I N S I D E T H I S

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Principal’s Message 1

Staffing 2017-18 1

2017/18 Arts

Performances 2

Awakening Brilliance 2

Ice Cream Truck! 2

Grade 5 Farewell 2

Kindergarten Registration 2

Medication Returns 2

Parent Connect 3

Meeting the New Teacher 3

Library News 3

Summer Office Hours 3

Are You Moving? 3

2017/18 School Year Calendar 4

Geoquery 4

Courtesy Seating 4

Lost and Found 4

School Cash Online 5

Welcome The World 5

Summer Activities 6

Idle-Free Zone 6

Preparing for Summer 7

Summer Childcare 7

Religious Accommodation 8

Calendar 9

ATTENDANCE

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June 2017

Staffing 2017/18

Based on our predicted enrollment for September 2017, our staffing and class organization will be as indicated below: 5 Full Day Kindergarten classes 2 Grade 1 classes 2 Grade 1 French Immersion classes 3 Grade 2 classes 1 Grade 2 French Immersion class 1 Combined grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class 2 Grade 3 classes 1 Grade 3 French Immersion class 2 Grade 4 classes 1 Grade 4 French Immersion class 2 Grade 5 classes 1 Grade 5 French Immersion class 1 Special Education class Please be aware that the class your child is assigned in June is tentative. Should our numbers increase or decrease significantly between now and the reorganization day in September, your child’s teacher and/or class may change.

You can follow us on Twitter @levicreekps

Inspire Hope

Spring has brought us many experiences that have inspired our students to explore a range of learning opportunities. Education Week was a great success thanks to our community speakers who came to share their various career pathways with students, and to our parents who came to watch, play and learn with their children. Our #LeviCreekComesTogether Pride Assemblies continue to allow students to share their learning in literacy, numeracy, the arts, physical education, social justice, innovation and creation. We are excited about what this last month of school has to offer. June brings us more time to celebrate our learning together as a community. Our Start With A Smile event brought in many new families to introduce their young children to our Kindergarten program for September and we have many events planned to celebrate our Grade 5s as they transition to Middle School. We are looking forward to the many activities that are planned in June to consolidate our learning, to come together as a community and to plan for a new school year ahead of us. Natalie Gonsalves Principal

Awakening Brilliance Celebration

Friday, June 16—Tuesday, June 27

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Medication Returns Parents are asked to pick up their child’s

medication/EPI pens from the office on or

before the last day of school. Parents are

also reminded to pick up a new Medication

Form for the upcoming school year. New

Medication Forms are required each year.

The close of the school year always brings mixed

emotions for students and staff. It is difficult to say

goodbye to friends, but it is exciting to move forward

to new experiences, new friendships, and new

learning. On Wednesday, June 28th @ 10 a.m., we

will officially say farewell to our grade 5 students.

Parents of grade 5 students are welcome to join us

for this event. Please watch for additional

information coming from your child’s teacher.

Grade 5 Celebration

Kindergarten registration is ongoing. If you have a child who is eligible to attend kindergarten in September, please come to the school to fill out the necessary forms.

Our annual Awakening Brilliance week will take place between June 16 and June 27. A week of fun filled, exciting events and activities have been planned by this year’s Celebration Team!

Ice Cream! As part of our year-end celebration week, we will be having an ice cream truck coming to Levi Creek on Tuesday, June 27th. For just $2, students will be able to purchase a small ice cream cone, a small slushie, or a “Rocket” popsicle. A permission slip will be sent home separately.

Kindergarten Registration

The Creative Arts

Series for the 2017-

2018 school year,

will once again be a

wonderful

opportunity for your

child. This

experience opens

the imagination of

children to world

class performances

in all genres of the

Arts.

Please watch for

more details in the

fall.

