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For your Calendar
Apr 3 Good Friday
Apr 6 Easter Holiday
Apr 9 & 10 Drum Fit
Apr 22 New to JK Night
Apr 28 SCC 6:30
May 6 25th Anniversary
DrumFit – April 9 and 10 Thanks to the hard work of the SCC and your
generosity through the Dance-a-thon in
February, we are pleased to provide a
combined fitness and music opportunity for
students through DrumFit. On April 9 and 10,
students will have an opportunity to participate
in this engaging program.
What is DrumFIT?
DrumFIT® is a fitness based drumming program
that combines the music and mental health
benefits of drumming with the overall
health benefits of physical fitness for a full-body
workout! DrumFIT is an innovative program that
truly engages everyone! There is no learning
curve, everyone can drum.
Family DrumFit Night
On Friday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. parents can
come with their children to participate in an
evening of Family DrumFit for free as well. We
hope to see you and your family.
Principal’s Message
Happy Spring everyone and welcome to the
spring cleaning we are working on in our
newsletter. We are going to play with a couple
of different templates and welcome your input.
There are many exciting things happening at
Glen Dhu in the next three months of school
and we will do our best to keep you apprised of
everything.
We want to share with you some very exciting
news. Mr. Anderson, one of our Grade 5
teachers, was nominated for a teacher award
by one of his students, and we are pleased to
announce that he is the winner! On Tuesday,
March 31, OMNI TV came to film Mr. Anderson
and his class to showcase the wonderful things
happening in his room. The celebration
wrapped up with 2 for 1 Pizza providing a party
for the class. We want to congratulate Mr.
Anderson for this very fitting award! Keep your
eyes open on the following website for
updates.
http://www2.omnitv.ca/goldenappleaward/
Glen Dhu Public School April 2015 Newsletter
The Key is We. Together we can “Dhu” amazing things.
Earth Heroes:
Finn decided he
needed to take care of
our neighbourhood by
picking up garbage.
Sister Ella and Finn filled
two bags in two days
from around the school
and on their walk
home. Amazing to see
little people doing
great things!
Planning for Next Year
It is hard to believe, but we are well into our planning for
the 2015-2016 school year. We are in the early stages of
the staffing process at this time. It is important to know if
your child is not returning to Glen Dhu next year. Except for
our grade 8 students, who we know are leaving, please
call the office at 905 668-8779 if you will be moving over
the summer.
We will be determining draft class lists in early June.
Many factors are considered when placing students in
classes, including learning needs and gender balance.
While we do not accept requests for specific teachers, we
are happy to consider your input. If there is something we
should know about how we can best meet your child’s
needs when we are considering placement next year,
please send a letter to Mrs. Treadgold by May 22nd.
Down Syndrome Awareness Day
March 10th was Down Syndrome Day. Vaun, one of our
students, went to each class to help students learn about
Down Syndrome, inclusion, and to help raise funds for
Down Syndrome. Glen Dhu Gators raised $270!
Students wore blue and gold to show their support for
Down Syndrome awareness.
The Key is We. Together we can “Dhu” amazing things.
For your Calendar
Apr 3 Good Friday
Apr 22 New to JK Night
Invention Convention: Iintermediate students
have been working very
hard to come up with cool
science creations and
products that will help
solve some of our
everyday problems. Last
week they did an amazing
job at the Science
Invention Convention
under the direction of Mrs.
Castro. We are all very
proud of the students and
impressed with the level of
work and creativity all
students put into their
work. After judging and
consultation amongst staff,
the teachers made a very
tough decision. The
following are the team
finalists and will move on
to represent Glen Dhu at
the Toronto Invention
Convention.
Congratulations to:
1) Pocket Phone Heater -
Rowen, Petar, Cameron
and Breadon
2) Sticky Suit - Arnie, Alex,
and Dhroov
3) Magic Muffz - Azeem,
Lucy, William, and Kaylyn
4) Non-Chewable Charger
- Erin, Sara, Teadora and
Brad
5) Porta Pocket - Sofie,
Bridget, Lauryn, Gillian
Dragon’s Den…here we
come!
March Excitement at Glen Dhu
What a great month of successes at Glen Dhu. Our Junior
/Intermediate Choir participated in the Pickering Choir
festival, were called back to the finals and won third!
Many thanks to Ms. Kossatz for her amazing direction, and
the parents who helped get students to this event.
And our Intermediate Girls were Area runners up in
Basketball. Congratulations to the team and thanks to Mr.
