2019 40 New Westminster Drive, Thornhill (905) 738-1724 Attendance Line: 905-907-7884

Louis-Honoré Fréchette P.S.

www.louishonorefrechette.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca

FRÉCHETTE GAZETTE

Administrators’ Message With the end of term one and report cards going home, our students and staff continue to set goals for continued and improved social and academic success. We look to support and foster growth mindsets in our students and ourselves as we set challenges for the new term. Our Junior and Intermediate classes enjoyed a presentation from Education Arts Canada titled ‘Jay vs. the World, a musical that explores emotional regulation and bullying. We are looking forward to an upcoming presentation by Anthony Maclean exploring issues such as bullying and discrimination. This month we hosted our annual Valentine’s Day dance and it was another huge success. Each grade was invited to participate in a fun session of dancing and music. We would like to thank our School Council for sponsoring the event. We also celebrated our Canadian winter spirit with Carnaval Week. The week-long celebration included a number of spirit days, outdoor activities and many visits from Bonhomme! We were so excited to have snow this year! All of our classes hosted Open Houses during Carnaval week where family members came to visit their child(ren)’s classes, participate in activities and join in the fun. We loved seeing everyone who was able to join us! We hope to see many more families at our upcoming Spring events, such as our primary play and our year-end Barbecue! Opportunities such as these demonstrate to our children the importance of collaboration and partnership and what it means to be part of the Fréchette family. We have had a number of inclement weather days where buses have been cancelled, making it challenging for families. These days have highlighted for us the need to remind our families of the importance of ensuring your child’s safe arrival to school. Please remember to contact the school to indicate that your son/daughter won’t be attending school, and cite the reason for the absence, for example, due to bus cancellation. In addition, we would like to remind families about drop-off and pick-up expectations at LHF on any given day. Children who are dropped off at school prior to 9:05 a.m. are not permitted entry into the school building unless they are there to attend a class or a practice and are directly supervised by a staff member in that capacity. If administration feels that children need to come indoors due to rain or extremely cold weather, prior to 9:20 a.m., the announcement will be made at 9:05 a.m. Likewise, it is expected that all students are picked up by 3:50 p.m. We respectfully request that families who are challenged to arrive for pick up by 3:50 p.m. please notify the school as soon as possible and make every effort to arrange for their children to be picked up on time. We recognize that this does not apply to our entire community, but we have noticed that there are many families who expect their children to wait in the office or front hall until they arrive. Our next School Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 6th at 7:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there and appreciate your patience after two cancellations! Don’t forget that March Break is fast approaching, March 11th to March 15th. Classes will resume March 18th. We wish you a happy and safe holiday and look forward to receiving our students refreshed and ready to jump into their learning for the remainder of the school year!

Respectfully yours,

Mme Furlin et Mme Korinis

Priorities: Foster Well-Being &

Mental Health Champion Equity &

Inclusivity Build Collaborative

Relationships Empower Ethical

Leadership Equity, Innovation & Leadership

Principal: Angie Furlin Vice Principal: Eugenia Korinis

Trustees: David Sherman (905) 882-4179

Superintendent of Schools:

Chris Sarellas(905) 764-6830

DATES TO REMEMBER March 5 - Gr. 1 Trip to Kortright

March 5 - Gr. 6 VIP

March 6 - School Council at 7pm March 7 - ISE Presentation Gr. 7’s March 8 - BIG CRUNCH Assembly March 11 to 15 - March Break March 19 - Lice Checks March 19 - Gr. 6 VIP March 21 - Anthony Mclean

Presentation March 26 - Dental Screening Gr. 2/7/8 March 27 - Dental Screening Gr. 2/7/8 March 29 - Gr. 6 VIP March 29 - Earth Hour at Fréchette 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm March 30 - Earth Hour 8:30-9:30pm

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WINTER CARNIVAL

Our Fréchette Winter Carnival was a great success. We celebrated French culture and engaged in a

variety of learning experiences that enhanced the students‛ appreciation of the French language,

French Canadian traditions and celebrations.

Our Carnival began on Tuesday, February 19th and continued through to Friday, February 22nd. The week was

fun and informative for parents/guardians who came to visit. We enjoyed our morning carnival music, outdoor

activities, Bingo game and class activities. Thank you to all parents/guardians who joined us. Great fun was

had by all.

It’s that time of the year again where we spring the clocks forward on Sunday, March

10th at 2:00am. REMEMBER: SPRING FORWARD,

FALL BACK!!!

TURN THE CLOCKS FORWARD

MARCH 10TH

Primary Play - Une promesse, c'est une promesse The grade 3s continue with rehearsals for the primary musical play "Une promesse,

c'est une promesse," based on the book by Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak.

