TERRY FOX P.S.

Terry Fox P.S.

30 Kerrison Drive West

Ajax, ON

L1Z 1K1

Phone: 905-686-2135

@TerryFoxPS

www.ddsb.ca/school/

terryfox

D. Morgenstern,

Principal

R. Saati, Vice Principal

Superintendent: Martine

Robinson 905-666-

6379, Martine.Robinson

@ddsb.ca

Trustee: Patrice Barnes

289-892-6685

Patrice.barnes

@ddsb.ca

UPCOMING DATES:

March 10: Board holiday, schools closed

March 20: Return to school

March 22: Pizza lunch

March 22: Grade 8 grad photos

March 24: Earth Hour 10-11am

March 27: SCC meeting at 6:30pm

March 31: Awesome Assemblies

April 8: Parents as Partners Symposium

Principal’s Message

We hope that you have taken advantage of this mild winter and that

you were able to enjoy some quality time together on Family Day.

February was a month of achievement and celebration at Terry Fox

with the intermediate science classes showcasing their Invention

Convention, our skiers and snowboarders showing big improve-

ments on the hills and our basketball teams both doing well in their

divisions. We were also very proud to perform an amazing celebra-

tion assembly of black history that included spoken word poetry, the

history of Hip Hop dance, a showcase of famous inventions by black

people, Afro-Caribbean dance and persuasive writing from our jun-

iors about the new $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond.

As we move into term two, we are excited to be highlighted as a Mi-

crosoft Showcase School for our innovation using technology at the

points of instruction and learning. Microsoft worldwide will be send-

ing a team of delegates to Terry Fox in March to highlight the amaz-

ing things our staff and students are doing with technology in school!

Although March is a short month, we are busy planning our upcom-

ing STEM and Kindergarten Fitness nights (more details to come

soon) and EQAO preparations continue as we meet with intensive

intervention groups for grade 3 and 6 students 3 times per week

ahead of the assessments in May.

As we finished up this short week, we hope that you enjoy a safe

and relaxing March Break and look forward to seeing everyone back

on the 20th!

Determination Perseverance Commitment Courage March 2017

We have completed the first stage of our school Makerspace in the library, which is the Lego Wall! We will continue to build the Makerspace for students, with many types of building and creat-ing materials.

If you have any Lego, Tink-ertoys, Kinex, etc. that you no longer need, we can put them to good use!

Anything STEM related would be great! Science/Technology/Engineering/Math

For the next few weeks, Primary students are attending Mak-erspace introduction sessions with me, and soon after that it will be open for all students.

Math Corner

Grade 3 students in

Mrs. Emmanuele’s

class using math

manipulatives to

understand what is

happening when

multiplying.

Kindergarten Fitness Night

TERRY FOX RECOGNIZES: March 8: International Women’s Day

March 11-12: Purim (Judaism)

March 13: Holi (Hinduism)

March 17: St Patrick’s Day (Irish)

March 20-21 –Naw-Ruz (Bahai’i)

March 21: UN International Day for the Elimina-

tion of Racism

March 21: Navroz –Persian New Year

March 25: International Day of Remembrance –

Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave

Alexia and Evelyn and Mia hit

the slopes at Dagmar with

confidence and smiles!

Last week, our Kindergarten staff and 24 Grade 7 and 8 students were trained on a new physical

fitness program that we are implementing during recesses and lunch hours with the Kindergarten

students. The Intermediate students -including Jessica and Lilly (pictured) will act as leaders and

mentors for the Kindergarten students as they learn new games and activities that promote physical

fitness and healthy choices. This training will

all come together on Thursday, May 25th from

5:30-6:30 p.m., as we invite our Kindergarten

students and families to our first Kindergarten

Fitness Night! More information on this excit-

ing event will be provided closer to the date,

but please mark your calendars now!