Mission Statement: At Clifton Public School all members of our Learning Community (students, staff and parents) will work together in a

safe and caring environment to achieve their personal best (academically, socially, and emotionally).

Principal: Mrs. J. Ballance

Vice-Principal: Ms L. May

Office Manager: Mrs. B. Ornat

Office Assistant: Ms T Murphy

Superintendent: Mr. D. Van Hooydonk

Trustee: Mr. J. Marchant

March 2019 Website: http://schools.peelschools.org/1357

e-mail: clifton.ps@peelsb.com

Twitter: @CliftonPS

Safe Arrival

If your child is going to be

late or absent, please call: 1-855-209-6155 (toll free) or visit

go.schoolmessenger.ca

Spring Break

Please note that the Spring

Break will be from March

11th to March 15th

Morning Drop Off at Clifton

Please remember that students cannot be dropped off at school before 8:20am as there is no supervision until

this time. Student safety is jeopardized by parents who are leaving their children unattended prior to 8:20am. Your

cooperation in this matter is essential.

Character trait for March: Caring

Fashion Takes Action! By: Nelcy & Ibtisam

We had Laura come to 5B and she did a presentation that helped us learn cool stuff about fashion: Fashion has a huge impact on the environment. The clothes we wear come from different countries. The people that make them get paid very less for their hard work. For example, in Bangladesh, a fac-tory that made clothes for Joe Fresh, collapsed because people cut corners. We learned this by watching the CBC Fifth Estate documen-tary, “Made in Bangladesh”. Canadian citizens buy 20x more clothes because they are cheap, and some of them get thrown in the landfill only after seven wears. The dye that is put in the clothes gets washed into rivers and lakes, causing harm to the animals living in it and the animals that drink the water from there. It also causes hu-man’s trouble. For example, over 280 million people can’t drink wa-ter in China! Did you know that lots and lots of chemicals are added to make our clothes? Here are the seven R’s of Fashion: 1.Reduce= use less 2.Reuse= use something more than once 3.Recycle= put it in the recycling bin and not in the garbage 4.Research= find out information about the company you are buying clothes from and see how they are making your clothes and how their workers are treated

5.Repair= fix the things that can be fixed and used again 6.Repurpose= find a new use for something old 7.Rent= borrow things and clothes instead of buying new things and make sure to return them

We made T-shirts that we didn’t need into useful bags. That means we repurposed and reused the old T-shirts. It was a lot of fun and really interesting.

Help Save The Earth !!!

Access important student information through new online parent portal - ParentConnect

Our school offers ParentConnect, a safe and secure website, as a convenient method for parents/legal

guardians to stay informed and have easy access to important student information. By registering for the parent

-friendly website, you will have access to:

view school-based alerts and information

access real time absence reporting

view current and historic elementary report card information

get up-to-date busing information

review secondary school credit history and diploma status

Please call the school for more information.

To register and begin using ParentConnect, visit http://parent.peelschools.org or click the ParentConnect

button on the right side of the page.

Lunchroom Supervisors Appreciation Day on March 1 In 2017, the board of trustees declared the first Friday in March as

Lunchroom Supervisors Appreciation Day. This year, the recognition

day falls on Friday, March 1, 2019. Take this opportunity to thank the

important work of lunchroom supervisors, and their support and

commitment to helping to ensure that students are safe and secure.

Peel Learning Foundation aims to create

hopeful tomorrows for Peel board students

In partnership with the Peel District School Board, the Peel Learning Foundation was created to enable Peel

board students to achieve personal excellence by providing resources to help them overcome barriers.

In its first year, the foundation will support Peel board students through:

Student Emergency Needs program

Depending on the need, the foundation will support individual students with food and clothing, medical

supplies, eyeglasses and transportation costs, or where there is an emergency situation that requires a

compassionate response.

Student Backpack program

The foundation will provide backpacks filled with school supplies that students need to fully participate

in regular classroom work. The backpacks will be provided to students in need in a respectful and

confidential manner. They are tailored for students in kindergarten to Grade 3, Grades 4 to 8, and

Grades 9 to 12.

Individuals or organizations who are interested in learning more about and supporting the foundation can visit

www.PeelLearningFoundation.org. You can also follow the foundation on Twitter and Facebook and use the

hashtag #CreateHope to join the conversation

Peel board celebrates public education during

Education Week — April 8 to 12

The Peel District School Board will host hundreds of celebrations, activities and events across its 257 schools

and worksites to celebrate Education Week from April 8 to 12. On April 15, the Peel board will

host Showcase of Excellence, an evening to honour recipients for their outstanding contributions to public edu-

cation. The theme for this year's Education Week is We Inspire.

In addition to inviting parents and community residents to visit their classrooms during the week, Peel schools

are hosting open houses, plays/musicals, storytelling, environmental activities, awards as-

semblies, talent shows and much more.

More than 1,000 individuals will also be honoured during Education Week with Awards of

Distinction for their contributions to their school or workplace. Schools and worksites will

use social media to showcase their Education Week celebrations and events using the

March Break Maple Syrup Days at the Jack Smythe Field Centre

Open House: Wednesday, March 13 to Saturday, March 16

10:00am – 3:00pm

Enjoy the beauty and wonder of nature as spring blossoms. Jack Smythe Field Centre offers an exceptional

family experience with a visit to its maple syrup bush. The March Break programs run from Wednesday, March

13 to Saturday, March 16. The open house begins at 10am. and the last presentation of the day will be at 3pm.

This year marks the 50-year anniversary of the Peel District School Board’s Sugar Bush program, which

provides families with outdoor, educational activities and hands-on experience. The program is run by Peel

board staff during March Break.

