Pizza Lunch on Feb 6

Dear Clairlea families...

Please note the next pizza lunch will take place as per schedule on Wednesday February 6th.  You can go ahead and order now through school cash online as you normally would.  The ordering window is available now and will stay open until Sunday February 3rd at midnight.  If you haven’t received the reminder email from school cash online yet and you need the link please go to google and search for “school cash online”.  This will bring you to the school cash online TDSB site.  Simply click on login and go ahead and sign is as you normally would and you will see your student and the pizza lunch details for you to order. There is no need to wait for the cash online reminder email you can always search in google and it brings you to the same spot.  Pizza lunch for feb 6 is available for ordering now.

Kind Regards,

Irit

Clairlea School Council

School Council Tonight

Dear Clairlea Families…
Happy New Year!  We hope you had a relaxing break.   Just a few notes about things coming up.  

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETINGS.  
WHEN DO WE MEET…
School Council meetings take place every 3^rd Wednesday of each month.  Meetings are open to all Clairlea Community members (Parents/family members of children of Clairlea).  The next school council meeting is on Wednesday January 16th from 7pm-8:30pm. Free child minding is available.  We hope to see you there!  


Some of the items that will be discussed tonight are:
Pro Grant – Last year the TDSB granted our Pro Grant proposal amounting to $1000 with the theme of Internet Security and we were able to bring in Paul Davis to conduct a talk to both our parents and students.  It was a great turn out and success.   This year we are happy to announce that our proposal to the TDSB for the Pro Grant was awarded again for an amount of $1000.  The theme we proposed was “cultivating kindness”.    Stay tuned over the next few weeks for details of how this will be featured for both our parents and students.    We have the opportunity to apply for a Pro Grant each year through the TDSB.  If you have ideas or want to be involved in writing the proposal please let us know.
There are many grants that are made available for schools under various topics.  If you are someone that would like to help research and help complete the applications and compile the data please contact us.   Grants can make a huge difference in bringing resources, experiences and funds to the school.
Hot Lunch Programs – In our last meeting we discussed hot lunch programs (in addition to our pizza lunch program).  We had parent volunteers that generously volunteered to research available companies and present the results.  Based on the presentation we have decided to move forward with “The Lunch Lady” program.  We will do a trial implementation in March or April this year and if it is successful we will move towards implementing the program full time.  Stay tuned for more details.
Halloween Howl – Clairlea Public School has enjoyed the benefits and experience of the Halloween Howl for over 10 years.  It takes close to 50 volunteers to make this night a success and we have been fortunate to have dedicated people involved year after year that we can count on.  As you can imagine some volunteers have children that are graduating Clairlea and we are now in a position to look for volunteers to replace their spot (specifically the haunted library and the running of the Howl).  I will be retiring from the running of the Howl so we are looking for volunteers that will take over the project management of the Howl night.  I will be there to help with the transition.  Please contact us if you are interested in being involved in this process so that we can continue to bring the Howl to Clairlea.  Contact us at clarleacouncil@gmail.com. 

The Agenda for January’s School Council meeting is as follows:
7:00 – 7:40pm Administration Report (Mr. Mcgilvray) 
7:40-7:45pm Treasurer Report (Denise) 
7:45-8:00pm Discussion Points (Irit)
8:00 – 8:30pm Open Discussion (All)

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
Chairperson, Clairlea School Council
2018/2019
clairleacouncil@gmail.com