Find the light within you
and let your true colours shine!
NORTHERN LIGHTS P.S.
JUNE
2014
NOVEMBER 2010
Message from the Administration
Ms. H . Sears
Principal
June is a busy and exciting month and it is always a time of mixed emotions.
A time to celebrate the achievements of all of our students, to welcome many
Mr. J. Laughlin
new families who are joining us for Junior Kindergarten next year, and to wish
Vice Principal
our graduating Grade 8 class well as they head off to High School. It is
important to cherish the many remarkable accomplishments we have
Ms. A. Jadeja
experienced during the past year through the efforts of our staff, school
Ms. F. Gamble
council, and members of our school community. We have much to celebrate at
School Office Assistants
Northern Lights. All volunteers are invited to a special tea on June 20th at
8:15am so that we can thank you in person for supporting our students at
Ms. G. Brocklebank-Vincent Northern Lights. Invitations will be sent out this later this week. If you have
Superintendent
not received an invitation by the end of the week, please contact the office.
CEC Central
905 884 4477
TRUSTEE:
Peter Adams-Luchowski
905 727 0022
School Council Co-Chairs:
Ms. D. Dodds
Ms. J. Lalonde
Website:
www.northernlights.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Email:
northern.lights.ps@yrdsb.
edu.on.ca
Phone: 905 727 4224
Fax: 905 727 3845
Address:
40 Bridgenorth Drive
Aurora ON
L4G 7S6
On behalf of the staff and the community I wish to extend our thanks and best
wishes to Mrs. Blanchard , Ms. Allen and Ms. Khorasani-Esmaili as they move
on to other schools in September. Their expertise and experience will be
missed. We also look forward to welcoming back Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Oppedisano,
and Mrs. De Rose and Mrs. Paivio who will be joining our intermediate team.
Our appreciation is also extended to Ms. Fiebig, Mrs. Aikins, Mr. Raynor, Mr.
Walker, Ms. Kipp-Ferguson, Ms. Halperin, Ms. Dhanani, Ms. Spedaliere, Ms.
Weiss and Ms. Goldhar who have worked so well as valuable members of the
Northern Lights team. Furthermore we wish Ms. Stewart all the best for her
retirement.
We look forward to seeing you on June 20th for our annual BBQ.
Heather Sears
Jeff Laughlin
EARLY DISMISSAL ON JUNE 26TH
All schools in the York Region District School Board are committed to student
to improving student achievement and well-being. On Thursday, June 26th,
2014 an early release day will take place to allow elementary teachers and
support staff to take part in meetings during the afternoon of that day. These
meetings will allow for school staff to engage in culminating activities
regarding the review and revision of the School’s Improvement Plan as well as
year-end and transition activities that support student success.
As has been our practice over the past four years, students will attend school
during the morning of Thursday, June 26th, 2014 only. Students will be
dismissed early that day at 11:45am. Arrangements will be made to ensure
that students who are normally bussed to and from school will receive
transportation at this time. Parents whose children attend after school child
care should make appropriate arrangements to address this change in
schedule.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Northern Lights P.S.
OFFICE REMINDERS
SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION
Did you know that students’ bussing eligibility changes
throughout their school career? Your son/daughter’s eligibility
to ride the school bus may change according to their grade
and distance from home to school. Below are the provisions
for eligibility identified in the Board’s Transportation Policy
#680:
All YRDSB students in Grades JK-3 who live within 1.2 km
of their school are not eligible for transportation
All YRDSB students in Grades 4-8 who live within 1.6 km
of their school are not eligible for transportation
To view Board Policy #680 Student Transportation, please visit
www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca. For more information about bus
transportation and to determine your son/daughter’s eligibility
please visit www.schoolbuscity.com
TERM 2 REPORT CARD
All second term report cards will be sent home to
parents on Thursday June 26th with the option of
returning parent feedback on June 27th. Report cards
will not be sent home any earlier.
If you are unable to pick-up your child’s Report Card at
the end of the year, we can mail it to you providing you
leave us with a large self addressed envelope and two
stamps to cover postage or more if and any additional
documents that need to be sent. Thank you.
IMPORTANT DATES: JUNE
4th
Grade 4-8 School Track and Field Meet
6th
PA Day
10th Area Track and Field
20th Volunteer Tea
23rd Primary Play Day
24th Grade 8 Graduation
26th Last day of School (Dismissal at 11:45)
HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION SUPPORT
We would like to thank you for your support of the Heart and
Stroke Foundation. This school year Northern Lights raised
an amazing $8,359.05. This is $2997.00 more than last
year
EPIPENS AND OFFICE MEDICATION
Parents are advised to please pick up all epi-pens and
student medication in the office on the last day of school
(Thursday, June 26th by 11:45am). These medications will
need to be stored at home over the summer and possibly
renewed for September 2014 when your child returns on the
first day. New medication administration forms will be
available the last week of August for pick-up.
SAFE ARRIVAL
We always ask that parents contact the school’s 24 hour
answering machine to let us know about any student lates or
absences. It becomes extremely busy if the office staff have
to track down students or families who are not home or have
gone on early vacation and students are not accounted for.
The Safe Arrival Policy also directs us to contact the police if
students have not reported in.
MEDIA/LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER
Media Resource Centre News
Looking for Kindergarten Library Bags!!!! Have you found a NL kindergarten Library Bag lying around your house??
We are running low on our collection and are in desperate need of extra bags. If you come across one please send it
back to the school. Thank you for your assistance!
