Beatrice Strong PS

The annual Holiday Bazaar is beginning today until December 11th. Students love this opportunity to shop on their own for gifts for family members!

Parent/Guardian(s) thank you for all your generous donations! We are in desperate need of reusable shopping bags, so our students can shop. Please send them with your child, or drop off to the office Monday.

Thank you for your support with this!

https://kprdsb.schoolcashonline.com/

You asked and we did it! We have created a BSPS Catalogue for our Spirit Wear. Please visit school cash online to see previous and NEW items available. We have added some pretty awesome items and more colour options! These items are now available and will close early this week in an attempt to be delivered before Christmas. We CANNOT guarantee it, but will try our BEST.

If you have any questions about the clothing, please email Jenn Davey at jennifer_davey@kprdsb.ca

Parents/Guardians,

Our students will be watching a movie December 20th. Please review the list of movies here. Students will be selecting their own movie to watch. If there is a movie you do not want your child to watch, please send a message to your child's teacher and we will ensure they view a different movie.

Movie Titles:

Christmas Chronicles, Santa Claus(e) 2, The Grinch (Jim Carrey), The Grinch (Animated Version), Naughty Nine, Noelle, The Polar Express, Home Alone 2 (Gr. 3-6), Rise of the Guardians,

Cars

Our students will be performing at both Concerts 9:30 and 12:00. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend, but please come to just one of the performances, due to space limitations in our Auditorium!

Hot Chocolate and a treat will be available for parents/guardians at the end of the concert...so we encourage you to stay until the end out of courtesy to our hard-working performers.

9:30 Performance, we welcome parents/guardians of students in the following classes:

Mrs. Davey/Campese, Mrs. LeMarchant/Roy/Paradis, Mrs. Rice/Bouwmeester, Mr. Sallie, Mrs. Stark, Mrs. Rivard, and Ms. Crain

12:00 Performance, we welcome parents/guardians of students in the following classes:

Mrs. van den Broek, Mr. Lanzo, Mrs. Redwood, Mr. Stark, Mr. Baki, Ms. Harris, and Mrs. McNab

Here is a link to December's Indigenous Education Focus:

https://sites.google.com/kprdsb.ca/passporttoreconciliation/site-map/truth-and-reconciliation/passport-to-reconciliation/music?authuser=0

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XgqUGcwIitgwcYkaRmPJ0yIHAxuv8DE06XSdUNpbjGo/edit?usp=sharing

Simply click on this Link to get started!

https://kprdsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/4/100/false/true?school=575&initiative=3

Our school is in need of some Playground upgrades! We would love to replace the pea gravel in the Kindergarten Yard with safer EWF (engineered wood fibre), and also add a Funnel Ball hoop to our Primary Yard. We would also love to re-paint the designs on our pavement areas. School Council is supporting us with this initiative. We have added a Link to SCO (school cash online) whereby families, community members, and staff, can make donations to this great cause! Above, is a link which will be open all year round.

When you donate through this link, you will automatically receive a Tax Receipt as it’s a charitable donation.
Donors do not have to have a School Cash Online Account with the new Credit Card Online Payment Option – you can log in as a guest.
Donations received through this link will be held at the Board Office in a Beatrice Strong Charitable Donation G/L 86-916-1-105-965. We appreciate any donations! Thank you!

If you have a change in dismissal routine for your child, at the end of the school day, it is very important to call the office first! We will then communicate this change to the classroom teacher. Thank you!

Also, please try to avoid buzzing the office and picking up your child(ren) between 3:15 - 3:30 each day. This is our busiest and most hectic time of day with busses being loaded and organizing students for Kiss and Ride. Thank you for your consideration.

Lockdown Drill 10:15

JK/SK 181, Gr. 1, Gr. 3/4 Visit to Rose Glen Village 10:00 am

Holiday Bazaar Today

Holiday Bazaar Today

Grade 5/6 Classes to Fare Share Food Bank 12:00

Little Caesar's Hot Lunch

POPCORN Day $1.00 per bag

F/I Classes to the Theatre today

• December 16 - 20 Holiday Spirit Week (See photo above)
• December 17 - Holiday Concert 9:30 Performance (Parents from Davey, LeMarchant, Rice, Sallie, A. Stark, Rivard, Crain)
• 12:00 Performance (Parents from van den Broek, Lanzo, Redwood, C. Stark, Baki, Harris, McNab)
• December 18 - Staff Secret Santa Gift Exchange (after school)
• December 19 - 2-4-1 Pizza
• December 20 - Walk to Extendicare 10:30 / Movie and Pajama Day
• December 20 - Holiday Break Begins
• December 26 - January 1 Happy Kwanzaa
• December 26 - January 2 Happy Hanukkah

As you may have already heard, new provincial government legislation has resulted in changes to the use of personal mobile devices in schools (laptop, cellphone, tablet or smart watch).

In order to ensure a focused and engaging learning environment, all personal mobile devices are to be out of view and powered off during the entire instructional day (9:10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) including both Nutrition Breaks.