June 16th, 2016

  1. Friday, June 17th School Council presents Spring Fling from 5-8pm.

Bring your entire family out for the Ultimutts Stunt Dog Show, Food trucks: Fo’ Cheezy, Fo’ Freezy , and Berlin95Diner, games and a bake table.

Please bring your own lawn chair!

2. Please note that our last Pizza Day of this school year will be on Wednesday, June 22nd.

3.  Today was the last day for Popcorn and cookies sales this year. The Grade Six class thanks

you for your support this year and are looking forward to their camp trip June 20 – 22nd.

4.  It’s the time of year when we need to say goodbye to some of our staff who are moving on to new adventures in the fall. We’d like to thank each and every one of them for their hard work, dedication and support for our students and school community. We wish you all the best!

Teaching staff:    Ms. Becker, Ms. Reis, Mrs. Martin & Mrs. Pawson – all have finished their long-term assignment & will be looking for a new role for the  fall.

DECE staff:          Mrs. Bannon has resigned as an ECE and is now working on as an Occasional Teacher with our board. Mrs. Taggart and Ms. Warren have completed their long term assignment and will be looking for a new role in the fall. Mrs. Vokey will also be leaving as she begins her maternity leave this summer.

EA staff:        Mrs. Dorais will be leaving our Primary ASD class to work in the Life Skills class at Southridge. Ms. Humphrey will be moving to Huron Heights SS to support a Hearing Services student. A special note of thanks to Mrs. Engel, Ms. Yantha, Ms. Stevenson and Mrs. Hernandez for filling in for many supply days throughout the school this spring.

Office staff:                 Mrs. Kneale is venturing off into the world of retirement. Enjoy!

Once again, thanks to all of you for everything you do each and every day. You will be missed at Smithson!

5.  The Junior Area Track Meet for Gr 4-6 students will be on Thursday, June 23rd at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School. Schedules and permission forms for those students attending will be posted on School-Day in the next day or two.

6.  Transportation details for the 2016 – 2017 school year will be available on Monday, August 22, 2016.

Parents can login and view your child’s transportation details by going to www.stswr.ca and following these easy steps:

  • Click on “Student Login”
  • Enter your child’s Ontario Education Number (OEN)
  • The OEN can be found on your child’s report card
    • Numbers only, no space, no dash
    • Enter your child’s birth date
    • dd/mm/yyyy
    • Enter your child’s street number
    • house number only
    • Select the school your child is attending from the drop down menu
  • Please note: any address changes need to be done through your school. If you are moving this summer or change caregiver arrangements for the fall, you should communicate the change of address to your child’s school before the end of the 2015-2016 school year. You can also visit www.stswr.ca to see bus delays and cancellations, subscribe to receive e-mail notifications for late buses and closures and follow us on Twitter.

    7.  Our last Lunchbox order for this school year will be from Menchies, on Friday, June 24th

    Go to www.lunchboxorders.com to order for your child. The order deadline is Sunday for the following

    week’s order.