Dear Wolverine Families,
In April, we participated in Earth Month, began our junior basketball seasons, and received new equipment to enhance play options at recess. Who knew whiffle ball and sidewalk chalk were going to be the hot ticket items! In April we hosted our annual Equity Arts Night and welcomed almost 300 visitors to the school. It was wonderful to see so many families join us to view the displays and artifacts that capture students learning about diversity, equity and inclusion. If you missed it, there are some photos of the event posted on our HT Facebook page.
Please add these dates to your calendar:
May 4 – 8 – Education Week & Mental Health Week
May 5 – Red Dress Day
May 5 – Junior Boys Area Basketball Tournament
May 6 – Battle of the Books
May 7 - Junior Girls Area Basketball Tournament
May 7 – Krispy Kreme Orders Due
May 12 – Dress Rehearsal for Goldilocks
May 12 – Krispy Kreme Delivery
May 14 – Goldilocks and the Three Bears – 5pm Showtime
May 18 – Victoria Day (holiday)
May 19 – Track & Field Day (rain date, May 20th)
May 20-22 – Grade 8 Trip
May 21 – Welcome to Kindergarten Event (Sept 2026 Kindergarten registrants), 4pm
May 21 - Welcome to French Immersion Event (Sept 2026 Grade 1 FI registrants), 4pm
May 21 – “Come Build with Us” Event – All students and families, K-8, 4-6pm
May 25 – Grade 7 Outdoor Learning Trip
May 26 – Grade 4 – Outdoor Learning Trip
May 27 – Grade 7 Immunizations
May 29 – Character Assembly
June 1 – School Council Meeting, 6pm in library
June 1-8 – Kidney Clothes Donation Collection
June 4 – Family Fun Night – 4-6pm
June 5 – PA Day
Krispy Kreme Fundraiser: We are selling Krispy Kreme donuts until May 7th. They are $12 a dozen and can be ordered through school cash online. Be sure to ask your friends, family, and co-workers if they would like to order donuts too! Donuts will be delivered to the school on May 12th.
We’ve done Come Grow with Us (2024) and Come Play with Us (2025), and this year we are inviting you to “Come Build with Us” on May 21st, 4-6pm. We will have community partners to build connections, math games to build our number sense, STEAM kits to build electrical and mechanical sets, and Mud Kitchen kits to build for outdoor play. We would love to BUILD with you!
One last tidbit from School Council - At our June 4th Family Fun Night – we will have yard sale spaces available to purchase ($25 a plot) to host a community yard sale. You can bring your previously loved treasures to sell at the event. All of your profits from your sales are yours to keep! Any textiles you don’t sell and don’t want to take home can be left in our Kidney Clothes donation area. The final Kidney Clothes donation drop off at Harriett Todd will take place June, 1st – 8th.
Kindly,
Elaine
Drop off and Pick Up Reminder
Students are to be dropped off and picked up at the gates on the EAST side of the tarmac (the side closest to Westmount Rd). The gate at the WEST side of the school is for students who arrive by bus or those with precoordinated alternative arrangements. Parents/Guardians who accompany students to and from school, please walk down the EAST side of the school to drop off and pick up. This helps us to coordinate the flow of 500+ people. Thank you!
Stay all day! Dismissal is at 3:35pm. In the event your child needs to be picked up early (appointment, event) email [email protected] with your child's name, teachers name, and the time of pickup before NOON; Office staff will ensure the teacher is informed and your child signed out.
Please avoid calling the office last minute as interruptions in the classroom negatively impact the learning of our students. Calls after 3pm will not be accepted. Please make after school arrangements with your child before school starts, or send [email protected] an email before noon. There are no early pick-ups between 3:00-3:35. **There are a few families with modified days who pick up at 3:15 pm. This is preplanned and part of specialized programming. Students without specialized programming should stay until dismissal at 3:35 pm.
Information and updates from the SCDSB
This month, the SCDSB is sharing information related to the below topics. To read this information, visit the SCDSB website.
- Math at Home blossoms with new activities this May
- SCDSB Weekly has arrived!
- Kindergarten registration for September 2026 is open!
- Discover Kindergarten in the SCDSB at a Kindergarten orientation session
- Mental Health Week May 4 to 10: Come Together
- Licensed summer school child care programs
- Feedback, recovery, and improvement days (secondary)
- Enabling multi-factor authentication on student devices