WAAG Sept. 11th - 15th  

Important Dates& Information: 

• Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide students with utensils for lunch. If your child requires a fork or spoon, please ensure you provide one for them
• September 13^th fired drill
• Thorncliffe will be implementing Dare to Care Bully Prevention program this year. With this program comes parent course. Please click on the link below to access the course

• https://daretocare.thinkific.com/enroll/1014104?th__ug=0f815e2c&th__c=sep23-24

• Reminder school ends at 1:15pm on Fridays (last year Fridays ended at 2:25pm)

Important Upcoming Dates& information:

• Sept. 18^th Terry Fox Run
• September 21^st Meet the Teacher (5:30 pm - 7:00pm)
• September 22^nd Professional Development Day- No school for students
• September 28^th Orange Shirt Day

• Orange shirt day is a movement that officially began in 2013 but in reality, it began in 1973 when six-year-old Phyllis Webstad entered the St. Joseph Mission Residential School, outside of Williams Lake, BC. Young Phyllis was wearing a brand new orange shirt for her first day of school – new clothes being a rare and wonderful thing for a First Nation girl growing up in her grandmother’s care - but the Mission Oblates quickly stripped her of her new shirt and replaced it with the school’s institutional uniform.
• Ms. Webstad’s story is the nucleus for what has become a national movement to recognize the experience of survivors of Indian residential schools, honour them, and show a collective commitment to ensure that every child matters. The initiative calls for every Canadian to wear an orange shirt on September 30 in the spirit of healing and reconciliation.

• September 29^th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (in lieu day for September 30^th) NO SCHOOL