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GORDON PUBLIC SCHOOL, 468 Thorold Road West, Welland ON, L3C 3W6
Tony D’Alessandro
Principal
905-734-3730
Greg Watson
Vice-Principal
905-734-3730
Wes Hahn
Superintendent
905-641-1550
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
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hat a great month of learning April has been for our
students. A truly focused group of instructors and students. I am thrilled with our students as they take on new
challenges whether it be Literacy, Mathematics, Music or
Athletics. They are developing confidence and perseverance. Those types of skills are not just school skills …but
life skills. As we make our final push in May and June I
continue to encourage our students to be punctual, give
their very best at all times and be a model of exemplary
behaviour, wherever they are. We are all “Walking Billboards” representing Gordon Public School. Let’s make
our school, Welland and the world a better place by our
actions!
Sincerely
Tony D’Alessandro, Proud Principal of Gordon School
WE NEED YOU!
Would you be interested in being part of our School
Council? We need your involvement to continue to make
the Gordon Public School community an even better
place. We meet 4 – 5 times a year. The mandate is to
work as an advisory group to the school. We also need
parents to volunteer for specific events as part of sub
committees. We understand your time is valuable, but
kindly consider joining us next year as we work to enrich
the Gordon family. If you are interested or have any
questions, kindly contact Mr. D’Alessandro personally.
May 2015
Sue Barnett
Trustee
905-734-7110
GRADE 3 & 6 EQAO TESTING
It is that time of year for our grade 3 and 6 students. Monday, May 25—Friday, June
5th the testing will be occurring during the first part of the school day.
Parents please do your best to ensure that your children are present for both weeks. If
it is absolutely necessary to book an appointment please schedule them in the afternoon or after school.
TRACK & FIELD
JK Registration
Track and Field will take place on May 7th
at Centennial. The rain date for this event
is May 8th.
If you have a child who will be attending JK/
SK in the fall and have not registered them
yet, we encourage you to do so as soon as
possible. We look forward to welcoming
them to the Gordon Family.
SPIRIT WEAR DAY
IF YOUR CHILD IS SICK
Friday, May 1st
Wear your Gordon Spirit
Wear on Friday, May 1st
and show your Gordon
pride!
LAST PIZZA ORDER FOR THE YEAR
Pizza order forms will be available on-line and outside of the
office on Tuesday, May 19th. All
orders must be returned by Friday, May 22nd.
Illness seems like it is
unavoidable, but there
are ways to try and
fight it. We ask parents to please keep
their child(ren) home
for 24 hours after they
stop showing symptoms of illness. This
helps us keep the
healthy children well
and hopefully stop the
spread of illness
though a classroom.
VICTORIA DAY WEEKEND
There will be no school on Friday,
May 15th (PA Day) and Monday,
May 18th (Holiday)
RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY
Friday, May 1st at 9:00 AM
WEBSITE
Please check out our website at http://gordon.dsbn.org/
Our newsletters, calendars and more information is always just a
click away!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
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Only One Mother
Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shore together,
Hundreds of birds that go singing by,
Hundreds of Lambs in the sunny weather,
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother in the wide world over..
- George Cooper-
TEACHER DODGEBALL
A friendly teacher game of
dodgeball resulted in Mr.
Verway, Mr. Fenwick, Mr.
Pierce, Mrs. Timlock, Miss
Stickles, and Mrs. Gaspich
bringing home the championship trophy!
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May 1
- Courage Assembly/ Silver
Birch @ Club Roma/ Gordon
Spirit Wear day.
May 6
-Badminton Tournament
May 7
- Track & Field/FUN FAIR
May 10 - Mother’s Day
May 14 -Volunteer Appreciation Tea/
French Immersion Open
House
May15 - PA Day (No School)
May 18 - Victoria Day (No School)
May 20 - Pasta Dinner fundraiser for
Int. Trip @ Eastdale 5-8 PM
May 22 - Pizza Orders Due
May 25 - June 5th EQAO
June 9-11- Gr.8 Ottawa Trip
June 12 - PA Day (No School)
June 22 - Grade 8 Graduation @
Centennial 6:30 PM
June 25 - Last Day of School
CPR Training
The NSO’s acclaimed Summer Music Camp
offers children a chance to explore music
making - and have fun! SMC has classes for
ages 18 months to 15 years, welcoming all skill
levels, in choral, instrumental and orchestral programs.
June 29 – July 110(session 1) | July 13 – 24
(session 2)
Register at www.thenso.ca or call 905-687-4993
x 223
Join us at Summer Music Camp 20145
PLEASE SIGN IN
A reminder to our students and parents when
leaving (or returning to) the school for lunch or
appointments. Parents, kindly check in at the
office first whenever you visit the school. We
will then page your son/daughter to the office.
