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Drayton Heights Public School
75 Wellington St S, Box 40
Drayton, ON, N0G 1P0
519-638-3067
Mr. Jeff Crawford
Principal Ext. 223
Mrs. Linda Turton
Office Coordinator Ext. 221
Book Fair
Important Dates:
March 4-9
Book Fair
11
Sports Jersey Day
14-18 March Break
22
OPP vs. Student Volleyball Game
25-28 Easter Holiday
April
15
EmpoWErment DAY
School Climate Survey
Every two years, our board
endeavours to survey our school
communities, to gain input about the
climate within our schools. The more
input we receive, the better we are
able to plan for improvement. We
will be asking our students, staff, and
parents to all complete this online
survey at your earliest convenience,
so that we can have your input for
our results. The link for the survey
for Drayton Heights is;
https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe6/fo
rm/SV_87VAOCZ4TdwN52Z
Your participation with this is
valued and appreciated !
Drayton Heights will be hosting a
Scholastic Book Fair this month!
From Friday, March 4, until
Wednesday, March 9, students will
be able to purchase new books
during recesses. This fundraiser is a
great way to promote reading, and it
also helps to provide our library with
new reading material. This is a
perfect time to pick up some new
books
to
read
over
March
Break! Help support our library and
a love for reading.
Visitors to the School
To ensure the safety of our students,
we ask that all visitors to our school
sign in at the office with Mrs.
Turton. Throughout the school day,
all doors to the school, with the
exception of the front doors, will be
locked in order to better control
access to our building.
Should you wish to meet with your
child’s teacher, we ask that you
please
arrange
a
mutually
convenient time to do so. If you are
March 2016 Newsletter
picking up your child at the end of
the school day, we ask that you
please wait for your child outside
the school for the 3:20 pm dismissal
bell. This will enable us to get
students to their proper bus and
dismissal locations.
Arrival and Departure
Routines
If there is going to be a change to
your child’s arrival and/or departure
routines, we ask that you please
have a note sent to the office to
indicate this change at the start of
the day. Without a note from a
parent/guardian, we will insist that
a student adhere to their regular
routines at these times, so that we
can ensure the safety and wellbeing of the student.
Lunch and Snack Routines
Due to anaphylactic allergies within
our school, students are not
permitted to bring in snacks to share
with others within the school.
Students are to eat only those items
sent from home for their lunches or
snacks. Thank you for your support
of this school routine.
Inclement Weather Update
The school board has new
information on its website regarding
inclement weather. This document
contains important information on
school bus cancellations, school
closures due to severe weather and
extreme cold temperatures.
You can read the full document at
www.ugdsb.on.ca/inclementweather
The
document
also
contains
information on the risks of frostbite in
extreme cold temperatures. Frostbite
can happen within minutes of skin
being exposed to extreme cold
temperatures. Please ensure your
children are dressed properly for
frigid temperatures.
Additionally, parents and guardians
should be aware that adult crossing
guards are employed by the
municipality. As such, municipal
crossing guards may not be
providing service during extreme
weather conditions. Please refer to
the document on the board website
for
information
about
the
municipality’s policy on crossing
guards.
UGDSB invites parents to learn
about classroom technology at
“Digital Saturday”
The Upper Grand District School
Board is hosting an open house
featuring displays and workshops on
how students are using technology
to learn. “Digital Saturday” takes
place on March 5, 2016, from 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. at Westminster Woods
Public School in Guelph.
“In the last few years there has been
exponential growth in the use of
technological tools and resources in
Upper Grand schools,” said Brent
McDonald,
Superintendent
of
Education
responsible
for
Information Technology. “Students
don’t stop using what they’re
learning as soon as the bell rings at
the end of the day. A good number
of these resources are available
24/7, so they’re used at home and
school.”
A presentation on technology in the
classroom to the board’s Parent
Involvement Committee was the
inspiration for the idea of hosting a
technology open house for all
parents.
“We thought a Saturday morning
would be the best time for both
parents to come out and see what
we’re
doing,”
said
McDonald.
“Students can come too.”
Digital
Saturday
will
be
an
opportunity to explore and learn
about:
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New technologies in the
classroom like Chromebooks,
UGCloud
Assistive
technologies
to
support all learners including
Kurzweil and Read&Write for
Google
Robotics and coding and virtual
reality
in
the
classroom
demonstrations

Online digital resources for
assisting student learning such
as UG2GO, UGCloud and
Homework Help
There will be lots of opportunities for
interaction and co-learning. Older
children (8 and up) may find the
display
tables
and
workshops
informative and engaging.
