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Administrator’s MessageAdministrator’s Message

Happy October! We hope everyone had a great first month of school and enjoyed all the

different activities that were happening throughout September. Some of the exciting

events that happened in September included, the start up of Badminton Mornings, the

Terry Fox Run/Walk, our grade 7/8s went to Kortright for a day of team building, our

grade 2s took a walk to the T & T Supermarket to buy ingredients for their day of baking,

some of our students experienced a motivational day attending Me to We at the ACC, and

many of our students represented our school at the Cross Country Meet.

The month of October also brings about much excitement which began last week with

Curriculum Night. It was wonderful seeing so many parents in our halls visiting classrooms

and meeting teachers. During the month of October, our staff will continue their work on

Balanced Literacy in the classrooms and exploring Problem Solving in Math. With the in-

crease in our EQAO scores in math, we have seen the benefits of focused discussion, col-

laboration and instruction in the area of Problem Solving in Math (please visit the EQAO

website for more results). Continuing to support and teach our students how to problem-

solve in all areas including academic and social areas remains our continued goal.

October

2014

Connections

Ashton Meadows Public School

230 Calvert Street, Markham, ON L6T 1T5 Principal: Calvin Darby Superintendent: Rashmi Swarup

Tel: (905) 887-2656 Fax: (905) 887-2684 Vice Principal: Janice Perera Trustee: Ada Yeung

Email: ashton.meadows.ps@yrdsb.ca

School CouncilSchool Council

We had a great turn out at our first school council meeting on

Thursday, September 26th . During the meeting the school council

executive was determined. We would like to congratulate the following

parents and look forward to working with them as a school staff:

Deborah Woolstan (Chair) Holly Harris (Treasurer) Teresa Chan (Secretary)

Please remember that our school council meetings are open to all parents. We hope that you

will be able to come and participate and learn more about the school and provide input. Our

next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 9th at 6:30 in the school library.

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fundraisers and helpful tips about

helping your child with their learn-

ing and social development.

Not on Twitter? Don’t worry!!!

Signing up is easy! Just got to

twitter.com and make an account.

It’s simple and free. Does your child

have a Twitter account? Family

member? They can follow us too!

Our school has a new Twitter ac-

count designed to help parents, stu-

dents and community members re-

ceive up-to-date, regular messages

about all the amazing and important

things that go on in our school.

These include team tryouts, field

trips, assemblies and school events

as well as school council meetings,

high school information sessions,

Ashton Meadows is on Twitter!!!Ashton Meadows is on Twitter!!!

Beginning in October, students with access to a

stringed instrument are invited to take part in our

school Guitar Club. This is an opportunity for students to work with peers

and teachers to develop a variety of skills. Guitar club is open to all string

instruments including ukulele, violin, banjo, and bass.

Students may drop off their instruments for storage in the music room

upon arriving at school, and may pick them up at 3:00 to bring home. Please

note that Ashton Meadows P. S. can not take responsibility for safety of

personal instruments.

During our first guitar club on Monday October 6 (day 4) students may

purchase strings ($1.00 each) and will receive assistance stringing and tun-

ing any instruments that need attention/set-up.

Guitar Club will take place during the recess portion of lunch (12:40-1:20)

and will continue to meet during lunch recess every day 4.

Senior Instrumental Band

Senior Instrumental Band will begin meeting for rehearsals on Thursday

mornings at 7:15. Students with a minimum of one year of experience on

their band instrument are encouraged to join us.

If you have any questions or require any assistance, please feel free to

contact Mr. Lefebvre at ext. 201.

Guitar ClubGuitar Club

Follow us at @AshtonMeadowsPS

Be one of the first 50 community members to join

and you will be entered to win a $10 Tim Hortons card!!!

Our first Character Assembly kick-

off will be on Friday, October 24th,

CHARACTER TRAIT for the month

of OCTOBER is

Character Character

CornerCorner

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Ashton Meadows Ashton Meadows Public School was pleased to host a Terry Fox Run/Walk on Wednesday,

September 24, 2014. This year marked the 34th Anniversary of Terry Fox's original Marathon of Hope to raise money

for cancer research. The weather was fantastic and we were all out as a school showing our support.

