King Edward Home and School
853 Chilver Road N8Y 2K5 Windsor, ON, Canada

Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day against bullying Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day against bullying

Hello King Edward families. Home & School is looking for new members to join our team. We host the chilli thriller, pasta night, movie nights. Purchase students items they may need to better their education and classroom along with pay for busses for field trips and help support the grade 8 graduation. If you would like to join us and have a say on voted matters memberships are just $20. Please email me your interest along with a etransfer of the money no later than Tuesday ...November 24. Please include your address, postal code & phone number. Please email & send e transfer to: mailto:[email protected] Thank you, Karen Renaud King Edward 2020-2021 Home & School President

Tomorrow (Tues Nov 17) is TIE-DYE Day! Send the kids in something colourful for Spirit Week :)Tomorrow (Tues Nov 17) is TIE-DYE Day! Send the kids in something colourful for Spirit Week :)

Tomorrow (Thursday!) is Crazy Socks Day for Spirit Week... go wild, Lions!Tomorrow (Thursday!) is Crazy Socks Day for Spirit Week... go wild, Lions!

Dear King Edward Parents/Guardians, Our hope is that everyone is doing well and staying safe. Last week, we were so pleased to welcome approximately 30 students to our school for the beginning of the second quadmester. The students have settled in very well and they have adjusted to the classroom routines and to the new safety procedures and protocols that we have implemented to keep everyone safe while at school. We are also pleased to see that all students continue to be en...gaged and focused on the learning opportunities being provided by our Staff. Thank you to our dedicated Staff for everything that you do to support our students with their learning. Our hope is that the King Edward students who are participating in either the Online Virtual learning or Correspondence learning, are progressing very well with the learning opportunities being provided by the Virtual Staff. Best wishes to the students who recently switched from in person learning to online and/or correspondence learning. Please know that whether your child is participating in online learning, correspondence learning or in person learning, we remain one school community. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or if you just want to check in with us. We welcome your phone calls/ Edsby messages, and it is our pleasure to keep in touch with you. We wanted to let you know that students will be receiving their progress reports today. Due to COVID restrictions, we will not be having parent-teacher interviews but we believe in open, ongoing, and productive communication. If you have a question or concern, please feel free to call the school to speak to the teacher or send an Edsby message. As part of our Bullying Prevention and Awareness Week, we ask that students wear a pink shirt on Wednesday, November 18th. It's not officially Pink Shirt Day, but the pink shirt has always been a symbol of kindness, inclusion and friendship. If your child does not have a pink shirt, they can always wear their Lions gear! The Spirit Week ideas that we will be following this week include: Tuesday Tie Dye day Wednesday Pink Shirt day Thursday Crazy Socks day Friday Rainbow day Thank you for your continued support, care, kindness and partnership that you provide to our students and staff. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Please continue to stay well and stay safe. Wishing you a wonderful day and a terrific week! Sincerely, Teresa Iandolo Paul Campeau

For families whose students are at school in-person...the province has created a new online daily screening tool. :) https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/

From Mr. Campeau...thanks to all who've helped support our school programs and our students. :)

Dear families, A reminder that tomorrow is the deadline to request a change in learning model for students. You are asked to complete the survey only if you wish to have your child change learning models. Please see the information below.... If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at the school at 519-256-4999. Teresa Iandolo Paul Campeau *** To allow for planning and preparation, the deadline to request a change in learning model for students will be Monday, October 19th. A form will be available on-line through the GECDSB website, http://www.publicboard.ca/, closing at 4:00 p.m. on October 19th. A child's first and last name, student number and date of birth will be required information. Parents / guardians of elementary students may submit their request to change from the current learning model to: in-person; remote - virtual or paper packages. Secondary students may change from the current model to either in-person adapted or remote - virtual. The re-entry dates will be November 9th for elementary students changing learning models and November 12th for secondary students. No changes will be accommodated after the October 19th date for elementary or secondary students at this time. Another opportunity will be provided to parents / guardians to change the learning model for this school year in January 2021.

A Virtual School update was posted on Twitter this morning...looks like online classes won't officially begin until Wednesday Sept 16. :)

Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year!Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year!

