YRDSB has a new Director of Education! Welcome Louise Sirisko

Please click here for a news release about our newly appointed Director of Education in YRDSB, Louise Sirisko.

James Robinson Chapters Night FUNdraiser ~ Wednesday, November 29th

You’re invited to a FUNdraiser for… JAMES ROBINSON PUBLIC SCHOOL

When: Wednesday November 29, 2017 @ 6:30pm

Where: Chapters – Markham Store - 3175 Highway 7 East (at Woodbine Ave)

Chapters and the JRPS Parent Council cordially invite you to a community FUNdraising event.

Come out and go shopping while supporting JRPS. With every purchase of regularly priced, in-store items at Chapters Markham on this special evening, up to 20% of the purchase will be donated directly back to JRPS in the form of a Chapters gift card for book purchases for our school library and classrooms!

Choose from a wide selection of book, gifts, toys, magazines, music and much more! Your purchase will make a difference.

Please join us to see how much fun giving back to JRPS can be!

When you arrive at the store, please register at the registration desk located directly inside the main doors.

Hope to see you there!

Paper copies of the invitation are coming home with each student today! Please bring this invitation with you to the FUNdraiser or identify yourself as a JRPS parent to our staff when you arrive.

JRPS Winter Concert ~ Save the Date!

Anxiety and the Overachiever ~ Parent Engagement Speaker at Markville Secondary School

Markville Secondary School is hosting a Parent Engagement Evening.  This might be one of our best yet and will hopefully appeal to many of your parents and teachers.  

The topic is Anxiety and the Overachiever.  What role do parents play?  

The speaker is Jennifer Kolari, a renown Child and Family Therapist and one of Canada’s top presenters on this topic.  The flyer below provides a detailed bio.  

Date:  Wednesday, November 29^th, 2017

Time:  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Where:  Markville Cafeteria

Remembrance Day Observance

Canada is the best country in the world to live in. Our citizens are blessed with freedom, opportunity and a standard of living that is unrivalled in today’s world, and without parallel in history. As Canadians, we express pride in our ancestors for building such a great nation and in themselves for preserving it. However, this did not occur by chance; it is a result of tireless effort and sacrifice in the past and present.

Our school has the responsibility to enrich students' early experiences so that each child in our country may develop a real understanding and appreciation for Remembrance Day and can learn about our history and have an understanding of the sacrifices that many Canadians made to preserve and protect the way of life that we now embrace.

If you wish, please send a donation to the school in support of The Royal Canadian Legion.  Every child will receive a poppy lapel pin or sticker for our Remembrance Day Assembly on November 10th. 

For a history of the poppy in Canada, please click here.

Thank You

Our annual Fall Fest fundraiser was a huge success, raising over $4500 for program enhancements, such as laptops, projectors, athletics, online resources, and many other items. The fundraiser concluded with an action packed and fun filled play day facilitated by Earth Day Canada as an adjunct to our Outdoor Play and Learning initiative. 

A huge thank you to all families who donated to our fundraiser. Thank you to the members of School Council who gave up their time and energy over the last few weeks to orchestrate the fundraiser. Finally, a big thanks to the staff and school council members who donated the raffle prizes for the event. 

We will announce the final amount raised once the last of the donations have been accounted for. It’s not too late to donate through SchoolCashOnline if you missed the chance earlier this month. 

Thank you for making James Robinson a great place to learn and grow!

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