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Our students have now been in school for nine weeks. During this time, teach- ers have gathered diagnostic and formative assessment data that has helped them address individual students’ strengths and needs. Teachers have already started calling parents to keep them well informed as to their child’s progress. On November 12th, you will be receiving your child’s Progress Report Card (SK-8). This report will provide you with information about your child’s progress to date, in a variety of subject areas. It will also give you insights into your child’s development of essential Learning Skills . On the evening of November 13th or the morning of November 14th we encourage you and your child to attend a conference with your child’s teacher(s). All teachers are required to speak with all parents for this Progress Report. A face to face conference is always the best, but phone conferences can be arranged. Conferences are an opportunity for you to review the Progress Report Card and ask any clarifying questions you may have. Your child’s first term Provincial Report Card will be coming home on February 17th and this too will include information about your child’s development of the six essential Learning Skills. In addition, on this report, your child will also receive letter grades or percentage marks for each sub- ject/strand taught. Extensive research into parent involvement shows a strong and positive correlation between parent involvement and student achievement. We thank you for your continued support and involvement in your child’s educa- tion. We look forward to seeing you either on the 13th or 14th for a conference (information has been sent home to sign up for a conference time) to continue our work together as a team to support your child’s growth and development. From Mrs. Kukurudza... The Deer Park Digest NOVEMBER 2014 Principal: Anne Kukurudza Superintendent: Dianne Hawkins 905-895-5155 Elementary Office Administrative Assistant: Kathy Scaini Secretary: Kelly Highet http://www.deerpark.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ 605 Varney Rd. Keswick, Ontario 905-476-4185 November Events School Council Meeting 3 Gr. 8s to SDHS 9:30-2:15 5 Media Literacy Week 3-7 Remembrance Day Assem- bly (10:30-11:15 a.m.) 11 Report Cards Go Home 12 Veteran’s Week 4-11 Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences 13/14 PA Day 14 Cyber-bullying Awareness Week 17-21 SK Vision Screening 17 Fire Drill #3 18 Healthy School Meeting at 12:05 with Health Nurse 20 Intermediate Girls’ Volley- ball Area Tournament 25 Intermediate Boys’ Volley- ball Area Tournament 26 Sharon, Bram and Friends JK/SK, Mrs. Marchand and Mrs. Thompson 25 Sound of Music at Stephen Leacockgrades 5, 6, 7 and 8 26 Focus on Learning Skills 1. Responsibility 2. Independent Work 3. Initiative 4. Organization 5. Collaboration 6. Self-Regulation

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  • Our students have now been in school for nine weeks. During this time, teach-

    ers have gathered diagnostic and formative assessment data that has helped

    them address individual students’ strengths and needs. Teachers have already

    started calling parents to keep them well informed as to their child’s progress.

    On November 12th, you will be receiving your child’s Progress Report Card

    (SK-8). This report will provide you with information about your child’s

    progress to date, in a variety of subject areas. It will also give you insights into

    your child’s development of essential Learning Skills. On the evening of

    November 13th or the morning of November 14th we encourage you and your

    child to attend a conference with your child’s teacher(s).

    All teachers are required to speak with all parents for

    this Progress Report. A face to face conference is

    always the best, but phone conferences can be arranged.

    Conferences are an opportunity for you to review the

    Progress Report Card and ask any clarifying questions

    you may have. Your child’s first term Provincial Report Card will be coming

    home on February 17th and this too will include information about your child’s

    development of the six essential Learning Skills. In addition, on this report,

    your child will also receive letter grades or percentage marks for each sub-

    ject/strand taught. Extensive research into parent involvement shows a strong

    and positive correlation between parent involvement and student achievement.

    We thank you for your continued support and involvement in your child’s educa-

    tion. We look forward to seeing you either on the 13th or 14th for a

    conference (information has been sent home to sign up for a conference time)

    to continue our work together as a team to support your child’s growth and

    development.

    From Mrs. Kukurudza...

