Poinsettia pick up this THURSDAY DEC 10 12-6PM!!!

Poinsettia Pick Up will be this Thursday December 10th 12-6pm at Ritchie's in Richmond.

If you are not able to make it please email Kristine: krisrq@gmail.com.

Thanks for supporting this St. Philip School Council fundraiser! All proceeds will go towards French resources for the school.  

Please take a moment to browse at Richie's and support this local business :)

School Council Poinsettia Sales for French Resources

 St Philip School Council Poinsettia Fundraiser

8” Potted Poinsettias will be available for sale in RED or MULTI (pink, red, white) colours.

Each pot has 12 blooms and is $22.00.

Order the plants on https://www.schoolcashonline.com by DECEMBER 2nd, 2020

**Pick up** will be at Ritchies in Richmond. Date TBA.

All proceeds goes to French Resources.

Support the school and a local business at the same time:)

Give the Gift of Reading - deadline to order Monday December 7th

 

The Gift of Reading is a St. Philip Catholic School Council initiative that supports the Learning Commons (Library). There is always an ongoing need to add quality reading material for the students to access on their visits. So, in lieu of or in addition to Christmas gifts, the staff of St. Philip would be most honored to have a donation made on their behalf to the Gift of Reading program.

 Christmas greeting cards noting your donation (dollar amount not included) to the Gift of Reading are available for $2.50 each. This year donations and card orders will be done via the School Cash Online system.  The card(s) will be sent home for you to sign and add your own greeting. Your child may then present the card to his/her teacher(s), EA, ECE, etc.

 Orders will be accepted until Monday, December 7^th. Greeting cards will be sent home with your child on Monday, December 14^th.

 Please note that this program is completely optional and all donations collected for the Gift of Reading go directly towards purchasing books and materials for the Learning Commons.

 If you have any questions please contact Michelle Owen at mprankie@hotmail.com.

 

Thank you!

Michelle Owen

St. Philip Catholic School Council

 

CSPA Parent Workshop: Screen Time During the Pandemic

Screen Time During the Pandemic: Why we are addicted and what can we do about it?

CSPA is proud to invite Dr. Michael Cheng, MD to speak about screen time and its increased presence in our lives during the pandemic. Technology addiction is a growing concern in our society, especially amongst parents. In this informative presentation, Dr. Cheng will discuss strategies for building a healthy relationship with technology.

About Dr. Cheng

Dr. Michael Cheng, MD is a child and family psychiatrist at CHEO who is passionate about the importance of healthy attachments to people and activities that give purpose, hope and meaning. He is the co-founder of eMentalHealth.ca, a website that seeks to support primary care providers in their work with patients with mental health needs. He is a mentor with the Collaborative Mental Health Network (CMHN) of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP).

Date/Time: Nov. 26, 7-9PM.

Signup: http://bit.ly/CSPAonline_ScreenTimeRegistration2020

Stocking stuffers available in support of St. Brigid's Camp!

 A message from our friends at St. Brigid's Summer Camp :)

To place your order, please use the Google Form at:  shorturl.at/tuGPY.   Payment can be made by sending an e-transfer to stbcamp@gmail.com.

 

Please place your order by Friday, December 13th to ensure it arrives in time for Christmas.  We will continue to take orders in the New Year.

 

Knights of Columbus Raffle Tickets now on sale!

 Please help to support our local St. Philip and St. Clare Knights of Columbus by purchasing a raffle ticket or two.  Bill Flynn is willing to help you with a contactless ticket purchase as follows:

To make things work during the pandemic and limit the contact, I am prepared to:

 - receive the money by etrf (donnaandbill@rogers.com) or cheque dropped off to 6147 Ottawa Street in my mailbox or I can pick up cheque

 - you tell me whose name and phone number and I can complete the raffle ticket and send you back stubs or a picture of tickets

 - I will send you an email receipt acknowledging monies received

Link to November School Council Meeting Agenda

  The November School Council Meeting will be held on Monday November 16th at 6:30PM via Google Meet.

If you attended the September or October meetings, you will automatically receive an invite to the November meeting.

If you would like to join the meeting for November, please send an email to danakean@gmail.com to receive the invite.  All parents are welcome to attend.

The November agenda can be found here: November Agenda

Labelling Winter Clothing? Support our school!

