June 2010 Flyer - sheridan

Sheridan Public School
1555 Lancaster Drive ♦ Oakville ♦ Ontario ♦ L6H 3H4 ♦ 905 845-3925 ♦ HDSB

Sheridan is an EcoSchool!

Graphics courtesy of
Ontario EcoSchools

Thanks to the efforts of everyone in the Sheridan learning community, we successfully achieved the Gold EcoSchools designation! This is a remarkable achievement. Special thanks to Mrs. Doyle for her leadership in this initiative, Mr. Ferreira for his outstanding support, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. McDaniel who acted as our parent representatives and all of the EcoMonitors who each took ownership and represented their class for at least a month this year. We look forward to continued success next year!

Our EcoSchool Program

Anaphylaxis Update

Please enjoy your kiwi at home over the summer and we would appreciate your continuing to keep kiwi out of the school in September.

As always, please refrain from sending products containing peanuts or tree-nuts, including peanut butter.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to keeping all students safe.

Sheridan's Frequent Flyer

June 24, 2010

Early Dismissal June 29

Our schedule changes on the last day of school due to early dismissal. Here is our schedule for June 29.

Period 1 - 8:45
Period 2 - 9:20
Nutrition/Exercise Break - 9:55
Period 3 - 10:35
Period 4 - 11:10
Nutrition/Exercise Break -11:45
Period 5 - 12:35
Period 6 - 1:10
Dismissal - 1:45

Class Lists

Class lists will be posted on the windows of the
school, at the end of the day, Friday, September 4, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. You will need your child's OEN number, printed on the report card, to identify which class they will be in.

Lost and Found

The Lost and Found Box located in the office is getting quite full. We encourage parents to look in the Box for any items that may belong to your child.

Unclaimed items will be donated to charity.

Principal's Message

As you may have noticed, I never write a principal's message in the newsletter and certainly never in a flyer. I generally feel that you are more interested in reading about the events and learning opportunities that are a part of your children's school experience than my opinion about things. This time, though, I have some thoughts that I feel are important to share, so here goes...

It is with mixed feelings that I must tell you that I will be leaving Sheridan at the end of June. It has been my privilege and my pleasure to have been the principal of such a wonderful school for the past five years. One of the best things about Sheridan is the tremendous sense of community that you feel the minute you walk through the door. (People mention this to me all the time.) I will miss the wonderful students, staff and parents who make up this learning community and will remember you all with fondness. I leave feeling very proud of the many things we've accomplished together - the development of a school-wide home reading program, the collaborative, focused work of staff to help students learn in ways that are best for them, the development of audience skills in our students and the fostering of their appreciation of one another through our weekly CARE assemblies, the provision of a resource-rich environment in support of our students' literacy learning, the humble beginnings of our Walking School Bus initiative, our class trees that will be here for many decades, and our rapid climb to EcoSchools Gold certification!

On a related note, you may recall the research study I conducted last year as a part of my work toward achieving a Master of Education degree. At long last, I have completed the work and the degree was conferred earlier this month. Once again, this is an accomplishment of the whole community and I thank you so much for working with me to make it happen. The report is now available in the professional resource section of the library. If you'd like to have a look at it, please contact Mrs. Doyle who can assist you.

Evidently my services are needed at Oakwood Public School and so I will be there officially at the beginning of September. I am leaving you in good hands with Mrs. Louanne Henderson who comes to Sheridan from Brantwood Public School. I know that she will support the fantastic things that are already happening here and will help to make Sheridan an even better place than it is now. I'll be interested to know how you're all doing and I wish you all the best in the years to come.

Fondly,

Malerie Borbath
Proud Principal of Sheridan

Other Changes

Three other valued members of the Sheridan staff will also be leaving at the end of June.
• Ms. Jansz has been working with our 2/3 class in Mrs. Knapp's absence. It has been a pleasure to work with her.
• Mme. Sidiropoulos will be at two schools in Burlington beginning in September. We wish her all the best.
• Mrs. Dionisio is retiring !!!! After 30 years of service as an exceptional educator, she's off to do other fun things. She will be greatly missed.
• Miss Roosevelt will be moving on to a full-time position at Palermo Public School. We extend our congratulations to her and although we will miss her, we wish her all the best at her new school.

Halton District School Board

June 7, 2010

Information below is from Ministry of Tourism and Culture:

Dear Parent/Guardian:

The fun Pass is back! And it's packed with money-saving coupons to make your family holiday more affordable. Again, this year, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture is pleased to offer your child's school an opportunity to participate in the 2010 Electronic Pass pilot project. To download your Fun Pass coupons, please visit www.ontariofunpass.com This website will be available on June 26.

The Fun Pass provides one child's free admission, with one paid adult or senior's admission, to enable every child 14 and under to visit the province's best attractions this summer (June 26-Sept. 6, 2010).

Attractions include:

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Fort William Historical Park
• Huronia Historical Parks (Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Discovery Harbour)
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• Niagara Parks Commission (Butterfly Conservatory, Old Fort Erie)
• Ontario Heritage Trust properties (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Barnum House, Fulford Place Museum, Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, Homewood Museum)
• Ontario Parks (Daily Vehicle Permit discount)
• Ontario Place (Play All Day Pass)
• Royal Botanical Gardens
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Science North
• St. Lawrence Parks Commission (Fort Henry National Historic Site, Upper Canada Village)

Note: There is a limit of one coupon per paying adult or senior and some restrictions may be noted on the coupon.

If you wish to receive a paper copy of the 2010 Fun Pass Booklet, please e-mail funpass@ontario.ca or call 416-314-7000.

Shirley Phillips, Assistant Deputy Minister
Tourism Planning and Operations Division

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER SHERIDAN!