Highview

Joy Day !
2023-01-26
Today we will be celebrating Joy Day at Highview. Please wear something or bring something small to school that brings you joy. Please do not bring real pets, but a photo would be great! Looking to share the joy today!

Senior boys basketball game at Bellemoore
2023-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)

Senior girls basketball game at Gatestone
2023-01-26 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-08 16:00 - 17:00

Professional Activity (PA) Day, no school for students
2023-01-27, 2023-03-03

Senior girls basketball game vs Ray Lewis
2023-01-31 16:00 - 17:00

Senior boys basketball game vs Ray Lewis
2023-01-31 17:00 - 18:00

Walk & Roll to School Day
2023-02-01

School Cash Online pizza orders closes Feb 2nd
2023-02-01 08:00 - 17:00

Senior girls basketball game vs Lawfield
2023-02-02 15:45 - 17:00

Joy Day
2023-02-03
Due to our snow day on the January 26th, JOY DAY has been re-scheduled to today!
Please wear something or bring something small to school that brings you joy. Please do not bring real pets, but a photo would be great! Looking to share the joy today!

Senior girls basketball game vs Gatestone
2023-02-07 16:00 - 17:00

Senior boys basketball game vs Gatestone
2023-02-07 17:00 - 18:00

Senior boys basketball game at Bellmoore
2023-02-08 16:00 - 17:00

Pizza Day
2023-02-14
All students who ordered pizza will receive their orders at second nutrition break.
Thank you to our School Council volunteers for organizing and delivering!

Dental screening Grades JK, SK, Grade 1
2023-02-14
The Community Dental team from Hamilton Public Health Services will resume school dental screening this school year, after being on hold since March 2020. The dental team will be visiting the school to carry out the Ministry of Health (MOH) Oral Screening Program in grades JK, SK, and 1.
To carry out the dental screening, a Registered Dental Hygienist will use a separate sterilized mirror to look in the mouth of each child. It takes about 30 seconds per child.
Please send a note to the school if:
· You have a child in other grades that you would like to be seen, or,
· If you want your child excluded from the dental screening
Your child will be sent home with a sealed brochure marked confidential with their dental screening results. Public Health Services offers dental programs and preventive services for children needing financial assistance. For more information please visit Children’s Dental Health | City of Hamilton

Dental screening Grades 2, 7 and 8
2023-02-15
The Community Dental team from Hamilton Public Health Services will resume school dental screening this school year, after being on hold since March 2020. The dental team will be visiting the school to carry out the Ministry of Health (MOH) Oral Screening Program in grades 2, 7 and 8.
To carry out the dental screening, a Registered Dental Hygienist will use a separate sterilized mirror to look in the mouth of each child. It takes about 30 seconds per child.
Please send a note to the school if:
· You have a child in other grades that you would like to be seen, or,
· If you want your child excluded from the dental screening
Your child will be sent home with a sealed brochure marked confidential with their dental screening results. Public Health Services offers dental programs and preventive services for children needing financial assistance. For more information please visit Children’s Dental Health | City of Hamilton

SK vision screening clinic
2023-02-15
McMaster Pediatric Eye Research Group, on behalf of the City of Hamilton, will be at your child’s school to carry out the Child Visual Health and Vision Screening Protocol, 2018 as mandated by the Ministry of Health (MOH). The screening will include all students in Kindergarten year two (Senior Kindergarten). The visual health information collected will be used to identify children who may have risk factors for vision disorders. This information is collected as required by the Child Visual Health and Vision Screening Protocol, 2018, under the authority of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, RSO 1990.
To conduct the vision screening, a trained screener will use three separate vision tests, as required by the MOH. These tests are non-invasive. They include:
• Vision chart(child identifies a letter on flip chart),
• 3D vision test (child identifies which picture is further forward in book), and
• Handheld device that automatically checks for near or far-sightedness.
2022 Vision screening Pre-screening notification letter

School Council meeting
2023-02-15 18:15 - 19:30

Term 1 Report Cards sent home
2023-02-17

Pajama Day
2023-02-17

Commencement photos
2023-02-17 08:00 - 17:00
commencement photo flyer
Commencement photos will be taken for students who missed the first date on Monday January 23rd

Family Day holiday
2023-02-20

Pink Shirt Day
2023-02-22
Pink Shirt or Anti-Bullying Day is recognized annually in communities across Canada. Individuals in schools and workplaces come together by wearing pink shirts to show
they are against bullying. The focus for Pink Shirt Day 2023 is “Lift Each Other Up”. “Today our diversity is becoming more visible than ever as people continue to embrace
their cultures, identities, and true selves in more open and direct ways; making the need to Lift Each Other Up and have greater acceptance, respect, and inclusion for everyone
so important. There are many ways we can help and connect with people who have been impacted by bullying. Let’s Lift Each Other Up this Pink Shirt Day and all year.
The idea comes from two incredible Nova Scotia high school students in 2007. When a fellow student was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt, they decided to take a stand.
They went out and bought pink shirts to give to fellow students to show their support for a boy who was being bullied simply for wearing a pink shirt.
International Day of Pink focuses more specifically on homophobic and transphobic bullying. In April, HWDSB will also come together to recognize the International Day of Pink in solidarity and support of our Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ communities.

French Immersion (FI) program location offered to families
2023-02-24 16:00
French as a Second Language | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (hwdsb.on.ca)

Great Big Crunch
2023-03-09
The Great Big Crunch, an annual event started by FoodShare Toronto in 2008, is a national movement in which students, teachers, parents, and anyone else passionate about food, crunch into apples (or any crunchy fruit/vegetable) together in support of a universal school food program.
Please consider supporting Hamilton nutrition programs with a $2.00 donation. Cash can be sent to school with your child(ren) on Thursday March 9th.
Thank you and Healthy Eating!

Last day of school before Spring Break
2023-03-10

Beach Day
2023-03-10

Deadline from French Immersion (FI) program acceptance and registration
2023-03-10 16:00
