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A reminder that there is no school this Friday, April 18 and next Monday, April 21 due to Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Please feel free to join us for our school council meeting on Tuesday, April 15th in the Library from 6-7pm. All parents/guardian are welcome!

Congratulations to all of our Learning Skills & Work Habit award recipients. Join me in celebrating all of the efforts our students and staff are putting into setting goals and working towards improving our learning skills and work habits at Holbrook. Hero is so proud of everyone!! Thank you to Mr. Maciel’s class. Ms. Maharaj’s gr 4 and 5 French classes and to Ms. Siebenga for their wonderful presentations at the assembly. We look forward to our Student Treasures book publishing and hearing about, A Day in the Life of Hero..!!

Thank you to our Healthy Action Team for their amazing performance a the assembly and for planning a number of school events for Earth Week – April 22nd – April 25th. Please review the list of Upcoming Events at Holrbook for Earth Week events happening at Holbrook the week of April 22nd.

A huge thank you to our school council team and all of those that purchased Cinnabon Coupons for our school fundraiser! A reminder that if you ordered Cinnabon certificates they will be delivered to us and ready  to use on Thursday,  April 17th !! Thank you for your support!

Tuesday, April 15th – 6-7pm – School Council Meeting in the Library

Wednesday, April 16th – Checkers – 1st NB – 10:45am  in the Library Gr 5 & 6

Thursday, April 17th – Gr 2 & 2/3 – Dundas Valley Trip & Cinnabon Coupons to be delivered and sent home – TCBY Yogurt for sale at 11:05am

Friday, April 18th – Good Friday – NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 21st – Easter Monday – NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, April 22nd – Earth Week Kick Off & – Pizza Day – 2nd Nutrition Break

Wednesday, April 23rd – 11:55 am – School Clean Up

Thursday, April 24th – 2:00 PM Earth Hour – Conserving Energy at School

Friday, April 25th – Litterless Lunch for both Nutrition Breaks & Popcorn for Sale 2nd NB – 1:25 pm

Please be sure to contact our school office at 905 385 5369 if you wish to add or remove an adult to your child’s pick up list or if your child has any medical conditions that we should be aware of.  If we do not have a contact on your child’s list we are unable to release the child unless we have your permission. This will ensure the safety and proper supervision of all students at all times. Thank you. 

Please be mindful that our school parking lot has no parking or stopping so we will ask parents that are dropping students off 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 and accessibility for our taxi cab / wheelchair drop offs 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.

Contact the school at 905 385 5369 if you have any question about Pizza orders, Yogurt or Popcorn Sales or updates regarding students. Thank you.

Ongoing Important Reminders: 

To avoid the spread of various illnesses throughout the school community please try to make arrangements to keep students that are sick out of school until they are well enough to return. We will continue to contact families to pick students up if students become sick while at school. Thank you!

Please review the importance of respectful behaviour throughout the school and in our school washrooms with your child or children as we have had some issues lately and this is an area that is unsupervised by staff. Our wonderful caretakers do an excellent job maintaining our school and keeping all areas clean and safe for us so we hope our students respect these spaces.

A reminder if your child is going to the park after-school, they aren’t allowed back in the building to use the washroom as no one is there to supervise them inside the school as the instructional day has ended.

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.

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. 

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.

Holbrook Fundraisers: 

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 “REGISTER” 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,

Mr. G. Carey, Principal

Holbrook Elementary School