Welcome Back Holbrook Families!

Welcome back Holbrook families,

We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, September 3^rd and hope that you all had a wonderful summer break!

I am the new Principal, Mr. G. Carey and am looking forward to a wonderful 2024-25 school year and meeting all of you. I have been a Principal for 13 years throughout the HWDSB and a teacher for many years prior so I am excited to meet new students and families and to be a part of your community.

Please be mindful that our school parking lot has no parking or stopping so we will ask parents that are driving to enter the city park lot west of the school and walk your children over to the playground to meet their new teacher. For safety reasons we will not be allowing vehicles in the school parking lot unless they are staff.  A reminder that the parking closest to the school along the fence is reserved for staff so please park on the very west side.

Our school day begins at 8:45 am but we will have supervision on the playground from 8:30-8:45 am if you need to drop off and leave. A reminder that all SK students start school on Wednesday, September 4th.  Our Kindergarten team will be on the playground to meet everyone and assist with entry that day as Tuesday, September 3rd is set aside to meet our new JK students with scheduled visits. If you are the parent/guardian of a JK (First Year Kindergarten) student and did not receive a scheduled meeting time from one of our Kindergarten teachers to visit the school with your child on Tuesday, September 3rd please contact our school office at 905 385 5369.

We also ask that parents please avoid entering the school at playground or side entrances. If you need to enter please ring the buzzer at the front of the school and myself or Ms. Miles, ,our office administrator, will be happy to assist you. We ask this of parents and guardians to avoid interruptions to our staff while they are instructing and supervising large numbers of students.  Our staff will happily spend some time on the first few days talking with you at entry or dismissal. If you wish to speak with the office or your child’s teacher at another time please call us at 905 385 5369 and we can set up an appointment. Thank you.

We will have all of our staff outside to assist students with finding their class and teacher as well as where to line up to enter. Our day ends at 3:05 so please be sure to be on time to pick up students at the end of the day. We will have supervision on the playground from 3:05-3:20pm.

We are still finalizing our class sizes and staffing assignments so please stay tuned for updates that will be emailed to you and a reminder that we are unable at this time to make any class changes for students. More information will come out as we organize and finalize our staff and numbers through the month of September. A final reorganization of the school could occur at the end of this month however, if your child or children are impacted you will be notified.  I will include an updated list of the new staff that we are welcoming at Holbrook in the memo that I will send out next week as assignments are finalized. I will send a Holbrook Weekly Memo out each Sunday with details of the upcoming events and the week ahead so be sure to check your emails to stay updated.

Thank you and have a great long weekend!

Gord Carey

Principal

Holbrook Elementary School