    The Deer Park Digest N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 4

    Principal: Anne Kukurudza Superintendent: Dianne Hawkins 905-895-5155

    Elementary Office Administrative Assistant: Kathy Scaini

    Secretary: Kelly Highet

    http://www.deerpark.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/

    605 Varney Rd. Keswick, Ontario

    905-476-4185

    November

    Events

    School Council Meeting 3

    Gr. 8s to SDHS 9:30-2:15 5

    Media Literacy Week 3-7

    Remembrance Day Assem-

    bly

    (10:30-11:15 a.m.)

    11

    Report Cards Go Home 12

    Veteran’s Week 4-11

    Parent/Teacher/Student

    Conferences

    13/14

    PA Day 14

    Cyber-bullying Awareness

    Week

    17-21

    SK Vision Screening 17

    Fire Drill #3 18

    Healthy School Meeting at

    12:05 with Health Nurse

    20

    Intermediate Girls’ Volley-

    ball Area Tournament

    25

    Intermediate Boys’ Volley-

    ball Area Tournament

    26

    Sharon, Bram and Friends

    JK/SK, Mrs. Marchand and

    Mrs. Thompson

    25

    Sound of Music at Stephen

    Leacock—grades 5, 6, 7 and

    8

    26

    Focus on Learning Skills 1. Responsibility

    2. Independent Work

    3. Initiative

    4. Organization

    5. Collaboration

    6. Self-Regulation

    http://www.deerpark.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/

  • T H E D E E R P A R K

    P A G E 2

    Progress Report Card: November 12th Supporting your child’s learning is a team effort

    made between the school and the home. The

    Ministry of Education has created an important

    resource for parents (as seen in the left picture)

    which can be found online at:

    www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/

    ReportCard_En.pdf

    On November 12th Progress Report Cards will

    be sent home with students from SK– Gr.8.

    The purpose of this report card is to communicate

    the progress your child has been making since the

    beginning of the school year in each subject. The

    progress report also indicates how well your child

    is demonstrating the various learning skills and

    work habits and identifies areas where you may

    be able to support your child in achieving success

    this year.

    This report is not an evaluation or a record of

    achievement levels. It reflects preliminary

    observations of your child’s learning to date.

    Incredible Terry Fox Spirit Again!

    It is our hope that this report will serve as a

    central part of rich discussions between home and

    school.

    We encourage parents/guardians to discuss the

    report card with their child(ren) at this time.

    Conferences will be set up for either the evening

    of November 13h or during the morning on

    November 14th (PA Day).

    A Conference Request form has been sent home

    and confirmations will be sent home on

    Mon. Nov. 10th.

    I encourage you to review and discuss the report

    card with your child and take the opportunity to

    celebrate your child’s accomplishments. Space is

    provided at the bottom of pages three and four to

    identify steps for improvement together with your

    child. Please complete and return the double-

    sided tear-off form to the homeroom teacher as it

    will be placed in your child’s Ontario Student

    Record (OSR).

    Thank you to everyone who helped to support this event again this year. We are proud to say that we surpassed our goal of $2000 and actually raised about $2600!! This is absolutely incredible and we should all feel so proud of the difference we are making in our community and beyond! Terry’s dream continues to live on at Deer Park!

    Our Fab 5 (Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Weir, Mr. Ramirez, Mr. Bodmore and Mr. Ingoglia) entertained the crowds at our assembly on October 24th when they performed the chicken dance to a screaming audience. What a hilarious time for all of the staff and students! What a good sports! Thank you to the Fab 5 for their school spirit! At our Oct. 24th assembly, we had two special guests come to speak to us. Our first guest, was Carrie McLaren—Ambassador from the Terry Fox Foundation. She came to speak to our school about the importance of supporting cancer research and to thank us for our yearly participation that makes a difference. Carrie presented our school with a 25th Year—Terry Fox Marathon of Hope pennant and showed our school community that in the last 25 years DP has raised over $41,000 for research. WOW!!!! (see photo) Our second guest was Mark from Blood Services. He came to our school to talk about the importance of being a blood donor and how blood helps save the lives of cancer patients. He presented Mrs. White with a Blood Donor Milestone Certificate and thanked her for having donated blood 62 times!! (see photo) A huge thanks goes out to our school community, our families, our students and our staff for all the work that went into this year’s Terry Fox Run and fundraiser. Guess Who??!!

