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| Dear Parents, Senior Kindergarten and Grade 8 Grad photos will be taken on Monday, February 9. All students are required to wear First Dress uniforms. Please ensure your child is present as this is the only day the photographer is scheduled to come and we would not want your child to be missing from our school composite graduation photo. This term the Student Committee will be hosting 'Spirit Fridays'. Following are the dates and themes for these exciting days. Students who decide not to dress up are required to wear their usual uniform. Friday, January 23rd - Red House - Mad for Plaid (plaid shirts, cowboy theme) Friday, January 30th - Blue House - Dress like your favourite teacher Friday, February 6th - Silver House - Sports theme (jerseys, kit, etc.) Friday, February 27th - Gold House - Pajama day Grades 4, 5, and 6 will be leaving for Bark Lake on Wednesday, January 21 at 8:30 a.m. and returning Friday, January 23 between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. On Sunday, January 25 the Grade 8 students will depart for St. Donat, Quebec at 7:30 a.m. Students should meet at the arena parking lot no later than 7:10 a.m. Students will enjoy a French immersion experience along with skiing, skating, snowshoeing and other outdoor activities. They will be returning to the school on Wednesday, January 28 in the evening. We would like to request that Middle School students get picked up from school within 30 minutes of the completion of their co-curricular activity at the end of the day. Please let the homeroom teacher know if your child needs to stay at the school beyond 5 p.m. After 5 p.m. Middle School students should go to the Learning Commons (library) where there is a staff member present. Grade 8 girls will be receiving their Gardasil Vaccine on Wednesday afternoon in the Health Centre. Tonight is another INTRO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL evening starting at 6:30 p.m. If you were unable to attend last fall, please come tonight to hear students, faculty and staff share our Middle School program with current students and outside guests moving into the program in the next year or two. Registration not required. If you have any friends considering entering Pickering College in Grade 7 or 8, please share the time with them. Re-enrolment packages were distributed in the JK to Grade 6 Tuesday file last week. Grade 7 to 11 packages were sent by mail on Thursday. In order to receive the re-enrolment discount, the signed contract and the non-refundable $1,000 re-enrolment deposit (cash or cheque) is required for day students and must be received no later than February 12, 2015. Both are required. Boarding students, in addition to their signed re-enrolment contract and $1,000 non-refundable re-enrolment deposit (cash, cheque or bank transfer only) require a Custodian Appointment form completed to secure their discount. All three are required and must be received no later than February 12, 2015. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Hundert, shundert@pickeringcollege.on.ca or by calling extension 259. Escape winter with a night of fun playing Euchre with friends at the Hilltop Skating Club Euchre Night on Saturday, February 7, 2015. The evening will start at 6:30 p.m. with a euchre refresher and the tournament will start at 7:00 p.m. The cost is $20 per person to play, there will be snacks and hot beverages provided. A cash bar will also be available. There will be prizes for the euchre players and a raffle. If you don’t know how to play, that is not a problem, we will teach you. Reserve your spot by emailing Maria Wolscht at mwolscht@pickeringcollege.on.ca. The following camp opportunities are available for our students this summer: 2105 June Summer Day Camp Pickering College is offering a two week Day Camp at the end of June. Campers spend their days participating in fun and exciting activities both on and off campus. If you are interested in sending your child to summer camp at PC please fill out the attached registration form and give to Miranda Dubois, your child’s homeroom teacher, or scan and email the form to Jackie Bennett. For more information contact Jackie at jbennett@pickeringcollege.on.ca. Muskoka Woods CITYCAMP New this year we will also be offering a one week outdoor Day Camp in partnership with Muskoka Woods. This exciting opportunity will be from July 27 to July 31, 2015 and is available for students from Pickering College and the community who are in Grades 1 to 6. At CITYCAMP, kids get five full days of Muskoka Woods right in their hometown. Guests will participate in a wide variety of day camp activities delivered at Pickering College. Take a ride down a water slide, climb up spider mountain, take aim at the archery targets, and create a masterpiece in arts and crafts. There is something for everyone at CITYCAMP! For more information or to register go to http://www.muskokawoods.com/citycamp/ . Soccer Camp Soccer camp will once again be offered for two weeks in August. Look for the dates and information in an upcoming Newsfile. Please click here for information about the Hilltop Semi-Annual Uniform Sale Jan. 21 - 30. Sincerely, Maria Wolscht Director of the Junior School
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