Ms Van Dusen had gathered many Intermediate student volunteers to help run the event. All participants were engaged

and active for the afternoon and the event ran very smoothly. We had asked students and families to support this

worth cause by bringing a $2 donation. Our school goal was to raise $600 and with your help and support we were able

to exceed this amount and raised over $900 for the Terry Fox Foundation.

Terry Fox Run/WalkTerry Fox Run/Walk

Book FairBook Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair will be at Ashton Meadows P.S. from Oct. 20-24th, 2014!

Students can select from a wide array of fiction and non-fiction texts along with fun items

like erasers, pencils and posters.

DID YOU KNOW?

60% of all the money raised at the Book Fair goes directly to our school to buy new liter-

acy resources for our students. Our goal this year is sales of $3500.00 which will result

in $2100.00 in funds raised for our school! Let’s put at least one book in every child’s

hand! Help us reach our goal and support the Ashton Meadows Book Fair!

Come to the

“Kingdom of

Books”!

I was supposed to wake up at 6:30 and arrive at school by 7:00. As I looked over at the

clock on my nightstand, the numbers stared back at me- it was 4:37am. I was so excited, I

could hardly go back to sleep. It was October 2nd, and I was about to take a trip to the Air

Canada Center with 14 other members of the Me to We club while most of my classmates

did work and wrote tests.

Why? So that we could attend We Day, which is an annual event that unites young people

who have changed the world for the better. Speakers take to the stage and talk about the

issues that they are passionate about, such as women’s rights or using technology to create

social change, and how each of the 20,000 members of the audience can help.

Free the Children is the organization that started We Day, and is also the organization

that our school’s Me to We club supports. You might have heard of Me to We; whether it’s

collecting food items for food banks, selling treats at bake sales, or raising awareness

about human rights, our club is dedicated to making both local and global change happen.

Keep looking out for more updates about the club and new campaigns we’re starting, be-

cause if there’s one thing that you should take away from reading this, it’s that people of

any age can leave an impact on the world, and that includes you!

We Day: An Experience Impossible to Forget We Day: An Experience Impossible to Forget By Austina Y.

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October 2014October 2014

Ashton Meadows Connection NewsletterAshton Meadows Connection Newsletter

School: (905) 887-2656 Fax: (905) 887-2684 www.ashton.meadows.ps@yrdsb.ca

Community Education Centre: (905) 940-7800 York Region District School Board: (905) 727-3141

Principal: Calvin Darby (ext. 107) Caretaker: Tom Andrews (ext. 122)

Vice Principal: Janice Perera (ext. 106) School Council Chairs: Malinda Hepworth/

Head Secretary: Soula Karagiannis (ext. 100) Deborah Woolston

Secretary: Laura Furgiuele (ext. 105) Superintendent: Rashmi Swarup (905) 940-7800

Trustee: Ada Yeung (416) 885-3294

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Curriculum Night

3 4

5 6 7 8 9

Student Council 6:30 pm (Library)

10 11

12 13 (no school)

14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21

Picture

Day

22 23 24

Character Assembly Kick-off

25

26 27 PA Day

28 29 30 31

We Scare Hunger (food drive for the month)

Book Fair (Oct. 20-24)

Kid’s KitchenKid’s Kitchen Hot Lunches will be available every Tuesday and Friday.

Lunches prepared FRESH DAILY in our commercial kitchen.

VARIETY - seasonal menus developed in consultation with a registered dietician. Plus – Special themed lunches

offered throughout the year and PPM-150 Compliant!

NUT-FREE - our kitchen and all food items are peanut/tree nut free.

EASY AND SECURE online ordering and payment available.

RECYCABLE packing used for all lunches.

FLEXIBLE ordering – start at any time and order as often as you like. Order online or fax!

Affordable VALUE and CONVENIENT service.

CUSTOMER SERVICE – for any questions about ordering, the menu or anything Kid’s Kitchen call our office

and we will be happy to assist you.

For more information visit www.kidskitchen.ca or call 905-944-0210. We look forward to serving

the students of Ashton Meadows P.S.!