E - BULLETIN UPDATE #11

2017

Character Trait….E M P A T H

Y

Empathy is about standing in

someone else's shoes, feeling

with his or her heart, seeing

with his or her eyes. Not only

is empathy hard to outsource

and automate, but it makes

the world a better place.

Since our last E-Bulletin, and as per usual, many great things have been happening at Cedarwood! On the evening of March 28 th, Celebrity Chef Devan Rajkumar visited our school and helped our families make a variety of healthy dishes for the participants to enjoy. Chef Devan demon-strated that cooking following recipes can be a fun activity for families to do together and he modeled how using healthy food options can help to create delicious meals! The feedback from the evening was extremely positive and we thank Ms. Shama for her leadership in organizing this event for the community. It was a great deal of work to plan and organize the session and we also thank Ms. Kim, the many staff members who volunteered to support the event, and the many parent volunteers who helped throughout the day with the food preparation. Many hands helped to make light work and the evening a great success! Our end of month assembly followed the next day and Ms. McDonald and Ms. Irani’s classes did a wonderfully choreographed skipping perfor-mance, as part of their Empathy presentations, that helped kick off our Jump Rope for Heart campaign. The statistics show that heart disease affects 1.3 million Canadians. Research has found that with healthy behaviours, such as regular exercise and proper nutrition, you can delay the onset of heart disease or stroke by as much as 14 years! The Heart and Stroke Foundation uses the funds from campaigns in a variety of im-portant ways. They support Canadians by helping to put A.E.D.’s (automated external defibrillators) in public places, by helping to fund cardiac rehabilitation programs, by working with communities to promote healthier lifestyles, and by investing in life-saving research. We thank the many families who have supported this fundraising initiative as it will have a positive impact on so many Canadian lives! Following these two events, our Student Council, under the leadership of Ms. Legault, Ms. Ganeshan, Ms. Belanger, and Ms. Hamawi, planned and organized our recent Wellness Week Activities. The goal of the week was to promote positive mental health and bullying prevention. Each day of the week had a different theme and our students were engaged in a variety of fun activities that supported this goal. On Musical Monday, all students attended a music performance by the Infinitus Beatboxing String Trio. This dynamic group engaged our students with music ranging from familiar classics to classic rock, and from TV theme songs to hip-hop beatboxing. The students were encouraged to participate during this interactive performance and they seemed to really enjoy the experience. On Let’s Talk Tuesday, our students participated in a variety of wellness lessons that focused on being an upstander and to “fill the bucket” of others by being supportive and doing and saying nice things. The Grade 6, 7, and 8 students attended a Social Media Fitness session with guest speaker Chris Vollum who spoke to them about the impact of their social content to themselves and others. What’s Up Wednesday and Thoughtful Thursday followed with a variety of activities that further helped us work towards meeting our goal. If you would like to see some more information about what happened during this week visit our Twitter site @CedarwoodPS. We thank the staff and student leaders for their efforts in making this week a fun and engaging one, and our challenge now is to make sure that we continue to support each other to help make Cedarwood a positive and inclusive school that stands up to bullying and dis-crimination of any kind! During the current week, we have been participating in Earth Week activities organized by Ms. Bhatt, Ms. Murali, Ms. Alexan, Ms. Singh, Ms. Hobbs and our wonderful student Eco- leaders! Tupperware Tuesday encouraged students to bring their lunches in reusable containers and Walking on Wednesday encouraged families to walk to school. Thursday was Lights Out day and Friday is our annual Earth Day community clean up. We will continue to promote green practices with our students, staff, and families, as together we all make a difference! Finally, next week is pause to PLAY week in York Region. Students and families in the region are being challenged to put their T.V.’s, gaming devices, tablets and computers on “pause” for one full week. Instead, they are encouraged to participate in outdoor play activities. Experts rec-

ommend that screen times should be limited to no more than two hours a day for children 5 to 17 years of age but studies are finding only 24 per cent of children are meeting this recommendation. Furthermore, it is recommended that children should get at least 60 minutes of moderate to

vigorous intensity physical activity each day, but only 9 per cent of Canadian children meet this recommendation (from Community and Health Services Public Health – York Region). It is our hope that your family will choose to pause to PLAY next week. A copy of a letter from the Pub-

lic Health Department and a Student Activity Log sheet will be shared with families by e-mail. Interested students were invited to the gym on Friday morning to learn more about how pause to PLAY week works and to see some of the great prizes that they can win if they participate! Over 90 students took the pledge to ‘pause to play’ next week and were given a Student Activity Log Sheet. Let’s get active Cedarwood! High

Five!

