Junior School - January 11, 2024

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • The Photographers from CanGrad will be at the Junior School on Wednesday, January 17 to take group photos of sports teams and co-curricular club groups. As well, they are available to take photos of students that were away on November 21 and missed the photos on that day. If your child was absent in November you will receive an email to schedule a photo time.

  • With the snowy weather and wet days, it is a good idea to send your child to school with a second set of clothes. They can keep this at school in the case that they find themselves with wet socks or pants after recess play. Please make sure your child has snow pants as well.

What you need to know

STUDENT LIFE & BELONGING

Co-curricular teams and clubs returned on Monday, January 8 and will run until Friday, February 23. Make up classes for all external provider clubs missed in the last week of classes in December will be offered on Wednesday, February 28 and Thursday, February 29.  

Please Note: After our full dismissal at 3:15pm this past Tuesday due to inclement weather, we are now adding another Explore It! Make Up class on Tuesday, February 27.

WINTER CO-CURRICULARS & CLUBS

FEBRUARY FRIENDSHIP FUN DAY

Happy New Year! We are looking for volunteers for our upcoming Friendship Fun Day event on Wednesday, February 14: an afternoon of indoor activity stations with a focus on teamwork, friendship and fun!

  • Please share your availability by end of day Monday, January 22 on our Volunteer Sign Up Form.

  • Everyone who submits this form will receive an email on/by Friday, January 26 - as it's possible that interested volunteers will outnumber available spaces.

JOINING PRIMARY OR JUNIOR CHOIR in the 2nd Term

The Junior Choir is preparing for the Conference of Independent Schools Music Festival (CISMF) on April, 13 at Roy Thomson Hall and the Primary Choir will be evolving into a Music & Movement program that may also have a community performance opportunity in the spring.

If you are interested in joining us in the Primary Choir (Friday mornings 7:20am - 8:15am) or Junior Choir (Wednesday mornings 7:20am - 8:15am), please email Ms. Rosen by Monday, January 15 at lrosen@yorkschool.com.

Please Note: Junior Choir will not be accepting new students in the Spring registration of co-curriculars as we will have already begun working through our rehearsal process for the festival.

GREAT CANADIAN OUTDOOR DAY - Friday, February 2

This exciting divisional event is fast approaching and we are still waiting on some outstanding forms. Please sign into your YorkNet account to review and submit the online Venturing Out (VO) Form for your child  to join us on Friday, February 2. All Junior School students will take part in our annual Great Canadian Outdoor Day. Our Grades JK - Gr 2 students will be skating at Mattamy Athletic Centre (Formerly Maple Leaf Gardens) in Toronto and Grades 3 - 5 are cross-country skiing at Horseshoe Resort in Barrie.

Grade 3-5 parents, if you have not already done so, please also complete and return a  hard copy of the Horseshoe Valley Waiver Form to your child's homeroom teacher in the new year.