WAVERLEY DRIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL
JANUARY NEWSLETTER
Principal’s Message
Happy New Year to all our families. Welcome
Back. We have had a bit of an unusual start
with a couple of no bus days and a school
closure day. It’s nice to be back into routine.
It has been a very busy term and I am looking
forward to a great year as we enter 2014.
The first term reports will be issued on
February 5th and I know that our students
are working hard to meet the high
expectations set out by our teaching staff.
Friday, January 17, is a Professional Activity
Day for our staff. The focus of the day is
assessment and evaluation. Please mark this
day on your family’s calendar as there is no
school for our students.
Please visit our school website
(http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/wav/) to keep
updated about all school activities. We are
working on getting an effective online sign up
for our newsletter. Last year’s sign up has
been discontinued. We hope to have the
electronic sign-up and running smoothly for
our February newsletter.
Principal
Blair Conrad
We are raising money to build a playground at
Waverley Drive! Every Tuesday students and staff
are encouraged to bring in a toonie to donate
towards our fundraising efforts. With this money
plus some corporate donations we are hoping to
have the money raised by the end of the spring
this year. Students can hand in their toonie each
Tuesday to the envelope in their homeroom.
Grade 8
Ottawa Trip
The next payment for the grade 8 trip to Ottawa
of $120 is due January 10th, 2014. Please join
us at Waverley on January 23 for our Parent
Information evening with Keating Tours.
Grade 9 Course Selections
Important dates for our grade 8 students
heading to high school in the fall:
Parent Information Night at College Heights is
January 15 at 6:30 to 8:00pm
Parent Information Night at JF Ross is January
16 at 7:00 to 9:00pm
WAVERLEY DRIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL
JANUARY NEWSLETTER
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION:
Kindergarten registration will take place
from February 3- February 7, 2014.
Eligible students for the Junior
Kindergarten program must be four years
of age on or before December 31, 2014 and
students must be five years of age on or
before December 31, 2014 to register for
senior Kindergarten. Please feel free to
contact our school for further information.
If you know families with children born in
2009 or 2010, please encourage them to
register. We need to know kindergarten
numbers in order to effectively assign
teachers to classrooms for the following
September.
Buses Cancelled
Inclement Weather Procedure
If your child usually walks to school and school
buses/taxis are cancelled, please call the school
if your child will not be attending school on
that particular day.
If your child takes a school bus/taxi to school,
please do not call if your child stays home
when buses/taxis are cancelled due to the
weather conditions.
Cold Weather Is Here
It is extremely important that our students
dress appropriately for the winter. This
includes warm coats, hats, mitts or gloves,
scarves, and perhaps snow pants. All students
are expected to participate in school activities,
including joining their classmates outside at
recess and noon hours. Even when a student has
a cold, it is healthy to get fresh air and
exercise. When the weather is extreme we hold
an indoor recess. From time to time, we receive
notes asking that students remain indoors for
recess. We feel that if a student is healthy
enough to attend school, she or he should take
part in outdoor recess.
Coughs,Colds,Sore Stomachs and
More!
Children who do not feel well do not learn well.
If your child is feeling sick, please keep
him/her at home for the day. We do not have
the facilities nor the staff available to
supervise children too ill to go outdoors at
recess times. If your child becomes sick at
school, we will make every attempt to contact
you at home or work. Please keep us informed if
your home/business/cell/emergency contact
telephone numbers change.