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March 2018 From The Principal... Kindergarten Registration Kindergarten Open House Parkview Public School had a very successful Kindergarten Open House on February 21, 2018. Many thanks to Parkview staff members and students who volunteered their time to this event. If you have a neighbour or friend who has moved into the area and has children eligible for school this September, 2018, please encourage them to call Parkview Public School to register. Staffing for the GECDSB begins in the spring and we would like our enrollment to be as accurate as possible for this upcoming fall. Important Dates Daylight savings time begins Sunday, Mar. 11th March Break Mar. 12-16 P.A. Day Friday, March 23rd Character Assembly- Thursday, Mar. 29th 9:45am Friday. Mar. 30th Good Friday Holiday Monday, Apr. 2nd Easter Monday Holiday Daylight Saving s Time (Spring Forward!) Daylight saving time 2018 in Canada will begin at 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 11th. Remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed on Saturday

Boston Pizza Readers of the MONTH for February A Boston Pizza Reading Log is attached to this newsletter. When the log is completed, please send it to school with your child (ren). We will provide the student with a coupon for a Kid s Meal at the Manning, or Walker Rd. Boston Pizza locations. Congratulations to our Readers of the Month for February. Each of our readers received a certificate for a free Kid s Meal at Boston Pizza. One lucky winner from our Readers of the Month will receive a 50 dollar gift certificate from Boston Pizza. March 2018 Celebrate Nutrition Month! At 5pm of a very busy and stressful day, the last thing you want to do is make dinner and pack tomorrow s lunches. In these situations, ordering pizza for dinner and packing Lunchables with snack bars in your family s lunch bags may seem like the best solution. Unfortunately, these foods add up in fat, sodium, and calories, with very few nutrients. Here are some tips to help keep you and your family eating healthy. Set some time aside on the weekend to batch-cook your family s favourite foods. Portion the food into large containers for evening meals and small containers for lunches. Date, label, and freeze them. Take one out in the morning before you leave for work and it ll be thawed in time for dinner. Use a crockpot to have a meal ready when you get home. Make your own healthy snack bars, muffins, and snack mixes. These items paired with cheese, milk, or 100% juice can make a healthy snack or grab-and-go breakfast, while skipping the added fat, sugar, and preservatives of store-bought items. You can find some great (and easy) recipes from Eat Right Ontario (eatrightontario.ca) in the Bake It Up! book. Start your family s day with a healthy breakfast as it is the most important meal of the day, especially for children. Buy a wholegrain pancake or waffle mix and make a large batch in advance, which can be kept frozen with wax paper between. On a school day, pop one or two into the toaster or microwave and serve with fresh fruit for a quick breakfast. Have fresh vegetables ready to eat as snacks. Buy packages of mini carrots, tomatoes, and cucumbers, or cut up peppers and celery. Package these into individual bags or containers to keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Add them to lunches and encourage your children to eat them as snacks when they get home from school. Have your children help prepare lunches the night before. Older children can make sandwiches, cut up vegetables, and pour milk into containers. Younger children can get foods like bread, luncheon meat, fresh fruit and yogurt out of the fridge, and put everything into the bags. Form an assembly line and work together to pack the lunches. Refrigerate the lunch bags then add a freezer pack in the morning.