Welcome to our school!

February 2010 message from Carmen Mackay, Principal

Students and teachers continued to work hard in the cold month of January. Even if it was cold outdoors, our hearts remained warm indoors as there were opportunities to demonstrate the generosity of Devonshire families over the past month. Our school raised $500.00 for the victims of the Haiti earthquake during the campaign of “$2 Help Haiti Initiative”. Money was also raised for our twin school in Kenya, Makina Baptist, through the Loonie Drive at the end of January, raising $121.73 for our penpals in a far away country. Thank you to all for supporting both causes.

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Staffing Changes

Thank you to Mme Kainia Cloutier who has been working with the grade 5/6 class for the last few weeks. We will miss having her with us. We welcome back Mme Joanne Hume who will be returning to her assignment next week.



Cross Boundry Transfer

The Elementary Student Transfer Application Period is from Tuesday, February 16th to Friday, February 26th, 2010. Information can be found on the Board’s website as there have been some changes to the policy. Completed forms may be given to the school they wish to attend between the timelines stated. More info is available at www.ocdsb.ca.



PARKING -- MERCI

A huge thank you goes out to parents for obeying the School Bus Loading Zone signs, and not loading or unloading children in this area. There has been a remarkable improvement over the past month, making Breezehill Ave. a safer street for our children and families.



MS Read-A-Thon

Our MS Read-A-Thon continues this month with the reading period ending on February 19th. The last day for collections will be February 26th. Keep reading, everyone, and take part in helping others in our community! For more information, go to www.msreadathon.com



School Council Meeting -- Monday, February 22, 2010

Join us for pizza and a movie at 5:30.



School Bus Cancellation Procedure for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board click here.

More information can be found on the OCDSB site.



New bike racks for Devonshire's primary yard!

Thanks to parent Kathleen Wilker, our school has been awarded a Green Apple School Program grant of $1,000 for our green idea of adding new bike racks to encourage more children (and parents) to cycle to school.

The Green Apple School Program is an initiative of the Metro chain of grocery stores, and was created to encourage conservation and healthy living. Kathleen wrote to the program to propose that bike racks at Devonshire would be a good "Idea today...to keep the waste away", and the Green Apple folks agreed.

We look forward to using our new bike racks in the spring!



Dates to remember:

February 16 to February 26     Student Transfer Application Period
February 23     Toonie Tuesday
February 26     Last day for collections for Multiple Sclerosis
February 27     Loonie Drive for Makina Baptist in Kenya
March 5     Soup & Bread 5:30-7:30 pm
March 15 to March 19     March Break (No school)