Movie night Friday - The Incredibles!

Friday April 27 is movie night!

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Clairlea School Council - minutes

The minutes from the March 2012 meeting were approved at yesterday's School Council meeting. Read them here.

Park Cleanup Saturday

Saturday April 21 is the Ward 35 Earth Day Park Clean Up - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Edge Park (the park right behind Clairlea PS) and Clairlea Park (the big one east of Pharmacy, north of St. Clair, where the tennis courts are) - also Horton Park, Maywood Park, Regents Park, Lucy Tot Park, Kitchener Park, Dunlop Park, Corvette Park, Madelaine Park, Danforth Gardens Park and Raleigh Park. 

Please come and volunteer your time to help clean up the winter debris. (Wait, did we have winter? anyway I guess there's still debris.) 

Gloves and garbage bags will be provided. In fact, Councillor Berardinetti is looking for volunteers to help sign people in and hand out gloves and garbage bags at both Edge Park and Clairlea Park, so if you are interested in taking on this role, please contact Joanne at 416-392-0213 or jfusill@toronto.ca. 

Rain or shine. 

Connection between reading and empathy

In this TVO Parents video, York University researcher Raymond Mar explains that reading to children improves their ability to empathize. Apparently, stories encourage children to put themselves in others' shoes, and to empathize with them. It's also helpful for parents to talk with the children about the story and especially the emotional states of the characters in the story.

The study also looked at children's television and movies, and found that movies were better for encouraging empathy than children's television, possibly because families are more likely to watch them together and to discuss them.

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School Council meets Wed. Apr 18

The School Council meets next Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 pm at the school. All welcome. Childcare in the gym. If you are a voting member, please make every effort to attend, as a quorum of 50% +1 is required.

World Autism Awareness Day

April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. Did you know that more than 1,600 TDSB students have an autism spectrum disorder?

To learn more, check out the TDSB's information on autism, or autismcanada.org.

TTC Information Night - Wed April 4

Ward 35 councillor Michelle Berardinetti is hosting a TTC Community Information Open House on Wednesday to answer our questions and hear any concerns about transit in Scarborough - particularly the above-ground rapid transit line that is planned for Eglinton Avenue.

TTC Community Information Open House
Wednesday April 4 - 5pm to 8pm
Warden Hilltop Community Centre, Gymnasium
25 Mendelssohn Street (just north of the Warden subway)

Spirit Wear will arrive mid-April

Hello everyone! Apparently this has been a huge year for Clairlea Spirit Wear orders (Go Panthers!) so the orders are going to take a little longer to arrive. They should be in by mid-April. Thank you for understanding.