    http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/ReportCard_En.pdfhttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/ReportCard_En.pdf

  • On Tuesday November 11th at 10:30 a.m., Deer Park

    will be commemorating Remembrance Day and

    Veterans' Week.

    Ms. Banks’ grade 5/6 class will be organizing and

    hosting this special assembly in our gymnasium. All

    families are welcome to join us to pay their

    respects.

    We look forward to two musical guest performers

    this year.

    Lest We Forget

    Remembrance Day

    P A G E 3

    Important Dates to mark on your calendars: Our School Council meetings are now on the first Monday of each month with the exception of April (our meet-

    ing for this month will be on Tuesday April 7th.) We hope you will mark these dates on your calendar and hope-

    fully join us for a meeting.

    Next School Council meeting: December 1, 2014 (7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.). From 6-7 p.m. on this same night we will be having an EQAO information session. All parents/guardians are invited to come out and learn more about

    EQAO assessments. We’ll also have fun trying out some primary and junior EQAO questions!

    Upcoming Event: Our School Council is planning a special holiday season open-house fundraiser in December. More information will be coming home in the next few weeks. Please keep an eye open for a special flyer!

    A Message from our School Council

    As you know, in an effort to be more environmentally friendly, as well as more cost effective, we have moved to an e

    -newsletter format. To see a copy of our school newsletter online tell your friends to go to our school website at:

    [email protected]

    Just click on News and Events and then click on Newsletters. You can see all of our newsletters from this year

    posted there. If families still want a paper copy of the newsletter they will need to send in a note with this request

    to Mrs. Kukurudza.

    Help Spread the Word! DPPS Goes Paperless!

    Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Benyik, Ms. McLaren and Miss. Scaini

    Mrs. White and Mark from Blood Services

  • Weather Watch

    P A G E 4

    All students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 are expected to go out for every recess unless the principal or vice-principal

    decides that weather conditions are so poor that it would be detrimental for them to be outdoors. Students are to come to school

    ready for winter and prepared to be outdoors up to 40 minutes after lunch. We always monitor the weather and, in extreme con-

    ditions e.g. wind chill; we keep the students indoors or shorten the recess breaks.

    We often receive requests from parents asking us to keep their children indoors during recess times because they are not feel-

    ing well. Unfortunately, we do not have the staff or facilities to supervise students who are sick or still recovering from an ill-

    ness. Students with heavy colds, etc., which are serious enough to prevent them from participating in physical education, re-

    cesses or other outdoor activities, should remain at home until their condition improves. This will likely benefit the students

    concerned and prevent the spread of this illness to others.

    Please make sure that your children are dressed properly for our invigorating winter days. It is advisable for students to bring

    extra pants and socks. A change is often necessary due to the wet and cold weather of the winter months. To avoid adding to

    our clothing collection in the Lost and Found, please be sure to label all articles of clothing. Boots, hats, mitts/gloves, scarves,

    and snow pants for the younger children will help make recess an enjoyable time.

    Exceptions are made on an individual basis for children who may need to remain indoors for an extended period of time be-

    cause of a physical condition or recovery from a serious illness or accident. In such cases, a letter from the doctor is required.

    SNOW MUST STAY OUT OF HANDS AND ON THE

    GROUND at all times.

    Students are aware of the following consequences:

    1st incident: yard privileges temporarily removed

    2nd incident: warning letter/phone call goes home; yard

    privileges removed

    3rd incident: phone call home/meeting with parent(s); yard

    privileges removed; possibility of suspension

    (see below).

