The invitations for the Big Night Out – Schoolapalooza will be coming out next week. Watch your children’s backpacks for your invitation and return ticket orders to the bin in the office. Get your dancing shoes on and work on your best dance moves as you’re going to need them as you rock out to […]
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Shop and Support the APA This Holiday Season
As you make your shopping lists this season, don’t forget how easy it is to Shop AND Support the APA! All of our participating vendors give back a % of Allenby sales to the APA. From your holiday parties’ food orders and gifts with The Healthy Butcher and creative gift-giving with QSP‘s magazine subscriptions and […]
December News from FSLAC
In this issue of the French as a Second Language Advisory Committee newsletter: 1. Application deadlines 2. FRENCHSTREET.CA 3. Salon du Livre de Toronto Dec 2-5 4. Including students with special needs 5. Characteristics of TDSB extended/immersion students 6. On-line TDSB resources in French and English 7. Consultation on Pupil Accommodation Policy 8. TDSB Pinterest 9. Save the dates – FSLAC info Click to view […]
Donation of a Laser Jet Colour Printer Welcome
Have you been upgrading your home office devices? Please contact the office if you have a laser jet colour printer you would like to donate to the school.
Allenby Community Welcomes Refugees
Millions of Syrians are fleeing a tyrannical environment. ALLENBY COMMUNITY WELCOMES REFUGEES is a neighbourhood group raising funds to settle one family of four. Your contribution can do so much. We know Allenby cares and together we can make a difference. Donations can be returned to a drop box located in the school office or […]
Highlights from the November APA Meeting
It was great to see so many new faces at last night’s APA meeting! Principal O’Toole gave an extremely informative presentation on how to support our children with reading, including many tips and strategies for early readers. The school has committed a sizable portion of its budget to literacy this year and the staff has […]
Principal’s Message
I am writing this week about a subject that isn’t very exciting, in fact it will result in you feeling itchy at best…I am writing about lice. This fall we did a whole school lice check with Nit Works and we have another planned for January. Over the last week letters have been sent home […]
Scholastic Book Fair
The annual Scholastic Book Fair is returning to our Allenby Library on Monday Dec. 7 until Thursday Dec. 10. The fair will run until roughly 4:30 pm on Monday and Thursday, and until 5:30 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students will also be able to purchase books during the school day. If you are able […]
Donate to the Schoolapalooza Auction
The event of the year, Big Night Out – Schoolapalooza, is approaching and we are getting an excellent line up of outstanding items to bid on in our silent auction. We are still seeking donations and looking for our Allenby Family for any exciting additions to our auction. Get your thinking caps on and see […]
EcoSchools Reps Wanted
The Eco-Schools Committee is looking for Parent Reps to assist with activities such as: implementing the plan for the Live Green Toronto Grant awarded to the APA (part of the Schoolyard Project) energy conservation, recycling, waste audit, or boomerang lunch programs greening and gardening club – planting bulbs, helping to maintain the gardens over summer […]