Home & School Meeting Minutes - April 15, 2010

You can access the minutes from the latest Home & School meeting here.

The next Home & School meeting is May 18, 2010 starting at 7 pm. Child care will be provided in Room 103.

McMusic Tickets

If you haven't purchased your tickets yet at our McMusic site, you can purchase them this week at the Spring Concert! Cash only please! Tickets are still available online and can be purchased with credit card or PayPal.

Fun Fair - Volunteers

Volunteers are needed for the BBQ and Fun Fair on Thursday, June 3rd - please consider helping out for at least one hour to ensure that our event is a success! If you did not see a sign up sheet come home from school, please sign up on the list posted on the Home & School board (by the back entrance) or in the front hall. You can also email the Home & School Chairs to sign up.

The BBQ classroom donation competition begins this week. We especially need grocery/Costco/Walmart cards, but cash or non-perishable BBQ supplies (napkins, juice boxes, snack-size chips, etc.) are also happily accepted! The class with the highest number of donations wins a pizza party.

Thank you for supporting the Fun Fair!

May 28th PLAYDAY - Looking for Parent Volunteers

On Friday, May 28th we will be having a PLAYDAY with separate times for primary and junior students. Schedule will be forthcoming but we are looking for parent volunteers! If you are interested please contact your Class Rep or the Communications group.

Track Practice Sessions

A number of students are involved in track. For your reference these practice dates have now been added to a McMurrich Sports calendar. The Area Track Meet is scheduled for Monday, May 25th at Birchmount!

Reminder of Swim Classes for Grade 2 to 6

Just a reminder that swim classes are continuing at the Winona Pool with a new "wave" of classes beginning this week. Each student is expected to bring full equipment to each class including swim suit and towel. Students may wear a t-shirt over their bathing suit if they wish during swim class. The dates for the remaining classes are below:

Room 100 (Ms. Ritchie) - May 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 17
Room 213 (Ms McKenzie) - May 13, 14, 18, 25, 26, 28
Room 206 (Ms. Rambaran) - June 3, 4, 8, 14, 15, 17
Room 207 (Ms. Davidson - Grade 2 only) - June 3, 4, 8, 14, 15, 17

Additional Reminders

McMusic - May 26th. Remember to order your tickets soon - they are selling fast! Tickets are available online at the McMusic site and will also be sold at the IL Information Night on May 6th and the Spring Concert on May 12th. Note tickets will be available on these two nights only if there are still tickets available and for CASH sales only. (Credit card purchases are available online).

Kinder Open House - May 6th during the day.

McMurrich Spring Concert - May 12th, come early if you want a seat!

Winona Pool Fundraising Event and Community BBQ - Sunday, May 16th.

Home & School Meeting - May 18th - All welcome! Child care provided.

McMurrich Fun Fair - Thursday, June 3rd!!!

Grade 6 Graduation - Friday, June 25th at 1:00 pm

International Languages Meeting - May 6th

A reminder to parents there is a meeting regarding the International Languages (IL)program at McMurrich on May 6th at 7:00 pm. Staff members from the TDSB IL program will be present to provide more information on the current program and answer any questions you may have. Please refer to the letter that has been sent home regarding this meeting for more information. Immediately following this meeting, a survey will be issued to families in Grades 1 to 5 to assist in programming decisions for the coming school year. Child care will be provided for the meeting.

Winona Pool - Bronze Medallion Course

There is a Bronze Medallion course starting at Winona PS Pool May 19, 2010! This is the first course needed to be a lifeguard and swim teacher - the only prerequisites are strong swimming ability and candidates must be 13 years of age by June 17, 2010.

For more information, please see brochure and registration form.

Golden Shoe and PE Awards!

Congratulations to the PE Students of the Month for April!
Primary - Danielle, Room 206
Junior - Aidan, Room 203

Mr. Cooley's class seemed pretty determined to hold onto the Golden Shoe but it has moved onto another classroom! There was tough competition from the Kinder classes who were sad to hear they were a very close second! The Golden Shoe has been awarded to Ms. Flynn's class, room 309, who performed an average of 5,255 side squats PER STUDENT in the month of April! Also special congratulations to the entire student body who performed a total of 580,309 side squats!

In May, to take advantage of the nice spring weather, we will be jogging laps around the McMurrich Field! Get those legs moving!