Fern Ave. Public School Blog

The Broadway Arts Centre will be offering exciting new dance and theatre classes at Fern starting in the New Year. They have extended the registration to January 11, 2013 . FERN 10 WEEK PROGRAMS - starting Jan. 14, 2013 Musical Theatre - Monday 3:30-5:00pm - Grade 1-6 - $165 Hip Hop Dance 1 - Tuesday 3:30-5:00pm - Grade 1-4 - $150 Hip Hop Dance 2 - Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm - Grade 5-8 - $150 Creative Movement - Wednesday 11:45-12:30pm - JK & SK - $130 (Please note the time for Creative Movement has changed to 11:45-12:30pm.) To register please fill out the registration form and return to the school office or email: info@broadwayartscentre.com For any questions please contact Meaghan 647-294-3211.

AY CARAMBA! MAGNIFICA FELIZ NAVIDAD FIESTA! Thanks to everyone who came out to make the Maderaz Feliz Navidad Party a grand success! The band was amazing and everyone was moving to the beat. As someone mentioned, it was the youngest mosh pit they had ever seen! The Latin treats were delicious and were all gobbled up with great delight. The decorations were bright, cheerful and festive. Thank you to the kindergarten kids for the lovely tree ornaments. The pinatas, birds and kites were beautiful - thank you to the grade 1-4 classes who participated in these projects and very kindly loaned their beautiful artwork for the occasion. Thank you to Sweetpea for the beautiful Christmas tree! It not only looked beautiful, you got a wave of that lovely Christmas scent when you walked through the front doors. Thank you to all of the Arts Collective members who orchestrated the whole event and also provided beautiful decorations and lights. The foyer and stage have never looked so fabulou...

Dear Parents/Guardians, Our school HPV vaccination clinic for grade 8 female students will be held on Thursday, January 31, 2013 sometime in the morning. Please note that the 3rd clinic for HEPATITS B-dose 2, and HPV-dose 3 will be scheduled between April and June 2013 and the scheduling dates will be provided in March 2013. Please feel free to contact me should you have any further questions. Thank you, Vera

      Please consider making a voluntary donation to help support enhanced programming for our children at Fern. If you did not receive a copy of the letter that was sent home, a PDF version of the Direct Donation letter and Parent Appeal Donation form is available  here . This is the most efficient, cost effective and practical ways to raise funds. If you would like a tax receipt for 2012, please return to the Main Office by Thursday, December 20th. The Parent Council, the teachers and especially the students appreciate your support!

The minutes for the meeting of the School Council that took place on November 22 are now available for download from the School Council Minutes folder on Google Drive. The School Council will next meet on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 , from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. in the school auditorium.

Most of the Grade 8 students were introduced to myBlueprint today. Students now have an account with myBlueprint. We went through the website and practised setting goals, looking at high school choices and planning their futures. Here is the website: http://www.myblueprint.ca/tdsb Please ask your child about it and have fun with it. More news about myBlueprint coming in the New Year! Dara Schwartz Elementary Itinerant Counsellor Fern Avenue PS Swansea PS

FTC is now launching its next campaign "We Create Change." This is Canada’s largest penny drive for clean water. We are asking the Fern families to please collect those pennies and send them to school. Each class will receive a penny bag or container for collection, plus a poster. The drive runs from December 3rd to the 19th . All proceeds go to Free the Children’s Adopt a Village communities.

Once again, the Fern Community is having a food drive for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Unfortunately, the use of such food banks is on the rise with over 1,100,000 people in the GTA last year, compared to 950,000 4 years ago. The reasons for Food Bank Use can vary widely from person to person, family to family, with needs stemming from reasons such as lost income, disability, newly immigrated, being a single parent, or being caught in a cycle of constant poverty. Donations of non-perishable foods, such as canned goods, pasta, dried grains (ie. rice, beans, lentils) and baby food will be collected from Friday, Dec.14 to Friday, Dec.21 each morning. Please do not donate peanut/nut products (ie. peanut butter) to help keep all students with allergies at Fern safe. Thank you very much for sharing on behalf of the many in our community who use Food Banks.

Information regarding the teacher walkout can be found on the main TDSB website ( http://www.tdsb.on.ca ) and will be reported in the general media.

The Early Years Sing-along has been moved to Monday, December 17th, at 10:45am in the auditorium.  Kindergarten children, Parenting Centre drop-in children and Jr/Sr Preschool children from Ferncliff daycare are invited to join-in for a morning of singing and fun! Afternoon Kindergarten children who wish to attend must be accompanied by an adult. Thank you!