If you missed pizza lunch...

If your kid missed pizza lunch last week, it is probably because you haven't yet signed up for the School Cash Online system. The pizza lunch order requests (along with field trips, agendas and other school items) appear there automatically.

Currently there is an order request in School Cash Online for the Oct 11 pizza lunch. Just log in, click your child's tab, select the type of pizza and drink that they would like, and pay online. The deadline is October 8 and extensions are not possible. 

Happy September!

Hello everyone and happy September!

A few notes to start off the year:

1. School Council meets on Wednesday September 20 at 7:00pm at the school. All are welcome.

2. The welcome back barbecue (5pm) and curriculum night (6pm) are on Thursday September 21. Details here.

3. Pizza lunch is on September 27. You may have seen a different date on School Cash Online but it is definitely Sept 27. Orders are only through School Cash Online - there will be no paper orders this year. If you need access to a computer, please stop in at the school office.

As always, there is a group of dedicated School Council volunteers who are working hard behind the scenes to make all of this happen. Thank you!!

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have receive a pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both June lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on June 7 and 21. Orders are due June 2.

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

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have receive a pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both of this month's lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on May 10 and 24. Orders are due May 5.

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have receive a pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both of this month's lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on April 12 and 26. Orders are due April 7.

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have receive a pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both March lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on March 8 and 29. Orders are due March 3.

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have receive a pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both February lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on February 8 and 22. Orders are due February 3.

Pizza lunch orders due Thursday

There's just one pizza lunch this month. You should have receive an order last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

This month's lunch is on January 25. Orders are due Thursday January 19.

Pizza lunch orders due Thursday

A pizza lunch envelope should be coming home today. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both December lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on December 7 and 21. Orders are due Thursday December 1.

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have receive a pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both of this month's lunches using the one envelope. This month's lunches are on November 9 and 23. Orders are due Friday November 4.

Pizza lunch orders due Friday

You should have received an October pizza lunch envelope last week. If not, you can download and print a copy or ask for one in the office.

Pizza lunch is twice a month, and you can place an order for one or both of the October lunches using the one envelope. Orders are due Friday October 6.

First pizza lunch - Sept 28

Our first pizza lunch will be on Sept 28. 

Pizza lunch supports enrichment activities at Clairlea. Over the years, we've used the proceeds to purchase all manner of learning and literacy tools, technology, books and sports equipment. Pizza lunch also supports the snack program and helps to offset the cost of field trips.

Order envelopes will be coming home this week... please return them by Monday Sept 26. No late orders. If you didn't receive one, you can download and print a copy. 

Starting in October, pizza lunch will be twice monthly, with order envelopes coming home once a month. You can select one or both lunches for the month. Please review the guidelines and fill out the form clearly. One envelope per student, please, even if you have more than one kid at the school.

Thank you for your enthusiastic support of our school's biggest fundraising program. Your participation makes Clairlea better for everyone!

Message from the Chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

The Clairlea Funfair is a couple of weeks away!!  We hope to see everyone there on Thursday June 16^th from 5:30-8:30pm.  Bring your neighbours, friends and family all are welcome. 

Please find attached a complete FunFairMap illustrating where all the activities will be on the day as well as a FunFair Legend that provides a description of each FunFair activity and the cost involved. 

THE FUNPASS WRISTBAND IS BACK!!!  We have brought back the FunPass Wristband this year.   For $15/each you can enjoy unlimited access to many of the activities.  Details about the FunPass Wristband and which activities are included are specified in the attached Legend document.  Individual Tickets are also available for purchase.

A big thank you to all the volunteers, donations and support to date from the Clairlea Community and Clairlea Staff.

All revenue earned from the Funfair will go towards purchasing outdoor sports equipment for Clairlea grades JK to grade 8. 

We still need your help!!!! Please see below how you can help to make the Funfair a success. 

HOW CAN YOU HELP (FUNFAIR 2016)!!!!

1.      CAKE WALK: Make/Buy a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room.  Please bring all cake donations to the Staff Room on the day of the Funfair (June 16^th).  If possible please include a small card indicating what ingredients were used.  Peanut free please.

