Happy summer!

Thank you to everyone - teachers, administration, staff, parents, volunteers, school council members and students - who made this school year a success! Have a wonderful, well-earned summer break and we will look forward to seeing you in September.

All the best!
Catharine

Final Assembly

Thank you to the staff for a very entertaining final assembly, and congratulations to all the students who won awards for perfect attendance, academic excellence, Panther pride and Clairlea Idol.

You can get a sense of the shenanigans here:

Pizza lunch orders due tomorrow

Pizza lunch forms are due back tomorrow. The lunch is free, but you still need to order!

Even if you pre-ordered, please send back the form... pre-orders were for 9 months (Sept-May) so this one is an extra bonus.

Can't find the form? Download and print here.

Keeping up with French over the summer

The French as a Second Language Advisory Committee (FSLAC) produces a newsletter for parents. Clickhere for the June 2013 edition, which contains information about how we can support our children’s French learning over the summer; details on a Franco-Fête in Toronto June 21-23; resources available through the TDSB and Toronto Public Library; a CBC interview on the benefits of learning French; a heart-warming success story; details on upcoming FSLAC meetings (Sept 12, Oct 17, Nov 21 – all welcome) and how to join their mailing list (write to fslactoronto@gmail.com).  Enjoy!

School Council meets June 19

The final School Council meeting of the year is on Wednesday June 19, 7:00pm. All welcome. Childcare will be provided. Voting members, please make every effort to attend. 

Last month's draft minutes are available here. Please email with any corrections.

APRIL SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA:

6:45 – 7:00pm - Selling 50/50 tickets to be drawn at the end of the meeting (optional)

7:00 – 7:10pm - Introduction and voting in the past minutes (Irit)

7:10 – 7:35pm - Administration Report (Mr. McGilvray and Ms. Harroun)

7:35 – 7:45pm - Treasurer’s Report (Tina)

7:45 – 7:55pm - Fundraising Report (Karen)

7:55 – 8:25pm - Open Discussion (All)

8:25 – 8:30pm - 50/50 draw and wrap up (Irit)

Clairlea events in June

It's a busy month at Clairlea! Here's the June calendar sent out by the school last week.

Click for a pdf

Message from the Chair

A message from School Council Chair Irit Hartman...

Dear Clairlea Families.....

Please see below a few updates and changes to existing events as well as a new item.  Thanks for reading!

WHAT’S COMING UP....?

1. VOLUNTEER THANK YOU: Each year the staff at Clairlea host a celebration to say thank you to all the parent/family volunteers that have helped out in the school throughout the school year.  This year there will be a volunteer brunch drop in will be held on Friday June 14th from 8:00am until 9:30am (in the library) in an effort to accomodate those that are working outside the home.  The invitations will be going out early this week so keep an eye out in the backpacks if you have volunteered in the school.  This could mean a variety of things such as: volunteered on a school trip, helped in the classroom, helped during pizza lunch, helped with photocopying, helped with scholastic, halloween howl volunteers, volunteered for any of the school council initiatives and many more.  If by chance you don't get an invitation and you know you have volunteered please come anyway.  The timing of the volunteer brunch is on the same day as the "panther assembly" and all are welcome to stay and attend the assembly.  The primary assembly will take place at 8:40am in the gym and the junior assembly will take place at 12:25pm in the gym.

2. FREE PIZZA: We are having a FREE Pizza lunch day on Wednesday June 19th.  Check backpacks as the orders have gone home.  If you haven't seen one please get one from the office as they have extras.  Those of you that have prepaid for the year must still fill out a form as the prepayment only went until May.  

What does this mean??  Every month we have a pizza lunch fundraiser on the last Wednesday of each month whereby order forms are sent home and anyone can pay and pre-order for their desired lunch.  This is a fundraiser that we have been doing all year with Pizza Pizza.  Due to the fact that we have been ordering for the last 9 months, Pizza Pizza will provide us with free pizza in the amount of what we have been ordering on average throughout the year for the month of June.    Therefore we are going to make this available to the whole school so that any child that wants free pizza on June 19th can have it regardless of whether they have ordered throughout the year or not.  So....  however many orders come in for June 19th we will use the free pizza to cover it and any additional funds needed will be covered by the School Council.

3. MOVIE NIGHT: Our last movie night of the year will be held on Friday June 14^th, featuring “Escape from Planet Earth”.  (Grade 6 and under only).

4. CLAIRLEA AUCTION: The bidding time has been extended.  The new bidding close date will be Thursday June 13^th at 3:30pm sharp.   Once the bidding is closed the winner of each activity will be contacted on Friday June 14^th.  The winner of each activity will be the person that had the highest bid for that activity.  All activities will be scheduled and take place between June 14^th and the end of this school year.   

How do you make a bid??  There are two ways to make a bid firstly, you can email your bid information to clairleacouncil@gmail.com or you can drop off a bid at school in front of the office to the appropriate bid boxes that will be on display from June 3^rd to June 13^th.

