Message from the Chair

Following is a message from our newly re-elected School Council Chair, Irit Hartman: 

Dear Clairlea Families…

The school year is well underway and things are getting busy and we as your School Council are working hard to put forth a fun year!  We have had our first School Council meeting which included the elections for the School Council executive.  Congratulations to our 2017/18 elected positions.

Vice Chair – Marina Murray

Treasurer – Denise Clarke

Secretary – Hanan Hadad

WHAT'S COMING UP...

I’ve outlined some key dates coming up as well as where we could use your help for the upcoming School Council events at the school.  Please have a look through and as always we want to hear your comments so please contact us via clairleacouncil@gmail.com   Other places to look for information about Clairlea School Council Events are; The School Council bulletin board located outside the Main Office  and the School Council Blog http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com to keep up to date of what is going on! 

SAVE THE DATE:

OUR ANNUAL CLAIRLEA HALLOWEEN HOWL EVENT - FRIDAY OCTOBER 27TH 5:30PM-8:30PM

WHAT IS THE HOWL? Bring the family out for a fun time on Friday October 27th from 5:30-8:30pm where many rooms at Clairlea School turn into a fun activity or game.  Entry is only $5.00/per child and parents are free. All ages are welcome.  We encourage all children to dress up in their favourite costume so that they can participate in the costume contest at 6:30pm!  Bring your own loot bag/recycle bag to the Howl so that you can collect all your goodies when traveling from room to room and partake in fun activities – featuring our very popular “HAUNTED LIBRARY” upstairs.  All are welcome so tell your friends, neighbours, family.  You do NOT need to be a student at Clairlea to attend the Howl.

We will be offering the option of a pizza dinner during the event so there is no need to make dinner.  Make things easier on yourself and leave the dinner to us and you just need to enjoy the event and pick up your dinner in the gym from 6:00pm onwards.  This coming week you will receive an email giving you the option to purchase a Halloween Howl Pizza Dinner through the online School Cash system as well as a map will be sent out outlining the activities of the evening.  We prefer that you order you Howl dinner in advance so that we ensure there is enough for all or you can purchase your dinner on the night of the event.

In order for this event to run smoothly we need your help!  Please see the list below indicating ways you can help make the Halloween Howl a great success!

HOW CAN YOU HELP:

We need donations and volunteers.  Spend $10 dollars in the dollar store and drop it off in the School Office.  Email us and say you can help out during the event at Clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We are looking for the following items:

1.       VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE HOWL… We are looking for volunteers to help run rooms/activities during the Halloween Howl Event on October 27th.  The Howl is one of our largest and most popular events that we run at Clairlea.  In order for it to be success we need people to run the many moving parts that make up the fun event.  If you want to help out please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.   We have specific openings for face painters, Hockey players and general room helpers.  Please volunteer your time!

2.       WE NEED: DECORATIONS: We need Halloween decorations to get the school ready for the Halloween Howl!! 

-  Spider Webs

-  Black plastic dollar store Table Cloths – many of these

-  Police Tape

-  Lots of Candy!!!!

3.       WE NEED LOTS OF HALLOWEEN CANDY:  We need lots of peanut free Halloween candy to be used as prizes in most rooms.  Please pick up a few bags of candy from the dollar store and drop it off in the School main office.

4.       WE NEED: HOME MADE CANDY JARS/BAGS:  We need many candy jars/bags to be used as prizes for the Lollipop Pull room.  You can help by filling any sized jar or little baggy with (nut free) candy and bring it to the school office anytime between now and the Halloween Howl.  The more jars we have the longer this room will be able to stay open and it is definitely one of the favourite rooms.  In past years we have needed approximately 400 jars/bags to have this room open for the entire event.  Feel free to decorate your jars as well.  

5.       WE NEED: LOLLIPOPS FOR THE LOLLIPOP PULL:  We need 400 plus lollipops to fill up the peg board for the Lollipop Pull Game.  Please pick up a few bags of lollipops from the dollar store and drop them off in the blue bin in front of the School Office.  The more lollipops we have the longer the room can stay open.  I’ve attached a picture of the lollipops that fit well in the peg board.

