Just a quick reminder that tomorrow will be a crazy hair day and children are allowed to wear casual clothing instead of their uniforms.

Monday, November 6 will be an optional pay-to-wear casual ($2) day.  All proceeds will go towards buying water filters for the Philippines.

Our school is sending a group of students on a missions trip to the Philippines on Spring Break.  They are raising money to purchase water filters for the community they will be visiting there.

On November 6th the missions team is offering a hot dog lunch.  Today is the last day to order.  If you are interested, you can order through the Munch a Lunch program on the school website.

Wednesday, November 15 is our Parent Interview Day.  I look forward to meeting with you to talk about your child’s wonderful growth this year and to show you some of their work. Please click on the link below to choose a time that works for you.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10z4roNufo034vEn19hNCNJLwI5-b5VyvVb2LdgO6bcQ/edit?usp=sharing

This Friday, October 27 will be our first Forest Fresh Air Friday!  Please make sure your child comes to school dressed for outdoor play (Knight shirts and casual bottoms, boots and jackets).  We will be leaving the school after recess and travelling  by bus and returning for lunch.

We are looking forward to this new adventure!

It’s not quite November yet but here are some important dates to keep in mind for the upcoming month:

Thursday, November 9 – Remembrance Day Ceremony 1:30 (more information to follow)

Friday, November 10 – Pro D Day

Monday, November 13 – Remembrance Day – No School

Wednesday, November 15 – Parent/Teacher Interviews 10:30-5:30 (no school for the children)

November 22 – Western Dress Up

I believe everyone is signed up on Seesaw at this point.  Hopefully you are seeing new posts as they are added.  Some of you have been leaving comments.  Thank you!  I love hearing from you!  I am hoping that this will be a useful mode of communication between home and school.

Please remember to send your child to school with jackets and footwear appropriate for this rainy season.  We do go outside as much as we can because the fresh air is so healthy.  We remind the  children to stay away from puddles if they’re not wearing rain boots.  It is difficult, though, to stay dry in regular shoes because our playground area becomes quite soggy.  Boots are really quite a necessary item at this point.  Some children will be coming home today wearing their gym shoes because their footwear got too mucky for the classroom this afternoon.

Please also make sure your child has an extra change of clothes (including socks) in their backpack or locker in case they should need to change into something dry.

Thanks so much!

The whole student body is invited to wear red on Monday (or a knight shirt) in honour of our first official home game for our senior volleyball teams.  Let’s show our support – Go knights!

Next week we will be making a “mystery recipe” on Wednesday and will need each child to contribute an apple for this activity. Would you mind sending an apple to school by Tuesday?

I am also in need of a parent helper for this activity.  If you are available on Wednesday for an hour (max) at the start of the day please email me at dmorris@highroadacademy.com

Thanks and have a great weekend!