What information should I include on my bid??  Each bid must have the following information included on it:  Students first name, Students last name, contact phone number, Activity Number, Activity Name, Bid Amount.

Is there a limit to how many times I can bid?? No there is no limit.  You may bid as many times as you like on as many activities that you like as long it is within the bidding period of June 3^rd @ 9:00am to June 13^th @ 3:30pm sharp.

How do I know if I won??  All winners will be contacted on Friday June 14^th. 

What are the items to bid on?? Please see below for a list of all activities that are up for bid.

ACTIVITIES TO BID ON:

ACTIVITY 1: Teacher for the day in Room 111. (Grade 1 French Immersion, Mme. Volokhova)

ACTIVITY 2: You and a friend will make a bracelet or a necklace with Ms. Kumagawa.

ACTIVITY 3: Spend a day with the kindergarten class, either AM. or PM. (SK French Immersion, Mme. Fahim)

ACTIVITY 4: Have a pencil portrait drawn of yourself from a photo. (Mme. Pare)

ACTIVITY 5: Have a 45 minute guitar lesson. (Mr. Corby)

ACTIVITY 6: You and 11 friends will have a dodgeball game against the teachers. (Primary Students Grades JK – 3)

ACTIVITY 7: You and 11 friends will have a dodgeball game against the teachers. (Junior Students Grades 4-6)

ACTIVITY 8: You and 11 friends will have a dodgeball game against the teachers. (intermediate Students Grades 7-8)

ACTIVITY 9: Free lunch with Mr. Mitkovski.

ACTIVITY 10: Free lunch with Mme. Angelevski.

ACTIVITY 11: You and 3 friends will go to Dairy Queen get a sundae and walk back with Ms. Brathwaite.

ACTIVITY 12: You and 4 friends will make Ice Cream Sundaes with Ms. Hawkins.

ACTIVITY 13: Teacher for the morning in Room 104. (JK/SK English, Ms. Cano)

ACTIVITY 14: You and 2 friends will make Ice Cream Sundaes with Ms. Park.

ACTIVITY 15: Have 5, 25 minute piano lessons to be held at lunch time. (Mr. Kryzanowski)

ACTIVITY 16: Make a chocolate dessert with Mme. Demeter.

ACTIVITY 17: You and 3 friends will have a cooked breakfast at school, before school starts with Ms. Rule.

ACTIVITY 18: You and 3 friends will have a pizza party over lunch with Ms. Yuill.

ACTIVITY 19: Free lunch for you and 2 of your friends with Mme. Boisjoly, Mr. Poon and Ms. Wright.

ACTIVITY 20: Shaving Cream Pie in Mr. Mcgilvray’s face.

ACTIVITY 21: Shaving Cream Pie in Ms. Harroun’s face.

NEW!!!! ACTIVITY 22: Dinner for you and a friend (Adult or child) at Le Papillon (French Restaurant) with Mr. Landry

HOW TO REACH US…

If you would like to unsubscribe to this email (we hope you don’t) or know someone that would like to be added to the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.  If you are not able to come to the next meeting and want to contribute ideas please email them to us or drop a note in the council box in the office and we can bring them forward to the meeting.   

You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Best Regards,

Irit

Clairlea School Council

Fundscrip orders due June 13 (CORRECTED)

A quick reminder that Fundscrip orders must be placed by Thursday June 13 for pickup at the June 19 School Council meeting.

With Fundscrip, you buy gift cards and the school gets anywhere from 3% to 7% of the value back. Use them to buy groceries, gas, clothes, toiletries and of course, for gifts.

Place your order online (use group code MGBJSW). Orders placed by this month's deadline will be ready for pickup at the School Council meeting, or sent home with students the following day.

CORRECTION: as the school year is ending, Fundscrip cards will not be shipped to the school. Instead, you can have your order shipped to your home, but please note the shipping fee. 

A Storied Gift

In case anyone is looking for gift ideas... here's a thought. 

Regent Heights Fun Fair June 15

Let's support our neighbours! Regent Heights Public School is having a Community Fair on Saturday June 15, 11am-2pm.
Regent Heights is on Pharmacy Avenue just south of St. Clair.

Free pizza lunch June 19

In celebration of a great school year, Clairlea School Council with Pizza Pizza is providing a free Pizza Lunch Day in June for ALL students grades 1-8!

Watch for an order form coming home in the next few days (or download and print here). Orders are due back on June 14.

Movie Night June 14 - Escape from Planet Earth

It's the final movie night of the year!

Friday June 14, 7:00pm
$2 per person
Open to grades K-6.

Message from the Chair

DEAR CLAIRLEA FAMILIES…

Please find attached the Clairlea School Council draft minutes for the month of May 2013.  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday June 19^th @ 7:00pm, see agenda below.