Magee and Mrs. Robson!!! Also thanks to Mrs. Geneski for
both of these great pictures.
The Key is We. Together we can “Dhu” amazing things.
Staffing News…..
Mrs. Castro has begun her maternity leave. We welcome back Ms. Yarrow who will be taking over the duties of the grade 7/8 homeroom and Intermediate Science.
Glen Dhu P.S.’s
25th Anniversary
Please join us to help
celebrate our school’s
25th Anniversary.
When: Wednesday, May 6th
What: 5 – 6:30 p.m. Open House
6:30 p.m. – Welcome and Cake Cutting
6:45 p.m. – Entertainment and Café Dhu
EQAO INFORMATION FOR
GRADE 3 AND 6 CLASSES Once again the Education Quality and Accountability Of-fice
(EQAO) will be conducting the assessments of Read-ing, Writing and
Mathematics involving all Grade 3 and Grade 6 students throughout
the province of Ontario. The assessment will be held over a three day
period for each grade. This year the assessments will be conducted
on the following dates:
Grade 3 Monday, June 1st, Tuesday, June 2nd and Wednesday, June
3rd
Grade 6 Tuesday, May 26th, Wednesday, May 27th, and Thursday,
May 28th
**In order for students to achieve their best results on the EQAO
assessment, it is important that they are well rested and arrive to
school on time during assessment dates. The SCC will be providing a
nutritious breakfast for students writing the assessment.
If you are looking for more information about EQAO assessment and
samples of previous tests, please visit www.eqao.com.
Building a "Community" at Glen Dhu
Thank you very much to everyone who shared their ideas and
impressions about our school environment and connections with
parents and families. Many of you had great comments about
strengthening communication between home and school and ideas
to make parents and families feel welcomed and valued at school
(such as sending a hard copy of this newsletter and personally inviting
all parents to be a part of our SCC). We will be continuing this
discussion and anyone who is interested in participating is very
welcome. Please feel free to call 905 668 8779 or email me at
Glen Dhu’s Girl Talk is raising money and inviting all staff, students
and their families to help support Kids Help Phone by joining us for a 5
km walk. Support helps 6.5 million kids, teens, and young adults in
Canada between the ages of 5 and 20 years old to always have
access to Kids Help Phone’s counselling service, day and night.
When? Sun. May 3, 2015 (Rain or Shine!)
Walk Starts:: 11:00 a.m. Plan to be there for 10:30 a.m.
Where? Bay Ridges Kinsman Park
705 Sandy Beach Road, Pickering, On.
Pet Friendly!
Let’s come together and be a team to show Glen Dhu’s community support for Kids Help Phone!!
Come on Gators and Join Us For Our 2nd Annual Walk to Support
Kids Help Phone!
Dates to Remember
April 9 and 10 DrumFit (all grades)
April 10 Family DrumFit 6:30 p.m. (parents and kids welcome)
April 22 Welcome to Kindergarten Part 1, 6:30 p.m.
April 28 Welcome to Kindergarten Part 2, 9 a.m.
April 28 SCC Meeting Note time change – 6:30 p.m.
May 1 School Track and Field day (rain date May 4)
May 3 Walk So Kids Can Talk – all families invited. 11a.m.
Bay Ridges Kinsman Park, Pickering
May 6 Glen Dhu’s 25th Anniversary / Café Dhu 5 p.m.
May 12 Welcome to Kindergarten Part 3, 2 p.m.
Dates of Significance for April 2015
April 2th
– Holy Thursday (Christian) April 3
th
– Good Friday (Christian)
* April 3, 4 th
, (first two days) 10th
, 11th
(last two days – Pesach (Passover) (Judaism) April 5
th
– Easter Sunday (All Christianity) April 14
th
– Baisakhi/Vaisakhi (Sikhism)
April 16th
– Yom ha-Shoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day April 21
st
(1st day) – May 2nd
– Ridvan (Bahá'í)
April 22 – International Earth Day
April 29 – 9th Day of Ridvan
BOARD CONTACTS: Greg Island John Bowyer (Administrative Officer) Superintendent of Education (Whitby) 905-666-5500 905-666-5500 [email protected] [email protected]
Contact Us Principal: Mrs. Carolyn Treadgold [email protected] Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deirdre Morgenstern [email protected] Website: www.ddsb.ca/school/glendhu Twitter: @GlenDhuPS Twitter: @GlenDhuPS
OUR WHTBY TRUSTEES: Christine Winters Kim Zeppieri 905-430-6050 fax: 905-666-6318 905-668-7782 [email protected] [email protected]