Friday June, 16

Gr. 4 Medieval Faire Monday, June 19

Mississauga Choral Singers Gallery of Song Tuesday, June 20

Grade 5 Trip to Kelso Wednesday, June 21

Book Swap

Grade 4 & 5 Junior Soccer Tournament Thursday, June 22

Play Day (outdoors all day), board games/BYOD if raining Friday, June 23

Mystery Spirit Day

Class fun day/Board Games/BYOD day

Rain date for Play Day Monday, June 26

Nature Scavenger Hunt Tuesday, June 27

Talent Show (gymnasium)

Ice Cream Truck

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ARE YOU MOVING??

Parents are asked to notify the office in

writing if their child/ren will not be attending Levi Creek in September.

Please indicate on the attached form, the date your child will be moving and the name of the school your child will be attending in September so that we can update our records, transfer your child, and finalize our class lists.

Please be aware that students who have moved out-side our boundaries will not be placed on a class list for September 2017. Students who have moved outside our boundary are encouraged to register at their designated school.

On the last day of school, Thursday, June 29, the

students will be given the opportunity to visit their

new classroom, to meet their new teacher, and to say

hello to their new classmates.

Please be aware, however, that these placements are

Summer Office Hours The school office will open August 28th between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Please note that the Voice Mail System will not accept messages for staff after June 30th, 2017.

2017-2018 School Hours

Our start and end times will remain the same. Supervision begins at 9:00 a.m. Students will enter the school at 9:10 a.m. Instruction will begin at 9:15 a.m.

Please Note: First nutrition break will be at 11:05 a.m.

Second nutrition break will be at 1:05 p.m. All students will be dismissed promptly at 3:35 p.m.

June 16th is the final day to return all library materials. Missing or damaged materials may result in a notice home requesting a replacement fee.

Thank you to all the parents and students who came out to support our school Book Fairs. Keep reading and enjoy your local library!

Library News

ParentConnect is coming to YOUR school this fall! The Peel District School Board is excited to announce that ParentConnect, our new parent portal, is launching this fall at your student’s school. ParentConnect is a safe and secure application that provides access to electronic services for your Peel student(s). From alerts to busing, absence reporting to earned credit history, ParentConnect offers easy and convenient self-service access to important K-12 student information. Best of all, ParentConnect is mobile friendly so you have access when you’re on-the-go. Registration is easy. With the Student ID Number and a ParentConnect token passcode, you can access information about all of your children from one website, virtually any time! Watch for your unique ParentConnect token passcode via email, then go online and register. Want to learn more? Visit YouTube.com and search ‘Welcome to ParentConnect.’

Meeting The New Teacher

2017-2018 Elementary School Year Calendar

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First day of classes for all students: September 5, 2017 Last day of classes for elementary students: June 29, 2018 The number of instructional days for elementary and secondary students: 187 The number of professional activity days for the elementary and secondary: 7

School holidays: Labour Day: September 4, 2017 Thanksgiving Day: October 9, 2017 Winter Break (inclusive): December 25, 2017 to January 5, 2018 Family Day: February 19, 2018 Spring Break (inclusive): March 12-16, 2018 Good Friday: March 30, 2018 Easter Monday: April 2, 2018 Victoria Day: May 21, 2018

Elementary professional activity days: Professional Activity/Reorganization: September 26, 2017 Professional Learning: October 6, 2017 Reporting to Parents: November 17, 2017 Assessment, Evaluation and Report Card Writing Day: January 22, 2018 Professional Learning Day: February 9, 2018 Assessment, Evaluation and Report Card Writing Day: June 11, 2018 Professional Learning Day: June 29, 2018

You can access individual bus information for your child by logging onto the Geoquery website at http://businfo.stopr.ca. Information for the 2017-2018 school year will be available after August 28, 2017.

Once you are on the main page: 1. click ‘Student Login’ 2. enter your child’s OEN number (9 digit number

found on the front of your child’s report card) 3. enter the street, house number, school, and grade 4. click ‘Login’

This site will give you bussing information for your child such as; eligibility to ride the bus, bus stop location, bus number/route. You may also check to see if the bus is delayed.

