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Secretary
Treasurer
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Fundraising/Activities
Ottawa Carleton Assembly of School Councils Rep
Volunteer Coordinator
Community Liaison Officer
Environment Coordinator
Website Coordinator
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| Meeting Minutes | | Read the minutes from the last CVES council meeting. |
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Teaching Awards
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Congratulations to JK teacher Wendy Anderson who won the OCRI Capital Educator's Award!! Thank you to our parents who nominated her, and for more information on the award, please click here.
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| School Website | |
Don't forget to check our School Council website www.castorvalley.ca regularly for information including upcoming parent information sessions held at our school and other schools throughout the OCDSB. |
| Campbell's Labels for Education Program | | Please send in labels from Campbell's soup and other products for this program. A collection box is in the school foyer. See www.labelsforeducation.ca or contact Kim Sheldrick for more information. |
| POP TABS | |
We are still collecting pop tabs so please keep sending them in for the March of Dimes Wheel Chair Pop Tab Fund.
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| Youth Programming in Osgoode Village | |
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Fun Night & Play Structure Ground Breaking Ceremony Tuesday June 14 5:30-8:00
| You and your family, friends and neighbours are invited to the 10th Annual Castor Valley Fun Night hosted by the Castor Valley Elementary School Council together with our community partners - the Greely & Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Fighters and the Osgoode Youth Association (O-Ya).
We will also be breaking ground for our 2 new play structures and we're hoping to have media on site, so please come and celebrate with us and your kids!
Games for young and old with great prizes and, weather permitting, will be played outside. We will be hosting a BBQ with the support of our local Volunteer Firefighters (who are also planning on bringing their fire truck for all to see), a canteen with refreshments, face painting, bake table and back by popular demand ... the Gift Basket Draw.
No need to rush home from work to eat ... join us for dinner instead! Beat the line-ups and help the Fun Night organizers by using the FUN NIGHT PRE-ORDER FORM (also available on our website: www.castorvalley.ca) to pre-order your food, refreshment and games tickets. Games tickets will also be on sale during Fun Night.
We'll be hosting a BBQ with hamburgers & hot dogs and a canteen with subs from SUBWAY, baked potatoes and caesar salad from the Hot Potato Company, apples, juice, iced tea, lemonade and bottled water. Please contact Luisa Kuca at luisakuca@gmail.com if you can take a shift helping out.
For more information, please see our flyer or our website
Please return Pre-Order Forms to school by Friday, June 3rd |
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School Supply Kits - Best Tools for Schools
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Once again, parents will be able to purchase school supply kits for their child through Best Tools for Schools. They will be using the OCDSB common lists for JK to Grade 3, and Grade 4 to Grade 8 that will be implemented for the new school year starting in September.
Watch for more information in the next newsletter, on our website, and via a school-wide email.
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FUN NIGHT - can you help out? (it will be fun!)
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Fun Night is fast approaching (Tuesday, June 14th!) and requires about 80-100 volunteers to run smoothly. We are still in need of volunteers for the second shift (6:45-8:15) ONLY.
* 2 volunteers for the games ticket booths
* 1 volunteer for handing out the free popcorn
* 3 prize table volunteers
* 1 volunteer for the sign-in table (volunteers and the playground project contributors)
* 1 coordinator for the field games
GAMES:
* bowling (4 volunteers)
* hockey (2 volunteers)
* penny toss (2 volunteers)
* treasure dig (2 volunteers)
* bean bag toss (2 volunteers)
* where's the ball (2 volunteers)
* sack race (2 volunteers)
* wheelbarrow race (4 volunteers)
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Have you filled out our fundraising SURVEY yet?!
| We sent out a survey last week via email to all parent asking for feedback regarding our fundraising efforts this year. As you know, we had an ambitious goal this year to raise funds for our 2 play structures, and therefore had quite a few initiatives. We don't necessarily need to do as much fundraising next year, and we're looking for feedback from you about what you liked and didn't like. It will take less than 5 minutes of your time and we'd really appreciate it!
Click HERE for the survey - and THANKS!
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Staff Appreciation Reception
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We're celebrating our staff with a luncheon on Friday, June 24th! Please contact our hospitality coordinator, Michele Piironen, to donate a salad, main dish, dessert or if you can lend with set-up or clean up.
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Check our website and subscribe to our blog!
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Visit www.castorvalley.ca, under CVES Blog Subscription, enter your email address to subscribe to our blog and receive notifications of new posts by email!
Check our site regularly as an excellent resource for all things going on at Castor Valley, including Parent Info Sessions, Community Events, Fundraising, Forms, Sponsors, CVES important calender dates, and upcoming events.....and much more!
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School Council Next Year
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School Council needs you! We are currently looking for people to fill the following positions:
You can nominate yourself using this form, and if you'd like more information on any of these positions or becoming a council member-at-large or are even interested in just attending meetings, please contact our current Chair, Heather Wilson. For more information on what Council DOES, please see the ABOUT CVESC section of our website.
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Volunteer Appreciation Reception
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A big thank you to the CVES teachers and staff who hosted the volunteer appreciation reception on April 21st. From the wonderful musical entertainment and beautiful spring themed decorations that were made by students to the amazing spread of goodies and a delicious cake, the volunteers felt truly honored.
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| CASTArt | |
Thank you to all the students and teachers for the amazing art work on display in our foyer during CASTArt in May. What a creative and talented school!
