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Administrators’ Message..
“Achievement, Equity & Innovation”
DONALD COUSENS P.S.
By Phone: (905) 202-8120 Principal: Tracey Cox Vice Principal: Stephen Louca
By E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Team: Anne Beare/Louisa Lee/Daisy Shen
By Fax: (905)202-8121 Superintendent: Dan Wu (905) 940-7800
On the Web: http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/donaldcousens.ps Trustee: Billy Pang
December 2015
315 Mingay Ave. Markham, Ontario. L6E 1T5
Dear Parents and Guardians:
Congratulations to our Boys and Girls Intermediate Volleyball teams as they repre-sented our school very well at our recent Area tournaments. Thank you to their coaches, Ms. Bouroukis, Mr. Bilotta, Ms. Kameka and Mr. Tredree. Best wishes to our Junior Volleyball team as they prepare to compete at the upcoming Area event.
December is a busy month. Progress Report Cards are coming home soon. Please look for them on December 11th. We are pleased to offer three school concerts – the Kindergarten Concert is on December 3, the Primary Concert is on December 10th and the Jr/Intermediate Concert is on December 16th.
With the colder weather soon upon us, please ensure your child comes to school dressed appropriately for the weather – hat, boots, scarf, mitts, snow pants (name inside is helpful). We go outside for two recesses every day, unless it is pouring rain or there is a severe wind chill. It is also helpful to have an extra pair of pants and dry socks at school in case a change of clothes is needed.
This month the Donald Cousens Community will be participating in a Food and Sock Drive to support families in our community. We are collecting new socks as well as non-perishable food donations. Socks can be placed on our sock tree in the front hallway. We ask that our families consider donating a food item when they visit the holiday concert. Thank you for helping to support families in need!
As the holidays draw closer, on behalf of the DCPS staff, we would like to wish you and your family a happy holiday season. We’ll see everyone back to school on Janu-ary 4, 2016!
Yours in Education,
Tracey Cox Stephen Louca
Principal Vice Principal
Upcoming Events
For December
December
3 - Kindergarten Concert
10:30
7 - Gr. 3 Gifted Screening
begins
8 - Tribes Day
10 - Gr. 8 Parent Night -
Bur Oak S.S.
10 - Gr. 7 Immunization
10 - Primary Concert 6:30
11 - Funky Sweater Day
16 - Jr/Int Concert 6:30
Dec 19 - Jan 3 - Winter
Holidays
January
12 & 14 - Dental Screen-
ing JK, SK, Gr. 2, Gr. 8
14 - Family Movie Night
15 - P.A. Day (No school)
21 - Parent Council 6:30
28 - Science Night
Kindergarten Registration to Commence January 15, 2016
Kindergarten registration will commence on January 15, 2016 for the 2016-17
school year. Registration forms are available on YRDSB’s website: www.yrdsb.ca.
Children who turn four or five years old during 2016, live within the school
boundary and whose parents are public school tax supporters will be eligible to
register for kindergarten. A kindergarten information session for parents is be-
ing planned for this spring. For more information please visit the YRDSB website
or contact your local school.
French Immersion Information Sessions and Registrations
Information sessions for the French Immersion (FI) program will take place at
French Immersion schools on January 14, 2016 at 7 p.m. Please visit YRDSB’s
website in January 2016 (http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/fi/Pages/Program-
Locations.aspx) to find the FI program location for your elementary school loca-
tion. FI registration will begin January 15, 2016. Parents or guardians of Senior
Kindergarten students entering Grade 1 in 2016, and wishing to enrol in the FI
Program, can visit or call the school office and request an Office Index Card - short version. The Office Index Card must be signed by the principal of the
home school. Parents or guardians then take this form, along with one piece of
identification showing their address to the designated FI program location to
register between January 15 and February 12, 2016. This eliminates the need to
provide duplicate enrollment information or to pre-register.
YRDSB’s FI Accommodation Plan provides long-term consistency and equity of access to all students in York Region and will enable YRDSB to
continue to offer the FI program to all who wish to enrol. The FI program will be offered in Dual Track or Single Track settings, in a variety
of configurations. In order to meet community needs and optimize available space in our schools, a community's Grade 1-8 FI program may be
provided over more than one school during the course of a student's FI education. This will allow flexibility in addressing community needs and
the opportunity to use existing space in schools. More information is available on the Board’s website: www.yrdsb.ca. Please note: Some of the
FI accommodation plans will require facility modifications or the development of new schools and will require short-term transition plans that
might include overflow while we work toward the long-term vision. Overflow refers to situations in which the Board directs students to attend
a school other than their community school or optional program for a specific period of time, as defined in Policy #108.
DCPS: Joy to the World Primary Concert
Thursday, December 10th, 2015
6:30 pm in the DCPS Gym
You are invited to come and join our grade 1, 2, and 3 students
in a celebration of our beautiful world through music, dancing,
and artwork.
Students should arrive in their classrooms at 6:15 and the concert doors will also
open at 6:15. We please ask audience members to not leave the concert until the
end of the performance so there are no distractions for the students and parents.
Students can be picked up from their classrooms promptly at the end of the con-
cert.
To ensure all families are able to come and see our performers, we ask families to
limit seating to no more than 4 seats per family.
