Hello Storrington Stingers,
We hope that all of our Stingers had a great weekend!
Please see the information below in this week’s Week at a Glance.
Picture Retakes Due
If you are planning on ordering photos from the picture retake day, orders must be submitted to the office by Tuesday, February 28.
Report Cards
First-term report cards went home to families on Monday, February 20. If you have any questions regarding your child’s progress, please contact your child’s teacher by calling the school or by writing a note in your child’s agenda.
LSDB Special Education Review
This week, students with special education needs will be participating in a Special Education Review survey. The survey takes about 5 to 10 minutes to complete and will provide the board with valuable input regarding special education delivery and services.
Storrington Forest of Reading Program
We are excited to share that the Forest of Reading program will be beginning this week at Storrington! Once again this year, there are some amazing Canadian authors and illustrators who have been nominated for the 2022 /2023 award categories. As always, the FOR program thrives on promoting engaging texts, which are intended to capture a wide variety of interests, content and all level of readers attention. Students in the junior grades are asked to a read minimum of 5 books in order to submit their VOTE for their favorite book on VOTING DAY, which will be held in late April. All students in Kindergarten to grade 2 will also submit their vote for one of the ten picture books that are READ ALOUD to the whole class.
Storrington Spirit and Recognition Assembly
Our February Storrington Spirit and Recognition Assembly is scheduled for Thursday, March 2 at 10:00. We would like to invite our Storrington community to join us for the assembly. If you are interested in attending, we ask that you arrive at the school by 9:55, so we can start right at 10:00.
Childcare Survey
We have had several requests around the possibility of Before and After School Childcare at Storrington. As part of the process, families are asked to fill out a survey to determine if childcare is needed. The survey closes on Friday, March 3.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/storringtonps
Kindergarten Online Registration for 2023-2024 School Year
If you have a child or know of a family who has a child that is Kindergarten age in September, the LDSB online registration for 2023-2024 school year is now open. You can register your child now for September, 2023 at Kindergarten Registration. To learn more about the Kindergarten program, please visit Discover Kindergarten in Limestone. Thank you for choosing LDSB. #SeeYourselfInLimestone
Mabel’s Labels
We have a Mabel’s Labels fundraiser account for any families who are interested in purchasing labels. If you are interested in purchasing labels, go to: campaigns.mabelslabels.com and type Storrington Public School (Battersea) in the Search for the Name of Organization. All proceeds from the label purchases will go to purchasing outdoor equipment.
Updates to Provincial Self-Screening Tool and Guidelines
Students and visitors need to continue to self-screen each day, prior to school.
-Students and staff should stay home when sick. Anyone who is feeling sick or has any new or worsening symptoms of illness (including COVID-19 symptoms) should stay home, until:
-their symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours (or 48 hours for nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea), and
-they do not have a fever, and
-they do not develop any additional symptoms.
-For a total of 10 days after the start any illness symptom, students and staff should continue to wear a well-fitted mask in all public settings (including schools and childcare, unless under two years old) and avoid non-essential activities where mask removal is necessary.
News from our Storrington School Council
Storrington Parent Council Teamed up with
Into gardening? Want to help out your school and have everything you need shipped right to your door? Yep, we are teaming up with Plantables! No fuss in collecting anything, just a link to share with family and friends. Here is the link, https://plantables.ca/for/spsstingers
Make sure that you all save the date for May 13th, our Community Wellness & Fun Day! It will be held at our school. If you would like to be part of the planning committee, please get a hold of us and we can give you more info. Next planning meeting March 8, 2023 @ 6:30pm.
Be sure to share our event with friend and family:
https://fb.me/e/3v9330Z9H
Have a high school student in need of volunteer hours? We would be happy to have them help out and sign off for them.
Please share so that we can make sure that all of our events are awesome for the kids and your families!
Volunteer dates available:
April 6th 93:15pm-6pm)
April 13th (6:30-8pm)
May 13th (9-4pm)
June 13th (TBD)
If any of these are dates that work for your family please email or message us to get put on the list. Thank you
If you have any questions please email us at [email protected]
Week Ahead
Month of February
-Black History Month
Monday, February 27
-Storrington Ski Trip
-Chess Club (Grades 3 to 8)
Tuesday, February 28
-Lego Club (Grades 1 and 2)
-Sr. Boys’ Basketball Practice
-Picture Retakes Due
Wednesday, March 1
-Jr. Basketball Intramurals
-Hot Lunch
Thursday, March 2
-Sr. Boys’ Basketball Tournament at Boys and Girls Club
-Storrington Recognition and Spirit Assembly at 10:00
Friday, March 3
-Hot Lunch
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, March 7
-Sr. Girls’ Basketball Tournament at Boys and Girls Club
Wednesday, March 8
-Grade 8 Grad Photos
-JK, SK and Grade 2 Dental Screening
Thursday, March 9
-Coleman 1/2 and Gifford 3/4 to Gould Lake
March 13 to March 17
-March Break