For King Edward families starting out with Virtual School, the Board has posted a welcome & highlights letter. Students whose last names begin with A-L will begin Monday, Sept 14, then M-Z Tuesday, Sept 15. All students will be online together in their Virtual School classes Wednesday, Sept 16. Packages for the remote learning paper option can be picked up at King Edward on Friday, September 11th. See link below for more :)

Our Principal & VP have shared information about which students will be part of which 'staggered start' group, when King Edward opens September 10th. See Edsby for the full post, but here's the short version: - Grades 1-8 students with last names beginning with A-L are in Group 1, attending Thursday September 10 and Monday September 14, while Grades 1-8 students with last names beginning with M-Z are in Group 2, attending Friday September 11 and Tuesday September 15. ... - Early Years (JK & SK) students with last names beginning with A-L are in Group 1, attending Monday September 14, while Early Years (JK & SK) students with last names beginning with M-Z are in Group 2, attending Tuesday September 15. ALL students will attend daily starting Wed September 16. The school will be also sending individual emails/voicemails to families with this information.

Families, please note, dates/plans for the start of the year have changed a little: no students will be back before September 10th. Please read :)

Friday is the final day to submit the GECDSB attendance confirmation survey.

The Trustees and Board are meeting at 7pm to discuss back-to-school in the midst of the pandemic. To listen: www.publicboard.ca the link is at the top.

FYI: the GECDSB is asking parents to communicate our decisions for our children re attendance in September to them. Attendance Confirmation Surveys will be sent to all email addresses registered with the school. If you do not receive this email please visit the GECDSB website below to update your email information and they will send the survey link to you as soon as possible. Survey submissions will be accepted until the end of Monday, August 17th.

King Edward families: the GECDSB has posted its plan for school re-opening. The Board has 3 different scenarios, but the action plan for September is Model 1, in which K-8 schools like KE will welcome students 5 days a week. Students will stay with a single cohort of peers the entire day, including recess & lunch. The full curriculum will be taught, and face masks will be mandatory for Grade 4 & up. The plan states that the GECDSB is exploring the use of masks for all studen...ts, however, it also "recognizes that masks may not be tolerated by those with underlying health issues or beliefs. Please contact your school principal if this is a concern for your child." The plan includes detailed outlines for cleaning and transportation: please access it below. Families will be asked THIS WEEK to let the Board know whether they plan to send their students to school f2f or sign on for remote learning from home. Students who start remotely will be able to rejoin f2f at set times later in the year. The survey to communicate your plans to the Board has not yet been released: we will post it as soon as it is. There is, separately, a petition from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario that is currently open for signatures, asking for increased funding and safety measures for all return to school plans, if families are interested in exploring that communication: https://www.buildingbetterschools.ca/back_to_school There is no easy answer right now, for any family: please take time to read the plans and information available and we'll keep sharing information as it emerges. :)

Dear Parents/Guardians, We are so pleased to let you know that on Wednesday, June 17th at 6:00 p.m. we will celebrate the King Edward Graduates and class of 2020 with a Virtual Graduation Ceremony. The link to the Virtual Graduation will be shared, with our school community on Edsby, twitter and our school website. Our hope is that you will join in to watch the video and celebrate the graduating students with family and friends. The following is the link to the King Edward Vi...rtual Graduation Ceremony for 2020. https://youtu.be/1xIdLW4jAiE See more

Good morning! If your child's last name begins with the letters A through K, today is the day to come to King Edward and retrieve anything they left at the school March 13. A staff member will meet you on the corner of Niagara and Chilver between 9am & 1pm today, and direct you to either the Bus bay or the front entrance on Chilver. Please come from the corner of Niagara and Chilver and head north toward Cataraqui. It's a beautiful day for it! Wednesday, same plan for children with last names from L to Z. :)

