Fern Ave. Public School Blog

Are you passionate about supporting your child’s education and contributing to your school community? We’re seeking a dedicated individual to join Fern School Council as Treasurer for the 2024/25 school year. As Treasurer, you’ll play a crucial role in managing our finances and ensuring transparency. Responsibilities: Process and record all financial transactions on behalf of the council. Prepare a monthly financial report and present it at each meeting. Work with council to review and approve requests for funding. Qualifications: Willingness to be responsible for school council finances. Strong organizational and communication skills. Collaborative team player. Interested in finding out more? Send us an email at fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com

Does tinkering with Google Sheets tickle your fancy? If yes, then do we have the job for you. School Council Treasurer is an important and fulfilling role on School Council. Manage the budget, count the coins after a bake sale, be involved in decisions that affect the school community. If you are interested in finding out more, send us a message at  fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail. com

School Council needs class reps to help communicate with Fern families. We've had a few veterans return, but still have some empty spots. If you have a child in one of the following classes and you would like to be a communication conduit (and occasional organizer of end of term gifts if you're feeling ambitious), please email  aurora.ratcliffe@gmail.com . Ms. Austin Mr. Costa Mr. Dumont Ms. Eyre Ms. Matijevic Ms. McAuslan Mr. Mosebye Mme Munteanu Ms. Saundercook Mr. Tchaptchet     Mme Tse     Mme Xisto

Ohmygoshthatwassomuchfun!  We were really worried Thursday night of the last week of school would be a bust. Too close to the long weekend. Too much smoke. Not enough notice for volunteers... But holy teapot, what a raging success! Thanks so much to the Fern community for coming out in droves as volunteers, bakers, cake decorators, three legged race racers, face painters, BBQ specialists, BBQ line attendees, and everything in between. Wow. We pretty much sold out of food and beverages, including the pop Bliss ran home to get out of her basement (not originally destined for Fun Fair). The kids went bananas for the games, the prizes, the mystery bags (new this year, inherited from families coming to Fern from Garden), not to mention the popcorn and candy floss.  Thanks so much to:  Inez-Margaret Bliss, Madeleine Cruickshank for project managing this thing,  Genevieve Bolduc for running the BBQ, Christine Wons for running the bake sale, figuring out the kitchen busine...

  Fernapalooza New Date - Thursday June 29th While we are disappointed we had to postpone this event, we are super excited to have this as a year end party!  A few reminders: Volunteers:  Please reconfirm your volunteering status!!  We still need more people! Check out the link . In particular, we desperately need a couple of captains for the night of the event:   Games Captain:  The materials are ready, the games are planned, we have volunteers, but our Games Captain will be away.    Popcorn Captain:  Our long-time popcorn expert will be away.  Again, we have knowledge, materials, and volunteers, but we need an adult to be in charge on the night of the thing.   Please reach out to  fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com  if you can be in charge the night of the event. We will connect you to the veterans who've run it before. Bake Sale: Please drop off baked goods at the Office on Thursday, June 29.  If yo...

Due to the air quality issues, we are postponing Fernapalooza/Fun Fair. We are tentatively booking Thursday June 29.... more details to follow. We are very disappointed, but the predictions for Friday's air quality run anywhere from "moderate" to "ash falling from the sky." We have to give our bbq and food suppliers 2 days notice, and if things get worse, we risk losing a big chunk of change and ending up with a thousand hot dogs to store. We don't want to be in a position where we're putting our Fern family at risk. We have pregnant people, grandparents, littles and bigs with asthma, and lots of parents in between who might be affected by the air because of health issues. Making a decision with imperfect information is hard, but we decided to err on the side of caution. We are still working out the details of how to redo the volunteer forms etc., but we will let parents know as soon as possible. More details about the revised date shortly.... Fern Ave S...

The link to the April 25 meeting minutes is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nha2qKQgBz5wGEKtj8D9q3T8uAKiqgfG/view?usp=share_link

Thanks to all the businesses and individuals who donated to the parent fundraiser Spring Fling! We could not have done it without you.  Check out the poster below of a list of all the donors to the event and Silent Auction. We're incredibly grateful to live in a community with such generous local businesses.

