November 24th, 2017

November 24, 2017 – Weekly School-Day Update

 

  1. Important Dates

Dec. 11 – Winter School Concert Dress Rehearsal 11:15 a.m.

Dec. 12 – Winter School Concert 9:00 a.m. – parents and guardians welcome

Dec. 12 – Winter School Concert 6:30 p.m. – parents and guardians welcome

Dec. 13 – Kindergarten Winter Concert 1:30 p.m. – parents and guardians welcome

Dec. 13 – School Council Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 18 – Kindergarten Vision Screening

Dec. 19 – Kindergarten Vision Screening Con’t

Dec. 23 – Jan. 7 – Winter Holiday

Jan. 8 – Welcome back to school!

 

  1. Attention Senior Kindergarten Families!

Beginning in Grade 1, all students will have access to French language programs through either the Core French or French Immersion Programs.  If you are interested in more information about French Immersion the following information sessions have been scheduled:

Monday, November 27 at the Education Centre at 7 p.m.

Friday, December 1 at the Education Centre at 12 noon.

Monday, December 4 at the Education Centre at 12 noon.

Monday, December 4 at the Education Centre at 7 p.m.

An information brochure was sent home with the senior kindergarten students on Monday, November 13th. Information is also available at www.wrdsb.ca/french.

Phase 1 of French Immersion registration will open on Wednesday, January 10, 2018.

Students do not need to register for the Core French Program.

 

  1. Parenting Resource

KW Counselling is proud to introduce a new parenting resource parentingnow.ca. The program consists of two streams, one being group discussions in various communities in Waterloo Region and the other is the online chat system.  The chat program has 10 Experienced Parents who were selected based on their varied and vast experience in parenting.  Chat can be completely anonymous and parents are free to chat about literally any parenting question pertaining to any age. There are parents who can chat in different languages and parents who have experience in everything from divorce, ADHD, education challenges, drug use, LGBTQ, allergies, being newcomers to Canada, and more.  It is an easy and free service that can really assist parents get through some challenging times.  Visit www.parentingnow.ca to learn more.

 

  1. Extended Day Program Information Updates

* Please note that the before and after school program email address has been changed to care@wrdsb.ca.  If you have questions about Before and After School Programs please call 519-570-0003 x4704 or email care@wrdsb.ca.

W.R.D.S.B. winter break December 25th, 2017 – January 5th, 2018.  The extended day program will NOT run December 25th – January 1st.  The program WILL run January 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Families not using the Extended Day Program during Winter Break should indicate their schedule change by logging onto your One List account at wrdsb.on.ca/beforeafter by or before December 19th, 2017.