Dear King Edward Parents/Guardians, Our hope is that everyone is doing well, staying safe and enjoying the beautiful weather. This week, the King Edward Staff have spent some time gathering and organizing our students’ belongings from their desks and lockers. Special thanks to the Staff, for kindly taking the time to collect and organize our students’ belongings. Beginning next week, we will be inviting parents to come to the school to pick up your child/children’s belongings.... You will receive a telephone message, providing the day and time (eg. 9:00 1:00 p.m.) that you will be able to come to the school to retrieve your child/ren’s belongings. Listed below is the schedule that we hope to follow for distribution next week. Monday, June 8th from 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. for families with surnames beginning with the letters A through K. Wednesday, June 10th from 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. for families with surnames beginning with the letters L though Z. On the days listed above, we will facilitate a curbside pickup at the Bus Bay (Cataraqui) and at the front entrance on Chilver Road. Parents, our hope is that when you come to the school to retrieve your children’s items that you please take the time to return any Library books and textbooks that may be at your home. Please have your children locate the Library books and textbooks prior to coming to the school to retrieve your children’s items. We will not be collecting the Board technology at this time. In order to facilitate the distribution of our students’ belongings safely, smoothly and following the rules of social distancing, we would like to suggest the following procedures: 1. A staff member will meet you on the corner of Niagara and Chilver and then direct you to either the Bus bay or the front entrance on Chilver. Please come from the corner of Niagara and Chilver and head north toward Cataraqui. 2. Please pull up to the school (either the Bus bay or the front entrance) and we will place your child’s belongings on a table for you to retrieve. 3. We will have a table set up (at both locations) for the Library books and textbooks that are returned to the school. Our hope is that you will make every effort to come to the school on the day and time assigned to retrieve your child’s belongings. Thank you parents, for your continued support and kindness as we ensure that all of our students’ items are returned in a safe and organized manner. We appreciate everything that you do to support our students and staff. Please feel free to contact the school if you have any questions regarding this plan for distribution of our students’ belongings. Sincerely, Teresa Iandolo Paul Campeau

Dear King Edward Parents/Guardians, Our hope is that everyone continues to be safe and healthy. We are so pleased that the weather has been so beautiful these past few days making it feel more like Spring has arrived. Recently, it was announced that schools will not be reopening at this time and that distance learning will continue throughout the month of June. The King Edward Staff continue to focus on providing flexible, accessible and meaningful learning opportunities for ...our students. Our staff are so incredibly proud of our students for their perseverance and for the dedication that they put forward daily as they engage in online learning. Mr. Campeau and I are extremely grateful and proud of our school community for the ongoing support and kindness that you share with us. We are so happy to let you know that the Lexia/Power Up licenses have been extended through to August 31st. When we received the licenses, we were initially told that they would be available until June 29th. The extension until the end of the summer is fantastic news because it means that our students will be able to continue with their Lexia/Power UP learning throughout the summer months. We are presently making plans to celebrate our Grade 8 students by producing a Graduation broadcast video. We are excited to honour our students, the King Edward class of 2020, and to offer our support as they prepare for a new chapter of their educational career. While online learning will continue until the end of the school year, we are presently making a plan to have parents come to the school to obtain their child/children’s belongings. More information regarding the plan will be communicated with you in the coming week. Thank you parents, for your continued support, care, kindness and partnership that you provide to our students and staff with the online learning. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Please continue to stay well and stay safe. Sincerely, Mrs. Teresa Iandolo Mr. Paul Campeau

For the grades 4, 5, & 6 teachers who might be interested in contributing to a research study (& getting a $50 gift card!) "We are recruiting grade 4, 5 and 6 teachers working in publicly funded schools in Ontario to participate in a research study focused on digital equity in our province. I am sharing here because we especially need to hear from teachers who work in south-western Ontario and northern Ontario. Their voices are essential, but so far, we don't have enough participants from these regions of the province. If you can help get the word out by sharing, we would appreciate it very much. Participation involves a 45-60 minute interview with a research team member (online). Every participant receives a $50 Amazon.ca gift card as a thank you." For more information: https://equitenumerique-digitalequity.ca/

For King Edward teachers OR families looking for a fun theatre event / educational project next week, Korda Zone theatre is holding Youtube watch parties for online production Fearless Frieda & the Giant - featuring some King Edward students! - next week. watch parties at noon & 7pm on June 5, & at 2pm on June 6 & 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch for teachers who want to design the show & watch party into home learning classes next week, Korda has shared an educational resource package with Language Arts, Visual Arts, Drama, & Music connections...free for families to use too! :)

