LAST DAY TO REGISTER!!!!

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Letter to Families from our Chair of the Board

BUS UPDATES and ARRIVAL TIMES

With the ongoing construction in our area, please be aware of possible bus delays.

For timely updates and notices of Bus Schedules, please remember to visit www.schoolbuscity.com.

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER!!!

There are only 2 days left to register for two upcoming community events at Blue Willow:

FREE PARENTING SEMINAR AT BLUE WILLOW

JOIN US IN LEARNING and GROWING TOGETHER AT BLUE WILLOW!!

POSITIVE PARENTING SEMINAR 1 - The Power of Positive Parenting

This session will focus on ensuring a safe engaging and positive learning environment for children.  Parents will learn about using assertive discipline, having realistic expectations and taking care of themselves as a parent.  

Thursday, November 30, 2017 (7-8:30pm)  

REGISTER NOW!
https://goo.gl/forms/amM3nAYb9DMDJUVl2

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER!!!

FREE PARENTING SEMINAR 
AT BLUE WILLOW

JOIN US IN LEARNING and GROWING TOGETHER AT BLUE WILLOW!!

POSITIVE PARENTING SEMINAR 1 - The Power of Positive Parenting

This session will focus on ensuring a safe engaging and positive learning environment for children.  Parents will learn about using assertive discipline, having realistic expectations and taking care of themselves as a parent.  

Thursday, November 30, 2017 (7-8:30pm)  

REGISTER NOW!
https://goo.gl/forms/amM3nAYb9DMDJUVl2

PAINT THE HOLIDAYS WITH US!!!

FREE POSITIVE PARENTING SEMINAR - The Power of Positive Parenting

FREE PARENTING SEMINAR 
AT BLUE WILLOW

JOIN US IN LEARNING and GROWING TOGETHER AT BLUE WILLOW!!

POSITIVE PARENTING SEMINAR 1 - The Power of Positive Parenting

This session will focus on ensuring a safe engaging and positive learning environment for children.  Parents will learn about using assertive discipline, having realistic expectations and taking care of themselves as a parent.  

Thursday, November 30, 2017 (7-8:30pm)  

REGISTER NOW!
https://goo.gl/forms/amM3nAYb9DMDJUVl2

Looking Forward to Sharing Our Learning at Parent-Teacher Interviews!!

Thank you parents and guardians for scheduling your Parent Interview on EDSBY.   

We look forward to sharing our learning and partnering with you in order to ensure the success of all our children.  

If you have not yet booked your preferred time with your child(ren)'s teacher, please take the opportunity to do so before the schedule closes on Thursday morning. 

Should you have any questions or concerns, please call the office (905) 851-0043.

JOIN US AT SCHOOL COUNCIL TOMORROW

Our next SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING is tomorrow!

Monday, November 20, 2017  

6:30-8pm

Blue Willow P.S. - Staff Room

All are welcome!

JOIN US AND PAINT THE HOLIDAYS!!!!

GENTLE REMINDER: PHOTO RETAKES ON FRIDAY

PICTURE RETAKES will take place on Friday, November 17th, before lunch.

Please ensure your request for photo retakes is clearly shared with your child's teacher.

EDSBY - ONLINE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE OPENS ON MONDAY at 1pm

Thank you parents and guardians for activating your YRDSB EDSBY accounts.

On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 1pm, the EDSBY online Interview Schedule will be open for parents and guardians to book their preferred time with their child(ren)'s teacher(s).  

Should you have any questions or concerns, please call the office.

PICTURE RETAKES ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017

PICTURE RETAKES will take place on Friday, November 17th, before lunch.

Please ensure your request for photo retakes is clearly shared with your child's teacher.

LAST DAY TO ORDER SPIRIT WEAR!!!

BLUE WILLOW!!! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ORDER YOUR SPIRIT WEAR!!
Please login to schoolcashonline.com for more details.

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES

We invite you to join us in honouring Remembrance Day on

Friday, November 10, 2017

  9:35 - 10:05 a.m. (K to Grade 3 ~ Period 3)

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. (Gr. 4 to Gr. 8~ Period 4)

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER!!!

FREE WORKSHOPS AT BLUE WILLOW

JOIN US IN LEARNING and GROWING TOGETHER AT BLUE WILLOW!!

REGISTER NOW!

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A MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is releasing additional resources ahead of the January 1, 2018, launch of OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare.

On the ministry’s website (health.gov.on.ca/ohipplus_resources), you will find the following documents for downloading and printing:

·       Factsheet for patients/families

·       Postcards (available in 14 languages)

·       Social media posts

Please distribute these materials in your schools so that all students, parents and caregivers can be aware of OHIP+ and be able to take full advantage of its benefits. Through this program, Ontarians aged 24 years and younger, who are OHIP insured, regardless of their family income, will be eligible for over 4,400 medications and drug products at no cost.

If you have any questions about OHIP+, please send an email to OHIPplus@ontario.ca.

For more information, please visit: Ontario.ca/OHIPplus.

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Le ministère de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée publie des ressources supplémentaires en prévision du lancement de l’Assurance-santé Plus : Assurance-médicaments pour les enfants et les jeunes, le 1^er janvier 2018.

Vous trouverez sur le site Web du Ministère (health.gov.on.ca/assurancesanteplus_ressources) les documents qui suivent, qui peuvent être téléchargés et imprimés :

·       Feuille de renseignements pour les patients et les familles;

·       Cartes postales (offertes dans 14 langues);

·       Messages pour les médias sociaux.

Veuillez distribuer ces documents dans vos écoles pour que tous les élèves, parents et fournisseurs de soins soient informés sur l’Assurance-santé Plus et puissent profiter pleinement de tous ses avantages. Grâce à ce programme, tous les Ontariens âgés de 24 ans et moins qui ont un numéro d’Assurance santé auront accès à plus de 4 400 médicaments gratuitement, quel que soit leur revenu familial.

Si vous avez des questions au sujet de l’Assurance-santé Plus, veuillez les transmettre à OHIPplus@ontario.ca.

Pour obtenir plus de renseignements, rendez-vous au Ontario.ca/assurancesanteplus.

REMINDER TO CREATE YOUR EDSBY ACCOUNT

Parent/Guardian INTERVIEW NIGHT is during the evening of Thursday, November 23 and during the day on Friday, November 24, 2017.

BLUE WILLOW is happy to announce that we will be using an online process to manage our Parents’ Interview Night scheduling.

Edsby is an intuitive, cloud-based platform that will allow families to easily reserve times to meet with their child’s teachers. Families will need to create an account in Edsby in order to reserve appointments.

Families will need to create an Edsby account to access the online appointment scheduler for their child’s teachers for Parents’ Night. Only families who create an Edsby account prior to the schedule being opened on November 13, 2017 will have access.  (For help signing up for Parent-Teacher interviews, please visit http://bit.ly/edsbyparents.)

Once you open your Edsby account, you will receive an email from the York Region District School Board. (Please check your junk mail folder to ensure you do not miss this opportunity.)

Important Timelines

October 12, 2017    November 2, 2017	Reminder to parents and/or guardians to create accounts
November 13, 2017	Parents’ Night schedule is opened for booking, an invitation to book appointments will be sent to your email inbox
November 22, 2017	Interim Report Cards sent home
November 23, 2017 November 24, 2017	Parent/Guardian Evening Interviews Parent/Guardian Day Interviews

Please feel free to contact the office with any questions at (905) 851-0043.

Thank you!

A Message from York Region Public Health...