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Principal’s Message
Y O R K R E G I O N
D I S T R I C T
S C H O O L B O A R D
March, 2019 Volume 1, Issue 7
The Howitt Herald
Principal
Elizabeth Lue-Kim
Vice-Principal
Shauna Small
Administrative Assts.
Debbie Lagzdin
Mary Anne Bernardinis
Superintendent of
Schools
Michael Cohen
905-884-4477
Trustee
Cindy Liang
901-881-8762
School Council Co-Chairs
Xiaobo Wang
Kim Dresser
Inside this issue:
Spring Math 2
Summer Institute 2
Kindergarten
Registration
3
Milk Bag
Initiative
3
Children’s March
Break Programs-
Richmond Hill Pub-
lic Library
4
March, 2019
Calendar
5
April, 2019
Calendar 6
School Email:
School Web Site:
www.charleshowitt.ps.
yrdsb.edu.on.ca
School Telephone #:
905-889-2522 February was a busy month at Charles Howitt PS! Our students were engaged in a wide variety of
activities both inside and outside their classrooms.
Our School Council Dance–a–thon Fundraiser was
a great success! The students had so much fun!
Thank you to everyone who helped support this
event.
We are now well into the second term of this
school year. In moving forward towards the goals
of academic success and student well-being, we
encourage you to contact your child’s teacher(s)
and the school on a regular basis to ensure that
expectations regarding “next steps” for your child
are put into action, and clearly understood by all
involved: students, parents, teachers, and admin-
istration. We continue to encourage a proactive
approach to productive and collaborative partner-
ships.
We would like to extend a “thank you” to our
parent community for their efforts in supporting
safe driving and parking practices during the very
busy pick-up and drop-off times at school. It is
both hoped for, and encouraged that, with the
coming of warmer weather, parents will encour-
age their children who are not eligible for bussing,
to walk to and from school. This is not only a
healthy practice, but also reduces significant traffic
congestion around the school. We feel that less
traffic on the road will contribute to safer condi-
tions for both pedestrians and motorists, alike! In
addition to the aforementioned, here are some
additional suggestions to support our continued
efforts in supporting road safety:
a) Richmond Hill Road Watch is a com-
munity initiative that enables any member of
the public to report dangerous driving by
providing information about the offending inci-
dent on this website: https://
onlinereporting.yrp.ca/dors/en/
crupfilingperson. The report is anonymous and
the registered owner of the vehicle will be
contacted by the YRP in writing. More infor-
mation about this initiative can be found at:
http://www.richmondhill.ca/subpage.asp?
In partnership with York Regional
Police, parents should be encouraged to report
instances of dangerous driving around the
school
b) Please follow the rules of the
road: Parents and community members are
reminded to adhere to safe driving practices
and to respect the posted signage on the road
(i.e. parking along the road only where permit-
ted and never in the staff parking lot; not pull-
ing U-turn’s on the road – they are illegal; etc.).
Also, please do not drop off in the staff south
parking lot as there is no dedicated turn
around .
We would like to wish everyone a safe and
relaxing March Break with family and friends.
Elizabeth Lue-Kim, Principal
Planning for September - Are you moving?
If you will be moving out of our area in the next 4 to 6 months, please let the office know of your intentions at your earliest con-venience. We are well under way in planning for September, 2019 and it is critical that we have accurate numbers at all stages of the process. We ask that families assist us with these prepara-tions by informing the office (in writing) if you are moving out of the Charles Howitt P.S. area. Please include the last day of at-tendance and the school your child(ren) will be attending. This will also facilitate in the transfer of your child’s records (OSR). Thank you!
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Spring and nice weather make for a great time to get outdoors and connect with math. Whether you
are taking a walk, filling compost bags with leaves or starting to build that garden shed, there are many
opportunities to engage in rich mathematical discussions with your child.
Here are some questions you can pose to your child as you engage with nature:
What shapes do you see in that house?
How tall do you think that tree is?
How far do you think we walked today?
How many piles of leaves do you think will fit into this bag?
How many ____ did you see on our walk?
How many windows do you think are in that building?
How long do you think it will take us to walk one kilometer?
If we double our pace how long do you think it will take us to get home?
So the next time you spend some time outdoors with your child, take some time to engage in some math talk!
To find out what your child will learn in math this year or to find other fun activities that you can do together as a family, please vis-
it http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/Math/Pages/default.aspx. Be sure to also try our Problem of the Month
Important Bussing Message
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Re: Student Bussing Eligibil-
ity
Did you know that students’
bussing eligibility changes
throughout their school career?
Your son/daughter’s eligibility to
ride the school bus may change
according to their grade and
distance from home to school.
Below are the provisions for
eligibility identified in the Board’s
Transportation Policy #680:
• All YRDSB students in Grades
JK-3 who live within 1.2 km of
their school are not eligible for
transportation
• All YRDSB students in Grades
4-8 who live within 1.6 km of
their school are not eligible for
transportation
• All YRDSB students in Grades
9-12 who live within a transit
served area are not eligible for
transportation.
