Martha Duncan duncanm@limestone.on.ca

Vice Principal and Student Support Teacher: Nicole Onyskiw onyskiwn@limestone.on.ca

Address: Kildare Ave, Amherstview, ON K7N 1J1

Telephone number: (613) 389-2636