Hello Allenby Families, It is hard to believe that June is here, and that there are only 3 weeks left of school! We are very busy doing our June end-of-year tasks and have begun our planning for next year. We will be reviewing the data from the School Climate Survey next week to inform our […]
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Free the Children Event
On Monday May 28th a members of our Grade 6 Free the Children Team took some Grade 5 prospective members along with Ms. Levitt and Mrs. Segal to a Free the Children event at the ROM. Here is an account of the experience from two Grade 5 attendees. OUR FREE THE CHILDREN EXPERIENCE Hello! We […]
June Sports News
Allenby’s athletes have continued to do well during this final term. A number of students have advanced to the Conference Final in Track and Field at Birchmount Stadium. They are: Katie Smith Grade 6 Triple Jump Emily Harper Grade 6 Triple Jump Sarah Clegg Grade 6 1500 metres Danielle Konig Grade 5 800 metres Arbor […]
Room 209A Makes a Difference
Over the past few months, we have been reading, writing, and speaking about boys and girls around the world who have “Made a Difference”. We’ve read about Canadian children helping to bring clean water to third world countries, and about a Canadian baseball team who helped make a Ugandan baseball team’s wishes come true. We […]
May Message from the Principal
This week you will receive a letter with the staffing model on the back inviting input into the student placement process. In the event that you did not receive it, a copy of the placement placement letter is posted on the APA website. Please note that the deadline for submitting this letter is Friday May […]
Yiddish Class at Allenby
There has been some interest in an opportunity to host a Yiddish class at Allenby. Before making a decision, we would like to determine the level of interest. If we did host it here, it would be Tuesday or Wednesday after school. Please fill out the this survey and return it to the school office.
Allenby Showcase #3
This will take place on May 17th at 7:00 p.m. Participants include both Primary and Junior Choirs, Grade 5 and 6 band and strings groups and Rooms 102, 103, 107 and 204.
Open House 2012
This year Allenby’s Open House is on Wednesday May 2nd. The format will be slightly different from last year’s. Classes will be open either in the morning or in the afternoon, not both. We will invite parents to meet in the Gym at 9:00 for a brief presentation prior to class visits from 9:15 – […]
Parent Consultation on 2012-13 Staffing Model
As Jennie Ucar mentioned in her staffing update last week, the staffing process involves several steps. One of the steps is parent consultation. After the numbers are received, parents from both French and English are given the opportunity to “suggest” a model to the Principal. Teachers do the same. Once the Principal has approved the […]
Lockdown Drill April 23
Dear parents, We will be having a Full Lockdown Drill on Monday April 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Each school in the TDSB is to take the school through this drill twice per year. Apart from Fire Drill Evacuation Drills, (6 per year) we need to prepare for other levels of threat to safety, even though […]