To view Board Policy #680 Stu-
dent Transportation, please visit
www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca. For more
information about bus transpor-
tation and to determine your
son/daughter’s eligibility please
visit
*Please note: As Yonge Street
is a major roadway, all students
living east of Yonge Street are
eligible for bussing regardless of
age.
Summer Institute 2019
Spring Math– Math is Outside too!
Looking for summer learning and fun activities for
students entering Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8?
Summer Institute offers academic, recreational and
athletic programs and activities with intentional links
to the Ontario Curriculum.
The program runs for six weeks during July and
August. It is offered at school sites around York
Region.
For more information on dates, programs and loca-
tions, please visit the Summer Institute page on
www.yrdsb.ca.
Registration opens March 6. Families can now regis-
ter online, as well as in person or by mail.
Base Registration Weekly Fees:
York Region District School Board students:
$110 (4 day weeks) $125 (5 day weeks)
Non- York Region District School Board stu-
dents: $135 (4 day weeks) $160 (5 day weeks)
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March Break
Parents are reminded that March Break
will take place from
Monday, March 11-Friday, March 15
inclusive.
There is no school during this week.
Easter Holidays
The school will be closed on the
following days;
Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22,
2019
Kindergarten Registration
A reminder that Kindergarten Registra-
tion for September, 2019 is underway.
Eligible children will have been born in
2015(JK) or 2014 (SK). If you know of
anyone in the community with Kindergar-
ten-age children, please share this infor-
mation with them. Students currently in
our Junior Kindergarten classes do not
need to register for Senior Kindergarten.
NOTICE: Students new to Canada must
first make an appointment to visit the
Board’s Reception Centre before registering
at our school. Please call them at
1-888-811-0229 for an
appointment.
Our Eco-club milk bag initiative has been a great suc-
cess. Thank you to all of our families who contributed
milk bags. The bags will be taken to facilities where
volunteers will weave them into
sleeping mats. As this initiative is
now finished, please do not send any
more milk bags to school.
Milk Bag Initiative STEAM Night - May 2, 2019
Charles Howitt P.S. will be holding our first STEAM
Night on Thursday, May 2, 2019. STEAM stands for
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and
Mathematics.
Stay tuned for more
information.
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Richmond Hill Public Library March Break Programs
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YORK REGION DISTRICT SCHOOLBOARD March 2014
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YORK REGION DISTRICT SCHOOLBOARD
30 Pearson Avenue, Richmond Hill, L4C 6T7
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone: 905-889-2522 Fax: 905-889-9694
Website: www.charleshowitt.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
March, 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Day 2 2
3 4 Day 3 5 Day 4 6 Day 5 7 Day 1 8 Day 2
9
10
Daylight Savings
Time-clocks go
forward 1 hour
11 12 13 14 15 16
17 St. Patrick’s Day
18 Day 3 19 Day 4
Music Alive
Competition
20 Day 5
Voices for Africa
21 Day 1 22 Day 2 23
24 25 Day 3 26 Day 4 27 Day 5 28 Day 1 29 Day 2
Earth Hour
2:00-3:00 p.m.
30
31 1 Day 3 2 Day 4 3 Day 5 4 Day 1
Dental Screening
5 Day 2 6
March Break - Schools are closed
Travelling Stage—Dance
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30 Pearson Avenue, Richmond Hill, L4C 6T7
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone: 905-889-2522 Fax: 905-889-9694
Website: www.charleshowitt.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
YORK REGION DISTRICT SCHOOLBOARD April, 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Day 3 2 Day 4
Pizza Lunch
3 Day 5 4 Day 1
Dental Screening
Sub Lunch
5 Day 2 6
7 8 Day 3
School Council
7:00 p.m.
9 Day 4
Dental
Screening
Pizza Lunch
10 Day 5 11 Day 1
Arts Night
Sub Lunch
12 Day 2 13
Vaisakhi
14 15 Day 3
Tour of
Humanity
Gr. 6-8
16 Day 4
Pizza Lunch
17 Day 5
Tour of
Humanity
Gr. 6-8
18 Day 1
Sub Lunch
19
Good
Friday
Schools are
closed
20
Pesach begins
21
Easter Sunday
Ridvan
22
Easter
Monday
Schools are
closed
23 Day 2
Pizza Lunch
24 Day 3
Area
Tournament
Junior Girls
Basketball
25 Day 4
Sub Lunch
26 Day 5
Gr. 7’s-Hep B
and Menactra
Vaccinations
Holy Friday
(Eastern)
27
28
Easter Sunday
(Eastern)
29 Day 1 30 Day 2
Area
Tournament
Junior Boys
Basketball
Pizza Lunch
1 Day 3
2 Day 4
STEAM Night
Sub Lunch
3 Day 5
Earth Week