Claude E. Garton Public School
414 Grenville Avenue P7A 1X9 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

SHOUT-OUT to the Parents/Grandparents/Family Members who are managing online learning from HOME! You guys are doing AMAZING! We want to see your kids engaged in online learning! Please share pictures that we can post to our main page! Thank you thank you! The Claude Garton post will let you share your pictures (or you can send them in a private message) and we will make a post about online learning from home! Thanks all!

Hello Claude E. Garton families! Publicly funded school boards in Ontario are required to survey families to gauge interest and demand for having a Before-and-After School childcare program offered in their child(ren)’s school community. If you have children in our school, in Kindergarten to Grade 6, who are currently not enrolled in a Before-and-After school program, please take some time to fill in the survey. (Please read the page below for more information). Survey link: https://tinyurl.com/BASPLPS

Dear Lakehead Public Schools Families, Under the recommendation of Dr. DeMille, Medical Officer of Health with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU), all... schools within our school board will be temporarily transitioning to virtual learning beginning Monday, March 1st. We are awaiting a letter of instruction from the TBDHU which will provide more information. We will continue to keep you informed as we receive further information. We have received an initial letter from the TBDHU which can be viewed here https://www.lakeheadschools.ca/virtual-learning/ Thank you for your cooperation and ongoing support throughout these challenging times.

It was great to see the sea of pink shirts at Claude E. Garton today, a show of support for Pink Shirt Day, which recognizes and encourages kindness and empathy towards others. A great day visually here at Claude, but we practice kindness and respect every day! Go Cougars!

VERY important new info tonight!

Dear Claude E. Garton Families, Following yesterday's announcement by the Premier, we are confirming that our school remains open :) There will only be a few changes arising from the announcement that affect our school. Beginning Thursday, January 14th: * Masking for students in grades 1-3 is now mandatory (strongly recommended for kindergarten as well)... * Students in grades 1-12 are now required to wear a mask outdoors * Students in grades 1-12 must wear a mask when riding the bus. (This is also strongly recommended for kindergarten) Should you be unable to provide your child with a mask, please contact your school principal. Students and staff will continue to use the daily COVID-19 screening tool prior to attending school in person. Any Ministry updates to the screening tool will automatically be made to the website. We also ask that parents who are dropping off or picking up children from the school wear their masks. Thank you for your cooperation and your contribution to keeping our school a safe place to learn.

It was so great to see everyone back at Claude Garton today! Mrs. Coceancic's/Mrs. DeGroot's JK/SK class was making the most of winter, out on the snowshoes making use of all of the snow in and around our school!

February 1, 2021 is the second of three set dates where elementary students can move between remote and in person learning. Should you choose to have your child... move from their current school location follow these steps: 1 - Have a conversation with the teacher/early childhood educator and school principal about the concerns you have with your child’s current situation and the reasons for wanting a change. Schools will work to provide solutions to concerns and barriers. 2 - If, after those discussions, you still feel a change is preferred, contact your school principal directly to request the change. These requests must be made between 9 AM January 11 and 4 PM January 15. We are not able to honour requests made after January 15 due to the impact of staffing changes in the system. 3 - The principal will document the request, and between January 20 and 27, new class lists and school reorganizations may occur. 4 - You will be contacted by your child’s new teacher on January 28 or 29 and your child will start in their new placement on February 1. Should you have any questions, please contact your school principal.

Dear parents, guardians, and staff, As the holiday season and the virtual learning period of January 4-8th have come to an end, Lakehead Public Schools would li...ke to extend its gratitude to all of its school communities for having respected the travel advisories that were put in place in November 2020 for the health and safety of students and staff. We would like to issue a friendly reminder that the travel advisories are still active within our entire school board. Please remember that no one who has travelled outside of northwestern Ontario in the past 14 days is allowed on any Lakehead Public Schools property. Please continue to respect our travel advisories as the health of our students and staff holds the utmost importance to us. Students and staff will continue to use the daily COVID-19 screening tool prior to attending school in person https://covid-19.ontario.ca/self-assessment/. If your child cannot attend school in person due to having travelled outside of northwestern Ontario in the past 14 days, please contact: Elementary your principal; Secondary your vice principal. All self-isolating students will receive academic support from their school. Please see the active travel advisories here: -Student Travel Advisory memo https://www.lakeheadschools.ca/student-travel-advisory/ -Staff Travel Advisory memo https://www.lakeheadschools.ca/memo-to-all-staff-staff-tra/ Thank you for your cooperation. We wish everyone a happy and healthy return to school!

Hello everyone! We are so excited to see everyone again next week at Claude E. Garton school. Please note that there will be NO PIZZA DAY on Tuesday, pizza days will start up again the following week. However, THURSDAY IS PITA DAY - you can order your Pita up until Tuesday on School Cash Online.

Check out the NEW Virtual Programming available from the Boys & Girls Club!

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We were very fortunate to welcome Canadian author Eric Walters to our school today! He put on a virtual presentation for both grades 3-5 and 6-8. During his presentation, Mr. Walters discussed his many books, his writing process, the orphanage he opened in Africa, and his charity Creation of Hope, which helps fund education for children in Kenya. Thank you to Mrs. Ulvang for organizing this event for our school; our students were very inspired by his visit. You can learn more about this author and his charity at EricWalters.net

Hello Everyone! Only 11days left to order your Nor'Wester Maple Company Maple Syrup products and help to support our fundraising efforts here at Claude Garton school. If you have ordered, product pickup will be on Monday, December 7th, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. You can come to the front Kiss and Go area, then walk up to the Gym Door to pick up your products. If you want your child to bring the purchase home, you must send them with a note that they can show us indicating you are OK with them bringing it home. (Please keep in mind, glass bottles in backpacks...)

Are you dreading going out and doing holiday shopping in the snow? Shop online from home with our Nor'Wester Maple Company fundraiser! Delicious holiday gifts, locally made and produced. You have until November 30th to visit the link below, or School Cash Online, to purchase. All proceeds to Claude E. Garton's school fundraising. https://lakeheadschools.schoolcashonline.com//1/False/True