The Gledhill Guardian

During the school year, TDSB school staff participate in a number of Professional Activity (PA) Days. On these dates, students remain at home and schools are open for staff to engage in professional learning. As per the Ministry of Education’s Policy/Program Memorandum (PPM) 151 , Professional Activity Days Devoted to Provincial Education Priorities: Literacy and Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation, and Student Well-being, School Safety and Violence Prevention. Additional topics identified by the TDSB will also be covered during PA Days. All information and details will be posted to www.tdsb.on.ca/PAdays at least 14 days inadvance of the scheduled PA Day.

You can find the PA day calendar here.

Make a difference in your child’s experience in school this year! Let’s work to make the Gledhill community as strong as possible. No contribution is too small. Learn how you can support, chair or join a committee, or feel free to just listen in. On October 2, we will hold our election of council positions for the 2023/2024 school year and sets the stage for council work for the year ahead. Every parent/guardian of a Gledhill student (including virtual students) has a vote.

We encourage you to consider joining us on the council this year as we work together to build community, overcome obstacles and look for opportunities after a few challenging years.

Elected Council positions​: ​
Council Chair/Co-chair, Secretary and Treasurer
Committees:
Communications, Eco, Fundraising, Governance, Grants, Healthy Kids, Parent Engagement, Pizza Lunch Coordinator, School Improvement, Volunteer Coordination, and Ward & School Advocacy

All council positions and descriptions can be found here: https://gledhillguardian.com/council/roles/

To nominate yourself for a position on the council, just complete the nomination form and drop it off no later than 4pm on September 29th 2023. If you are unable to drop off the form in person, please scan and email to Peppi.Kondilis-Minos@tdsb.on.ca

Questions about roles, commitment or process? Feel free to contact us at gledhillelections@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you on October 2nd!

Hello Gledhill Community,

The Gledhill Council invites you to join us on Friday September 15th from 8:10am-9:10am for Coffee & Conversation.
We will be set up between the staff parking lot and the newly planted trees.

East Toronto Coffee will be sponsoring our event, coffee will be $2 (cash or tap) and 50% of proceeds will go to Gledhill Fundraising efforts!

We look forward to chatting with you!

Good Morning Gledhill Community!

We hope everyone had a good first day back, we know it can be a lot for the kiddos and the parents but we will all be back in routine before we know it!

Keep an eye out for Gledhill Guardian updates for info and reminders in the coming weeks!

We wish everyone a happy and safe summer break! The first day of school is Tuesday, September 5th, see you then!

If you are are new to Geldhill Jr PS, take a look at our FAQs!

What a year it’s been! As the end of school draws to a close, we wanted to make sure we let Gledhill know that we are so proud to share that we have exceeded our goal of raising $15,000 to put towards the yard re-development project at the school! Here is a breakdown of some of the fundraising initiatives from this year:

• Wine Survivor – $1,259
• Holiday Concert Raffle – $860
• Marlies Game – $1,936
• Pizza Lunches – $5,504
• Movie Nights – $1,195
• Family Fest – $4,000

We released a letter campaign in February that brought in $6,560 through online donations. This campaign will remain open and can be visited by clicking here if you haven’t already made your contribution!

Gledhill’s Parent Council wants to give a huge shoutout to East Toronto Coffee (Oak Park/Danforth) who through their support of our school are contributing just over $2,400 to our school. They have been incredible partners this year and we can’t wait to continue to work with them in coming years.

Thanks to the generosity of the Gledhill community this year, the 2023-2024 Parent Council will have the opportunity to support many incredible projects in the school community. Working with Gledhill’s new principal, hopefully the school will continue to see us as a resource to help enhance the school. For all further updates to the timeline for the yard redevelopment project, please expect those from the school itself. The expectation is that the first step, the pavement work, will be completed this summer.

We are losing some incredible volunteer parents and each one of them deserve a big shout out:

Jennifer Reynolds has been our parent council treasurer since 2016! She is taking a well-deserved retirement from this role, but we appreciate the guidance and leadership she’s shown to our finances over the last 8 years!

Lesley Hunter has co-lead the pizza lunch program this school year, but has also been an active volunteer in a variety of areas for many years. With both of her kids now moving on from Gledhill, her willingness to pitch in is going to be greatly missed at Gledhill!

