Holy Family School Council

Thank you La Cara for donation lunch for our staff today. Your generosity and community mindedness are so appreciated.

School Council will be putting on a BBQ for the Celebration of Learning on May 23 from 4:30-6:30pm. If you'd be available to help pull off the logistics involved with feeding 250-300 people, please reach out to anyone on council. There are plenty of jobs that you could sign up for before or during the event!

Don't forget to Wear Jeans for Jesus tomorrow in recognition of World Catholic Education Day.

T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U to everyone who volunteered to help with our spelling bee this year. It was a huge success!

T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U to all of our donors: Superstore, Lumel Studios, Kit's Kitchen, Sacred Heart, Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of Victory, MacMartin Family, Brico, Carol Vanderbyl, Angelina's Midnight Sun Emporium, Whitehorse Ski Club, Lucy Benson, Cadence Cycle, Boston Pizza, Home Hardware and Air North

https://www.yukon-news.com/life/its-any-spellers-bee-at-holy-family-elementary-school-7350847

It’s any speller’s bee at Holy Family Elementary School After competition by grades, school finals will be held April 29

https://www.yukon-news.com/life/its-any-spellers-bee-at-holy-family-elementary-school-7350847

School Council nominations are now open. Please consider putting your name forward.
Deadline is April 25 at noon.

We are in need of prize donations for the spelling bee and someone to head up decorations. If you'd be willing to hand out donation request letters to local businesses or sort out the decorations for the gym, please reach out to anyone on council.

Don't forget - It's Pizza Lunch Day this Friday!

School Council Meeting tonight at 7pm in the library. Parents are encouraged to attend.

Please spread the word!

To parents and guardians,

The Health Promotion Unit is pleased to present a webinar for parents, Digital media: Promoting healthy screen use in school-aged children and adolescents.

The webinar will examine social and digital media use as a health behaviour and examine the positive and negative impacts on both physical and mental health presented by Dr. Ponti.

Dr. Ponti is a Pediatrician in London, Ontario. She works at the Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) a children's mental and developmental health facility. Her practice focuses on children with complex behavioural, developmental and learning issues.

Join us:
Monday, September 18
12 to 1 pm
Access the webinar on Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89657575088?pwd=aUFsM2VXdjhabnZUTDNHOWZ6c3p3Zz09)
The webinar will be recorded for later viewing

Please come help School Council raise money for your school. Funds raised will go towards initiatives to support student, staff and families at Holy Family.
Saturday June 3 2pm
Meet at the school
Garbage bags provided but please bring your own gloves.

Don't forget:
May 17 2-3:30pm Celebration of Learning
May 17 3:30-5:30pm BBQ & Concert
We will be fundraising for wind panels for our Firepit so it can be better used year round. Please consider making a donation.

We would like to let you know that next Thursday, May 18th, is World Catholic Education Day and we're participating in a "Blue Shirt Day" with other Catholic schools around the world.

It's SPELLING BEE DAY!

Thank you to Angelina's Toy Store for donating these fun items as draw prizes for the spelling bee!

A big THANK YOU to some local businesses that have donated items for our Spelling Bee:
Canadian Tire: decor and games/toys
Midnight Sun Emporium: lava lamp and candy
Superstore: $100 gift card
McDonalds: backpack and water bottles
Home Hardware: puzzle

Don't forget to have your kid dress up like a bee (black and yellow) on Friday! One lucky bee will get a prize!

What an amazing community we live in! We're very appreciative of the numerous donations we've received for our upcoming Spelling Bee and we'll be taking the opportunity to publicly thank these generous businesses and individuals over the next few weeks.

First up, Air North! Yup, they've agreed to donate 1 cookie per speller! Thank you! The kids will be thrilled!