Brownridge Public School

Please send your child to school with an extra pair of socks and pants. There are and will be puddles or wet snow over the next few months. We do make announcements telling students to stay out of wet areas and puddles; however, puddles and children seem to attract each other.

As well, please make sure your child has indoor shoes daily.

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Our lost and found box is FULL! There are several new snow pants, boots, sweater, hoodies, and many other new clothing items. You are welcome to come to the school to go through if your child has lost an item. The box is at the end of the front hallway.

Mid-February the clothing will be packed up and donated to JF&C.

In September 2010, Bell Let’s Talk began a new conversation about Canada’s mental health. At that time, most people were not talking about mental illness. But the numbers spoke volumes about the urgent need for action. Millions of Canadians, including leading personalities engaged in an open discussion about mental illness, offering new ideas and hope for those who struggle, with numbers growing every year.

As a result, institutions and organizations large and small in every region received new funding for access, care and research, from Bell Let’s Talk and from governments and corporations that have joined the cause. Bell’s total donation to mental health programs now stands at $79,919,178.55 and we are well on our way to donating at least $100 million through 2020.

Dedicated to moving mental health forward in Canada, Bell Let’s Talk promotes awareness and action with a strategy built on 4 key pillars: Fighting the stigma, improving access to care, supporting world-class research, and leading by example in workplace mental health.

One of the biggest hurdles for anyone suffering from mental illness is overcoming the stigma attached to it. The annual Bell Let’s Talk awareness campaign and Day is driving the national conversation to help reduce this stigma and promote awareness and understanding and talking is an important first step towards lasting change.

For every text, call, tweet, Instagram post, Facebook video view and Snapchat geofilter used on Bell Let’s Talk Day on January 25th, Bell will donate 5¢ more to mental health initiatives across Canada.

Maple High School is proud to be hosting the 11^th annual Maple’s Closet Diva and GQ Balls.  Maple’s Closet has helped provide graduation attire to over 500 grade 8 and 12 students.  Our objective is to provide a graduation dress, suit and accessories to every female or male York Region student in need.  We are looking for donations (dresses, suits, accessories, etc.) for the Diva Ball / Maple’s Closet.

Donations of the following gently used formal wear and accessories for the event is greatly appreciated.

Prom/Graduation Dresses

Purses, clutches, jewelry

Suits, Dress pants, shirts, ties, belts, socks

Shoes

Makeup, hair products, nail polish, toiletries

Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact Maria Luongo-Cassar, VP, Maple HS 905-417-9444.

We are looking for lunch assistants to start as soon as possible. This a paid position ( 5 hours total per week). Please contact the school office, 905-660-3083,  if you are interested or know of someone who would be a good candidate.