Westervelts Corners Public School 20 Brickyard Way Tel: 905-459-3456

Principal: Ms. S. Fraleigh Vice-Principal: Ms. C. PaisleyOffice Manager: Mrs. J. Turner Office Assistant: Mrs. K. Celenza

Date Event DetailsMay 3 Cross Country Meet For students on Cross Country Team

For Grade 3,4, 5 studentsMay 4, 5, 6 Aussie X Dancers For all grades

May 8 Mother’s Day Happy Mother’s Day !May 10/17/24/31 Swim to Survive Grade 3’s

May 10 Denim Day Cancer AwarenessWear jeans to school

May 11,12,16 Scientist in the School For Kindergarten StudentsMay 13 Professional Development Day No school for studentsMay 17 Dufflebag Theatre Presentation: Robin HoodMay 18 Royal Orchard Visit

A Day in the Life of a Sixth GraderPresentation for our Grade 5 students

May 18/19/20 Drumming Workshops Fun for all!May 19 Welcome to Kindergarten 5:30-6:30 for all students who will be in

Year One Kindergarten next yearMay 20 Dress like a storybook character Dress like you favorite storybook

characterMay 23 Victoria Day No school for staff and students

May 26th School Musical 12:00 and 6:30June 1/2/3 EQAO Testing For all grade 3 students

Westervelts Corners’ NewsWe are not sure which day in May will be our favourite, dancing with the Aussie X dancers, watching the Dufflebag Theatre presentation, dressing up like a story book character, or one of the many more wonderful activities we have planned this month. April was an exciting month with our focus on Education Week and Earth Day activities. We also collected food for a local food bank, and recognized our amazing administrative professionals (Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Celenza) for helping our families, staff and students every day. We organized community service providers to support our families through dental, vision and hearing screening. We would like to thank you again, for packing litter less lunches this month, and we encourage our families to promote waste reduction and help to protect our environment throughout the year. EQAO begins on Wednesday June 1st - Friday June 3rd. We would appreciate it, if you would not schedule appointments during this time, and ensure that your children are prepared for the test, by arriving on time, well rested after eating a healthy breakfast.

We thank you for your support and wish our grade three students the best of luck! We, of course, would like our students to have the best opportunity to be completely focused for the EQAO assessments.

Me to We Garage Sale

Sultans of String Performance was wonderful!

Mr. Ambury’s class raised over $780 from the proceeds of the Me to We Garage Sale, for donation to the Free the Children Organization. Awesome!

Earth Day Clean Up Around Westervelts CornersThank you to Ms. Maraj and Mr. Ambury for organizing the Earth Day clean up around Westervelts. Students from JK to grade 5 participated and cleaned up the school property and areas around the school. Westervelts students show their pride of their school and community!

Character EducationIn April, Ms. Lookman/ Ms.Amos, Mr. Ambury, and Ms. Maraj’s classes hosted our monthly assembly and shared with us the importance of Responsibility. We want to thank the students and teachers for all their hard work in presenting to us this terrific assembly. We look forward to our next assembly on Cooperation (and Cultural Heritage Day) hosted by Ms. Steel, Ms.Saleem, Mr. Hancock, Ms. Williams at 2:20 pm on on June 10th.

Our next character focus is on the trait of Cooperation. Definition: Working together with others for one goal.

You show COOPERATION when you:

Participate with your best effort. Assume positive intentions in others. Follow the rules made by the group. Respect the ideas and feelings of others. Value the contributions of others.

Kindergarten Registration and Welcome to Kindergarten

The Green Cobras were theHouse Colour Winners for April !

On Thursday, May 19, Westervelts Corners will be hosting a “Welcome to Kindergarten” evening. This evening provides all children who will be starting Kindergarten in September with a wonderful opportunity to experience a full day kindergarten program. Families will learn about the importance of play, inquiry, literacy and numeracy as they visit our kindergarten classes. Teachers will be available to answer questions and share information. Families will receive a courtesy reminder call this week. We are all very excited to meet our newest Westervelts friends!

We are still accepting registrations for next year for junior and senior kindergarten. If you have not yet registered, or have neighbours who have children born in 2011/2012, please encourage them to contact Westervelts Corners P.S. at 905-459-3456. We will be happy to provide you with a registration package and let you know more about our Full Day Kindergarten program.

A Special Thank-you!

It was our pleasure to recognize Jennifer Daigle with the Award of Distinction for the many ways she supports

our school throughout the year!