Fern Ave. Public School Blog

It's back -- the community party you've been waiting for! Yard games (musical chairs, three legged race, sack race, football toss, fishing....), BBQ, bake sale, cake decorating competition, cake auction... It'll take you back to the school sports days/funfairs of your youth!  But we need a lot of help to get this party off the ground....  Things We Need for the Fun Fair: 1. More volunteers and baked goods  We're about 1/3 of the way there. Please check out the link here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DAAAE23A4FECE9-fernapalooza   This list includes the sign-up for bringing baked goods for the bake sale and jobs at the Fair. Encourage your grade 7 and 8's and your teens who need volunteer hours to sign up too.  2. Canopy/Tents Last year it was a hot evening, and we were grateful for the shade for things like the DJ booth, bake sale etc. Please email us at fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com if you have any tents/canopies we can borrow. 3. Cake Competition...

Click here for information on the upcoming Mountview Alternative School Open House on January 25.

 

Grade 6 families! The date for the Delta Alternative IN PERSON Open House is Thursday, January 19th, 2023 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.  Click here for the flyer for more information.

We are excited to return to an in-person open house this year at High Park Alternative - Thursday, January 19th, 2023, 6:00-7:30pm. Click here for the flyer. 

On Monday, October 31st,  Fern senior students will participate in a Halloween Dance in our auditorium in the afternoon.  We thank our student parliament for their work in this initiative.

Thank you for supporting this year’s wine and beer raffle!  Thank you to those who donated prizes, those that bought tickets and those who helped to organize our first almost virtual event. Because of you we collected enough items to make 9 amazing gift baskets, sold 600 tickets and raised an amazing $3,990.  The funds raised will enable us to create a memorable night for the class of 2022 and give the class of 2023 a huge kickstart to their fundraising.   Fern families are amazing!

This is a math and computing contest through the University of Waterloo. All our grade 7 and 8 students will be participating for a one hour contest on May 18th . Un grand merci to Mme Munteanu for organizing!

Holy teapot Fern families, did you ever come through with some AMAZING donations to help raise money for this and next year's Grad. The Grad Committee received enough donations to create 9 baskets worth about $200 each including a few non-alcoholic gift baskets.  Thank you so much for your donations, and to the Grad Committee team putting this together!  So now it's time to buy a ticket to win one of these great gift baskets. To purchase tickets please email payment to fernwineraffle2022@gmail.com and please indicate which basket(s) you wish to select. PLEASE ADD YOUR EMAIL TO THE MEMO IN YOUR E-TRANSFER OR EMAIL TO LET THEM KNOW WHO YOU ARE -- You will receive a confirmation email.   Ticket prices are $10 for 1, $20 for 3, $50 for 10. Draw date June 13 ! Please see poster above for more details.  Buy early, buy often!

The Grad Committee is collecting donations of beer, wine, gift cards until April 24 .  This is a fun way to raise money for the Class of 2022, and leave a nest egg for the Class of 2023. You might think grad for your kid is a looooong way off, but this will be your child someday soon. So help pay it forward now!  You can drop your donations at the Office or at one of the addresses listed in the attached flier.  Watch for raffle tickets for the excellent gift baskets, coming soon!  Thank you on behalf of the Grad Committee

The Grad Committee has come up with a fun and contact-less way to raise some cash for this year's grad celebrations, and to help kick start next year's fund.  Please consider donating a bottle of wine or beer or a specialty food item to the gift baskets, and keep your eyes open for details about where to buy a raffle ticket!  Details about drop off in this link .

Click here for information on the upcoming virtual Open House for Delta Alternative on January 18th.

Heydon Park Secondary School is a small and inclusive all-girls high school, that also supports transgender and non-binary students, offering a range of experiential learning courses in the Academic, Locally Developed, Workplace and College pathways that lead to the OSSC and OSSD. We provide a great deal of support and many extra-curricular activities to foster academic learning and social development. Our real strength is that we successfully engage students who need small classes, close monitoring, connections with community agencies as well as mental health and academic supports.  We are located downtown and welcome students from across the city through central placements (MID Program) and Optional Attendance (credit program). Students are eligible for transportation if they qualify; we also offer complimentary breakfast, lunch, and a snack each day.  For the 2022-23 Academic School year, we will continue to provide an integrative teaching model with targeted intervention...

Bloor CI and TOPS Open House November 9, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm See flyers below for more information:

Western Technical Commercial School is excited to announce our Grade 8 Virtual Open House on Thursday, November 4th at 7:00 pm .  During our WTCS Virtual Grade 8 Open House evening, parents/guardians and prospective students are invited to join a Question & Answer session that relates to a particular program of interest:  Robotics  Engineering  Design Studio/Cyber Arts  Leadership/Non-Profit  Hospitality/Culinary Arts  Gifted Special Education programs (ISP/LD and ISP/ASD)  If parents/guardians are unable to attend this evening, WTCS promotion videos and application information will remain on our website to access at a time of their convenience until applications close. We look forward to seeing you soon!

The Ministry of Health has provided a school based immunization program for students (Gr.7-12) that is delivered by the local Public Health department. Due to pandemic related disruptions, students have missed the opportunity to receive these vaccines over the past 2 years.  Toronto Public Health will be offering the school-based vaccines by appointment to eligible students in Grade 7-12 (born 2004-2009) at clinics throughout Toronto. The process is easy and you can book an appointment at:  tphbookings.ca .  The following vaccines will be available at the TPH community clinics: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Meningococcal Disease Hepatitis B. Please note : COVID-19 vaccines are separate from the school-based immunization program.  Please bring your immunization record with you to the appointment, where TPH staff will fully assess the vaccination history and obtain consent.

The yearbook is ready! It looks great!  The Parent Grad Committee will be distributing our Fern yearbook together with the parent grad gifts.  Thank you to our school yearbook committee, all our students, families and especially Mr. Nikolajevic and Mme. Morales for all their great work in getting this yearbook published.

  For Immediate Release Fern Film Festival - Underrepresented Voices Powerful stories! Powerful change! Fern Film Festival is a student-led film festival, in its inaugural year, consisting of 7 days of programming. Students at Fern Ave. P.S, in Toronto, ON, have collectively created the festival to provide space for underrepresented voices. Students from Grade 6, 7 and 8 have come together to provide space for underrepresented voices. See films from all over the world exploring many topics from LGBTQ+ to the Holocaust. The students at Fern Ave. P.S. want to help change the world starting with representation of people who are often not given the space! Disability not Inability May 27 Beauty and Power (BIPOC Women) May 28 LGBTQ+ Power June 2 Collaborate for Community (Xenophobia and Religious Discrimination) June 3 Powerful Woman June 4 Stories of the Holocaust June 8 BIPOC Stories June 9 Tickets and more information: www.fernfilmfestival.ca Contact - Justin Ruttan - justin.ruttan@td...

Please click here for information on the upcoming Alpha II Open House.

We are very excited to share our first edition of the "The Falcon" Newspaper! We are so proud of all our students.  Thank you to Mr. Dumont and the Fern Student Parliament for all their hard work in organizing and publishing our newspaper. All grade 7 and 8 students will receive a copy.  We hope you enjoy reading the wonderful articles by our students.  The Falcon