25 Muirhead Road

Toronto, ON

M2J 3W3

416-395-2710

Safe Arrival Line (Student Absences)

416-395-2718

Principal Baila Goldfarb

Office Administrator Mary Judges

Head Caretaker

Brian Sammy

Superintendent Andrew Gold

416-396-9180

Trustee Ken Lister

ken.lister@tdsb.on.ca

Muirhead Website http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/muirhead/

OCTOBER 2017 Our school council met on October 3rd,

and even though the turnout was light,

we did have some new parents at-

tend. When I speak with colleagues, I

am reminded of how lucky we are here

at Muirhead to have such and energetic,

committed group of parents. It is a

pleasure to work with the team.

Muirhead has been working with an ear-

ly years coach, Mr. Nathan Wellman has

been in our kindergarten and grade 1

classes working with students and teach-

ers. Kindergarten teachers are having

professional dialogues about the new

kindergarten report cards and reporting

structures.

Our primary division will work with Mr.

Wellman on working with small groups

of children and we will continue our

coding and robotics initiatives..

As always thank you for trusting us with

your children, they are a terrific group of

people and make me smile every day.

Happy Autumn,

Baila

MUIRHEAD NEWS DEAR PARENTS/GUARDIANS:

I have finally sat down to write the

newsletter. I apologize for it being so

late.

It has been a very busy opening at Muir-

head as our enrollment has risen signifi-

cantly. We will soon be welcoming a

new English as a Second Language

teacher to our staff next week once the

hiring process is complete.

September was very busy and our morn-

ing meal program is up and run-

ning. Thank you to the parent volunteers

who come every morning to make us a

terrific meal. Please know the students

at Muirhead are grateful. I know there is

always room for more cooks. If you are

able to volunteer to help this program

please come and speak to Nafees Hu-

mera or Natalia Glavina.

Our meet the teacher night was a won-

derful success. Thank you parent coun-

cil for organizing pizza for everyone. It

was wonderful to see so many parents

and students out for the event.

As many of you have probably heard, there is a great

buzz in the Muirhead Community. Not only will we be

hosting our annual Fun Fair on Saturday, May 12th but

we will also be celebrating Muirhead Public School’s

50th Anniversary on the same day. We are trying to reach

former Muirhead students to help make this event a

memorable one. What better way to do this then to use

social media. We have recently set up a Facebook page

dedicated to this special event. Please feel free to take a look at our page entitled

Muirhead Public School’s 50th Anniversary or you can access the site through the

following link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1400988503333352/

Please feel free to share with friends and

neigbours that have previously attended

Muirhead.

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.

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 post-

ed online for purchase and you will also have the option to be

notified whenever your child has a new school event requiring payment.

To register for School Cash Online, please visit :

https://tdsb.schoolcashonline.com select “Get Started Today” and complete the three registration steps. For more in-

formation on the registration process, please see the handout attached to this letter. Once registered, you will receive

an email notification when items become available online.

If you have questions about the registration process or using School Cash Online, please select the “Get Help” option

on the top of School Cash Online web page. You can also contact the School Cash Online Parent Help Desk at 1-866-

961-1803 and

parenthelp@schoolcashonline.com. The Parent Help Desk is available to assist parents/guardians with the registration

process, password recovery, accessing your account or payment issues.

THIS YEAR’S TERRY FOX RUN A GREAT SUCCESS

This year’s Terry Fox Run at Muirhead P.S. was a great success. We started with our kickoff

assembly back in September where we set a goal of raising $500.00, which was more than Muir-

head had raised in the last 15 years with the exception of one year. The students were motivated

and participation in the run was full and enthusiastic.

From that fun and enthusiasm came results. Thanks to our dedicated students, their generous

parents, and our fantastic staff, we broke new ground shattering our old fundraising record for

The Terry Fox Run. I’m proud to announce that Muirhead Public School collectively raised $800.85. That's more than

double our 15 year average!

Thank you to everyone who followed Terry’s lead and made this year’s run possible and incredibly successful.

Mr. Quintin, HPE Teacher

MUIRHEAD PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHOOL COUNCIL EXECUTIVE 2017 - 2018

Chair Athena Tsimidis Treasurer Natalia Glavinia Secretary Stephanie Houghton Milk Co-ordinator Liz Roulston Fundraising Co-ordinator Natalia Glavina, Liz Roulston, Athena Tsimidis Fun Lunch Co-ordinators Natalia Glavina, Liz Roulston Workshop Co-ordinators Natalia Glavina, Liz Roulston Teacher Rep Elitha Sims Community Rep Tehmina Pocha

Next School Council Meeting ~ Thursday, November 23

6:30 p.m.-7:30 pm

Friday, October 27

Pizza Lunch

Tuesday, October 31

Hallowe’en Celebrations

Friday, November 3

Assembly ~ Blue and White Day

Thursday, November 9

Photo Retake Day

Friday, November 10

Remembrance Day Assembly

Sub Lunch

Wednesday, November 15

Report Cards go home

Thursday, November 16

Report Card Conferences

Friday, November 17

P.A. Day ~ no school

Report Card Conferences

Thursday, November 23

School Council Meeting

6:30 pm -7:30 pm

Friday, November 24

Princess vs Pirates

Pizza Day

Thursday, December 30

Parent Workshop ~ Digital Literacy

Friday, December 1

P.A. Day ~ no school

Friday, December 8

Assembly ~ Blue and White Day

Sub Lunch

Thursday, December 14

Winter Concert

Friday, December 22

Sing-a-long

Pajama Day

Pizza Lunch

The following students have demonstrated:

being kind to other family members

using polite language

talking and spending time with relatives and/or other

family members

listening when someone else is talking

Abi

Melanie Harriette Andrew

Daniel M. Praise Robert Calina Athan Will

Bahruden Connor Shemar Alisam