Gordon Price October Updates 2024

Upcoming Dates

• October 8^th – School Council Meeting (6:30 – 7:30 pm)
• October 9^th – Meet the Teacher/Open House Event (4:00 – 5:30 pm)
• October 10^th – Gr. 3-8 Cross Country Meet
• October 14^th – Thanksgiving Day (No school for students)
• October 31^st – Halloween Activities/Spirit Day
• November 5^th – School Picture Day

I can hardly believe that our first month of school has come and gone, and we are already into the month of October. What a busy couple of months it has been! Some of our highlights include:

Terry Fox Fundraiser:  A huge thank you goes out to all of our students and staff for their efforts during our Terry Fox Run on September 27^th. The energy and enthusiasm were amazing and showed our true school spirit. A big thanks goes out to Ms. Clark for helping to organize and to the Grade 7 & 8 helpers for making announcements, setting up the course and helping with our Primary classes. With the many generous donations from our community, we were able to raise just over $3000 to donate to the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research. Way to go Gordon Price!!!!

School Council: Our first School Council Meeting of this school year is taking place on Tuesday, October 8^th at 6:30 pm in Gordon Price’s Library – all are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!

Meet the Teacher/Open House Event: We are hosting a Meet the Teacher/Open House Event on Wednesday, October 9^th, 2024. Families are welcome to visit your child’s classroom and meet the school staff between 4:00-5:30 pm!

Pizza Days: Pizza sales will be taking place once again this year. Pizza pre-order forms for the time period of November 1 – December 20 will be coming home next week. Please note only pre-orders will be accepted – students will not be able to purchase pizza on individual Wednesdays.

Order form, payment and/or “School Cash Online” payment is due back on or before Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (please send exact amount if paying by cash, as no change can be given at the school). 

Thanks in advance for supporting our school fundraising initiatives!

Popcorn Tuesday: Back by popular demand – beginning on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, Kernels Popcorn will be sold during NB#2 outside the office for $2.50 a bag – exact change only will be accepted. Students will have 5 flavours to choose from: Butter Salt, White Cheddar, Dill Pickle, Salt & Vinegar and Ketchup. Popcorn will be delivered to the grade 1 and Kindergarten classes. All other students will be called down class by class to make their purchases. Popcorn Tuesdays will continue for the rest of the school year.

Sports Teams: Our students will be participating in HWDSB’s annual Cross-Country meet on Friday, October 10^th at Christie Conservation Area. We have 72 students attending – best of luck to all of our grades 3-8 runners! Volleyball practices and games are also taking place this month. Many thanks to our dedicated staff for taking the time to coach our various sports teams and provide our students with these valuable athletic opportunities!

Halloween Activities/Spirit Day: On Thursday, October 31st, Gordon Price School will be celebrating Halloween by providing an opportunity for students and staff to wear costumes. This is also a spirit day at Gordon Price where students who are not wearing costumes can choose to wear orange and black or their favourite colour instead. Throughout this day, various classrooms may also be engaging in some special activities, and our grades 6-8 students will also have the opportunity to attend a dance in our school gym.

Please note that:

 

• Students choosing to wear a costume should come to the school already wearing the costume and keep the costume on for the duration of the day. Please do not send costumes or make-up for students to apply at school. We do not have supervision or the facilities to assist with this. Students should come to school in costume if they are choosing to dress up.

 

• Student Costumes must be appropriate for school and must not include any weapons, must not impede vision, and must not contain any inappropriate images/offensive language, etc. NO weapons of any kind are to be sent to school (toy knives, guns, pitchforks, etc.).

 

• Masks can be worn to school as long as student’s visibility is not restricted. NO masks are to be worn outside for Nutrition Breaks, due to visibility concerns.

 

• Teachers will be communicating information around any further individual classroom celebrations during this day, with families.

 

• If you are sending in treats, please ensure they are NUT FREE!

 

• Halloween is one of our “special days” and treats do NOT need to conform to ministry guidelines. That said, nutritious treats are gladly accepted! Please let your child’s classroom teacher know if you do not want your child accepting shared treats/snacks.

Below is a list of questions to consider if choosing and wearing a costume:

• Is my costume making fun of a group of people, their culture, religion and/or belief systems?
• Does my costume reinforce jokes and stereotypes about certain groups, cultures, religions and/or belief systems?
• Am I altering my skin color, facial/body features to make it like a particular race, ethnicity, or cultural group?
• Am I dressing up as a culture or borrowing from a religion that is not my own or is not part of my background?

Thanks in advance for helping to make this special day exciting and safe for all students and staff! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school.