Attendance Mailbox - Option 2 - Ross Doan Public School

From your Administrative team…
Ross Doan Public School
York Region District School Board March 2011
What a busy and exciting February we had! Some of the highlights included:
• Our Friendship concert hosted by the students of Mr. Huynh’s, Ms. McKenzie’s, Ms.
Tranter’s, Ms. Grimas’, Mr. Scarlato’s and Mrs. Knight’s classes . A terrific performance!
• Fabulous Scientists in the Schools visits to numerous classrooms. Thank you to all
parent volunteers for your support!
• Black History month learning in our classrooms and library!
• Red and White spirit day celebrating ‘Flag Day’ on February 15th!
• ‘I Walk to School’ event whereby all students supported our Healthy Schools initiative
to promote physical fitness by doing a fun walk around the school!
• Our ongoing Pizza Days (coordinated by Mrs. Gilster). Thank you to all of our volunteers!
• Winter Electives for all students in grades 1-4. Thank you to our planning team Ms.
Gruson, Mrs. Sebben and Mrs. Sarra, our teachers and students for a terrific day!
• Our ‘Hanzel and Gretal’ Fairytales performance put on by the Drama department at
Alexander Mackenzie High School!
Movie Nights are Back!
Special thanks to our Movie Night Committee for organizing our first movie night of 2011 to
be held on March 9th featuring ‘Yogi Bear.’
Move-A-Thon has ‘moved’ dates!
Our annual ‘Moveathon’ fundraiser will be held on Friday, April 1 (to coincide with school
spirit day ‘backwards day’.’ More details to come in March!
Grade 3 EQAO Testing: Assessments of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics for Grade 3
students are scheduled from May 30th - June 10th, 2011. Please refrain from booking
vacations/appointments for your children during this time if possible.
On February 9th-students and staff at Ross
Doan participated in our Healthy Schools’ ‘I
Walk’ campaign-promoting physical activity.
With –23 C temperatures, our walk was held
indoors in our hallways. A draw was held for
students to win a free ‘pedometer.’
Congratulating to our winners in the photo
who got their picture taken with Jonathan
Bell (Community Development Recreation
Assistant, Town of Richmond Hill Community
Services Dept.) our School Mascot ‘Rocky’
and Mr. Baynham.
Administrative Staff
Principal
Mr. Bruce Baynham
Vice-Principal
Mrs. Laura Sedgwick
Office Staff
Mrs. Cathy Eden
Mrs. Rana Hijazi
Phone: 905-884-4022
Fax: 905-884-4025
www.rossdoan.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Superintendent
Mrs. Karen Friedman
Phone: 905-884-4477
Trustee
Mrs. Carol Chan
Phone: 905-881-8762
Safe Arrival
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ThinkGreen
School Council Meeting
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Library
REMEMBER!!
No Peanuts, Tree-nuts, Nut
by-products or Sesame
products
at Ross Doan Public School
Remember to bring in your empty toner and ink cartridges and cell
phones for recycling. They can be dropped off in the bins located
just outside our main office.
Are you Moving?
If you are planning on moving out of the Ross Doan PS attendance
area and will not be attending Ross Doan for the 2011/2012 school
year, please contact the school office as soon as possible. This
information is necessary to assist us in classroom organization.
Dates for March
Thursday 3 Dental Screening (K’s and 2’s)
Friday 4,25 Pizza Day
Monday 7 Dental Screening (K’s and 2’s)
BORC Trip 2’s (Sieger,Rayner,Huynh)
Tuesday 8 BORC Trip 2’s (Wengle,Topp)
Wednesday 9 BORC Trip 4’s (Tranter)
Kortright Trip—Kindergarten
Movie Night - 6:00 pm
Thursday 10 BORC Trip 4’s (Saldov,Knight)
Kortright Trip—Kindergarten
Friday 11 BORC Trip 4’s (Scarlato)
March 14 - 18 - March Break
Wednesday 23 School Council Meeting
Thursday 31 Perseverance Assembly
TumbleBook Library is an on-line collection of animated, talking picture books that teach children the joy of reading
in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and
narration to produce an electronic picture book that children can read, or have read to them.
Ross Doan P.S. Library has subscribed to the TumbleBook Library. The collection can be accessed on-line from every
computer in our school and from home through a direct link.
To logon to this exciting website, go to
www.tumblebooklibrary.com
Username: rossdoan
Password: books
For further information, please contact Gail Blackman, our Teacher-Librarian.
March Break Programs
The Richmond Hill Public Library offers great
March Break programs. For more details,
please check out their website
www.rhpl.richmond hill.on.ca
For students’ safety as well as liability
and insurance reasons, students are not
allowed to ride on a bus that they are not
assigned to.
If your child would like to go to a friend’s
house on a different bus, please make
alternate arrangements.

