Please take the time to share this information with your
child/children.
It is a good way for families to connect with the school.
School Council Meets on the third Monday of each month.
All parents are welcome to attend.
The Week in
Review…
Arts Baythorn
Would you enjoy Collaboratively learning the Ontario
curriculum through the Arts?
If so, the York Region District School Board offers an Elementary
Integrated Arts Program at Baythorn Public School.
If you are currently in grades four or five you may
apply for the arts@baythorn program, where you will have the
opportunity to explore the disciplines of Dance, Drama, Visual Arts, and
Music in a cooperative learning environment.
To learn more about the arts@baythorn program, you
and your family are invited to attend an information evening at Baythorn Public
School on:
Thursday, January 18, 2018 @ 6:30 p.m.
Applications will be available at
bit.ly/arts_application2018 online after the January 18th, 2018 info night.
If you require further information, please call us at:
Baythorn Public School
(905) 889-7992.
The Arts Team:
Kate Kurek Principal Meytal Daniels Vice Principal
Student Leadership
When children are empowered, our communities are better for
it. In the last couple of weeks both the Student Council and CIA (Children in
Action) have been committed to making a difference. Our Change for Change initiative wrapped up on
Friday, and through the generosity and hard work of all involved, our children
raised enough money to purchase 139 goats for families in developing countries.
A little closer to home, our Student Council is into their last weekend of
collecting unwrapped toys and gift cards for YRDSB families as part of their
Holiday Toy Drive. Having seen firsthand the powerful impact that your
donations have on families who need assistance at this time of the year is something
that makes me proud to part of such a caring community.
Mental Health, Well Being and Addiction
On the Week 11 Blog post, I talked about our school’s commitment
to the social and emotional development of our students and how we recognized
increased levels of stress in their lives. At our last staff meeting we had a
guest presenter help us to understand Self-Regulation in a more comprehensive
way. We learned that children (and adults) experience stress in their lives it
can impact them in different ways, and that it can be seen in the following 5
Domains – Biological, Cognitive Emotional, Social and Prosocial. As a staff we are
working to better understand this so that we can help student’s mange stress
and move towards a state of Self-Regulation where we are “calm, alert and
learning.” Our work in this area will be based on research currently being
conducted by Dr. Stuart Shanker. We look forward to learning more about this as
we now know that as we work to help our students self-regulate, it will help us
to self-regulate as well. This cycle of co-regulation helps both child and
adult to manage stress. Stuart Shanker’s book Self-Reg is written to help both
educators and parents.
CBC
The BHES Choir entered the CBC music class contest earlier
in November, and we are pleased to announce that they are in the top ten for
the second year in a row. We wish them all the best as we enter the final
stages of the contest. To view the video submission follow this link, and go to Category 4 Click Here
School Council
Our School Council has organized 2 very well attended family
engagement events over the last couple of weeks – The Family Skate Night, and
The Family Movie Night. On behalf of the BHES community we would like to extend
our sincere appreciation for their time and commitment to bringing families
together and to involving them in the school community. When parents are
connected, engaged and involved in their child’s/children’s school all benefit.
I would also like to thank parents and students who stayed after our movie
night to clean the gym, and put everything away so that it was ready for gym
classes on Friday.
The Week Ahead…
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Date
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Event/Activity
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Monday, December 11th
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Last day for Holiday Toy Drive
1:50 – Board Focus Group for
select grade 7 & 8
7:00 – School Council in the
Learning Commons
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Tuesday, December 12th
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Intermediate Math Network
Meeting in the Learning Commons
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Wednesday, December 13th
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Islam – Birth of Aga Khan
Judaism – Chanukah Begins
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Thursday, December 14th
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8:15 – School Council is
hosting a Staff Appreciation Breakfast (Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!)
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Friday, December 15th
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2:00 – Bayview Secondary School
presentation to Grade 8s
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On-going Events…
Holiday Toy Drive
Go Girls
CIA
First Lego League
Eco-Club
