Let's Celebrate Ms. Vieira!

Forget the black tie it's no formal affair
Just come as you are for that casual flair,
We'll drink tea and laugh as we all reminisce,
It's a gathering for a friend that will surely be missed.

YES it's true! After 47 years of teaching in the McMurrich Jr Public School Community Ms. Vieira has decided it's time to retire.

Please join in our celebrations, and bring a favourite story to share!

Coleen Vieira's Retirement Tea Party will be held Monday June 27th, McMurrich Jr PS Gym, 115 Winona Drive, from 4:30pm - 6:00pm. All are welcome!

TDSB Chair & Director of Education Webcast

TDSB is hosting a year-end live webcast with parents across the city. Please join us on Monday, June 20 from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

The session will begin with a welcome and update on the Learning Centre Strategy, followed by a chance for parents/guardians to ask questions. Learn more at http://www.tdsb.on.ca/learningcentres and stay tuned for more details.

Please join the conversation at the following link:
http://www2.tdsb.on.ca/stream/Director/LiveWebcast.html

McMurrich Playground has a New Look!

Get ready to hop, skip, and jump! "Playground Improvement" was on the School Council agenda in May, and with many thanks to Principal Lee, we have already seen changes start to happen!  Check out our new look!

Bakers needed!

Ms. Vieira, McMurrich's much-beloved librarian, is retiring after 47 years! All are invited to celebrate at a tea party from 4:30 to 6 o'clock on 27 June in the McMurrich School Gym.

We are looking for parents to help out by baking some sweets to serve! If you can help out with nut-free cupcakes, squares, cookies, etc., please contact Colleen Hill at warrior1166@yahoo.com asap!

School Council Meeting Tuesday, June 14th

Please come out to our next School Council meeting, Tuesday, June 14th, at 7 o'clock, in the McMurrich Library.

School Council meetings are a great way to find out what's happening at McMurrich. There will be updates from council and committees, as well as an update from the principal.

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

All are welcome. We look forward to seeing you!

Jays Day is almost here!

Saturday June 11 is fast approaching which means we are gearing up for a fun day cheering on the Blue Jays!

Staff from the Blue Jays have just finished allocating our 335 tickets and will be sending them to the school late this week/early next week. Once we receive the tickets, we will be sending them home to the families that pre-ordered in an envelope in your child's backpack - so please keep an eye out Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

A number of additional people have said they would like to attend - which is great! Unfortunately, all the available tickets have already been ordered and paid for. That said, if you purchased tickets and can no longer attend, please email Charlene (charlene.cressman@gmail.com) as she is starting a "waiting" list of those looking for tickets and will put buyers and sellers in touch with each other.


If you have any questions - please get in touch with either Charlene Cressman (charlene.cressman@gmail.com) or Principal Lee (nicole.lee@tdsb.on.ca)

Fun Fair is almost here!

Come one, come all to McMurrich Castle’s Fairgrounds Thursday, June 9, 2

016 from 3:30-8 pm for daring escapades, amazing contraptions, astounding feats of strength and endurance, marvellous creatures, and more.  Adventure awaits!

Don’t miss out.  Advance ride bracelets go on sale May 30.

And new this year, all bracelets come with a punch card equivalent to 10 gold coins that can be used for midway activities and food!

Visit www.mcmurrichknights.wordpress.com for more information and to download your bracelet order form.

An Evening with Jennifer Kolari

Jennifer Kolari, MSW, RSW, author and founder of Connected Parenting will  discuss  her  CALM technique  which  helps  to  de-escalate  behaviour while building trust and increasing emotional resilience in children.

Parents will learn to use the tools that therapists implement  to  help  children  (K-12)  develop  the emotional  and  neurological  hardware  they  need to deal with whatever life throws at them.  

The event will take place Wednesday May 25th, at 7:00 pm in the Auditorium at Oakwood Collegiate Institute, 991 St. Clair Avenue West.

All parents are invited, but space is limited! Please RSVP to marjoleinwinterink@yahoo.ca

School Council Meeting Thursday, May 19th

Please come out to our next School Council meeting, Thursday, May 19th, at 7 o'clock, in the McMurrich Library.

School Council meetings are a great way to find out what's happening at McMurrich. There will be updates from council and committees, as well as an update from the principal.

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

All are welcome. We look forward to seeing you!

Get ready for the Butterfly Effect fundraiser on Friday!

McMurrich students have been hard at work, creating beautiful works of art to display at the Butterfly Effect Art Show, this Friday May 13th!

The butterfly effect has been selected as the theme for the McMurrich/Winona Welcomes Refugees kick-off fundraising event because we felt that the idea that “the fluttering wings of a butterfly trigger an effect that reverberates around the world,” was the perfect symbol for our initiative. For more on the McMurrich Welcomes Refugees initiative, visit www.mcmurrichrefugees.com.

The event will include a bake sale and open mic talent show, and is open to all in the community. Come on out, bring your neighbours, bring your friends! All funds raised will go towards the sponsorship of a refugee family from Syria. 

Big thanks to the McMurrich Welcomes Refugees committee and the School Council Enrichment committee for making it happen!