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.

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.

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!

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: