Shaughnessy School Council: Season Greetings

Good morning Parents and Staff at Shaughnessy,

We would like to wish everyone a Happy and safe Holiday! Happy New Year, we look forward to seeing you all in 2012!

Also the Toy draw raised $1246.00.

We would like to thank all the parents and Shaughnessy staff for their help and support through out 2011! As the Chair of the Shaughnessy School Parent Council I would like to thank all the Parents, Executives,Volunteers and Shaughnessy staff for their time and support! We are part of an awesome school and community as we create an environment that all our kids can thrive and succeed!

Thank you all!

Your School Parent Council

Parent Council Meeting tomorrow evening

The Shaughnessy Public School Parent Council Meeting will be at 6:30 PM, on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, in the Shaughnessy Public School Staff Room

Please join us to learn more about your children's school!

Free babysitting will be provided.

(We apologize for scheduling conflicts that necessitated that this council meeting be held on the first night of Chanukah. We will endeavor to avoid all major religious holidays for our council meetings in the new year.)

Toy Draw Prizes

Good Afternoon Parents and Guardians,

Thank you for participating in our annual toy draw - it was a great success - over $1,100. was raised for our school!  

The list of toy draw winning numbers can be found in the foyer of the school and online at this link.

Prizes can be picked up in the staff room before or after school on Friday, December 16, and Monday, December 19, 2011.

Thank you for supporting our school,

Parent Council

Reminder: Pizza Lunch tomorrow

Good Evening,

Tomorrow, Friday, December 16, 2011, we will be selling pizza at lunchtime. Individual pizza slices for only $2 per slice (cheese or pepperoni).

Holiday Toy Draw - PLEASE READ

Well it’s that time of year again as we gear up for the holidays along with one of our key fund raising efforts.

100% of the proceeds will go to subsidizing your children’s school field trips, so everyone wins!

Spin Master Ltd (Air Hogs, Zoobles etc) along with Webkinz have generously donated approximately 100 toys for kids of all ages (yes there is even a $100 Air Hog Helicopter that “ANY DAD” would love to fly) to be raffled off on Thursday night.

This has been a very successful fundraiser in past years helping to put computers in our school. Please help support this important campaign that will help to enrich our children’s academic year. You or your child can purchase tickets before or after school. The last day to purchase tickets is this Thursday!

Happy Holidays on behalf of Shaughnessy Public School and the Parent Council

Andrew Lake

(aka Nicola and Sophie’s dad)

POPCORN WEDNESDAY

The parent council will be selling popcorn during recess tomorrow afternoon.

Yummy!

Volunteers wanted

Dear Parents,

Your dedicated Shaughnessy PS Parent Advisory Council is looking for volunteers to help with a couple of fundraising events between now and Christmas. Below is a signup form for each of the fundraisers and a description of what is required.

Please hit reply and then insert your name next to the time you are able to volunteer.

We will send out a revised schedule to confirm the schedule.

Both Council and the Shaughnessy PS thank you very much for any and all time you are able to volunteer.

Popcorn Wednesday – Set up and sell popcorn to students during recess (1:40 – 2:30pm)

Date	Volunteer 1	Volunteer 2
December 7th	volunteer confirmed	volunteer confirmed
December 14th	volunteer confirmed
December 21th	volunteer confirmed

Toy Draw Ticket Selling – Sell tickets with the assistance of Shaughnessy students

Date	AM (8:15-9am)	PM (3:15-4pm)
December 8th		Volunteer confirmed
December 12th		Volunteer confirmed
December 13th	Volunteer confirmed
December 14th
December 15th	Volunteer confirmed
December 16th	Volunteer confirmed	Not Required

This week at SPS

Good Evening Parents and Guardians,


We will sell popcorn at afternoon recess tomorrow.

We will be having a draw for toys of all kinds. The money raised will contribute to subsidizing school buses for field trips. Ticket will be sold for $2 each, 3 for $5, or 7 for $10 and will be available for purchase in the school lobby from December 8th until December 15th, from 8 – 8:45 am & 3:15 – 4:00 pm. More information can be found in you child(ren)'s shuttle and by following this link.

