🎄✨TWINKLE TUESDAY ✨🎄
2023-12-19
Tuesday– 🎄✨TWINKLE TUESDAY ✨🎄
Deck yourself in your best sparkly holiday gear! Shimmer and Shine! Headbands, necklaces, socks, heck, even tinsel! More is more!

🔴🟢🔵⚫️HOLIDAY COLOUR DAY!! ⚫️🔵🟢🔴
2023-12-20
Wednesday– 🔴🟢🔵⚫️HOLIDAY COLOUR DAY!! ⚫️🔵🟢🔴
Whether you’re lighting a menorah for Hanukkah, celebrating the spirit of unity for Kwanzaa, or waiting for Santa to arrive ’cause you’re on the nice list, wear colours to represent your special celebration!

👔 UGLY SWEATER DAY 👔
2023-12-21
Thursday-👔 UGLY SWEATER DAY 👔
Do they light up? Jingle when you walk? Perfect!

Public Health Nurse
2023-12-21 09:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)

RAFFLE DRAW @2:00
2023-12-21 14:00 - 14:05
We are raffling off a brand new, 53″ teddy bear that was graciously donated to the school. Every student has been given 1 free raffle ticket for a chance to win! If students or families wish to buy additional tickets, they will be sold at the school for $1.00 per ticket, with all proceeds being donated to the local food bank. The draw will be taking place on Thursday, December 21, 2023, and all tickets must be in by no later than 1:55 pm on that day, in order for a chance to win. If you would like to buy additional tickets, please send exact change with your student to give to their teacher. Click on the link to see the bear we are raffling off 20231212_101927~2.jpg

🧸💤 SILENT NIGHT 💤🧸
2023-12-22
Friday– 🧸💤 SILENT NIGHT 💤🧸
We made it!! Wear your comfiest festive pjs!

Cooking With Compass
2023-12-22 11:00 - 13:30
Cooking with Compass
CWC is an 8-week experiential learning program in partnership between Compass Community Health, Hamilton Public Health Services, and Bennetto and St. Lawrence schools. The program is offered to students in grade 3, 4, and 5, only at these locations. This cooking and gardening program takes place during classroom time, once a week, for 8 weeks, and will teach students social and emotional skills through offering interactive curriculum-linked programming. Student will come to Compass each week and participate in culinary and horticultural educational activities that are linked to student curriculum. Each week students will work together, following a recipe to collaboratively create a meal or snack.
This program is supported through funding by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Bennetto Winter Camps
2024-01-02 - 2024-01-05
Bennetto Winter Camps 23-24

Piano Lessons
2024-01-08 10:55 - 11:35, 2024-01-15 10:55 - 11:35, 2024-01-22 10:55 - 11:35

YMCA Beyond the Bell
2024-01-08 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-09 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-10 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-11 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-15 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-16 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-17 15:35 - 17:30, 2024-01-18 15:35 - 17:30
YMCA Beyond the Bell | YMCAHBB

Sr Boys Basketball @ GP Vanier
2024-01-09 17:00 - 18:00

Sr Boys Basketball vs Queen Vic
2024-01-09 17:00 - 18:00

Sr Boys Basketball Game vs Davey
2024-01-11 17:00 - 18:00

Sr Boys/Girls 3 on 3 Feeder Tourney
2024-01-12 09:30 - 14:00

YMCA Beyond the Bell
2024-01-12 15:35 - 17:00, 2024-01-19 15:35 - 17:00

School Council Meeting
2024-01-15 18:00 - 19:00
School Council Instagram Site
@bennetto.sc
We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at our next council meeting, this upcoming Monday, January 15th, at 6pm. This will be another hybrid meeting – for those who can come in person, we’ll be in the school gym, and for those who can’t, we’ll be on zoom:

https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/62159431992?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 621 5943 1992
Passcode: [REDACTED]

+16473744685,,62159431992#,,,,*[REDACTED]# Canada
+16475580588,,62159431992#,,,,*[REDACTED]# Canada

Also a reminder that the survey for the movie night closes today! Thanks again to Liz and Anna-Marie for setting that up: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=aq_-er6xg0ypdMQ6iyFWNKncMPBxqHdLl1BO2pgkKWJUM0cxR1U0SUZQMTdRQzZKWkc2Q1EyM0cyTi4u

Hope to see you at the meeting and the movie night on Friday the 19th!

Thanks,
Kate

Sr Boys Basketball game @ Hebrew Academy
2024-01-16 16:00 - 17:00

Westdale Grade 9 Option Information - At Westdale
2024-01-17 18:00 - 19:00
Westdale 2024 Course Selection Info Night– FLYER

Shelter In Place Practice Drill
2024-01-18 10:00 - 10:30
“Shelter in Place”: (May be recommended by Police, Fire Dept. Emergency Medical Service
(EMS), etc.)
 is used for an environmental, or weather related situation, where it is necessary to keep all
occupants within the school to protect them (e.g., may include chemical spills, blackouts,
explosions or extreme weather conditions)
 people enter and remain in a building with the doors and windows closed
 fans, including heating and air conditioning units, should be turned off to prevent outside
air from entering the building
 normal operations may continue within the building.
The terminology used to initiate a secure school situation should be in clear language and leave
no misunderstanding as to what is expected. Announcement notices using standard language to
identify each of the terminology categories were previously sent to school offices to post beside
the PA system or to pre-record for use in an emergency.
This information applies to the school buildings, portables, facility users such as Daycares,
Recreation Centers, Early Years Centers, etc. Principals need to ensure that announcement
notices are provided for each of these locals within the building.
10.0 Procedures For Shelter In Place (Shelter in Place plan is to be included in the safe school plan for the school)
 Administrators, or designates, receiving information requiring ‘Shelter in Place’ should
initiate it immediately using the PA system;
 The Board will provide standard announcements to be posted beside PA systems to
ensure correct terminology is used when a Shelter in Place is announced.
 If students and staff are outdoors, ring bell for everyone to re-enter the building;
 Close doors and windows;
 Fans, including heating and air conditioning units, should be turned off to prevent
outside air from entering the building.
 Normal operations continue within the building;
 An announcement is made to end ‘Shelter in Place’.
Policy No (hwdsb.on.ca)

FREE - Movie Night at school
2024-01-19 18:30 - 20:30
We had over 70 responses to the survey, mainly families, which is fantastic! The votes were a wide split across the movies, but the winner was Yes Day. You can see the trailer here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3Vr8Ut8d0
Doors open at 6:30, movie starts at 6:45