Grade 2 students are welcome to join the choir. All of the parts have been cast and

rehearsals have started. The actors have been divided into 4 casts, which will per-

form over two evenings (two performances per evening) in May. A letter with more

information will go home soon. Congratulations to all the participants!

Message From Our Trustee I hope everyone has had a great start to the second half of the school year. Over the past few months, I have

had an opportunity to connect with families, students, staff members and with our broader community. I

have seen a lot of exciting opportunities for students to explore their interests, celebrate their identities, and

develop skills and knowledge that will benefit them in the future. Many students are participating in skills competitions or other events where they problem-solve, innovate,

collaborate and further develop their technical skills. Students compete in robotics, construction, hairdress-

ing, transportation, 3D animation and much more. These events are among the many options available to

help students explore different careers and pathways, and gain valuable experience. We are grateful for the

support of community partners in helping to provide these great learning opportunities to our students. I also want to express my appreciation to our broader school community. One of the priorities in our Multi-

Year Strategic Plan is to build collaborative relationships. The relationships that our schools have with

families is so important. There are many different ways you can be involved - talking to your child’s teach-

er, asking your child about homework, or volunteering on a field trip or the school council. Your contribu-

tions make a difference to your child’s success and to the success of our schools.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable March Break.

David Sherman, Trustee

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MESSAGE FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE ORDERED HOT LUNCHES FOR THEIR CHILD

Nutrition and healthy eating is as important to health as it is to learning. Unfortunately, there

are many children arriving at school with no food or not enough food to eat, or the lunch that

they ordered is not served that day. Please ensure that you mark the date for all your child/

children’s lunches . Also ensure that your child/children have sufficient food and snacks to

make it through the school day. We are not equipped to serve groups of children, that for

whatever reason, arrive in the office with no lunch or not enough lunch. We have a number

of students coming into the office requesting lunch and/or snacks on a daily basis and stu-

dents who come into the office complaining that they do not like their lunch. Please talk to

your child/children about what they like to eat and the importance of eating what they have

in their lunch. There also seems to be a question about the dates that lunches will be served. Lunches that

are ordered from school will ALWAYS be served on the same calendar day (i.e. Monday—

Friday). If we have a day off, for example, Monday or Friday or a (PA Day or holiday)

lunches are not served on that day. REMINDER: Please be aware that there will be no hot lunches served on inclement weather days. Please send your child/ren with a lunch on these days. Current order for pizza ends on March 25. Inclement weather day on January 21

will be made up on April 1. Inclement weather day on February 25 will be made up

on April 4. New order starts on April 8 and ends June 24. Current order for Tuesday lunch ends March 26. Inclement weather day on Janu-

ary 29 will be made up on April 2. New order will start April 9 and ends June 25. Current order for Wednesday lunch ends March 27. Inclement weather day on

February 6 will be made up on April 3. Inclement weather on February 27 will be

made up on April 10. New order will start April 17 and ends June 26. Current order for Thursday lunch ends March 28. New order will start April 11

and ends June 20. Current order for Friday lunch ends on March 29. New order will start on April 5

and ends June 21. Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions or need support in this matter.

SPOONS AND FORKS - Every day many of students come down to the office requesting a

spoon or fork so that they can eat their snacks/lunches. The school, unfortunately, cannot provide

plastic spoons and forks. We ask that parents/guardians please provide a reusable spoon or fork

from home in their child’s lunch. Students who get hot lunches are provided with spoons and/or

forks in their lunch. Please remember the three R’s, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse Thank you for your support in this matter.

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Summer Institute

Looking for summer learning and fun activities for students entering Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8? Summer Institute offers academic, recreational and athletic programs and activities with intentional links to the Ontario Curriculum. The program runs for six weeks from July 2 to August 9, 2019. For more information on dates, programs and locations, please visit the Summer Institute page on www.yrdsb.ca.

Registration opens March 6 at 4pm.

Base Registration Weekly Fees: York Region District School Board students: $110 (4 day weeks) $125 (5 day weeks)

Non- York Region District School Board students: $135 (4 day weeks) $160 (5 day weeks)

BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAMS Since December, the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have been training several times a week. Before school, after school and at most recesses, the gym was full of athletes striving to do their best. In the end, both groups of students became incredible teammates and grew in many ways. Neither team ever gave up, and participated in several after-school tournaments, learning new lessons all the way. A special congratulations to both teams who played in tournaments in February. Many of the games were very close and the teams kept their cool. Congratulations to the girls’ team for placing 4th place in the Area tournament. Congratulations to the boys’ team for placing 2nd in the Area tournament. BRAVO! What an excellent season! Congratulations! Every member of our teams deserve much recognition for their dedication, hard work, and support of one another over the past few months. Thank you very much to the coaches who put in endless hours supporting the teams. Coaches: M. Durand, M. Deschenes

BADMINTON TEAM Badminton has started and many students have come to try out for the team. They are

putting forth a great effort and having great fun. Those birdies are flying. The team will be

chosen before March break and we wish them all good luck throughout the season. Coaches: M. Deschenes and Mme Wong

LOST & FOUND - IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please drop by and claim any lost clothing or other items from the lost and found bins/tables by

March 8, 2019. The tables/bins are located on the first floor at the south entrance.