    Injury to a student could result in suspension even for a first

    incident. We appreciate your support in all matters relating to

    your child(ren)’s safety. Please take time with your child to

    review this policy.

    With the winter season upon us, people of all ages

    are looking forward to the joys of snow. Most chil-

    dren rank snowballing high on the list of fun winter activities.

    Unfortunately, when we have hundreds of students tramping

    through a small area of snow, that snow quickly becomes icy

    and SAFETY becomes a major concern. We have instructed all

    of our students that for SAFETY REASONS SNOWBALL-

    ING IS FORBIDDEN.

    There may be times where a teacher may supervise a snow

    activity such as snow/ice sculpture building if conditions are

    appropriate; however, with the exception of these activities,

    and the making of snowmen or snow forts,

    Let it Snow

    The following are approximate values

    Temperature

    (°C)

    Wind (km/h)

    -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 -45 -50

    10 * * 22 15 10 T 8 T 7 T 2 TTT

    20 * 30 14 10 T 5 TT 4 TT 3 TT 2 TTT

    30 * 18 11 8 T 5 TT 2 TTT 2 TTT 1 TTT

    40 42 14 9 T 5 TT 5 TT 2 TTT 2 TTT 1 TTT

    50 27 12 8 T 5 TT 2 TTT 2 TTT 2 TTT 1 TTT

    60 22 10 T 7 T 5 TT 2 TTT 2 TTT 2 TTT 1 TTT

    70 18 9 T 5 TT 4 TT 2 TTT 2 TTT 2 TTT 1 TTT

    80 16 8 T 5 TT 4 TT 2 TTT 2 TTT 2 TTT 1 TTT

    Legend

    Frostbite unlikely *

    Frostbite possible in 2 minutes or

    less

    2 TTT

    Frostbite possible in 3 to 5 min-

    utes

    5 TT

    Frostbite possible in 6 to 10 min-

    utes

    10 T

    Wind chill - Minutes to Frostbite (Environment Canada)

  • P A G E 5

    What can you expect to learn

    from a Parent Teacher Conference

    Tips for Successful Parent Teacher Conferences

    Although all conferences will be different

    since they are about individual students,

    most conferences will provide information

    related to:

    Your child’s progress to date in the

    required courses.

    Recent test results and what they mean.

    Your child’s strengths and weaknesses

    in school.

    Any observations about your child that

    may be affecting his/her school work

    (i.e. difficulty seeing the board, distrac-

    tibility or requiring more sleep).

    Your child’s current reading and math

    levels and how they compare to the

    grade expectations.

    Recent work your child has completed.

    Any issues related to behaviour, disci-

    pline or work completion.

    How your child is getting along with

    other students.

    Suggestions or ideas that you can use at

    home to help your child in school.

    Throughout the school year, parents have the opportunity to meet with their child’s classroom teacher. Some of these oppor-

    tunities will be casual, while others will be more formal, such as those following the distribution of report cards. In order for

    the conferences to be valuable, it is important for parents to understand that these are opportunities to give and receive infor-

    mation about their child. Here are some tips to help parents prepare for successful parent-teacher conferences.

    Why are parent teacher conferences important?

    Conferences give you a chance to get to know your child’s teacher, learn about the program your child will be studying

    (the curriculum) and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your child with the person who will be helping him/her to

    learn this year.

    As a parent, what should you do to prepare for a parent-teacher conference?

    Talk to your child beforehand. Have a good understanding of the expectations of the teacher, the curriculum, homework

    assignments and any issues that you should raise with the teacher.

    Be prepared to share specific examples if you have concerns about any aspect of the classroom or program.

    If applicable, bring your child’s latest report card with you so that you can discuss it in more detail.

    Make a list of things that will help the teacher better understand your child, such as any special health or medical needs,

    outside interests and hobbies that may have an impact on school, and events occurring at home that may affect your

    child’s learning (such as the sickness or death of someone close, change in your home life or past school experiences.)