2.       LOLLIPOP GAME: Donate little candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops (A picture is attached of the lollipops that work best with the game) to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Funfair.  Please drop off any items in the School office prior to Friday June 10^th.

3.      RAFFLE BASKET: Donate a basket or any new items we can include in a basket to be raffled off at the funfair.  Please drop off any items in the School office prior to Friday June 10^th.

4.       SILENT AUCTION: Donate any new item/service or gift card you’re not using, or ask your company/business to make a donation.  Please drop off any items in the School office prior to Friday June 10^th.

5.      VOLUNTEER: Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 16^th for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

6.       MARKET VENDOR: 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.

7.       ADVERTISE: Help us advertise the Funfair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baby group, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come.  

8.      SUPERHERO COSTUMES NEEDED: Donate costumes that we can use in our Superhero Dress up room.  We need Superman, Batman, Ironman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman or any costume you have! Please drop off any items in the School office prior to Friday June 10^th.

9.       BE THERE: Come enjoy and have dinner at the Funfair! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

Pizza Lunch…
We are in our last month of Pizza lunch.  Pizza lunch will be on Wednesday June 8^th and Wednesday June 22^nd. (I incorrectly stated it was going to be on the last day of school in my last email).  Please hand in your forms on time.  Forms are due for the month this Friday June 3^rd.

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

Pizza lunch – June 8 and June 22

June's pizza lunches are on Wednesday June 8 and Wednesday June 22. Orders are due this Friday June 3.

You should already have received an order envelope; if not, you can download and print a copy. Please indicate which date(s) in June that you are ordering for.

Pizza lunch is one of our School Council’s most important fundraising initiatives. Thank you very much for your support.

As this will be my last post about pizza lunches this year, let's give a big shout-out to Wendy Whittle and her dedicated crew of pizza lunch volunteers. They stepped it up this year with twice-monthly pizza lunches. Thanks to their many hours of hard work, pizza lunch raises thousands of dollars for the school to fund things like field-trips, experiential learning opportunities and this year's school concert. Thank you Wendy, Joanne, Russ, Irit, Chimei, Judy, Tina and all the others who help with this program. 

Message from the Chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

The Clairlea Funfair is less than a month away!  We hope to see everyone there on Thursday June 16th from 5:30-8:30pm.  Bring your neighbours, friends and family all are welcome.  All revenue earned from the Clairlea Funfair will go towards purchasing outdoor sports equipment for Clairlea grades JK to grade 8.  Please see below how you can help to make the Funfair a Success.  Email us at Clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

How Can You Help Make the Clairlea Funfair 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 16th for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.
3. Donate a basket or items we can include in a basket to be raffled off at the funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com
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 little 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 and have dinner at the Funfair!

What will you see at the FunFair?  Come see your favourite teacher at the Funfair!

We have some new items as well as returning favourites to the FunFair this year.  Some items include, The Rock Wall, Cake Walk Room, Raffle Baskets, Obstacle Course, Big Slide, NEW Super Hero Room, Sno Cones, Delicious BBQ (HALAL), Henna, Face Painting, NEW Bungee Run, Fire Truck, Bouncy Castle, Clairlea Vendor Market, Lollipop Pull, Candy Guess, Mounted Police, and much, much more…..

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

MISC…

Thank you to all families that donated items/money to go towards the raffle baskets for the school concert last week.  Unfortunately we didn’t receive enough to support the creation of a basket by the deadline so we decided to hold over the donations and they will be used to create baskets for the Clairlea Funfair.

Clairlea Spirit Wear…

All Clairlea Spirit Wear has been distributed with the exception of a few items that will be coming in the next week.  We experienced a delay in the process because to ensure accuracy we fit each child individually to ensure that items ordered were the correct size because exchanges are not an option.    Once the child was fitted the parent was contacted for approval.  We received a lot of feedback that parents were grateful for the size check and there were a lot of changed sizes but it did lengthen the process to enable fitting hundreds of garments.  To ensure a speedy process going forward a new plan has been devised for next year whereby there will be specific fitting days allocated on evenings and weekends whereby if you plan to order spirit wear you can come to the allocated fitting day(s) and place your order.  This will ensure a quick turnaround going forward.  Thank you for your patience and we hope you enjoy your spirit wear.

Pizza Lunch…

Pizza Lunch has been a tremendous success twice a month for the last three months.  We will continue to have pizza lunch the 2nd Wednesday and the last Wednesday for the month of June.

School Council Meeting: 

We will have our last school council meeting of the year tonight as there will not be a June meeting. Please see below the agenda for tonight as well as the minutes from the last meeting.

Tonight’s Agenda for the School Council meeting:

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)

HOW TO REACH US…

If you know someone who 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

Pizza lunch – May 11 and May 25

This month's pizza lunches are on Wednesday May 11 and Wednesday May 25. Orders are due this Friday May 6.

You should already have received an order envelope; if not, you can download and print a copy. Please indicate which date(s) in May that you are ordering for.

Pizza lunch is one of our School Council’s most important fundraising initiatives. Thanks to the hard work of some very dedicated volunteers, pizza lunch raises thousands of dollars for the school.

Thank you very much for your support.

Pizza lunch – April 13 and April 27

Pizza lunches this month are on Wednesday April 13 and Wednesday April 27.

Orders are due April 8. Order envelopes should be coming home in backpacks today or tomorrow; if not, you can downloadand print a copy. Please indicate which date(s) in April that you are ordering for.

Pizza lunch is one of our School Council’s most important fundraising initiatives. Thanks to the hard work of some very dedicated volunteers, pizza lunch raises thousands of dollars for the school.

Thank you very much for your support.

Pizza lunch – March 9 and March 30

As you read in a recent email from School Council chair Irit Hartman, pizza lunch will be twice a month for the next three months. The March pizza lunches are on Wednesday March 9 and Wednesday March 30. Orders are due March 4.

You should already have received an order envelope; if not, you can download and print a copy. Please indicate which date(s) in March that you are ordering for.

Pizza lunch is one of our School Council’s most important fundraising initiatives. Thanks to the hard work of some very dedicated volunteers, pizza lunch raises thousands of dollars for the school.

Thank you very much for your support. 

Notes from last week's school council meeting

Here are a few things that we learned at last week's school council meeting.

Staff news

• We have a new school secretary: Karen Redmond. Michelle Carson has taken on the role of office administrator.
• Professional development is underway, with a focus on literacy (making connections: text to text, text to self, text to world).
• Staffing models will be prepared in March/April once next year's enrollment projections are known.

Events

• JK English registration Feb 23. Currently closed to people outside the catchment area.
• Grad photos coming up for the 80 Grade 8 students who will graduate this year
• In June , the grade 8s will go to Wahanowin in Orillia for their one-week grade 8 grad trip. It will involve outdoor education, water, kayaking, canoeing). Grade 8s will be selling chocolates to help offset the $390 fee.
• Grad and ceremony at 140 Borough Drive: Flippers Fish House and White Shields Banquet Hall
• Feb 26 will be a Panther assembly and pyjama day
• French Immersion registration March 2 & 3 - if you received an offer from Clairlea, please come in to register on those dates
• Spring concert will probably be May 12 at SATEC (to be confirmed) - Music from around the world. 18 acts will include African drumming, ukuleles, Bollywood. Many thanks to the superintendent for funding some of the training, which will happen in April.

Treasurer's report:

• $3257 available to spend

Fundraising report: 

• Pizza lunch goes to twice-monthly starting in March for a three month pilot. Dates are March 9 & 30, April 13 & 27, May 11 & 25.
• Popcorn Friday starting this Friday - bring $2! Flavours are butter-salt and white cheddar. Look for Joanne outside the gym at lunchtime. First come first served.
• Movie night raised $250. Next movie night will be Friday March 4 at 7pm - Hotel Transylvania 2
• Spirit Wear received roughly 80 orders. Fittings are happening over the next little while and you may receive an email with a recommended size
• Fun Fair for Fitness. This summer's fun fair will raise money for outdoor sports equipment. Possibilities include additional basketball nets, tetherball, Frisbee golf. Hold the date: Thursday June 16, in the evening. Please email clairleacouncil@gmail.com if you can volunteer.