Tara Schmidt has led our communications portfolio for the last few years and did an outstanding job with keeping this community informed of all of the goings on both inside and outside of the school. Tara was also the brains behind this year’s very fun holiday fundraiser, Wine Survivor! 

We are going to miss Jenn, Lesley and Tara immensely in their positions! Keep your eyes peeled in September for all available positions and consider participating to help continue to make Gledhill better.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered this year in whatever capacity it may have been. It is beyond appreciated by each and every one of us. A very special shoutout to those who took on specific roles this year. You all stepped WAY up this year – THANK YOU!

Save-the-date, Gledhill parents – the Legion fundraiser we all know and love will be back on Saturday, October 28th. Book those babysitters NOW.

Thanks for a great year!

Hello Families, the team has been working really hard to come up with a plan for Family Fest with the increasing certainty of rain in the forecast. Family Fest was always a rain or shine event and WILL go forward with a few modifications:

• We will start the fun at 3:30pm and go until 7pm
• The BBQ will be fired up and serving pre-orders in the yard, we will have limited additional BBQ items available for sale on the day of the event
• Loads of games, DIY Photo Booth, Bake Sale, Ice Cream Truck and X-Movement will be going on and move inside the school if needed
• Inflatables cannot be used if it rains so the team has decided to delay the inflatables to the school-wide Play Day the morning of June 28th (refunds are not available but the kids will still get the fun)
• Bracelets will no longer be distributed
• Volunteers will still be needed to help us pull this off, we will reach out if needed via email

We appreciate everyone’s support of the school, as always if you have any questions or concerns please reach out to us here: thegledhillguardian@gmail.com

Hi Families,
Given the weather tomorrow we are delaying bracelet pickup on Monday June 12th, below are the new dates/times. Thank you for your understanding

As a reminder: if you didn’t purchase a bracelet yet, this is another opportunity to buy them for $25 cash as the cost day of will go up to $30.

Bracelet pick up details

When:

• Tuesday, June 13th from 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m & 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, June 14th from 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Where:

• Back school yard, on the walkway between the two fields.

We are still searching for volunteers, especially those who can supervise the bouncy activities, please consider signing up here.

As always, if there are any questions please email us at thegledhillguardian@gmail.com

Hi Families,

Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered an All-You-Can Bounce bracelet, we hope your kiddos are getting excited. To ensure maximum fun, we are going to offer advance pick up of the bracelets on Monday & Tuesday (details below). If you didn’t purchase a bracelet yet, this is another opportunity to buy them for $25 cash as the cost day of will go up to $30.

We are still searching for volunteers, especially those who can supervise the bouncy activities, please consider signing up here.

Bracelet pick up details

When:

• Monday, June 12th from 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
• Tuesday, June 13th from 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m & 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Where:

• Back school yard, on the walkway between the two fields.

If you still wish to purchase a bracelet they will be $25 on Monday & Tuesday and $30 on Thursday, please bring cash.

Bracelets will also be available for pick up on event day!

As always, if there are any questions please email us at thegledhillguardian@gmail.com

Today is the last evening to order your BBQ food for next week’s Family Fest! As we are using M&M for the BBQ, we need numbers in advance of next week. You will not be able to purchase bbq items at the event itself, so reserve now. Please login to SchoolCash Online to make your purchases before 11:59 p.m. tonight! If your kiddo doesn’t go to Gledhill Jr, then please email us with your order details- thegledhillguardian@gmail.com

Next week’s event will have bouncy castles, the Ice Cream Truck, a Bake Sale, outdoor games, an X-Movement Performance, a Photo Booth and MUCH, MUCH more! This is a can’t miss Gledhill event and we want to see the ENTIRE community out celebrating this incredible year.

Do you want to avoid the lines on Family Fest Day and pick up your child’s all-you-can bounce bracelet? We have three times to do so. See locations and times below. This is also a great opportunity for any new Gledhill families to come and purchase their all-you-can bounce bracelets. These are cash-only opportunities.

Bracelet Pick-Up Dates:

Monday, June 12th from 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Tuesday, June 13th from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 14th from 8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

As always, any questions – please email us back at thegledhillguardian@gmail.com.