Junior Intermediate Concert
Wednesday, December 16th , 2015
6:30 pm in the DCPS Gym
On Wednesday December 16th at 6:30 pm, we will be
presenting our Junior Intermediate Concert. So far
our line up will include three concert bands made up
of students from grades 6-8 our newly formed Jazz
Band and our Junior
Intermediate Choir. We will be playing a combi-
nation of seasonal and celebratory music. There
will also be some special presentations. Please
join us in celebrating our artistic accomplish-
ments!
HONESTY (K-4/5) Character Award Winners November 2015
Teacher Winner #1 Winner #2 Special Recognition to…
Jeyanayagam & Zheng
Austin Issac Lucy
Mendoza & Lucadamo
Jorden Marcus T.
Vardakas & Hamidi
Andy Ju-Marco
Baig & Huang
Jasleen Zakariya
Briggs Vivian
Selina Alex
Moon Mariam
Rowei Ryan
Ahmad Diya
Sophie
Cianferro Anjeli
Zoey
Currie Rayhan
James
Tzogas Isabella
Zanobia
MacKinnon Rian
Leyla
Ducheck Saiynah
Banushan Yashica
Grant Viona
William
Selvarajan Daniel
Hamshini Nathan
Chan
Shivam James F.
Bouroukis Rhys
Anjeli
HONESTY (5-8) Character Award Winners November 2015
Teacher Winner #1 Winner #2 Special Recognition to…
MacDonald Alex Hazen
Evan Ethan for Leadership
McKenzie Rayana
Aaron Jayden for being awesome
Lyn Terry
George Varagan, Yousuf for Growth Mindset
Cherbel Vinushan
Casey
Channa Priscilla
Neel Wesley
Kameka Luther
Alice Chen Connor for persevering during difficult times
Saxton Sarah
Curtis Joshua for Helpfulness
Khakoo Habissha
Frank
Tredree Silas
Darrian Ervin for improved dedication
Iaboni Lavan
Joshua
Mah Mathangge
Roshan Theo for Courage
Russell Hannah
Janus
Hetherington William
Alex
Kaufman Yuhao
Edward Lysander for Perseverance
Tang Stephan
Fizzah
Chen Shaan
Virdie Ryan Liu Allyson for being helpful
Mark your calendars. Upcoming School Council meeting dates
are as follows:
January 21
February 16
April 7
May 17
June 16
Meetings are in the Learning Commons at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
Babysitting available on request. All are welcome.
Click here for October & November meeting minutes
Contact School Council at: [email protected]
Click for latest Education News
From your School Council
Look out for Movie Night sign up forms & details on costs in early January.
Winter Food Drive
The Winter Break is fast approaching and our school will be collecting non-perishable food
items for the Winter Food Drive. Our food drive will run from Monday November 30th until
Friday December 11th. Please send in donations to your child’s homeroom teacher.
Possible food items include:
Baby formula and baby food
Beans and lentils
Canned fruits and vegetables
Canned fish and canned meat
Cans of soup or hearty stew
Dried pasta and tomato sauce
Macaroni and cheese
Rice
Tetra Pack juices and canned/powered milk
Thank you in advance for your generosity towards others!
The Student Council Team
We had our very first spirit day of the year on Thursday, November 26th: Pajama Day! Need-
less to say, there was an amazing turnout! It was very inspiring to see so many students showing
their school spirit by wearing their pajamas to school! At the end of the day, however, there was
only one winner - Mrs. Mendoza’s Class! We would like to thank everybody who participated in
November's spirit day and extend a special congratulations to Mrs.
Mendoza’s class as well. As the winners of the day, they got to
take home the coveted new DCPS Spirit Trophy... If you have
your eyes on that trophy, make sure to stay tuned for our next
spirit day in December and participate in that one, along with your
classmates.
Yuhao and Krisshny
Message From Our Trustee
It is that time of year when our schools brim with energy and excitement for the many diverse celebra-
tions taking place across our region. I am always happy to join the festivities happening in our schools
and appreciate the efforts of our students, staff and community members to bring the holiday season
alive.
As we wind down 2015, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our parents and guardians for their
support of our students and staff over the past few months. A school community is only as strong and
welcoming as the people who make up that community. Our students, staff and community members
have continued to demonstrate respect, character and commitment in their work and interactions over
the last few months. As a trustee, I consider myself very fortunate to work with such supportive commu-
nity and staff members.
On behalf of all of the trustees and staff of the York Region District School Board, I would like to wish
you and your families a very happy holiday season.
All the best for 2016!
Allan Pang
Donald Cousens Public School will be hosting our first Scholastic Book Fair during
the week of December 7 to 11th. Students will be able to choose from a variety
of Scholastic titles from Pre-kindergarten all the way up to Young Adult. All
children who purchase a book will have the chance to win $25 in books and mer-
chandise from the book fair. All proceeds from the book fair will be used to pur-
chase books for the Learning
Commons. The book fair will be
open on the night of the primary
concert from 3 pm to 8 pm. This
will be an opportunity to join your
child and help them select some
amazing books. I hope to see eve-
ryone at the book fair this coming
week. Thank you for supporting
literacy at Donald Cousens.
Mr. Burbidge