September

On the Horizon

Sept. 24—PD Day

No School for Students

Thursday,Sept. 25

Chico’s Family BBQ

& OPEN HOUSE

See Flyer for details!

Scholastic Book Fair in the Library

Sept. 23-30

Sept. 27—Character

Assembly

Terry Fox Walk

Oct. 11—PD Day

No School for Students

Welcome back to our returning families, and a special welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first time. We have some new faces among our staff members this year. Allow me to introduce our staff for the 2019-2020 school year:

Kindergarten K1—Mrs. Douglas - Classroom Teacher am

K1—Mrs. Carter—Classroom Teacher pm

K1—Ms. Hogan—Teaching Assistant

Kindergarten K2—Mrs. Plewes—Classroom Teacher

K2—Ms. Webster—Early Childhood Educator

Grade 1 Mr. Deegan—Classroom Teacher

Mrs. Todorovska—Teaching Assistant

Mrs. Babu– Teaching Assistant

Grade 2/3 Mrs. Wilkie—Classroom Teacher

Grade 4/5 Ms. Dogterom—Classroom Teacher

Library/Music Ms. Boyd—Teacher Librarian and Planning Time (PT)

ISSP/ESL/K1 Mrs. Carter—In School Support Teacher and K1

Core French Mme Pervaiz—French & Planning Time Teacher

Custodians Mr. Detienne—Head Custodian

Ms. Mummery—Evening Custodian

Office Mrs. Attallah – Office Manager

Mrs. Tolan– Principal

Beginning our 105th year of Excellence in Education!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child, please contact the classroom teacher first, before contacting the office.

We look forward to working together with you in support of your child’s education.

Sincerely, Mrs. Deborah Tolan Principal

Clarkson Connection

School website

clarkson.peelschools.org

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School Twitter Account

ClarksonPS@ Clarkson-Public

Bussing Information

http://businfo.stopr.ca

** Safe Arrival **

To Report Absences

Call, visit or download

1 855 209 6155

go.schoolmessenger.ca

Download the sshoolmes-senger app for Apple and

Android users

Pay all school fees online using School Cash Online—register today! The Peel District School Board offers School Cash Online, a safe and secure form of online payment, as its pre-ferred method of payment for all school fees. With a parent-friendly portal and an easy way to keep track of your child’s activity fees, you can use School Cash Online to pay for all school items (e.g., Hot Lunch, field trips and donations directly from your computer or smartphone using eCheck, Visa or MasterCard.

Register now By registering, you’ll have the ability to:

Keep track of your children’s school item and activity fees

Check account history

Print or view receipts

Make donations to school fundraisers online and instantly receive a tax receipt

Pay for school fees with the click of a button.

For more information and to register, visit https://peelschools.schoolcashonline.com. If you have any questions, please contact the school Office Manager.

School Councils help good schools to become better! They play an important advisory role in student success by encouraging strong partnerships between the school and their families.

Each year during the first 30 days of school, School Council elections must be held to vote in the council members for the current school year—2019-2020

If you are a parent/guardian of a child at Clarkson Public School you are eligible to be a voting member of School Council. If you are interested in being a part of the School Coun-cil , please fill in a nomination form which includes a short biography stating why you would like to be a part of this years’ Council. All nominations will be published and an election or acclamation of nominees will follow

The specific roles of Chair, Treasurer, Secretary or Parent Sub-committee Representa-tives will be decided amongst those elected to council during the second council meeting

During the year there will be a minimum of 4 meetings run by the Executive, which are open for all parents to attend

If you are interested in one of the aforementioned Council positions, please return the nomination form to the school Office no later than Monday, September 23, 2019.

Thank you in advance for your interest in becoming a member of our School Council and I look forward to seeing each of you at our Council meetings.

Keeping lunches and snacks peanut-free Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that affects some children. We ask that you help us take care of these students by sending lunches and snacks for your child that are free from peanuts or nuts, because these foods are the leading cause of anaphylaxis.

Please read the label of any food you plan to send to school with your child. If the label says, "May contain nuts or pea-nuts," please do not send it to school.

You can get a complete copy of the Peel board's anaphylaxis guideline at www.peelschools.org under the Parent tab,

under Student Health.

Protect your kids — and your finances

The Peel District School Board does not provide accident insurance coverage for student injuries that occur on school property or during school activities including extracurricular sports. Each year, families could spend thousands of dol-lars when their children are injured at school, on field trips, while participating in non-school activities, or at home. If a student is injured, parent(s)/guardian(s) are responsible for any medical costs not covered by provincial health care or their employer's health care plan.

The provincial health care system does not cover costs which are commonly related to accidents including dental work, ambulance fees, casts and crutches, and physiotherapy. All of these are covered by Insuremykids student acci-dent insurance plan and as a convenience to parents, the Board has arranged to offer a plan to parents through Old Republic Insurance Company of Canada. To help protect your family, it is strongly recommended that you consider ob-taining Insuremykids Protection Plan, which offers a variety of benefits at affordable prices, which provide 24 hours a day, 365 days a year coverage, range from $13 to $33 per year.

The insurance agreement is between You and Reliable Life Insurance Company.

You can apply for coverage online at www.insuremykids.com for answers to frequently asked questions. For more in-formation, call Old Republic Insurance Company of Canada toll free at

1-800-463-KIDS (5437).

Important information regarding student privacy and use of third party apps and web services

At the Peel District School Board, we are committed to helping each child achieve to the best of his or her ability. Using Modern Learning tools is an essential component of teaching and learning in today’s world. Modern Learning tools can include Internet sites where users interact and collaborate in online environ-ments, websites where users log in, and/or applications for tablets. The Peel board believes that these online services are key tools in aiding students and teachers in the development of 21st Century skills. Please note: In order to support student privacy, Peel board students are requested not to use their school email (studentnumber@pdsb.net) to create accounts on any third party, non-protected domain, apps/web services.

The terms and conditions of these app/web-services do not align with the Peel board’s Registering and Use of Software, Web-Based Services and Apps guidelines as their services may collect and display the student’s private information, including the full name, publicly.

If your child uses their own personal accounts to access these apps/web services, please encourage them to use privacy settings to ensure that their account information, including full name, is not shared publicly.

Please visit www.bit.ly/byodparentresources for more information.

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