Dear Parents and Families,

We are wishing everyone a Happy Diwali on Monday! We can’t wait to hear about all the celebrations that many of our families will be participating in.

As we stated last week…our walking school bus has been going well. However, there is one thing missing: cars dropping off students.  We designed the walking school bus to start at the Delview Park parking lot and unfortunately, only a few cars are coming in and dropping kids off.  Alleviate traffic, find an easy parking spot, and increase your time in the morning or the afternoon by dropping your child(ren) at 8:20 in the morning or picking them up at 3:20 in the afternoon.  The walking school has two volunteers each day on the way to and from school to ensure the safety of your child(ren).  We would love to see more cars coming to the Delview Park parking lot instead of the high school parking lot or coming to the front of Gibson.  Please help us in alleviating traffic and come experience a great new way for child(ren) to get to school.  The walking school bus is a volunteer program and if any parents or caregivers are interested in helping in the mornings it would be great to have more people to help us out.  If you are interested in volunteering please email Mr. Penny at dpenny@deltaschools.ca.  Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped with the walking school bus so far.  Come visit us at the Delview Park parking lot and give the walking school bus experience a try, you may be surprised by how easy it is and how much fun it can be for your child(ren). 

More information to come but we plan on having a costume parade in the afternoon on Halloween for students in grades kindergarten to grade 3.

As Halloween approaches, I will ask parents to think about costumes that are appropriate. I will ask parents to remember that clothing or costumes of nationalities and subcultures that you do not belong to should never be a costume. I will also remind parents that costumes inspired by traumatic events for people should be avoided as well. Some costumes that should be avoided include costumes that are inspired by someone’s mental health, sexual orientation, and traumatic historical events. Parents should know that costumes that have anything to do with COVID-19 should be avoided.

Please also remember that…

• costumes should not be too scary
• toy weapons should be kept at home