If you are thinking of ordering labels for all those winter clothes, please consider supporting our school when making an order.

Go to mabelslabels.ca

Click: "Support a fundraiser" - "St Philip"

Thank you!!

Link to October School Council Meeting Agenda

 The October School Council Meeting will be held on Monday October 19th at 6:30PM via Google Meet.

If you attended the September meetings, you will automatically receive an invite to the October meeting.

If you would like to join the meeting for October, please send an email to danakean@gmail.com to receive the invite.  All parents are welcome to attend.

The October agenda can be found here:

October 19 Agenda

Link to September Agenda and Self Nomination Form

Reminder to parents interested in attending the first virtual St Philip School Council Meeting on Monday September 28th at 6:30.

**to receive a Google Meet invitation please email Dana @ danakean@gmail.com to indicate you wish to attend.

Link to September Agenda:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m0ITf0f3Ath8Zk8xFzRujWRz0BtwTFdQ/view?usp=sharing

Link to Self Nomination Form (submit to danakean@gmail.com by Sunday September 27):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mr5iHCMdCwlbwHkJ83txzO9aOKpnPH3ZcqNfpv7OkAM/edit?usp=sharing

Welcome Back to School! First School Council Meeting 09/28/2020 @6:30PM

 Hello and welcome to a new school year at St. Philip School:)  

Please mark your calendars for the very first St. Philip Catholic School Council meeting of the year!

Monday September 28th at 6:30PM 
(Virtual Meeting using Google Meet)

**to receive a Google Meet invitation please email Dana @ danakean@gmail.com to indicate you wish to attend.

All interested parents are invited to attend. At this meeting we will elect a new St. Philip Catholic School Council for the 2020-2021 school year.

Each Catholic School Council functions as an advisory body to the School Principal

and the Board and can make recommendations to the Principal or the Board on any matter.  

All Elected Catholic School Council members will:

●   participate in C.S.C. meetings, vote on issues as required

●   be committed to the improvement of the school

●   act as a link between the C.S.C. and the community

●   encourage the participation of parents from all groups and of other people within the school community

All parents are welcome to attend meetings throughout the school year.

You do not need to be a council member to attend meetings, any parent can do so.

Only elected members of a school council have voting privileges.  By checking off the box to become a "voting member at large" you will be able to vote on decisions made by council.  Please plan to attend a majority of meetings this year if you make this choice as we must have quorum in order to pass any votes.

Any executive position can be put to a vote at this meeting if there are more than one person interested in the position.  This year, the position of secretary is vacant at this time. All other positions have indicated they are willing to return if needed.  If you are interested in an executive position other than secretary, please contact Dana Kean to discuss further.

Please see the 2020/21 self nomination form located on the right hand side of this page
under "Important Forms" for more details. Forms can be submitted electronically to danakean@gmail.com.

June Virtual School Council Meeting Scheduled June 15, 6:30PM

A virtual St. Philip School Council meeting for June will be held Monday June 15th during our normal school council time slot from 6:30-7:30.

At this meeting we will review the school council financials from March to June and discuss wrap up items for the 2019-2020 school year.   This will include updating our year end budget based on fundraising that was cancelled (part of Session 2 and all of Session 3 hot lunches, Fun Fair, etc) as well as expenses that were cancelled due to school closure.  Normally we would also start to do planning for the 2020-2021 school year so we will discuss as best we can plans for next year in this time of uncertainty.

As always, the documentation for our meeting will be posted in the school council drive here:

Agendas: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16UC6WFdP7p9pwrh7XzwKZvHnJ1vxxvu0?usp=sharing (June Agenda now available)
Meeting Minutes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wGz3NRrQdj-DkHBmXPHBaVcJ_KeVlbMt?usp=sharing
Financial Reports: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XiNz-hvKglnoJcWitzIOCLIyNMm_Ylc1?usp=sharing

Any member of the school community is welcome to tune in and join our virtual meeting.  Please email danakean@gmail.com if you would like an invite.

Hot Lunch Program refunds now being processed

Update on Hot Lunch Program Refunds:

Refunds are now being applied for the school council run hot lunch program.
We have tested out the process and noted the following:

1) The refund will be applied to the PayPal account where you made the hot lunch payment.  If you do not have a PayPal account (you chose to pay as a "guest") you will get an email indicating that you will receive a refund.  If you create a PayPal account, you can monitor the progress of the refund.