All lost and found articles not claimed will be donated to charity on March 22, 2019. Thank you for your support.

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Healthy Schools Committee

HEALTHY EATING We continue to serve healthy and delicious snacks free for all Frechette students every Tuesday and Thursday during the first snack (11-11:15 am). The bins are located in front of the staff room so students can please come by and help themselves to a yummy snack! YOU’RE THE CHEF The next ‘You're the Chef’ will be held in April for grade 4 students who sign up. More details will follow. BIG CRUNCH

Fréchette will celebrate the "The Big Crunch" on March 8th, during the Eco Assembly. Ontario grown apples will be eaten to celebrate healthy eating at school. Students will receive an apple and crunch together with the whole school during our assembly. PLAY PROGRAM

Grade 7 students will continue to run the Play Program every recess starting in April. They organize games for primary students and monitor fair play and inclusion. En-courage your child to seek the play leaders, meet some new friends and learn some new games. JUMP ROPE FOR HEART Our Jump Rope for Heart event will take place in April. More details will follow. We encourage families to support fundraising for the Heart and Stroke Foundation! If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Ivana at ivana.trevisan@yrdsb.ca or our volunteer parent Anna at askom@yahoo.com .

The ECO-Update! Eco-ideas The Grade 4 members of the Eco-club have prepared a video on how to sort trash. We hope to reach the entire student body and we hope to make a difference! This will help the school make small, yet impactful changes to reduce our waste production. Let's keep up those boomerang lunches! If you didn't finish your lunch, bring your leftovers home! A boomerang lunch helps not only to reduce waste at school, but reduce food waste as well! Our senior members (grades 5-8) have been busily preparing materials to put up on our bulletin boards for our first of a series of 4 informative boards. Earth Hour 2019 is Saturday, March 30 On Saturday, March 30th from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm turn out your lights, turn off electronics and spend an hour with your family. Play some board games, or enjoy the great outdoors and stargaze! Join millions of people across the world and think about saving energy to benefit the environment. At Fréchette we will celebrate Earth Hour on Friday, March 29 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 p.m. Teachers will turn off the lights and plan ac-tivities to help students learn about conserving energy.

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Re: Student Bussing Eligibility Did you know that students’ bussing eligibility changes throughout their school career? Your son/daughter’s eligi-bility to ride the school bus may change according to their grade and distance from home to school. Below are the provisions for eligibility identified in the Board’s Transportation Policy #680: • All YRDSB students in Grades JK-3 who live within 1.2 km of their school are not eligible for transportation • All YRDSB students in Grades 4-8 who live within 1.6 km of their school are not eligible for transportation • All YRDSB students in Grades 9-12 who live within a transit served area are not eligible for transportation. To view Board Policy #680 Student Transportation, please visit www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca. For more information about bus transportation and to determine your son/daughter’s eligibility please visit www.schoolbuscity.com. Please be advised that those students who fall under the above criteria have not been eligible for bussing as of March 19th, 2012.

EXTRA CHANGE OF CLOTHES AT SCHOOL

The snow is not over yet, but we hope that soon we are nearing the end of the winter

season and we may have warmer days ahead. This means that snow and ice will melt and

the field/pavement area may be a wet and sloppy mess. With this in mind, we are asking

parents/guardians to please provide your child/children with a change of clothes in a

plastic bag, clearly marked with their name (including, sweater, undershirt, pants, under-

pants, socks and an extra pair of gloves). This will avoid a call home. We appreciate your co-operation in this matter.

BUSING: This is a reminder to parents that, FOR SAFETY REASONS, students can only ride their designated bus. They are not allowed to take another student’s bus to or from school for any reason. Your child’s name is associated with a particular bus number and must only ride that bus, therefore we ask parents to honour this.

Change of Personal Information It is vital to have up to date personal information, if you have made any changes to your home, business or cell numbers or have a new address or emergency contacts please make sure that the office is informed. You may email the changes to either Mme Apa at rose.apa@yrdsb.ca or Mme Pupo at teresa.pupo@yrdsb.ca. Thank you.

