Hello Jennie Elliott families,     

School Council is buzzing with excitement as plans are underway for school community-building and fundraising events over the coming months! We are always grateful for the continued support and dedication of our parent volunteers that provide fun and enriching opportunities that our students and families look forward to every year. 

Please be sure to check out the message from School Council below about volunteers needed for the Book Fair. This is a huge undertaking for our School Council, and a much-anticipated event for our students. If you are able to give your time, even for one shift, they would be very grateful. Thank you to all of the organizers and planners that make these events possible for the students! 


School Conferences 

On Monday, March 10th at 8:00am, the online School Conference booking system will open for families to book conferences that will take place Thursday, March 20 (daytime for Kindergarten and evening for K-6), as well as Friday, March 21. As messaged earlier to all CBE families, all conferences will be online due to the CUPE 40 strike. You can access the School Conference booking system through your MyCBE portal.  

 

School Planning Engagement 

Thank you to the families who joined us at the School Planning Engagement sessions about the school budget, school fees and the school development plan. We appreciated the great conversation, excellent questions and feedback regarding considerations for future planning.  

Please view both School Planning presentations shared at the sessionsif you were not able to attend, to provide more information: 

School Budget & Fees presentation 

School Development Plan presentation

We would also like to ask families to complete the short School Planning Survey at the link below to provide us with your perspectives about the information, ask questions or provide input for future planning at Jennie Elliott. The survey will be open until March 21st. 

School Planning Engagement Survey 

 

Clubs 

Our teachers have been offering various lunch time clubs over the winter months, including quilling club, LEGO club, puzzle club, choir, Rubik’s Cube club, chess club, student leadership and tech club. Next week Ms. Bevilacqua will be starting the gr 6 Dance Club! 

Recently, Ms. Davey and Ms. Burge have led the STEM club for grade 2’s and 3’s, that provides a space where students can imagine, build, problem-solve, collaborate, experiment, and learn in a supportive, fun environment. Whether they’re building a marble run, mixing slime, designing a boat that floats, or testing the strength of a spaghetti tower, students are gaining valuable skills that will serve them in all areas of life, and spending their lunch break doing something creative. We can’t wait to see what new and exciting projects our STEM explorers will dive into next! 

 

News From School Council 

Thank you to everyone who attended the council meeting online earlier this week. The grade 4 teachers did a great job sharing about their classrooms, daily routines and upcoming field trips. Sounds like a fun rest of the year for the Grade 4 students! 

Volunteer Opportunity! 

We are in need of a bunch of volunteers for the Book Fair. With over 70 volunteer shift opportunities we would really appreciate any help from parents or grandparents with a valid police clearance. Here is the signup genius: 

Click here to volunteer for the Book Fair

 

Book Fair Details 

Look in your child’s backpacks for the book fair flyer that went home this week. The school will be full of energy the week of March 17th as the children will have an opportunity to preview and shop the fair!  

This year, due to the ongoing strike we will be unable to offer after school shopping hours, so we are inviting all Jennie Elliott families to join us during the day to come and shop the fair. This is a large fundraiser for our school community with a portion of all the sales coming back to the school so we can’t wait to see you there! Here are the hours for the fair this year. 

Book Fair Hours: 

Monday March 17: 9am - 4 pm 

Tuesday March 18: 9am - 4 pm 

Wed March 19: 9am - 4 pm 

Thursday March 20: 9am - 4 pm 

Friday March 21: 9am - 1 pm  

(no school on Friday but open for shopping) 


If you are coming in during the day to shop at the fair, we ask that you don’t pull your child from class. They will be building their wish lists on Monday and Tuesday with their class and then have an opportunity to shop with their class on Wednesday and Thursday during the day. Please note, if you are sending cash to school with your child, Jennie Elliott is not responsible for monitoring the money. It should be safely secured in your child's backpack until they are ready to shop! 


Upcoming events: 

 

News from JEPSA  

 

Jennie’s Night Out Gala Updates

Ticket Sales - Early bird tickets are sold out, but we have a limited quantity of regular priced tickets left, so don’t miss out! Visit www.JennieElliott.ca for ticket purchasing or follow our council page on Facebook for up-to-date information. 

Classroom Baskets - Thank you to those of you who have already started sending in your donations for the classroom baskets. We love seeing the creativity and contribution of our Jennie family - we are so grateful!  If you missed it, we will be creating classroom themed baskets again to be a part of the online silent auction that will take place April 1 - 11, 2025. Just like last year we are asking for school participation in donating an item or two if you would like. All proceeds from this event will go to enhancing the outdoor learning spaces at Jennie for all students to enjoy. The themes for the baskets this year broken down by grade are: 

Kinder & DHH - Baking 

Grade 1 - Outside Fun 

Grade 2 - Games Night 

Grade 3 - Arts & Crafts 

Grade 4 - Movie Night 

Grade 5 - Hockey 

Grade 6 - Relax 

Please note - when you send an item to school with your child, please send a quick email to the teacher to let them know it is on its way. Thank you so much in advance for participating in this event.   

If you are interested in donating larger items to the silent auction or getting more details about this event please email jennieelliott1962@gmail.com. 

  

Upcoming School Dates     


Mar – Irish Heritage Month  

Mar 10 – 14 – Substitute Appreciation Week  

Mar 14 – Holi  

Mar 14 – Pi Day  

Mar 17 – Fun Lunch

Mar 17 – Book Fair begins!  

Mar 17 - Gr 4 Learning Celebration

Mar 20 – Persian New Year  

Mar 20 – Spring Equinox  

March 20 – Last Day of School Before Spring Break  

Mar 20 - School Conferences (evening - online)

Mar 21 – School Conferences (daytime - online; no school)

Mar 21 - Last day of Book Fair

Mar 21 – Down Syndrome Awareness Day  

Mar 31 – Eid-al-Fitr  

Mar 31 – Classes Resume After Spring Break  

  

Have a fantastic week everyone!