6.       PERSONAL AND/OR CORPORATE DONTATIONS:  We are always looking for gift donations that we can use as prizes or raffles during the Halloween Howl.  If you or your company would like to donate a prize or gift to be used as one of our prizes during the event please contact us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

CLAIRLEA FRENCH IMMERSION HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAY…

We started this process in January 2017 and we now have confirmation that our French Immersion High School Pathway has changed to East York CI effective the September 2018 High School Enrollment.  Come join us at our next School Council meeting on Wednesday October 18th from 7:00-8:30pm as our guest speaker (Angela Caccamo – Central Coordinating Principal, Teaching and Learning, TDSB) will answer your questions regarding the Clairlea French Immersion High School Pathway change.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETINGS.  WHEN DO WE MEET…

School Council meetings take place every 3rd 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 October 18th from 7pm-8:30pm. Free child minding is available.  We hope to see you there!  From time to time we will arrange guest speakers to attend the meetings.

The Agenda for October’s School Council meeting is as follows:

7:00 – 7:40pm Guest Speaker - Angela Caccamo (TDSB)–Clairlea French Immersion High School Pathway             

7:40 – 8:00pm Administration Report (Mr. McGilvray and Ms. Karsh)

8:00 – 8:10pm Upcoming Events (Irit)

8:00 – 8:30pm Open Discussion (All)

HOW TO REACH US…

If you 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 2017/2018

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Message from the Chair

NEW DATE FOR THE FUNFAIR

WEDNESDAY JUNE 28TH 5:30-8:30PM

Dear Clairlea Families...

We've moved the date due to weather concerns.  The funfair is now on Wednesday June 28th 5:30-8:30pm.

Please volunteer your time if you can, see below for what is needed.

PLEASE HELP!!

1.       Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, Please drop off all cakes in the Staff Room on the day of the Fun Fair.

2.       Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 22nd for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  Here's what we need help with specifically:

- Face Painting (we need 4 people)

- Bouncy Castle Attendants (take tickets and maintain the line)

 - Silent Auction/Raffle (sell raffle tickets and take auction bids)

- First Aid/Baby Care Room (attendant, ideal if you have a medical background but not mandatory)

3.       Do you drive a truck?  We have a neighbouring school that has offered to loan us their bbq but we need a way to get it here.  Please contact us if you can help.

4.      Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Funfair, email Clairleacouncil@gmail.com

5.      Purchase a spot for $25.00 in our Clairlea Funfair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.

6.       Donate candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

7.       Help us advertise the Funfair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

8.       Donate costumes that we can use in our SuperHero Dressup room at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

9.       Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com

10.     Come enjoy the BBQ and have dinner at the Funfair!  Invite your neighbours, family, friends, and hockey/baseball/soccer team to come out and enjoy the funfair at Clairlea!!!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

 

Best Regards,

Irit

Chairperson, Clairlea School Council

2016/2017

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

The Clairlea Fun Fair is coming! Thursday June 22

THE CLAIRLEA FUN FAIR IS COMING!!

Thursday, June 22nd 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL!

Dear Clairlea Families...

We are less than a week away from the 2017 Clairlea Fun Fair and we need volunteers to help keep the activities running.  Please volunteer your time so that we don't have to shut down some favourite activities!!!!  I have listed below what we need help with.  Also, do you drive a truck?  We have a neighbouring school that has offered to loan us their bbq so that we can have two, but we need a way to get it here.  Please contact us if you can help.

Click to see the Fun Fair Map!

Click to see the Fun Fair Price Descriptions!

LEGO COMPETITION!!

Have you been working on your LEGO creation for the Lego Competition? 

Make any Lego creation you like using any Lego as long as you are not creating it from kit instructions.  Also we want to see your creations (no adult helpers please!)  Bring all your submissions to the gym at the start of the Fun Fair.  Winners will be announced at 8:00pm June 22nd.

PLEASE HELP!!

1.       Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, Please drop off all cakes in the Staff Room on the day of the Fun Fair.

