Tuesday’s Bricks and Mortar update!!

Posted August 28, 2018

  We looking forward to meeting our community on Tuesday, Sept. 4th!! Bricks and Mortar.docx Tuesday

Information about an automated message

Posted August 28, 2018

At approximately 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, the Waterloo Region District School Board became aware that a list of subscribers to the School Messenger information system received a pre-recorded voice, email or text message inviting them to a school meeting. The message, which reached parents across our community, was distributed as a result of an internal […]

Bricks and Mortar – Updates to help you prepare!!

Posted August 27, 2018

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2018-19 School Year Information Package is now online

Posted August 21, 2018

We’re excited to welcome you back to school on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Follow Waterloo Region District School Board on Twitter and Instagram, and share your first day of school with us using #WRDSBFirstDay. Our online parent information package is now updated for the 2018-19 school year. Please take a few moments to review this […]

2018 Kindergarten Staggered Entry at a Glance

Posted August 17, 2018

Tuesday, September 4 DAY 1 Wednesday, September 5 DAY 2 Thursday, September 6 DAY 3 Friday, September 7 DAY 4 Classroom visits for Y1 and new-to-school Y2 students and families Returning Y2 students and half of Y1 (and new-to-school Y2) students Returning Y2 students and half of Y1 (and new Y2) students All Y1 & […]

Preparing for Nutrition Breaks for your child

Posted August 13, 2018

Boomerang Lunches A boomerang lunch is a program where students are asked to bring all the garbage home from their lunches. This includes all packaging and food waste. Since many schools aren’t set up to sort organic matter or even recycle as fully as we can at home, the garbage can be disposed of in […]

How to check your elementary-aged child’s class assignment

Posted August 13, 2018

As the new school year approaches, we know a lot of excitement surrounds finding out which class your student has been assigned. Our commitment to keeping your children safe has led us to a new method of sharing this information for elementary students, leading up to the first day of school. To comply with privacy […]

Janet Metcalfe PS Vision Statement

Posted August 11, 2018

Vision Statement: Bringing community together to address the needs of the whole child and prepare them for success as Global citizens As our staff works through the process of opening this fabulous new school – we have been focussed on the above vision and have used this as our filter for the decisions we have made.  […]

*REVISED* – Walking to School Event, September 4th

Posted August 8, 2018

Changes have been made to the Walk with a Teacher Route Map for our Walk to School Event on September 4th.  These changes impact those students crossing over Fisher-Hallman from the Sienna Crescent as well as Frankfurt and Verona Street areas.  Please see the revised map below: Walk with a Teacher Route Map

Walking to School on the first day…and every day!!!

Posted August 1, 2018

As September approaches, we start to think more and more about how to keep our students not only safe – but also healthy!!  There is a great deal of research that supports the value of walking to school – (ex. https://www.utoronto.ca/news/why-walking-school-better-driving-your-kids ) and we would like to start the school year right….by making our first […]

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