APRIL SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA:

6:45 – 7:00pm - Selling 50/50 tickets to be drawn at the end of the meeting (optional)

7:00 – 7:10pm - Introduction and voting in the past minutes (Irit)

7:10 – 7:35pm - Administration Report (Mr. Mcgilvray and Ms. Harroun)

7:35 – 7:45pm - Treasurer’s Report (Tina)

7:45 – 7:55pm - Fundraising Report (Karen)

7:55 – 8:25pm - Open Discussion (All)

8:25 – 8:30pm - 50/50 draw and wrap up (Irit)

WHAT’S COMING UP....?

1. FREE PIZZA: In June we will have a FREE Pizza lunch day on Wednesday June 19th.  Keep this date in mind and you will see order forms go out in early June.  What does this mean??  Every month we have a pizza lunch fundraiser on the last Wednesday of each month whereby order forms are sent home and anyone can pay and pre-order for their desired lunch.  This is a fundraiser that we have been doing all year with Pizza Pizza.  Due to the fact that we have been ordering for the last 8 months, Pizza Pizza will provide us with free pizza in the amount of what we have been ordering on average throughout the year for the month of June.    Therefore we are going to make this available to the whole school whereby any child that wants free pizza on June 19th can have it regardless of whether they have ordered throughout the year or not.  So....  however many orders come in for June 19th we will use the free pizza to cover it and any additional funds needed will be covered by the School Council.

2. MOVIE NIGHT: Our last movie night of the year will be held on Friday June 14^th, featuring “Escape from Planet Earth”.  See attached flyer.

3. SILENT AUCTION: We are having a Silent Auction with the teachers and staff of Clairlea.  Many of the staff have come up with an activity for you to bid on.  The bidding will be open from Monday June 3^rd at 9:00am until Friday June 7^th at 3:30pm only.   Once the bidding is closed the winner of each activity will be contacted on Monday June 10^th.  The winner of each activity will be the person that had the highest bid for that activity.  All activities will be scheduled and take place between June 10^th and the end of this school year.   

How do you make a bid??  There are two ways to make a bid firstly, you can email your bid information to clairleacouncil@gmail.com or you can drop off a bid at school at the office to the appropriate bid boxes that will be on display from June 3^rd to June 7^th.

What information should I include on my bid??  Each bid must have the following information included on it:  Students first name, Students last name, contact phone number, Activity Number, Activity Name, Bid Amount.

Is there a limit to how many times I can bid?? No there is no limit.  You may bid as many times as you like on as many activities that you like as long it is within the bidding period of June 3^rd @ 9:00am to June 7^th @ 3:30pm.

How do I know if I won??  All winners will be contacted on Monday June 10^th. 

What are the items to bid on?? Please see below for a list of all activities that are up for bid.

ACTIVITIES TO BID ON:

ACTIVITY 1: Teacher for the day in Room 111. (Grade 1 French Immersion, Mme. Volokhova)

ACTIVITY 2: You and a friend will make a bracelet or a necklace with Ms. Kumagawa.

ACTIVITY 3: Spend a day with the kindergarten class, either AM. or PM. (SK French Immersion, Mme. Fahim)

ACTIVITY 4: Have a pencil portrait drawn of yourself from a photo. (Mme. Pare)

ACTIVITY 5: Have a 45 minute guitar lesson. (Mr. Corby)

ACTIVITY 6: You and 11 friends will have a dodgeball game against the teachers. (Primary Students Grades JK – 3)

ACTIVITY 7: You and 11 friends will have a dodgeball game against the teachers. (Junior Students Grades 4-6)

ACTIVITY 8: You and 11 friends will have a dodgeball game against the teachers. (intermediate Students Grades 7-8)

ACTIVITY 9: Free lunch with Mr. Mitkovski.

ACTIVITY 10: Free lunch with Mme. Angelevski.

ACTIVITY 11: You and 3 friends will go to Dairy Queen get a sundae and walk back with Ms. Brathwaite.

ACTIVITY 12: You and 4 friends will make Ice Cream Sundaes with Ms. Hawkins.

ACTIVITY 13: Teacher for the morning in Room 104. (JK/SK English, Ms. Cano)

ACTIVITY 14: You and 2 friends will make Ice Cream Sundaes with Ms. Park.

ACTIVITY 15: Have 5, 25 minute piano lessons to be held at lunch time. (Mr. Kryzanowski)

ACTIVITY 16: Make a chocolate dessert with Mme. Demeter.

ACTIVITY 17: You and 3 friends will have a cooked breakfast at school, before school starts with Ms. Rule.

ACTIVITY 18: You and 3 friends will have a pizza party over lunch with Ms. Yuill.

ACTIVITY 19: Free lunch for you and 2 of your friends with Mme. Boisjoly, Mr. Poon and Ms. Wright.

ACTIVITY 20: Shaving Cream Pie in Mr. Mcgilvray’s face.

ACTIVITY 21: Shaving Cream Pie in Ms. Harroun’s face.

HOW TO REACH US…

If you would like to unsubscribe to this email (we hope you don’t) or know someone that would like to be added to the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.  If you are not able to come to the next meeting and want to contribute ideas please email them to us or drop a note in the council box in the office and we can bring them forward to the meeting.   

You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Best Regards,

Irit

Clairlea School Council