PLEASE RETURN ALL LIBRARY BOOKS BY JUNE 13th
If your child has misplaced a book you have 2 options in order to clear their account:
1 – Replace the missing book
2 – Pay for the missing book
Are you looking for resources to keep your child reading over the summer? Try reading online…..
Bookflix
TumbleReadable (Grades 3-6)
TO LOG IN, GO TO: http://www.scholastic.ca/education/bookflix_ontario
www.tumblebooks.com/tumblereadable/
License Sign On: dsbyork
auto_login.asp?u=nlps&p=login
License Password: dsby7692
Username: nlps
TumbleBooks (Grades K- 3)
Password: login
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/auto_login.asp?U=nlps&P=books
TumbleBook Cloud (Grades 7-8)
Username: nlps
Password: books
http://www.tumblebookcloud.com/
home.aspx
ICE CAT CORNER!!!
ENRICHMENT BAND: Congratulations to Kaitlyn W., who will be representing Northern Lights Public School in this year's York
Region Elementary Enrichment Band from June 9th-13th.
SHINING STARS FOR MAY:
Responsibility - Mayson M. (Gr. 2), Maddy M. (Gr. 2), Honesty - Mayson M. (Gr. 2), Maddy M. (Gr. 2), Tahlia (Gr. 2), Aidan
M. (Gr. 1), Sarah D. (Gr. 2)
Initiative - Maddy M. (Gr. 2), Joy L. (Gr. 2), Eunice (SK), Ashley M. (SK), Julian A. (Gr. 8), Hayden D. (Gr. 8), Ronald C. (Gr.
6), Carson K. (Gr. 6), Alex V. (Gr. 6), Jazmyn P. (Gr. 6), Ryley W. (Gr. 6), Vanessa S. (Gr. 6), Ben G. (Gr. 1), Keleese M. (Gr.
2)
* special mention to Maddy M. in Ms. Walter's class who received 5 Shining Stars this month for demonstrating good character
(she had 3 under initiative)
**Mrs. Macdonald would like to recognize and thank her whole class for coming together and making a big class donation to
Jump Rope for Heart. Together they raised $200.00
YEARBOOK: We are very excited to be receiving the yearbook by the end of June. There will be a few extra copies for sale at a
cost of $17.00 on a first come, first served basis.
GRADUATION 2014: The Northern Lights P.S Grade 8 Graduation is taking place on Tuesday, June 24th at 6:30pm in the school
gymnasium. Please note that students are participating in a dress rehearsal during the school day on Monday June 23rd after
lunch. A special thank you to the parents who have attended our committee meetings, helped with organization and volunteered their
time to plan this important event. Congratulations to our amazing grade 8's this year! It will be a memorable evening for all. Thanks
School Council for supporting our Graduates.
STUDENT COUNCIL: BBQ Baskets
Friday, June 20th is the date for our annual Northern Lights Public School Barbecue. During this event, we will be raffling off a
number of themed baskets created by each grade at the school. To assist us with this endeavour, we are asking that each child in
the school bring in an item related to the basket designated for their grade, or a donation of a toonie ($2.00) that will be used to
purchase items for the basket.
The following are the basket themes chosen by the Student Council:
Kindergarten – Fun in the Sun
Grade 1 – Arts and Crafts
Grade 2 - Superheroes,
Grade 3 – Family Games Night
Grade 4 – Reading
Grade 5 – Baking/Cooking/BBQ
Grade 6 - Outdoor Recreational Sports
Grade 7 and 8 – Movies
Please send in your item or money by Friday, June 13th at the latest. Thank you for your assistance.
TD SUMMER READING CLUB – at the Aurora Public Library
Aurora Public Library invites children ages 12 and under to participate in the TD Summer Reading Club, Eureka!
Whether you invent a new way to fly, build a robot to do your chores or create something cool out of junk, it’s a great summer for
making your way to Aurora Public Library to join the club!
Preschoolers are invited to join, as long as they can tell us about the books they’ve read. Come to the Children and Young Adult
Information Desk starting June 26th to register for the program.
Over the summer, children are asked to read a total of 12 Aurora Public Library books at their reading level. After reading 3 library
books, come to the Children and Young Adult Information Desk and tell us about one of the titles; you’ll get a cool sticker and a small
prize!
Deadline to complete the program is August 30th
SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS
Annual School BBQ
What Have we Done?
Mark the date—Friday June 20th
is barbeque night. Hope to see you
there!
During this past month council were
very pleased to hold 2 free
parenting nights focusing on
strategies for managing stress and
worry in families.
We have received great feedback
on these evenings and hope to hold
more in the future. If there are
particular topics that would be of
interest to you for the next school
year please email me at
[email protected].
Thank You’s
On behalf of school council and the NLPS community, we would like to thank all
the volunteers who helped run our lunch and milk programs. Because of your
generosity we were able to organize hundreds of lunches each week and keep the
kids well fed and happy. Not to mention the happy parents who have one less
lunch to make.
We would like to thank the following parent volunteers:
Anne Charnley, Jackie Barkowski, Jennifer Fitzsimmons, Emma Murray, Michelle
Trewern, Tracy Kagan, Jennifer Tong, Omar Mohammed, Jill Harris, Tracey Agar,
Debbie Golden, Julian Shipcott, Salwa Mohammed, Melissa French, Amanda
Edwards-Hall, Molly Robertson, Colleen LaPlante, Jen Wright. And the following
student volunteers:
From Mr. Major’s Class: Lara M., Cerys F., Mikhyla Y., Tiffany V., Taylor M.,
Aiyaan I.
THANK YOU!
(if I missed anyone I apologize—we do appreciate you!)