P. Battler and A. Porter, Administrators

399 Elson Street, Markham, ON L3S 4R8 (905) 294-5756

Principal: Paul Battler

Vice Principal: Araby Porter

Superintendent: Chris Tulley (905) 940-7800

Trustee: Juanita Nathan (905) 471–2553

School Website: http://www.cedarwood.ps.yrdsb.ca

School Email: cedarwood.ps@yrdsb.ca

Upcoming Highlights… April 25th - EMPATHY ASSEMBLIES—8:30—9:30—Gr. 3/4—8, 10:15—11:15— JK—2/3

April 26th - SPRING PICTURES & INTERMEDIATE FAMILY MATH NIGHT

April 27th - SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING—6:30pm in the Library

April 28th - HEP B/HPV Vaccines

A P R I L

Board Policies and Procedures Policies and procedures govern the operation of the Board and our school. To ensure they remain current, the Board reviews policies and procedures on a regular cycle. Seeking feedback from staff and community members, including parents/guardians, is an important part of the review process.

All policies available for comment are sent to school council chairs, and are posted on the Board website along with information about how to provide feedback. The policies and proposals currently available for comment include:

The following policies with investigative components: Professional Misconduct and Progressive Discipline Respectful Workplaces and Learning Environments Supporting Community Concerns

A proposal for next steps on the process for addressing concerns raised by students, staff and community members.

To learn more, visit www.yrdsb.ca/aboutus/policy/.

Sunday

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

World Autism

Awareness Day

3 Jump Rope for Heart

Kindy’s Community

Safety Village

FEDERAL

BY ELECTION

8-11am in the Gym

4 Jump Rope for Heart

Kindy’s Community Safety

Village

FOREST OF READING

5 Jump Rope for Heart

Kindy’s / Community Class Community Safety

Village

6 Jump Rope for Heart

Gr. 2’s

Ripley’s Aquarium

Trip

Makerspace

7 Jump Rope for Heart

8

9 10

INFINITUS Music

Performance Gr.4-8

Wellness Week

11

FOREST

OF READING

Wellness Week

12

International Day of Pink

Jr. Boys Basketball

Unionville Meadows P.S. 3:30-5:30pm

Wellness Week

13 VAISAKHI

Gr. 6-8

DANCE

Makerspace

J/I Choir

14

Good

Friday (No

School)

15

16

Easter

17

Easter

Mon-

day (No

School)

18

FOREST OF READING

HAVE A GO DAY Wheelchair Assoc.

Workshop Gr. 4-6

19

HAVE A GO DAY Wheelchair Assoc.

Workshop Gr. 4-6

20

Makerspace J/I Choir

21 EARTH DAY CLEANUP AT CEDARWOOD

22

23 _______________ 30

24 Int. Band

25

EMPATHY ASSEMBLIES

J/I 8:30am Primary 10:15am

26 SPRING

Pictures/Sibling Pictures

Family Math Night

27 SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

6:30pm

Makerspace *Book Fair

Begins (to May 8)

28

HEP B/HPV VACCINES

29

YRDSB Survey for Parents/Guardians We will be inviting parents/guardians to participate in a survey May 1-19, 2017. This survey provides an important opportunity for parent/guardian voice. Re-sults will be used to guide planning to support stu-dent achievement and well-being. You may complete the survey online or on paper. The online survey will be available in English. Paper surveys will be available from the school office in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Farsi, Gujarati, Hebrew, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Sri Lankan Tamil, Urdu and Vietnamese. We value your input and encourage you to complete the survey. The information you provide will be anonymous, considered confidential and kept in strict accordance with all relevant legislation. Information about how to access the online survey will be sent home with students at the end of April.