Minutes from the March 2023 meeting are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uw6cVNq6cuvHcsig2BnQNIrJjbRhDkuN/view?usp=share_link

Want the inside scoop on what's happening at the school? No secret handshake or password required! All Fern Ave. P.S. parents and caregivers are welcome to our easily accessible School Council meeting. We also welcome grandparents (or other interested family members), daycare parents and prospective/future Fern parents.  This month we are pleased to welcome Kristin Boucher, our TDSB speech and language pathologist, who will give us an update on her work and resources available for your child. We will also update you on the latest goings-on at the School.  For those who missed the meeting dedicated to the staff allocation process on March 28, we will do a rehash of that process at the end of our April 25 meeting, time permitting.  If there's anything specific you want to raise, please let us know by Tuesday, April 25, noon at fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com .  The Zoom link will come from Rosanna to current Fern parents. As it is from the Messenger system, it rea...

Our Grade 3 and 6 students will participate in the Educational Quality and Accountability Office ( EQAO) Primary and Junior Division Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics.  Please save the dates for Grade 3 and 6 , June 5 -9. Visit www.eqao.com for more information.

Our school council will meet on April 25th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm via ZOOM . The link and agenda will be sent out that morning.  Meetings are open to all members of our school community!

Dear Parents + Guardians,  Our 11th Annual Spring Fling Fundraiser will take place on Friday May 5th, 2023 at St. Casimir’s Church Hall, 156 Roncesvalles Ave. beginning at 7:00pm.  Don’t miss out on the neighbourhood PARTY of the year with your fellow Fern parents! Come out and dance, enjoy fantastic local food, have a drink at our cash bar, make a bid at our fabulous live & silent auctions and support your school!  Tickets   Buy your tickets today at: http://tiny.cc/u8x5vz   Silent Auction   Our silent auction is one way we raise funds for extra programs for Fern Ave. P.S. If you have an i tem or service that you would like to donate to the silent auction, it would be greatly appreciated! Please email fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com   Or we are happy to go shopping for you !  If you would like to make a monetary donation instead, please email fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com , or you can make a cheque payable to Fern Ave PS School Council with...

Please find links for minutes from the last two meetings here:  January 17: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H2dbgGbRAsqAkve8MPxqdgG6oiQVzYO7/view?usp=share_link February 21: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sZz7vHzPjJ-dh_AiZOs5TDonayuhDHhq/view?usp=share_link

Here's your chance to see how the sausage is made!  We just got staff allocation projections on Friday, and the volunteers on the parent committee are working on them over the weekend. We'd like to discuss them with you at the March 28 meeting, 6:30-8:30.   People always have a lot of questions about the staff allocation process -- where do these numbers come from? Is there a cap? Why are there splits? Why is this class bigger than this class? When do we find out our teacher? Will this change?  We usually have an incredibly tight turnaround for these numbers and don't always have a chance to bring them to the whole School Council before the deadline. However, this year we happen to have a meeting already planned, so we can use that fortuitous timing to discuss the staff allocation with everyone.  Please come and hear about it directly from Admin, and ask any questions you have. Rosanna will be sending out Zoom details on Tuesday, otherwise, please email fernaves...

Our  Tuesday, March 28th school council meeting will be held from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm via ZOOM . The link will be sent out that morning.  We look forward to seeing you all then!

Fern Class Dance-a-thon Schedule - subject to change Thursday March 9, 2023  Time Slot Classes Period 1 - 9:15-9:55am 102, 104U, 109, 110 Period 2 - 9:55-10:35am 105, 108, 206, 213 Period 3 - 10:50-11:30am 208, 211, 203, 214 Period 4 - 11:30am-12:00pm 207, 209, 215, 205, 104L Period 5 - 1:00-1:40pm 201, 301, 307 Period 6 - 1:40-2:20pm 305, 311,306 Period 7- 2:20-2:50pm 310, 308, 309 Period 8 - 2:50-3:20pm 302, 312

On Thursday, March 9th, 2023 School Council is bringing back the Dance-a-Thon!  This is our first chance since 2019! We have many families that haven't done this before, but it is a great chance for students to get out of their chairs and dance, dance, dance. It’s also an opportunity for the kids to contribute to the raising of much needed funds for the school.  Each class will dance for a period during the day in this fun fundraiser. This year, we want to raise funds to enhance our Arts programming, with the hope to be able to send kids to performances, and to bring performances into the school.  Everyone gets to dance, regardless of whether they raise funds, but this is a fun way to do it, and we'll have a bake sale for a Dance-A-Thon treat. Watch your email and your kid’s backpack for more details, coming soon.  We will also be looking for parent volunteers, so keep an eye out for the sign-up link.  Get ready to dance, dance, dance!

Our next school council meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 21st from 6:30 - 8:30 pm via ZOOM .  The ZOOM link and agenda will be sent out that morning. We look forward to seeing you all then.

Our next school council meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 21st from 6:30 pm -8:30 pm via ZOOM .  The ZOOM link will be sent out that morning. We look forward to seeing you all then.