Get Your Runnymede Gear Now!

Show your school spirit by ordering your orange & black Runnymede gear!

new! NEW – Online Ordering!
No more line ups, paper forms or lost money

NEW – Expanded Product Offerings!
Same great t-shirts, now also offering hoodies and caps

Order Deadline is Thursday September 14th to have your Orange shirt delivered in time for the first cross country meet!

If your child is doing cross-country in the fall, plan ahead and get their Runnymede shirt now
Makes a great 1st day of school gift for new Runnymede students!
Many teachers like kids in “Runnymede Orange” for field trips

Our full line of Runnymede gear (t-shirts, hoodies, hats) will be open soon for delivery sometime in October.

Questions? Email Erin.meana@sbcglobal.net

Orders will be delivered to the school and sent home with students.

Your Help is Needed to Plan Our PRO Grant Speaker for Next Year!

ontario_logo Parent Council is applying for a Ministry of Ontario PRO Grant, to fund next year’s speaker series for parents.

We need your help to narrow down a topic of interest!

Please take a moment to complete our quick 1 question survey, and give your input on topics you might find most valuable.

Survey Deadline Friday May 25th.

Spring Yard Day: April 28th!

Yard Day 2018 updated Note New Date! Saturday April 28th

Help tidy up the school’s Nature Garden and get it ready for spring outdoor learning! Bring the whole family out for Yard Day and Earth Day on April 28th from 9am – noon.

Help spread a ‘Mountain of Mulch’ onto the Nature Garden’s trails
Celebrate Earth Day with our Kids’ Book Swap (bring a book and take one home)!
“Plant” some live worms in the Nature Garden
Do a nature craft!

What is Yard Day?
It’s a fun, family friendly event that brings the school community together to clean up our nature garden and the schoolyard. In addition to the yard work, we’ve got fun spring-themed/Earth Day kids’ activities planned.

Who should come?
Runnymede families! Yard Day is for students, parents, teachers and staff.

What should I bring?
It would help to bring things like:

Buckets
Shovels
Wheelbarrow
Nut-free baking
Re-usable coffee cups and water bottles (to re-fill on-site if you get thirsty)
Lots of energy to help with the work!

Hope to see you at Yard Day!

More questions?

Get in touch at runnymedeyard@gmail.com

School Safety Zone Updates

Have you met our new neighbour?

Just in time for the holidays, a new speed awareness sign was installed on Runnymede Road near the Glenwood crosswalk. As indicated in November’s letter from Councillor Doucette, these signs are part of a larger School Safety Zone strategy, designed to make the streets around Runnymede safer.

Unfortunately, there is discouraging news coming from City Hall about a second initiative, which is the proposal to install traffic calming bump-outs on upper Kennedy Ave. The area in question is north-east of the school, near the parking lot pedestrian walkway.

At our most recent Parent Council meeting, a Runnymede parent shared the proposed design and dimensions for the new bump-outs and voiced serious concerns about the safety of the design. While pleased with the speed control initiative, residents are worried that the design proposed by the city obstructs sight lines, creating dangerous pedestrian situations for Runnymede students.

Local residents are working alongside Councillor Doucette, school Administration and Parent Council to try to resolve these issues with Transportation Services prior to installation.

If you would like more information about this issue please e-mail Runnymedeps@gmail.com.

Nuit Orange Recap

Nuit Orange 2018 was an incredible success!

Energy, enthusiasm, and a celebration of the arts were on the program last week at Nuit Orange – a spectacle of artistic talent never before seen in the halls of our 100-year-old school. The event drew a crowd of hundreds and treated Runnymede families to a showcase of band, strings, drama, dance, and visual art.

Bravo to Runnymede’s dedicated teaching staff who brought this vision to our school and made Nuit Orange happen, especially Mr. Medley, Mr.Ouelette, Mr. Kim, Mr. Latter & Mme Hatzepetros. Their passion for the arts is contagious.

Thank you to Parent Council’s Arts & Enrichment Committee, who spearheaded the art installations for the JK – Grade 5 students, and to the Spirit Committee and its army of volunteers who were the ultimate hosts with their food & drink stations.

Check out a few pictures from Nuit Orange below, or search the hashtag #NuitOrange on Twitter.

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