The Gledhill Guardian

Hello Friends & Family
Gledhill’s Parent Council Presents our Virtual Silent Auction with all proceeds going directly to initiatives aimed at advancing technology & promoting literacy for our students. Anyone and everyone can participate so send it over to grandparents, friends and within neighbour facebook groups! Let’s get excited and spread the word!

The auction will be live from May 23-30, but you can get a sneak peek of all the goods & services that have been generously donated by our Danforth-East York Community with more items being added daily! Check it out: https://www.32auctions.com/Gledhillsilentauction2024

When: Thursday, May 30th 3:30-7pm
Where: Gledhill Jr Public School Yard
Who: Our Community, this event is open to everyone so invite your family, friends & neighbours!
Cost: There will be free to participate & pay-to-play elements. See below:

Free to Participate Activities:

• Facepainting
• Games
• Photobooth
• Tattoos
• Music

Pay to Play Activities:

• BBQ Dinner: $8 (school cash online only by May 22)
  • $8: All beef burger with a drink and bag of chips
  • $8: Veggie burger with a drink and bag of chips
  • $8: Jumbo Beef Hot Dog with a drink and bag of chips (*Hot dog and Bun are halal)
• All you can bounce: $25 via school cash online by May 22 ($35 day of via cash & card)
• Other Treats (Bake Sale, Icecream, Cotton Candy): Various (cash & card day of)
• Online Silent Auction: Online Only starting May 23 until May 30. Linked here

Family Fest items are now available to purchase via School Cash Online, so act now the deadline is May 22 at 11:59pm. If you are not registered for School Cash Online and would like to participate, please email at thegledhillguardian@gmail.com

Please note: this is a rain or shine event that has been organized by Parent Council. We have to commit to the orders placed with our vendors and as a result, we are unable to change an order once it has been placed and WE CANNOT OFFER ANY REFUNDS. Thank you for supporting Gledhill and our students!

Spring is just about near and we have lots going on at Gledhill this month!

Check out the May Newsletter from Admin

All Month:
May Read-a-thon continues, check out the blog post for details and to download the challenge worksheet.

Monday May 20: Victoria Day
School Closed

Thursday May 23: Spring Concert
Drop off is at 5:15pm, Concert starts at 5:30pm in the Gym. A $2 donation is requested to support the music department and a future arts based program for the school to enjoy.

Friday May 24: Pizza Lunch
A notice has been sent out via School Cash Online. Please place your orders by Thursday May 16th.

Thursday May 30th: Family Fest!
3:30-7:30
This event is open to the community, so invite your neighbours & friends! You can look forward to a BBQ dinner, inflatables, games, face painting, cotton candy, bake sale, ice cream and more! Additional details how on to purchase tickets and more will follow in the coming days so stay tuned!

In the mean time if you would like to contribute to the bake sale you can sign up here. We are still looking for volunteers, if you are interested check out the blog post on how to get involved!

Well done Gledhill on completing the April Reading-Log Challenge and participating in Gledhill’s ongoing
90-day Read-A-Thon. We can’t wait to tally up the results and see which class will win the pizza day
prize!!

For the month of May students can colour in their activity sheets to show how their library builds
with each book they read. Just a reminder that both reading and being read to counts! A hard copy was sent home earlier this week but can also be downloaded here

Although students can log time for reading anything and everything, Parent-Teacher Council, in
partnership with our principal Ms. Kondilis-Minos and librarian Ms. Jarolim, would again like to share a
curated reading list that supports our school improvement goals. This month we are centering the topics
of consent and body boundaries, and honouring Asian and South Asian Heritage month, and Jewish
Heritage month. You can find book titles and free accessible links (where available) for Grades JK-2 and
3-5 to books that we hope will support students to learn about feeling safe in their bodies, as well as
learn about Asian and Jewish heritage across our family histories, within our community, and abroad. Check out the link here

On behalf of the Gledhill Parent-Teacher Council,
We look forward to reading with you Gledhill!!

Good evening everyone! Friendly reminder that today is the last day to order Pizza for April 26 Pizza Lunch. Visit school cash online to order!

Hello Gledhill families! 

The parent council is happy to announce and inaugurate our first annual, Virtual Silent Auction in conjunction with the Family Fest celebrations on May 30th. As part of our tried and true fundraising efforts, we, the parent council, are trying our hand at running a silent auction to raise funds for some of the invaluable resources, events, and tech equipment for the very deserving students at Gledhill Junior Public School.

To start, we have compiled a list of shops, restaurants, and other community services that may be willing to donate a product, service, or experience to be packaged and auctioned. As part of our list of community resources, we thought we might reach out to parents/caregivers to see if there were any items/services/experiences you might be willing to provide for our silent auction. We know that there are some very talented and dynamic parents in our community who might be able to donate a wealth of interesting options. We are hoping to secure prizes by Friday May 3rd. 

If you are interested in supporting this undertaking, please reach out to thegledhillguardian@gmail.com or any member of the parent council, so we can add your name and item for auction to our growing list. We know many other neighbouring communities have had much success in executing silent auctions, and I have no doubt that our community can achieve a strong outcome for our first venture.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Hello All!

Family Fest is coming up on Thursday May 30th from 3:30-7:30pm and we recruiting volunteers. If you volunteer for one event this year, make this the one (we need a lot of volunteers)! Below is link to a google doc with a variety of options for helping make this great event happen. Please sign up for 1-2 slots!

How to Sign Up to Volunteer:
1. Read the job descriptions below to find the task you’d like to volunteer for
2. Please fill out your full name beside the task & time slot(s) you would like in this Google Doc
3. Email thegledhillguardian@gmail.com to ensure we have your email & phone number on file

Volunteer Job Descriptions:

Any questions? Send them to: thegleddhillguardian@gmail.com

Our next movie night is coming up quick, we will be screening Trolls: Band Together (Rated PG).

When
Friday April 12th. Doors open at 6pm & Showtime is at 6:30pm

Location:
Gledhill Gym, enter through the Terry Fox doors.

Prices:
$1 Admission
$1 Popcorn
$1 Veggies
$3 Pizza Slice
$1 Welches Fruit Snacks

This is a family event. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

The next Parent Council meeting is on April 9th at 6:30pm. Check out the agenda below.

Agenda

*Opening Remarks
*Principal Update
*Read-A-Thon update & feedback 
*Budget Update & 18k new technology & reading material ask- Vote required 
*Kindergarten event via Parent Council- Vote Required 
*Silent Auction for Family Fest 
*Family Fest update
*Other business 

As a reminder, the meeting will be in person & on Zoom (Link Below)

Zoom Link
https://tdsb-ca.zoom.us/j/95787604315?pwd=RDNCZGNac3JXOWNqaW9xNGpNV2VHdz09
Meeting ID: 957 8760 4315
Passcode: 316088

We are proud to announce that a parent workshop called “Triple P – Positive Parenting Program” has been arranged for Thursday, April 18th from 5:00-6:30pm. There will be childminding available for those interested.

Please RSVP/register by cutting off the bottom portion of the flyer here and drop it off to the office. A hard copy was also sent home last week.