Pizza Lunch Pizzazz!

Friday, October 30 is our first Pizza Lunch for grades 1-6! Forms have gone out with the kids, so check your child's backpack. Just in case, there are extra forms in the office. This is a Parent Council Initiative aimed at raising funds for the students.

As you know we are in a work-to-rule situation, so volunteers are taking on more of the form distribution/collection duties as well as the money collection. Please return your form by the deadline of TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27.

Late forms make planning and ordering pizza difficult - so we cannot accept any forms/payment after this date. Don't forget to SIGN your child's form authorizing them to have the pizza!

If you would like to volunteer at PIZZA LUNCH we always welcome a spare set of hands or two, and it is great fun handing pizza out to hungry children. Email Alison at alimer1012@gmail.com. If you're only available once in awhile that's great too!, we always need an on-call list.

PIZZA LUNCH AND KINDERS
There has been interest in starting a pizza lunch for the kinders. In order to do this we need a set of kindergarten parents to oversee it. We already have some interest but we need one to two people to run the admin (form distribution), and an extra 1-2 to have on site at the lunch itself. Time commitment is about 5 hours a month when there is a pizza lunch. The existing Pizza Committee will train and support as needed. If you are interested, email Alison at alimer1012@gmail.com.

School Council Meeting Wednesday October 28th

Please come out to our next School Council meeting, Wednesday, October 28, at 7 o'clock, in the McMurrich Library.

There will be updates from council, a discussion on the 2015-2016 budget and an up from the principal.

Additionally, there will be a presentation on IEPs. Our Principal Nicole Lee and Vice Principal Susie Stamatopoulos will draw on their Special Education expertise and provide parents with an overview of Individualized Education Plans or IEPs including:
• When does a student get an IEP?
• How does the assessment process work?
• What are the components or sections of an IEP?
• What does the teacher consider when drafting an IEP?
• What’s the difference between accommodations and modifications?
• What’s the annual cycle?
• What is your role as a parent?
There will be refreshments available, and free childcare provided across the hall in Room 103.
 
Everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you!

Backpacks for Malawi

Musician Leslie Feist and the organization Dignitas need our help to help children in Malawi.

Kids and teens living with HIV/AIDS walk for miles to get to Dignitas clubs to get their medicine for the following month, and learn about how to lead long and healthy lives despite their illness. But there is a lot of stigma against people with HIV/AIDS in Malawi, and most of the children have no backpacks to carry their medicine, so it gets lost. Some children try to hide their medicine outside so no one will see it.

Dignitas is looking for a variety of backpacks - each one different - so the kids aren't all carrying the same "medicine bag."

So bring in your old backpacks! There will be a donation box set up at McMurrich until Friday October 9. Big or small, old or new, for kids or adults, every backpack helps!

Annual Potluck coming up on Thursday October 1st

The Annual McMurrich Community Potluck is on Thursday October 1st from 6-8pm in the school gym. Bring your tasty treats/dishes to share and reacquaint yourselves with your McM Community friends and get to know new ones as well. Do not miss out on this great opportunity to meet you children's friends and classmates. Love Mother Earth and bring your own dishes and utensils.

Please remember that all food MUST be NUT-FREE.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

School Council Meeting Thursday September 24th

Please come out to our first School Council meeting of the year, Thursday, September 24, at 7 o'clock, in the McMurrich Library.

Agenda items include Council elections, Committee updates and sign-ups, and an update from Principal Nicole Lee.

There will be refreshments available, and free childcare provided across the hall in Room 103.

See you next week!

Summer is almost over, and a new school year is about to begin!

Join us for a cup of coffee and a muffin when you drop off your kids on the first day of school, and find out more about how you can get involved in the McMurrich School Council.

School Council Meeting Wednesday June 17th

Agenda items include an update from Prinicipal Nicole Lee, committee updates, and more! 

Free childcare across the hall in Room 103.

Fun Fair is next week!

This year's Fun Fair features a petting zoo, pony rides, ice cream truck, obstacle course, sports demonstrations, a make-your-own butter table, and Zorb ball race course!



Discounted ride bracelets are available now at the office, and individual ride tickets will be available at the event.

Find out more at the Fun Fair blog!

Fun Fair and Silent Auction coming Thursday June 11th!

Bring your cheque book and bid on great deals like gift certificates to your favourite local restaurants & stores, lessons for your kids, passes to local attractions, tickets to great Toronto events and one of a kind gifts and products.

You can see some of th items available for bidding on the auction website. And everyone is welcome to come and bid.

This year’s silent auction is part of the McMurrich Fun Fair, so bring the family and enjoy local food, fun activities, games and great prizes!

We need more good stuff for the auction…

EMAIL: lawrence@calentilaw.com
CALL: 416-559-1811
DROP OFF: at the McMurrich office

School Council meeting Tuesday May 12th

Agenda items include an update from Prinicipal Nicole Lee, a discussion of the upcoming budget proposal and fundraising plans, committee updates, and more! 

Free childcare across the hall in Room 103.