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Dear Parents/Guardians,

Most sincerely, we hope this message finds you and your family in good health.

Please accept this message of thanks for all you've done to support your child's continuity of learning.  We remain amazed and appreciative of how you've found a way to help us re-envision learning during this period of school closure.

Your perseverance and patience is truly appreciated. We are connecting with parents everyday and we continue to be grateful for your amazing partnership. We know that the news of continued school closure brings about many questions. We are here for you! Please reach out to your child's teacher or to the office, if there is a way we can support your family.

We've heard from you about your child's personal belongings. We know you are eager to reconnect your child with these items. We are eager to provide you with these belongings too. At this time, we await further direction regarding this protocol. Schools remain under emergency order and special approvals and processes are required in these circumstances. As such, our Board is working to develop a plan for accessing student belongings. This will be communicated to you as soon as it is available. In the meantime, if the need to access belongings is an emergency or urgent, please contact your child's teacher or call the office and leave a voicemail. If it is not urgent, we respectfully ask for you to wait for the protocol to be approved and communicated. We are thankful for your continued partnership and patience!

Mostly, we are thankful for you and the remarkable effort you've exerted to support your child(ren)'s learning - social, emotional, physical and academic pursuits, during this period of closure.  It's not an easy job and we recognize you are managing extraordinary circumstances.

We miss our students and their families and we are very excited about the time when it is safe for our paths to cross again.

Take care, Mrs. Amanda Meighan

Update

Good afternoon Woodland Families!

As we head into the May Long Weekend, we hope you are all healthy and safe. We wanted to let you know a few things. First, you are doing a great job! We are growing in our abilities with Online Learning. Parents, students and staff have been working really hard together to ensure that each of our students are learning in the best way that they can!! WAY TO GO LYNX!

Second, if you have a child who will be turning 4 by December 31, 2020 or you know of a family who does in our neighbourhood, the NNDSB currently has registration for Kindergarten online. Woodland P.S. is a great place to learn and grow. Join us! 💛 Please share with families and friends:

Kindergarten Registration Now Available Online

During school closures due to COVID-19, the Near North District School Board will be accepting school registrations through an online application process.

Please visit our registration page for more information.
https://www.nearnorthschools.ca/schools/kindergarten/

 

Lastly, as more information is pending from the Minister of Education next week, we will update you as soon as we are aware of anything. Again, take care, enjoy your family - and most of all, STAY SAFE!!

Mrs. Amanda Meighan and Ms. Michelle Passmore

Latest News

Greetings Woodland Lynx Students and Parents!

We hope that everyone is well and taking care of themselves and their families during these unusual times.  As of Monday April 6th, 2020, we have begun the next phase of learning at home for our Elementary students – JK to Grade 6.  You should have started to receive lessons (either via email or Edsby) from your child’s teacher to support them through this phase. Our staff have been working over the last two weeks to find solutions to the many challenges that Covid 19 presents to our schools and our students and their families.  Please know that we do not have all the answers as of yet and we are working diligently at finding the best ways to support all of our students.

We continue to miss you and are hoping that you are feeling better reaching out to your teachers this week. We also know that this situation with Covid-19 may be creating some additional stress for you and your families. Please know we want to continue to support you with your mental health. The following link will provide you with trained people to help. This “check-in” will support students who have previously received counselling at Woodland but also those of you and your families that have new mental health needs and are not connected to a counsellor.

Please go to: https://www.nearnorthschools.ca/we-are-here-to-help/  and do take care.

As already noted on our Facebook page, we ask that our families go the the Near North District School Board website for the most up to date information regarding the Corona Virus.

Should you have further questions, please don't hesitate to email us directly at amanda.meighan@nearnorthschools.ca michelle.passmore@nearnorthschools.ca.

Thank you.
Be well, be safe.

Amanda Meighan, Principal

Michelle Passmore, Acting Vice Principal

 

Weekly Newsletter:

Mental Welless Newsletter Apr 13

Link for Funding for Families:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-support-families#section-0

Link for Physical Education Activities for Home:

https://www.ophea.net/node/7476

Link to CASL Form:

Link for Parent/Guardians who did not set up an email with the school in September:

casl-consent-form

 

Announcements:

Fudge orders can be picked up on Monday, December 9th from 5-7pm at the school.

For those who sold Mini-Peel Coupon books, they will also be available for pick-up with your fudge orders.

Didn’t get a coupon book? No problem - we will have them available for sale on Monday, December 9 at the Fudge pick-up, as well as at the Christmas Concerts on Wednesday, December 18.

For only $20, they make a GREAT stocking stuffer and you’ll absolutely love all the deals inside!

Dear Parents,
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be postponing the Courage Assembly that was scheduled for this Friday, November 29th. Once an alternate date and time has been determined, we will communicate this to parents and community members. Thank you for your understanding!

This meeting has been postponed until further notice:

All are welcome to attend: https://www.nearnorthschools.ca/blog/ministry-of-education-special-advisors-holding-public-meetings/19688/

Bullying Awareness Week begins Monday, November 18th. Students and staff will engage in a variety of activities throughout the week, which aim to facilitate learning and conversations around our three domains of bullying prevention: Citizenship, Sportsmanship and Conflict Resolution. All are encouraged to wear pink on Wednesday, November 21st to demonstrate that bullying will not be tolerated.

Remembrance Day

Please join us on Monday, November 11 at 11:10am in our gymnasium to honour our veterans. All are welcome to attend.

November Newsletter

Our November Newsletter is now available! Keep up to date on all the fun activities happening here at Woodland: November 2019