Book of Forms and Student Identification Sheet

Book of Forms and Student Identification Sheet
If you have not already done so, could you please immediately send back your child's Book of Forms and the Student Identification sheet. The information contained in these sheets is very useful and many sheets are giving your permission for your child to participate fulling in his or her learning. Please make any corrections on your child's Identification sheet so that we have your most current contact information in case we need to reach you in an emergency. Thank-you for supporting us in keeping your child safe.

First Week, we did it!

Congratulations Everyone!
After the excitement of our first day students and staff quickly settled into the regular school routines as if we had been here for years.  Although we experienced a very humid and warm September our staff conducted themselves professionally, allowing for extra water breaks and shortened recesses. Classroom resources have started to arrive, including additional technology for all classes. Our musical instruments were unloaded, much to the enthusiasm of our students and Mr. Hunt. Mrs. Denney-Falsetta has been working tirelessly to get our Learning Commons up and stocked and Mrs. Diament is organizing our Literacy resources so that they can be used by all our students and staff. Mr. Pereira has even gotten out first sports team up and running with the Cross Country Team practising already! There is a great deal happening each day and I am very proud of how quickly all staff have come together to provide the best learning experience for all our students.


Newsletter
All of you should have received  the first paper JLPS Newsletter. There are some important dates mentioned in the Newsletter so please make note of them. As mentioned before our form of communication will be this school blog. If you ever have questions concerning any posts, please email me directly or contacted the school office.

Director, Superintendent and Trustee Visit
We were pleased to welcome on the first day of school our Director J. Phillip Parappally, our Superintendent Paul Valle and our School Trustee Linda Aversa, who had an opportunity to tour the school and some time to speak to staff and students.

Opening Day Excitement!

Our First Opening Day was a big success!  The sun was shining, the students were excited and the teachers were anxious to meet their first students ever at Johnny Lombardi. All our students connected with their teachers, were able to walk through our beautiful building, saw familiar faces and even made some new friends. We hope you were able to enjoy the moment and that  it will become one of your child's favourite memories of school. Thank-you to our Director, Superintendent and Trustee for joining us on our opening day.

*Parking Reminder*
A reminder to all parents/guardians that if you chose to park in the visitors parking lot you must go through the Kiss n' Ride to leave. We had some parents trying to exit through the entrance of the parking lot. In order to ensure that all our students are safe and to avoid car accidents from happening please do not do this, but proceed with the flow of traffic.

Bus Loop and Students Drop off

Please note that there is a separate bus loop at the front of our school (Lawford Road) for buses only. No vehicles other than buses will be allowed through our bus loop.

Parents/Guardians must use the Kiss n' Ride at the side of the school ( Stanton Avenue).

All students, including Kindergarten, must be dropped off at our Kiss n' Ride, where they will be escorted out of the vehicles. Parents/Guardians are not to exit their vehicles but wait until a staff member removes the child(ren) from the vehicle. All students will safely be delivered to their play area by either staff or members of our Student Safety Patrol. Please do not park and leave your vehicle in our Kiss n' Ride, but if you do wish to park you can only park in our Visitors Parking lot, located on the right side when you enter the drop off entrance. Please help us to ensure that all our students remain safe at all times by adhering to these guidelines.

First Day Information: September 6, 2016

I am sure everyone is excited about our very first September opening. From 7:45 am on, students from grades 1 to 8 will need to meet at the back playground area.Parents/guardians are welcome to join them. Once there, please see one of the Johnny Lombardi staff, we will be the ones wearing purple t-shirts, who will direct the students to their appropriate teacher and where to line up. Once the bell rings students will enter with their teacher. Please say your goodbyes outside as only the students and staff will enter the building.

If you are picking up your child at the end of the day, please arrange where you will meet them.  Students will be dismissed out of the same door they enter in the morning.  If your child is entitled to busing, busing will begin on the first day. Please visit www.schoolbuscity.com for specific information regarding your child's bus stop and times.

If it rains, and let's hope not, we will all move into the gym for the same procedure.

Looking forward to meeting as many families as I can on the first day.

Construction Update

Construction Update

If you have been walking by our school site lately you will noticed that construction is nearly complete and we will have an exciting first day of school on Tuesday, September 6.  Stay tuned as more information will follow regarding first day routines and information for parents/guardians and students.

Our first Welcome to Kindergarten Night!

On Thursday, May 12th our Kindergarten Team of Mrs. Goldberger, Ms. Wolfstadt and Mrs. Sierra along with our Teacher Librarian Mrs. Denney-Falsetta and our Community Class teacher Mrs. Ford welcomed our future Junior Kindergarten students. Parents and students had an opportunity to hear some useful information and receive some resources that will help support our students as they prepare to begin school in September. A reminder to Junior Kindergarten parents to please sign up for their Observation visits on either June 7^th or 8^th. Appointments can be made by contacting the Glenn Gould P. S. office at

 905 417-4517.