March 18 - 22

Welcome back!

I hope you managed to find time to spend with family and friends and that you made good memories.

To our Muslim friends, my thoughts and prayers have been with you and will continue to be for many days ahead.

As I prepped for the coming days, I came across this written selection by the wonderful writer and author Jacqueline Woodson, and so I am sharing.

Kindness Is a Choice
by Jacqueline Woodson
(a portion of her letter to her children, Toshi and Jackson Leroi)

From We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (2018, Just Us Books, Inc.)

... kindness is a choice. We can walk through the world choosing to think of others. Or we could not. Each morning when you walk out our door, I want you to ask yourselves - What choice am I going to make today? I want that choice to be Kindness. Because right now, all around you, the world is feeling unkind. As a child, I was taught that I am in the world but not of the world. This is what I want you to think when the world feels like it has lost its mind, when leaders don't feel like leaders, when adults lie and bully, when you know in your brilliant and beautiful and loving hearts, the right thing to do and the right way to be ... Walk through each day and out of it, know that the blanket of love each of you is wrapped in and be ready to open that blanket to others. 

Housekeeping - Here are the dates that I have at this moment. More will be added. 

Monday, March 25 - Grade 4 Scientist in the School
Tuesday, March 19 - Math Club
Wednesday, Marcy 20 - Math Club cancelled as I have a leadership early morning meeting

Tuesday, April 2, 5, 9, 12, 16 - TDSBCreates - Artist Ebti Nabag is guest artist in our classroom
Wednesday, April 10 - Day of Pink
Thursday, April 19 - Good Friday, no school
Monday, April 22 - Easter Monday, no school
Thursday, April 25 - Grade 3 Scientist in the School

Monday, May 20 - Victoria Day, no school

Friday, June 7 - PA Day, no school for students
Thursday, June 27 - Last day of school for students

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Ms Vincent