Fern Ave. Public School Blog

Click here for information on the upcoming Track and Field meets. The Grade 4-8 South Conference TF Qualifying Meet Schedule can be located here .

Come and support our grade 8 GRADUATION CANDY FUNDRAISER. The grade 8 Grad Committee will be in the primary and junior yards on Wednesday, May 3rd during morning recess selling candy and chips. Don't forget to bring your loonies and toonies! Thank you for supporting the graduates on their big day!

Please join us for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) inspired fun for the entire family! Enjoy hands on activities & demonstrations: Flight - Potential Energy - Propulsion - Math - Art - Light Fern Tech Club - MakerKids - Student projects - Facepainting Dress as your favorite Sci-Fi character, Scientist or Superhero. Raffle to win a $100 gift certificate for MakerKids! Thursday May the 4th 6pm to 8pm

"Lost in Round Corners" is the sequel to last year's hit show! A visitor from the past is redirected to the technological wonders of modern-day, small town Ontario, and helps save a local girl from a relentless bully. Featuring live music, and some special guests, "Lost in Round Corners" is a mystical comedy for all ages. Come see the show May 10, 11, and 12 @ 7:00 . Tickets are available at the office for $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door.

Last call for primary students interested in the Bike Rodeo. Permissions forms due no later than Friday April 28/17. Fern Avenue Public School has been offered a Bike Rodeo for primary students only on Wednesday May 10, 2017 . CultureLink Community will be delivering this program in partnership with TDSB and EcoSchools. In order to participate in this event, your child must bring their own bike, helmet and lock to school on Wednesday May 10, 2017 . The program can only accommodate 120 students in total and will be offered to the first 120 primary students who return their completed forms. In the case of rain, the Bike Rodeo event will be cancelled. If your child would like to participate, please fill out the permission form and return to your child’s teacher as soon as possible. Thank you, The Eco Team

The TDSB’s Enhancing Equity Task Force is focused on improving the learning and well-being of each and every student by understanding and mitigating – or removing – the barriers of social and economic inequity. This collaborative effort between the TDSB and the communities it works with is an opportunity to bring people together, learn from each other and explore what’s working, what isn’t and how to improve it. The Task Force seeks to understand and respond to new insights, challenges and opportunities that will impact the entire Board. One way we’re doing that is by hosting ward forums that bring together school communities to talk about school-specific strategies that will improve equity for all. These sessions will explore equity, consider what work has already happened in the school to improve equity, and help address the question: what’s keeping us from doing more? Join the conversation. Share your voice. Click here for more information about this event and to register.

April 24, 2017 Dear Parent/Guardian, The Toronto District School Board has launched School Cash Online, an easy to use, safe and convenient way for parents/guardians to pay for their children’s school fees, including agendas, yearbooks and class trips.  School Cash Online will be available to our school starting the week of May 1, 2017. All school fees applicable to your child will be posted on School Cash Online.  Once you register, you can choose to purchase the items or activities using a debit or credit card.  You will be able to see when the school has a new item posted online for purchase and you will also have the option to be notified whenever your child has a new school event required payment.  Registration will open the week of May 1, 2017.  To register for School Cash Online, please visit  https://tdsb.schoolcashonline.com  select “Get Started Today” and complete the three registration steps.  For more information on the registration process, please see the handout

Fern Avenue Public School has been offered a Bike Rodeo for primary students only on Wednesday May 10, 2017 . CultureLink Community will be delivering this program in partnership with TDSB and EcoSchools. In order to participate in this event, your child must bring their own bike, helmet and lock to school on Wednesday May 10, 2017. The program can only accommodate 120 students in total and will be offered to the first 120 primary students who return their completed forms. In the case of rain, the Bike Rodeo event will be cancelled. If your child would like to participate, please fill out the permission form and return to your child’s teacher as soon as possible. Thank you, The Eco Team

It is‎ with tremendous pride that we are pleased to announce that the TDSB will host, for the month of May, (Jewish Heritage Month), "Anne Frank - A History For Today" from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The exhibit will be housed at John Polanyi CI, 640 Lawrence Avenue West (library). John Polanyi CI is conveniently located across from the Eglinton West Subway Station or take the 52 Lawrence Ave. bus and exit at Varna Drive West side stop. This Exhibit has 37 panels and tells the story of Anne Frank set against the background of the Holocaust. It makes use of images from the Frank family and quotations from the Diary. Each of the panels displays information about the most important developments of the time such as the rise of National Socialism. Thanks to a partnership with Veterans Affairs Canada in 2015, in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of The Netherlands by the Canadian army, this Exhibit is fully bilingual and has additional panels on our Ca

On Friday April 28th, there will be a special drop-in lunch to sample our Beef or Cheese Ravioli, Caesar Kale Salad, and apples for only $5.00 cash . After that, we hope that you can’t resist signing up for the hot lunch program. Just think about the time, stress and money you can save! Full details and an order form can be found at fernavenuepublicschool.blogspot.ca . Students interested in signing up for the Drop-In Lunch can see Vera in the office. Thanks for supporting healthy food, healthy school and a healthy community. Fern Food Committee fernlunchprogram@gmail.com

