Grad Photos Tuesday February 2nd!
Just a reminder that Grade 8 Grad photos will be this coming Tuesday February 2nd.  Students are reminded to wear a white blouse or shirt for girls and a white collared shirt for males.  If you would like a composite photo of all the graduates, please send a cheque made out to Lifetouch in the amount of Thirty dollars plus tax ($33.90).

REMINDER:  P.A. DAY MONDAY FEBRUARY 1st 

Additional Elementary and Secondary P.A. Days

As a result of provincial labour negotiations, a P.A. Day has been added for all York Region District School Board elementary schools on Friday, May 6, 2016 and secondary schools on Friday, June 3, 2016. You can see the full updated school year calendars on YRDSB’s website.

These additional P.A. Days are mandated by the Ministry of Education. On these dates, teachers will be taking part in professional development on provincial education priorities identified by the Ministry of Education. 

Family Day Activities in Aurora

This Week At Hartman Jan 25th 

My Healthy Lunch Challenge (Grades 2,3 & 4)
The healthy lunch challenge runs all this week, the class with the most sheets handed in wins a free gym period!

A big THANK-YOU!!! to SUPERSTORE in Aurora for sponsoring healthy snacks on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Hartman.  These healthy options are made available to students before morning recess. Thanks to volunteers from the parent council for shopping and organizing the delivery of these snacks!

Today at morning recess K-pop Junior is meeting in portable 2.
Today at lunch Drama Workshop students are meeting

Intermediate boys basketball team practice today at Lunch recess.

Lost & Found
There is a grey BMX bicycle in the front foyer, whoever owns this bike should speak to Mr. Helston.

Intermediate Boys Volleyball Team are invited to play a friendly game with the Junior volleyball team tomorrow at 1:10 in the gym.

The Junior Volleyball Team will be hosting Regency Acres tomorrow after school.  Best of Luck Heroes!

Hello Hartman Families,

In the name of student safety in and around our parking lot and kiss 'n'ride areas at Hartman, please have a look at this related article from yesterday's Toronto Star. Thanks to everyone who is driving on and around our property safely each day!

Safety First When Driving Around Student Drop Off Areas

 http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2016/01/20/parents-dangerous-driving-at-drop-off-areas-puts-students-at-risk-study-finds.html

This Week At Hartman                              

Last night the Intermediate boys hosted their first game against Aurora Grove.  The boys demonstrated great determination and sportsmanship, well done Heroes!
The boys will practice today at recess.



Next Friday January 29th is Pajama Day!  Show your school spirit and collect spirit points for your class.  This will also be the day that we have our Good News Assembly.  This month we are highlighting the character trait "Fairness"

Healthy Schools Program

Thanks to our wonderful parent volunteers who have been working with Mr. Edwards to diversify the healthy snack program.  On Tuesday and Thursdays we have yogurt tubes and little snack crackers as well  as apples available for students who need to supplement their lunches or have forgotten snacks at home.

                                                                                                                                         

Blog Contributions
If you have information that you would like to see added to the blog, please send requests or a brief write-up to lynne.girdler@yrdsb.ca.

Parent Responses to Survey Questions

Dress for the Weather

The Snow is here!  Please assume that the children will be going outside for recess each day.  We carefully monitor the weather in the office and determine if conditions are appropriate, as when we get close to each of the outside portions of the day.

Intermediate Girls Basketball Try-Outs

The intermediate girls are invited to meet in front of the gym at the beginning of lunch for a brief sign up meeting today.

Student Club Meetings Today

-Tech Team

-Silver Birch Reading Club

-Healthy Schools Club

-One, Two, Three singers!

-Lego Team

Register for Electives Online!

Make sure you register online for your child's electives!  Go to cash online, make sure you have your child's student number when you go online.  Currently the Lazer Tag/Mini Golf elective for Junior Intermediate students is FULL.  There are limited spaces available in all other electives.

Having Trouble Following this blog?  Read the information below.

In 2011, we announced the retirement of Google Friend Connect for all non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts. Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to streamline, in the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes that will eventually require readers to have a Google Account to sign into Friend Connect and follow blogs.

As part of this plan, starting the week of January 11, we’ll remove the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs. At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.

We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post), that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List, making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the blogs they follow.

We know how important followers are to all bloggers, but we believe this change will improve the experience for both you and your readers.

Dear Parents,

Hartman needs your help to save a Polar Bear!

Our healthy schools I-Walk theme for January is called “Polar Bear Walk” and January is a great month to show respect for the environment, concern for global warming and its threat to the polar bear population.

Students are invited to bring a polar bear stuffed animal to school on Wednesdays all month long!  If you do not have a polar bear, students can bring any stuffed animal or make their own polar bear.  A photo mounted on paper and taped to a pencil makes a handy polar bear to carry to school. 

Great news, last year Hartman proudly adopted five endangered animals like the Meerkat, the Red Panda, the Arctic Fox, the Snowy Owl, the Snow Leopard and the Polar Bear. Some grade six students have already decided that they want to sell items again this year at recess for a "toonie" to help towards the cause! That's awesome!

It costs about $50.00 to adopt one endangered animal from the “World Wildlife Federation”. So let’s see how many animals we can adopt!

The class that collects the most money in donations will receive a FREE GYM PERIOD courtesy of Mr. Edwards! 

Whenever you go to school, please walk or park and walk a block!

I Walk… Do You?