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<img src="/images/d0dbbe6d-6c4a-517b-ad8d-1894ac940efa?fingerprint=ppb20251217014934" srcset="/thumbnails/d0dbbe6d-6c4a-517b-ad8d-1894ac940efa?fingerprint=ppb20251217014934 450w, /images/d0dbbe6d-6c4a-517b-ad8d-1894ac940efa?fingerprint=ppb20251217014934 600w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 450px, 600px"> <div title="Rich Text Editor, editableBlock0"> <p>Bulldog News and Information</p> </div> <div title="Rich Text Editor, editableBlock1"> <p><span><span><strong>Next Week At Winston...</strong></span><br> </span></p> <p><span>Mon -&nbsp; Compost Program begins!<br> </span></p> <p><span>Tues -<br> </span></p> <p><span>Wed -&nbsp; Chess Club at Recess<br> </span></p> <p><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Lockdown Drill<br> </span></p> <p><span>Thurs -&nbsp;<br> </span></p> <p><span>Friday -&nbsp; Choir Practice at Recess<br> </span></p> <p><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Family Sports Night 6:15<br> </span></p> <p><span><span><strong>Information:</strong></span><br> </span></p> <p><span>On Monday we will be starting another eco-initiative at Winston...classroom composting!&nbsp; &nbsp;Our Green Team leaders will be supporting classrooms to compost lunch leftovers to divert more waste from our landfills.&nbsp; &nbsp;Winston is an amazing example of an EcoSchool!<br> </span></p> <p><span>We are still looking for two parent volunteers to help out with our Chess Club!&nbsp; If you have some time on Wednesdays from 10:30 - 11:30, our students would really appreciate it :)<br> </span></p> <p><span>Friendly reminder -&nbsp; please encourage and support our school community with following Board procedures that dogs are not permitted on property.&nbsp; Our students enjoy playing&nbsp;on a school yard that is animal waste free.<br> </span></p> <p><span>&nbsp;Our school-wide challenge for this month is...&nbsp; Set a goal and don't give up!</span></p> </div>

<img src="/images/d0dbbe6d-6c4a-517b-ad8d-1894ac940efa?fingerprint=ppb20251217014934" srcset="/thumbnails/d0dbbe6d-6c4a-517b-ad8d-1894ac940efa?fingerprint=ppb20251217014934 450w, /images/d0dbbe6d-6c4a-517b-ad8d-1894ac940efa?fingerprint=ppb20251217014934 600w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 450px, 600px"> <p><strong>Next Week @ Winston...</strong></p> <p>Monday -&nbsp; Dental Screening JK/SK and gr 2</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Gould Lake Presentation Gr 6</p> <p>Tuesday -</p> <p>Wednesday -&nbsp; Grade 3-5 to Lion King play at Rideau PS</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Chess Club</p> <p>Thursday -&nbsp; &nbsp;Light Up the Season Community Event&nbsp; <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5:30 -&nbsp; 6:30</p> <p>Friday&nbsp; -&nbsp; &nbsp; SOAR holiday dinner</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Family Sports Night 6:15&nbsp; Zumba!</p> <p><strong>Important Information:</strong></p> <p>We will be accepting donations of new unwapped gifts and/or gift cards at our community event on Thursday.&nbsp; &nbsp;This year we will be supporting 15 families in need with a gift basket to share and gift cards to support them over the holidays.&nbsp; If you are able,&nbsp; please consider giving to help brighten the holidays for our Winston students.</p> <p>Light Up the Season Schedule and Activities:</p> <p><strong>All evening:&nbsp; </strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Family Crafts in Library – Parent Council and Grade 6 students</p> <p>Art Gallery in gym - all classes</p> <p>Cookie Decorating in Ms.Moorhead/Samas' class</p> <p>Holiday Celebrations around the World in Ms.Boughen's class</p> <p><strong>Presentations -&nbsp; stop in to enjoy throughout the evening</strong></p> <p>5:30&nbsp; Jackson - &nbsp;&nbsp;Best Day Ever</p> <p>5:35&nbsp; Anderson -&nbsp; This Little Light of Mine</p> <p>5:40&nbsp;&nbsp;Mardicis/Selle&nbsp;-&nbsp; We will Jingle</p> <p>5:45&nbsp; Johnston – Light it up Dance</p> <p>5:50&nbsp; &nbsp;Kennedy -&nbsp; Night before the Holidays</p> <p>6:00&nbsp; &nbsp; Koebel -&nbsp; Kindness Travels</p> <p>6:15&nbsp; Gencarelli – It’s the most wonderful time of the year</p> <p>6:20&nbsp; Dulmage/Trainor -&nbsp; Jolly Old St.Nicholas</p> <p>6:25&nbsp; &nbsp;Choir and Select students - community sing along</p>

