Good morning Chelsea Families,
I hope that everyone enjoyed the extended weekend with your families and got out to appreciate the beautiful changing colours of the fall. While I typically share news updates at the end of the week, there were a few items I wanted to share with you as this week begins. Please see the details below:
Daycare Staffing Changes and Next Steps
As you have been made aware, there have been many staffing challenges in getting our daycare program up and running at full capacity this year. I have been very grateful for the patience and understanding of those families who remain on the waiting list while the staffing is resolved. As of this coming week, our daycare staff roster is as follows:
- Ms. Mirvet: AM & PM Daycare Educator
- Ms. Batool: AM & PM Daycare Educator
- Ms. Kailee: Office support & PM Daycare Educator
- Ms. Caroline: PM Daycare Educator support (PT)
- Educator #4 TBD: This position had to be reposted by the Human Resources department and will be closed by the end of the week. Once this position is filled, will be able to explore the opening of the 4th group (from the waiting list), which is required to respect educator-to-student ratios.
- Franchescia Cormier: Our newly appointed Daycare Technician who will be replacing Heather Beresford moving forward. Franchescia comes to Chelsea with a wealth of experience running a daycare centre and is quickly acclimating herself to our school and the WQSB protocols and systems she will be using. We are very grateful to have Ms. Franchescia leading our daycare team, welcome to C.E.S.!
I want to personally thank our whole A4 team for their efforts keeping the program running through ongoing changes and supporting families with care for their students.
Paul Davis Online Safety Presentation for Families
On behalf of the WAY Youth Centre, I am sharing that they have enlisted the services of renowned speaker Paul Davis to address both students and parents on the critical topic of online safety and security. We have been given permission to share this information within our school community so that anyone may benefit from this opportunity.
Paul Davis will be conducting a presentation intended for parents and families in Grade 6 and above. Paul has presented to over 780,000 students from Grades 4 to 12 across North America. He is considered an expert on topics such as social media, the dangers of “sexting” among teens, digital trails, smart phones and online security. You can read more about him here: https://socialnetworkingsafety.net/sample-page/ This presentation will take place at the Wakefield Community Centre on Thursday October 19th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. (Facebook event : https://fb.me/e/aD0tdpgRS)
Chelsea Food Drive Starting Today!
I am very happy to share a student-lead initiative that has been presented and organized by two of our Grade 6 students, Olivia and Cherisse, supervised by Ms. Bardell:
We are happy to inform you that Chelsea’s annual food and essentials drive will be held in the last 2 weeks of October. We begin today (October 16th) and end on October 31st. All donations received will go to the Wakefield Food Bank and Shepards of Good Hope. For Shepherds of Good Hope, we are collecting adult-sized socks, hats, gloves, mitts, thermal undergarments/bras, and foot warmers. For the Wakefield Food Bank, we are soliciting canned foods, preserved foods, and/or packaged or non-perishable foods. There is also a homeroom challenge where the class that brings in the highest number of donations will be gifted a fun movie afternoon in the MPR with snacks provided! We encourage members of our school community to donate to this year’s annual food and essentials drive and appreciate your support.
Scholastic Book Fair Results
I am thrilled to report that the Scholastic Book Fair was a great success, bringing in total sales of almost $3800! Including the amount retained from last year’s fair and the earnings from this year, the school now has over $2500 to spend on Scholastic resources to benefit our students and staff. We had so many families come to show their support for the event, and several parent volunteers who agreed to take a shift during the sale (a couple of young Rosseel boys included 😊). I want to extend a very special thank you to Amanda DeGrace for allowing us to host the book fair at the Meredith Center, and to Kirby Kirvan for organizing and managing the fundraising event all weekend long – it was no small feat! What an amazing way to connect with our community, while also building access to learning resources for our school. Thank you, Chelsea, for your ongoing support.
Have a great week ahead,