THANK YOU

• to everyone who made our Christmas lunch on Wednesday such a success - beautiful tables, delicious food - what more could we ask for? It was wonderful to be together again!

• to everyone who made the Christmas shop another success! Those who sent in donations (including many CWL ladies), staff members who set things up, parents who came to wrap. This event is so exciting for the kids, and I loved hearing them tell what they'd bought for their family members!

• to all who supported the Candygrams program. Between these and the Christmas Shop, a significant amount was raised for our Christmas Hampers

INFORMATION:

• Our Advent Prayer Service will be filmed this year. Our initial hope was to have a live service in the evening, but the latest restrictions for worship services removed that possibility. I had hoped to send the link on the day the service was planned for, Wednesday the 15th, but instead it will come out on Friday the 17th. Perhaps you can have a weekend watch party!

• However, on Thursday the 16th, the school will still come together to celebrate this service.

• From last week: Parent Participation: we respectfully request that if you have completed your volunteer hours for the year, you hold off on signing up for new opportunities in order to give everyone a chance to get the chance to get their hours in. From now on, we will hold off on sending sign-up opportunities out until the evening, so that those who cannot access emails or Facebook during working hours will have a chance to see them easily as well. Please remember that when an email goes out with a Sign-Up link, you should use that instead of replying via email or Facebook. Thank you!

REMINDERS:

• please ensure your children dress for the weather - boots, jackets, gloves are always great! Snow pants and/or rain pants can be a real bonus.

• FOOD DRIVE NEED OF THE WEEK: anything, including toys for children of any age for the Christmas hampers

• If you are coming into the school, please remember to wear a mask!

• Parking lot in the morning: if you are dropping your children off and then driving away, please just pull up as far forward as you can by the cones, then circle around to exit. No cars should be parked in the centre stalls in the morning, as this interferes with parents dropping off and with the buses pulling in and then needing to park. Parking should be limited to the spaces beside the hedge. Please walk your children to the crosswalk if you are parking, and watch for cars pulling out!

• Friday, December 17th: noon dismissal If you have any questions regarding bus drop-off times, please call the office.

MONDAY:

• PEC Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY:

• Hot Lunch: Subway

• Grade 4/5 Girls Volleyball Practice, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY:

• Mass for Grade 2 to Grade 7. Please wear white shirts and school sweaters.

• Reconciliation for Grade 7 (for those unable to receive the sacrament last week)

• Filming for Advent Prayer Service - please come in neatest school uniform, with sweaters

THURSDAY:

• Reconciliation for Grade 4/5

• School will gather for Advent Prayer Service (staff and students only) - please come in neatest school uniform, with sweaters

FRIDAY:

• Red and Green colour day

• Christmas Singalong (staff and students only)

• 12 noon dismissal