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Emails from the office - Sept 28/23

Hello Windebank Families,

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Good afternoon Warrior Families! 
 
Our Windebank Warrior team colour shirts are now available to order in your Munchalunch account!

https://www.munchalunch.com/

Sales will be open from Sept 26th to October 4th at 10am. If you are unsure of your child's team colour please ask their teacher.

For all returning students, your team colour will remain the same. 

Team colour shirts are worn on Warrior Wednesdays to collect points for your house team! Your house team will also receive points for participating in Spirit Days! There are 4 teams! Yellow, Green, Red and Blue. 

Go Warriors! 
 
If you have any questions, please contact PAC or your child's teacher. 

Thank you! 

TONIGHT SEPT 28, Free Movie Night SUPER MARIO BROS. - food donations for entry gladly accepted.  Concession will be open at 5pm, ($5 hot dog, chips, water/juice combo.) 
 ($1 popcorn.)  We will plan for a 5:30pm movie start time. Looking for volunteers, please get your CRC and volunteer at your school. 

Tomorrow – Friday, September 29 – Non-Instructional Day – students not in session

Next Week​

Monday

  • Stat – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation – School not in session

Tuesday

Wednesday

  • Coffee Talk with ICY Team in the library 8:30-9 am
  • Cross Country Practice (grade 3-6) 2:30-3:15pm

Thursday

  • Great Pumpkin Race - Grade 3-6 cross country students 2:45-4pm at Centennial Park

Friday

  • PAC – Hot Lunch ordering closes at 10am for October 13 hot lunch (Corona's and Booster Juice)

From the office

Office Hours
The office is open 8am-3pm. Closed during recess (10-10:15am), lunch (11:50am-12:20pm) and 1:50-2:05pm. We will be training office monitors to cover during lunch and will advise parents once this is up and running.

Student Pick Ups
If you need to pick your child up during the school day, please do so by 11:45 am or after 12:30 pm as it is difficult to call students when they are outside. Please remember that anytime you are picking your students up during the school day (prior to 2:23 pm), it is essential that you notify the classroom teacher and office to ensure that the class is onsite and not on a walk.

Breakfast Club

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We're thrilled to announce our Breakfast Club Donation Drive runs all year long and we'd love your support.  As we are into another year of Breakfast Club at Windebank, we're on a mission to ensure every child starts their day with a nutritious breakfast.

Here's how you can help.

Donate Breakfast items:

  • Pancake Mix - Add water based
  • Apples, Oranges, Bananas
  • Breakfast fruit bars
  • Margarine
  • Frozen Berries
  • Strawberry Jam
  • Waffle Maker
  • 9oz Cups - Serving fruit/smoothies (We on average use a minimum of 1400 cups a month for fruit and smoothies)
  • Napkins - wrapping food to-go

Cash Donations: We understand that life can get busy, so if you'd prefer to make a monitory donation, we'd be incredibly grateful. Every dollar makes a difference! To donate please reach out to our Ms. Moore at melissa.moore@mpsd.ca

Your generosity will help us provide a hearty breakfast to our Windebank student, setting them up for a success in school and beyond.  Spread the word and let's come together to make a positive impact in our community!

Thank you,

Breakfast Club​

Strong Start

Strong Start is now open for the year. It is a drop-in program for children from birth to pre-kindergarten. It is open M-F 8:30-11:30am. Parents need to stay with their child the entire time.

School Cash Online
Planners and Pumpkin Patch field trips have been uploaded to School Cash Online. Please see the attached for instructions. Any questions please call the office at 604-826-2213 or email Ms. Stefanek at teresa.stefanek@mpsd.ca

Parent Volunteers
If you would like to volunteer at Windebank there are 2 steps. One is the school volunteer form that needs to be completed yearly and the second part is a Criminal Record Check. Please see the link below that has all the information on applying for both.
https://windebank.mpsd.ca/Parents/parentvolunteers/Pages/default.aspx#/= 

Attendance
If your child will be away, please call the office at 604-826-2213 (we have an answering machine) or you can email Ms. Stefanek at teresa.stefanek@mpsd.ca If you email the classroom teacher, please copy the office as well.

Late Arrivals
If your child will be late (after 8:30 am), they need to enter through the front doors to get a late slip before they can proceed to class.

Scent Free School
A reminder that Windebank is a scent free school. We have numerous staff with scent allergies.

Cutlery
Please be advised that the school does not have disposable cutlery to hand out to students.

From the PAC

Thank you to all the ordered Little White Coupon Books and Little Shop Talk books!! Our school profits 50% from each book sold! Congratulations to Ms. Zanatta and Mrs. Taylor class for selling the most books. 

Thank you families for your ongoing support! 

Windebank HOT LUNCH
Next hot lunch will be Booster Juice and Corona's on Friday, October 13th. Ordering is now open and closes October 6th!
Any questions, please ask! 

For new students:
https://munchalunch.com/schools/windebank
For students already registered: 
https://munchalunch.com/login
Volunteer opportunities for "Oct - Dec Hot Lunch Distribution" are now open.
Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:
volunteersignup.org/8FJE8

Thanks,

Windebank Office​