Families are invited to get involved as Spring comes to life through the following activities:

help tap trees and empty sap buckets.

sample some freshly-made maple syrup.

hike along our trails and feed the friendly chickadees by hand.

learn how pioneers collected and produced syrup compared to modern-day operations.

experience the Indigenous roots of sweet water.

visit the sugar shack where the sap boils and clouds of sweet smelling steam billow out of the chimney.

The cost is $5.00/adult and $4.00/child 12 and under. Lunch will be available for purchase. It will include: hot

chocolate, cookies and hotdogs for you to roast over an open fire. Please note that all payments are “cash” only.

Jack Smythe Field Centre is located at 14592 Winston Churchill Blvd. in Terra Cotta.

Directions to Jack Smythe Field Centre: Head North on Mississauga Rd.

Turn left on King St. (You will see Credit View P.S. on your left)

Turn right on Winston Churchill Blvd. (You will pass the Terra Cotta Conservation Area on your left)

Head to the top of the hill and turn left into the Jack Smythe Field Centre site.

For more information, please contact the Jack Smythe Field Centre at 1-905-877-7771.

Nutritious Lunches Help Children Learn

Use Canada’s Food Guide to help your child get nutrients and energy needed to have a successful school day.

Try to give your child some choice about what to take for lunch. If possible, get your child involved in

preparing meals.

Give your child a variety of healthy choices. Keeping your child interested in lunch is the first step to making

sure it is eaten.

Make the food easy to eat. If it will take your child a few minutes to unwrap a sandwich, it

may be skipped.

Resist the temptation to routinely send sweets, pop, chips and cookies in your child's lunch.

Save treats for special occasions.

Try to avoid fast food or pre-packaged, convenience lunches, which are often high in salt

and fat.

Do your best to role model healthy eating behaviours for your family.

To speak to a registered dietitian about healthy food choices, call EatRight Ontario at 1-877-510-5102.

School Success Updates

At Clifton our School Success Teams have been hard at work planning a number of activities and events. Here

are some of the highlights:

Literacy: Literacy Week was a great success! Students participated in a “Guess who is behind the book?”

mystery activity, daily Book Attacks and Relay activities, and many families enjoyed playing the Family

Literacy Board Game at home. Thank you to all families for helping support your child’s literacy development.

Numeracy: Our teachers continue to work towards developing greater fluency with numbers for all students

from kindergarten to grade 5. The Numeracy team will present a school-wide math problem to students and

then analyze the data for next steps to improve fluency. In addition, our grade 3 and 4 teachers will meet to

review last year’s EQAO data and plan for greater student success in mathematics.

Climate: Our Climate team sold Valentine cookies on February 14th with the proceeds going to purchasing

additional calming/mindfulness CD’s for each classroom.

Bus delays, cancellation information available on STOPR website

At the Peel District School Board, we are committed to providing safe and efficient transportation services for

our students to and from school every day. Transportation staff do their best to ensure that buses arrive and

leave on time, but sometimes, delays happen.

Information about delays may not always be available through the school, especially if they happen outside of

the school day. The best place to find information about bus delays and cancellations, as they happen, is the

Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR) website at www.storpr.ca. To find information specific to your

child's bus, you will need the bus route number.

Clifton Public School

2389 Cliff Road

Mississauga, Ontario

L5A 2P1 Phone: 905-277-2611

Fax: 905-277-4965

Email:

clifton.ps@peelsb.com

Website:

https://

schools.peelschools.org/1357

EQAO Scores

Student results on EQAO assessments are an im-

portant source of information about student strengths and

areas for improvement. As a school community, we use them

along with other information, to guide school improvement

initiatives. The testing results are also used by our school

board and the Ministry of Education to direct support

where needed. Red Willow’s EQAO results from the

2011-2012 school year are as follows (percentage of

students achieving at levels 3 and 4): Reading: 66%

Writing: 70% Mathematics: 77%.

We are proud of our students results!

Offence Declaration required for returning volunteers

Parents play an important role in the development and education of their children

and in the success of the school community. At Clifton Public School we welcome

and encourage the participation of parents and community members, and are

grateful for the countless hours our volunteers contribute throughout the school

year.

To volunteer at our school, you must complete a short interview and obtain a

criminal record check. A criminal record check is required for all school

volunteers in Ontario. Even if you want to accompany your child on a field trip,

you need this record check.

Once you have completed the process, you are on file with the Peel District

School Board as being a school volunteer. All returning volunteers are sent an

Offence Declaration Form that must be filled out and returned to the board office

each year. You will not be able to volunteer with the Peel board if you do not

return this form. Forms were sent home in February.

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Celebrating Faith and Culture

March 2019

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CELEBRATION FAITH AND CULTURE

March Xsaak and Sugar Moon Aboriginal Spirituality

March 1 Intercalary Day Bahá'í

Sunset March 1 to 20 Alá (Fasting month) Bahá'í

March 1 World Day of Prayer Christianity

March 4 Mahashivaratri Hinduism

March 6 Ash Wednesday Christianity

March 11 Clean Monday (J) Christianity

March 14 New Year Sikhism

March 16 to 20 Ghambar Hamaspath-meadem Zoroastrianism

March 17 St. Patrick's Day Christianity

March 20 Sakyamuni Buddha’s Nirvana Day Buddhism

Eve of February 28 to March 1

Holi Hinduism

Sunset of February March 20 to 21

Purim Judaism

March 20 Shunki-sorei-sai Shinto

March 20 Lady Day (Ostara) Wicca

March 21 Naw Ruz/Navroze Bahá'í and

March 21 Eid e-Navroz Islam

March 21, 24 or 25 Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Birthday Buddhism

March 21 Hola Mohalla Sikhism

March 26 Khordad Saal Zoroastrianism