2.       Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 22nd for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  Here's what we need help with specifically:

- Face Painting (we need 4 people)

- Bouncy Castle Attendants (take tickets and maintain the line)

- Obstacle Course Attendants (take tickets and maintain the line)

 - Silent Auction/Raffle (sell raffle tickets and take auction bids)

- First Aid/Baby Care Room (attendant, ideal if you have a medical background but not mandatory)

- CakeWalk Room (Run the Cake Walk Game)

3.       Do you drive a truck?  We have a neighbouring school that has offered to loan us their bbq but we need a way to get it here.  Please contact us if you can help.

4.      Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

5.      Purchase a spot for $25.00 in our Clairlea Fun Fair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.

6.       Donate candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

7.       Help us advertise the Fun Fair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

8.       Donate costumes that we can use in our SuperHero Dressup room at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

9.    Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com

10.    Come enjoy the BBQ and have dinner at the Fun Fair!  Invite your neighbours, family, friends, and hockey/baseball/soccer team to come out and enjoy the Fun Fair at Clairlea!!!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

2017 FUN FAIR FAQs:

Do I have to buy a FUNPASS?

No you can purchase individual tickets or a Fun Pass or simply just enjoy the FREE activities.  The filled in black boxes on the Map (attached) indicate what is included in the Fun Pass.   Tickets cost $1 for 1, $5 for 7 or $10 for 16.  Each activity has a ticket cost ranging from 1 to 3 tickets each.  The Fun Pass is a onetime cost of $15 that allows unlimited use of the Fun Pass activities.

What is included in the FUNPASS?

Fun Pass is $15/each and includes unlimited use of the following lettered activities A (The Rock Wall), B (Big Slide), C (Obstacle Course), D (Demolition Ball), E (Bouncy Castle), F (Campground Multiplay), O (Hockey), P (Face Painting), Q (Air Brush Tattoos)  See attached Map for more details.

When are the draws happening?

Activity V SILENT AUCTION will stop accepting bids at 8:00pm sharp (winners will be contacted)

Activity V RAFFLE BASKET draw at 8:30pm (winners will be contacted)

Activity W Lego Competition winners will be announced at 8:00pm in the gym.

Which activities are FREE?

We have many FREE activities including the following:  G (Fire Truck), I (Bubble Mania), J (Police), M (Lego Guess), R (First Aid/Baby Care), S (Super Hero Room), W (Lego Competition) See attached Map.

What will the funds raised go towards?

All funds raised from the 2017 Fun Fair will go towards the Clairlea STEM/STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math)

What are the hours of the Fun Fair?

The Fun Fair will take place on Thursday June 22nd from 5:30pm-8:30pm.  We hope to see you there.  Come out and support your school!

Will there be food at the Fun Fair?

Yes.  We will have a BBQ station that will sell hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork and varied drinks.  For your sweet tooth there will be an Ice Cream Truck on site as well as our Mobile Mr. Freezie shop walking around the line ups of the Fun Fair.  Come have dinner at the Fun fair!

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

2016/2017

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Fun Fair 2017 - Message from the Chair

THE CLAIRLEA FUN FAIR IS COMING!!

JUNE 22ND 5:30PM-8:30PM.

COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL!

Dear Clairlea Families...

The countdown is on for the 2017 Clairlea Fun Fair.  Have you been working on your Lego creation for the Lego Competition?   Please see below how you can help make the Fun Fair a success.    Have a look at the attached Fun Fair Map and Activity Legend and plan out what you want to do first on the big day!!   All funds raised will go towards the Clairlea STEM program.

How Can You Help Make the Clairlea Funfair a Success?

1.       Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, Please drop off all cakes in the Staff Room on the day of the Fun Fair.

2.       Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 22nd for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

3.       Donate a basket or items that we can include in a basket to be raffled off at the funfair, drop off donations in the school office.

4.      Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

5.      Purchase a spot for $25.00 in our Clairlea Funfair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.

6.       Donate candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

7.       Help us advertise the Funfair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

8.       Donate costumes that we can use in our SuperHero Dressup room at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

9.    Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com

10.    Come enjoy the BBQ and have dinner at the Funfair!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

2017 FUNFAIR FAQ’S:

Do I have to buy a FUNPASS?

