École Maple ES Family Update

Monday, October 14th:

• No School-Thanksgiving Monday

Tuesday, October 15th:

• Run Club Last Practice @ 8:15 -9:00am
• Picture Day!

Wednesday, October 16th:

• Picture!
• Gould Lake FT for Ms. Smith and Ms. Cassista classes

Thursday, October 17th:

• Cross Country Finals at Fort Henry
• Gould Lake FT for Mme Laird and Mme Oleschuk classes
• Basketball Club @ 1:35 Girls Groups 1 and 2

Friday, October 18th:

• Basketball Club @ 1:35 Boys Group 2 and Girls Group 3
• Handwork Club @ 11:15-11:55 in the Makerspace

Our Open House last week was a great success! Thank you for those who joined us! It was great to see so many familes in for a visit, and the excitement on the student's faces as they showed them around their school!

Wednesday, October 9th we have our first SAC Pizza Lunch! We are still looking for volunteers to help us out. If you can spare some time, please email maplevolunteer@gmail.com . Thank you!

This week is a shorter week with a PA Day on Friday, October 11th. We also have Thanksgiving Monday holiday. We hope all of our families enjoy the long weekend, and we will look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday October 15th.

We are excited to host our Terry Fox Walk this Tuesday October 8th. Did the students raise enough to get the special surprise from Mrs. Fox, Mme Tiuu and M. Derbyshire???

Picture Day is coming up soon! We are booked in for Picture Days on Both October 15th and 16th! Your teachers will communicate which day your student's class will be on!

We are excited for another amazing week next week with our Majors!!

Mrs. Fox, Mme Tiiu, M. Derbyshire, and the entire Maple Team!

Ecole Maple is so proud to be kicking off the year with our Terry Fox Run. Our school event will take place on Tuesday, October 8th.

Please help our students fundraise for cancer research and follow in the footsteps of one of our greatest Canadian heroes. If we reach our fundraising goals, our staff are ready to take the challenge! Pie in the face, scooter races, beard shaving, ice buckets and a big surprise by our admin team!

Please donate today.

Ecole Maple Elementary School Fundraising Page: https://schools.terryfox.ca/EcoleMapleKingston

Terry Fox t-shirts are available for purchase on School Day. Every dollar from shirt sales will go towards our fundraising goal!

Together, we can make a difference. #terryfoxschoolrun @terryfoxfoundation

Overview

Classes should begin with phones put away.

Students Grade 7 and above may not use cellphones or other mobiles devices during class time without the explicit permission of their teacher.

Students Grade 6 and below may not use cellphones or other mobile devices at school during the school day without the permission of a teacher.

This supports student achievement and well-being by:

• keeping students focused on learning by removing distractions
• promoting mental health

For more information, please see the Government of Ontario Web site:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/cellphones-and-other-mobile-devices-schools

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