Mary Hopkins News – Nov 14

Important Dates

Nov 18 – French Immersion Information Session (SK Students)
Nov 19 – Progress Reports Sent Home
Nov 20 – Spirit Wear Orders Due
Nov 21 – Last Day for Scholastic Virtual Book Fair Orders
Nov 23 – Lockdown Drill #1
Nov 22 – 26 – Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
Nov 26 – PA Day – No school for students. Staff engaged in professional development
Nov 29 – French Immersion Applications Open

French Immersion – Virtual Information Night – Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Join via MS Teams at https://hwdsb.info/FI-infonight  

Families of Senior Kindergarten students interested in applying for French Immersion are invited to join a virtual information session on MS Teams.  More information can be found by visiting the French Immersion page at www.hwdsb.on.ca/fi, or reviewing the following material 2021 Digital FI Booklet , 2021 French Immersion Flyer

Spirit Wear – We are happy to announce we will be offering school Spirit Wear for sale…just in time for your holiday shopping.  Details can be found in our letter to families (Spirit Wear Letter ).  For free shipping to the school, be sure to read the highlighted and bolded instructions on the Spirit Wear store site. 

The Spirit Wear store will be open from November 11 – 20th. Follow the link to Spirit Wear Store:
https://westendsportshamilton.ca/store/Mary-Hopkins-Hawks-Spirit-Wear-c122693782

Scholastic Book Fair – It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair has begun! Our very own shopping site is now open from November 8 – 21! Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us! https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163731 Share this link with grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home. Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn rewards that can be redeemed for books for our school. Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!

Nut-Safe School – A reminder that Mary Hopkins is a nut-safe school.  Parents are asked to pack a lunch free of nuts and nut products to assure the safety of our students with anaphylactic allergies to nuts.  For those older students who may be packing their own lunch, we ask parents to remind them as well.

Inclement Weather – Although the weather has been mild to date, we wanted to send a reminder regarding the HWDSB severe weather policies.  School boards have varied policies on cancellations.  The HWDSB Rule is Severe weather + Bus cancellation = No school. When HWDSB cancels busing due to inclement weather, we have deemed the roads unsafe and this triggers the closure of schools.  To better understand HWDSB’s severe weather policy please refer to the following handout. Severe-Weather-Handout-for-Schools-2020.pdf (hwdsb.on.ca) or visit our HWDSB Severe Weather page. Severe Weather | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (hwdsb.on.ca)