No you can purchase individual tickets or a Fun Pass or simply just enjoy the FREE activities.  The filled in black boxes on the Map (attached) indicate what is included in the Fun Pass.   Tickets cost $1 for 1, $5 for 7 or $10 for 16.  Each activity has a ticket cost ranging from 1 to 3 tickets each.  The Fun Pass is a onetime cost of $15 that allows unlimited use of the Fun Pass activities.

What is included in the FUNPASS?

Fun Pass is $15/each and includes unlimited use of the following lettered activities A (The Rock Wall), B (Big Slide), C (Obstacle Course), D (Demolition Ball), E (Bouncy Castle), F (Campground Multiplay), O (Hockey), P (Face Painting), Q (Air Brush Tattoos)  See attached Map for more details.

When are the draws happening?

Activity V SILENT AUCTION will stop accepting bids at 8:00pm sharp (winners will be contacted)

Activity V RAFFLE BASKET draw at 8:30pm (winners will be contacted)

Activity W Lego Competition winners will be announced at 8:00pm in the gym.

Which activities are FREE?

We have many FREE activities including the following:  G (Fire Truck), I (Bubble Mania), J (Police), M (Lego Guess), R (First Aid/Baby Care), S (Super Hero Room), W (Lego Competition) See attached Map.

Where will the funds raised go towards?

All funds raised from the 2017 Funfair will go towards the Clairlea STEM/STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math)

What are the hours of the Fun Fair?

The Fun Fair will take place on Thursday June 22nd from 5:30pm-8:30pm.  We hope to see you there.  Come out and support your school!

Will there be food at the Fun Fair?

Yes.  We will have a BBQ station that will sell hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork and varied drinks.  For your sweet tooth there will be an Ice Cream Truck on site as well as our Mobile Mr. Freezie shop walking around the line ups of the Fun Fair.  Come have dinner at the Fun fair!

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

2016/2017

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

A message from the School Council Chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

The Clairlea Fun Fair is a month and a half away! We hope to see everyone there on Thursday June 22nd from 5:30-8:30pm. Bring your neighbours, friends and family all are welcome. All revenue generated from the Clairlea Fun Fair will go towards the Clairlea STEM/STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). Please see below how you can help to make the Fun Fair a Success. Email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

Lego competition at the Fun Fair.

I want to let you know about one of the NEW things we are doing this year at the Fun Fair. We are having a lego competition! Attention all lego fans we are having a competition and all you need to do is build a lego creation starting NOW. This creation could be anything; a monster, your favorite scene or even your room whatever you like. There is only one rule….. You cannot build your lego contest entry from a kit or any instructions it must be something you create fully on your own. You can use any pieces of lego you like and combine different lego. Once you have created your lego masterpiece bring it to the Fun Fair and enter it into the lego competition and the judges will determine the winner on the night of the Fun Fair. We look forward to seeing the lego creations!

How can you help make the Clairlea Fun Fair a success?

1. Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

2. Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 22nd for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

3. Donate a basket or items that we can include in a basket to be raffled off at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

4. Donate an item or service for the Silent Auction, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

5. Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Fun Fair, email Clairleacouncil@gmail.com

6. Purchase a spot for $25 in our Clairlea Fun Fair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.

7. Donate little candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

8. Help us advertise the Fun Fair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

9. Donate costumes that we can use in our SuperHero Dressup room at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

10. Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com

11. Come enjoy the BBQ and have dinner at the Fun Fair!

What will you see at the Fun Fair? Come see your favourite teacher at the Fun Fair!

We have some new items as well as returning favourites to the Fun Fair this year. Some items include, The Rock Wall, Cake Walk Room, Raffle Basket/Silent Auction, Obstacle Course, Big Slide, Super Hero Room, Freezies, Delicious BBQ (Halal and non Halal options), Face Painting, Fire Truck, Bouncy Castle, Clairlea Vendor Market, Lollipop Pull, Candy Guess, Lego Guess, Mounted Police, First Aid and Baby Care Station and much, much more….. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

OTHER EVENTS COMING UP…

Clairlea Spirit Wear…

The spirit wear just arrived so we are sorting through the order and seeing if there are any missing items. We will distribute what we received over the next week.