We are asking that all students sign out or in
( a sign in/out sheet is inside the office ) when
leaving or returning to the school, so we can
ensure that all of our students are accounted
for at all times. As always, written permission
notes are expected in order to leave the school
grounds if a parent is not present for pick-up
(i.e. lunch) . Thank you in advance for helping
to keep our students safe.
JR. INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
Junior Boys
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The junior boys went
into the playoffs strong
and managed to get all
the way to the consolation finals for their division. Though they
faught hard, they were
unable to walk away
with the win and finished 4th in their tier. Their coaches
are very proud of how much they improved over the
season and how well they conducted themselves both
on and off the court.
Junior Girls
The girls won all of their playoff games except for one
and finished 2nd in their tier to advance to the DSBN
Basketball Tournament on April 29th. While at the tournament, the girls won three of their games, and lost one
by a single basket in overtime. They advanced to the
semi-finals, but were unable to defeat the tier 1 champion. The girls walked off the court with smiles on their
faces and heads held high knowing they played a great
game. Way to model Grizzly Spirit!
GYMNASTICS TEAM
Mrs Munderich and Mrs Fletcher would like to say
congratulations to the Junior Girls Gymnastics
team.
Evynn B., Evynn B., Ivy C., Mya C., Olivia D.,
Makayla D., Aliya E., Brooke E., Natasha G., Jessica G., Ava H., Juliana M., Abby N., Anna V. and
Clara V.
We are so proud of the
team for their dedication, hard work and
good behaviour during
practices and at the
competition on Friday
April 17, 2015. There
were 350 competitors at Fridays competition.
INTERMEDIATE BADMINTON
The DSBN Tournament at Brock University will be
held on May 6th.
Badminton Team
2015
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Kennedy S.
Ella T.
Kassie
Riley
Sommer
Alex S.
Justin Z.
Collin
Hunter C.
John K.
All of the girls on the Junior Girls gymnastics team
performed beautifully at the competition.
Special mention goes out to:
Anna V. for 5th on bench.
Ava H. for 4th on bench.
Olivia D. for 3rd on mat.
Natasha G. for 1st on bench and 6th on mat.
Mya C. for 2nd on bench and 2nd on mat.
Jessica G. for 5th on bench 4th on mat.
Brooke E. for 3rd on bench, 2nd on mat, and 5th
on floor.
Thanks for a great gymnastics season girls.
See you next year!
April Award Winners
Class
Character
Academic
FSL-RCS
Johnny M.
Tara A.
FDK1 Mrs. Clarke
Ryland W.
Tye S.
FDK2 Mrs.
Fletcher
Arrianna B.
Darné H.
Jeremy H.
FDK3 Mrs. Munderich
Onyx G.
Brooklyn S.
Sydney T.
1-1
Mrs. Filion
Olivia B.
Airalyn H.
1/2
Mrs. Gaspich
Hannah S.
Nicholas B.
F1
Miss Sauve
Riley R.
Lorelei D.
F2
Mr. Verwey
Samuel V.
Riley A.
2/3 Mrs.Sodtke/
Ms.Degelman
Autumn P.
Jordan G.
3-1 Ms.Knockaert
Lexi D.
Alex B.
3-2 Ms. McLean
Charlotte L.
Joseph W.
F3 Mme Benson
Anyssa B.
Carter R.
F4 Mme Gardiner
Evynn B.
Clara V.
Gracie J.
4 Ms. Hudak
Vaiden F.
Dylan L.
5-1 Mrs. Slaght
5-2 Mr. Snow
F5 Mme Stickles
Kylie T.
Alexis A.
April G.
Ethan B.
Emily S.
Makayla D.
6 Mr. Mannella
Landon E.
Owen P.
Zoe P.
Ethan F.
Peter M.
Nicholas T.
F6 Mme Corriveau
7-1 Mr. Charles
F7 Mr. Munderich
7/8 Mrs. Timlock
Alyssa B.
Kassie M.
Sommer N.
Eric W.
8-1 Mrs. Rush
Ayden C.
Kiara L.
Paul R.
Alexander J.
Bradley M.
SPECIAL MENTION!!
Winners in Mr. Verway’s class for
the month of February were:
Abbye Stea– Character
Brookelyn Thompson– Academic
CC Swirls’ Fundraiser
Please support Gordon School at CC Swirls‘ Welland
location (545 Niagara Street) on June 24th by purchasing any
of their products between the hours of 3 and 7 pm.
