Hello Storrington Stingers,
We hope that all of our Stingers had a great weekend!
This will be our last Week at a Glance before the March Break. We hope that our Stingers have a great March Break full of rest and relaxation.
Please see the information below in this week’s Week at a Glance.
Storrington Acts of Amazing
The month of February was another busy month for our Storrington Stingers. Collectively, they displayed 384 Acts of Amazing by showing Humility, Honesty, Bravery, Respect, Love, Wisdom and Truth. Our Stingers have earned 2567 marbles so far this year. Great job Stingers!
February Storrington Recognition Certificate Recipients
During our February Spirit and Recognition Assembly, we took the time to celebrate our February Storrington Recognition Certificate Recipients. These students were recognized by their classroom teacher and classmates for consistently showing Respect, Honesty, Humility, Love, Wisdom, Truth and Bravery during the month of September. Congratulations to this month’s recipients- Jack Norman, Jayden Amo, Jake Helvig, Douglas Pilszak, Colton Sands, MacKenzie Monds, Stella Roney, Dax Dixon, Hazel Donohue, Bailey Nourry
Grade 8 Grad Photos
A reminder to our Grade 8 students that Grade 8 grad photos are scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, March 8.
Dental Screening
The dental screening for students in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 is on Wednesday, March 8.
Kindergarten Online Registration for 2023-2024 School Year
If you have a child or know of a family who has a child that is Kindergarten age in September, the LDSB online registration for 2023-2024 school year is now open. You can register your child now for September, 2023 at Kindergarten Registration. To learn more about the Kindergarten program, please visit Discover Kindergarten in Limestone. Thank you for choosing LDSB. #SeeYourselfInLimestone
Mabel’s Labels
We have a Mabel’s Labels fundraiser account for any families who are interested in purchasing labels. If you are interested in purchasing labels, go to: campaigns.mabelslabels.com and type Storrington Public School (Battersea) in the Search for the Name of Organization. All proceeds from the label purchases will go to purchasing outdoor equipment.
Updates to Provincial Self-Screening Tool and Guidelines
Students and visitors need to continue to self-screen each day, prior to school.
-Students and staff should stay home when sick. Anyone who is feeling sick or has any new or worsening symptoms of illness (including COVID-19 symptoms) should stay home, until:
-their symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours (or 48 hours for nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea), and
-they do not have a fever, and
-they do not develop any additional symptoms.
-For a total of 10 days after the start any illness symptom, students and staff should continue to wear a well-fitted mask in all public settings (including schools and childcare, unless under two years old) and avoid non-essential activities where mask removal is necessary.
News from our Storrington School Council
Thank you all that made our fundraiser on Family Day great! Through the sale of 95 tickets, we were able to raise $190.
Storrington Parent Council Teamed up with
Into gardening? Want to help out your school and have everything you need shipped right to your door? Yep, we are teaming up with Plantables! No fuss in collecting anything, just a link to share with family and friends. Here is the link, https://plantables.ca/for/spsstingers
Make sure that you all save the date for May 13th, our Community Wellness & Fun Day! It will be held at our school. If you would like to be part of the planning committee, please get a hold of us and we can give you more info. Next planning meeting March 8, 2023 @ 6:30pm.
Be sure to share our event with friend and family:
https://fb.me/e/3v9330Z9H
Have a high school student in need of volunteer hours? We would be happy to have them help out and sign off for them.
Please share so that we can make sure that all of our events are awesome for the kids and your families!
Volunteer dates available:
April 6th (3:15pm-6:00pm)
April 13th (6:30pm-8:00pm)
May 13th (9:00am-4:00pm)
June 13th (TBD)
If any of these are dates that work for your family please email or message us to get put on the list. Thank you
If you have any questions please email us at [email protected]
Week Ahead
Monday, March 6
-Chess Club (Grades 3 to 8)
Tuesday, March 7
-Lego Club (Grades 1 and 2)
-Sr. Girls’ Basketball Tournament
Wednesday, March 8
-Grade 8 Grad Photos
-JK, SK and Grade 2 Dental Screening
-Jr. Basketball Intramurals
-Hot Lunch
Thursday, March 9
-Coleman Grade 1/2 and Gifford 2/3 to Gould Lake
Friday, March 10
-Storrington Winter Carnival
-Hot Lunch
-Jr. Basketball Intramurals
Upcoming Dates
March 13 to March 17
-March Break