Dear King Edward Parents/Guardians, As we continue with distance learning, we want to check in with our King Edward School community. Our hope is that everyone is doing well and staying safe. Please know that the King Edward Staff are thinking about you, we care for you, we miss you very much and we appreciate everything that you do to support our students with online learning. Our school building may be closed, but our King Edward School Staff is here and available to assist... and support you. If you or your child are experiencing difficulty with the learning assignments or the technology, if you have questions, or you have other concerns, please reach out to your child’s teacher or you are welcome to contact Mrs. Iandolo and Mr. Campeau for support. We will get the answers that you need. Please feel free to message us through Edsby, or you are welcome to call the school (519-256-4999) and leave a message. Messages are checked daily and your call will be returned promptly. In response to many families’ and students’ expressed needs, we have developed the Supporting All of Us through COVID-19 webpages found on our board’s website. There you will find print resources for adults and kids, podcasts, webinars, weekly wellness activities, Kid Information Sheets, community resources and a survey to let us know what else we need to develop. You are also welcome to contact our school for assistance with these resources. We continue to share messages and important information through Edsby, in the ‘King Edward Announcements’ group, our school’s website and the King Edward Home and School Facebook page. We encourage you to check these sites regularly for updated information, communication and resources. Thank you for the support, care, kindness and partnership that you provide to our students and staff with the online learning. We miss you so much and we look forward to the time when we can see each other again! Please continue to stay well and stay safe. We are in this together and we will get through this together. Sincerely, Teresa Iandolo Paul Campeau

King Edward families - hope everyone is hanging in there! Public Health Canada has opened a Parent Survey that aims to help understand what Ontario families with children are experiencing during COVID-19, and what services families and caregivers may need. To contribute to the survey, go to www.OntarioParentSurvey.ca:

So...it's Teacher Appreciation Week in the US & while the Canadian calendar may not align, just wanted to send a shout-out and a thank you to ALL the King Edward staff (and all you families!) working hard to support and adapt the kids' learning right now. :) https://www.cnet.com//google-doodle-thanks-classroom-hero/

King Edward families, please share your input with the Board! This brief survey will help them understand your perspectives / experiences with emergency distance learning so far. Thank you and stay safe :)

This is good news: the Ontario Student Nutrition Program has expanded to serve families during the pandemic. If you're in need of food support or want to help, please reach out to the number in the article. :)

from our leadership :) April 19, 2020, Dear King Edward Parents/Guardians,... As we move forward with distance learning, our hope is to check in with our King Edward School community on a regular basis to share information with you. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been very pleased and encouraged to know that our school community is doing their very best to support our students and staff as we embrace online learning and we continue to move forward together. We are excited to share that since the onset of distance learning, our staff have been engaging in professional learning opportunities provided by the GECDSB that include, Lexia/Power Up webinars, ASD learning and Boardmaker online sessions. Many of our staff participated in the webinar provided by the University of Windsor, and led by Dr. Bonnie Stewart and her team. The professional development opportunities have been very positive and informative, providing a lot of good insight and information to our staff as we navigate online learning together and work to ensure that our students are successful and engaged with their learning. We are very pleased with the connections that our staff continue to make with our students and their parents. Our hope is that you have had the opportunity to see the video that was created by Mr. Goertzen and includes our staff sharing beautiful messages of hope, care and kindness with our school community. Special thanks to Mr. Goertzen for creating this video on behalf of our staff. Friday, April 17th, was Mr. David Guthrie’s last day at our school. Mr. Guthrie has done a remarkable job teaching the grade 4/5 class since September 2019. We want to wish Mr. Guthrie the very best in his future teaching assignments. Mrs. Kathy Ly has returned to her grade 4/5 assignment at King Edward School. Welcome Back, Mrs. Ly! Special thanks to our parents and guardians, for everything that you do daily to ensure that our students are engaging and taking the time to visit the learning platform and participating in the lessons/activities provided by the classroom teachers. We also appreciate the engagement by our students, staff and parents, with the weekly ‘Spirit Week’ suggestions. We really enjoy seeing the spirit week pictures posted on Edsby. The pictures have helped us to feel connected and in touch with our school community. Thank you! In closing, we want to let you know that our IT department at the GECDSB is working very hard to respond to the Phase 2 tech requests that have been submitted. Once the technology arrives to our school, you will be notified immediately. Thank you for the support, kindness, care, and partnership that you provide to our students and staff. We miss you so much and we look forward to the time when we can see each other again! Please continue to stay safe. We are in this together and we will get through this together. Sincerely, Teresa Iandolo Paul Campeau