EES Family Communication February 28, 2025

EES Family Communication February 28, 2025
Posted on 03/04/2025
Easthill

February 28, 2025

Good afternoon to our EES families!  

We wanted to share with families that next week is Violence Awareness and Random Acts of Kindness Week. We will be celebrating with various activities throughout the week.

The City of Belleville will be continuing to enforce parking restrictions, based on the City bylaws, in front of the school moving forward. This will include tickets to cars parked on the West side of the street, and if your car is unattended on the East side of the street. Moving forward, the city has said there is to be no parking on the west side of Macdonald Avenue (opposite the school). Stopping on the East side of the road in front of the school is permitted, but only if the car is not left unattended. We will continue to work with the city to ensure that families can pick up their children in a safe manner, and ensure that bylaws are followed. A reminder to all families that there is an additional parking lot on the Northwest corner of the school property. This lot holds approximately 30 cars. There are two entrances to the lot now, one on MacDonald Ave and another on MacDonald Gardens. Parking in this lot and walking over to meet your child could help alleviate the congestion at the front of the school. Local businesses have also asked that parents do not use their lots for parking.  They have told us they will ticket or tow cars parked in their lot.  Thank you to those that reached out with their concerns. We hope this helps explain the situation and possible alternatives to parking on the street.

Lost and Found: - There are a significant number of items again in our lost and found. Teachers will be bringing students down to look at items at the beginning of next week. All remaining items will then be removed on Friday.

Spirit Wear: - This will be the last weekend to order Spirit Wear. Orders will be delivered at Easter.

Maple Dale Cheese Fundraiser: - Beginning today, families will be able to order Maple Dale Cheese as a school fundraiser through Cash Online. Please take a look at the various options available. Orders can be placed between now and April 2, 2025. Thank you in advance for your support.

Yearbook: Yearbooks are available to order through Cash Online. Full colour yearbooks are available to order for $20.00 until May 15.  Delivery will be mid-June.

School Council - We are excited to support student learning at Easthill through the support of the School Council. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 6:00PM in our Learning Commons. We will also offer an online connection for people that may not be able to attend in person, but can join virtually. More details and the link for the Meet will be shared out closer to April 3, 2025.

Check out our Website for up-to-date information on all things EES: Easthill Elementary School

Student Absences -  Detailed information about SafeArrival can be found at HPEschools.ca/Absence. Please use the toll-free number, website, or mobile app to report your student’s absence in advance. The toll-free number is 1-833-568-2535. Links to the SafeArrival website and mobile app are available at go.schoolmessenger.ca. 

EES Information Items & Updates:

  1. March 3-7 - Violence Awareness and Random Acts of Kindness Week

  2. March 3-April 2 - Maple Dale Cheese School Fundraiser - Cash Online

  3. March 4 - Popcorn Day 

  4. March 5 - Pizza Day

  5. March 5 - Junior Basketball at Eastside Secondary

  6. March 6 - Macaroni Pasta Hot Lunch

  7. March 10-14 - March Break - No School

EES Community Supports & Updates:

  1. Mental Health & Well Being Supports for Families

  2. Kids Help Phone – 1 800 668-6867 or text CONNECT to 686868

  3. Children’s Mental Health Crisis Line – 613 966-3100 (15 years old and under)

  4. Quinte Health Care Crisis Line – 613 969-7400 (16 years +)

  5. We’re here to help! Please contact your child’s teacher or EES Administration if you would like to know more about our Child and Youth Worker (Ms. Violi) and how they can support getting connected to community resources.

  6. Children’s Mental Health Resource Poster: CMHS Resource Poster

EES Student Teams & Clubs (currently running with staff involvement):

  1. EES Student Council - Leadership team for intermediate students to further develop the EES Community through student voice and involvement in fundraising and event planning for whole school participation.

  2. JEDI (Justice/Equity/Diversity/Inclusion) Club - A school-based equity club of intermediate students and staff working together to assist and inform our equity plan, considering different perspectives and setting priorities for our school and community.

  3. Sports - Basketball - Junior tournament March 5. 

  4. EES Band - An exciting after school opportunity (Monday’s & Wednesday’s) for intermediate students interested in learning how to play an instrument.

  5. EES Crochet Club - An opportunity for students to learn the skills of crochet in a fun environment with their peers. 

  6. Chess Club - A group dedicated to learning the finer skills of chess as well as opportunities to play with and against their peers.

Easthill Elementary Pizza Days

We are excited to continue Pizza Days. In partnership with Bourbon Street Pizza, we will be providing cheese pizza slices to students for a cost of $2.50 per slice per week. 

Pizza Days will be on Wednesdays each week. Payment for pizza will be done through our Cash Online payment system. Please review the weekly family communication for steps to set up Cash Online. Pre-ordering only.

Cash Online now has March pizza ordering available, and orders will be due on March 3 at the end of the school day (2:30pm) for pizza delivery on March 5, 19, and 26.  A reminder email will be sent on March 1. This email will arrive even if you have already ordered.  

Ordering will take place every four weeks. It will be posted on Cash Online for all families to access as they wish. If you have any questions or are having difficulty setting up Cash Online, please contact us and we will be happy to support you. Instructions for Cash Online are below.

Popcorn Days

April Popcorn orders are due on Cash Online by March 17, 2025, for April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.  It will be delivered on Tuesday’s to those students who have purchased it.  Pre-orders only. 

SIGN UP FOR CASH ONLINE: PURCHASE ITEMS ONLINE THIS SCHOOL YEAR

School Cash Online Printable Instructions.

Step 1: Register

a) Go to hpedsb.schoolcashonline.com or  select the “Get Started Today” option b - complete each of the three Registration Steps

Step 2: Confirmation Email

Registration confirmation email - click on the link in the email to confirm your email and School Cash Online account. The link will open the School Cash Online site and will prompt you to sign into your account. Use your email address and password just created with your account. 

Step 3: Find your student(s)

This step will connect your children to your account. a) Enter the school board name b) Enter the school’s name c) Enter your child’s last name and 9-digit Ontario Education Number (on your child’s report card) or ID number provided to you for new JK’s d) Select continue e) On the next page confirm that you are related to the child, check in the agree box and select continue. f) Your child has been added to your account. 

Step 4: View items or add another student

If you are in need of your child’s student number to set up Cash Online, please contact the office and they can assist you.