Summit Heights Public School

Good morning,

Play-day has been postponed to our rain-date (Wednesday, June 20, 2018) due to the weather and wet ground conditions.  The school BBQ lunch is still on, rain or shine.

Thank you all!

Sports Update

Last week, three students represented our school at the North Conference Track and Field Championships!  We’re very proud of the entire team and the coaching staff (Coach Eisen and Anton) – well done everyone!  At this meet, Kosta competed in the Grade 4 boys shot put and performed very well!  Caitlin competed in the Girls’ long jump and finished in an amazing 6th place.  Ella also competed in the long jump and finished 3rd overall – earning herself a spot at the TDESAA City Finals! Way to go Ella, Caitlin and Kosta!

This past Monday our boys’ softball team competed in their conference quarter finals.  The placed a very strong squad from Allenby (a school more than double our size) and played very well and competitively.  Congratulations on a fantastic season to the team and to Coaches Craze, Eschle and Kellesis!

Senior Kindergarten Graduation

This past Monday, our senior kindergarten students had a graduating ceremony on our front lawn.  In perfect weather, the students shared their memories and aspirations in front of parents, family and staff.  Afterwards everyone came inside for some refreshments.  Congratulations to all of our soon to be Grade 1 students, and to their families.  A huge thanks to the parents for organizing the refreshments.  Equally important, thank you to our staff Ms. Andrews, Ms. Bower, Ms. Marchiori, Ms. Powell, Ms. Kalimbet and Ms. Ferreira for their hard work this entire year.

Mock Ontario Provincial Elections (grade 4-6)

Last week, thanks to Mr. Chen and a number of student volunteers, our grades 4-6 students were able to participate in a mock election where students voted in a simulated voting station (i.e., portable 3).  Our students learned a great deal about the voting process and also learned about the actual elections that happened later in the same week.

Mabel’s Fables Book Fair:

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Dear Summit Heights families,

We have had a very busy and jammed packed schedule since our last online update.

The student-initiated “Make a Difference” campaign (to raise money to help those affected by the tragic events that happened on Yonge Street) has been a meaningful and successful endeavor.  With your help, this initiative lead by three caring students in Grade 5, has raised $1000!  Thank you all for your help!

Earlier this month we held our annual Spring Open House.  Parents and families were invited to see and experience what our students are learning by visiting our classrooms, the gym and library.  Thank you to our staff for making our learning visible and thanks to the many families who took the time to visit our school.

Two weeks ago we held our annual SHPS track and field meet.  Our students competed to their best of their abilities, while having fun and enjoying the spirit of competition.   A number of our student-athletes then competed in their regional track meet at Esther Shiner stadium.  A huge congratulations to Kosta (shot put), Ella (long jump) and Caitlin (long jump) for advancing to the Conference Finals on June 4th!  Way to go Stingrays!  Special thanks to Coach Eisen and Coach Anton for coaching and coordinating this year’s track and field team.

Late last month, thanks to the ECO team, we held our last walk-to-school day.  To the surprise of many (or perhaps feigned surprise) our students participated in a giant flash mob on our school yard!  Students danced, hopped, clapped and jived to the music being played to the delight of all around.  A huge thanks to dance instructor Diana and Ms. Eisen for coordinating this very fun event!

Today we had our annual Grandpal day!  We had a great turn out of Grandpals visiting our school, who watched performances and participated in reading, learning and arts and crafts with our students.  It was a fantastic day of relationship building between our Grandpals and our kindergarten students.  Thank to the many Grandpals who attended today’s events as well as our school staff for preparing the performances.  A huge thank you to the parent committee of Tammy Vinokur, Alanna Silver and the many, many volunteers for the amazing work and countless hours of preparing in making this event happen – thank you!!!

News:

Parent Input Forms
Parents, parent input forms (for input on class placements for September 2018) were sent home during the Friday, May 4th Friday files.  If you did not receive the input form sent home, please email Mr. Mah and an electronic copy will be sent to you.  Please note the forms  are due back by this Friday, May 18th.

Crazy Hair Day
This Friday (May 18th) we have two students filling in as the guest “Principal and Vice-Principal the the day”.  Principal Amanda and VP Galit have declared Friday as “Crazy Hair Day”, and will award the highest participating primary and junior classes with a class prize!  We’re looking forward to seeing all the crazy hair on Friday, as well as having our guest P and VP for the day!

SAC Meeting
A reminder that the next Parent Council meeting (SAC) will be this Thursday, May 17th, from 7-9pm in our school library.  A number of council positions will be voted on at this meeting.  All parents are invited to attend.

TDSB French Review
The TDSB is looking for parent feedback on our French programs (particularly French Immersion and Extended French).  Please consider completing the TDSB online survey (link provided), and review the letter regarding this review below:

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/Community/Public-Consultations/French-Review

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Police Week: 32 Divison Community BBQ
Our community liason police officer, PC Shari Spivak, invite all members of our community to the annual community BBQ hosted by the Toronto Police Services.   This year’s BBQ will be held this Thursday May 17th from 4-8pm, at the 32 Division station (30 Ellerslie Ave).

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Thank you for visiting,

Mr. B. Mah