Feb r u a r y, 2 0 1 6
Bolton C. Falby
Public School
MARCH 2016– PRINCIPAL MESSAGE
80 Falby Court
Ajax, ON L1S 1N4
(905) 683-6240
[email protected]
www.falby.ddsbschool
s.ca
Principal: H. MundyHowsam
[email protected]
Vice Principal: M.
Snider-McGrath
[email protected]
A special thank you to the
everyone who supported
our 1st Annual Slam Poetry
Event. It was amazing to
see and hear the voices of
our grade 8 finalists. They
spoke from their hearts
and touched all of us in
the audience.
Congratulations
to all the students who participated and
special
acknowledgement to our top
three. It was a
very difficult
selection.
1st Sidney B
2nd Sean C
3rd Daniella P
Thanks to Voices of Falby,
BCF Choir and Dwayne
Morgan II for making the
evening extra special.
Head Secretary: A. Stiles
Part-Time Secretary: W.
Creer
BELIEVE
ACHIEVE SUCCEED
Superintendent of Ajax
Schools
Camille Taylor
[email protected]
905-666-5500
Pancake Day at Falby—March 8
On Tuesday, March 8th—all the students at
Bolton C. Falby will participate by class in a
Pancake meal during the morning. Thanks to
the volunteers and generosity from Southside
and Crossroad Churches for supporting this
event!
Students are asked to donate $2 per
student. This money will be used to support new furniture for our school
library. THANKS!
Trustee for Ajax
Donna Edwards
[email protected]
905-666-5500
Our Breakfast Club Needs Your Help
Volunteer Needed—Fridays 7:30 am—8:00am
Please call: 905-683-6240
P age 2
SAFE SCHOOLS
The Safe Schools Department, in collaboration with the Accountability and
Assessment Department, has created School Climate Surveys for students,
parents/guardians and staff for use in the Durham District School Board. The
School Climate Surveys have been created to assist Safe and Accepting Schools
Teams in gathering data to help make decisions in creating, maintaining and
improving safe and caring learning environments for all students.
Ministry Mandated Day to be
implemented at DDSB —
April 8, 2016.
All Durham District School Board
(DDSB) schools will have a newly
designated Professional Activity
Day (PA Day) on Friday, April 8,
2016. This additional PA Day was
mandated by the Ministry of
Education on December 18, 2015
and applies to all DDSB schools
and calendars.
Students in grade 4—8 will complete the survey at school. Parents/Guardians are
asked to complete the survey online .
Link to Parent Survey:
http://fluidsurveys.com/s/407boltonfalby_schclim_par2016/
Dates of Significance
All DDSB schools will be closed to
students on April 8, 2016. On
this day, DDSB teachers will
participate in professional
development on provincial
education priorities identified by
the Minister of Education.
DDSB Child Care partners will
survey parents to determine
where care will be offered. Child
care partners will operate fullday programs in all locations
where there is significant interest
from families.
OPEN Gym
Night—April 7
A free night of gym activities is provided the
first Thursday of each
month for students in
Grade 1—8.
6:30pm—8:00pm
Thanks to Crossroads
Church for supporting
this event!
SCC 2nd Annual Spell-a-thon
Thanks to our school community for
supporting our Spell-a-thon. We raised over
$1400 to support SCC fundraising—scientists
in schools and new score board.
Our top class in each division: Kindergarten:
Ms. Murphy, Primary: Mr. Wilson, Junior: Mrs.
Thatcher.
Our top 5 fundraisers will be joining Ms.
Mundy and Mrs. Snider-McGrath at Imperial
Buffet on March 31st. They are : Khloe A,
Aiden K, Michael D, Brianna W, and Evan W.
The perfect spellers from JK—Grade 2 will all
receive a certificate at our next assembly.
The top two spellers in each class from grade
3—8 will be participating in a Spelling Bee
Sundae Party . The winner from grade 3/4
and 5/6 and 7/8 will receive a Chapters Card.
Spirit
Week
March
7—11
Monday—
Tuesday—
Twin Day
Wednesday—Wacky
Hair or Hat Day
Thursday—Athlete
Day
Friday–
Tacky Day
FALBY FORUM
P age 3
THANKS!!!
We are very pleased to thank the Ajax Legion for donating over $700 collected during their Elvis and Legends Competition to our Falby Breakfast Program.
We also received $1000 from Website Promotion Canada to support our breakfast program. Thanks for
making a difference!
FYI—All VISITORS
ARE REMINDED TO
REPORT TO THE
OFFICE FIRST!
Dates to Remember
-Tuesday, March 8—Pancake
Breakfast (am)
-Tuesday, March 8—Spelling Bee
Sundae Party—12:30pm
-Thursday, March 10– Big Kid
Entertainment for Jk—Gr 3—
8:30am
Black History
Month
Celebrated
in
Classroom
Activities
at Falby
-Friday, March 11—DDSB Earth
Hour—10—11am
-Saturday, March 12—Sunday,
March 20—March Break
-Monday, March 21—Voice of
Falby Performing at Board Mtg—
7pm
-Friday, March 25—Good Friday
French Immersion Program Information Night
The French Immersion (FI) program should enable students to become proficient in
the French language as well as in English. French Immersion begins in Grade one and
is an optional program for all students whose parents would like their children to become fluent in French. Although the curriculum is the same as in the English language
program, the language of instruction is French. By completing the elementary program
and an additional ten secondary French courses, a student should achieve a level of
confidence in the French language to allow him or her to study French language university or college courses, accept employment where the working language is French,
live in a French community and participate in French conversation. The program is
offered at 16 elementary schools and seven secondary schools across the region.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
at 7:00 p.m.
Education Centre
No registration is required for this session.
-Monday, March 28—Easter
Monday
-Tuesday, March 29—Regional
SCC
-Wednesday, March 30—SK Grad
Photos
-Thursday, March 31—Spell-athon Imperial Lunch Buffet—
11am
-Saturday, April 2—Parents as
Partners
Thursday, April 7—Open Gym
6:30pm
Thursday, April 7—SCC Mtg—6:30
-Friday, April 8—PA Day