April 9

Week of April 9, 2021

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for the flexibility from all as we unexpectedly pivoted to remote learning once again.

As we come to the end of this week, we wish all our families a wonderful Spring break. 

School will be closed for a holiday from April 12-16^th, reopening on Monday, April 19^th. Please listen to the news and watch for more updates coming about if we are returning to bricks and mortar schools (fingers crossed) or remaining in virtual for a short time longer. We know how difficult the changes are students, parents and staff. We thank you for your ongoing flexibility and patience.

 Staff have worked through the new staffing models for next year. Davisville will have 32 teachers next year (down 1 from this year) and will have a much heavier English stream presence (15 English stream classrooms and 9 French Immersion stream classrooms) as many students in the French Immersion stream have left the program. Davisville is projected to have 526 students. Spectrum will have 3 teachers next year (up a 0.5 teacher from this year). The additional allocation is a Special Education allocation. Students attending Spectrum will now have much greater access to support.

We had our first meeting with the Manager of the moving company this week. We reviewed items to be moved, getting boxes and tape and tape machines. We also did a walk of the school so they could see the scope of work. We will be meeting with TDSB staff on April 19^th to begin discussing timing of the move and support. We will keep you updated. It’s so exciting!!!!

Upcoming dates:

Spectrum Council Wednesday April 28

We are available if you have any questions/concerns/ideas. Please send either Shona.Farrelly@tdsb.on.ca or Wanda.bozzo@tdsb.on.ca an email. 

DPS/SA Weekly Photos

DPS/SA Lost and Found Items

DPS/SA New Build Images

DPS/SA Student Attendance for Remote Learning:

Students are encouraged and expected to attend virtual school while we are not in bricks and mortar schools. If your child is ill or cannot attend virtual school, please email Gunjan.Upadhyay@tdsb.on.ca (Davisville) and  JyothiSatyan.Hiremaglur@tdsb.on.ca (Spectrum) directly. This will stop an “absence call”. If your child is experiencing difficulty in attending, please outreach directly to your child’s educator for suggestions as to how we can best support them.

TDSB Elementary Summer School

Programs are offered to students in K-Grade 8, from July 5-30, 2021. Visit our website for more information and to register: http://bit.ly/3fg60D4

Flemington P.S. K-8 Summer School

Student Virtual Learning IT Support

TDSB Virtual Library

TDSB Brightspace

TDSB Message to Parents, Guardians and Caregivers,

Next week, all students, both virtual and in-person learners, will be on April Break. I hope you have an opportunity to relax, rest and take a break from what has been a complicated and challenging school year.

I want to thank you for continuing to follow the health and safety measures while schools were open. Our collective efforts made a difference in the health and safety of our school communities. As you know, the province has implemented a province-wide shutdown for four weeks in response to the worsening trends of COVID-19 across Ontario and in Toronto. We must all continue to follow the public health measures to help prevent and limit the spread of COVID-19, including:

• Socializing only with your own household
• Staying home if you feel ill and getting tested
• Participating in the targeted testing offered by the TDSB and its health partners
• Screening, every day, for COVID-19 symptoms before attending child care
• Practicing good hand hygiene, masking and physical distancing

For the week of April 12-18, there are additional asymptomatic testing options available to students, including pharmacies that currently offer testing and assessment centres across the province. Read the full list of available options here. Some TDSB schools may also be offering school-based clinics in partnership with the Ministry of Education. Parents are encouraged to take advantage of this testing capacity to have their children tested to support a safe return to school.

As of now, schools are closed to in-person learning until Sunday, April 18. We expect to hear at the end of next week what the plans are for a return to in-person learning and when it may be and will email you again as soon as we know more.

Should you be interested, the Ministry of Education has provided the following learning resources to allow students to keep up with their learning and interests during the break:

• Students in Grades 1-8 can continue to engage in their own learning through supplemental, curriculum-linked activities available at TVO Learn and TFO IDÉLLO, apprendre à la maison.
• Secondary students can continue to access TVO's Independent Learning Centre (ILC) Open House and Portes ouvertes pour les cours TVO ILC in French-language. Mathify (English) and Eureka! (French) are also available to provide one-on-one online tutoring services for elementary and secondary students.
• Mathify covers online math tutoring in English for Grades 6 to 10 and Eureka! supports all subjects for French-language students in Grades 1 to 12.

By following public health advice, we can all enjoy a safe spring break and continue to support in-person learning in our schools.

Have a safe, fun and restful break.

Sincerely,

Karen Falconer                                Andrew Gold                           Curtis Ennis                                      
Interim Director of Education     Interim Associate Director          Interim Associate  Director        

Craig Snider

Interim Associate Director