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 Details

March 30 Food Drive Begins Thank you for sendingnon-perishable food items

April 2 World Autism DayApril 3,4, 5, 6 Easter Weekend Happy Easter!

April 8 International Day of Pink Show your support, wear a little bit of pink

April 16 Dental Screening Grades JK, SK, Grade 2April 16, 22, 24 Youth Program Presentations All Grades 1-5

April 13-17 Education Week Inspire. Greatness. Together.April 20-21 Look Hear Screening

April 22 Administrative Professionals Day

Thank you Mrs. Turnerand Mrs. Celenza!

April 19-22 Earth Week Many wonderful activities planned.April 22 Character Assembly

“Cooperation”Spirit Day

2:20 Mrs. Aguiton, Mrs. Steel, and Mrs. Hansra’s classes are hosting. Wear green, blue, brown for Earth

WeekApril 21, 22, 23 Litter-less Lunch Days Thank you to packing a waste free

lunch!April 27th Royal Orchard 10th Anniversary Grade 8 students will be playing

math games with our studentsApril 29 Log McQuaid Art Presentation Grade 3,4, 5 students

Westervelts Corners’ NewsApril is upon us and the warm weather is just around the corner (we promise!). March was a busy month and many great things happened in our school. Some of the events in March were: Aussie X Dancers, Scientists in the School, Peel Tech Challenge, a Basketball Tournament and our Character Education Assembly on Responsibility. Looking forward, April is also going to be an important month on our calendar. We begin the month with our annual food drive and will begin collecting non-perishable items for the first couple of weeks of April. Thank you for your generosity and a “shout out” to Mrs. Gardash for coordinating this important community service! We are committed to promoting caring, cooperation, honesty, inclusiveness, responsibility and respect with our entire community and will be recognizing World Autism Day and International Day of Pink this month. Education week is April 13-17. The theme for this year week-long focus on education is “Inspire. Greatness. Together”. Earth Day activities include class activities, Litter-less Lunch Days, and a Community Clean up. Our students have always enjoyed helping to clean the yard to make our school and Earth beautiful. To help commemorate Royal Orchard’s

10th anniversary, Royal Orchard students that graduated from Westervelts, will spend a day with us playing math games with our students.

Welcome back to Mrs. Hansra from maternity leave. She will be replacing Ms. Gill in our Grade 3 class. Please welcome Ms. Batton to our Kindergarten team! We are sad that we had to say good-bye to Mrs. James and Ms. Gill and we hope we will see them in our school again!

April 22 is Administrative Professionals Day. We would like to thank Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Celenza for all that they do every minute of every day to help our students, parents, and staff at Westervelts. Your hard work and dedication are appreciated today and all year. You both brighten the lives of our students with your smiles!

Pita Pit Lunches Are A Huge Success!The pitas are a huge success with our students, and we would like to take this opportunity to remind you of our ordering program.

Orders are due on Wednesdays, for the NEXT week’s Thursday (8 days later) delivery.

As a helpful hint, please mark in your child’s agenda when he/she will be receiving their pita.

Also, the order forms have the delivery date printed on it. Thank you for your Pita Lunch orders!

The Day of Pink began when a high school student in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, was bullied because he wore a pink shirt to school. The next day, hundreds of students at his school stood up to bullying and wore pink to school to show their support for diversity. Statistics show that more than half bullying behaviours stop if bystanders intervene. Teaching about diversity is something that all Peel schools teach and discuss with students. It is not something that we pause to teach—it is embedded in all we do and teach every day. Day of Pink is just one way for us to reflect and strengthen our focus towards achieving equity for all students and staff.