    Share approaches that have worked for you when dealing with your child that the teacher might also find useful.

    Put together a list of things you would like to find out from the teacher such as services and programs the school offers,

    discipline policies, how your child will be assessed and graded, homework expectations, or extra curricular activities that

    your child can take part in.

    T H E D E E R P A R K D I G E S T

    Our school has once again been contacted by Lou Michielsen, Board of

    Directors - Secretary at the Georgina Community Food Pantry...this is

    the touching letter…

    Dear Principal and Staff, The Georgina Community Food Pantry will be giving a Christmas food hamper and toys to families in Georgina who have expressed a need for assistance. This has been an annual endeavour of the Food Pan-try and last year we helped over 400 applicants. In previous years, your school community has supported us by collecting food, new unwrapped toys, money or gift cards. We sincerely appreciate your support. This year the distribution dates for the food hampers will begin on December 4th through to December 19th. Toys will be distributed from December 8th to December 11th. This means that we would need the toys early in December with a deadline of December 5th.

    Please consider sending in your donations with your child

    or you can bring a donation to our

    Parent/Teacher Conferences on Nov. 13th and 14th .

    Thank you DP families!

    Georgina Food Bank Drive

  • P A G E 6

    We wish to remind

    students that at Deer Park

    we believe that

    children learn better when

    they receive regular

    intervals of exercise and

    fresh air. We send the

    children out for either a

    full or a shortened recess

    in everything but the most

    inclement weather.

    We ask that

    children are appropriately

    dressed for the weather:

    warm hat, gloves, scarf,

    coat, pants and boots at

    this time of year.

    T H E D E E R P A R K

    Cold

    weather

    wear

    Seasonal Flu Shots

    Boston Pizza &

    Deer Park A great way to keep

    money in our community &

    schools. Every time you,

    or anyone you know dines

    in at Boston Pizza, in

    Keswick, simply write Deer

    Park on the back of your

    receipt and put it in the

    box at reception. 5% will

    come back to our school

    for fundraising initiatives!

    Every morning our

    breakfast program

    serves between 40-

    60 students

    (especially in the

    colder weather).

    Although we do

    receive funding for

    this program, we are still in need of

    additional supplies to get us through the

    year. If you would like to make a food or

    cash donation we would be most

    appreciative! Some ideas for healthy food

    donations are: eggs, cheese, bread, whole

    fruit, pure juice, milk, whole grain low sugar

    cereal, Nutrigrain bars and yogurt. (please

    no peanut products)

    Feed the body...feed the mind!

    Breakfast Program Donations

    This information is for Junior Kindergarten

    parents, and parents of children in SK whose

    child did not attend JK. The Kindergarten teachers have sent home a letter regarding

    the Junior Kindergarten Observation Visits.

    This is the time of year when you can come

    into the classroom for approximately one

    hour to observe your child's active

    involvement in the Kindergarten Program.

    You will have an opportunity to contribute to

    the report card and to conference briefly

    with your child's teacher. The letter included

    several time slot options for you to choose

    from in order to best fit with your schedule.

    Thanks for you attention to this important

    matter!

    Note: SK students’ parents can book an

    interview for the 13th or 14th. Reports go

    home on the 12th.

    Jr./Sr. Kindergarten Reports

    Everyone aged 6 months and older who live, work or

    attend school in York Region should get the flu shot.

    For additional information about the community clinics or the

    flu, contact York RegionHealth Connection at 1-800-361-5653 TTY: 1-866-252-9933 or visit www.york.ca/flu

    Our school has been selected to be part of an Enhanced Healthy School Pilot

    Project. Our public health nurse, Amber Clements, has been assigned to our

    school to support our healthy school initiatives throughout this school year.

