Fern Ave. Public School Blog

Interested in what interschool and house league sports Fern offers? Click here for the schedule and supervising teachers.

This year the Middle Childhood Matters Coalition Toronto partnered with the TDSB Parent Involvement Advisory Committee to organize the conference “Nurturing Family Engagement”. It will take place on Saturday, November 25 and features keynote speaker Dr. Stuart Shanker. This conference is free of charge and registration includes light breakfast, lunch, childminding, translation services, transportation, workshops, and information marketplace. The workshops, targeted for parents, cover a wide array of topics for navigating the school system, including special education, secondary pathways, and advocating for your child’s needs. For more info or to register, please visit: https://2017piacconference.eventbrite.com Click here for more information.

We will be collecting clean, used coats so that we can spread warmth to our community. We will also collect mittens, hats and gloves. No boots please! Drop off box in front of the school office. Thanks!

Auditions for musicians interested in being a part of “Alone In Round Corners” will be held Tuesday and Friday this week at 1145 in Rm 007. All instruments and musicians are welcome from Gr. 6-8.  Callbacks for the “Alone in Round Corners” cast will be held Wednesday at 1145 sharp. Successful candidates’ names are posted on a list outside the music room. Copies of the script are available in Rm 007. 

Our next School Council meeting is at 6:30pm on Wednesday Nov 8 in the Staff room (note that this is a new date). In advance of the meeting we are soliciting questions that you would like answered or discussed at the meeting. We have a large parent body with a wide range of concerns and we want to make sure that Council meetings are an effective use of your time. Submit your questions via this link:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XNY5LDD Please make sure you submit prior to 10pm on Thursday, Nov 2 to give us time to compile, distribute and prepare fact-based answers.

Our seventh annual food drive, We Scare Hunger is just around the corner! Your children can drop off canned goods to the box in their classrooms,  starting tomorrow (Thursday October 26) running to Tuesday October 31st . Food Banks Canada has suggested a few key items: •canned fish •canned meat •canned stew •canned soup •canned beans •canned fruit •canned vegetables Food banks are an important method of addressing hunger in Canada. Each month, close to 850,000 people turn to food banks for help; more than one-third are children and youth . Thanks for supporting We Scare Hunger and helping us beat our record of 1,202 lbs! Members of Fern's Me to We

Reminder - Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health is sponsoring free parent workshops in November. Click here for the event at the Jarvis location and here for the Sheppard location.

Come by and celebrate the new look for the Junior yard entrance!

Sign up for December Lunches with the order form . Deadline date for meals in December is Thursday, November 16th .

Join us for Math night this Thursday Oct 26th 5:30 - 7:30pm. There will be Interactive activities and games hosted by the grade 8's for the whole family to enjoy. (See map of events ) Food will be available for purchase. Math = Fun!