Pizza Lunch…

Pizza Lunch has been a tremendous success please remember to get your orders in on time on the dates specified on the envelope to help our volunteers run the program smoothly. Starting in September 2017 we will be moving the pizza lunch to an online ordering system as part of the school moving to a cashless system. Please sign up online through the emails that have coming out from Ms. Carson in the office so that you are ready to go when we start.

School Council Meeting…

We will have our last school council meeting of the year on Wednesday May 17th as there will not be a June meeting. Please see below the agenda for the May meeting.

Agenda (May 17th) for the School Council meeting:

7:00 – 7:10pm Introduction (Irit)

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

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

7:45 – 8:00pm Fundraising Report (Irit)

8:00 – 8:25pm Open Discussion (All)

Things we are working on….

French Immersion Pathway…

If you have children attending Clairlea P.S. that are in French immersion you are also aware that our French Immersion home school pathway after grade 8 is Cedarbrae Collegiate. It has come to our attention over the years through opinions voiced at school council meetings, emails and varied conversations with parents that Cedarbrae was not the preferred choice for a multitude of reasons. In an effort to voice the concerns of the Clairlea Families we as a council with the help and guidance of Parthi Kandavel our School Trustee have escalated our concerns to the appropriate areas within the TDSB. Due to this effort in early April we were granted a tremendous opportunity to meet and present our concerns to the Chief Planning Officer and Teaching and Learning Department of the TDSB. These are the areas of the TDSB that analyze and decide school pathways. The meeting was deemed a success in the sense that we as a council felt heard and they acknowledged our concerns. We also gained a great understanding of how decisions such as changing a pathway of a school is determined and how complex a process it is. In order for this to happen a Feasibility Study has to be conducted by the board. This process can take up to two months as understandably there are many factors to consider. The good news that I would like to share with you is that the planning department has officially identified Clairlea as being in need of a feasibility study and their aim is to have it completed by mid October 2017. If the results of the feasibility study show that our pathway should change given the concerns we have raised in addition to a buildup of French Immersion grade schools in the area west of Victoria Park which will need a high school to attend as well given that Malvern, Agincourt, and Leaside are at overcapacity and not accepting entries and therefore a new High School in the area would need to take on a new stream of French Immersion. That high school would be East York Collegiate. We are cautiously optimistic that our French Immersion home school pathway will change effective for the grade 9 students starting in September 2018 to East York Collegiate. I will provide further updates as I learn them in the months to come.

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

2016/2017

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Message from the Chair; meetings tonight

DEAR CLAIRLEA FAMILIES…

I’ve listed a few of the key things coming up for you below. As always if you have questions you can reach us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

SPRING CONCERT RAFFLE BASKETS...

For those classes involved in the upcoming spring concert on Thursday May 11th, please take note that requests for raffle basket items will be coming home in backpacks this week.  Each class will be assigned a raffle basket theme.  If you wish to make your own basket and donate it you are more than welcome to do so and drop it off in the office.

FUN FAIR 2017….

Save the date for this year’s fun fair on Thursday June 22nd.  We hope to see you there and if you are able to volunteer or have items to donate please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com. As in past years we will have a Clairlea Market for Community Vendors to be able to showcase and sell their products or services at the Funfair.  If you would like to purchase a spot at the Clairlea Market please email your request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  Each spot will cost $25.00.

All funds raised from this years funfair will go towards the Clairlea STEM/STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).  This program will be available to all grade levels to provide hands on study in the form of Maker Labs to foster inquiring minds, logical reasoning and collaboration skills in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

WARD COUNCIL MEETING (Tuesday April 18th)

This meeting is held monthly by Parthi Kandavel (School Trustee for Scarborough Southwest) for all Ward 18 School Council Chairs to share ideas across schools.  Tonight's meeting was hosted at Clairlea Public School and was open to all School Council Members who which to attend and share their thoughts.  