2) The refund may take up to ten days to be processed (credited) to PayPal.  You can view the refund amount, but it will remain in "pending" state until the funds are released by PayPal.  Once the funds are cleared, the refund should be applied to the credit card you used for the purchase. It may take an additional few days to be processed to your credit card.  Please be patient.

3) If your credit card has changed or they are unable to credit your original credit card, the funds should be credited to your PayPal account.  If  you don't already have a PayPal account, you should create one using the email you used for the hot lunch transaction.  At this point, you can choose to:

a) leave the funds in your PayPal account and use them to make purchases as a PayPal credit.

b) link your bank account to your PayPal and transfer the funds to your bank account.  Again, there is a PayPal delay (a few days) to release the funds from PayPal to your bank account.

4) You can check your hot lunch account to verify the correct amount has been credited under the "Orders" tab.  Select "Account Transactions".

Any issues with refunds, please contact us via the hot lunch email account st_philip_lunches@bell.net or directly to danakean@gmail.com.

Thank you for your patience!

Sincerely,
Dana Kean and Suzanne Easton

Hot Lunch Program Credits during School Closure

Hello to the St. Philip Community,

I hope that you are all keeping safe and healthy.

Just wanted to advise that credits have been applied to the hot lunch program accounts for lunches that have been missed up to the May 3 school closure date previously announced.  If the shut down is extended, we will continue to process credits to all accounts until such time that we know if/when school will resume.  At that time, a refund will be given for all missed lunches.

If there are any families that need a refund more quickly due to circumstances, this can be arranged no questions asked.  Please keep in mind that to do this, we require two council members to meet to co-sign a refund cheque and we prefer to minimize/avoid this type of meeting if at all possible.  Please email the hot lunch email if a refund is needed:  st_philip_lunches@bell.net

Please go to "Orders" and "Account Transactions" to see this credit. <https://stphilip.hotlunches.net/>


Thank you for your understanding and patience,
Dana Kean
Council Co-chair

March School Council Meeting Cancelled

The March School Council Meeting has been cancelled.

We will reconvene on Monday April 20th at 6:30PM.

Have a super March Break!

St. Philip School Council Science Fair Registration now open!

St. Philip Catholic Elementary School Science Fair

Thursday April 30th, 2020 6:00 pm

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2020 St. Philip School Council
Science Fair! Please find all the details below.

Registration forms with signatures are due by Friday, March 29th. Registration forms and details available on right hand sidebar under "Important Forms". Please print and return to school office. Spots will be filled "first come, first served."

This is a non-competitive fair, the students will have a commentator ask questions and give feedback.  Joining the fair is totally optional and not a requirement, it is simply to learn and have fun!!

Rules:

• No more than 3 students per project. Grades 1-6 entries are welcome.

• Registrations must be signed by one of the parents/guardians of each participant.
• Please indicate if the project has any special requirements such as an electrical outlet. If this is not indicated on the form, it may not be possible to accommodate the request
• There are 45 spots, first come, first served.  Space for late entries is not guaranteed.
• Please enter only one form per project
• Animals may not be brought to the Science Fair.  Also applies to any displays using flames or other ignition sources unless permission is obtained from the Fair organizer (Dana Kean danakean@gmail.com).
• Each project is assigned a space of 90 cm x 90 cm. Please design the display to fit in this space. Office supply stores sell fold-up display boards that can be reused provided non-permanent adhesives (e.g. Blue tack) are used. The display should generally present the hypothesis (the question being asked) or theme of the project, followed by the experimental method (if experiments are done) then the data or information obtained, and is finished with a general conclusion. For a helpful online Science Fair resources, visit Education.com or Discovery Education Canada
• Set up time is 5:30 – 6:00 pm on Thursday April 30th.
• Pickup of projects will be at the end of school day on Friday May 1st. Unclaimed projects will not be kept without prior arrangement.

Any questions please contact danakean@gmail.com

Hot Lunch Session 3 Ordering is now live!

Hot Lunch Program 2019/20

Session Three

We will soon be starting the second session of our special lunch program which will run from April 7^th to June 18^th.  Danby’s Hot Lunches will be served WEEKLY on TUESDAYS (starting April 7^th).  Pizza Lunches will be served WEEKLY on THURSDAYS (starting April 9^th).