French Immersion Accommodation Plan

French Immersion registration for grade one ended on February 8, 2019. Late applications can be made in person at your local French Immersion school. Late applications will be considered on a first-come-first-served basis. All registrations will be subject to review and verification. Parents/guardians looking for more information can visit the Board’s website at www.yrdsb.ca.

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Student Transportation Services of York Region

320 Bloomington Road West

Aurora, Ontario L4G 0M1

905-713-2535

FAX: 905-713-2533

Web site: www.schoolbuscity.com

To ensure the safety of students, school bus service may be cancelled due to inclement weather, extreme temperatures and/or poor road conditions. In these cases, parents and students should develop alternate care/transportation arrangements. Cancellation decisions will only be made after thorough consultation with the Safety Officers of school bus companies servicing York Region and are based on several factors including precipi-tation, air temperature, road conditions and weather forecast. Please note the following;

A decision to cancel school bus service will be region-wide meaning all school buses, vans

and taxis will not operate.

School bus routes may be cancelled when severe weather may not be affecting all mu-nicipalities in York Region. Both the YRDSB and YCDSB operate many regional educa-tional programs. Students attending these programs are transported over large attendance areas encompassing several municipal boundaries. This limits the ability to cancel bus ser-vice using a municipality or zone methodology.

When bus service is cancelled all school tests and/or examinations will be cancelled and re-

scheduled.

Student trips involving the use of school buses will also be cancelled.

Unless otherwise stated, schools will remain open and parents can make arrangements to transport their children to and from school even if school bus service is cancelled. 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 1540 AM 1580 AM 88.5 FM 89.9 FM 92.5 FM 93.1 FM 94.9 FM 95.9 FM 97.3 FM 98.1 FM 99.1 FM 99.9 FM 101.1 FM 102.1 FM 104.5 FM 100.7 FM 105.9 FM 107.1 FM TELEVISION CITY TV CTV Barrie CTV Toronto CP24 GLOBAL NEWS A bus cancellation message will also be available at schoolbuscity.com and by calling 1-877-330-3001, or by following @YRDSB and @YCDSB on twitter. Please remember that if buses are cancelled there will be no hot lunches served on that day.

School Bus Cancellation Notice

Respect Responsibility Courage Compassion/Empathy Optimism Initiative/Independence Honesty Fairness/Integrity Perseverance Inclusiveness Significant Faith Day Updated: 1-Mar-19

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Day 2

Sub Day

2

3 4 Day 3

Pizza Int. Girls’ Basketball Qualifiers

5 Day 4

Spaghetti & Meatballs Shepherd’s Pie/Chili Int. Boys’ Basketball Qualifiers Gr. 1 Trip to Kortright Gr. 6 VIP

6 Day 5 Chicken/POP Int. Girls’ Basketball Regional Tournament

7 Day 1 Fish/Hamburger/ Chicken w/ rice & Vegetables Int. Boys’ Basketball Regional Tournament International Student Exchange Presentation for Gr. 7’s

8 Day 2

Sub Day

BIG CRUNCH Assembly

9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 Day 3

Pizza

19 Day 4

Spaghetti & Meatballs Shepherd’s Pie/Chili Lice Checks Gr. 6 VIP

20 Day 5

Chicken/POP

21 Day 1 Fish/Hamburger/ Chicken w/ rice & Vegetables Anthony McLean Presentation Gr. 4—8

22 Day 2

Sub Day

23

24/31 25 Day 3

Old Order Ends Pizza

26 Day 4 Old Order Ends Spaghetti & Meat-balls Shepherd’s Pie/Chili Dental Screening Gr. 2/7/8

27 Day 5 Old Order Ends Chicken/POP

Dental Screening Gr. 2/7/8

28 Day 1

Old Order Ends Fish/Hamburger/ Chicken w/ rice & Vegetables

29

Old Order Ends Sub Gr. 6 VIP Earth Hour 2:30-3:30

30

EARTH HOUR 8:30 PM—9:30 PM

March 2019

BUS ROUTES HOTLINE

1-877-330-3001

www.schoolbuscity.com

Courage/Confidence

We face challenges directly. We seek help from others when necessary. We do the right thing

even when it may be unpopular. We are able to recognize risks and danger and do not take

unwise risks to gain the approval of those around us.

SCHOOL COUNCIL 7:00 PM

WINTER BREAK

SPRING FORWARD

ONE HOUR AT 2AM

SPRING BEGINS

Louis-Honoré Fréchette Public School

Tel: (905) 738-1724 Fax: (905) 738-4226

Website: http://louishonorefrechette.ps.yrdsb.ca

eMail: louis.honore.frechette.ps@yrdsb.ca