High Five Team Fundraiser

Dear Silver Stream families,

The High Five Team of Silver Stream is planning to support a First Nations school in Summer Beaver, by doing an initiative named ‘Tech for our Northern Neighbours!’

The First Nations School is less fortunate than us, and the High 5 club wants to donate technology to help them. Our goal by the end of this initiative, is to purchase laptops for use by the students at their school!

Students can purchase a bookmark and a gently used book of their choice, for only two dollars or donate any spare change, in front of the library!

This initiative will begin February 19, and will end on April 26, 2019.

Thanks again,

The High 5 Club

SSPS FAMILY TREE PICTURE DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15!

SSPS FAMILY TREE PICTURE DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15!

We would like to say a big thank you to all of the families who are participating in our SSPS Family Tree initiative! For those who would still like to participate but have not done so yet, the deadline to submit your leaf has been extended to Friday, February 15th! ​Please bring in a coloured (4x6) photo of your family to put on your leaf as well as write down the language(s) you speak at home and your favourite family activity! A reminder to please cut out your leaf and put your name on the back of the leaf before submitting it to your teacher. Only 1 leaf per family is needed. Thank you again for all of your support!

Interesting Article

School absenteeism can set off troubling chain of events, pediatricians say

It's the middle of winter and thoughts of a holiday are tempting. Many parents may think that missing a day of school here and there is no big deal for a child, but pediatricians warn absences can add up quickly and seriously impact a child for life.

"As early as kindergarten, missing more school affects things like third-grade reading scores, third-grade math scores," said Dr. Mandy Allison, one of the authors of a U.S. policy statement. "What we also know is that missing school in younger grades leads to missing school in older grades, and missing school in older grades is linked to school dropout."

Read the rest of the article here.

Draw Winners!!!

Thank you Silver Stream Community!

The results of our Raptors Fundraising raffle have now been drawn.  Many thanks go to our Fitness Ambassadors for helping to sell the tickets on their recesses and lunchtimes.  The money that has been collected will now be placed towards a whole school Healthy Lifestyle initiative (Information to follow as to what will be available).

A further thank you to Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment for donating the prizes for this fundraiser.

First prize of two lower bowl tickets to a Raptors Game against the Orlando Magic went to Clara in grade 4. 
Second and third prizes of two signed Official Raptors Jerseys went to Sophia in grade 8 and Owen in grade 7.

It is really exciting to see such amazing Falcon Spirit in our school!

Lunar New Year

To all those who celebrate Lunar New Year, we would like to wish you and your families a very happy celebration.

February 6th, 2019 is Winter Walk Day!

February 6th, 2019 is Winter Walk Day!

Winter Walk Day is celebrated by schools across Canada on the first Wednesday of February each year. Walking to and from school is fun every day, so we encourage you to journey outside throughout the entire month of February!

National Sweater Day! ​

Dear Silver Stream Families,

On Thursday February 7th, our school community is going to participate in National Sweater Day! ​For one of our Eco-initiatives we are going to turn down the heat for the day to reduce our energy consumption. To help us stay warm we are looking for you to wear your warmest, woolliest and most fun sweaters to school. We can't wait to see everyone all cozy!