*Unfortunately if your child is starting Junior Kindergarten, their information will not be accessible on the website in August. However, the kindergarten bus routes will be posted at the front windows of the school on September 4th and will remain for the weekend.

GEOQUERY COURTESY SEATING

If you are interested in courtesy seating for your child, please fill out a Courtesy Seating Request form available in the office in October 2017.

LOST AND FOUND

As the end of the school year approaches, it is a good time to check the Lost and Found for your child’s items. We will be removing all items and donating to a charity at the end of the school year.

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The Peel District School Board’s We Welcome the World Centres located in Brampton, Malton and Mississauga, are the first point of contact for all newcomer families to become familiar with the educational system in Peel. The centres are open all year—including the summer months. In addition to providing literacy and numeracy assessments, We Welcome the World Centres provide newcomers with a host of services including: reception, orientation, interpretation and referrals.

At each centre, parents/guardians and students will discover: computer portals—guided introduction to the Peel Welcome to School Kits and other Peel resources settlement service information translation of materials to support the reception and assessment process age and grade appropriate educational and related program resources audio-visual materials to explain the adult education program professionally administered child-care (only available during assessment and orientation process) information about various community supports and programming available

For more information about the We Welcome the World Centre and the services they provide, call 905-366-8791.

Pay school fees online—register today!

The Peel District School Board is excited to announce that your child’s school now offers a new, preferred method of payment for all school fees. School Cash Online is a safe and secure form of online payment that allows you to pay for your child’s school items, like field trips and pizza days, from your computer or smartphone using eCheck, Visa or Mas-terCard. Register now By registering, you’ll have the ability to:

Keep track of your children’s school item and activity fees Check account history Print or view receipts Make donations to school fundraisers online and instantly receive a tax receipt Pay for school fees with the click of a button

For more information and to register, visit https://peelschools.schoolcashonline.com. If you have any questions, please contact the school directly.

IDLE-FREE Zone Our school is working to protect the health of our students and the health of our

environment. We ask you to show your support by turning off your engine while

dropping off or waiting to pick up your child at school.

The emissions that come from our tailpipes harm all of us, especially children who

breathe more and at a faster rate than adults. By turning off your car, our students,

teachers and parents won't breathe in unhealthy fumes as they enter school.

Air pollution also poses particular risks for our children with asthma. So, if you're

going to be sitting still for more than 60 seconds, remember to turn your car's

engine off. You'll not only improve our air, you'll also save money in fuel and vehicle

wear and tear costs then we can all breathe easier.

Summer activities that boost learning Kindergarten to grade 4

Sorting and stacking – Teach classification skills with dinnerware. Ask your child to match and stack dishes of similar sizes and shapes. Also have your child sort flatware – forks with forks, spoons with spoons. This is like recognizing the shapes of letters and numbers. Comic strip writing – Use comic strips to help with writing. Cut the segments of a comic strip apart and ask your child to arrange them in order. Then ask your child to fill in the words of the characters (orally or in writing). Float and sink – Encourage hypothesizing (guessing). Use several objects – soap, a dry sock, a bottle of shampoo, a wet sponge, an empty bottle. Ask your child which objects will float when dropped into water in a sink or bathtub. Then drop the objects in the water, one by one, to see what happens.

Grades 5 to 8

Follow the news – As a family, choose an important news event to follow for a day or two. Ask each person to find as much information on the topic as possible – read newspapers, look at online news webpages, listen to the radio and watch TV news. Then talk about what everyone learned. Pro and con: what do you think? – Make a family game of discussing a special issue. For example, "Teenagers should be allowed to vote," or "There should never be any homework." Ask your children to think of all the reasons they can to support their views. Then ask them to think of reasons opposing their views. Which views are most convincing? For variety, assign family members to teams and have them prepare their arguments pro and con. Stretch, run, walk – Ask your child to do at least one kind of exercise every day. For example, run or walk briskly for 10 minutes. Walk, when possible, instead of driving, for any distance less than a mile. Have your child make a week-long exercise plan. Try to think of a modest reward for sticking to the plan and exercise with your child. Let your voice be heard – Promote good citizenship. Help your child write a letter to the

editor of the local newspaper about an issue affecting children – for example, suggest that a

bike path be built near the school or that a city event be planned for youngsters. Children are

citizens, and their ideas are worth hearing.

