Winona News – June 22

Upcoming Events at Winona

Jun 23 – Gr. 8 Commencement Rehearsal
Jun 23 – Toonie for Tooning Workshop (Gr. 2)
Jun 24 – Gr. 5-6 to Winona Park
Jun 24 – Grade 8 Commencement (5pm)
Jun 25 – Gr. 3 Field Trip
Jun 25 – Reports Sent Home
Jun 26 – Last Day of School
Jun 30 – School Office Closes for Summer

A big thank you to our School Council and volunteers for putting on an amazing end of year celebration last week.  We had a huge turn out and it was lovely to see everyone was enjoying themselves.  With your support, this event raised almost $3000, which has been allocated to support updating our aging classroom technology.  Thank you families.

As we approach the end of the 2024/2025 school year, a big thank you to the Winona community.  Your support, active participation, and dedication has helped to make this year a great year. We hope that everyone has a moment to relax, recharge, and enjoy some time with friends and family. Looking ahead, we eagerly anticipate welcoming everyone back in September. Until then, stay safe and embrace warm weather activities and summer fun.

Staffing Updates
Congratulations to Vice Principal Belal Ahmed who will be moving to Richard Beasley School as Principal in September. His leadership, dedication and kindness has positively impacted on our school community. He will be greatly missed at Winona.

Goodbye and best of luck to Mrs. Shevchenko who will be moving to new assignments in September. The staff and students at Winona will miss her.

Welcome to our new Vice Principal Suzanne Caetano-Pavão. Mrs. Caetano-Pavao will be visiting this week to get to know our school and looks forward to joining the Winona community in fall.

Looking Ahead to September

Bell Times – Bell Times for the 2025-2026 school year remain unchanged and are as follows:

8:25 am – School Yard Supervision Begins/Busses Unload/Kiss & Drop Lanes Open
8:40 am – Bell Rings – Student Entry
3:00 pm – Bell Rings – Student Dismissal

August 25

School Re-opens to staff.

Class assignments communicated through the ParentPortal

September 2

Grade 1-8 Students – First Day of Classes
JK & SK Students – No Classes
New Kindergarten Students are invited in for a short school visit with a caregiver. Classroom educators will be reaching out with details of your visit.

September 3

All JK and SK Students – First Day of Classes