From Your Admin Team… Happy New Year! We hope you had an enjoyable break. As 2020 begins, the Harriet Tubman staff

continues to offer a wide variety of learning opportunities for your children. At the same time, your children

do a lot for Harriet Tubman through their participation in these activities, as well as volunteering in our

lunch and breakfast club,, helping out with Harriet’s Heroes, helping with pizza days, to name just a few.

As parents, we can certainly encourage them to try something new in 2020 and support their growth

towards independence in many different ways.

In February we will be having our annual DSBN Pink Shirt Day to bring an awareness to bullying.

Over the next 6 weeks the staff at Harriet Tubman will continue to educate our students what

bullying IS and what it IS NOT. We will concentrate on teaching students to be proactive with

conflict resolution. They will learn that each and every one of us plays a role in making our school

as safe and secure as it can be for all who come to learn every day. One thing that is very

important when trying to prevent bullying is that we have a common definition to work with. The

following definition is what we have taught and will reinforce with our students. This is what we

will continue to refer to at school when discussing bullying.

"Bullying is when someone repeatedly and on purpose, says or does mean or hurtful things to

another person who has a hard time defending himself or herself."

"repeatedly" - Repeated behaviour is more than once or twice. It is behaviour that is repeated over

time.

"mean or hurtful things" - This includes physical, emotional, social and cyber occurrences.

"hard time defending" - This means that there is a power or strength (physical, social or by

knowing another's vulnerability) imbalance between the bully and the victim.

It is important that we refer to this common understanding of bullying when talking to our

children. If you are concerned that your child is being bullied at school and you have concerns,

please speak to your child's teacher or one of our admin team members. Our children do an

exceptional job at school looking out for one another. We are an extremely proud admin team.

Thank you for your support.

School Council News… Please consider joining us for our next School Council meeting on Tuesday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m. You do not have to be on the executive to be on the council. Come on out to see what we are all about!

Thanks to our School Council… For all their hard work organizing the Whoville Dinner and Candygrams. A great time was had by all!

Thanks to... The Culinary Department at Collegiate for all their hard work preparing a fantastic dinner! Also, a huge thank you to Zehrs, No Frills and Great Canadian Superstore for all the food donations!

The French Immersion program offered at Jeanne Sauve is open to all students in Year 2 (Senior) Kindergarten. If you want your child to develop a high proficiency and fluency in Canada’s two official languages, French Immersion has a great deal to offer.

Features of the French Immersion program:

Development of French language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing from Grades

one to twelve;

Designed to be a second-language program for children whose first language is NOT French;

Current enrolment of over 2,000 elementary students;

Certificate of French Immersion Studies awarded upon successful completion of the

elementary and secondary immersion programs;

Opportunity to challenge the Diplôme d’études de langue française (DELF) exam in Grade 11

or 12 ;

Promotes understanding of different cultures;

Provides additional opportunities for employment using French as the working

language;

Increased ability to communicate and interact with confidence in French.

Registration will open January 6th, 2020

For more information about French Immersion in the District School Board of Niagara visit www.dsbn.org/fi or speak to your school principal.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

There may be times during the school year where inclement weather or other situations could cause transportation cancellations or school closures. At times when student transportation has been cancelled and schools remain open, the decision of whether or not to have children in the school on that day rests with the parent or guardian. Should you decide not to send your child to school in the event that transportation is cancelled but schools remain open, or if your child is ill or late, please ensure that you go on School Messenger Safe Arrival to inform the school of your child’s absence.

A key resource in any emergency is the DSBN Emergency Information form that you filled out at the beginning of the school year. Please let the school know of any changes in contact information or procedures you wish to be followed throughout the school year.

Information about transportation cancellations and school closures will be available as soon as it is available through the following channels.

Websites:

www.dsbn.org and www.nsts.ca

Subscription Features:

DSBN Facebook or Twitter

Bus Delay or Cancellation Phone: Niagara Student Transportation Services 905 346-0290

Radio Stations: Television Stations:

CKTB (610AM) CKEY (105.1 FM) CHCH –Hamilton

CHRE (105.7 FM) K-LITE-FM (102.9) City TV Breakfast TV

CHTZ-FM (97.7FM) GIANT FM (91.7) CTV Toronto

CKOC (1150AM) CKEY (105.1 FM) Cogeco Channel 10

CHML 900AM Y-108 (107.9)

Do your Best Luncheon December

WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL

If your child has any of these symptoms when it is time for school, it is best that he/she stay home until they are symptom free for 24 hours. Practicing regular hand washing and teaching children to “cover their cough” are great ways to prevent the spread of illness.

With winter coming and cold and flu season upon us please review the following guidelines when deciding whether you should send your child to school. Do not send them to school if they exhibit any of the following symptoms:

1. A temperature of more than 100 degrees 2. Nausea or vomiting 3. Stomach-ache 4. Diarrhea 5. Pale or flushed face 6. Persistent cough 7. Headache 8. Earache 9. Thick yellowish discharge from nose 10. Sore throat 11. Rash or infection of the skin 12. Red or pink eyes 13. Loss of energy or decrease in activity

ALLERGY ALERT

To help protect children with severe allergies to: peanut/peanut oil/(walnuts, hazelnuts) from having an allergic reaction and anaphylactic shock that can be life threatening, please do not send any products containing nuts or nut oil to school for lunches or snacks. If students go home for lunch, please ensure that they wash their hands before returning to school. A list of safe foods is available at the office.

GENTLE REMINDER TO PARENTS

The office at Harriet Tubman is a very busy place especially at the beginning of the day and during break times. If you need to have a message delivered to your child before the end of the day please ensure that you call the school prior to our second break at 12:50 pm. We cannot guarantee that students will receive messages called in after second break as students often have rotary during the last instructional block of the day.

Any parents or guests at Harriet Tubman School are asked to check into the office, sign in as a visitor and wear a visitors badge while you are in the school.

For safety reasons we request that students use their own divisional doors when arriving at school in the morning. Students are not permitted to use the front doors unless they are a bus student going to Breakfast Club or they arrive after 8:40 am.

School Activities

School Activities Star Singers & K Concert

School Activities Whoville Dinner

Thank you to Zehrs, Great Canadian Superstore, No Frills & Collegiate

Culinary Program & Collegiate Concert Band

School Activities Polar Bear Express