Greenfield Elementary School

Maurice Bernard will be offering his very popular art classes at Greenfield Elementary School starting Tuesday, January 29th and ending on Tuesday, March 5th (six weeks).  The classes start at 2:45 and finish at 4:15 (1 1/2 hours).

The cost is $120.00. For more information or to register, call Maurice at 436-8485 or 432-0171.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Gymnastics will begin in the gym next week for our students in Grades 4 to 6.
Team tryouts for our school gymnastics team will held at noon time.  A schedule for tryouts will be provided to students next week.

Tomorrow night, Sunday, December 30th at midnight, is the deadline for having lunch orders in to HotLunches for January.  Don’t forget!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to all our Greenfield families!

We had a wonderful day at Greenfield, starting with a special Christmas Breakfast prepared by our wonderful Breakfast Program volunteers.

Here is a picture of our afternoon Carol Sing.  Beautiful voices filled the gym.  Everyone was full of Christmas spirit!

The staff at Greenfield wishes our students and their families a very merry Christmas!

Parents will see a credit in their HotLunches accounts for orders placed for December 18th and December 19th (Storm Days).

A reminder that orders for January are due by Sunday, December 30th (midnight).

The HotLunches menu for January is now open for ordering.  Here are important notes for you to know:

1.  Ordering will close at midnight on Sunday, December 30th.  This is a two week window to get orders in but it is recommended that you order as soon as you can so it does not get missed in holiday activities.
2. The January menu covers the dates of Thursday, January 3rd to Friday, February 1st. *Remember to scroll down to see the February 1st date. Don’t forget to click the “Place Order and Proceed” button!
3. Chocolate milk has gone up in price.  It is now .90 cents.
4. Farmed Market has new offering for Wednesdays and will be offering a cold lunch option on Fridays that will appear with the Greco choices. Here are some notes on their their new options:  the Beef Burrito is made with 100% PEI beef with rice, corn, tomato, red onion and cheese. The Ham and Cheddar Cheese Sub has just a little butter on the bun. The Turkey Breast Wrap has cheese, lettuce and a little mayo.  All these options come with fruit/veg and a cookie/small homemade baked good.  All options are $4.50 or $5.00 for gluten-free.
5. Parents should pay for the lunches when they are ordered or send the money in to the office in the first week of the menu.  We are finding that, month to month, there are a number of unpaid accounts and we are having to contact parents for payment before the next menu begins.  We do have to pay the vendors for the orders during the month so orders should be paid when they are ordered.  Please do your best with this.  You will be unable to order until your December lunches are paid.

Thank you to all who attended our Christmas Concert! It was an wonderful celebration of the talents of our youngest students.

We have plans to enjoy our final week of school before the holidays with a “Christmas Spirit Week.”  We have a theme or activity for most days next week and our students can participate as they wish.  We hope to enjoy the season with our learning activities.

Monday, December 17th – Cozy Christmas Jammie Day!
Tuesday, December 18th – Dress as your favorite Christmas character .
Thursday, December 20th – Christmas Fiddle Gathering (K-2)
and Christmas Bingo.
Friday, December 21st – Christmas Spirit Day (Dress in the spirit of Christmas –
red/green, hats, antlers, lights – it is all about Christmas!), School Carol Sing in the gym and Christmas Bingo at the end of the day.

On Friday, our Breakfast Program is providing breakfast for all our students in their classrooms. They will be serving waffles with syrup, bacon and juice.  Rumor has it the Santa will be helping with the delivery of breakfasts to the classes!

The menu for January HotLunches will be going up this Sunday night and will be open until December 23th.  This will allow parents to get orders in before the holiday break as it may be something that misses your attention with Christmas activities!  January is a long month of lunches with 22 school days so parents will want to get orders in.

There are a number of outstanding accounts that have not yet been paid for December. Parents need to make payment on or before Friday, December 14th or you will be unable to order for January.  It is our expectation that parents pay for the lunches they order each month soon after ordering (with the first week of the schedule) as we do have to pay vendors for the food that is ordered. Please give this your immediate attention.

As well, refunds were made to all accounts for food and milk orders for November 29th and November 30th as those were storm days.  You will see those credits in your accounts.

We will have a change in price for chocolate milk in January (now .90 cents) and more food choices from Farmed Market and Butchery.

Parents and guardians will be receiving a letter regarding Occupational Therapy Services.  We will now have Anne-Marie Peters, an Occupational Therapist, at Greenfield Elementary every Day 2.  She will be part of our school team and will be accessible to school staff as well as to parents.  She will spend time in many areas of the school to observe students and provide support for their motor and sensory skills.

This is good news as she becomes part of the supports we have available for our students on a regular basis.

Here is a copy of the letter that parents will receive regarding Occupational Therapy.

School Therapy OT Program-School intro letter Greenfield

Our Greenfield Christmas Concert for students in Grades K to 2 (including Mme. Smith’s Grade 2/3 and Mrs. Milley’s Grade 2/3 classes) will be held on Thursday, December 13th. The storm date is Friday, December 14th.

The concert begins at 1:15, with doors opening at 12:30.

On Monday, a notice will be going home to win the “Best Seats in the House.”  Tickets of $1.00 can be purchased  to win the four best seats at the concert as well as a parking spot reserved close to the school.  All tickets are due back by Wednesday morning, December 12th.  The draw will take place at noon on Wednesday.  If you are interested in winning the best seats and a premium parking spot, look for the notice on Monday.  All proceeds will be for our Greenfield Home and School Association.

Here is a copy of the notice that you will receive on Monday:

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