Despite the cold weather, our start back to school in 2015 has been smooth. We can finally say that the addition is complete as we prepare for the schoolyard enhancement project set to begin in July. But before we get to those summer months, please remind students to wear appropriate outer clothing for winter temperatures […]
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Principal´s Message
The excitement around the school for the grades 1 – 4 skating trips, Pyjama Day tomorrow and the Sing-a-long Assembly with Santa, and of course two weeks of “sleeping in” has been palpable this week. Please remind your child to take home any needed items tomorrow to assist our caretaking staff with the thorough cleaning process over the break. […]
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The first Allenby Showcase of the school year was a great success last evening. The new sounds system helped to make an immense improvement to the overall presentation. The Free the Children students were also very appreciative of all of the support for their fundraising efforts for The Toronto Foundation For Student Success. Also just […]
Principal’s Message
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” (Christopher Columbus). I don’t think that our grade 5 and 6 students lost sight of the Toronto shoreline while on the ferry to the Island School, however, we hope that they were able to stretch their limits and […]
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The Ministry is looking for one parent (or a group of parents) from each elementary school to answer a survey about a proposed update to the current sex education curriculum which was written in 1998. The Ministry’s plan is to distribute the survey in the next few weeks. If you are interested in forming a […]
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Allenby is proud to have maintained GOLD status with the ECO Schools programme through the TDSB in 2014. Each year, the criteria for achieving GOLD status becomes more challenging. Our ECO Schools team requires the support of at least one parent or guardian to continue as a top performing school. The commitment level for community […]
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The schoolyard is finally looking less like a construction zone for our students. There will continue to be some work left undone until the railing is completed along the north side of the front stairs. Despite the additional space that will be available for the students at recess, Allenby is still running over capacity inside […]
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Once again our Grade 6 FOOD DRIVERS will be organizing the annual Allenby Food Drive. Thanks to Mrs. Vangou and all of her support last year, Allenby was able to collect 1,150 pounds of non-perishable food items for the North York Harvest Food Bank. Our aim this year it to reach or exceed last year’s total and contribute […]
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Thank you to all of the parents and guardians who attended Curriculum Night this week. We were disappointed that the new playground surface was not ready for the community to see. However, we are very close to having the fencing come down. We are happy to welcome Ms. Meijer and Mrs. Ahmad to our new […]
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First Fire Drill of the year This week, we completed our first Fire Drill of the school year with three Toronto Fire Services representatives on site to monitor both our equipment and procedures. The new electronic alarms throughout the building worked very well and we also received passing grades for exiting the building in a […]