Friday 16 December 2016


Message From the Head of Junior School: December 16, 2016

 Message From the Head of Junior School: December 9, 2016


Dear Junior School Parents,

Happy reading and best wishes for a wonderful weekend.

Warmly,
Leslie Anne


MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th

Kindergarten Christmas Concert

·       The concert will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m.

·       Parents, family and friends are invited to stay after the concert for refreshments in the Kindergarten Room.

  

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20th

Grade 1 – 6 Christmas Concert

Timing

        Grade 5 Arrive @ 5:55 p.m. at Upper School, drop off coats and head to EK to perform

        Grades 6 Arrive @ 5:45 p.m. at Upper School, warm-up/tune in C12, C13 then head to EK at 6:15pm to perform

        Grades 1 - 4 arrive @ 6:15 p.m.

 

Dress:

        All students are to be dressed in #1 Concert Dress, including:

         All Students:

         Shirt: White Long Sleeve

         Hair: pinned back from the face using a plain hair accessory (e.g., small pin, a headband without colour, sparkles or embellishments)

         Grades 1-3:

         Green tights

         Grades 4-6:

         Green kneesocks

 

Drop-Off / Pick – Ups Rooms:

        Primary & Junior Choirs (C21)

         NB:  Students in Choirs will go to C21 for Drop off only, and will be picked up in their Grade holding room. Students should return to their Grade holding room for pick up. Students in Choir are asked to first drop their coats off in their respective classrooms listed below, before heading to C21.

        All Grade 1s (C 47)  

        All Grade 2s (C 48)

        3L (C 39)   

        3P (C 38)

        4M (C 42)

        4P (C 41)

        All Grade 5s (C 26)

        6G (C 12)

        6M(C 13)  

 

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

·         PJ Day! (All students are invited to wear their PJs to school – No Stuffies please!)

·         8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Holly Jolly Sing-a-long Assembly – Parents invited!

·         1:15 p.m. Students come to the Gym with their Haverpals to watch “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – Parents invited!

·         2:40 p.m. Early Dismissal (Please note that Gator Care is OPEN until 6:00 p.m.)

 

GATOR CARE SIGN-UP

·         Online registration, for the period between January and March, is now open for Gator Care through your Veracross page. All rates, and registration options are listed there.

·         You can find Gator Care registration under portal links on the parent portals located on the right hand side of the page. If you are having problems, please contact the IT Service Desk at: 416.483.3843, extension 6663, or email: servicedesk@havergal.on.ca. (Service Desk hours are: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm)

 

CLUBS

·         Students will receive a notice of confirmation for the club(s) that they have been registered for on Monday, December 19.

·         Please note that if your daughter was already participating in a club that lasts all year (e.g., Choir, Math Club), she will not receive a notice of confirmation, as one was already given in September.

·         If your daughter chooses not to attend a club that she has been registered for, please inform Karen Nielsen in the JS Office (knielsen@havergal.on.ca ) as soon as possible, so that a student from the waitlist can be allowed to go.

 
 

SECRET PATH – FILM CREATED BY GORD DOWNIE

Montcrest School would like to extend an invitation to all CIS Ontario schools and their families to attend a very special viewing of the "Secret Path", a film created by songwriter and singer Gord Downie and artist Jeff Lemire. The film tells the story of one of the thousands of indigenous children who died in residential schools in Canada.

Following the viewing there will be an interactive question and answer session with special guest Mike Downie and a panel of First Nations' Elders. Once again, all faculty, staff, parents and students are invited to attend. 

Date: January 18, 2017

Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: Montcrest School, Toronto

 For further information and the registration link, please see the attached flyer. Montcrest School has asked that schools forward the flyer to faculty and staff,  and encourage their community to attend.
Click here for more information:

LOST AND FOUND:
A reminder that items from Lost and Found can be found outside of the Gymnasium.  Please stop by and pick up any items belonging to your family by Wednesday, December 21.  All remaining items will be donated or disposed of at the end