On April 8, the staff at our school will wear pink t-shirts to show their support of Day of Pink initiatives. We invite students to join us in wearing pink as, together, we stand against homophobic/transphobic bullying and discrimination. If your child does not have any pink clothing but wishes to participate, consider a pink bandana, ribbon, scarf or hat. We know that one small act can create a ripple effect that can change a community. At Westervelts, pink is definitely the new black!!Technological Skills Challenge Day February 26 for Grade 4 and 5 StudentsThe Peel Technological Skills Challenge (PTSC) is an annual event that includes almost 1000 students from grades 4-8 from the Peel School Board. To prepare, all of Westervelts’ grade 4 and 5 students had an opportunity to learn about Lego Robotics, Lego Mechanics, 2D

Day of Pink- April 8, 2015

Animation, or Technology (wood work), and participate in one of four challenges. At our Westervelts’ Tech Day, our students worked on challenges in teams, and four teams (16 students) were chosen to represent us at PTSC at Morning Star Middle School on March 25. We are very fortunate to have Mr. Ambury lead this initiate for our school (he also is one of the School Board’s leaders of this event). We would also like to thank Mr. Jackson, Ms. Williams, Ms. Bisson, Mr. Hancock, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Bond for their support of this incredible opportunity for all of our students at Westervelts.

Aussie X Thrilled our StudentsAll of Grade 1-5 students participated in the exciting Aussie X dance program on March 10, 12, and 13th. “How important are the arts? Right up there with vocabulary and literacy, claim many educators, who advise parents to begin engaging their children in art activities

Westervelts Team at PTSC: Shahzeb, Tarnjot, Stajen, Arshdeep, Abilash, Kevin, Afeefah, Shannika, Manas, Pulkit, Phillip, Lisa, Abigail, Kyle, Fatima and Mohiswara

“It was good. It was awesome.” -Limar

“I tried my best and it was really fun.” –Mohid

“I felt proud when I made the PTSC team.” –Shannika

“Our Lego car was fast!” –Arshdeep

“It was the best time I’ve had!” –Stajen

“It was a great experience using robots.” –Vikram

“I was excited to make the Robotics team.” –Fatima

“When I made the tech team it was a great way to learn more about robotics” –Tarnjot

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Played Like Champions!The Wildcats played with heart in the March Madness Basketball Tournament at the Hershey Centre. They played their strongest game at the end and made some nice baskets. As always, they showed determination and sportsmanship. Mr. Bond and Mr. Jackson are proud of their efforts.

April Showers Bring May Flowers and Mud! Spring has sprung and with that comes muddy weather—hence muddy clothes and shoes. Please send indoor shoes for your child(ren) to help us keep our hallways and classrooms clean. Thank you!

Mad Scientists with our Grade 2 Scientists

Well done Wildcats!Our Basketball Wild Cats

Tiffani, Taylor, Abigail, Saghana, RaeAnne, Tanisha, Jenelle, Braeden, Vikram, Arshdeep, Stajen, Tarnjot, Kyle, and Mohis

Character EducationIn March, Mrs. Martucci, Mrs. Sohail, and Mrs. Williams’ classes hosted our monthly assembly and shared with us the importance of being responsible. We want to thank the students and teachers for all their hard work in presenting to us this outstanding assembly.

Our Character Trait for April is Cooperation. 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.

Apply for a position on the board's Parent Involvement CommitteeThe Peel board’s Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) meets regularly throughout the school year to review the board’s plans for parent involvement as they relate to parent, family and community engagement, and to make suggestions to schools, councils and the board regarding additional parent outreach.As mandated by the ministry, the purpose of Peel board's PIC is to: support, encourage, and enhance meaningful parental involvement within schools and across the district, including,

outreach to parents who find involvement more challenging work collaboratively with the school board to support student success seek out the advice and ideas of school councils, and other parents and partners as they plan and implement

strategies to involve more parents at the regional level develop strategies for enhancing parental engagement and outreachParent application packages will be made available on April 8 at www.peelschools.org/PIC. Forms must be returned by April 24, 2015.

Mad Scientists with our Grade 2 Scientists

The Brown Bulls were the House Colour Winners for March!