Staff Appreciation

School Council is running a staff appreciation event before Winter Break, and they need some help and support in the form of treats and cookies.  Please see the link here to sign up to add in an item.

Reporting and Assessment 

To give teachers more time for assessment and students more time for learning, Report Cards are being pushed to a later date and will be made available to parents on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. 

Attendance

As a school we monitor attendance and lates of students as it has a direct impact on student learning.  Being on time, as we start at 8am, is also very important as many early literacy and numeracy lessons happen first thing in the morning.   

When we see students missing over 20% of classes, we become concerned.  We look at the reasons given as we understand there are a lot of illness going around and that there has only been a few months of school.  If your child is ill, they should stay home and we 100% support that practice. 

Attendance e-mails will go out to families at the end of December if their child is missing over 20% of school or they are chronically late.  This a chance to start the conversation and to see if there is anything the school can do and/or barriers that can be removed to support regular attendance and/or coming to school on time.  If you receive this e-mail and you know that attendance has been affected by a Family Event and/or illness and it will improve no need to respond back. 

Unfortunately we can not change the time our school starts, as that is not our decision, nor can we change the amount of traffic in front of our building. 

Thank you for continuing to call in or e-mail when your child will not be attending or is late. 

School Council on Wednesday December 10 (Online Meeting) 

School Council is online this Wednesday at 6:30pm.  Please join this Meeting Link to attend. 

Season of Giving - Donations for the Drop-In Centre 

For the month of December each classroom will be collecting an item, that will be donated to the Drop-In Centre.  This is a tradition we have had at Griffith Woods for the past 4 years and we consistently step up and are so generous in supporting this cause, so thank you in advance.  Below is the list of items for each class.

Grade

Class

Item

Kindergarten

Molyneux, Sebo

Gloves, Mittens, Hand warmers

1

Roll, Baines, Smith

Lip balm, Travel lotion

2

Quennel, Peters, Bamford Green

Travel size shampoo and conditioner

3

Papas, Beach, Day

Large ziploc bags, Socks

4

Hicks, Roberts, Hoeksema,

Deodorant, Reusable travel mugs

5

Sheen, McGinitie, Sawko, Viitala

$5-10 Tim Hortons gift card

6

McCann, Cunni Rathje, Barrie

Hairbrush, Comb, Wet wipes, Kleenex

7

Hardacre, Hutchinson, Mcginitle, Miller

Throat lozenges, Mints, Water bottles

8

Chorney, Walter

Transit tickets

8

Timmins, Pidkowa

Snacks, Crackers, Chips, Beef jerky, Protein bars, Granola bars and sweets etc.

9

Coderre, Sherts

Travel size shaving cream/razors

9

Downey, Innes

Travel size toothbrush/toothpaste

Important Dates  

  • Monday December 8 - Fun Lunch: Carl's Jr. 
  • Wednesday December 10 - School Council - Online at 6:30pm 
  • Monday December 15 - Fun Lunch: McDonald's 
  • Friday December 19 - Last Day of School before Winter Break & Ugly Sweater Spirit Day 
  • Monday January 5 - Classes Resume
  • Monday January 5 - Fun Lunch: Papa John's