    We are currently in the planning stages for some exciting initiatives that will

    be happening starting in January. We look forward to hearing our students’

    voices through the student surveys and the student forum that Amber will be

    helping to run in the New Year. We want to know what our students think will

    make our school an overall healthier place. We hope that more parents will join

    us for our Healthy School Committee meetings. Our next one is on Nov. 20th

    at 12:05 p.m. We’d love to see more parents getting involved this year.

    Please join us!

    Healthy Schools—What’s Your Healthy?

  • P A G E 7

    School Bus Cancellation Notices

    Bus Responsibilities All students at Deer Park have

    received Bus Safety sessions from our

    school bus drivers.

    Responsibilities when riding the School

    Bus were explained to all students.

    Students are responsible to the

    principal for their conduct on the bus

    and are asked to listen to instructions

    from the driver. Student conduct that

    endangers the safety or the health of

    others may result in the loss of

    transportation privileges.

    Please remind your children of the expectations when

    riding the school bus. Thank you for your ongoing

    support by encouraging the following appropriate

    behaviour:

    Students shall:

    Arrive at the bus stop at least 5 minutes before

    the scheduled pick up time

    Refrain from boisterous behavior, fighting and

    the use of profane language

    Remain seated at all times

    Refrain from eating, drinking or littering

    Be responsible for any willful damage or

    vandalism to the school bus

    School bus service may be cancelled from time to time due to inclement weather and/or poor road conditions. In these cases,

    parents and students should develop alternate care/transportation arrangements.

    Since bussing schedules begin by 7:00 a.m. or earlier, all cancellation decisions must be made by 6:00 a.m. to ensure the

    safety of our students. Cancellation decisions will only be made after thorough consultation with school bus companies ser-

    vicing York Region. Decisions are based on several factors including precipitation, air temperature and road conditions.

    Please note the following:

    • A decision to cancel school bus transportation may be system wide (where all buses in York Region are cancelled) or

    municipality specific (where buses in one or more municipalities are cancelled).

    • Even though transportation in your municipality is running, if your child attends school in a different York Region munici-

    pality where transportation is cancelled, your child will not be transported to/from school.

    • Even though your child attends school in a different York Region municipality where transportation is running, if transpor-

    tation in your municipality is cancelled, your child will not be transported to/from school.

    If buses are cancelled in the morning, they will not operate in the afternoon. Therefore students transported to

    school by parents will require the same transportation home.

    Parents, students and school staff are asked to access the following radio and television stations after 6:00 a.m. to receive

    bus cancellation information:

    RADIO 590 AM 640 AM 680 AM 860 AM 1010 AM 1050 AM

    102.1 FM 1540 AM 1580 AM

    88.5 FM 89.9 FM 92.5 FM 93.1 FM 94.1 FM 94.9 FM

    95.9 FM 97.3 FM 98.1 FM 99.1 FM 99.9 FM 101.1 FM

    104.5 FM 100.7 FM 107.1 FM

    TELEVISION CITY TV, THE A-CHANNEL, CFTO TV, THE WEATHER NETWORK, GLOBAL NEWS

    A bus cancellation message will also be available at www.schoolbuscity.com and by calling 1-877-330-3001or by following

    the YRDSB on Twitter.

    The above procedure is not applicable to school charters. Please confirm the cancellation of these trips with school admini-

    stration.

    Thank you for your support as we focus on providing safe transportation for all of our students.

    T H E D E E R P A R K D I G E S T

  • A Message from our Library-November News

    P A G E 8 V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 3

    Literary Pumpkin Event

    Mrs. Mallinos’ grade three students did a great job organizing the Literary Pumpkin Event this year. We had lots

    of pumpkins transformed into book characters. Students enjoyed seeing the pumpkins on display the last week of

    October. Thank you to everyone who participated in this fun event. Special thanks to Room 3 for making two

    pumpkins!

    Library to Learning Commons Shift Period 1 on Day 1 and Day 2

    Staff and students have been using the library space as a Learning Commons more and more this year. Students

    are often in the library using computers, conferencing with Mrs. Firth about “Just Right Books” or coming as a

    class to use the space with another teacher to support student learning.

