Go to bir.scdsb.on.ca and please subscribe to the new site – you will receive any news items right to your email address
FYI – it may take a little while for the new website to appear. You may also want to at first try a different browser e.g. Firefox or Chrome (your current browser remembers the old site)
Many families have subscribed to the edublogs site that we currently use. The SCDSB has upgraded school websites for all schools that include many of the same items we currently have plus many more features.
Below is a screenshot of the new website.
The subscribe feature (as on the current website version) on the new school website is a great way to stay up-to-date with what’s going on at school. By signing up on the Subscribe page (found at the top of the screen by the search bar), subscribers will receive the News items right to their email.
Orders are due December 10th for delivery on December 17th. Order forms are available on the school website under School Forms.
The Birchview Dunes Holiday Post Office
December 6th to December 18th, 2014
Dear Families,
Our school will once again be celebrating goodwill and literacy through a Holiday Post Office, located outside the Birchview Dunes Library.
Our students (Kindergarten to Grade 6) will be encouraged to write letters, postcards and cards to each other and send them through our “post office” for distribution. Some of our Grade 5 students will be transformed into Holiday Postal ELVES and they will be ensuring all letters have stamps and proper addresses. Our Elves will be delivering mail to classroom’s mailboxes daily.
Students will be writing positive holiday messages to each other in proper letter writing format. Old Christmas cards can be cut in half and the back of the picture can be used as a post card, or students may use regular paper to write a letter and fold it in half to make its own envelope. Placing the correct sender and return address format on the message will be encouraged to ensure letters arrive at the proper destination. “Stamps” (stickers, hand-drawn facsimiles etc) need to be affixed to the upper right hand corner
Parents and family members are encouraged to send their children’s mail through our system. “Big Buddies” and “Reading Buddies” from older classes will be encouraged to write messages to our younger students.
The classroom addresses are listed on the next page. Students can deposit the letters in the library mail box.
Thank you, in advance, for your enthusiastic support of our literacy initiatives through our Holiday Post Office. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 429-2251.
Sincerely,
Judy Kaufman
Holiday Post Mistress and Teacher-Librarian
Please click on the School Bus Info link on the right side of the school’s website to link to the Simcoe County Student Transportation Consortium website for an update on busing. All efforts are made to post cancellations between 6:00 AM and 6:30 AM. The local radio stations are also a good source of information regarding the busing status.
You can also click on the image below (you may want to bookmark this page)
See more information by opening the attachment => Family Portrait Night
Brought to you by Edge Imaging and the Birchview Dunes School Council
The Remembrance Day Assembly is set for 9:30 on Tues. November 11th in the gym.
We Remember
Friday is a spirit day. Show your school spirit by dressing up as your favourite story book character and earn spirit points.
Please note that ISE Ontario has an agreement with the SCDSB to provide exchanges for elementary and secondary students. The SCDSB agrees to make exchange information available to its students, and publishing the dates and locations of these upcoming meetings is a simple way to “get the word out” to all SCDSB students.
ISE Ontario would like to invite interested students and parents to an information meeting night, to learn about exciting exchange opportunities for Grade 7 – 11 students. ISE Ontario has a formal agreement with the Simcoe County DSB to offer exchanges to students within the board.
Please choose the evening best suited to your schedule and RSVP with the choice of evening to Aubrey Hawton, Simcoe Region Program Manager: aubreyhawton@iseontario.on.ca
Thursday, November 13
General Information Meeting
Penetanguishene Public Library, 6:30 -7:45 PM
24 Simcoe St, Penetanguishene
Tuesday November 18
General Information Meeting
ISE Ontario Head Office, 6:30- 8:00 PM
Suite 1413, 64 Cedar Pointe Drive, Barrie
Thursday November 20
General Information Meeting
Orillia Public Library, 6:30- 8:00 PM
36 Mississauga Street W, Orillia
Thursday November 27
General Information Meeting
Collingwood Public Library, 6:30-8:00 PM
55 Ste. Marie Street, Collingwood
R. Aubrey Hawton, Program Manager–Simcoe County
International Student Exchange – Ontario
Tel: 705-722-9440
Fax: 705-722-9441