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…
Annual Offence Declaration
Parent Volunteers are an important aspect of our school
community. In order for parents to volunteer, they need to get a Vulnerable
Sector Screening (VSS, sometimes referred to as a “Police Check”). As always,
student safety is our number one priority, and the VSS is one step to ensuring
safety for all. As employees within the Board, we have gone through the VSS,
and each year we complete an Annual Offence Declaration so we do not need to go
through the VSS process each year. As parent volunteers, you can go through a
similar process. Please contact Sherry Clark in our main office, and she can
let you know when your VSS is due to expire. She can also print a copy of the
Annual Offence Declaration Form for you to sign. This step will allow your
original VSS to roll over from year to year (assuming you have had no
convictions).
Playground Safety
With the recent warm weather, we have had to close our
fields at recess time. We do this in an effort to save the grass and prevent
our fields from becoming “mud bowls”. The field closures will be in place for
April and the early part of May. We will evaluate the closures from time to
time. When the fields are closed, we have pavement only recesses, which places
all students in the school on a rather small area. For safety reasons (i.e.,
concussion/head injuries), we do not allow ball play to occur during these
times. The no ball play includes before and after school as well. We need
parents to help us keep all our children safe by ensuring that balls are kept
at home until the fields re-open. Teachers will still be able to take their
students outside for DPA and/or physical education classes and will be able to
supervise safe ball play during those times when only a few children are on the
yard.
Road Safety
I recently spoke with a concerned BHES neighbor. She
commented on the volume of traffic around the school, and understands the need
to drive children to school. Her concern was with individuals who park in the
southbound lane of Strathearn Ave in front of the school and let their children
cross the road. As we are all aware the roads in front of the school are
extremely busy both before and after school. With that in mind, I am asking
parents to be diligent about following the traffic rules around the school. If
we all do this, then our students will be safer.
The Week Ahead…
March 10 to March 18 is March Break
Notable faith days during March Break: March 14: Sikh New
Year’s Day (Sikhism); March 17: Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem (Zoroastrianism); March
18: Navaratri (Spring) begins (Hinuism)
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Date
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Event/Activity
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Monday, March 19th
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Classes resume at 9:00 a.m.
No School Council Meeting tonight
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Tuesday, March 20th
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Spring Ohigon (Buddism)
School wide Lice Check
7:25 a.m. – Grade 6, 7 and 8
Girls’ Badminton Team tryouts
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Wednesday, March 21st
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Naw Ruz (Zoroastrianism)
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Thursday, March 22nd
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Grade 2 classes to Swan Lake
Outdoor Education Centre
3:30 p.m. – Grade 6, 7 and 8
Boys’ Badminton Team tryouts
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Friday, March 23rd
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Grade 2 classes to Swan Lake
Outdoor Education Centre
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Sunday, March 25th
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Palm Sunday (Western –
Christianity)
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On-going Events…
Junior Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball
Grade 6-8 Boys’ and Girls’ Badminton
Yearbook
CIA
Band
Choir
BHES Talent Show
On-line Chess club on Day 4
Grade 6-8 Dance Fitness Club
Student Council
Grade 4-5 Dance Club
Science Fair
Forest of Reading