This Month @ Our Library
February has been an especially busy month in the Ross Doan Library. Our Forest of Reading Programs,
sponsored by the Ontario Library Association, were launched immediately following Family Literacy Week, and
every since, students in kindergarten through grade 4 have been busy reading Blue Spruce and Silver Birch
books.
Our grades 3 and 4 students have been having fun “moodling” each other, as well as our teacherlibrarian,
Mrs. Blackman. Moodle is short for “modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment.” By
accessing our school’s online Moodles, students are able to share thoughts about the Silver Birch books they’ve
been reading, even on weekends. Students’ blogs are then read by their fellow Silver Birch readers who in turn
reply to their peers’ entries. It’s been an exciting interactive e-learning experience for all!
GREETINGS FROM YOUR TRUSTEE
It is my honour and privilege to serve you as Trustee for York Region District School Board, Richmond Hill Wards 3,5,6. As a
resident of this community for over 20 years, I believe strongly in the partnership of community, family and school in the
educating of our next generation. Many of us know the African proverb, “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child”. We achieve our
best when we all collaborate and work together to provide our children with welcoming schools and safe, supportive
environments. As I shared with you during my campaign, my goals as a trustee are:
To foster strong community and school partnership
To promote safe and healthy schools
To ensure all children get a chance to succeed
To support schools in encouraging in students a strong sense of citizenship.
Your children are enrolled in schools that belong to one of the most successful school boards in Ontario. They are being
taught and cared for by some of the best teachers and staff. Students who are most successful are those who also receive
continuous support and encouragement from their families. During this critical growth period in their young lives they need
their families more than ever to help prepare them for life on our changing world community. I encourage all parents to:
Parent with love and understanding
Provide positive role models
Participate in children’s academic and ‘empathy’ development
Practice partnership in your school and community.
The upcoming Chinese New Year will be the year of Rabbit, which signifies peace, wisdom and health. These are my wishes to
you all.
Please note that the bus loop at the front of the school is a No Parking
Zone as it is a Fire Route.
Parents who are picking up children for appointments throughout the day, dropping
off items or visiting Ross Doan should not park in this area.
We are requesting that this area be kept clear in case of emergency. All cars should
be parked either in our parking lot to the west of the school, on the south side of
Weldrick Avenue or on Avenue Road.
The Town of Richmond Hill will be monitoring this area. Vehicles that are parked in
the bus loop will receive a parking fine issued by the Parking Bylaw Department.
We appreciate your understanding and consideration for the safety of Ross Doan
staff and students.

Baha’I Faith
We’re on the Web!!
www.rossdoan.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Ross Doan Public School
101 Weldrick Rd. W.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4C 3T9
Phone: 905-884-4022
Celebrating Multiculturalism In March
March 2 –20 19 Day Fast - those who are physically able abstain from food and drink from sunrise to
sunset each day
March 21 Naw Ruz (Baha’I New Year) - it is celebrated on the first day of spring
Buddhism
March 20 Spring Ohigon - special time to listen to the teaching of the Buddha and to meditate
Christianity
March 7 First Day of Lent - Eastern Calendar - The great fast, this day is also known as Clean Monday
March 9 Ash Wednesday - Western Calendar - the beginning of Lent
Hinduism
March 3 Mahashivaratri - Devotees sing the praises of Shiva, one of the major Hindu deities
March 20 Holi - a colourful spring festival observed widely in Hindu communities
Judaism
March 20 Purim– celebrates the victory over an oppressive ruler
Sikhism
March 14 New Year’s Day - first day of the new Nanakshahi solar calendar. This is the year 541
Zoroastrianism
March 17 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem - celebrates the creation of human beings
March 21 Naw Ruz - New Year’s Day in Fasli calendars.
March 26 Birth of Prophet Zarathustra - founder of the Zoroastrian faith
Daily Schedule
Warning Bell 8:53 a.m.
Entry Bell 8:55 a.m.
Period 1 9:00-9:40 a.m.
Period 2 9:40-10:20 a.m.
Period 3 10:20-10:40 a.m.
Recess 10:40-11:10 a.m.
Period 4 11:10-11:50 a.m.
Period 5 11:50-12:30 p.m.
Period 6 12:30-12:50 p.m.
Lunch 12:50-1:50 p.m.
Period 7 1:50-2:40 p.m.
Period 8 2:40-3:30 p.m.
Dismissal 3:30 p.m.