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Club Mom Fundraiser 2012

Support Allenby and save on shopping, food, activities and more with the 2012 clubmom discount card! Every card comes with 3 free Grocery Gateway delivery coupons and a Fantasy Fair admission coupon. Buy now for only $45 and $10 from each card sold goes to Allenby. Click here to buy your card.

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Help Everyone Arrive Safe

Come help out the office, once every 2 or 3 weeks, on a Thursday from 9 to 10ish. Help make sure everybody arrives safe and sound at Allenby. If you are able to help out, please let Marcia know at ze@fugue.net. Thanks!

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Holiday Greetings from the APA

Wishing all our Allenby families a wonderful holiday season. We hope that you can use the time to relax, re-energize and reconnect with family and friends. May 2012 bring health and happiness to all of your families.

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Recap of December 15th Meeting

The APA held a meeting for Allenby parents on Thursday, December 15th to discuss various potential processes that may be rolled out by the TDSB in the new year to address the existing over-crowding at Allenby and to deal with the need to find space for full-day kindergarten, which will arrive at Allenby in 2014-2015. […]

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Holiday Greetings from the Principal

Dear parents; It has been a very busy few months, as always, at Allenby. We are all looking forward to the break and making plans for an exciting new year. The last day of school this year is Friday December 23rd. School resumes on Monday January 9, 2012. We wish all Allenby families a safe […]

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Sports Update

Tryouts for Volleyball, Boys Basketball, Hockey and Swimming are underway. The Hockey Team has been playing some exhibition games and the season will begin in earnest in January. Boys Basketball and Volleyball Teams will be determined before the break and games will begin in January, with a tournament for Volleyball and an elite series for […]

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December Music Update

For the past 6 weeks we have had the Indonesian Gamelan Instruments from the TDSB World Music Program. All classes from Grade 1 through 6 have had opportunities to play these ancient instruments in music classes. A curriculum accompanies the kit and students have learned some new terms and made comparisons with Western musical instruments, […]

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EQAO Results from 2011

At the APA meeting in November, I presented the Grade 3 and 6 EQAO results for Spring 2011 along with some analysis and demographic information. Allenby continues to do well and our Grade 6 results were the highest in 5 years. In Grade 3 In grade 6 Reading: 78% at level 3 or 4 Reading: […]

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Welcome, Mr. Jones!

We will be welcoming a new Vice Principal to Allenby in January. His name is Doug Jones. He is currently Vice Principal at Rockford, so comes with some experience in the role. We have appreciated the experience and expertise of the retired Principals that have filled in, but after a year of acting Vice Principals, […]

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It’s Coming – Lip Synch 2012!

Some say that in the year 2012 the world is going to end. At Allenby we say: “Not before Lip Synch, it won’t!” Performances: Thursday, Feb 23rd and Friday, Feb 24th Please check the first Allenby Update after the holidays for more information and sign-up forms. Fabulous Fun. Super Student Acts. Marvelous Mystery Acts. Great […]

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