Council Meeting This Thursday

Thursday is our second council meeting of the year. This is our annual budget approval meeting – come and debate the proposed budget and have your voice heard! Come to the school library at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

Runnymede Offers Lots of Great Extra-Curriculars

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of many of our teachers, Runnymede offers lots of wonderful extra-curricular programs and activities that our children can participate in throughout their day. Some of the activities currently on offer, and the teachers running the programs, include:

Primary Choir – Heather Visconti
Dance Club – Melissa Moens
Jr Choir/Glee Club – Marisa Walker, Mark Latter
Chess Club – Karen McGill, Andrew Reynolds, Jennifer Banting
Primary Jewellery Craft Club – Lisa Soch, Shelley Boulton

If your child is interested in any of these programs, they should speak to the teacher in charge or to their homeroom teacher.

Terrific extra-curricular programs – another reason it’s great to be a part of the Runnymede community.

Nature Art Contest Closes Thursday

The TD Friends of the Environment Fund is running an children’s Nature Art contest. This gives our school a wonderful opportunity to win $7,500 for our yard, as well as great prizes for the winning artist and their class. The winning art will be featured on Enviro-Bags distributed by TD!

Runnymede families are encouraged to participate. We will collect submissions (with signed registration form) in the office until Thursday, October 13th. Have your child draw a picture of what they love about nature and send it in!

Photo Retakes on November 8

The school’s photo retake day is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8th. A form will be sent home with students that you can fill out and return on the 8th to request retakes.

Also, the group class photos will be retaken for these classes, whose teachers were absent on the original day:

Ms. Sharma – PM, Kindergarten
Mme Doulos – Gr. 5/6 FI
Mme Martins – both homerooms 7.4 and 7.6

Yard Day a Great Success – Thank You to All our Volunteers

The Runnymede P.S. Community did an amazing job making Fall Yard Day a tree-mendous success this year!

This Fall Yard Day was an extra special one, as we were also celebrating the 20th anniversary of our Hillside Garden. This nature garden is a truly special part of our school, admired across the TDSB and beyond. And it needs the help of volunteers to keep it vibrant. That is what Yard Day was all about: a community gathering to maintain and improve the Hillside Garden and schoolyard.

A great deal was accomplished on Yard Day: we built retaining walls to curb erosion, removed invasive plants, made major progress in the Kinder-Garden, planted bulbs and did a bunch of general tidying. There were so many families at Yard Day this year that we almost didn’t have enough work to go around! Thank you very, very much for helping to keep our school environment beautiful.

The Yard committee would like to also thank the Arts & Enrichment and Spirit committees for helping to make Yard Day bigger and better this year.

The hard work coupled with the fun and community spirit make Yard Day a wonderful, cherished Runnymede tradition. Here’s to the next 20 years!