FUN FAIR VOLUNTEER MEETING (Wednesday April 19th)

We will have a funfair volunteer meeting on Wednesday  April 19th from 6-7pm.  Please come and share your ideas and help shape this years funfair.  We ask that all planning on attending please email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to confirm attendance.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING (Wednesday April 19th)

School Council meetings take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.  The next school council meeting is this Wednesday April 19th from 7pm-8:30pm. (March minutes attached). Free child minding is available.  This meeting will feature the administration sharing the staffing model for the 2017/18 school year.  All are welcome and we hope to see you there! 

Agenda for the School Council meeting:

6:00 – 7:00pm Fun Fair Volunteer Meeting (All are welcome to provide input)

7:00 – 7:45pm Administration Report (The 2017/18 Staffing Model will be discussed.)  (Mr. McGilvray and Ms. Karsh)

7:45 – 7:50pm Treasurer Report (Denise)

7:50 - 8:00pm Fundraising and Updates (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.

A message from the chair

Dear Clairlea Families…

HALLOWEEN HOWL EVENT

We are less than one week away until the Halloween Howl Fundraiser on Friday October 28th from 5:30-8:30pm. Please see the Map for the night of the Howl as well as a legend describing the activities found in each room. 100% of the proceeds raised from the 2016 Howl will go towards the Clairlea Literacy Initiative benefiting grades JK to 8 (English and French).

We are still missing some key items please see below ways you can help our school make the Howl a great success! Please give generously and a big thank you to all that have donated and volunteered to date.

HOW CAN YOU HELP:

1. HALLOWEEN CANDY: We need LOTS of peanut free Halloween candy to be used as prizes in various rooms. Please pick up a bag of any candy and drop it off in the blue bin in front of the office.

2. HOME MADE CANDY JARS/BAGS: We need many mini candy jars/bags to be used as prizes for the Lollipop Pull room. You can help by filling any sized jar or little baggy with (nut free) candy and bring it to the school office anytime between now and the Halloween Howl. We currently have about 150 candy bags, The more we have the longer this room will be able to stay open and it is definitely one of the favourite rooms. In past years we have needed approximately 400 jars/bags to have this room open for the entire event. Feel free to decorate your jars as well.

3. VOLUNTEERS: Volunteers are still needed for the face painting room and a few floaters for the general event. If you can help please contact us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

4. PERSONAL AND/OR CORPORATE DONTATIONS: We are always looking for gift donations that we can use as prizes or raffles during any Clairlea Event. If you or your company would like to donate a prize or gift to be used as one of our prizes during the event please contact us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

HALLOWEEN PIZZA DINNER Make things easier on yourself and leave the dinner to us and you just need to enjoy the event and pick up your dinner in the gym. Preorder dinner envelopes were sent home in the backpacks last week and are due back by Tuesday October 25th. Hand in your Howl dinner order to your classroom and pick up your dinner at the Howl on the 28th any time after 6:00pm in the gym. The order will be under you family name. Please print clearly on the envelope. If you did not receive an envelope extras are available in the office for pickup. NOTE: This is a completely separate envelope and not to be confused with our regular monthly pizza lunch event held in the school during the daytime.

WHAT IS THE HOWL? It is our very popular yearly School Council fundraising event that is loads of fun for all age/grade levels (JK to Grade 8). Please see the attached Map for the night of the Howl as well as a legend describing the activities found in each room. Bring your family, bring your neighbours and bring your friends, all are welcome. Save the date and come out for a fun time on Friday October 28th from 5:30-8:30pm. We encourage the children to dress up in their favourite costume so that they can participate in the contest held at 6:30pm in the gym! Bring your own loot bag/recycle bag to the Howl to enable the kids to collect all their goodies when they travel from room to room and partake in fun activities – featuring our very popular “HAUNTED LIBRARY”. Entry is only $5.00/per child and adults are free. All children must be accompanied by an adult. 100% of the proceeds raised from the 2016 Howl will go towards the Clairlea Literacy Initiative benefiting grades JK to 8 (English and French).