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P A G E 7

Preparing for the summer sun

Excessive exposure to the sun can lead to health concerns such as sunburn and skin cancer. As summer ap-proaches and the weather gets warmer, it is necessary to apply sunscreen to protect ourselves from too much sun damage and burns. In summer, we are exposed to higher levels of ultraviolet (UV) rays. This exposure is a risk factor for devel-oping skin cancer and cataracts later in life. The UV index is the measure commonly used in Canada to as-sess the strength of the sun’s UV rays risk on a given day. What is the UV Index? The index scale ranges from 0 to 10. The higher the value, the more intense ultraviolet rays. The UV index is calculated daily by Environment Canada using ozone and weather information. It can vary from day to day with changes in the ozone layer – the thinner the ozone layer, the higher the index reading.

How to protect your family from the sun? Wear a hat (preferably with a broad brim), sunglasses and protective clothing on sunny days.

Use sunscreen with a SPF of 15 or greater whenever you're outdoors.

Encourage your children to play in shady areas if they are outside for a long period of time.

Remember that sunburn can occur even on a cloudy day, as up to 80 per cent of UV rays can penetrate light clouds, and 40 per cent of UV rays can bounce back from sand, water or concrete.

Three steps to quality summer child care for your child If you have a school-age child, finding summer child care can be a real challenge. But you can follow these three simple steps to help you choose a program that’s best for your family. It will mean a summer full of fun and learning for your child—and peace of mind for you. Step 1 Call Child Care Info Peel 905-890-9432 or 1-888-836-5550 Child care experts provide specific information about summer camps and other child care providers in your neighbourhood. They can answer your questions and give you information to help you choose the program that’s right for your family. It’s a good idea to call the info line early to give yourself enough time to investigate potential programs and make your decision before the program fills up. Step 2 Schedule an appointment to meet with the program director or to speak over the phone, so that you can get more infor-mation about the program. If possible, visit the program or the facility in which it will be held. The more information you have, the better you will be able to decide if this program is a good "fit" for your child and your family. Step 3 When you are checking out summer programs, don’t be afraid to ask a lot of questions—it’s the best way to make sure you have all the information you need. In general, you will want to ask questions about the program, staff, health and safety practices, food provided, and costs. For more information, call Child Care Info Peel or visit www.cdrcp.com/ccip.html.

For more information on religious accommodation, visit our website at www.peelschools.org/aboutus/equity.

Religious accommodation available to all faiths, reflects board commitment to inclusion All Ontario school boards are legally required to offer religious accommodation (as per the Ontario Human Rights Code) and have a religious accommodation procedure in place (as per the Ministry of Education’s 2009 Provincial Equity and Inclusive Education strategy). While the Peel District School Board has been providing religious accommodation to its students and staff for over 15 years, the board has revised its formal Religious Accommodation Operating Procedure, which has been in place since 2012. The Peel board recognizes and values the religious diversity within its community and is committed to providing a safe, respectful and equitable environment for all, free from all forms of discriminatory or harassing behaviour, including those based on religion. Who can make a religious accommodation request? Parents of Peel students or staff of any faith background can make a religious accommodation request. How can a student or staff member make a religious accommodation request? Parents of Peel students or staff should contact their school principal or site supervisor in early September (or as early in the school year as possible) to submit a religious accommodation request. What religious accommodation can be requested? For many students and staff in Peel schools, there are a number of areas where the practice of their religion that may result in a request for accommodation:

observation of major holy days, ceremonies, commemorations, and celebrations school opening and closing exercises prayer and rituals dietary requirements fasting religious attire modesty requirements religious leave participation in daily activities and curriculum

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