Heather MacLeod, Principal Heather Rocca, Vice Principal

Lake Simcoe Public School

September 18, 2017

Medical Information

Student safety is of the utmost importance. If your child

has a life threatening illness or allergy or takes

medication while at school, please complete a Student

Medical Form and submit it to the office as soon as

possible.

Happy New School Year!

Dear Parents/Guardians:

I would like to extend a warm “Welcome Back’ to all our students, staff and families and hope that everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable summer with friends and loved ones. The staff at Lake Simcoe Public School look forward to working closely with you throughout the 2017/2018 school year to ensure that this is an exciting, fulfilling and rewarding year for all of our students.

A package of important forms was sent home at the beginning of the school year. It is extremely important for these forms to be reviewed, signed and sent back to school. Please carefully review the Student Verification Form so we can update our records with any changes to home address, phone numbers, emergency contacts, email addresses and medical information.

On behalf of the staff at Lake Simcoe, we look forward to sharing a terrific year of learning with your children!

Sincerely, Mrs. Heather MacLeod

Gifted Screening

Students who display an advanced degree of general intellectual ability require additional program support in order to reach their

educational potential. This support may be through enhancing the curriculum, differentiated instruction and through providing

program modifications. This type of programming is important to engage, motivate and challenge students who are identified as

gifted in either the regular classroom or in gifted classroom placements. In consultation with parents, school staff determines

who theses students are through the gifted screening process. Students may be nominated by either a teacher or a parent.

Parents/guardians of a student who is in Grace 3 or higher, who wish to nominate their child for gifted screening are asked to

contact Ms. Marjerrison by Monday, October 2, 2017.

If your child is nominated, the Special Education Resource Teacher will contact you regarding the screening process. You will be

asked to sign a consent form as your child will be taking a standardized test (the Otis Lennon School Achievement Test or OLSAT).

Your child will be given some instruction regarding the test and will have the opportunity to take a practice test prior to the actual

test. Once the school receives the results, you will be contacted and these results will be shared with you. The school staff will

also explain what any next steps may be.

Meet the Teacher Night—September 28th!

We’re looking forward to meeting our Lake Simcoe PS families

on Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm!

Vaccination Reminder for Parents of Grade 1 Students

All students must have an up-to-date immunization record on file at the health unit. Since starting Kindergarten, your child

may have received new immunizations. If so, you must send their updated immunization records to the Simcoe Muskoka

District Health Unit for:

Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Polio

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

Meningococcal disease

Two-doses of a Chickenpox (Varicella) containing vaccine

If your child will not be getting these vaccines, you will need to give the health unit a valid medical exemption or affidavit. To

complete either of these forms, you can call the health unit. Your child could be temporarily suspended from school if the

health unit does not have an up-to-date record on file.

Follow these steps to help protect everyone in your school community:

Check your child’s yellow immunization card

Contact your health care provider to get a record or to get missing vaccines

Share the complete record with the health unit at www.smdhu.org/immsonline or fax the record to the health unit at 705-726-3962

For more information, visit the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s website at: www.simcoemuskokahealth.org.

Information provided by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

Breakfast Club

Our breakfast Club will be up and running by the end of the

month! Each morning, students are offered toasted bagels

with cream cheese or butter, cereal, granola

bars, cheese strings, 100% fruit juices or white

milk and other items which are donated

throughout the year. If your little one misses

breakfast, encourage them to drop by the multipurpose room

near the office for a bite to eat.

Breakfast Club is open from 8:55 am until 9:15 am each

morning. Healthy, peanut/nut free items and monetary

donations are always accepted to help support our student’s

nutrition.

Sun Protection

Hats and sunscreen are essential, especially for the hot days

ahead. Help teach your children how

to apply sunscreen regularly

throughout the day and consider

purchasing a sunscreen stick that is

easy for your child to apply. while at

school.

School Day

9:15 am School Begins

10:55 am - 11:15 am Nutrition Break

11:15 am - 11:35 am Recess

1:15 pm - 1:35 pm Nutrition Break

1:35 pm - 1:55 pm Recess

3:35 pm Dismissal

Early Pickup If you are picking your child up before the end of the

school day, please send a note in your child’s agenda and

arrive a few minutes early to school. We will call your

child to the office for pick up once you arrive.

Please do not call ahead as we do not have supervision

for students waiting to be picked up in the office.

Thank you.

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LAKE SIMCOE PUBLIC SCHOOL 1701 Webster Boulevard

Innisfil, ON

L9S 2A6

(705)431-0668

Press 1 for Safe Arrival

Heather MacLeod, Principal

Heather Rocca, Vice Principal

Julieanne Patamia, Senior Admin

Leslie McCallum, Clerk Steno

Safe Arrival

We appreciate all of our families who call into our Safe Arrival line to report their children’s absences daily (705)431-0668 x1.

A reminder that our Safe Arrival Line is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If your child will be late or absent, please let us know before 9:30 am. Thank you for your help in keeping our students safe.

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24 25 26 27 28 Meet the Teacher Night 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm

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