We hope to see you there!!

DIELEMAN FUNDRAISER… Thank you to all that placed orders. They are being processed and are due to arrive at Clairlea the end of November. Once the orders arrive they will be sent home in your child’s backpack. In the situation that the order is too large to fit in the backpack we will contact you directly to arrange a pickup time at the school. Direct questions to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

HOW TO REACH US…
If you would like to unsubscribe to this email (we hope you don’t) or you 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
2016/2017
clairleacouncil@gmail.com

A message from the chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

I am pleased to announce that we had a very successful Funfair last week and our net profits came to $6000 which will be put towards the fitness equipment for Clairlea.  We have surpassed the last 2 Funfairs.  Thank you to all that came out and participated, contributed, supported and volunteered to make the event a success.  We hope that you enjoyed your time and we look forward to doing it again next year.    Even though the Funfair is over we received another donation for the silent auction after the fact that we will auction off starting today (Friday June 24^th at 9:00am).  Please see the details below.

ONE MORE AUCTION ITEM:

Item: Two Weeks Free at Camp Loisir La Colombe French Camp

Valued at: $360.00

Website: www.camploisirs.com

Minimum Bid: $90.00

HOW DO I BID ON THIS ITEM:
STEP 1: The auction begins on Friday June 24^th at 9:00am and closes Tuesday June 28^th at Noon sharp!

STEP 2: Go to Clairlea School Council Blog at www.clairleacouncil.blogspot.com and leave your name, email address and bid $ amount in the comments section of the School Council blog.

STEP 3: The minimum bid is $90 and you can bid as many times as you like.  Each bid is timestamped.  This Auction is available to anyone.

STEP 4: The auction will close on Tuesday June 28^th at Noon sharp and the highest bid will win.

STEP 5: The winner will be posted on the Clairlea Blog www.clairleacouncil.blogspot.com  on Tuesday afternoon. 

STEP 6: If you see your name as the winner on the blog please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com to arrange payment and receipt of your certificate.

Good Luck!

School Council Next Year…

We hope everyone has a fun and safe summer and we will start back up again in the fall.  Our first meeting will take place on Wednesday September 21^st at 7:00pm, where we will hold our elections for the School Council Executive for the term of 2016/2017 – all positions are open (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Fundraising Chair).  If you have any questions about any of these positions please email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  Our meetings are always every third Wednesday of the month from 7:00-8:30pm (with the exception of December and June where no meetings will be held) and free childminding is available.  Meetings are open to all Clairlea Community members and we encourage you to get involved in your school.  Please direct any questions to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

Regards,

Irit

Clairlea School Council Chair

2015/2016

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

A Fun Fair update from the Chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

Less than a week to go!  The Clairlea Funfair is Thursday June 16^th from 5:30-8:30pm.  Here is a sneak peek at some of the items you will see at the Raffle and Silent Auction Table at the Funfair.  All items have been generously donated by the Clairlea community and we are very grateful.  On Thursday June 16^th come bid or buy tickets to win one of these great prizes.

• Fitbit Charge HR Large estimated value $160-180
• Misfit Flash Fitness and Sleep Monitor estimated value $40-50
• Laura Secord Basket
•  LCBO Basket including a $40 gift card
•  Handmade “Nintendo Mario” blanket
• Harry Potter Basket
• Book Lovers Gift Basket
• A Sky Zone Trampoline Park Birthday Party Package* and Sky Zone Swag valued at $300
• A Birthday Park Package from Monkey Magoo’s valued at $299
• A pair of tickets to Toronto FC for Saturday July 9^th 7:30pm vs. Chicago Fire Section 117 Row 16
• 3 Vehicle Maintenance Packages from RJsautotech.com each one valued at $45 (includes oil change, tire rotation and 30 point inspection)
• Gift Card Mystery pack
• Chocolate and truffle baskets and more…..

