On behalf of the staff at Silver Stream P.S., we would like to welcome back our students and families and offer a special welcome to new families in our community. We hope everyone had a safe and fun summer with many memories created and are looking forward to returning to school. Teachers are busily getting classrooms ready and planning for the upcoming exciting new school year ahead.
A few reminders:
- School starts on Tuesday September 6 at 8:05am. If your child is going to be absent, please ensure that you contact the school to let us know.
- JK students only attend school on the first day from 12:55pm to 2:35pm
- Lunch is at 11:55am-12:55pm and dismissal is at 2:35pm
- We encourage all of our students to walk to school (unless using the school bus) and students are supervised outside from 7:50am.
- Students who take the bus need to check with www.schoolbuscity.com for pick up and drop off times. Times and route numbers may have changed from last year.
- If your child has an epipen, please ensure that your child carries their epipen on their body in a waist pouch. Epipens should never be kept in a knapsack or locker.
- Your child's teacher will let you know about any special items needed, but all students in the school will require "indoor running shoes" (please label). Our younger students do manage velcro on running shoes better than laces.
- Please ensure that we have your up to date email address(es) and contact information for communications from the school
Please see below for the First Day procedures (this was also included in the report card envelope):
According
to the Municipal
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), we are unable to post names of
students. d
How do I know what classroom my child is in? is in?
If your child is in Junior
or Senior Kindergarten, you will receive an email from the school
informing you of your child’s entry door and classroom during the last week of
August. The exterior entry doors will be
labeled in the kindergarten pen. If you
have not received an email by Friday September 2nd, please contact the office. For the first day of school,
parents/caregivers may enter the kindergarten pen. On the second day of school and onwards, ONLY
STUDENTS will be allowed in the kindergarten pen and will always be supervised
by staff from 7:50am to 8:00am (when
they enter the building). REMINDER:
JK students only attend from 12:55pm to 2:35pm on the first day.
Parents of JK students are invited to the library for a refreshment at 12:55pm,
to meet other kindergarten parents and ask questions you may have.
Grade 1,
2 and 3 students will gather on the tarmac at the back of
school where teachers will post signs for the grade and call out the names of
students in their classes. Students will
then be guided by staff to their entry door and will go to their
classroom. In the event of rain,
students will go inside to the gym. Please
indicate any special dismissal arrangements for the first day on a sheet of
paper and attach to your child or give to the teacher.
Grade 4,
5 and 6 students will gather on the tarmac at the side of
the school where teachers will post signs for the grade and call out the names
of students in their classes. Students
will then be guided by staff to their entry door and will go to their classroom. In the event of rain, students will go inside
to the gym.
Grade 7 On
Thursday Sept 1st or Friday Sept 2nd parents will receive an email from the
school indicating your child’s homeroom classroom. Students will enter the
school at 8:00am through ENTRY DOOR 4 unless otherwise indicated through
email and go to their homeroom class.
If you do not have access to email,
grade 7 students will find out their homeroom class on the first day of school
at the table just outside the office.
Grade 8 On Thursday Sept 1st or Friday Sept
2nd parents will receive an email from the school indicating your child’s
homeroom classroom. Students will enter the school at 8:00am through ENTRY DOOR 4 unless otherwise indicated through email and go to their homeroom class.
If you do not have access to email, grade 8 students will find out their
homeroom class on the first day of school at the table just outside the office.
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How do I find out who my child's teacher is?
You will be notified by your child after school or through your child’s
teacher in a note home on Sept 6. Respectfully and for safety/security reasons,
parents/caregivers MUST NOT ENTER the school building to
drop off or pick up at entry or exit times.
Please arrange to meet your child(ren) outside, at the back of the
building.
My child arrives by bus, what should he/she do?
Students who arrive by bus will be met by staff and guided to the back
of the school.
Where do I meet my child at the end of the day?
At 2:35pm, the majority of students
in Grades 1 to 8 will exit the school to
the back of the building. There will be a few classes where students exit at
the front to the tarmac. Parents, please
pre-arrange a meeting spot. Students
who are bussed will meet in their bus lines in the gym at 1:45pm on the first
day to ensure they know their bus to take home. For
safety reasons and to reduce congestion , parents cannot enter the school or pick up their child at
the front doors of the school. Thank you
for your understanding.