QSP (Magazine) Orders due date is being extended to Monday, December 12^th due to the PA day on December 9^th. Please endeavour to have the orders to the school/main office by end of the school day on Monday as due to the Christmas Holiday and closure schedule for QSP we are on a bit of a tight deadline to get our orders entered before Christmas.

Online orders can be placed at any time both before and after the due date, if you miss the December 12th deadline. Our school group id# is 9517 if placing the orders online.

This is a fundraiser that many of us are very excited about. It is a great no cost to us fundraiser whereby 100% of the profits will go back into the school and students through the Shaughnessy Parent Council. The magazines make for great gifts for those hard to buy for people in our lives. There are many great kids magazines as well that are fun, entertaining and educational.

Thank you

Trustee by-elections coming to Don Valley East and Scarborough-Agincourt

On February 27, 2012, voters in two northeast Toronto communities will go to the polls to choose new public school board trustees. Toronto District School Board seats in Ward 17 (Don Valley East) and Ward 20 (Scarborough-Agincourt) were declared vacant after former Trustees Michael Coteau and Soo Wong were elected to Queen’s Park in October.

A resolution passed by the Board at its last meeting recognized that voting is a fundamental right of our democracy, and asked the City to hold by-elections in the two Wards. Under Ontario’s Education Act, if the Board does not direct the City to hold elections, trustee vacancies must be filled by Board appointees. With fully three-quarters left in a four-year term of office, the upcoming by-elections will safeguard the right of local Toronto parents and communities to determine who represents them on the TDSB.

Until the two vacancies are filled in February, the office of the Chair of the Board will be available to address any constituent concerns in Wards 17 and 20. For more information about the upcoming by-elections, including candidate nomination forms, please visit www.toronto.ca/elections.

Ian Turner

Principal

Shaughnessy PS K-8

30 Shaughnessy Blvd

Toronto, ON M2J 1H5

416-395-2850

ian.turner@tdsb.on.ca

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Lunch Time Sports could disappear next year

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The Problem…

At the last Parent Council meeting, Ian mentioned that the new full day Kindergarten program will force us to relocate the lunch room to the gymnasium.

Lunch Time Sports Could Disappear…

Several parents have expressed concern about what will happen to our lunch-time sports programs next year when the gym is used as our new lunch room. These programs form an important part of our school and they are essential to a "balanced" and healthy oriented culture.

Ian and our faculty have done a terrific job building & managing these activities over the past few years and their efforts are appreciated and valued by everyone. Every year brings new challenges and we know many of parents would like to work collaboratively to brainstorm ideas, lobby and do whatever is necessary to preserve what we have.

Proposed Solutions Are Not Realistic…

Using the gymnasium as a lunch room and relying solely on the outdoors is not a sustainable solution. The obvious options will undoubtedly face obstacles and controversy. At the very least, a strong united group can help apply pressure and ensure that every possible option is thoroughly explored.

We Need Your Help…

If you are interested in participating in a committee that will address this one issue, please reply to this email (sps.vicechair@parentcouncil.info ) before December 15^th.

Thank you.

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Eric Young

Shaughnessy PS PA Day

Good evening Parents,

We hope everyone had a great day! We would like to remind you that there will be no school on Friday December 9th as there will be a PA Day.

Your School Parent Council

Shaughnessy T-shirts until Monday, December 5th

Dear Parents and Caregivers:

We are able to extend the order due date for Shaughnessy T-shirts until Monday, December 5th. We must receive all orders by then. If you haven't ordered a T-shirt already for your child(ren), please consider doing so. They make a great holiday gift as the students love wearing them and they are only $12.

Please find the order form at school or print it from this link.

Thank you from the Parent Council.

Hope in Action’s Red Nose Campaign

Dear Parent/Guardian,

I’m excited to announce that our school will be participating in the Hope in Action Red Nose Campaign to assist Toronto students in need. Between December 6th and 16th we will sell flashing red noses for $3.00. All proceeds go to the Hope in Action Emergency Fund that provides students with food, warm clothes, gloves, shoes, winter boots and other necessities. The need is great, with requests for assistance coming in daily.

For more information on the Hope in Action Emergency Fund, please visit the website of the Toronto Foundation for Student Success at www.TorontoFoundationForStudentSuccess.ca.

We encourage our students to participate and help support this great cause.

Yours sincerely,

T. WebbT