Fern Ave. Public School Blog

Parkdale Jr. & Sr. P.S will be a summer school site this year for both in-person and virtual learning, English program only.  Please click here for the flyer and more information.

The focus of the Elementary Summer School Program is to support student learning and engagement through the month of July. Programs, embedded in Literacy and Numeracy, are developed by the local summer school principal to reflect the local school focus.  Thirty-eight programs are offered to students in Kindergarten to Grade 8, from July 5 – 30, 2021 , in-person or online through virtual instruction.  Registration is now open! Click here for a full list of participating schools and registration information.

We ask all families to help their children make sure they come to school prepared with everything they need for the day: lunch, water bottle, running shoes, etc., as visitors inside the building are not allowed as we try to maintain a COVID-safe environment.

The yearbook crew has been hard at work capturing moments that make this school year special. Stay tuned for more on this year's yearbook!  Thank you to Mr. Nikolajevic and Mme Morales and student leaders for your leadership and spirit!

Scooters, rollerblades, bicycles and skateboards are excellent modes of transportation, however, for everyone's safety, they are not allowed to be used on school property between 9:00 an and 4:00 pm Monday through Friday .  To promote a safe learning environment, students are expected to walk their bicycles to the racks and carry their skateboards, rollerblades and scooters while on school property during school hours.  Let's all be safe!

Vera has been extremely busy accepting registrations for the upcoming school year!  Children who will be 4 years old by December 2021 can start Junior Kindergarten in September 2021. To register please contact Vera in the school office to set up an appointment.

Toronto Police Services would like to remind our community that school crossing guards are an important part of safe school zones. They are essential in ensuring that students are able to safely cross roads in designated intersections. Their job can be more difficult if parents and students do not follow their direction.  When approaching an intersection with a crossing guard remember, please pay attention to the crossing guard when you are coming to and from school.  It is also important to educate your child about the role of the crossing guard. For their safety, encourage them to cross at crosswalks with a crossing guard whenever possible. Teach your child to always stop and make eye contact with motorists before crossing a road to ensure the driver can see them.

The film festival is part of our Fern drama program where each of the grade 7/8 classes and one grade 6/7 class are planning a day of the festival.  The festival centres around highlighting underrepresented voices and each class has decided on an area of focus within these voices. The festival days include focuses such as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, religious discrimination, xenophobia and more.  Please check the website at www.fernfilmfestival.ca for more information! The dates are still to be confirmed depending on the number of filmmakers participating along with their schedule and availability.  If you are interested in participating as a filmmaker or can connect us with any filmmakers, please email Mr. Ruttan at: justin.ruttan@tdsb.on.ca You can view the flyer here:  Fern Film Festival.pdf

We know how excited everyone was for Photo Day on March 26th. However, TDSB is guided by TPH and they are specific that we cannot photograph in our school until we are in the RED ZONE.  We have been hoping all along that we will be in the RED ZONE by the 26th but so far we are not.  We will keep you up to date as soon as the city is in the RED ZONE. We will reschedule Photo Day for both our in-school students and our Virtual School students.

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