St. Andrews Junior High News

Halloween Bake Sale

The Halloween Bake Sale was a big success. Thank you to all of our bakers and buyers! Thank you also to Mable Chan for organizing this event.

Pizza Lunch

Thursday, November 12

Just a reminder that our first pizza lunch is coming up on Thursday, November 12. Avoid that Lunchbag Letdown–make sure you send in your order form by this Monday, November 2. You can download the Pizza Lunch Order Form here.

Homework Hassles Speaker – Next week

Monday, November 9th

Is your child’s homework getting you down? Wondering how to get them motivated or how much you should get involved? Parenting Coach Cari Kozierok will be presenting Seven Steps to End Homework Hassles for St. Andrew’s parents to help you figure out the answers to these questions and more. See details in the
attached flyer.

Join us on Monday, November 9th at 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Library for this timely presentation, which will be followed by a brief Parent Council meeting.

Chapters Event

Monday, November 23rd

Hold that date!! Monday, November 23rd at 6:30pm marks the event of the year — St. Andrew’s annual Chapters fundraiser! St. Andrew’s takes over the Chapters at Bayview Village for the evening and 10% of all sales will go directly to our school. It’s a great opportunity to buy all your holiday gifts and gift cards! Stay tuned for more information on our great raffle prizes, our Librarian’s Picks Table and our live entertainment!

The Power of Partnerships Conference

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The TDSB is presenting the 3rd Annual Parent Involvement Makes a Difference: The Power of Partnerships Conference on Saturday, November 14 from 9am-4pm at Earl Haig Secondary School. The conference is for all parents and is free. There are many workshops available to attend such as: Talking Teens; Making the Transitions; School Lockdowns; Bullying; Encouraging the Love of Learning at Home; and many more. Full details on the conference are available here.

Halloween is just around the corner… a time for all of our ghosts and goblins to enjoy the spirit of the day by dressing up and having fun.

At St. Andrew’s, the parent council has once again organized a fabulous bake sale for staff and students…tons of yummy treats on sale at very reasonable prices.

One of the events that students look forward to is the Halloween dance. It’s our first dance of the year and it takes place during period 6 and 7 (approximately 1:30 – 3:11 pm) on Friday, October 30, 2009. Students are afforded an opportunity to attend the dance or to stay in their regularly scheduled classes. All students must make a choice as to what they would prefer to do and will not be allowed to change their minds on the day of the dance. Tickets have been on sale in the lobby outside of the cafeteria since last week during both lunches at a cost of $4.00 per ticket.

In order for the dance and the afternoon to run smoothly, it is extremely important that parents recognize that this is a regular school day, with regular attendance expected and with options available. One of the options that is not available is for students to ask to call home because they would prefer not to be at school in the afternoon. We ask for your support throughout this process as a number of staff and students have put forth a strong effort to organize the event. Your willingness to allow your child to choose not to attend places a great deal of strain and stress on the office staff.

It is bound to be a tremendous celebration and a ton of fun. I know that I am looking forward to seeing the costumes…mine will remain a secret until the day of the event! If your child has an appointment or something of that nature during the afternoon of the dance, please ensure that he/she hands a signed note from you, the parent/guardian, to the home room teacher first thing in the morning on Friday October 30th. Thank you for your understanding.

Have a safe and spooky Halloween.

Just a reminder that our Halloween Bake Sale is coming up this Friday, October 30th! Please send in nut-free candy by Monday morning for our Halloween raffle, and nut-free baking by Friday morning for our bake sale! All the details are attached.

Our first pizza lunch is coming up soon! Take the day off from making lunch for your child on Thursday, November 12th and let them have two piping hot slices of pizza, a drink and dessert instead! Order forms have been sent home, but just in case your child did not come home with the Pizza Lunch Order Form, you can print it off and send it in to the school by Monday, November 2nd.

Please read the attached update about actions we’re taking to prepare for H1N1 – the new flu virus that is circulating in the community.

Our popular Halloween Bake Sale is coming up on Friday, October 30th! This is one of our most popular events at the school. It’s a nice treat for the kids (and teachers!) at lunchtime and everyone can buy raffle tickets for Halloween prizes.

This bake sale will be sponsored by the grade 7’s, so we are asking all grade 7’s to bring in nut-free baking on October 30th. We are also asking for nut-free Halloween candy donations so we can make up gift baskets for our raffle at the Bake Sale.

Please bring in all candy donations to the office by Friday morning, October 23rd. Your child will be coming home with all the details this week. If you’re interested in helping out on October 30th, please e-mail Leslie Routhier at leslie@routhier.ca

We had another great year for our magazine fundraiser. St. Andrew’s students and families sold almost $15,000 in magazine subscriptions!

Congratulations to all of our students for helping to raise money for school programs and extra equipment. Many thanks to our parent volunteers, Alice Cokeng, Allison Burton and Susan Gong. Thank you also to the student Class Reps, the Office staff and Ms. Dubeau for all of their help. A special thank you to Cathy Poole for organizing and coordinating this year’s program.

Here’s all the info you’ve been waiting for on St. Andrew’s cafeteria food! This table shows all the cafeteria menu offerings for each day of the week. The Healthy Active Living Education (HALE) committee has been working hard with the cafeteria staff over the past year to make our lunch offerings more healthful and nutritious. In addition to more fruit, yogurt and salads etc, please note that there are NO fries sold on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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Our School Trustee, Gerri Gershon, is hosting a ward forum meeting open to all parents on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00pm at Northlea Elementary & Middle School.

The meeting will present reports by School Superintendents Johanne Messner and Kathleen Meighan, a Trustee report by Gerri Gershon as well as offer discussion opportunities with Principals making presentations on split classes, EQAO testing and class reorganization.

All parents are welcome – this is your chance to hear the TDSB news and ask all the questions you want! The full agenda is attached.

• Oct. 13: TTC Photos
• Oct. 14-16: Bark Lake Trip – Band
• Oct. 21: Student Government Assembly
• Oct. 26-28: Bark Lake Trip – Strings
• Oct. 30:
  • Halloween – Bake Sale
  • Halloween Dance

A highlight of Halloween is always the school dance. Once again, our dance will take place on Friday, October 30 in the afternoon. Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the occasion – nothing too revealing and nothing inappropriate (all fake weapons etc. should be left at home).

Have a fun and safe Halloween!