PARENT PARKING AND STUDENT DROP OFF
In an effort to increase student safety, Here are our parking, bus zones, and parent pick up and drop off
procedures.
Our back parking lot off Clare Ave. will be reserved for staff parking and bus loading and unloading. Our
buses will board immediately upon dismissal and depart Gordon at approximately 3:25 p.m. each afternoon. Parents dropping students off prior to the start of school may also use this lot if they wish.
Our front parking lot off Thorold Road is available for all parent and visitor parking. Students picked up or
dropped off during the school day should enter/exit and sign in/out at the office. At the end of the day,
Kindergarten students will exit out the Kindergarten door and students in Grades 1-8 will exit at the main
office.
Thank you for keeping our students safe!
PARENT PARKING CONSIDERATIONS
Please respect the areas designated No Parking and Handicapped only.
Please use the designated sidewalk and paths at all times.
Please be patient in our parking lot.
Be safe and watch for children at all times.
Consider parking away from the school (ie. side street) and walking.
Spring time fun
at Gordon!
Planning Today to Energize Education for Tomorrow
DSBN Trustees are supporting student success by revitalizing our public schools. An important part of this process is the role of Accommodation Reviews. On March 26, 2015 the Ministry of Education released revised Pupil Accommodation Review Guidelines (PARG) and the DSBN has revised the Accommodation Review Policy to align with the new Ministry Guidelines. You are invited to provide your comments on this new policy. From May 6 to June 3, 2015 please go to www.dsbn.org and click on the “Accommodation Review Policy Feedback” button. You may also provide comments via mail. Please send to Lora Courtois, Superintendent of Planning, District School Board of Niagara, 191 Carlton St. St. Catharines, ON, L2R 7P4. 6th annual Rob's Run for Kids Saturday May 9th, 2015
On Saturday May 9th the Rotary Club of Welland will host the 6th annual Rob's Run for
Kids.
The event boasts a 2km and 5km walk/run along Merrit Island's beautiful waterfront trail,
prizes, food and entertainment.
The event is held to raise funds for local programs that support the well-being and success
of children and youth in the community.
For more information please go to www.robsrunforkids.com
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Support Our School!
How can you help? It’s easy!
Please think of our school when those magazine renewal notices start to arrive in the mail and
Save Our Subscriptions!
Save your renewals for our annual QSP magazine subscription fundraiser THIS FALL!
You will be helping to raise money for programs and activities to benefit all our students.
Remember - Magazines make great gifts.
Kids love to get their own subscriptions in the mail!
It’s the gift that keeps giving year round!
HELP US PROMOTE LITERACY!
Let your friends and family know about our fundraiser and ask them to save their subscriptions too.
Renewal orders will simply extend current subscriptions, unless the renewal(s) has expired.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Summer HEAT 2015
We are pleased to offer SUMMER HEAT, a primary Summer Learning Program, again this
year. The program will run from Monday, July 13th to Friday, July 31st for students entering
JK to grade 4 in the fall of 2015. Kindergarten Kick Start is for students entering junior and
senior kindergarten in the fall, while Funshine Kids is for students entering grades 1, 2, 3 and
4. This three week program is entirely FREE, but space is limited so please be sure to register
early. Registration can be done online starting Friday, May 1st. The program will begin at
8:15 a.m. with breakfast provided, and it will end at 12:15 p.m. Students will be involved in a
variety of learning opportunities throughout the morning, with a focus on literacy, numeracy and active living. We are excited about being able to offer this amazing program to
our families. Check it out on the DSBN website at www.dsbn.org/summerheat
Summer HEAT will be offered at the following sites:
St. Catharines - Edith Cavell (literacy and mathematics site), Connaught (literacy and
mathematics site), Lincoln Centennial (literacy and mathematics site), Grapeview
(Aboriginal site with literacy)
Welland - Diamond Trial (literacy and mathematics site)
Niagara Falls - Simcoe Street (literacy and mathematics site), Valley Way (Aboriginal
site with literacy)
Port Colborne - De Witt Carter (literacy and mathematics site)
Fort Erie Area - Crystal Beach (literacy and mathematics site), Peace Bridge
(Aboriginal site with literacy)
NEW sites:
Beamsville - Senator Gibson (literacy and mathematics site)
Welland - Princess Elizabeth (Aboriginal site with literacy)
10th Rankin Cancer Run
Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Grantham Lion’s Club,
St. Catharines— Parnell at Niagara—10 am
Register online at
www.rankincancerrun.com
Adults $20
Students $10