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Walking Wednesday

A big congratulations to Ms. Stephens’ class, room 104, who volunteered to host Walking Wednesday for April. Room 104 is the recipient of the Wacky Walker award for April. The Smelly Sneaker award goes to Ms. Magee’s class, room 114. Thank you to all the students and parents for assisting. Way to Walk Allenby!

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Kiss ‘n’ Ride Arrival Program

A reminder that the Kiss and Ride morning drop-off program is available only for children in grades 1-6. Kiss and Ride volunteers are not authorized to assist kindergarten children leaving vehicles nor can they help escort kindergarten children to school entry locations. For safe arrival please ensure kindergarten children are taken to the entry location […]

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Accessible Parking at Allenby

Allenby PS has one accessible parking spot which is used daily by our families with disabilities, as well as members of the community with valid accessible parking passes. Unfortunately, some families without disabilities have parked or stopped illegally in the disabled parking spot, creating an issue for those families who need this spot, and also […]

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Cars and Chaos on Castlefield

Winter snow banks, cars parked illegally and two way traffic all contribute to the congestion outside and around the Kiss and Ride zone. These circumstances coupled with residents attempting to leave their driveways have solicited concern from drivers, residents and pedestrians. With the winter weather the situation worsens and is now continuing further west on […]

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Walking Wednesday

Congratulations to our Walking Wednesday winners for February. Classroom 005, Madame Timofte and Junior class Mr. Whittakers’ 208 are the proud recipients of the Wacky Walker and the Smelly Sneaker awards. A very big thanks to Mr. Gillespie and to all students and parents involved who checked in walkers and assisted in the morning.

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Walking Wednesday Winners

Congratulations to Room 002, winners of the Wacky Walker Award and to Room 113, winners of the Smelly Sneaker Award for January’s Walking Wednesday! Many thanks to Ms. Trought-Pitters and the student helpers in room 210 for checking the number of walkers.

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January Lice Check

We will be having lice checks again on Thursday, January 15 and Friday, January 16. We kindly ask to avoid any fancy hairstyles (i.e. braids, gel, pony tails, etc.). We are also looking for some volunteers to help out with the flow of students. Volunteers do not need to check any heads, but help in […]

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January 14 is Walking Wednesday

Pull on the boots or lace up the sneakers and walk to school on January 14th. Remember that parking a block or two away from the school eases the traffic congestion and makes walking around the school safer for children. It is dangerous for students to be dropped off by car across from the school […]

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