The ECO Team has planned some events for Earth Week, April 18th to April 21st . Please join us in keeping Fern green and encouraging everyone to help out. Tuesday, Apr. 18th – Boomerang Lunch/Litterless Lunch Day. All students should be bringing a Boomerang lunch to school if they stay for lunch. Please bring a litterless or boomerang lunch to school today. A boomerang lunch means you take all garbage and compost home with you. A litterless lunch means exactly that, no litter! We also encourage litterless snacks or a reduction of snacks with a lot of packaging. Teachers, please be a role model and do the same! Eco Team members will be in the lunchroom and awarding prizes to students they see participating. Wednesday, Apr. 19th-ECO Art The Eco team will cut eco paper into squares and distribute them to classes (one per student). Given how well the student council activity went, with older grades paired with younger grades, we figured we would try this again. Work with

Junior (Gr 4-6) And Senior Girls ( Gr 7-8) Soccer is starting. Students need to pick up the forms from Mr. Nikolajevic in room 311. Tryouts for juniors begin Monday, for seniors Wednesday.  For further inquiries or if you would like to help with coaching please e-mail  bogdan.nikolajevic@tdsb.on.ca regards, Bogdan Nikolajevic 

You are invited Fern's Biggest Fundraiser and Neighbourhood Party of the Year !!!!! Mark your calendar and invite your friends...... Saturday, May 6, 2017 8pm Fantastic local food, Cash Bar, live auction and dance party St. Casimir’s Church Hall, 156 Roncesvalles Ave. Tickets only $20 in advance, $25 at the door Every year each classroom at Fern puts together a Class Basket for the silent auction. Please help support your school by donating items for your class theme basket . Or...we are happy to shop for you! If you would like to make a monetary donation instead, ($20 suggested), please send it along to your child's teacher. Please make any cheques payable to Fern Avenue PS School Council with the subject "Spring Fling". Contact your class rep or claassenveronique@gmail.com with any questions or other donations you might have for this great cause. The deadline for donations is Wednesday, April 19th . The Spring Fling is our biggest fundrai

If you haven’t already signed up for Fern’s hot and healthy lunch program, you still can. Spend less time rushing around to make lunches and more time with your family. To save even more time, register for the rest of the year right now. Check out the menu on Fern's calendar or click here . Ready to sign up? Please fill out, detach and submit the order form with your payment in a sealed envelope. The wall-mounted black secure deposit box is conveniently located outside the Ferncliff Daycare office (room 103). The deadline for your order is Thursday, April 20th to begin lunch on Monday, May 3rd. No extensions will be given! Fern Food Committee

PARENTS AND FERN KIDS: You raised $5500 this past week at Fern's Dance-a-Thon! You contributed and you got involved! For that, we are all so thankful...especially the kids. The class winner for highest participation was Room #110, Ms. Foster's classroom . They will receive a $300 Scooter Girl gift certificate. It was a VERY close race and we want to acknowledge ALL of the classes who made such an incredible effort, including Room #109 and Room #104 who were not far behind. A special shout out to "ER" in Room #104 who worked very hard getting pledges. The sheet was filled and raised almost $300! Thank you all so much for getting involved!! Fern Fundraising Team

  On May 4th, please join us for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) inspired fun for the whole family! You can find the flyer here !

Come be social and celebrate spring with us! Date: Saturday April 8th, 2017 Time: 7pm - 11:30pm Location: Gallery 345 @ 345 Sorauren Ave Cash bar Click here for more information.

Let's hop into spring!!!! Come join the grade 8 grad committee and support their candy sale. All proceeds go to grade 8 graduation. Don't forget to bring your toonies and loonies, look for the chocolate, chips and candy tables outside the primary, junior and senior yards on Thursday, April 13, 2017, during AM and PM recess.

We still have room in the Fern Friends Program Swahili Soccer Clinic on Wednesdays and Thursdays after school. This is a great opportunity for your child to use up all that extra energy Spring is going to give them and if your child is also enrolled in a community soccer program, this clinic is a perfect pairing. Coach Malam focuses on on skills and drills that will create all-star team players and how to be a "team" player which will help them on any team. More information can be found here and find the sign up form here . Alternately there are forms available in the office.

Our first track and field meet will be on May 10th this year for both seniors and juniors. The junior track and field team (grades 4-6) will have practises on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the mornings (8:00am-8:50am), starting on Thursday April 6th , with coaches Sarantos Katsihtis and Katerina Hall at our school’s track. Our seniors will have track and field try-outs and practices on Mondays and Wednesdays after school between 3:45-4:30pm, starting on Wednesday April 12th. Chris Enticknap, our senior students’ coach will also have a running club for all interested on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, before school. More information on Fern Track and Field can be found here .

Parents, Guardians, Family & Friends: The Fern Avenue P.S. Graduating Class of 2017 cordially invites you to attend their GRADE 8 GRADUATION CEREMONY Where:  Parkdale Collegiate Institute-  209 Jameson Avenue When:  Monday, June 26, 2017 Time:  4:30-5:30 pm A chaperoned Student Reception Dinner & Dance will follow the ceremony at Lula Lounge 1585 Dundus Street West (at Brock Avenue) from 6:00-10:00 pm The cost of the Student Reception is $40.00.   Please provide payment by  May 12, 2017 . Please feel free to call Vera in the main office if you have any further questions.