Danby’s Hot Lunches are made fresh the same day they are delivered. All the lunches are nut free.  Sandwiches/subs will come fully prepared with all toppings already on it. Burgers (chicken or beef) will come with mayonnaise or cheese on it (IF indicated in the food description), but the tomato and lettuce will be wrapped separately and the mustard, ketchup and relish come in individual packets so they can be added if desired.

In addition to the lunch meals and additions, Danby’s has added the option of ordering mini meals.  Mini meals do not come with sides.  However, mini meals can be ordered any week, alone or with other items. Please note that no modifications can be made to the mini meals.

For Danby’s orders: Danby’s lunches can be ordered for the weeks you wish to participate. You are not required to select a meal every week.

Our Thursday Pizza Lunches are delivered from Jo-Jo’s Pizza in Kanata.  Jo-Jo’s only use high quality ingredients for all menu items, the dough is fresh and the sauce is always made in house. Jo-Jo’s will offer cheese, pepperoni, vegetarian and gluten free (cheese only) slices.

For pizza orders: the quantity and type must remain the same for each week of the session. 

Important Notes:

• Orders and payment are due by Wednesday, March 4, 2020.  Late orders will NOT be accepted. 
• NO refunds will be provided.
• In case of bus cancellations on a Danby’s or Pizza day, the orders will be moved to the next school day.

Thank you for your support!

Suzanne Easton: St_Philip_Lunches@bell.net

Thank you for supporting the Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraiser!

Dear parents,
Thanks to all who supported the little Caesar's pizza fundraiser!  Just a reminder that pizza pick up will be Monday March 2nd  between 3:30pm – 7:00pm

Where: Pickup will be at the school. Pick up your pizza kits as soon as possible.

We will not be responsible for any kits remaining after 7:00pm, as we do not have storage space.

Kits cannot be sent home with students as they are too heavy.

Please email: stphilippizza@gmail.com to make arrangements if you feel you will be later than 7pm.

Remember, if the products thaw they can be refrozen once.

Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraiser now active (Feb 3 - Feb 18)

 St. Philip School Council       

                 Presents:

           LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA KITS FUNDRAISER!

We chose this fundraiser because Little Caesars offers a quality meal at a great value,

and feedback from the sales last year has been extremely positive! 

Every family member can make their own masterpiece with their own favourite toppings!

Have them on hand for practice night or entertaining too!

  

There are 3 pizzas and breads in the kits, and 9 in the personal kits.

All money raised will be used to support School Council initiatives for SPS. 

How:
2 Ways To Order

1. Order Your Pizza Kits Online (prefered method).

- Go to www.pizzakit.ca
(Make sure you are on the Canadian website). 

- Hover over the top Products tab, then choose Shop and then click the green box

“Purchase and support a local fundraiser…” .

- Support our fundraiser by providing our Fundraiser ID# 372034,

then CONFIRM it is Saint Philip School and pay with a credit card. 

Please ensure in the “Sellers Name” field you include the name of the student you are supporting and their teacher’s name if you know it.

- Your pizza kits will be delivered the same day as our order!

- You can also go to the following link to access our account: https://bit.ly/2VYM7Ej

Please share this link and fundraiser ID with friends and family  

via email/social media - anyone can order and support your child!

OR

2. Collect payment at the time you take orders. 
- Cheques need to be made payable to St.Philip School Council. 
- Please fill out the top portion of your order form with your name, teacher name and a phone#

When:
Start Selling: Monday Feb 3, 2020
Stop Selling: Tuesday Feb 18 2020
Order forms, Payment & Online orders due on this date
Be sure your order form is correctly tallied!
Double check all rows and columns.
Please include student & teacher name.
Late orders will not be accepted.

Pick Up Pizza: Monday March 2nd  between 3:30pm – 7:00pm

Where:
Pickup will be at the school. Pick up your pizza kits as soon as possible.
We will not be responsible for any kits remaining after 7:00pm, as we do not have storage space.
Kits cannot be sent home with students as they are too heavy.
Please email: stphilippizza@gmail.com to make arrangements if you feel you will be later than 7pm.
Remember, if the products thaw they can be refrozen once.

Questions:
Please feel free to email stphilippizza@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

As always, thank you for your support and participation!