Hat and glove drive

Clairlea is collecting NEW hats, gloves and mittens to decorate the tree in the front foyer. 

Please send in whatever you can. 

All items will be donated to families in need.

Community meeting re residential towers at Pharmacy & Eglinton

Those who live in the Clairlea neighbourhood might be interested in attending a public consultation on the proposal to build five 30-40-storey residential towers on the south-east corner of Pharmacy and Eglinton. 

Thursday March 7

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Warden Hilltop Community Centre - multipurpose room

25 Mendelssohn Street

Final Assembly

The the final assembly on the last year of school, academic awards and Panthers awards were handed out to Clairlea students. Congratulations to all the winners for their hard work! I'm not sure exactly what a Panthers award is, but it seems to be for the one girl and one boy in each class who exhibited all-round awesomeness throughout the year.

There was a very impressive circus performance from one of the classes, and the teachers surprised the kids with a fantastic flash mob performance. I caught it on video...


It was a great way to end the school year. Happy summer, everyone!

Clairlea's Food Train

Clairlea's recent food drive is featured on the website of the Toronto District School Board. See it here.

From the Toronto Bangladeshi Parents Advisor Council - workshop June 27

Youth Leadership Workshop: Tentative Schedule

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Location: Crescent Town Community Centre, Market Place, Toronto

Presenter: Toronto DSB Experienced Educators and Award winning TOPS students

Sponsored by GTA Ethnic Bangladeshi Councils or Agencies:

Bangladeshi Canadian Community Services

Toronto Bangladeshi Parents Advisory Council

Time	Topic	Content/Activities
10.45 am – 11.00 am	Introduction	Introduction and ice breakers
11.00 am – 11.15 am	Identifying yourself	Identifying your heritage and being proud of  your ethnicity
11.15 am – 12.00 am	Youth Leadership with Conflict Resolution	What is leadership and how to develop your hidden skills about leadership or how solve conflicts
12.00 am – 1:00 pm	Lunch Break	Deshi snacks and drinks
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm	Social Barriers / Problems at your public schools	What are your social problems and how we could survive these barriers (e.g. bullying, gang, drug, gun, smoke, teenage pregnancy etc.)

After-school gardening club

Ms Hawkins and Ms Brathwaite have started a gardening club after school on Wednesdays and could use your help! Please send a note or meet them after school on Wednesday at the front of the school. I can't wait to see what they are going to create!

Ernie

Those kids who walk to school will already know Ernie, the new crossing guard on Pharmacy at Knightsbridge. This morning, as I was walking back from dropping my son at school, Ernie stopped me. "Catharine! Look what the principal brought me!" Excited, he showed me an enormous hand-made welcome card, signed by all the kids at school. "I'm so happy," he beamed, the joy written across his face. I don't know whose idea this was, but it was a great one. It's things like this that make Clairlea the wonderful community that it is. p.s. That's right, Ernie knows my name - and the kids' names, too. If you haven't already, do introduce yourself as you pass by.