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<img src="/images/43d872cd-36b2-5988-93e5-c3a26a043fd1?fingerprint=ppb20251217013634" srcset="/thumbnails/43d872cd-36b2-5988-93e5-c3a26a043fd1?fingerprint=ppb20251217013634 450w, /images/43d872cd-36b2-5988-93e5-c3a26a043fd1?fingerprint=ppb20251217013634 600w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 450px, 600px"> <p>New communication tools for families</p> <p>Our school has introduced several new electronic tools to help communicate need-to-know information to families in a timely and efficient way.</p> <p>The tools are part of the SchoolMessenger app which allows schools to share important school information with families via text, phone or email message. Our school will use this tool for urgent items like event cancellations or school emergencies but we may also use it for sharing information such as upcoming progress reports, school council meetings or special events.</p> <p>Registered parents/guardians will receive these messages through contact information that is collected in our student information system. This information is exchanged via a secure connection between the school board and SchoolMessenger. This is the same system that also allows parents/guardians to report their student’s absence in advance, or report back to the school regarding an unexplained absence.</p> <p>Parents/guardians may choose how to receive these alerts by text message, email or phone call with the exception of emergency events or attendance calls which will always be communicated via all contact methods on file with the school. It is important that parents/guardians ensure schools have the most up-to-date contact information at the beginning of the school year. If your contact information changes during the school year, parents/guardians are asked to contact the school with the updated information.</p> <p>Our new system also allows teachers to communicate directly with families via a group message option. Teachers who choose to use this tool will provide families with a code so they can</p> <p>sign up for these messages, all available within the SchoolMessenger app or website.</p> <p>The easiest way to have access to all these tools is to set up a SchoolMessenger account. We encourage you to create a SchoolMessenger account on your desktop, laptop, tablet and/or download the SchoolMessenger app. While an account is not required to use these new tools, it will allow you to review your contact information and communication preferences, and it stores all of your messages in one place. Learn how to: · Set up a SchoolMessenger App account: set up your account, review your contact information and communication preferences, join teacher-instant messaging groups, and view all your alerts and messages in one place. Watch the video tutorial. · Report a student absence: set up your account, report and explain student absences in advance. Watch the video tutorial. · Use the Communicate broadcast tool: choose how you will receive alerts including how to opt-in for text messaging. Watch the video tutorial. · Use the Board mobile app: how to choose your schools, see your messages and report and review student absences. Watch the video tutorial. · Subscribe to school calendars: receive email alerts or download calendars or individual events to your personal calendar</p> <p>The Board mobile app is the best way for families to stay connected to what’s going on. The free LDSB mobile app, which can be downloaded in the App Store or Google Play Store. The new app allows users to subscribe to their schools of choice and will provide families with instant access to school calendars and news items as well as links to sports schedules, busing information and social media accounts. Be sure to select “push notifications” when you download the app to receive the latest news from our school and the Board.</p>

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<p><span>Dear Families,</span></p> <p></p> <p><span>The first year of the new Limestone District School Board Strategic Plan is now complete, and we are pleased to share our continuing journey with you.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span>After more than one year of review, reports and consultation, the Board introduced three key pillars – Wellness, Innovation and Collaboration – to help guide our work over the next five years, and to address the unique and changing needs of all of our students and school communities. Since we approved our new plan in 2017, it has been enthusiastically embraced by our school communities. Every day, we see just how our schools are putting Wellness first; turning Innovation into action; and being committed to Collaboration. It’s been an exciting first year.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span>Each pillar has been assigned specific goals and areas of focus and respective action plans (Strategic Action Plan Evaluation Framework: 2017-2022) on how we will measure our success. One year into the five-year plan, we are pleased to report that the majority of our actions and initiatives are on target in supporting student achievement and well-being. You can view the year-end report for the 2017-2018 school year on our website portal. There, you will also see many stories of Wellness, Innovation and Collaboration.</span></p> <p><span>We are also pleased to share a short video, One-Year Retrospective – Wellness, Innovation &amp; Collaboration (2017-2018), that highlights the work of staff and students in helping us achieve our vision where, together, we embrace and foster engaging and innovative learning everyone achieves success and well-being.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span>We hope you will take a few minutes to review our first-year video, reports and stories. This is important work and we are grateful to you, and our students, staff, partners and the public for helping us to strengthen, nurture and enhance student achievement, and student and staff well-being.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span>Thank you for your ongoing support as we work to ensure everyone sees themselves in Limestone.<br> <span>Website&nbsp; https://seeyourselfinlimestone.ca/strategic-plan/ <br> Video https://youtu.be/amH853hyNJ4</span><br> <br> </span></p>