QSP FUN(D)RAISER AND MORE

Happy Monday!

Txs for your support of Movie Night!
Gr8t to see everyone having so much fun!


This Thursday is a busy day at Bowmore:

1. Terry Fox Run (check your child's backpack for info sheet); or contact your child(ren)'s teacher for all the important info you need to know for full participation in the event

2. School Council Mtg in Staffroom, 6:30-8pm, free childcare, no need to prebook!;

3. QSP magazine fun(d)raiser assembly! To start ordering today, visit: http://www.qsp.ca/store/Index.aspx - Bowmore School Council #9141. HUGE THANKS!

Bowmore Movie Night and more!

1. We are delighted to invite you and your family to our first Bowmore Movie Night of the year. Doors open at 6pm, movie will begin at 6:30pm. If you would like to volunteer, please email: bowmoresc@gmail.com

2. Another friendly reminder that the Scholastic Book Fair begins Mon Sept 20 and runs to Thurs Sept 23.

3. Curriculum Night is this Thursday Sept 23 6:00pm to 8:00pm. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet the teachers and build a stronger partnership to support your child(ren's) achievement.

4. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup takes place September 18 – 26, 2010. Bowmore school students and staff and the community will join Canadians from coast to coast on Wed Sept 22 to clean up Gainsborough Ravine. Group will meet in room 303, and depart at 11:30am sharp. For more info please email: bowmoresc@gmail.com

Thanks and have a great week!
Bowmore School Council

September Newsletter is now online!

Click HERE for the online version of Bowmore's September newsletter.

Important Dates in Sept 2010

Some important dates to note:

Sept 20 Scholastic Book Fair;
Sept 23 is Curriculum Night;
Sept 24 Bowmore Movie Night, Doors will open at 6pm; movie will start at 6:30pm
Please do not bring pillows, comforters or blankets. Only camp chairs will be permitted
Movie Night is a pay-what-you-can event. Pizza and other nut-free munchies will be sold.

Sept 30 Terry Fox Run and School Council Mtg, 6:30 - free childcare - all welcome.
Pizza Lunches will resume in October. Forms will be sent home shortly. Thanks for your continued support of this fun(d)raising initiative!

More info will appear in the September Newsletter, available online Wed Sept 15.

Welcome and welcome back to Bowmore!

For those of you who are new to Bowmore, welcome! We hope your child and your family will thrive in at Bowmore. Please click HERE for the link to the June newsletter which contains the school schedule for the Junior and Senior grades.

For those of you returning to Bowmore, it's great to see you again!

School officially resumes on Tuesday, September 7, while Sept 9 and 10th are the staggered entrance start dates for the JK & SK classes.

Parent Council will be hosting a Welcome Coffee on the first day of school, Tuesday Sept 7. We'll be there with coffee and snacks. We look forward to meeting you and your family.

Enjoy the Labour Day long weekend!

June Newsletter now online

Hello Bowmore Parents!

The Bowmore News Newsletter is available online!

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/SchoolWeb/Bowmore/docs/June%20newsletter%20%202010.pdf

Cheers,
Bowmore School Parent Council

PRO Grant 2009/2010 - Connection Expo @ Bowmore

In case you haven't had a chance to read the May Newsletter yet, we wanted another outlet to give thanks:

CONNECTION EXPO @ BOWMORE IS VERY
THANKFUL

The Bowmore School Council would like to thank the
Ontario Ministry of Education for the $550 Parents
Reaching Out Grant (PRO) to produce Connection Expo
@ Bowmore on Wednesday, May 5, 2010.

The event took place the same night as the school’s Living and Learning
Open House; both of these events were a fantastic way for
the school, the school council, students, families,
guardians and the community to celebrate Education
Week 2010.

Thank you to: Melissa Kittmer who helped the Expo
Committee write the PRO grant; Paul Kittmer who designed
and produced the beautiful silk screened banners and
posters; Rob Tilley - Expo volunteer, Lloyd Gray - Expo
volunteer, Lori Anne Keith -face painter extraordinaire,
Maureen Boles for donating two AGO passes for the
raffle; Denise Mak for the digital camera donation from
Henry’s Photo-Video-Digital for the raffle and the 100+
tickets to the Photographic, Video & Digital Imaging
Show; Sandra Bussin and staff for the wonderful gift
basket for the raffle; ParticipACTION for the donation of
pedometers, Redpath Sugar - Acts of Sweetness for tours of their vintage truck,
activity sheets and aprons; Beach Metro Community News
for donating a free ad; SNAP Beaches/Danforth for
photography services and event listing; Lilian Hanson,
James Jarrett and all the Bowmore Staff for support and
collaboration; and to all our exhibitors: ABC Life Literacy
Canada, Fairmount Park Community Centre, Active Kids
Club, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police Services,
Toronto Public Library, The Library Settlement
Partnership (LSP), Toronto Public Health Nurse, Carol
Harrison – R.N., City of Toronto: 311, City of Toronto
Arts and Culture, Nicola Maguire for displaying her
brilliant artwork, Shelly Long-MART/Guidance
Counsellor, Expo Translators: Mari Wasee (Farsi),
Madhave Upadyay (Urdu), and Mandarin/Cantonese
support, Randy Langlois – Head Caretaker and staff for
excellent set up, tear down and on site support, and last,
but not least, the Connection Expo Committee: Annette
Bourque, Kyle Duncan, Le Eiko Hockema, Orla Kipling,
Jennifer Jones, and Susana Molinolo.

And last but not least, thank you to everyone who came by and experienced the expo.