We Received a National Award!

Canada 150 Celebration Day

The following letter went home last week:

Dear Stevenson Families,

Please join us for our Canada 150 Celebration on June 21!

Each year, it is our goal for students and staff to strengthen our awareness and respect of cultures within our school community. This year, we have integrated cultural awareness activities into the regular curriculum, as well as had special activities throughout the year. We hope to have some cultural performers for our up-coming “Canada 150” Family Celebration Day.

We are planning our 2^nd bi-annual Stevenson Family Celebration Day on Wednesday, June 21, to be a cultural awareness activity day. We need your help. We would like to try to have all our families’ cultures represented in some way on this day. We are asking students to identify their families’ backgrounds. Please talk about this at home so your child can tell us more about your family’s traditions. We don’t want to miss any cultures. Please share your family’s background on the paper below.

We would also like your help with planning for our Family Celebration Day on June 21. Please indicate below if you can help with preparing a game/activity/dance/food, etc. to share with groups of students. We will share each other’s cultures through activities throughout the day, as well as try each other’s food at lunchtime together.

Thanks for your time,

Stevenson Staff

 

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Stevenson Family Celebration Day on June 21

Please fill out the information below and return to school by June 7:

Child’s Name: ­­­­_______________________          Parent’s Name: ____________________________

 

My family’s cultural background is: ­­­­­­­_______________________________________________________

_____ Yes, I can provide food or a favourite recipe to be shared.

_____ Yes, I am willing to share a game/activity/dance/etc. that is special to my culture.

_____ Yes, I can volunteer on June 21 to help run activities.

 

We will contact you in the near future to talk about your ideas. Thanks!

Tick Prevention Tips

Interesting article for helping to prevent getting ticks on us as we spend more time outdoors:
http://childnature.ca/what-can-we-do-about-ticks/

Reminder

It is an Early Dismissal Day on Tuesday, June 6 at 3:10pm.
Please note that this is the last Early Dismissal Day of the school year.
There is no Early Dismissal on June 20.

Sky Zone Love To Read Program

Join Us This Thursday!

Walking School Bus

Stevenson’s 9th Annual Walking School Bus

June 5 – June 15, 2017

 

This year, the Walking School Bus is continuing to run for 2 weeks!

 

Stevenson staff once again wish to promote taking active routes to school such as walking or biking. We can all benefit from having healthier lifestyles and taking care of our environment. We are offering a walking school bus every morning for the next 2 weeks. The regular school bus will still be running. Your regular pick up and drop off sites and times will remain the same for both weeks if you prefer.

 

As an alternative to riding the bus, we are offering to walk with your child to school every morning for the next 2 weeks. Please walk your child to one of the meeting places. We will pick up your child along our routes. You are most welcome to join us. Here are meeting times and places. Pick the one that suits you the best:

 

Route 1: East end travelling west -

SE corner of Queen and Ness - 8:20am         

From here, we will walk West bound along Ness, picking up students at each of the following streets: King Edward, Brooklyn, and Berry.

SW corner of Berry and Ness - 8:25am

 

Route 2: West end travelling east -

SE corner of Ferry and Ness   - 8:15am

From here, we will walk East bound along Ness, picking up students at each of the following streets: Collegiate, Roseberry, Parkview, Marjorie, and Hampton.

SW corner of Berry and Ness - 8:25am

 

Both routes will combine at the SW corner of Berry and Ness and walk North bound on Berry to Silver. The regular crossing guards will be at their corners to help us cross Ness and Silver safely. Both routes will be supervised by Stevenson staff. Please feel free to join us on the walk to school. We will plan to arrive at school at 8:35am.

 

You do not need to sign up your child for the walking school bus. If you know that you can accompany us as an extra adult supervisor, please join us on the dates you are available. Please remember that the Walking School Bus is for mornings only. You do not need to call the transportation office to let them know your child is not on the bus. Your bus driver is aware of our Walking School Bus.

 

Thank you for your time,                                                                   

                                   

Stevenson Staff