Monthly Archives: October 2021

Please review letter with important updates from our Director, L. Notten.

Fall Update Letter Oct 29 2021

Our SEB Staff would like to wish all of our amazing Stars a safe Halloween. Can you guess our staff school theme?

Hello Stars,

With loosening of Public Health restrictions, schools have been granted the option of reintroducing hot lunches for the students. Our first pizza day will be Wednesday, November 10th. Slices are being sold for $1.75 and will be individually packaged. You should have received a Cash Online notice last evening.

Please note that families will need to order by the month. If wanting to order for any/all of our Wednesday pizza days, it will need to be completed before November 4th.

Thank you for supporting our Stars.

Hello Stars,

Bus #247 arrived to the school 15 minutes late so please expect your child to be delayed if they are on this bus. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Hello Stars,

Please review messaging about parent meetings for our grade two families and First Communion along with our grade seven families and the sacrament of Confirmation. Feel free to contact the Church directly with any questions.

Invitation to Parent Info Meeting First Communion

Invitation Parent Information Meeting Confirmation

Stay Well Stars.

Hello Stars,

We hope everyone is well. We continue to thank our families for their support and partnership. Please continue your COVID screening for your children each day. It is wonderful that the community case numbers are lowering yet we still want to remain diligent with our screening. https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/

We also ask that, as always, if your child is ill or showing general flu symptoms they remain home until all symptoms subside. Thank you for keeping our students healthy.

Due to COVID protocols, we were not able to host our ‘Meet the Teacher Night’ again this year. Instead the SEB staff is sharing a video which highlights our building and team members. Please enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo8rcU469Us

Our student leadership team and staff have been busy planning for some Halloween fun next week. See below for some highlights.

Please see messaging from St. Michael Parish, Grief Support Group.

Coping with Christmas: Christmas Meeting Announcement

Saturday Skills Builder (Gr. 7 & 8)

Dates:  Saturdays, 9:00am to 12:00pm ONLINE (until in-person learning permitted),

October to June (regular attendance is not required, but strongly encouraged)

Skills Builder is a FREE literacy and numeracy support program for Gr 7 and 8 students attending ANY school within Waterloo Region.  If your child needs help to get through this transitional time and grades or study habits are suffering, encourage them to get the extra help they need. Taught by Certified Intermediate teachers, Skills Builder will provide instruction and additional resources to assist with the skills and tasks that follow this year’s curriculum.

Skills Builder is intended to help students who need:

• more time and attention outside of school hours
• a different approach to learning
• to hear, see, and apply new knowledge more than once

CLICK HERE to register online

For more information:

https://stlouis.wcdsb.ca/programsandcourses/gr-7-10-support/skills-builder/

Upcoming Halloween Fun:

Our SEB Staff and Student Leadership Team have been busy planning for some upcoming Halloween fun. Please see below for some important dates. Although we cannot hold our usual Spook A Thon as we are still not mixing classroom cohorts, please know that individual classrooms are planning festive activities as well. We ask that no treats of any kind be sent to school for sharing. Thank you for helping keep our students safe.

Pumpkin Carving Details:

Spirit Wear:

It’s time to show our spirit! Each Tuesday we wear our SEB STAR Spirit Wear celebrating all of the good that our school community does. Attached is an order form for clothing items for purchase. Child and Youth sizes are true and all adult items are unisex sizing. Please note the due date of OCTOBER 20 sending your order with eTransfer to pardonpromotions@gmail.com.

2021 SEB Spirit Wear Order Form

Picture Day:

SEB will hold our Picture Day, hosted by Lifetouch on October 20th. Please mark your calendars. All COVID protocols remain in effect. There will not be class photos but rather individual pictures where the student can remove their mask. A flyer highlighting orders has been sent home.

School Name/Nom de l’école : Sir Edgar Bauer Elementary School

Picture Day Date/Date de la journée photo : Wednesday, October 20

Picture Day ID/Code de la journée photo : QX551122Q0

Student Census: Students in Grades 4-8

As you are aware, we have our WCDSB Student Census beginning in just over 2 weeks. We invite you to please have a look at the census here https://www.wcdsb.ca/student-census/

The purpose of the WCDSB Student Census is to eliminate systemic racism and advance racial equity in the WCDSB as authorized by the Anti-Racism Act in s.7(2).  The WCDSB Student Census is a confidential and voluntary survey for all students from Grades 4 to 12 that students will complete with their classroom teacher during class time.  The results and analysis of the census will allow us to gain a deeper understanding of the diversity of students within the WCDSB and of the cultural, social and demographic makeup of our students.

The WCDSB Students Census is voluntary. Any student may choose not to participate, to stop participating, or to skip a question at any time. Additionally, parents/guardians of students under 18 years of age can ask that their child be exempt from participating in the census. As part of our communication campaign, information has been distributed electronically by school Newswire, on our website, and on social media.  As you will read within the Student Census information, there is an OPT out opportunity, this process is explained within the link. The OPT out option is available until October 25^th should parents choose this.

We look forward to sharing the results from the Student Census as it becomes available.

Hello Stars,

Please see messaging from St. Michael Parish regarding our sacrament preparations and important information from Public Health regarding immunizations for students in Grades 7 and 8.

St. Michael Parish:

Letter to Families whose children missed First Communion

First Communion Invitation Sir Edgar Bauer School 2022

Public Health:

School_Program_2021-22_Comms_-_Parent_Letter

Wishing all our Stars a wonderful weekend!