New Heights Newsletter
School News
Upcoming Important Dates
November 22nd: PD Day (no school or ECS classes)

November 22nd: New Heights Society AGM (7:00pm—virtual meeting)

December 6th: FOP (ECS families only)

December 16th: Last Day of Classes before Winter Break!

January 4th: School and ECS Classes Resume
PAC reminders
November 19th: Fundscrip forms are due

November 26th: Cookie order forms are due
Changes in Turtle Mountain
Ms Mariam, our Turtle Mountain EA, is off on maternity leave at the end of November.
We will miss her, but are excited for her to welcome a new little one to her family.  
Ms Michelle will be taking on Mariam’s maternity leave, and is working with Mariam through the end of this month to provide a solid transition.
Welcome Michelle!
Photo Re-takes
Ken will be back on December 1st for Re-Takes and for any students who were absent.
Christine, Heather and Nicola
Christine Walker, from our OT team, has headed off on maternity leave.
We will miss her, but are excited for her to welcome a new little one to her family.  
Heather Allison, also from our current OT team, will be expanding her time at New Heights to take on part of the maternity leave, and has been working with Christine throughout this year to provide a solid transition. 
Nicola Josephs will also be taking on part of Christine’s maternity leave, and will be joining us on our OT team in January after Winter Break.

Welcome Nicola!
 
Healthy Hunger
New Heights has partnered up with Healthy Hunger and local restaurants to offer families an easy way to participate and place hot lunch orders for our children while supporting our school. A portion of the sales is donated back to the school. 
Parents order and pay for meals online through the Healthy Hunger website.

Cash/payment for the lunch will not be accepted at the school as this is a third party.

Healthy Hunger Lunch dates (orders close 5 days prior to each date):

Dec 1, 15
Jan 5, 19
Feb 2, 16
Mar 2, 16
April 6, 20
May 4, 18
Jun 1, 15 

Online Ordering
  • Ordering is done through www.healthyhunger.ca.
  • Instructions for registering with Healthy Hunger are here.
  • Ordering closes 5 days prior to the Fun Lunch date.
  • Customer service is handled by www.healthyhunger.ca. 
  • Please contact them directly if you have any concerns. 1-800-818-6260

Students with Allergies
Please note: Parents of children with dairy, gluten or any other food allergy; we will try to have options available. If you are unsure please contact each vendor directly for a list of ingredients.
TECH SPOT
Did You Know?
All the students at New Heights School can access their Google Apps such as Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Classroom etc, from home. Simply go to accounts.google.com and enter your child's school email and password. (Please check with your child's teacher if you are unsure of your child's email or password.)

Also,
All the students at New Heights have access to the literacy support tool called Read & Write. This can also be accessed both at school and from home. Read & Write is a software tool bar that offers literacy support features that can help students to create and engage with content at any grade level. Some of these features include reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching projects, and proofing written assignments.

An email will be sent to all families with details on how to access this tool from home.
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