Week of September 11th, 2023

Wishing our Jewish students, staff and school community a very happy new year! May your year be full of love, health and happiness. Shana Tova to all those celebrating! 

Drop Off and Pick-Up Routines

Morning drop off and dismissal is a busy time at our school. Here are some key points to be aware of when planning pick up and drop off of students: 

• Supervision starts at 8:40 am every morning for students in Grades 1-6. At this time, staff will be on duty. Therefore, we encourage families not to drop students off before 8:40am, as there is no guaranteed supervision available.
• Our playground area will not be supervised by staff before the start of school (i.e., 8:40-8:55am). Therefore, please ensure that you supervise your child(ren) should they wish to use the playscape area during this time. 
• At dismissal time, we ask for your cooperation and support by ensuring that you pick up your child(ren) as promptly as possible. Our school yard needs to be cleared by 4:00 pm to allow for our after care program to use our yard and access our playscape. Therefore, we kindly ask that families vacate the premises by 4:00pm. 
• Please note (as per the image above) that families can regain access to our playground at 6:00pm.

Upcoming Dates and Events

Here are some upcoming dates and information about school wide events and sports activities/try-outs:

• Our Davisville School-Wide Terry Fox Run/Walk/Wheel is on Thursday September 21st!! You are welcome to watch and cheer on your child from outside of the school yard. We are hoping to raise over $3500.00, so if you would like to donate, you can send cash with your child or donate online: https://schools.terryfox.ca/DavisvillePSToronto. We will continue to collect donations until the end of September.

• The Cross Country Season is upon us! Davisville has already started tryouts and practices for students in Grades 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.  We realize there were some technical difficulties last week, but we encourage you to keep trying to complete the online permission through the EMA system.  Below are some important practice dates and times: 

Primary Gr 2 & 3 Cross Country Practices this week:

• Tuesday Sept. 19th @ 8am - Km Club running
• Wednesday Sept 20th @ 8am - Running Games
• Friday Sept 22nd @ 8am - Km Club running

Junior (Grades 4-6) Cross Country Practices this week:

• Monday Sept. 18th at lunch
• Wednesday Sept 20th at 3:25 - 4:30pm

Girls and Boys Soccer Sign Ups and Tryouts This Week!

We are starting a new Soccer Season this year. Students in Grades 4-6 are eligible to sign-up and tryout. The first tryout for Girls Soccer will be on Thursday Sept. 21st. A sign up sheet will go up in the gym on Monday and more information will be shared next week. The Boys' sign up sheet will also go up next week and the 1st tryout will be during the following week.

Curriculum Night

Our Curriculum Night for Davisville will take place on Thursday, October 12th, 2023. For our Spectrum Alternative families, our curriculum night has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023. More information about these nights will be forthcoming soon. We look forward to seeing our families that evening.