We hope to see you there as
partners in education!
Event details:
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DATE: Saturday March 5, 2016
TIME: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Open house closes at 12 p.m.
LOCATION: Westminster
Woods Public School, 140
Goodwin Drive, Guelph
For
more
information:
Heather Loney, Communications and
Community
Engagement
Officer
519-822-4420
ext.725
heather.loney@ugdsb.on.ca
Upper Grand District School
Board: Request for Consent
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
(CASL) came into force on July 1,
2014. As a result, the Upper Grand
District School Board, would like to
ensure that we have your consent to
receive newsletters, school and
Board updates, announcements,
event invitations, and other electronic
messages which may contain
advertising or promotions regarding
school fundraisers, field trips, the
sale of yearbooks, student pictures,
uniforms, books, prom or dance
tickets, or similar events and offers.
If you wish to receive the above
communications from us, please
visit
our
CASL
registration
website at:
www.ugdsb.on.ca/CASL
By registering your email on this
webpage you will receive electronic
communication from the school
which may or may not contain
commercial electronic messages as
described above. If consent is not
provided, you will not receive
electronic messages containing
commercial content and may find
it more difficult to be aware of the
activities that take place in school,
and which your child may have an
interest in participating.
http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/community/a
rticle.aspx?id=3546
Feedback welcome on draft
policies
For
additional
information
on
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation you
may visit our board’s website at
www.ugdsb.on.ca.
The Upper Grand District School
Board is welcoming public input on
draft policies. Currently under review
are Equity and Inclusive Education
(#504) and Alcohol and Drugs
(#513). You are invited to review the
draft documents and submit online
feedback at www.ugdsb.on.ca/policy.
The deadline for public input is April
13, 2016. Persons without internet
access may call 1-800-321-4025 ext.
723 to request a printed copy of the
draft documents.
Do you know an Everyday
Hero?
Engaging Your Child in
Mathematics At Home!
Please nominate someone in your
school community – an individual or
a group - whose actions and efforts
foster the development of a positive
learning and working environment.
Deadline for nominations is Thursday
April 14, 2016. For more information,
visit the board website:
As parents we have the wonderful
opportunity and responsibility for
nurturing
our
children’s
growth. Parents play a key role in
the
physical,
emotional,
and
intellectual development of their
child. As parents we can usually find
time to read a story to our children,
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thereby instilling a love of literature,
but we are often at a loss as to how
to instill a love and appreciation for
mathematics.
Like reading, mathematics is a
subject that is indeed necessary for
functioning adequately in society.
More than that, mathematics is a
subject that should be more
enjoyable than it is perceived to be.
Parents’
attitudes
towards
mathematics has an impact on their
children’s attitudes. Children whose
parents show an interest in and
enthusiasm for mathematics around
the home will be more likely to
develop that enthusiasm themselves.
Math Activities in the Home
If you have dice, playing cards, and a
bit of time….oh the “number sense”
fun you can have.
1. Work on Place Value-use a
grade appropriate number of
dice and use the numbers
rolled as digits to “make the
biggest number you can, make
the smallest number you can,
make a number close to 100”
etc.
2. Work on Number Sense-use 2
die
to
add
numbers
together….to make it harder,
you can use the 2 die to
subtract, and multiply.
3. War-Use a deck of cards to
compare
numbers.
Each
person flips their cards at the
same time, the person with the
higher number gets both cards.
4. What’s my number? Someone
holds a card on their forehead
and asks the other person
questions to try to guess their
number (for example, is it
greater than 5, is it odd or
even).
Give it a go and have fun building
number sense fluency together.
Partnering for Bright Futures
Scholarship Program
A new scholarship is hoping to help
families save for their child's
education through a shared savings
program.
Family Counselling and Support
Services for Guelph / Wellington has
launched a scholarship pilot program
for low to modest income families in
Guelph and Wellington County. If
accepted to the program, families are
asked to save a minimum of $56 per
month for 6 months for a total of
$336 per year to a Registered
Education Savings Plan (RESP).
The scholarship donor will double the
contribution by providing up to $667
per year for up to three years. The
family will also receive government
contributions to the RESP as defined
by the Canada Learning Bond and/or
Canada Education Savings Grant.
To be eligible for the scholarship
program children must be born in
2004 or later and be a resident of
Guelph / Wellington. The family's
gross income must be less than
$50,000 per year, and families must
make the required contributions to a
RESP.
For more information on the
scholarship, and to learn more about
eligibility criteria, please email Diane
Vert at Family Counselling and
Support Services, at;
DianeVert@familyserviceguelph.on.ca .