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| | HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER! | | | | | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:25 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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Hello Essex Families!!
We are now officially finished our second year of operation AND what a year it has been.
THANK YOU for reading our communications to you at home - through class and school newsletters. We do our very best to keep you informed!
THANK YOU for continuing to support your child's learning at home and at school. Research tells us this is critical to a child's progress.
THANK YOU for your involvement, support, volunteer work and positive comments. We appreciate them all.
HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER WITH YOUR FAMILIES! We will see you in September!
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| Proud to be at EPS! |
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| Monday, June 7, 2010 10:55 AM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello everyone! As we begin the month of June, we are bursting with pride! We are gathering our assessment results. The progress the students (your children) have shown is remarkable this year! We have worked towards specfic goals and achieved! |
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| Playground Update |
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| Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:38 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello Essex Families, We are receiving more and more inquiries regarding our playground. We expect to have full access in the fall and have been working very hard to develop plans. Mrs. June Devries has taken the role of Chairperson of our Committe |
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| newsletter - apologies for electronic version |
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| Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:29 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello all, We are having some challenges getting the electronic version of the newsletter to those of you that sent us your e_mail addresses. The message is getting bounced back because the file is considered too large. We are working on it and ho |
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| Happy Easter Weekend! |
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| Thursday, April 1, 2010 8:12 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| We hope you have a chance to read our newsletter which came home today (for Mon/Wed Kindergarten students, you will receive it next week). If you would like us to send it to you via e_mail, please provide your e_mail address to our school secretary, |
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| School Support Visit |
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| Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:55 AM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello Essex! We had an amazing day of "feedback" today! Personnel from the Board Office and Principals from other schools came to visit our classrooms. It was our opportunity to show off all of the wonderful things we are doing in our cl |
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| Kindergarten Registration - it's almost time!! |
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| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:06 AM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Yes, it is coming up to that time of year again - time to register our youngest future students! Our formal registration period is from February 22nd - March 5th. We are very excited to offer our Open House for parents/guardians and children on th |
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| Random Acts of Kindness Week |
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| Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:25 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello all, Next week is "Random Acts of Kindness" week. We have already begun spreading the word that we can make a difference to one another by doing caring, friendly and kind things. We have been sharing student's stories on the announ |
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| HAITI SUPPORT -R ESULTS!!! |
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| Monday, January 25, 2010 9:05 AM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| My goodness, what a week! After only five days of our coin drive, we raised... $2,124.30 for the Canadian Red Cross In addition, we asked for donations of used shoes. In only a few days, 162 pairs of shoes were donated. We have brought them to |
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| HAITI Coin Drive Next Week |
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| Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:08 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello Essex Families! We were horrified this past week to learn of the tragic circumstances that struck in Haiti as a result of an earthquake. As always, our community comes together to help when there is need. We are going to be collecting coins |
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| CELEBRATE! |
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| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:47 AM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| We are very pleased to celebrate the completion of our Critical Pathways for term one. Critical Pathways are areas teachers have identified which need to be a focus for improved student achievement. They are all related to reading, which is our pri |
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| Welcome to 2010! |
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| Monday, January 4, 2010 12:07 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| The Staff of Essex Public School would like to wish our community the very best in 2010! We look forward to a year of student success, achievement and celebrations. Our teachers are just about to implement their critical pathways (specific goals re |
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| Happy Holidays! |
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| Friday, December 18, 2009 12:15 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| On behalf of Essex Public School we wish to thank our community for the ongoing support! We look forward to a successful 2010 where student achievement will reach an all time high!! Happy Holidays to each of you! |
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| Canned Goods Drive |
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| Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:49 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Our Student Council, under the direction of Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Smith had a fantastic food drive this year. ALL items collected have gone directly to the Essex Food Bank so local families are supported. We brought in 2113 items!! Congratulations |
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| CONGRATULATIONS TO...... |
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| Tuesday, December 1, 2009 4:08 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| What a month of celebrations! Congratulations to Mrs. Vendrasco who received the Champion for Education" award in November. We want to thank her for all of her work coordinating our snack program for two full years, and her volunteer work as p |
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| HOLIDAY BAZAAR |
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| Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:26 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| THANK YOU to our Parent Advisory Council for a most successful Holiday Bazaar! The most precious moments - hearing the children's laughter and seeing their smiles as they purchased gifts for loved ones. It was truly amazing!!! Thank you to June De |
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| Parent Teacher Conferences |
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 7:42 PM -0500 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello Essex! Our goal is to meet with EACH AND EVERY family for the first term Parent/Teacher Conferences. Please call the school to schedule your appointment for the evening of November 19th or the morning of November 20th. If you cannot come in |
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| Health Unit and Resources |
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:25 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Hello Parents and Guardians, We are beginning to receive phone calls asking for information regarding the flu and the flu vaccine. I have copied this directly from our School Board Web Page. These are the resources, both on line and by teleph |
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| Congratulations Teams! |
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| Monday, October 19, 2009 7:39 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| Congratulations to our Soccer and Cross Country Teams who have ALREADY finished their season! Also, thank you to coaches Murray, Hawkins, Henze, Schmidt and Battersby for all of your hard work and dedication to our students. Well done!! |
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| Why the Gender Gap? |
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| Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:27 PM -0400 | By: Lynn Mclaughlin |
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| This is an excellent question for discussion in our school community - why, over time, is there a consistent gap between the achievement between the boys and girls in literacy? This is true in grade three and grade six assessments. It is true to v |
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