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Lost and Found
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Lost and found items will be on display during the last week of June in the school foyer. Parent volunteers will then launder the items and take them to a consignment store to be sold, or we will donate them to a charity. Lost items can be found in the Lost and Found bin until then.
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Ukulele Club
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Parent Volunteer, Chantal Leblanc, will be taking her Ukulele Teaching Certification this summer with the amazing musician, James Hill, who visited our school last year. She has offered to continue to volunteer to run the club next year, so a big thank you to her!
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Playground Improvement Project Update
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The tender for the Primary and Junior/Intermediate play structures has gone out. We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the bids as both play structures are to be installed over the summer - ready for students in September!
Come and join us on Fun Night (June 14th) for our play structure ground-breaking ceremony!
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Used Book Sale
| Our Used Book Sale raised over $1,200! This annual event is held to both raise funds to put toward CVESC initiatives, and also to encourage literacy and recycling. Thank you to all of our Used Book Sale volunteers!
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Library Update
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The library carpet will be replaced over the summer. Custodial staff plan to fix and clean all lighting fixtures and clean ceiling ledges, rafters, etc. The library will have to be completely boxed, packed and removed, incl. computers, all shelves, my office, etc. This will done throughout June as books are returned at the end of year. Coreen is looking for donations of bankers boxes to pack up books
250 new French books on the way using Scholastic Book Sale credits!
We hope to arrange an All-French Scholastic Book Fair for September and Meet-the-teacher Night. This is something new for our Scholastic rep and CVES, and reflects our commitment to provide our students with the best possible French language education, and will provide our library with the ability to refresh and supplement our French resources.
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| 'Castor Connections' Parent Information Evenings | |
92 parents attended our 3 concurrent *Parents Reaching Out* grant Parent Information Sessions held on Wednesday, May 4th:
- Welcome to Grade 1 and Full Day School in the Primary Division
- Welcome to Grade 4 and the Junior Division
- Welcome to the Intermediate Grades
Thank you to our wonderful intermediate teachers Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Mott, Mrs. Heard, Madame Lalonde-Blais, Mrs. Bowker; our junior division teachers Ms. Ryan and M Boudreau, and our grade 1 teachers Madame Heidi, Madame Labelle and Madame Beaupré as well as our Vice-Principal, Diane Abboud and our Principal, Marnie Patterson. Thanks also to our wonderful parent volunteers: Kim Sheldrick who handled the advance registration; Leon Brown, Cassandra Crowder, Andrew Wilson and Lauriel Wills who handled the registration table and childcare supervision along with our super grade 8's: Victoria P., Victoria R., Ria W., Rebecca D., Emma G., Lydia H., Faith B. and Macaila G.
Finally thank you to our community partners who participate in the Intermediate session including our City of Ottawa Police School Resource Officer, Heather Santon; Amanda Neilson from Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services; Mike Souliere from the Royal Ottawa Hospital, who leads the Early Intervention Program; and parent Kerry Charron, librarian at the Greely branch of the Ottawa Public Library who highlighted homework help resources available through the OPL.
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| Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grant for NEXT YEAR | |
CVES Council has applied for the PRO Grant in hopes of continuing to holding our *Castor Connections* information sessions for our parents next year.
We believe our Castor Connections series is an important way to enhance parent engagement in support of improved student achievement and well-being. Because we are a rural school serving a large geographic catchment, our students are 100% bussed and so there doesn't always feel like there's a strong connection between parents and school. We see our Castor Connections sessions as an opportunity for parents to come to the school to both build that connection and to also receive valuable information on how to support their child's learning.
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| Think Recycle Program | |
This environmental fundraising program supports a local grandmother's group, "Grandmas Aiding Grandmas for Africa". We are collecting used cell phones, digital cameras, ink cartridges in a Think Recycle collection box near the milk fridge in the front foyer of the school. These items are completely recycled and will not end up in a landfill.
This project helps our environment and raises funds for the remarkably resilient African grandmothers who are raising their orphaned grandchildren as a result of the AIDS epidemic. Our grandmothers' group earns funds for each item collected which will then go directly to support grassroots projects in sub Saharan Africa such as food, medical care, adequate housing, school fees and uniforms, HIV awareness and bereavement counseling. Please support this program and enjoy the wonderful feeling of being able to help Grandmas and their grandchildren in Africa and our environment. For more information visit www.thinkrecycle.com.
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Update from the Grade 7 & 8 Ambassadors
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Five Days for Freedom was a success! During the five days, we raised awareness for people who want to be freed from exploitation, disease, thirst and poverty. We also fundraised for our Free the Children Adopt A Village: Alternative Income Project in Sierra Leone. We were able to raise $1,145 through various events held throughout the week, and we collected 6 boxes of canned food donations for the Ottawa Food Bank.
Castor Valley's ambassadors will be having a garage sale to raise funds for our Free the Children Adopt A Village: Alternative Income Project in Sierra Leone. It will be held June 4th from 9am-12pm and take place at 6503 Harvest Grove Dr in Greely West. Rain or shine! Hope to see you there!
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| Last School Council Meeting for the Year! | |
Please join us on Thursday, June 23rd at 7 pm for our last school council meeting! All welcome to attend - we will be acknowledging the leadership of our Principal Marnie Patterson over the last 4 years and wishing her well as she leaves for her new position at Hawthorne Public School. We will also be thanking teacher Gisèle Gratton for her contribution as the teacher representative on school council for many years. She is retiring this June.
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