June 23rd, 2017

June 23, 2017 – Year End School-Day Update

The year is coming to an end and we want to take this opportunity to wish all our Sandhills Suns a safe and relaxing summer.  We look forward to welcoming you back in September.  To our graduating grade six students, we wish you the best of luck in grade seven at your new school(s).

  1. Upcoming Dates

June 26 – Report Cards go home

June 28 – Grade Six Graduation Celebration at 1:30 p.m.

June 29 – Spirit Day – dress to show your Canadian pride

June 29 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL for students

June 30 – P.A. Day- no school for students, office is open

July 4 – August 25 – school office closed, reopening 8:00am August 28, 2017

September 5 – first day of classes for the 2017/2018 school year!!

  1. Staffing Updates

As the school year comes to a close, we have a number of staffing updates to share.

It is with heavy hearts that we say good-bye to our Principal, Mrs. Hoxha, who has been transferred to Margaret Avenue Senior Public School as Principal in the fall.  We wish her all the best as she leaves the Sandhills community.  We are pleased to welcome Mrs. Nancy Murovec, who has been appointed as Principal of Sandhills in the fall, we know she is going to love being a Sun!

We wish Mrs. Manning a very happy retirement after many successful years of teaching our Suns! All the best as you start this new chapter in your life!   We say good-bye and good luck to, Mme. Desrosiers, who moves to Meadowlane as their Core French teacher, Mme. Teall Breeze, who will be moving to the Ed. Centre as a Learning Support Teacher, Mrs. Borowska (DECE) who is moving to Pioneer Park P.S., Mrs. MacLean (DECE) who is moving to Coronation P.S., Ms. Samara (EA), moving to Suddaby, and to Mrs. Mags (CYW) who is moving to Howard Robertson.  We also wish Miss. McBride and Miss. Haye the very best in their teaching journeys and we hope that our paths cross again!  We wish all of our departing staff the best of luck and remember that once a Sun, always a Sun!

We wish a sunny Sandhills welcome to: Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Van Horne, Mrs. Mogk (DECE) and Mrs Romero (CYW).  We look forward to working alongside you all in the fall!

  1. Persons with Disabilities Parking Access

Please be reminded that all parking passes issued during the 2016/2017 school year have expired.  Families requiring parking access for the 2017/2018 school year are invited to visit the office in September with a valid disabilities parking permit or doctor’s note, and parking passes will be reissued as needed.

  1. Class placements for 2017/2018

Class lists for the upcoming school year will be posted at 4:30pm on Friday, September 1st, 2017.  The lists will be posted in the library windows and will remain posted until the first day of school on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017.

  1. Sign up for Walking School Bus – COMING SOON!

An email will come to you shortly through School-Day with a link to a google form.  If you’d like to volunteer to lead a WSB route or have your child(ren) participate as walkers be sure to let us know through that form.

  1. School Day Service

Please note that parent access to School-Day will be disabled for the summer.  You will not be able to access School-Day after June 29th, 2017.  Access will resume on September 1st after 4:00pm following a system reset for the new school year.

  1. Lost and Found

We have coats, hats, boots, shoes and lunch boxes galore!  The lost and found items are currently on display in the hallway outside the office.  Please stop in or encourage your child(ren) to stop by and look for items that belong to them.  Any items not claimed by the last week of school will be swept off to charity.

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