Central Families,

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked through our busy month of reorganizing our classes and dealing with our covid cases. We are looking forward to getting into a routine this week and appreciate all of your support completing daily screeners, reviewing covid protocols with your child and sharing any concerns that you have with your child/children’s teacher(s).

Due to the increasing number of identified covid cases at Central we ask that you ensure to do your daily screening very thoroughly and sign your child’s daily tracking. Students that do not pass the screener must remain at home. Click on the attachment to review the Central Daily Covid Tracker –  CENTRAL Daily COVID-19 Screening Verification Log (1)

Students showing any symptoms at school will be removed from their classrooms and sent home. Please contact the school if your child has been impacted by a covid case in their classrooms and you are unsure of their return date or the process that you are to follow. (905 522 – 9690).

Students and staff that have been assigned to new classrooms will start in their new classroom on Monday, Oct 4, 2021.  Please be sure to check with your child’s teacher or see a staff member on the playground on Monday morning if you are unsure which class your child is supposed to be in.  

Thank you for your efforts ensuring that our protocols are being followed at all times. Please review the following protocols with your child : Wearing masks, social distancing, washing/sanitizing , remaining in cohort yards and letting an adult know when you are not feeling well.  Parents/guardian are asked to not enter the school as we are limiting the amount of movement and visitors at this time.

Our first school council meeting will be this Tuesday evening online at 6:00pm where our nominations for the School Council membership will be held. Thank you to those family members that have signed up to support our school council. We look forward to working together to support our school, families and community.

A reminder that next Monday, October 11, 2021 is the Thanksgiving Holiday so there will be NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS.  

Be sure to register for our website to receive updated notifications. Go to [email protected] and click on the register tab, input the information requested and receive up-to-date notifications when information is added to our school website.

As a Nut Friendly school we ask that you not send any nut products or products that may contain nuts as snacks for your child. We also have a severe allergy to pumpkins in our school so please no products that contain any pumpkin. Please ensure that your child’s teacher is aware of any medical conditions, allergies etc. as there are forms that we need to have you complete with us for our records.

Be sure to complete all forms on the parent portal for your child or children. These must be completed for all students attending Central Elementary. 

Please be reminded that we are to limit the number of visitors to the school so be sure to call (905 522 9690 or email at [email protected]) if you require assistance or need to contact us for any reason. 

Please work with us to be at school on time. Our day starts at 8:45 am and please avoid engaging in lengthy conversations with our staff as this interrupts our school day and supervision of our students as our staff are supervising beginning at 8:45 am so if engaged in conversations this becomes quite challenging. This is particularly challenging in the Kindergarten area where it is very busy. We ask that you drop off and pick up as quickly and safely as possible to avoid congestion and difficulties for our staff while supervising. Dismissal is at 3:05pm so please be sure to be at the school to pick up your child or children. Feel free to contact the school or your child’s teacher by email to set up a time to meet if you need to do so. 

Ensure students dress appropriately for the weather and attend with enough healthy snacks for both Nutrition Breaks and that they come to school with a water bottle with their name on it. Our fountains are not operating and we are running out of cups to give students!

A reminder that as we approach the colder months students will be coming in with a lot more clothing and gear. It is very difficult to manage lost and found items at Central amongst a pandemic so please label your child’s belongings very clearly using a sharpie if possible. 

Please ensure that you are screening your child each day and signing the daily calendar. If your child needs to be absent or picked up early please refer to the

Please contact the school using SafeArrival   (click for instructions) to report student absences or if you need to pick up your child for an appointment. If you require assistance accessing the SafeArrival app please contact the school at 905 575 1535. We are unable to release students before the dismissal bell unless you have entered the dismissal in Safe Arrival. 

Please follow the bylaw parking signs posted on the streets surrounding the school. Bylaw officers have been monitoring our area and will issue tickets for those violating parking bylaws.

A reminder that our play structure if off limits at this time. If you decide to allow your child to play on the play structure before or after school they must be supervised by an adult. We again, apologize for the overgrown bushes, grass, weeds etc. in the playground. We are working very hard on trying to resolve these issues to keep our playground safe for our students. Thank you for your patience. 

Have a safe and healthy week everyone!

Be sure to contact us with any questions or concerns (905 522 9690 / email : [email protected]).

Mr. Carey

Principal, Central Elementary School