September 6, 2024
Good afternoon to our EES families,
Thank you so much for your part in making the start to our 2024-2025 school year a successful one for all our students and staff. We appreciate the time that you invested in reading through the provided information on our EES routines and guidelines (located on our EES Website - https://easthill.hpedsb.on.ca/).
We continue to appreciate your feedback and patience as we refine our procedures to make sure that our students are safe and that we are optimizing our spaces at EES. A few things to note:
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Beginning Monday, September 9, 2024 families are asked to drop off children at the gates. We are asking that parents are not on the yard or in our line-up area on the field going forward in the morning and afternoon.
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Students in Grades 4-8 that are walking home from school will be dismissed from Entry/Exit Point A (playground gate) unless they are going home with Kindergarten - Grade 3 students. If they are picking up or going home with a student in Kindergarten they will go to the kindergarten yard, if they are going home with a sibling in Grades 1-3 they can leave through Entry/Exit Point B (morning drop & go gate).
EES Open House & Family BBQ - Thursday, September 26. 2024 from 3:00-5:30 PM! We are excited to be hosting an open house for our families to drop-in and see our new school! We will also be offering a community supported BBQ for all of our families that attend.
We are looking forward to starting off our first full week of school with all of our students (Kindergarten - Grade 8) in the building! Have a wonderful weekend!
EES Community Supports & Updates:
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Mental Health & Well Being Supports for Families:
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We’re here to help! Please contact your child’s teacher or EES Administration if you would like to connect with our Child and Youth Worker (Ms. Violi) and/or have support getting connected to community resources.
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Children’s Mental Health Resource Poster: CMHS Resource Poster
EES Information Items & Updates:
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September 13, 2024 - Please return pink personal information forms so that we have the most up-to-date information for your family
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September 17, 2024 - Grade 7 Immunizations forms due back to EES
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Tuesday, September 24, 2023 6:00PM - EES School Council Meeting: Our first meeting of the school year will be held in person. If you would like to be a part of this meeting please contact the office and we will share the information with you. All parents/guardians with students in attendance at EES are welcome to attend and participate on our 2024-2025 EES School Council.
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 3:00-5:30 PM - EES Open House
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Monday, September 30, 2024 - Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters - Canada’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation - a day to honour and uphold Survivors and intergenerational Indigenous Survivors of the residential school system, and to commemorate those who didn't return home.