Fern Ave. Public School Blog

This kindness bench honours our beloved EA, Barb MacEachern, for all her dedication and loyalty to the Fern students and community.  H appy Retirement Barb!

Every Saturday in 1905, the Toronto Daily Star would turn over a page of their weekend edition to the pupils of a local area school. On November 18, it was Fern’s turn to present themselves to the city. These days—when this sort of self-promotion is but a few clicks away—it serves us well to reflect on how things have changed at a school that will soon be 120 years old . . . and how much has pretty much stayed the same, here and in our community. Below are some excerpts, or you can click here to view the entire page.

Dear Parents and Caregivers of the Fern Avenue PS community, After careful and protracted discussions, I am very pleased to inform you that the TDSB’s decision to extract Ms. Cen from our teaching allocation has been revised and rescinded. Ms. Cen will remain a teacher with Fern Avenue PS for the 2010- 2011 school year, and remain the teacher for her previously assigned grades 7/8 class. Please join me in welcoming her back into our school. Yours truly, Mr. A. Moy , Principal Ms. S. Fetterolf , Vice-Principal, Acting

Attached you will find a letter outlining some staffing announcements. Once again, have a wonderful summer holiday. We look forward to seeing everyone in September. uploads/Fern%20Final%20Letter.doc

The attached information shares how Fern Avenue Public School will be organized for the 2009-2010 school year. Staffing changes may occur up to the end of September 2009. Thank you for your understanding. uploads/Fern%20Avenue%20School%20Organization.pdf

Fern Avenue Public School is looking for a parent representative group to look at STAFFING for the 2009-2010 school year. Fern is looking for a good representation of the community and hope that interested parents will contact the office ASAP at 416-393-9130 to indicate their interest. All meetings will take place before April 15th. Maximum flexibility of time is an asset. For greater parent involvement and as per TDSB staffing guidelines please consider the following information. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT In SCHOOL ORGANIZATION Experience at schools where parents have been involved with the planning of program models strongly suggests that an inclusive and co-operative culture among administration, teachers and parents is achieved. Parents who understand the constraints under which the school staffing committee must operate and how difficult it is to create the models are more supportive and less critical of the final result. To that end it is recommended that the T.D.S.B. work toward t...