The York Region District School Board Summer Institute is a program that offers academic, recreational and athletic programs and activities with intentional links to the Ontario Curriculum for children and youth entering Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8. Programs are offered at in Richmond Hill, Markham, Stouffville, Newmarket, Woodbridge, Vaughan and Georgina from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm YMCA Before and Aftercare programs available at all locations YMCA Before and After Care Registration

Weekly Sessions July 4, 2017 to August 11, 2017

For registration information and to see what types of exciting programs are being offered this summer, please visit www.yrdsb.ca and select pro-grams and services.

For additional information please email performanceplus.si@yrdsb.ca or call 905-884-2046 ext. 240.

Summer Institute Site Address

Armadale S.I. 11 Coppard Ave., Markham

Crosby Heights S.I. 190 Neal Dr., Richmond Hill

Discovery S.I. (located at Teston Village P.S.) 80 Murray Farm Lane., Maple

Lakeside S.I. 213 Shorecrest Rd., Keswick

Lake Wilcox S.I. 80 Wildwood Ave., Richmond Hill

Maple Leaf S.I. (located at Glen Cedar P.S.) 915 Wayne Dr., Newmarket

Milliken Mills S.I. (located at Highgate P.S.) 35 Highgate Dr., Markham

Oscar Peterson S.I. 850 Hoover Park Dr., Stouffville

Sixteenth Avenue S.I. 400 Sixteenth Ave., Richmond Hill

Unionville Meadows S.I. 355 South Unionville Ave., Markham

Woodbridge S.I. 60 Burwick Ave., Woodbridge

April Eco Theme -Reusable Containers The spotlight this month is on Reducing waste by promoting the use of Reusable containers Tip: The Eco Watch Energy and Waste Website is a great tool for students, staff , and community to learn about energy consump-tion and waste generation within their own school/building!

As we plan for the 2017/18 school year, if you know you will be moving within the next 6-12 months….. Please notify the office in writing to ensure a smooth transition for your child/children. Please include your child’s name, teacher, and the name of the new school that your child will be attending.

Cedarwood’s

The following students have demonstrated …

Integrity for March 2017

ABICHANDANI: Haya, Shajith, Akchana BELANGER: Sonny, Ajay M. CHEN: Lucas, Adan, Joshua MAWHINNEY: Rishi, Lekha, Yahya GANESHAN: Sneha, Anushka, Jayden PARK: Mithusa, Srishayini GREWAL: Tashaun, Ebyshana PAUL: CM Brown, Swsti BALA: Arulsoody, Sayishan KUTTY: Romessa, Aden KASSABIAN: Dua, Mahishaa CHAN/SHAMA: Mishal COLABAWALLA: Ashmerra, Akschayan, Krishanth, Jayden SINGH: Trisha PARSONS: Lulu, Abishana NANA: M. Usman, Noah, Mithushaa, Maha, Maddex A. IRANI: Alisha, Mathursan KASSARDJIAN: Musa, Jasmeet, Thipeetsan MCDONALD: Vithun, Vishal, Luxsana HAMAWI: Pragathi, Saayoan, Rosanna SASAKI: Sham, Shalini, Anushiya BHATT: Lucksana, Aamnah, Pirabeena, Mithujan YEUNG: Lathusan, Menhdi, Jerrimy HOBBS: Sabina, Pratham, Canish MURALI: Sana, Devesh LAZAREVSKI: Kapilan MALO: Abbiraam, Samira, Nivehn THOMPSON: Shana, Shreya, Sunit, Pratik HUNT: Emily, Thanujann, Cindy, Meera, Chanpreet, Sruthy KARNAD-JANI: Zoya, Alex JEAN-PHILIPPE: Nishani, Danyal GULAMALI: Janavi, Karthikeyan, Naaz, Rehan DOMINGO: Abdulla, Saran BOYLE: Jasleen PANAKOS: Naaz, Ajay, Sobejan, Shomiyaa, Navalan