Hello Windebank Families,
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Purdy's
Got a sweet tooth? Want to stock up in time for the holidays and support your child's school?
Check out our Purdy's fundraiser! Each purchase puts money back into the school for fun events, activities, and more!
Deadline to order is TOMORROW November 30th, with pickup on December 12th in the Windebank parking lot.
Go to https://fundraising.purdys.com/1158602-119963 to get your order in!
Helping Hands Trees
Helping hands trees are up and filled with mitten wishes. You will find them on the windows by the front entrance. The mittens are taped on and if you are able to help, take a mitten, fulfill the wish and return the item unwrapped to the office no later than Friday, December 13th. Attached is a photo of the trees.
Christmas Helping Hands Trees Photo.jpg
Annual Food Drive
Our annual Food Drive for Windebank families will be happening starting next Monday, November 25th and running daily until Friday, December 13th.
Each day will have a theme (or send whatever you can) Team colour points will be given out as well! Please see the attached flyer.
Christmas Food Drive - 2024.jpg
Christmas Shopping Day…. December 5th
One of our favourite days of the year is approaching quickly!!
We are looking for new/gently used items for our Christmas store. Items like candles, Xmas decor, scarves, knick knacks, men's items are always hard to get! Check your closets please! You can drop off items in the foyer in the white bin! We are also looking for wrappers! If you have your CRC and would like to come help kids wrap gifts for an hour or two, or the day, please let us know!
Thank you Warriors for your ongoing generosity!
Christmas Store.jpg
Save the Date- Thursday, December 19
We look forward to our annual Winter Concert. There will be 2 concert times (9 am and 1:00 pm) We will be using the bookings app to select which time you would like to attend. It is important to reserve your time as we will close the gym once we reach fire department capacity. The link for reserving your spot will be sent next week, December 6.
Next Week
Monday
- Hot Lunch
- PAC Popcorn for Playgrounds on Wednesday - send $1 Monday or Tuesday
Tuesday
- PAC Popcorn for Playgrounds on Wednesday - send $1 Monday or Tuesday
Wednesday
- Warrior Wednesday, Wear you team colours
- Warrior Hunger Hero Food Drive for Windebank Families (October - December 2024)
- Hot Lunch
- PAC Popcorn for playgrounds
- Grade 6 Immunizations
Thursday
- PAC - Christmas Shopping Day
- PAC - Hot Lunch - A & W & Booster Juice
Friday
From the office
Office Hours
The office is open 8am-3pm. Closed during recess (10-10:15am) and from 1:45-2pm. We will have student office monitors covering the office during lunch (11:45am-12:30pm).
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.
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.
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#/=
Scent Free School
A reminder that Windebank is a scent free school. We have numerous staff with scent allergies.
Sharing Shelf
We are excited to let you know about a new initiative at our school—a Sharing Shelf! This space is stocked with food items that are available for anyone in our community who may need them.
If you're able to help, we also welcome donations to the Sharing Shelf! Non-perishable food items are especially appreciated and can be dropped off at the school office.
Moving forward, we'll keep you updated whenever more bread or other food items are available. This is all part of our effort to ensure every family has access to food if needed.
Thank you for being part of our wonderful community!
Windebank School Lunch by Simply Foods – We are excited to offer your children healthy and nutritious meals every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday starting September 16th. Simply provides affordable lunches made fresh from local ingredients, ensuring students receive a balanced meal at school.
Vegetarian, gluten-free, and halal dishes are available. All items are nut and seafood-free.
Please refer to the attached information for instructions on how to set up and order meals for your students.
Two links are provided in the attachments: one for partially subsidized lunches and one for fully subsidized lunches. Please choose the link that best suits your family's circumstances.
Feeding Futures School Lunch Forms 2024-2025 School Year.pdf
School Cash Online
School Supply Fees 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
School Supply Fee Sponsorship
If you would like to sponsor a fellow student's school supplies, please use the link below:
https://mpsd.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/22381/165/False/True
Please note that you can select the quantity that you wish to purchase. You do not need to list a name in the “Who are you purchasing for" box.
Thank you!
Breakfast Club
We wanted to express our gratitude to all those that have donated or connected with us to help our program run again this year. If it wasn't for all of you and your kindness, we wouldn't be at a 5-day breakfast this year. Your ongoing support is and will be greatly appreciated. For those still wondering what they can contribute here is a list of what we would need weekly.
Monetary donations - Connect with admin.
Grocery store gift cards
Apples / Bananas (smoothies) / Oranges
Hash brown patties
Frozen strawberries / berries
Eggs
Tortilla wraps 10"
Jam - strawberry
For those needing dietary supplements, please email Melissa.moore@mpsd.ca as we want to be able to accommodate to as many kids as we can.
Thank you!
Ms. Moore + Rachel
Game Donations
We are looking for donations of gently used games. If you have any and are willing to donate them to the school, please bring them to the office.
From the PAC
Purdy's
Got a sweet tooth? Want to stock up in time for the holidays and support your child's school?
Check out our Purdy's fundraiser! Each purchase puts money back into the school for fun events, activities, and more!
Deadline to order is TOMORROW November 30th, with pickup on December 12th in the Windebank parking lot.
Go to https://fundraising.purdys.com/1158602-119963 to get your order in!
Free Family Movie Night CANCELLED
Unfortunately we had to cancel tonight's free Movie event due to not having enough volunteers. We will hopefully be able to try again in January!
POPCORN DAY!
We will be running our next Popcorn for playgrounds day on Warrior Wednesday, Dec 4th. The students can bring a loonie into their teacher on Monday or Tuesday. Students that bring $1 will receive a bag of popcorn at recess on Wednesday.
Helping Hands Trees
Helping hands trees are up and filled with mitten wishes. You will find them on the windows by the front entrance. The mittens are taped on and if you are able to help, take a mitten, fulfill the wish and return the item unwrapped to the office no later than Friday, December 13th. Attached is a photo of the trees.
Annual Food Drive
Our annual Food Drive for Windebank families is running daily until Friday, December 13th.
Each day will have a theme (or send whatever you can) Team colour points will be given out as well! Please see the attached flyer.
Christmas Shopping Day…. December 5th
One of our favourite days of the year is approaching quickly!!
We are looking for new/gently used items for our Christmas store. Items like candles, Xmas decor, scarves, knick knacks, men's items are always hard to get! Check your closets please! You can drop off items in the foyer in the white bin! We are also looking for wrappers! If you have your CRC and would like to come help kids wrap gifts for an hour or two, or the day, please let us know!
Thank you Warriors for your ongoing generosity!
Hot Lunch
Dec 19th hot lunch is now open for ordering. This will be the last hot lunch before Christmas break. We have Sushi te, Cobs bread, and TCBY frozen yogurt! Cut off for orders will be Dec 11 (Wednesday) at 10am. Www.munchalunch.com/login
As always, we are looking for volunteers to help with distribution. If you are available to help on one or any days, please message me, sign up on munchalunch, or email the Windebank PAC at windebankpacmission@gmail.com and we can add you to our “casual" pool of hot lunch volunteers.
Thank you!
Next PAC Meeting
The next PAC meeting is January 22nd, 2025 at 6:30pm in the school library.
Thanks,
Windebank Office
