Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and got to enjoy some of the beautiful weather we had! Tomorrow is our field trip to the YMCA Outdoor Education Centre in Schomberg. Students are asked to wear their gym uniforms and be at school no later than 8:15 AM. We will be leaving by bus at 8:30 AM and returning around 3:15 PM. Lunch will be provided! On Wednesday we have our Year End Play day. Students can wear casual clothes. Students not participating will be with Mr. Conte. We have had a change to our house cup/ house colour day. It will now be taking place on Thursday, June 13^th, will be our final house colour spirit day and. Students are encouraged to dress in as much of their house colour as they can. We will play our final house games of the year and find out which house will take possession of the house cup! LETS GO KAPPA!!! 

After care notices have been sent out. Please ensure to pay before June 14 

Summer camp forms were sent home awhile ago. If you are interested please fill out the form and bring it back to school or you can contact Ms. Hughes for more information!

Our final physical education trip will be taking place on Tuesday, June 11^th. We will be making our way to the YMCA Cedar Glen Outdoor Education Centre in Schomberg. We will be leaving by bus at 8:30 AM and returning around 3:15 PM. Please do not order hot lunch for this day as we will be provided lunch there. 

Our SJA Parent Guild is hosting an SJA Year-End Play Day on Wednesday, June 12^th from 10:00-2:00. The cost for the play day is $20 ($15/sibling) and includes bouncy castles, obstacle course, face painting, Henna body art, photo booth, games, and clowns! For an extra $5, the following food choices will be available: 2 slices of cheese pizza, 2 hot dogs or 2 veggies samosas. Each option comes with chips and water. All proceeds raised will go towards our ongoing fundraising efforts.

The St. Jude's Academy MYP Mock Trial team has been invited to participate at an International Empire Mock Trial competition in New York next October! To help with fundraising, we are designing Popsocks for the St. Jude's, Oakwood and Maple's community! The proceeds from the sales will go directly to the SJA Mock trial team and help fund our journey to New York. Help us represent SJA on an International stage and purchase your Popsock for Mock today! 

What is a Popsock?
Phone looking a little bland? Tired of holding your phone while you chat with your friends or watch your favourite Netflix show? A Popsock can make you mobile life easier! Support the SJA Mock Trial team (and your phone!) by buying a fashionable and useful mobile accessory. We offer over 25 styles and if you want something more personal, we can customize a Popsock with your name and a completely unique design! All orders will be completed and delivered within 2-3 business days!

We have 3 distinct options for your Popsock:
- OG Collection (30 designs)
- Custom Creations (Design your own Popsock!)
- Pops For Besties 

Please use the link below to order yours today!! The Popsock will be sold all summer long!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfI7wTVvD8f6uiVuxv3nty4BjJPafuDXZnMqCorMtWLNr-NHw/viewform

Promotion Ceremony Information - We will be celebrating the growth in our students with promotion and graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 14^th. The ceremonies will take place at the dome. JK-Grade 2 will take place from 9:00 – 11:00 AM, Grade 3-6 will take place from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM and the Grade 7-8 Promotion Ceremony, Grade 10 MYP Graduation Ceremony and Grade 11 Academic Awards will take place from 1:30 -3:30 PM. All are welcome to attend. JK – Grade 2 students will be bused to and from the dome. Students in Grades 3 – 8 may walk or be bused to and from the dome depending on the weather and the discretion of the class or homeroom teacher. Students may dress up for this event if they would like to. To ensure all ceremonies are completed according to schedule, students being promoted to the next grade will not pause for individual photos on stage. Instead, a group photo will be taken directly after each class exits the stage. Students who are graduating the PYP (Grade 6) or MYP (Grade 10) programmes will be pausing for individual photos on stage. Students receiving academic awards will also be recognized at this time. Shuttles will not be available for parents. Report cards for JK – Grade 6 students will be distributed to students on this day. Dismissal is at the regular time. Students must be signed out at the front desk if you choose to take your child/children out of school early on this day.

Thank you to A for sharing some action about coding! She met Tanmany Bakshi. He is an author who wrote a  programming book for kids. 

Today we began by cleaning out our lockers and packing all of our work in our bags to bring home! Students no longer need to wear their uniforms as we have our class trip tomorrow, Wednesday is fun day/ casual day for those who paid, Thursday is house day/ dress up in your house colour, and Friday is promotion ceremony. Students may dress up for this event if they would like, dress, pants, shirt, etc. 

Unit of Inquiry

Today in UOI students showcased their coding games to their peers in class and got to play each others games! We also had some of our friends from the other grades and parents come and check out our Gamers Convention. Thank you to everyone for supporting the Grade 5's!

Important dates/items

Tuesday, June 11 - YMCA Outdoor Trip (be at school for 8:15 leaving at 8:30)
Wednesday, June 12 - Year-End Play Day/ Casual day
Thursday, June 13- House colour and house cup day

Friday, June 14 – Last Day of School and Promotion Ceremony at 11:30/ Aftercare due

Have a great night!

Love,

Ms. Cass