October 22 CSAC Meeting

Your St. Agnes Catholic School Advisory Council (CSAC) will next meet on Wednesday, October 22nd at 7pm, sharp, in the staff room.

Included on this meeting's Agenda is a presentation by Karen Dobrucki, of Evergreen, regarding the green space at St. Agnes.

A copy of the October 22nd Agenda is posted in the Key Documents area of our CSAC blog, or click here for a direct link to the Agenda.

Please note that the meeting dates for the entire school year will be (all commencing at 7pm, at St. Agnes):

November 18 - CSAC Budget Meeting
December - No meeting scheduled 
January 21, 2015
February 21
March -  no meeting scheduled
April 15 - CSAC Budget Meeting
May 19
June - no meeting scheduled

All parents and guardians of St. Agnes students are welcome to attend any CSAC meeting. We hope to see you there.

REMINDER: WELCOME BACK BBQ FORMS ARE DUE SEPT 17TH

St. Agnes Welcome Back BBQ

Tuesday September 23rd (rain or shine)

5 to 8pm

 

PRE-ORDER FORMS DUE THIS WEDNESDAY SEPT 17!

NO LATE FORMS WILL BE TAKEN!

 

Please, get your form in ASAP!

If you require another copy - please contact the school TODAY!

School Renovation Update: August 29, 2014

Hello St. Agnes families,

Just in case you may have missed today's emailed letter from Mr. Shea, here is that letter (note the updated timeline for the renovation):

August 29, 2014

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students,

We are very happy to welcome you and your children to the St. Agnes School community. We have been busily preparing to receive the children both from a curricular perspective as well as from a facilities perspective.

Part of the preparation for the Full Day Kindergarten program includes renovation and an addition. During the summer work it became necessary to undertake Type 3 asbestos abatement to remove asbestos-containing vermiculite within the exterior brick wall. Subsequent to this work an independent consultant (SPL Consultants Limited) conducted air quality testing and the results indicated that all is safe.  The extensive nature of our renovation is ongoing and will continue as school begins. We anticipate the work at St. Agnes to be completed by late November to early December.

In the meantime it will be necessary that all students enter and exit the school property via the kindergarten ramp and west door (nearest the staff room). The school yards cannot be accessed any other way.

Thanks to all for your anticipated patience as we work to completion of our two new classrooms. The final product will make this all worthwhile.

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact the office.

Yours sincerely,

John Shea

Principal

 

There will likely be some delays with the drop-off and pick-up routine during the renovation. Please try to give yourself some extra time.

School Renovation Update (pictures)

I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer.

I thought some might be interested in the state of the school's renovations (to accommodate all day kindergarten in September). So, here's a few pictures.

What they show is construction of the foundation for the new south wall of the two kindergarten classrooms. As a reminder, one of these classrooms will replace the area formerly known as the Peace Garden. As it's a closed work site, I was unable to see what work has been completed inside.

For more information on the renovation plans, please see the April 9, 2014 posting on our CSAC Blog and the renovation plan drawings in the Key Documents area of our blog.



Product Placement? Now how did that get in there?

I have no idea if they're on schedule. As a reminder though, the renovations weren't scheduled to be completed before mid-October 2014.

Enjoy August!

Our Sympathy for Mr. Shea

It is with great sadness that we share with the school community that Mr. Shea's mother, Audrey Shea, passed away on Tuesday, May 20th.

Visitation for Audrey Shea will be held at the Sherrin Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Road, on Friday, May 23rd from 2-4pm and 6-8pm. The funeral mass will be held at St. John's Catholic Church, 794 Kingston Road, on Saturday, May 24th, at 10:30am.