Category Archives: **Letters to Parents
FROM MS. SHIRLEY: School Climate Survey
Dear South March Parent/Guardian:
The OttawaCarleton District School Board (OCDSB) values parental engagement. When parents share their ideas and offer constructive feedback, the school system is improved and students succeed. We are seeking your input regarding school climate. By completing our School Climate Survey for parents/guardian, your feedback will assist us in developing strategies to prevent bullying and to promote safe and inclusive schools for all students.
The “OurSCHOOL” survey developed by The Learning Bar will be used across the OCDSB. It is anonymous, voluntary, confidential, and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The parent survey will be open for participation from June 1–15, 2016.
All Ontario school boards are required by the Ministry to conduct school climate surveys of students, school staff and parents at least once every two years. More information about the survey is available on the OCDSB website www.ocdsb.ca.
Please follow the instructions below to complete the school climate survey for parents/guardian:
1. Visit www.ourschool.net
2. Use the following school login code specific to our school:
Username: smarch155
Password: parent2016
3. Click GO to start the survey.
If you have more than one child at the school, please feel free to complete the survey for each child.
We appreciate your time and value your opinion. The survey data will be used to support school planning to create positive and accepting school environments for you and your child. If you have specific questions about the survey, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours truly,
Jen Shirley
Yoga at SMPS
South March Public School Council proudly presents
YOGA AT SMPS!
Parent Council is excited to announce a special opportunity for students, and their families, to participate in a yoga class!
Instructors from Little Lotus Yoga, a local studio that specializes in child and family yoga, will be at the school during regular school hours on Tuesday, May 17th, Wednesday, May 18th and Thursday, May 19th, giving every student at SMPS the opportunity to participate in a special yoga session.
We would like celebrate this special “yoga week” by inviting students and their families to join us on Thursday, May 19th at 6:30pm for an outdoor yoga class in the field behind the school! (Rain date is Friday, May 20th at 6:30pm.)
We suggest wearing comfortable clothing and bringing a yoga mat/towel/blanket and water.
There is no charge for this event and no experience is required.
We are looking forward to bringing our school community together with this healthy and fun initiative!
Je suis tellement fière!!!
The title of this post means, « I am so proud. » And I am!
Seize (16) personnes de la classe des 5/6 ont participé à un concours (contest) d’écriture. Ils ont écrit des histoires de plus de 1200 mots en français (Wow!) et ils ont illustré 20 pages pour accompagner chaque histoire. Ce concours était ouvert à toutes les élèves au Canada qui apprennent le français avec la méthode AIM. Finalement, on a écrit quatre histoires fantastiques et une de nos histoire a gagné! Cette histoire va être publier par la maison d’édition (publishing company) AIM Language Learning et le livre va être inscrit à Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. Oui, c’est vrai!
That’s right! Four AMAZING books were written and one of them won the overall competition! Incredible! We will have four students with their published book registered at Library and Archives Canada.
We will be publishing the other three fantastic books through our OCDSB print services and will keep you posted with regards to when we will host a book launch and how you can get your copies.
What a great week for Core French at South March! I – as well as mesdames Bonsor, Kroeker, Hammouda and Peebles (the other SMPS Core French teachers these students may have had over the years) – couldn’t be prouder!!! Bravo!
Parent Volunteers Needed for Winter Carnival
Parents: If you can help out with our grade 1-6 Carnival Day this coming Friday February 19, please e-mail Brad Dillabaugh at brad.dillabaugh@ocdsb.ca. It’s always a fun day in the snow!