EPE Updates

Dear Families,

We wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to everyone for their support during what has been an extremely challenging week at the school. A school is very much a family, and when we lose one of our own it can have an impact on the whole building. Thank you to all those who sent in messages of support, and have reached out.

We also wanted to take a moment to thank NL Schools for their amazing support this week. Additional resources were placed in the school to help with any counselling needs, and to offer staff and students support as needed. Their responsiveness and understanding were truly appreciated.

Some families have reached out to ask how they can support Jake's family at this time. Please know that this is also at the forefront of our mind, and we will be in touch with further information.

Alun, Gail & The Team @ EPE

• Monday, November 11th - Remembrance Day Holiday (School Closed)

• Friday, November 22nd - School Closed for Report Card Writing Day
• Friday, November 29th - Jersey Day
• Tuesday, December 3rd - Term 1 Report Cards Released
  
• Thursday, December 5th - Family Teacher Interviews Term 1
• Thursday, December 12th - Christmas Concert
• Friday, December 20th - Last Day before Christmas Holidays (Dismissal at 12:30)
• December 21-January 5 - Christmas Break

We wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to our Grade 5 students, teachers, and to Ms. Lane Gardner for their fantastic work today on our Remembrance day assembly. It is so important that we take the time each year to honour those who sacrificed to provide us with the wonderful freedoms and opportunities we have today.

To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.ca or create an account using your student's student ID number.

Paper proofs will also be sent to your home in the near future.

All families can also log on and order a FREE digital Pictures2Protect Card.

More about the Pictures2Protect program here.

Thank you!

To view the proofs parents need to visit the website and follow the instructions below. It is important to note that some cell phones will not work. Attached is a screenshot for your reference.

• Visit lifetouch.ca
• Create an account
• Click the student ID and tab
• Enter the School, City, Province (School City is Paradise)
• Select School Name from drop down menu
• Then Enter the Students First and Last Name, Student ID (This can be found on Rycor, or student bus portal)

Our Fall Literacy Newsletter can be found at the link below. A huge thank you to our amazing Reading Specialist, Ms. Rowsell, and our Speech Language Pathologist, Ms. Angi for their hard work on it. Lots of great advice and ideas are contained within!

On Friday, November 29th, Elizabeth Park Elementary is pleased to promote “Sport/Jersey Day”. It is our intention to educate our students on the significance of physical activity. It is a day to show our love and support for sport by wearing a jersey, shirt, hat, team or club uniform etc to school.

This is an event that celebrates love, sport and community!!

On Jersey Day students and staff are invited to show their support by doing either of the following:

• Wearing their favourite sport jersey, shirt, hat, uniform etc.

• Wearing clothing showing the type of physical activity that your child may feel proud of.

• Or wearing our school colors (blue and yellow) to celebrate our EPE school teams/ community.

We are so excited to reopen our Clothing Store with Universal Corporate Wear once more before Christmas. The store will open on the 14th November and will close on the 21st November. Feel free to order your goods at the link below.

NLSchools strives to create and promote a safe and caring learning environment for all students

and staff. All parents, guardians, families and partners play a pivotal role in achieving that goal.

As outlined in the Safe and Caring Schools Policy, parent responsibilities related to maintaining

a safe and caring school environment include (but are not limited to):

● Modelling positive social behaviours, both in person and online;

● Practicing positive social interactions both in person and online; and,

● Engaging in positive, nonviolent, conflict resolution.

Please be aware that we do have a small supply of last year's 2023-2024 school Yearbooks. these are available at the office for $20 per yearbook. please let Ms. Engram or Ms. Frost know if you need a copy.

Education Accord NL is working toward a 10-year education transformation and wants to hear from you to improve educational experiences and outcomes in our province.

Please take 15 - 20 minutes and share your thoughts by completing the Education Accord NL online survey at educationaccordnl.ca/survey. All responses from the survey are anonymous.

We are looking for feedback from educators, educational support staff, administration, parents, caregivers, community members, and students who are 15 years of age or older.

Visit our website for more information educationaccordnl.ca

Calendar
The 7 day Calendar for 2024 - 2024 is available here:
https://epe.nlesd.ca/school-calendar

Please be aware that we have severe allergies to the following products at the school:

• Nuts, Tree Nuts, Peanuts (please do not bring Wowbutter or similar products either)

• Sesame Seeds (often found in burger buns or hummus)

• Fish, Shellfish

• Visible Egg (often found in Breakfast Sandwiches)