Holbrook Weekly Update – Oct 7-11,2024

Holbrook Families,

A reminder that our Meet The Teacher night is this Thursday, October 10th from 4:30-6:00 PM. Please come and meet our staff, tour the school and enjoy pizza, popcorn, lollipops and juice boxes or water. We will be selling cheese pizza slices for $2.00 each, popcorn for $2.50 – Butter Salt, White Cheddar, Dill Pickle, Sweet & Salty flavours, lollipops for $1.00 and juice boxes and bottles of water for $1.00 each, CASH ONLY PLEASE! We look forward to seeing many of you there!

A reminder that pizza day is this Tuesday (orders were due last week) and popcorn day is this Friday, Oct 11th (same flavours as mentioned above for $2.50)

Holbrook Photo Day is this Friday starting at 9:00am. See the flyer that was sent home to place your orders or call the school at 905 385 5369 if you have any questions. There will be a photo retake day scheduled later in the year for those that are absent on Friday. 

UPCOMING EVENTS AT HOLBROOK:

Tuesday, Ocotber 8th – Pizza Day – delivered to students 2nd Nutrition Break 

Thursday, October 10th – Meet the Teacher Night – 4:30-6:00pm

Friday, October 11th – Photo Day for all Holbrook students  & Popcorn Day ($2.50 per bag – Butter Salt, White Cheddar, Dill Pickle, Sweet & Salty flavours- cash only)

Monday, October 13th – Thanksgiving Holiday – NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, October 15th – Pizza Day – delivered to students during 2nd Nutrition Break 

Thank you to all of the parents/guardians that came out to our school council meeting last month. To view the School Council Members go to the School Council Tab on our website where all members, meeting dates/times and minutes are posted. Stay tuned for information being sent out our Holbrook Apple Fundraiser planned by our school council. Details coming soon !

A reminder that due to several allergies and medical conditions Holbrook is a Scent-Friendly environment. Please remind students that they should not be bringing scented colognes and perfumes  to school and we respectfully, ask that students not apply these before coming to school. Thank you.

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. 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 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.

Please be sure to let your child’s teacher know if your child has any medical conditions or if they require any type of medication (puffers, epi pens, etc.) while at school. We have medical forms and plan of care forms that we will send home that need to be filled out and signed by the physician treating the child and the parent / guardian as we are unable to administer any medication ( this includes over the counter medications – tylenol, topical creams, cough/cold etc.) without a completed medical form and the appropriate signatures. Contact our school office at 905 385-5369 if you have any questions about medical forms or using the parent portal.

A reminder that if any of your contact information has changed (phone, email, address) or you need to add or delete those that can pick up your children or emergency contacts please let the office know as soon as possible as this ensures that we can quickly and accurately access contacts when necessary.

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. Pease be sure to register for our school website by visiting : www.hwdsb.on.ca/holbrook/ and click on the “Subscribe”tab at the top of the page to complete the registration process as you will receive notifications when any new posts are added to the school website.

Thank you,

Have a great week!

Mr. G. Carey, Principal

Holbrook Elementary School