Upcoming Dates
- May 2 Eastern Area Teachers Association Meetings – NO SCHOOL
- May 5 Book Fair Begins – See Below
- May 12 Some Grade 3 classes to Orwell Corner
- May 14 Some Grade 3 classes to Orwell Corner
- May 14 Home and School Meeting; 6:00PM
- May 27 Some Grade 4s to Ducks Unlimited Event at Ch’town Rural
- May 27 Some Grade 6s to Beaconsfield
- May 28 Track and Field Zone Meet – More details on Track and Field to come
- May 28 Some Grade 4s to Ducks Unlimited Event at Ch’town Rural
- May 30 Sone Grade 6s to Beaconsfield
- June 3 Some Grade 6s to Beaconsfield
- June 4 Grade 6 HPV vaccine (2nd dose) - Details to come.
- June 10 Community BBQ at SES – Weather Date: June 12
- June 9 – 13 Grade 6s on Roma Field Trips
- June 16 – 20 End of Year Field Trips
- June 25 Grade 6 Closing; 9:00AM
HOME AND SCHOOL NEWS
Home and School Meeting
The next home and school meeting is on May 14. If you’d like to reach our home and school committee, feel free to email them at: seshomeandschool2023@gmail.com
Coupon Booklet Fundraiser
The coupon booklet order submission deadline has passed but if you have any orders that still need to be sent into the school, Home and School will do one final collection on Monday.
SCHOOL NEWS
Students Crossing Glen Stewart Drive
Parents are asked to assist our younger students when crossing Glen Stewart Drive in the morning and at the end of the school day. There is no crosswalk in this area.
Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair begins on Monday, May 5 and ends on the morning of Friday, May 9. It will be held in our school library for our staff and students. Each class will have the opportunity to visit the fair. Teachers may notify families when their child is to visit the Book Fair. Thanks to everyone for their support with this huge fundraiser for our school library.
Cell Phone Policy
We’ve had some recent inquiries regarding cell phone/digital device use in school and on our school buses. The following highlights the PSB policy regarding Personally-Owned Mobile Devices (PMDs) in K-6 schools.
Mobile devices are not permitted during school hours and must be turned off or silenced. Students are required to turn off and store their devices out of sight and silenced upon arrival at school. Devices may only be used with an educator’s permission for specific educational activities, medical purposes, or in support of special education needs.
While at school or on a school bus, students must not take or send videos or pictures of students, school staff, or visitors with their devices. A supervising teacher must give permission to a student for any occasion that a student wishes to create an audio or video recording for educational purposes.
Grade 6 Provincial Writing Assessment
In May, Grade 6 students (English and French Immersion) in Prince Edward Island will take part in a provincial assessment of writing skills. The Provincial Elementary Writing Assessment will measure writing skills learned up to the end of Grade 6. The assessment is developed by teachers and department staff based on the curriculum that students learn every day in class. Please see the attached PDF.
FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES
The Young Millionaires Program
The Young Millionaires Program is back for its 33rd year of Youth Entrepreneurship! Our program offers youth ages 8-16 the opportunity to discover and develop new essential skills through the exploration of Entrepreneurship. YMP youth know the power of Innovation and Creativity, how to develop their ideas and set achievable goals, how to budget and how to be more effective and patient communicators in our workshops, and while attending group events and activities from June -September. We do this by offering micro grants between $150-200 to eligible youth to begin their businesses ( please see www.youngmillionairesprogram.ca for more information ).
Our 2025 registrations will be open May1st-June 5th, and any individuals who wish to have a YMP representative in to deliver a short and positive informational presentation to your classrooms may reach out to ymp@centralpei.ca to schedule a time and date.