Each year, many students choose to show off their Halloween spirit by dressing up in costumes that meet our school’s dress code.  With Halloween falling on Saturday this year, students will be able to dress up on Friday, October 30th.

Please note that on October 30th, the focus of the day remains on instruction, any Halloween related activities are optional, and students will have a choice to participate in alternative activities.  Students will be allowed to dress up but they must follow Board Protocol.  York Region District School Board’s Safe Schools Policy #668.0 in accordance with the Education Act, includes the following: “during a school-related activity or event, the principal will suspend the student and shall consider expulsion [for infractions including]: possessing a weapon or replica weapon, including possessing a firearm.” Students celebrating this occasion in costume at our school must comply with this policy.  Costume accessories including, but not limited to, toy guns, knives, axes, swords, etc. are not in compliance with York Region District School Board’s Safe Schools Policy #668.0.  Similarly, costumes should be respectful of others. For example, if something is representative of a person’s culture or religious beliefs, then it should not be worn as another person’s costume. We ask all students to reserve coming to school in costume to Friday, October 30th, only.

As always, we wish to promote healthy eating at our school, and strongly discourage students from bringing candies that are in abundance around Halloween to school.  We kindly ask our community to be especially mindful that nut and nut products —often found in Halloween candy—are not brought in to the school, as well.  Rosedale Heights P.S. has a very popular healthy snacks program, where preferred options for snacking, such as a fruits, vegetables and dairy products, are regularly available for our students to enjoy.

We hope all our students who celebrate have a fun, safe, and healthy Halloween!

Our School Council is excited to share about an upcoming lunchtime program that will be starting on November 3rd, Science Surprise. This lunchtime program is being offered to students in Grades 1 to 6 over seven Tuesdays, from November 3rd through December 15th.

Kids will unbox the surprising world of science as they discover a new STEM topic in each class! In this program, kids learn about several specialized areas of science, including forensics, geology, meteorology, entomology, and mechanical engineering. They gain foundational science knowledge that will help them in their future science endeavors.

Weekly topics may include: Bugs!, Detective Science, Earthworks, Kitchen Chemistry, Mad Machines, Movie Effects, Science of Toys and Walloping Weather.

For more information on this program and details on how to register, please visit the linked flyer.

We hope you enjoy this program offering. We thank our School Council for their efforts in organizing the program.

Order today … before it’s too late!  Lunch items can be ordered on SchoolCash Online through Friday, October 16th at 9:00 a.m. Late orders will not be accepted. If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

Photo Day is just around the corner! We are excited to share that students’ individual and class school photos will be taken on Friday, October 9th by Brightpics. Students will have the opportunity to be photographed at school and proofs will be available shortly thereafter, with photos available to purchase online.  (Please note, graduation photos for grade 8 students will be taken in the New Year, details to follow.)  So be sure to send your children to school looking extra dapper on Friday October 9th –but please do not have them wear green to avoid blending into the background.

 And don’t forget to smile!