Please find below a link to information regarding the 9th Annual Parent Involvement Makes a Difference Conference scheduled for Saturday, November 14th, 2015.
This conference is for all parents – great workshops and networking with other parents will be the highlight of the day. Also, there will be a panel on the new Health and Physical Education Curriculum – not to be missed! All this and breakfast and lunch, child-minding and transportation (via school bus) for FREE!
Registration will be closing soon! Don’t miss out!
Parents, students and community members are invited to our Fall Garden Clean Up on Thursday, Sept 17th. at 3:15pm to 4:30pm (or for as much time as your can spare!). We encourage you to come out to this annual KKSA event, and mingle with others who enjoy connecting with nature.
Please bring along your gloves, shovels and trowels. Donations of fall plants (asters, mums, kale, winter pansies etc.) are welcome as we’d like to spruce up our garden. This is an official Eco-schools event. KKSA is a Platinum Eco-School with a strong focus on learning about the environment in the environment.
If you would like to volunteer or have questions, please contact Bree St. Arnault at bree@wellplaced.ca
This is Mental Health week and fittingly the first annual “Parents as Partners-Taking Action Together” symposium will take place this Saturday, May 9 2015. Registration is free, walk-ins are welcome, and lunch and daycare are provided. The day features workshops for parents that will:
Increase parent engagement in supporting mental health and well-being of their children
Raise awareness of mental health issues
Provide an opportunity for parents to gain an understanding of what mental health and well-being supports are available within the TDSB and the community.
Where: Earl Haig Secondary School, 100 Princess Avenue When: Saturday May 9, 8:30 am- 2:45 pm To register, clickhere.
Ministry of Education Directives Tuesday February 3, 2015
7:00pm – 8:45pm
Library, Norseman JMS
105 Norseman St.
(east of Islington and north of The Queensway) Focus on Consultation
Trustee Pamela Gough will meet with parents and residents to
discuss the proposed 2015-16 budget and the Ministry Directives.
TDSB Staff will join Trustee Gough to make a presentation
and answer questions.
The TDSB Board will be voting on the budget in the spring._
Cineplex Community Day: Free Movies – Saturday Morning, Oct 18, 2014. Select concession items only $2 each with 100% of proceeds to Free the Children. Click on link for participating theatres.
Chapters Queensway (located at 1950 The Queensway across from Sherway Gardens) and the KKSA Parent Councilinvite you to get a head start on your holiday shopping while supporting the KKSA school community.
With every purchase made at Chapters Queensway on December 5th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm, the school will earn a percentage that will be donated directly back to the school.
You can choose from a wide selection of books, toys, candles, chocolates, CDs, DVDs, magazines, decorating ideas and much more!
Thank you for your support and happy shopping!
Please ensure that you sign in at the registration desk, which will be located inside the main doors.
Note: Only in store products will be applied to the totals for the fundraiser. Special orders, Kobo, electronics, e-books and gift card purchases are not included in the final totals. All loyalty programs including the iRewards & Plumrewards programs, will not be in effect during the event.
LAMP is hosting Two workshops on mood disorders in youth, one for youth, one for parents.
A new coalition for Children and Youth mental health, a network of professionals across the province say that mental health issues are the number one problem facing schools today.
The first workshop for youth is on anxiety, how to identify it, how to manage and control it, when and where to go for help. The date is Wednesday November 21st @ 5:30 pm atLAMP Community Health Centre in the community room. The Guest Speaker Jennifer Foulds with the Mood Disorders Association will speak from lived experience.
The second workshop is for parents. An Introduction to mood disorders in youth and a talk from parent who has an 11 year old child who has always had anxiety. This parent, who has recently written a book ‘Just Like You’, will give her thoughts on how to help and support children with anxiety. The workshop will be held Wednesday December 5in the community room, time 6: 30 pm.
Leanne Needham the co ordinator of youth and family programs at the Mood Disorders Association will also give a brief introduction to mental health issues and youth. This workshop will also take place in the community Room LAMP Community health centre 185 Fifth Street, Etobicoke.
For more information or to register please contact Jasmin Dooh at jasmind@lampchc.org or 416-252-6471 ext. 308
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The TDSB`s 6th Annual Parent Involvement Makes a Difference Conference: Parent Engagement and the Achievement Gapwill be held on Sat.Nov.17/12 from 8:30am to 2:30pmat Earl Haig Secondary School.
We are seeking assistance in recommending 2 parents/guardians to attend the conference. Our goal is to have a representative from each school across our system, including adult and alternative schools.
It was on November 3, 2008 that I had the privilege to put up the very first post on this board, when I launched the Council’s “website” for what was then Crestwood Public School. Since then, I always took it to heart to only put up posts that were approved either by one of the Council Chairs or the Principal, but now again I will just do what I did the first time, and skip those “rules”. At the time, just after graduation, as one of the proud parents of a child from the first cohort of KKSA that took all the benefits of the three year long program, I want to say goodbye and wish the best to all the students who just graduated, the students who will follow for years to come, and to their parents and guardians. As an active member for three years of the Parent Council, I hope many of you will consider to get involved in the Council’s work in the various ways that are offered. Even your emails you send to the Chairs of the Council can make a huge difference, as do your replies to the various surveys. Visible volunteers or silent contributors, storefront helpers or silent advocates did and will matter to the Council, in order to fulfill its obligation to represent all parents. The Council is an advisory body that works under the leadership of the Council Chairs governed by “rules” of the TDSB and the Education Ministry, but work on your behalf, if you let us know what you think, so go ahead show up to Council meetings, send an email, fill out those surveys, and make sure your voice is heard in the school, the TDSB, and in the Ministry.
Finally I would like to thank our Principal, Teachers, Custodians, Lunch Ladies, Office Manager and parent volunteers on behalf of all the Grade 8 parents and guardians, for all the work that helped to shape our children and KKSA.
Signing off with the “last song” from the graduating Grade 8s… Eva B.
A BIG thank youto all of you who came to support Movie Day 2011 on April 16th! Even though it was a cold and rainy afternoon, there was warmth in the Revue Cinema where 120 members of our new and current community gathered to see the fabulous movie “Flipped”. We had a great start to the event with Ms. Pfeiffer greeting and welcoming everyone before the event and we even had 2 teachers, Ms. Noble and Ms. Thompson, who took the time to join us.
The donated door prizes were a big hit and it was a nice touch to add fun to the event!
Although this was a community-building and not a fundraising event, we managed to make a profit of around $600 (after theatre rental/copyright expenses) which will go back into the Council budget for program enhancement.
Thanks again for attending, contributing and supporting our last large Council event of this school year which was great success thanks to you!
Special thanks go for the following donations for the door prizes:
Future Shop (donation of Sony DVD player and 4 DVDs – total value of $170)
Metro (Royal Road & Trehorne Drive) – $25 Gift card (purchase of candy door prize packages)
$25 gift card for Starbucks
2 lovely candy baskets
microwavable popcorn for door prize packages
2 tickets for “Bokeh” – Performance by the Toronto School of Circus Arts
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