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Fun Fair Sponsorship Support

The ice pack is melting on the field and in two months, the Allenby Fun Fair will be here. Mark your calendars for June 14 from noon to 4:00pm. Do you work in a company that supports your community engagement? Are you a parent with a business that you’d like to promote to over 600 […]

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Field & Playground Meeting for Master Plan

On March 6, 2014, representatives from Allenby Public School, the TDSB and the APA met with Landscape Architect, Victor Ford, to review Field and Playground input to date from key stakeholders (Teachers, Parents/Guardians, Daycare and Students). This meeting was the initial step in developing a Master Plan for Allenby Public School. See the notes from […]

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Leaving Winter Behind - Literally

Leaving Winter Behind – Literally

With the changing weather, it is hard to know what to send our children to school in. Cool mornings and warmer afternoons means that many layers are often shed during recess. Sometimes by the end of the day students forget they came to school in a heavier coat. To avoid misplacing those mid-season jackets, please […]

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Walking Wednesday

Congratulations to Room 210 who organized this month’s Walking Wednesday and won the Wacky Walker award. The Smelly Sneaker Award this month goes to Room 112. The school house with the largest percentage of walkers this month is the White Bison. Way to walk and roll Allenby!

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Principal’s Message

With the warmer temperatures the field has become wetter and muddier. You may wish to pack an extra pair of dry pants for your child. We had a career day last Friday. It’s good to know that we are in safe hands in the future with so many future doctors, lawyers, chefs, firefighters, to name […]

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Allenby Build Update – Week of March 31

As you can see, construction is moving along. This past week students were able to see workers putting lining around the foundation to keep water out – timely as the snow and ice have been melting slowly on the school yard. For any questions on the build, please email communications@allenbyparents.com.

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Chairs’ Message

The After 4 spring session is underway, baseball sign-up is live, and the last of our speaker series is coming up. There are many great APA programs happening. Now all we need is the spring weather! At Wednesday’s APA meeting, motions were passed to spend up to $5500 on a new sound system and $16,340 on […]

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Principal’s Message

We are very happy to welcome Abbey Huggan to Allenby as our afternoon librarian. Abbey is a bilingual teacher with library and IT expertise as well as a passion for literacy and incorporating sustainable thinking into the curriculum. Global Earth Hour Tomorrow is the TDSB Earth Hour 2014 from 2 to 3 p.m. At school, […]

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Allenby Build Update

Despite the constant stream of concrete being poured earlier this week, there does not appear to be many highly visible changes to the construction site. Once the warmer weather arrives, we hope to see more noticeable additions to our new classrooms. We are still being told that everything will be ready for late August. Our […]

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April Lice Check

We will be having our final lice check of the year on April 10 and 11. The team from Nit Works will be coming to the school to check our students heads. Additional information about lice and why we check for them can be found at the Nit Works website. Please avoid fancy hairstyles and […]

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