Come enjoy lots of fun activities at the funfair.  Purchase a Funpass wristband for $15/each and enjoy most activities as many times as you like.  See attached map for details.  Funpass wristbands and tickets go on sale at 5:30pm on June 16^th.

Thank you to all the people working behind the scenes to make this Funfair a success.  Without the help of volunteers we wouldn’t be able to make this happen.

All funds raised from the funfair go towards the purchase of sports equipment for Clairlea kids.

CAKEWALK:
If you are donating a cake please bring them to the Staff room on the day of the funfair.  If possible with a list of ingredients.

LOLLIPOP GAME:
If you have some candy around the house we can still use prizes for the lollipop game.  Alternatively swing by the dollar store and buy $5 worth of candy as well as lollipops to pull.  Throw some candy/chocolates in a small jar or bag and drop them off at the school. 

HOW TO REACH US…

If you 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
2015/2016

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

No School Council meeting week

A message from the Chair:

Dear Clairlea Families,

Please note the School Council meeting set for this Wednesday March 23^rd has been cancelled and the next meeting will resume at the regularly scheduled time on the third Wednesday in April (April 20^th).  In the meantime we are moving forward will the planning of the 2016 Fun Fair and we will have a volunteer planning meeting on Wednesday March 30^th   at 7:00pm.  Please contact us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com if you plan to attend the meeting or if you want to be part of the process and help out.

Please save the date of Thursday June 16^th for the Clairlea Fun fair 2016!   - More details to come stay tuned….

Regards,

Irit

Clairlea School Council

Clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Message from the Chair

DEAR CLAIRLEA FAMILIES…

Happy New Year!  We hope that you enjoyed the break and things are back in full swing for 2016.  As always we want to hear your comments so please contact us via clairleacouncil@gmail.com   Other places to look are; The School Council bulletin board located outside the Main Office  and the School Council Blog http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com to keep up to date of what is going on! 

REMINDER…

School Council meetings take place on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month.  The next school council meeting is tonight Wednesday January 20^th from 7pm-8:30pm. Free child minding is available.  All are welcome and we hope to see you there!  November 2015 minutes are here.

Tonight’s Agenda for the School Council meeting:

6:50 – 7:00pm Sell 50/50 tickets (optional)

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

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

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

7:45 – 8:00pm Fundraising Report (Joanne)

8:00 – 8:25pm Open Discussion (All)

8:25 – 8:30pm 50/50 draw

                                                                      

WHAT'S COMING UP.....

PIZZA LUNCH… (MONEY ORDER ENVELOPES ARE DUE THIS THURSDAY JANUARY 21^ST) Pizza lunch will take place on Wednesday January 27^th.  Please note this is NOT when the pizza lunch envelope orders are due.  Due to the large volume of pizza that needs to be ordered for the school we need to place the order a few days prior to the actual pizza lunch date.  That means if a child submits their order late there is a risk that your child may not receive pizza because they would not have been part of the original order.  Please make an effort to submit your orders on time as per the date on the envelope and not on the date of the actual pizza lunch, as well please take a moment to carefully fill out the form.  From time to time we do receive orders with missing information.  If there is information lacking on your order we will default to 2 cheese slices and apple juice.

MOVIE NIGHT…   (JANUARY 29^TH)  Our first movie of 2016 is “HOME”.   The movie will take place in the gym on Friday January 29^th at 7:00pm sharp.  Entrance is $2 per person (child or adult) and the movie is available to children grade six and under.  Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.  Popcorn and drinks will be available for sale during the movie.  We encourage children to come in pajamas and bring blankets and pillows if they like and get comfortable in the gym for a fun family night.

CLAIRLEA FUNFAIR…(COMING IN JUNE 2016) I know it’s cold outside and it’s hard to imagine it but we have started to plan the Clairlea Funfair.  If you want to volunteer to be a part of this big event and have ideas please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.   What do you think we should do with the funds raised from this years Funfair?

CLAIRLEA SPIRIT WEAR….(coming in February 2016)  Stay tuned for the order forms coming out in February.  New exciting items coming.

HOW TO REACH US…

If you 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
2015/2016

clairleacouncil@gmail.com