The milk program is up and running once again this year. You can purchase a white or chocolate 250 ml milk carton for 75 cents. For your convenience, milk tickets are also available for purchase. Purchasing 10 tickets for $7.50 is preferred but you may purchase as many as you like. Please keep ticket purchases […]
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Principal’s Message
Dear Allenby Parents and Guardians, As September approaches, everyone is thinking about the return to school. Special dates, such as the annual Curriculum Night (Tuesday, September 24th) are put on the calendars, and indoor shoes and other apparel items are being labeled with names or initials. Coloured pencils and fresh erasers are on the list […]
Staffing for 2013-14
Hello Allenby Families, It is hard to believe that there are only 2 more weeks until the end of the school year. Here is some staff news. Denis Bell is leaving Allenby to teacher at Davisville P.S. We would like to thank Mr. Bell for his 2 years of conscientious and creative work with our […]
Arts Update
Music Monday Video As I reported a couple of weeks ago, on Music Monday, most of the school went outside to sing this year’s song by Astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson, officially titled “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing).” Mrs. Lau took a video using an ipad. She had to set up […]
May Sports Update
The 2013 Sports season is coming to an end and we would like to thank the many students who participated this spring in both House Leagues and Team Sports. Soccer The Boys’ Soccer season ended with the boys tied for first place in their group. A tie-breaker game was played and unfortunately the team was […]
Kids’ Triatholon
Last year we had an assembly to let students know about a Kids’ Triatholon. This year we have not been able to schedule it, so the information is below for interested families. It will be held on Sunday June 9, 2013 from noon to 6pm. Nicola’s Kids Triathlon is the premiere event for children to […]
Music Monday
Yesterday was Music Monday, a day when we celebrate music education. Music education takes place in many ways, in the Music Room, in the Dance and Drama class and in regular classrooms. This year, as you may have heard by now, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson have co-written […]
Revised Dress Code
It is that time of year again, and we have all been enjoying the beautiful weather. Students will be getting a reminder of the dress code for school.I have including the updated Glenview Dress code. We are basing our guidelines on those that are enforced there, as that is where the majority of students will […]
Technology at Allenby
with reports from Jafar Hussain and Andrea Payne Exciting things are happening at Allenby in terms of technology! Within the last five years, Allenby, with the strong support of the APA, has made an unprecedented leap in its acquisition, mastery, and usage of technology in its classrooms. In 2006, SMARTboards, laptops, document cameras, iPads, etc., […]
Allenby Math Olympians Victorious!
Allenby’s delegation to the WR3 Math Olympics went to a first session last week and moved on to the finals Wednesday May 1st. The Math Olympics involved some individual work but the big emphasis was on cooperative solving of challenging problems. There was stiff competition from John Ross Robertson, Summit Heights and Dublin Heights but […]