Principal Update – Nov 30

Hello,

It was great to see so many families and  staff at last night’s wing night event hosted by the Ancaster Meadow Home and School Association. Thanks to Buffalo Wild Wings Manager Quintin and all his staff for serving us and for everyone’s continued support. These events are a lot of fun and a great way to support the school.

Our Home & School Association is also busy with preparations for the annual Holiday Bazaar. This will be held on Friday Dec 8th.

Tomorrow, Friday December 1, is a PA Day. There is no school for students. The HWDSB school year calendar can be found at https://www.hwdsb.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-2018-Elementary-Calendar_Final.pdf While students will have the day off, our staff will be bus at work. Our staff in Kindergarten and grade 1 will continue the year long focus on early reading skills. Our teachers in grade 2 through 8 will focus on math instruction; particular areas of focus are: place value, multiplication and division, and fractions.  The staff will also be working with some secondary school student leaders on how to better understand student cultural backgrounds and how to reflect that in the classroom.

Ancaster Meadow  will be having some classes participate in the global Hour of Code challenge next week. Students and families can also challenge themselves with these activities at home. https://code.org

Our Holiday Assembly for Kindergarten students will be Friday Dec 15th and the school wide assembly will be Thursday Dec 21. For families interested in school photos for the holiday season please see the following from Edge Imaging:

Fall photo day orders placed online at edgeimaging.ca by Sunday, December 10th or by phone at

1-888-416-3343 (EDGE) by Friday, December 8th* will have guaranteed delivery to home before the holiday.

The HWDSB has also arranged student access for the Viola Virtual Immersion Campus to help students improve their French language skills. Please see the login information below.

Have a great weekend,

Simon Goodacre, Principal

Viola Virtual Immersion Campus

Virtual Immersion Campus program, offering every child in your school board free online tutoring from Monday to Thursday, from 5pm to 8pm.

To let parents and students know, communication is crucial.

• Registration Link
  Share the Demo video on your school website : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kSPMy9Fj4à
• The school registration CODE is 03HWDSB., Once the parents/students have registered, they will receive a confirmation email with the Virtual Immersion Campus download link.