    Volunteers

    Thanks to our wonderful parent and grandparent volunteers. The school is fortunate to have volunteers do so

    many things to help Deer Park P.S. We have many books being circulated daily and it is very helpful to have

    volunteers assist with checking in books, shelving books and other jobs. Thank you very much!

    Jericho Youth Services at Deer Park! We are thrilled to have Jericho back with us again this school year. Jericho has received government funding

    and is able to run a FREE after school program at Deer Park. This program runs from Monday to Friday (excluding holidays and PA Days) until mid June. It is for students who are 6-12 yrs old (max age 12 yrs).

    Registration can be done on line at: https://jerichoyouthservices.recdesk.com

    The phone number that you can call for further information is: 905-722-5540

    Parents/guardians will need to communicate with Jericho directly regarding on which days they would like

    their child(ren) to attend. Parents/guardians MUST also call Jericho if their child will be absent from the

    program on a particular day. In addition to a call to Jericho, a note in the agenda is also recommended. The

    safety of our students is our number one priority and your diligence with communication is key. Thanks for

    your attention to this matter.

    We hope that our families will benefit from this wonderful opportunity!

    https://jerichoyouthservices.recdesk.com

  • Bullying

    Awareness Week November 16-22

    P A G E 9

    It is very frightening for any parent to have their child involved in

    bullying, whether your child is the bully, victim or bystander. An

    individual is being bullied or victimized when s/he is exposed,

    repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or

    more other students.

    The vision behind Bullying Awareness Week:

    Bullying Awareness Week is about working at preventing bullying through education and awareness

    Bullying Awareness Week is NOT about what others could or should be doing, but rather what WE can do!

    Bullying is a community issue. Schools are a critically important part of the solution, but bullying should not be

    defined solely as a "school problem".

    Addressing bullying is best done with a holistic, community approach because bullying is a community health and

    wellness issue.

    Everyone can play a role in addressing bullying in their community.

    Bullying also needs to be understood as a health issue. The impact of bullying on personal health and wellness can

    last a lifetime. This also financial implications for our society

    with lessened productivity, lost man hours due to illness or

    personal days off work.

    Bullying is a serious issue, at it's worst, bullying can kill.

    Source: http://www.bullyingawarenessweek.org/

    As parents, we need to ask ourselves what we are doing to help

    our children cope with bullying. The whole school community

    needs to join together to develop safe and healthy relationships for

    all children in order to protect them from the lifelong hurtful ef-

    fects of bullying. Contact your school to find out what you can do

    to help.

    This year’s theme for Bullying Awareness Week continues to be

    “Stand Up! (to bullying)”. As a school we will be addressing

    various aspects of the concepts of being a bully, bullied and a by-

    stander.

    Here are some great websites that you may wish to visit with (or

    without) your child:

    www.stopcyberbullying.org

    www.b-free.ca/home/about-bullying-home.html

    www.thedoorthatsnotlocked.ca/app/en/

    Family Time Is Back

    With A New Format! Creative and Cooking Time for

    Parents and Preschoolers

    Where? Deer Park Public School

    When? Starts Wednesday Nov. 19th and

    runs consecutive Wednesdays until Dec.17th

    Time: 12:45 – 2:30 p.m.

    Here’s what we’re going to do!

    Nov. 19 – Apple crisp

    Nov. 26 – Winter placemat

    Dec. 3 – Grilled Cheese

    Dec. 10 - Pinecone centerpiece

    Dec. 17 - Gingerbread cookies

    Please sign up by calling Deer Park :

    905 – 476 – 4185

    For more information including help with

    transportation please call Lois at:

    905 - 989 - 1896

    CAPC York Region…

    creating opportunities, with families,

    neighbourhoods and communities, to work

    together so that by age 6 all children will

    have developed to their optimum level -

    physically, socially, emotionally and

    intellectually.

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